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The Supernatural Nature of the Christian Gathering (Part 5) · Near East Christian Fellowship Sermons

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Welcome to NECF sermons. Each message here is
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designed to uplift and strengthen you in your
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the end for a rewarding experience. Let's dive
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right in. Today we're going to continue in what
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I have been teaching us about. And it is the
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supernatural nature of the Christian gathering.
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What is supernatural about our gathering? Praise
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the Lord. Did we just gather to meet one another?
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Did we gather to ensure that people see that
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we are looking good in one of our best dress
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or do we gather for something else what is supernatural
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about this gathering Matthew chapter 28 verse
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18 to 20 And Jesus came and spoke to them saying,
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all authority has been given to me in heaven
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and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples
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of all nations, baptizing them in the name of
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the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
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teaching them to observe all the things I've
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commanded you and know I'm with you always, even
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to the end of the age. Amen. This is the mandate
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of every believer This is the assignment of every
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believer This is what God has called every believer
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to do to go and make disciples To go and make
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disciples in verse 19 He says we're teaching
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them to observe all the things I've commanded
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you and lower with you always even to the end
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of the age to make disciples to teach praise
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the lord to teach matatio we said it's m a t
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h e t e u o it means teaching by the way of practice
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praise the lord by the way of practice it means
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to model something by teaching and also by exercise
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that is by practice Teaching them to observe
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all the things that have commanded you so making
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disciples involves Being very practical praise
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the Lord. It involves being very practical So
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what Christ has called us to do is a practical
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thing. It is a thing that involves a lot of exercise
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It involves a lot of things It is by practice
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it is modeling praised the Lord So and sometimes
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which I mentioned the last time why we use some
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of these maybe Greek or Hebrew words Is not to
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confuse you praise the Lord is not to make us
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look like we are smart Praise the Lord. It's
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not to make us look like all these guys there
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was no something different than what we know
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praise the Lord is to help us Interpret to the
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scriptures properly. Praise the Lord is to help
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us interpret the scriptures properly because
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without it we are not effectively able to interpret
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the scriptures praise the lord if you don't pay
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attention to the original language or the the
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text of the scripture you will not be able to
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effectively interpret it you will say something
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that is not saying praise the lord because the
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greek and the greek is The original effects of
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the scriptures. It's not to confuse you. Praise
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the Lord It's not to confuse you, but it helps
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you to be able to interpret the scriptures properly
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So when he says to teach them to observe all
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the things I've commanded you he's saying that
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What we do in the Christian gathering is that
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you are taught the word praise the Lord or you
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learn the word, right? you learn also to minister
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the word and you also learn how to apply the
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word in your life this is what discipleship is
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about that you are as you are taught as we are
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gathered here and the word of god is coming you
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have been taught the word and then you also taught
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that you also should minister the word and you
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also should apply this word in your life Praise
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the Lord that you are complete Without any reproach
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that you are complete They are not somebody that
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just had the world and you run away Praise the
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Lord. You're not somebody who just received the
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word and you run away. You're not in the place
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of discipleship But as you come to the house
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of the Lord as you have come and you have believed
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is that also you learn How to minister the world
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you participate in the things of the kingdom
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You also learn how to apply the word in your
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life because this word that you are applying
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is that which is able to Transform your character.
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Praise the Lord. The application of the word
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is able to transform your character How people
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break free from different things that they are
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struggling most of the time is because they don't
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have enough of the world They are struggling
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for long because they don't have enough of the
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world they have not applied it or they don't
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even know it They don't know their position in
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Christ They don't know what God has said consigning
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them. They don't know what God has said consigning
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their situation So when you apply the word in
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your life as it starts you are transformed you're
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renewed So that is what discipleship is about
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is that you learn the world you minister the
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world and you learn to apply it in your life
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Therefore I said that the church is therefore
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a Bible school The church is therefore a Bible
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school. It's not a place of entertainment It's
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not a place where there is a list of things to
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do We have this we have that It's not a place
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where people come and they do as they please
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Praise the Lord. It is it is a Bible school.
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It's a place where you are taught the word You
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are taught how to apply the word. You are taught
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how to minister the word It's a place where you
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are fed the word It's a place of training So,
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how do you decide a What church to attend? Right,
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if you don't know maybe if you're confused because
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as we know a most of us if not Everybody will
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someday pack their bags and say they want to
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leave Cyprus, right? So how do you decide where
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you will go? Know for a lot of people Through
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persuasion and through encouragement They were
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able to stay in any CF. Initially they came and
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they were looking for vibes Am I feeling it?
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Is it appealed? Is it appealing to me? Do I?
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These things they are saying does it make sense
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to me? That's not what you look for. Praise the
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Lord or you don't go and then you say are they
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young people here? is this church full of old
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people i will not stay here because there are
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a lot of people of my age here or do you go there
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and then you're looking for different different
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things to to maybe apply to you for you to be
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able to stay how you decide where to go is that
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is that place a bible school do they teach the
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word praise the lord not 20 minutes okay i remember
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pastor t was telling us of Somebody who is experiencing
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20 minutes of teaching praise the Lord you will
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not grow by 20 minutes of teaching Praise the
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Lord it might you might You might be motivated
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you might jump up you might shout you might run
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around but you are not going to grow Praise the
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Lord is not sufficient for you because your spiritual
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being praise the Lord Your spiritual being if
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you give yourself maybe if you need hundred percent
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of food, right? I'm not saying all the food that
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is that For you to be able to be effective in
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your day. You need hundred percent food, right?
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Whatever that is you and you take twenty percent
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Right, you're going to start having problems
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Praise the Lord. So he's saying with a spiritual
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being Right? Somebody who is spiritual. Somebody
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who by the Word is saved. Praise the Lord. Somebody
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who by the Word is saved. 1 Peter chapter 1 verse
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23. Sorry not of corruptible seed but incorruptible
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through the word of God which leaves and abides
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forever Praise the Lord. How did we become born
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again? We became born again right not by corruptible
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seed The word that you receive is incorruptible.
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He said it is the word of God. He said he leaves
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and abides forever So how is there somebody who
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is who is born again is receiving less of the
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thing that will continue to keep them Or the
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thing that will continue to enable them to grow
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Praise the Lord so you need the world so how
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you decide a place that you are going to attend
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is not by you know It's not by now. We have a
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lot of good into interior designers They can
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design a place and you will come and so people's
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like this place feels like heaven Because maybe
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the reception how people treat you how they greet
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you, you know the music the lights nowadays Red
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lights and green lights in church, right? So
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there's so many things going on and you just
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like wow what a place Praise the lord is not
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by these are how you decide where to stay Are
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they teaching the world? Is it a place? Where
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the word of god is taught? Is it a place where
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you are taught to the world? Where you are taught
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to minister the world where you are taught to
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apply the world in your life? Praise the lord
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Where you are taught to apply the world in your
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life The reason why I said is not a It's not
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a place of entertainment is because he does not
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what a spiritual being needs Praise the Lord
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We rejoice in the Holy Ghost. Our joy is not
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a standard. Praise the Lord Our joy is not a
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standard. You're not looking for something to
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make you happy Praise the Lord, you know, I've
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been around different type of people and some
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people they come alive when there's a drink,
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you know when you bring up they just from there
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it just brings them you just see them they're
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very happy they're very social they're very praise
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the lord they are so glad to see you all of a
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sudden somebody is just happy to see you but
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you don't know the influence is that because
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he does smoke something or he drank something
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praise the lord our joy is not external it's
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not from the things that we can get we'll see
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that much more later on it's not but he thinks
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that is a standard So you decide to go to a church
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because the word is taught Time is given to the
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teaching of the word of God. It is a Bible school
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People learn praise the Lord So because sometimes
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you find a place where maybe the word is not
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taught then other activities are created so many
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things Like you're jumping from one activity
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two activity three activity at the end of the
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day, you know, you're just waiting Can the world
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just come let's go and some people are used to
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because I also grew up in such backgrounds Do
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that the world comes and is very short. He just
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You know, did you hear what he said today? He
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said you should love your neighbor. Praise the
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lord and that's what we went with Praise the
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lord Why should you pay attention to the place
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where the word of God is taught? first Timothy
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chapter 3 verse 15 First Timothy chapter 3 verse
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15 But if I am delayed I write so that you may
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know how you ought to conduct yourself in the
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house of God Which is the Church of the Living
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God the pillar and the ground of truth Praise
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the Lord. Why is it important is because the
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church is the pillar and the ground of truth
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It means that it is a place where people come
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and learn the truth Praise the Lord. It is the
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place where people come and learn the truth.
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It is a pillar and the ground of truth It is
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a Bible school so you you ought to conduct you
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ought to know how to conduct yourself in that
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place he says You teach the world right it is
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a place of training So how do we conduct ourselves
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in the house of God we know that it is a place
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of teaching it is a place of training Acts chapter
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2 verse 42 And they continue steadfastly in the
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apostles doctrines and in fellowship and in the
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breaking of bread and in prayers. Praise the
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Lord. They continue steadfastly in what the apostles
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doctrine and in fellowship and in breaking of
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bread. They continued. The word of God is important.
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It is a place the church ought to teach it, ought
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to give time to it. This is what the church should
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be a place of teaching a place of training Mark
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chapter 16 from s 15 to 18 Mark chapter 16 And
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he said to them, go into all the world and preach
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the gospel to every creature. He who believes
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and is baptized will be saved, while he who does
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not believe, he who does not believe will be
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condemned. And these signs will follow those
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who believe. In my name they will cast out demons,
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they will speak with new tongues. They will take
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up serpent, and if they drink anything deadly,
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it will by no means hurt them. They will lay
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hands on the sick, and they will recover. Praise
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the Lord. So when a person or when a man is born
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again, his purpose changes. Praise the Lord.
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He has a different purpose. He has a different
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view about life. Praise the Lord. He's no longer
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going the way he was going. He's no longer following
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the things that he's following now. He becomes
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somebody who is what a teacher of the world He's
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discipled. So he also disciples people His mandates
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becomes to announce God to teach praise the Lord
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to announce God as King What is he saying to
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them? What is he announcing? What God has done
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right right what God is doing at this time and
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what God would do praise the Lord His teaching
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is announcing God as King He's announcing what
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God has done That is what he's teaching. He's
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announcing what God has done You're telling people
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the things that Christ has done Praise the Lord.
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I was listening to someone and he was just talking
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about the scriptures. And the thing that I picked
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more in what he's saying is how he's presenting
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it. Like how, for example, he's telling you about
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the gospel as though you never had it before.
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as though you were never in church. There was
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excitement in his voice. He has said it thousands
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and thousands and thousands of times and he's
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saying it everywhere. It's something that he
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does all the time. But when he comes again to
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say it, he comes to say it again with the same
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level of gladness. Praise the Lord. Because it
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is the good news. He knows how important it is
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for you to hear the gospel. Praise the Lord.
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so when you are what you are doing is that you
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are now seeing what God has done the good tiding
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of what Christ has done praise the Lord and what
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he is currently doing praise the Lord and what
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he will do or what he's planning to do that is
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what you are preaching That is what a believer
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does. That is what somebody who is born again
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does is that you are excited about the things
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that have happened to you. Praise the Lord. And
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if you're not excited, it also means that there
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is need for or if you're not doing this, it means
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that there's need for more training. Praise the
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Lord. It means that you need to know the world
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more. Praise the Lord. So it means that the believer
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is able to explain the scriptures. You're not
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somebody who is, you know, you just maybe quote
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one, two, three, four places. And then you keep
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going. Maybe just to make your point. Is that
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you are able to explain the scriptures. You are
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able to share the gospel. So like I said your
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life changes your purpose is changes when you
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become a believer So you no longer measure your
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life by the things that you have achieved in
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the natural Praise the Lord. You're no longer
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defining your life But you measure your life
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but the gospel you preach by the practice of
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the gospel praise the Lord By the ministry of
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the gospel I Know many people they want to they
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want to buy this I want to buy that which is
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great And you should buy that praise the Lord,
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but you're not you're not defining your life
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by them Praise the Lord. You will not come and
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say I'm not sure if it's bad or not. For example
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now you just bought a big car You don't say,
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ah, see what God has done. Praise the Lord. It
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is important for you to have a big car if you
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need it, praise the Lord. But you're not, you're
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not, your joy is not that, praise the Lord. Your
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joy is that you are preaching the gospel, that
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as a result of your life, people are transformed
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as a result of your obedience to the things of
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god people's life are being transformed praise
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the lord when you see a person healed you say
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this is what god has done praise the lord because
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god says what that he would provide for you the
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things that you need he's going to provide it
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praise the lord that is already guaranteed by
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god that he will take care of you So you no longer
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have to be boasting about all. Praise the Lord.
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You are boasting about the things that you are
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doing for the kingdom. That you are a minister
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of the kingdom. That you practice the things
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of God. You measure your life by the gospel that
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you preach. The practice of it. The ministry
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of it. Not by your natural success. You know,
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maybe they don't put doctor on your name as a
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PhD holder. You just scatter the place praise
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the Lord maybe they call you to preach somewhere
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and then Mistakily, they did not complete the
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names who have seen that viral video of that
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woman. There's an apostle and a doctor who is
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good Praise the Lord. So if if they don't say
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something it's like no, no, no, praise the Lord
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You understand what success is Because your purpose
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is different John chapter 20 from this 21 to
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22 So Jesus said to them again Peace to you as
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a father has sent me I also send you And when
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he has said this, he breathed on them and he
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said to them, receive the Holy Spirit. If you
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forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven. If
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you retain the sin of any, they are retrained.
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Praise the Lord. So Pasifreda has taught us a
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lot about this message. You can go and check
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it out on our... Spotify and many other platforms
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about the forgiveness of sins Praise the Lord
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So God has sent us right or go sorry God sent
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us so that We will do his will He says as a father
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has sent me I also send you Jesus is saying that
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he's me your that his mission has become your
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mission praise the Lord His mission now has become
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your mission You have inherited something. Praise
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the Lord. You have inherited a mission to forgive
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sins. Praise the Lord. You have inherited mission
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to forgive sins. As we know, as Pastor Astotus,
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He said, God is the one who forgives sins. It
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is God who forgives sins. Praise the Lord. It
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is God who forgives sins. Psalms, chapter 103,
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from verse one to three. He said, bless the Lord,
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all my soul, and all that is within me, bless
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his holy name. Bless the Lord, all my soul, and
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forget not his benefits. who forgive all your
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iniquity, who heals all your diseases. So it
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is God that is forgiving sins. It is God that
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forgives sins. My catch of the seven from verse
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18 to 19. My catch of the seven from verse 18
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to 19. M I C A H Micah, chapter 17, from verse
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18 to 19 says, who is a God like you, pardoning
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iniquity and passing over the transgression of
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the remnant of his inheritance? He does not retain
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his anger forever because he delights in mercy.
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Exodus, chapter 20. Exodus chapter 34 from verse
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6 to 7. It says, And the Lord passed before him
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and proclaimed, The Lord the Lord God, merciful
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and gracious, long -suffering and abounding in
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goodness and truth. Keeping mercy for thousands
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for giving iniquity and transgressions and sins
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by no means and by no and by no means clearing
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the guilty Visiting the iniquity of the father
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upon the children and the children's children
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to the third and the fourth generation I read
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this thing so that you will go to pastor Victor's
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teaching Praise the Lord. These last parts. Okay,
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so that you go and listen to Pastor Victor's
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teaching. So he's not saying that God is not
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going to forgive their sins. We learn that, okay?
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So you go back to that and listen to that message.
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So God is the one that forgives sins. But what
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we do is that we partner with him. Praise the
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Lord. When we become believers and disabled,
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We partner with God to forgive sins So when you
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preach to somebody and the person believes what
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you just did is that you partnered with God and
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their sins are forgiven? Praise the Lord When
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you preach to somebody and they believe Right
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and the person believes what you just did is
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that you partnered with God and their sins are
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forgiven You are an agent of God. Praise the
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Lord. You've become an agent of God So even in
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our lives, right? Somebody offends you. Somebody
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does something bad to you. Praise the Lord. We
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are taught that as well. How forgiveness of sin
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is rendered. So when somebody offends you and
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you forgive them, what you are doing is that
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you are an agent of God. Praise the Lord. You
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are giving forgiveness. So you are acting, so
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God is acting through you, right? And you are
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showing God's nature of forgiveness. So when
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you forgive sins, somebody offends you, or you
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preach the gospel, right? God is acting through
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you. And you are showing the nature of God by
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forgiveness. Praise the Lord. You are showing
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that you belong to God. The person that forgives
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him is just declaring that I am of God Praise
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the Lord. The person that forgives him is declaring
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that he is of God So when you hold a grudge against
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somebody right that unforgiveness is seen Right
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because you don't believe You are you're showing
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like I said when you forgive sins when you preach
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or when you forgive somebody that offends you
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Right what you are showing is that you're showing
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God's nature like through your life by forgiveness
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When you don't you are showing unbelief Praise
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the Lord why because God has forgiven so we forgive
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Praise the Lord because God has forgiven so we
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forgive So when you don't forgive it means that
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you don't you are showing that you don't believe
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the forgiveness of God That's what you're showing.
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You're showing that you don't believe the forgiveness
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of God Colossians chapter 3 verse 13 Colossians
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chapter 3 verse 13 Bearing with one another forgiving
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one another If anyone has a complaint against
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Eloda, even as Christ forgave you, so you also
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must forgive. Praise the Lord. Why do you forgive?
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Because you are forgiven. Praise the Lord. You
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have the ability to forgive because you are somebody
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who is forgiven. You are somebody who is forgiven.
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You forgive because God has forgiven your sin.
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forgiveness comes from God and you are born of
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God praise the Lord you forgive because God has
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forgiven you forgiveness comes from God and you
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are born of God you have the ability to forgive
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because you are born of God so God giving us
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a spirit right as we saw in the Jones of the
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20 is to partner with him is to partner with
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him to bring about his forgiveness on the earth
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is to partner with him let's go back to Matthew
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chapter 20 20. Matthew 28 verse 20. It's a teaching
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them to observe all the things that have commanded
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you and know I'm with you always even to the
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end of the age. So this teaching here we said
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is the word disaster right d -a sorry d -i -d
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-a -s -k -o right it means that discipleship
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involves teaching it involves instruction it
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means to give instructions right it means to
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educate it means to educate he means to teach
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so he said that teaching them to observe the
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things that he has commanded you so jesus has
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taught his disciples some things praise the lord
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and he's saying that you should teach other people
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the things that i taught you so what did he just
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what did you just teach them what did jesus teach
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his disciples or where did he teach them from
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the teaching that he was teaching them where
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did he get it from did they just come from the
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stars from the moon from his ideas from what
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he thinks about life praise the lord or did he
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come from his experience where did he come from
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luke chapter 24 luke chapter 24 verse 25 to 27
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then he said to them all foolish ones and snow
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of heart to believe in all that the prophet has
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spoken or not the Christ to have suffered these
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things and and to enter his glory and beginning
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at Moses and all the prophet he expounded to
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them in all the scriptures the things consigning
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himself verse 44 Then he said to them These are
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the words which I spoke to you while I'll stay
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with you that all Things must be fulfilled which
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was written in the law of Moses and in the prophets
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and in the Psalms consigning me the rest verse
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And he opened the understanding that he may comprehend
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the scriptures praise the Lord So he said that
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what he espounded the scriptures to them In all
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the scriptures the things concerning himself.
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So Jesus was teaching them from the scriptures
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Praise the Lord. Jesus was teaching them From
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the scriptures when he say espound, right? It
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means to interpret to explain Is a word I manual
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D I E R M E N E U O It means to interpret to
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explain so Jesus was explaining the scriptures
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to them and showing them that he was talking
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about him praise the Lord, he did not say believe
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in me and Just believe in me praise the Lord
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just believe what I'm saying to you Or he will
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use the phrase that my wife does not like when
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I use I will lie for you. Right? Jesus was also
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saying to them, I will lie for you. Just believe
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me. No. He went to the scriptures to show them
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the things concerning himself. Praise the Lord.
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He's going to prove. He's also saying, you know,
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I'm your senior. You know, I know these things
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more than you. I'm spiritual, you are not. You
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cannot understand it. You're too dull of understanding.
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Do you understand? that's all he was saying to
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them he said he went to the scriptures like come
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let's go and research together praise the lord
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so so if somebody is having doubts about the
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scriptures about their faith about you don't
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you don't say why you have you have tarried on
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this mountain too long praise the lord you have
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stayed there for too long you should have understanding
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no you go again and you open the scriptures Praise
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the Lord. So Jesus touched the touch them from
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the scriptures. He explained he interpreted So
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when he says that he opened their understanding
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the last time we're here I said it was not that
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he lay hands on them as they receive understanding
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Praise the Lord is by explanation The way that
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you understand the course by your teacher taking
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the time to explain to you right he went and
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he taught them the scriptures were saying things
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consigning him and they believed not because
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he was the one saying it but because they saw
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the explanation as he was explaining they were
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seeing it praise the lord from the scriptures
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so it's also an attitude that you should have
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like i said when you are deciding where you want
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to worship praise the lord that somebody is able
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to explain the scriptures They're not just saying
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believe it believe it believe it Praise the Lord.
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They are able to explain the scriptures. Praise
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the Lord and they know that in the explanation
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is The Holy Spirit also working to also help
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you understand to also help you comprehend Praise
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the Lord If he did not explain scriptures for
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you, there's no there's no work that would be
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done in you. Praise the Lord So again So that
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is what Jesus was doing to them he expounded
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the scriptures he explained to them, right So
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it therefore means that we need to handle the
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scriptures with a skillfulness, praise the Lord.
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You need to give yourself to learning the scriptures.
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That's why we're teaching sometimes the way we
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teach is so that you also begin to learn how
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to handle the scriptures. Praise the Lord. You
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will not dismiss things. You will not just be
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quoting scriptures here and there. join this
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join that join that you you keep going you keep
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going there is no explanation what is that place
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saying how does he how does it he how does it
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tally with what you are trying to say praise
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the lord so quoting scriptures is not teaching
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i'm quoting it here here here is not you that's
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you you're not teaching praise the lord you're
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just saying you're just saying so many things
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So the way you handle the scriptures also give
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an indication of the church that you offend Praise
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the Lord the way you handle the scriptures the
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way you you look at the scriptures the way you
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pay attention to the scriptures the skillfulness
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that you have in Interpreting or in explaining
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the scriptures shows the kind of church that
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you offend So you must know how to explain the
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scriptures. You must strive to explain the scriptures
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praise the lord don't be happy to be just let
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and just give me the word me i'm just a receiver
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praise the lord i'll keep receiving just keep
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saying it i'll keep writing just keep saying
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also learn how to explain it praise the lord
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it takes time it takes a lot of effort praise
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the lord but also learn how to explain the scriptures
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so that your children example let's bring it
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very close we know that God's mandate is for
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you to do around the world but let's bring it
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closer right so your children will not be 16
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and then they had the scriptures for the first
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time somewhere praise the Lord they say wow is
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this the explanation I'm just hearing it for
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the first time and apparently their father or
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their mother is a confessing believer Praise
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the Lord. It means that you have left the work
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of the Lord. You left you let you forgot the
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nations You forgot your family. Praise the Lord
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It means that that mandates that is saying go
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and preach to all the world. You did not take
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it up It means you left it It means you were
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not practicing it It means that you have a refused
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to allow yourself so that God can walk through
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you Praise the Lord To strive to be able to explain
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the scriptures verse 44 to 45 of that place Luke
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chapter 24 44 to 45 He said then he said to them
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These are the words which I spoke to you while
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I was still with you That all this all things
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must be fulfilled which was written in the law
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and in the prophets and in the sons concerning
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me and he opened the understanding that he may
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comprehend the scriptures he did that by explanation
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so jesus was teaching from the scriptures and
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as he said the scriptures or the bible that jesus
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had was not matthew mark luke and john he did
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not have those he did not have the acts of the
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apostles praise the Lord what he had was Genesis
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to Malachi praise the Lord what Jesus had the
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explanation he was giving them was Genesis to
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Malachi so the context of Jesus explanation the
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context of his walk on earth is what Genesis
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to Malachi that's what he was explaining to them
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that's where he he did his walk The volume of
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the books written concerning him was not Luke.
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It was Genesis to Malachi. Praise the Lord. It
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means that God was saying was saying was already
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saying so many things from there. The things
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that were there were sufficient enough. Praise
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the Lord. so We also can observe that sometimes
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that the book of the Old Testament were called
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the prophets Right in that same place where we
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read Luke chapter 24 verse 25 Luke chapter 24
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verse 25 He says and then he said to them all
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foolish ones of snow had to believe in all that
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the prophet has spoken praise the Lord In all
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that the prophets have spoken verse 27 It's a
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beginning and beginning at Moses and in all the
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prophets He has founded to them in all the scriptures
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the things for assigning himself verse 44 Then
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he said to them these are the words which I spoke
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to you while I was still with you that all things
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must be fulfilled which was written in the law
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of Moses and in the prophets and in the Psalms
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consigning me. Praise the Lord. So the scriptures
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were called Psalms. They were called prophets.
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They were called the laws of Moses. Praise the
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Lord. So we see that the word prophet was repeated
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so many times in these places that we read. So
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one of the ways in which the scriptures is described
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is as the prophets. Praise the Lord. the scriptures
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is described as the prophets so the Old Testament
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book is called the prophets we see that more
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Acts chapter 2 verse 21 Acts chapter 2 sorry
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Acts chapter 3 verse 21 Acts chapter 3 You say,
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whom heaven must receive until the time of restoration
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of all things, which God has spoken by the mouth
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of all his holy prophets since the beginning,
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since the world begun. Verse 22. For Moses truly
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said to the fathers, the Lord your God will raise
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up for you a prophet like me from your brethren,
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him you shall hear in all things, whatever he
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says to you. verse 24 to 25 the prophets so another
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way to look at the scriptures is the prophets
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so he already shows us the background of the
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context of the scriptures the prophets Romans
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chapter 16 verse 25 to 26 Romans chapter 16 verse
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25 to 26 Romans 16 now to him who is able to
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establish you according to the gospel and the
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preaching of Jesus Christ according to the revelation
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of the mystery kept secret since the world began
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but now made manifest by the prophetic scriptures
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made known to all the nation according to the
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commandments of the everlasting god for obedience
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to the faith praise the lord prophetic scriptures
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Romans chapter one verse two which he promised
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through his prophets in the holy scriptures his
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prophets so the bible is called the prophet hebrew
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chapter one verse one God who at various time
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and in various ways spoken in time past to the
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fathers by the prophets Praise the Lord. So the
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Bible is therefore a book of prophets. It's a
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prophetic book It's not a commercial book. Praise
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the Lord. It's not a five -step book. Praise
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the Lord is not a Just put the ETC there It is
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a prophetic book. Second Timothy chapter 3 verse
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16. Second Timothy chapter 3 verse 16. He said,
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all scriptures is given by the inspiration of
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God and is profitable for doctrines, for reproof,
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for correction, for instruction in righteousness.
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Right? That word inspiration is also another
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way to say prophets. Praise the Lord. Peter chapter
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1 from verse 10 to 12. 1 Peter chapter 1 from
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verse 10 to 12. Of the salvation the prophet
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have inquired and sat carefully who prophesied
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of the grace that will come to you. Such in what
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manner of time the spirit of Christ who was in
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them was indicating when he testified beforehand
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the suffering of Christ and the glories that
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would follow. To them it was a review that sorry
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to them. It was a review that Not to them then
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not to themselves But to us they were ministering
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things which now have been reported to you through
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those who have Preached the gospel to you by
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the Holy Spirit sent from heaven things with
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angel desire to look into Second Timothy sorry
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second Peter chapter 1 of his 19 to 21 Second
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Peter chapter 19 to 21. And so we have prophetic,
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the prophetic word confirmed, which you do well
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to hit as light that shines in that place, in
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that place until the day dawns and the morning
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star rises in your heart. Knowing this first
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and no prophecy of scripture, is of any private
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interpretation verse 21 for prophecy never came
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by the will of man but holy men of god spoke
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as they were moved by the holy spirit praise
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the lord so the entire old testament right is
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called the world of prophecy it refers to it
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as prophets praise the lord it refers to it Luke
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chapter 11, from verse 49 to 51. Luke chapter
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11. Therefore the wisdom of God also said, I
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will send the prophets and the apostle, and some
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of them they will kill and persecute. That the
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blood of all the prophets which was shed from
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the foundation of the world may be required of
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this generation From the blood of Abel to the
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blood of Zechariah who perished between the altars
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and the temple Yes, I say to you it shall be
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required of this generation Praise the Lord.
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So Jesus is talking about the Old Testament or
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the Old Testament So look who he called the prophet
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Praise the Lord verse 51 look who we call the
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prophet he said from the blood of Abel right
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so Abel that we saw or that you might think of
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as somebody who brought a firm product to God
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as offering Christ is saying that he's a prophet
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praise the Lord so he's not just that person
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that was bringing the wonderful as you look at
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it which we also saw in the church he's not somebody
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that you look at as he's not just the person
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you look at somebody who brought the sacrifice
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of his farm product or his of the yield of the
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land to god and his brother killed him that's
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not just that man that man christ says he's what
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the prophet he's or abel was a prophet hebrew
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chapter 11 verse 4 Hebrews 11, they saw. They
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said, by faith Abel offered to God a more excellent
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sacrifice than Cain through which he obtained
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witness that he was righteous, God testifying
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of his gift. Through it, he, being dead, still
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speaks. Praise the Lord. Abel was a prophet.
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So the entire Old Testament was referred to as
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the prophet, which means that if a book is called
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a prophet, A way to see it contextually, that
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is the word in it, the interpretation of it is
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what? The prophet. So if the book, if something
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is called the prophet, so the way you look at
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it properly is the way you read it, the way you
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interpret it is that is the prophet. So if you're
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reading, if somebody writes, if a psychologist,
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I don't know if we have a psychologist here,
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if a psychologist writes a book, You know, you
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can be sure that some of the things they wrote
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would focus more on things concerning psychology
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Praise the Lord. It will not be something relating
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to something else right because this is their
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field. Praise the Lord So if a Bible is written
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by prophet, it means that the context of it right
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would be the prophets Praise the Lord. It will
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mean the prophets. So who is a prophet? Praise
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the Lord. We're going to answer that on Wednesday
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