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Welcome back. All right?
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God bless everybody. God bless everybody.
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Yes, that's correct. That's correct.
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So little children, guard yourselves from idols.
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Yes, Amen. See what I mean?
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No, that's true. I mean, right now there are so
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many crazy things going on because I woke up in the morning
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and I did my thing, you know, in the morning.
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And then I I went on social media and this whole channeling
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thing, you know, you know, you know about that.
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Yeah. Yeah, it's getting out of hand.
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Like there's so much, so many people tapping into that.
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I think it's, it's been a thing for quite honestly for a while,
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for a lot of a lot of experiment on that.
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But it's just they're coming out now.
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Yeah, a lot more. People are getting interviewed
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on podcast, stuff like that. Yeah, yeah.
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I mean, they call it channeling by channeling, meaning like
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tapping into their frequency and they're like used as a vessel
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and they speak through them. Yeah, some of the master project
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or if they do this thing called remote viewing.
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Yeah. So, yeah, I know what you're
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talking about. It's out of hand.
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Yeah, it's getting out of hand right now.
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I guess material things are not enough for people.
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I think they they're like, there has to be more than just these
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material things. Look, bro, the body of Christ, I
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would hope they all come because they recognize that the Son of
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man, yeah, is the Son of God. Yeah, gives life and we have
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that testimony within us. I hope that.
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But I think some people come to to the faith because they want
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their problem solved. They want to feel power and all
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that. Yeah.
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And there's a story and also one of the epistles where his
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actually name is Simon came to appear.
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He was like, can I have your power?
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How much does it cost? He's like, oh, oh, really?
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Hey, you can't buy it. I was like, you can't buy this
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power. We are spiritual beings.
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Yeah. So even the people from the
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world, they feel this desire, right.
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That's more than than than this material.
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And although what they're doing to some people would be sound
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cool, it is real. Yeah, it.
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Is real? Absolutely.
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And they're idolizing that. Yep, a lot.
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Significantly a lot. And they do feel peace.
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I'm not going to say they don't. Right.
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Yeah, because the stuff they say, like it'll make anybody
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feel like, wow, yeah, that was deep.
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So they're idolizing that because it it takes them away
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from this reality. Yeah, of of death, if you will,
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because physical we we were, we're a decaying.
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So yeah, dude, we live in a world where everything is
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idolship too. Yeah, literally everything.
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Yeah, we can idolize our family, our brother, anything, literally
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anything, bro. Yep.
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Our phones, a show we can literally idolize.
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Yeah, absolutely. And I thought it was cool, that
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dream that you had in the morning.
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Oh yeah, dude, it was crazy because I, I, I don't know if I
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was dreaming, if I was awake because I in the dream, I guess
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you can say, let's call it a dream for now.
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But I woke up and, you know, I was on my bed and then you were
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like across my room, like just sitting down chilling and, and
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you were like, it's easy to take out your phone and, you know,
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start lusting and all that stuff, right?
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Right. But when you grab a Bible,
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that's what will make you a man of God.
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Early in the morning. Yeah, early in the morning,
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yeah. I mean, dude, this is I mean.
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It's true though, but it was weird because then when the
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dream ended I felt like I was already awake.
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Yeah, you were in the middle of. Yeah, a lot of things.
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Yeah. But but it's true, though.
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I mean, it happens to me. I mean, you know, since some
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running the company, I wake up in the first thing it's just
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emails or any leads through like Facebook or whatever, Google all
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all of these platforms. That's the first thing I do
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right. Or I'll look at one of the our
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our reels in the social media, see how many views and all that
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and try to start like adjusting for the day.
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So true, bro. Yeah, I was.
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That's idolizing. It yeah, no, it is absolutely.
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I totally agree. You know, yeah.
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So they they had idolship back then as well.
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Yeah, they had a lot of idolship, a lot of things.
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Yeah, not just statue. Yeah, even even wisdom was a
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form like having that knowledge and that you.
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Know they thought that was a sign of divinity.
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Yeah. They were.
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They were that like intellectually inclined.
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Yeah, yeah, yeah. With these, you know,
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philosophical ideas. Yeah, so they were, they were
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idolizing all that. Yeah.
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So that's why the whole chanting thing.
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I can see why people idolize that, you know, they, they're
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interacting with these beings that have wisdom.
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Let's be real. Here you mean they're
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channeling? They're channeling, yeah.
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They have wisdom. I mean, let's be real here.
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They have a lot of wisdom because they're probably in
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front of, like, a lot of crazy things.
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And people idolize that. The fact that these people,
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these beings are able to speak in that way, like, yeah, yeah,
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yeah, yeah. So.
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I mean, and I think that for the business owner, it's a little
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bit more challenging. You know, people have
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businesses, some of them, they do it because they're very
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passionate about about what they do.
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And, you know, in turn, they do become successful because of
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that. But some of them are after the
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money. Yeah.
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They're after the profit, after the game.
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Absolutely. You know what I mean?
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Analyse that. Yep.
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And so, yeah, there's a lot of factors into that.
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I mean, we can go deep. Yeah, Deep, deep, deep, but.
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But yeah, we need to guard ourselves from from my own ship,
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absolutely. You know what I mean?
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So for all those who are interested in that or run away.
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Yeah, run away. Run away from that.
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As far as you can. Because I'll say it is real.
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Yeah. I'm not saying it's not.
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Yeah, absolutely. You don't know what you're
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dealing with. Yep.
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You know what I mean? And so, yeah, that's pretty.
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That's pretty cool, you know. But I think the reason for that
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is that we all yearn to want to have hope.
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That's that's yeah, bro, we want to yearn.
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We went for the idea of faith, to want to believe in something,
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in something. Yeah, right.
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Right. And so people fall into that,
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into those traps. I mean, even the Israelites.
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Yeah, they felt. 12 spies went and none of them trusted that
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they could overcome these these giants.
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Apparently they were giants when the 12 sides went to to spy on
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Jericho. Yeah, the soldiers were huge.
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Yeah, they were huge. Yeah, absolutely.
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The only two who really believed were like Joshua and Caleb.
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Yeah. So Guy was, yeah, pretty
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disappointed. Yeah, he was.
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I mean, what was that? Pastor Chang.
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Pastor Chang? Yeah, Yeah, he was.
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He was the one that brought that topic up.
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And he was like when the 12 spies went down and they and
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they saw these giants, they came back and they were they were
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complaining. They were like, how are we going
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to defeat these people, you know, and they didn't come back
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and God, God didn't go like, oh, congratulations, you guys are so
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humble for even thinking that. He was like you questioning my
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power. Do you not know I can do all
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things like you know and you? And they witnessed his power.
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They witnessed his power. Throughout.
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The desert exactly. So like you see this pattern in
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the Scripture where, for example, Elijah, when Elijah ran
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away and he hid it inside the mountains, you know, God was
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like, what are you doing here, Elijah, where you think you're
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the only prophet? Get up and let's go.
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You know what I mean? Or when the disciples after, you
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know, Christ, you know, went up, you know, they, they were all
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like, they kind of like scattered around, right?
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Like, and then Christ came back and was like, come on, let's go.
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You know, there's no form of coddling.
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No. Basically, God is like, where's
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your faith? Where's your faith?
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So our faith is measured in the eyes of God, of course, You know
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what I mean? It's like our faith is what
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makes us conquer the whole world for his glory, you know what I
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mean? So I think as Christians, we
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need to stop the whole coddling thing, the whole like
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therapeutic thing. It's because God doesn't treat
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us like that. We're his children.
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He sees us as like warriors, you know what I mean?
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I mean they definitely have therapy though.
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During the early church, 100% yeah.
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They probably did, yeah. No, no, they had it.
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Oh, they had it. Yeah, yeah, bro.
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No way. Yeah, dude, I'm, I'm.
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Come on bro. I'm kidding all.
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Right. That was good acting, dude, That
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was good. Acting.
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I can't believe you actually believe it.
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Dude, because I'm just like, makes sense, yeah.
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Come on. I didn't know.
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That didn't even exist. Oh, I didn't know.
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I didn't know, man. I didn't.
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Therapy and psychology wasn't just it was like recent it's
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young. Wow.
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It's young. Yeah.
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It's like baby, right? The concept of psychology and
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therapy is young. Yeah, in comparison to the early
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1st century. Come on, dude.
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Are you kidding me? You actually.
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Believed. No, I didn't believe that I did.
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I did. That was good acting.
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No good acting. Come on dude, I'm being so
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sarcastic. No, I was.
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I believed it. Yeah, I'm like, no way.
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There's no way of believing this anyways.
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For some people, I guess in our time, people need it and if if
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our brothers and sisters on the password about they were able to
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manage. Yeah, and they saw some messed
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up things come on. Like, yeah, they were being
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persecuted left and right. You think they didn't see their
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children get slaughtered? But, you know, maybe they needed
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to like set up an appointment with the counselor.
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They they probably need they. Had to, yeah, because God wasn't
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enough. Yeah, apparently.
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Apparently. Yeah, You know what I mean.
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Yeah, yeah. No, it's true.
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Exactly. I think it's time to snap out of
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it, you know? Yeah, 100%.
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And therefore that's why we are in First John Chapter 5, the
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last chapter for First John, right?
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I must say bro, this is probably one of the best books.
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What do you mean? Because James was amazing.
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Right. First, John is like.
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It just connects with James like.
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Oh yeah, no, they don't. They don't contradict each.
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Other they don't man. Not at all.
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It's like complete connection. And if if you come up with, I
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don't know how you can come up with different, you can come up
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with different results. It's probably therapy.
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I'm just kidding. Yeah.
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That's crazy. Well, The thing is, you can't
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interpret based on your emotions.
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You. That's what I'm saying rather.
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Than than than just accepting what like John wrote here.
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Yeah, you know what I mean. Yeah, it did not let your heart
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bring you to. What is it?
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Condemnation. Don't let your heart condemn
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you. Yeah, don't let your heart
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condemn you. Yeah, bro, Therefore everyone
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who believes that Jesus is Christ has been born of God, and
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everyone who loves the Father, loves the child, loves the child
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born of him. This is the first one so far for
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those keeping up with us. By this we know that we love the
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children of God when we love and follow His commandments.
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For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments.
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Yep. Here we go, and his commandments
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are not burdensome, for whoever has been born of God overcomes
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the world, and this is the victory that has overcome the
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world, our faith there. You go Amen.
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Look at that. See, that hit me so hard, man,
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when it says that his commandments are not a burden.
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Yeah, right. The only reason why you can say
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it becomes a burden is if you lack faith.
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Yeah, that's the only way that. Has to be that, right?
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Yep. That means you don't believe
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right on his standards or commandments.
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Yeah, he's above the commandments.
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Exactly. He gives them.
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Yeah, yeah, because in in chapter it was chapter 4 three,
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right? It says that that the one that
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like doesn't really worry is the one that has his his confidence
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on God, his, you know what I mean?
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Yeah. So that person doesn't feel.
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Like, yeah, if your heart doesn't condemn you, mm hmm.
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You're at ease because you have your confidence on him.
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Yes, exactly. So that is evidence of your
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faith right there and then. If yeah.
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Because if your heart doesn't condemn you, it's because you
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do. Follow His commandments with
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love. Yeah, with love.
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Not with a sour heart or nothing, you know, just straight
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up love. Exactly.
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And like everybody says, well, first John 2/3, he speaks about
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love. Everything is about love.
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Yeah, but read between the lines.
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Yeah, come on, it's not therapy. Like read between the lines.
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Yeah, dude. I mean, I think then he says
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that his commandments are not a burdensome.
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Now, what could lead us to think that these commandments are a
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burdensome? This is why first John, all of
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it connects with each other when he talks about the love of the
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world and keeping your eyes on the world.
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That's when the commandments become a burdensome.
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Why? I'll give you an example that
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happened to me. I'll even explain it.
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You know, today is the day that we give our time to God and we
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will be giving Him more whenever.
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The more the merrier, the better, right?
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But when you are dedicating, you separate that time for you and
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God. You're thinking about your
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errand or that task. Yeah.
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And you're like, thinking about it.
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At least in my case, I need to reply to a client.
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Oh, my God. You know what I mean?
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Yeah, yeah, Yeah. And then you called me out.
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Do do you not trust in God, bro? And I was like, at that moment,
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you feel like his commandments are burdensome.
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Why? Because you're trying to like,
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well, I got to be here, but then you feel the struggle and just
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burdensome now. Yeah.
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By commandments, what do we mean that?
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Well, Christ said love your God with all your heart, mind and
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soul. Yeah.
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Strength. Exactly.
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That's everything. That's everything.
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Look at Hebrides. Love yourself.
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And this holds the law. Yeah.
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And the prophets? Together.
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Exactly. Right.
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Those are His commandments, and by loving God with all your
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heart, mind and soul, that means you can do everything you can to
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be in His presence because you now have access to that
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otherwise you didn't before. Absolutely.
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And even if you wanted to be in his presence, you were not good
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enough. No one was able to pay for that.
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And so that's what that means by his commandments to practicing
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the truth. Yeah, man.
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And so it's like that was just an example, right?
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Nothing. Nothing grave, right?
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But what if you're so fixated in the world, you see someone in
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social media, you see someone here, you got to make 5 million.
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You got to do this. That person is over there, and
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you're just like, oh, my God. Then now you walk with God.
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You see it? A burdensome.
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Yep. Why commandment #1 Commandment
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is if you believe in me, you shall have eternal life.
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That's a command. Yeah.
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If you believe in me. You shall have eternal life.
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That's that's why, yeah, that's why he said his commandments are
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a burdensome for whoever has been born of God overcomes the
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world. Amen.
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If you are born of God, there's no reason for you to be in
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burden. Yeah, I agree.
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And that is the victory you overcome.
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The world is your faith. No.
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Absolutely. Yeah.
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I just thought that was interesting.
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No, no. Amazing.
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You can reach out verse 5. South in verse 5 it says who is
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the one who conquers the world, but the one who believes that
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Jesus is the Son of God, Jesus Christ.
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He's the one who came by water and blood, not by water only,
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but by water and by blood. And the spear is the one who
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testifies, because the Spirit is the truth.
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For there are three that testify, the Spirit, the water,
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and the blood, and these three are in agreement.
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If we accept human testimony, God's testimony is greater
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because it is God's testimony that he has given about His Son.
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The one who believes in the Son of God has this testimony within
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himself. The one who does not believe God
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has made him a liar because he's he has not believed in the
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testimony God has given about his Son.
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And this is the testimony. God has given us eternal life,
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and this life is in his Son. The one who has a son has life.
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The one who does not have the Son of God does not have life.
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I have written these things to you who believe in the name of
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the Son of God, so that you may know that you have eternal life.
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Yeah. Amazing.
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So he's writing to the one who knows the truth.
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Yeah dude, why would he be speaking to someone who does not
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understand this? Exactly.
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Now I just want to make that clear.
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Yeah, yeah, yeah. That's tough.
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It is tough. Yep, absolutely.
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Because he's saying here whoever who is the one who overcomes the
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world, right? So he's saying he's saying this
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is the one who came in water in blood and spirit.
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Now this is this is a mystery that he uses these three things,
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right, because that's how he was born as well, right, right.
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The spirit and then water and then flesh.
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He became flesh, right, right. It was in accordance, but also
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the same thing in regards to repentance, forgiveness and
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being baptized by water. All those three comes into
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agreement, right? Everything for some reason is in
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a subset of three. Yep.
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Right now, I don't like using the word tarinitarian, whatever.
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That's the word we use to make sense of things.
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But God ain't. This is.
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I was meditating this earlier, by the way.
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The enemy doesn't like when we speak about this as much as he
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could be around us and trying to when I like, scare us, right.
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But this is the this this is a mystery too.
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We say God is infinite, but we meditate.
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We meditate upon that with our finite mind.
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Yeah. I see what you're saying.
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What am I saying? So what you're trying to say is
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that we only think in a 3D dimension?
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So we say he's infinite, right? And but we we are coming to that
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conclusion having a finite mind. Right, right.
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Yeah, absolutely we can. Limited.
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Yeah, we can only and. We're coming to that conclusion.
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Yeah. Yeah.
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So that means God is much greater than that.
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Much greater. Oh yeah.
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And even then, by what I'm saying, still I'm saying that
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with a finite mind, meaning limited.
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Yeah. So God.
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God is beyond. Is incomprehensible, right?
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So he reveals himself in this form of three, because what is
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our mind is capable of? And even then we still struggle.
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We still struggle with that. Imagine, yeah, he, he simplified
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it as simple as he can for us. And then we still have a hard
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time. And why does he use that
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example, a subset of three? Because he's saying the
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testimony that's worth from within you can only come to an
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existing because of Jesus. If the Spirit is that's
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testifying because it's of the truth.
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That means that when you believe the Spirit testifies of that
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there's like the seed now within you.
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Yeah. The sprout, the sprouts, Right,
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Right. Yeah, yeah.
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The blood that was given for us, for our sins.
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Right. All that is required a change of
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mind. Yeah, right.
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No, Yeah, yeah, yeah, no. It it is really interesting when
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I read that and then he talks about the water.
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Is that the water like when you get baptized?
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Yeah, because you need to be born again.
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Right. Not because Nicodemus came to
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just how is this possible? How can one enter re enter into
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the Muslim and then be born? He's like Nicodemus?
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How can you not understand these things?
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And you say you're a master, I mean, a a teacher, Right.
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He was. So Chrysler was implying that he
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should have already come to this conclusion, and he wasn't.
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Yeah. How then will you understand the
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heavenly things? And he was just speaking to him
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about spiritual terms. Yeah.
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Terms in which he should have concluded already.
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Yeah, yeah, absolutely. Isn't that crazy?
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A man that studied his whole life, pretty much yeah, and
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still couldn't understand basics.
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And we understand this well, some of us.
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But we should be even. More and and more, Yeah.
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And why? Why water?
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See, that's a good question. Actually, I only got the answer
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right now. To be honest, that's the only
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reason why I'm asking you. Why water?
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Because that is the very element that you need for creation.
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That's so true. That is so true.
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And water, the molecules they remember.
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They remain right. You can.
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You can actually do a search on this.
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They can remember anything. No way.
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Yeah, they can. They can turn into any shape.
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That's true. It doesn't matter.
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You can, yeah. You can legit turn into any
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shape. Yeah, even when they
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crystallize, they have different shapes.
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Yeah, that's so true. They can vibrate the molecule.
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See if if you vibrate to a different frequency they will
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adjust. Yeah, dude, that is so true man.
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I just made that connection right now to be honest.
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Yeah, yeah, You need, you need water for life, right?
22:05
Yeah, we need water. Yeah.
22:06
Yeah. That's why when scientists,
22:09
they're like, oh, we discovered a a planet and I think it has
22:12
water in it, they get excited. Yeah, and and when Christ told
22:16
the the the Samaritan girl at the wild, I was like the water
22:19
that I give you'll never thirst again.
22:21
Yeah, I am that living water. Yep.
22:24
I mean, think about it. If he used water to create this
22:26
world, that means water is the sustenance of life.
22:31
But who's the one who gives it? He does.
22:33
Yeah, he does. So because of our sin for
22:36
nature, what we overcome of the world is not the planet itself.
22:41
Obviously we're talking about the simple nature of us, right?
22:45
Of of what we bring to this world.
22:48
Yeah. Overcoming that, overcoming that
22:51
lust, that simple desire, refraining from it.
22:55
But you can only do that if you're born of him.
22:57
Amen. If you're, you don't see the
22:59
commandments as a burdensome. Yeah, exactly.
23:02
No, no, absolutely. And that and all that, all that
23:06
he says here, like if we receive the testimony of people, right,
23:10
that means like you're telling me something second hand.
23:13
The testimony of God is greater for the testimony of God is this
23:16
who testified concerning his son.
23:18
The one who believes in the Son has the testimony within.
23:22
Himself. The one who does not believe God
23:25
has made who a liar. Has made him a.
23:28
Lie because he has not believed in the testimony of God.
23:33
And what is that? Eternal life?
23:35
What is that? That he's testifying concerning
23:37
his Son. I sent my son so that he can
23:39
speak, that I am testifying, that I promise you eternal life
23:42
if you believe in him through Him.
23:46
Yeah. Oh, that's absolutely true.
23:49
Amen. And this life is his Son.
23:51
The one who has the Son has the life, and the one who does not
23:55
have the Son of God does not have life.
23:59
Amen. Amen.
24:02
These things I have written to you who believe in the name of
24:06
the Son of God, so that you may know that you have eternal life.
24:09
So he's who's he speaking to here?
24:11
To the believer. Right.
24:13
Yeah, he's just reminded. Encouraging them.
24:15
You're encouraging them. This is the confidence.
24:17
See, he just, he does that right there.
24:18
This is the confidence which we have before him.
24:20
No doubt it that if we ask anything, according to what?
24:23
To his will. And So what happens these days
24:26
bro, when we ask things? Oh.
24:27
When we ask things. I'm talking to believers.
24:30
Yeah, when we ask things, we ask things with false pretense.
24:35
And another, another thing too, is that we say we're doing it
24:40
for God, but truth be told, we're just looking at the shiny
24:42
object behind what we're praying for.
24:45
So. Yep.
24:47
And the crazy thing is that like, these things are on earth.
24:52
They're tangible. They're tangible.
24:54
Yeah. You just work hard for it.
24:55
You, you know, you know, Yeah. Yeah.
24:57
You know. But when it comes to the things
24:59
of God, that's not tangible. Only God can give it.
25:03
You know what I mean? So.
25:05
His word is tangible 'cause you hear it.
25:08
Yes. If you are born of him, tell
25:10
somebody within you you know that it is.
25:14
Yeah, absolutely. Yeah.
25:17
And the world can never reach that unless they repay and come
25:19
to God and are born again. But they can no amount of money,
25:22
hard work. And we get them there so exact.
25:24
So that's the beauty of of of of that.
25:29
So if he asks anything, according to his will, he hears
25:33
us. And if we know that he hears us
25:36
in whatever we ask, we know that we have the request which we
25:41
have asked him for. This is according to his will.
25:44
The one who practices the truth, the one who has confidence in
25:48
him. Yeah.
25:50
The one who does not see his commandments as a burden because
25:52
he's always looking at the world, Right.
25:54
What the people are doing. Yeah.
25:56
Right. And it's just right.
25:57
And if we know, right that he hears whatever he asks, we know
26:01
that we have what we have asked of him.
26:03
So technically, like, for example, like when Cain went to
26:07
go give the offering to God, he was like Cain, why you look so
26:10
like, you know, upset? If you know you're doing
26:12
something right, shouldn't you not feel that way, right?
26:15
So basically like we know deep down of course of what we're
26:18
asking. For there is accountability from
26:21
within ourselves. Within ourselves, yeah.
26:23
If the Spirit testifies, he surely is convicting us
26:26
absolutely. Absolutely.
26:28
And and and yeah, that's so true.
26:29
So that's what I'm getting at right now.
26:30
I'm just like, we know what we're truly asking for, even if,
26:34
even if it's in the back of the back of the back of our.
26:36
Exactly. So when I pray sometimes, you
26:38
know, I'm just like, you know what, guys?
26:41
You know better than me. Yeah.
26:42
Deny yourself. You know better than me and I
26:44
and, and, and within my heart, I'm asking because of because of
26:47
this reason, right? So help me.
26:52
Yes, exactly. You know what I mean?
26:54
Yeah, bro, absolutely. That's why you got to pray.
26:56
Like help me with my own belief. No, you say.
26:59
I'm sorry, you say no. No, I was going to say, just
27:01
keep asking. You know, when you have those
27:02
moments, ask. I'd be like help me with my own
27:04
belief. Like there's something wrong
27:05
with that. Nothing wrong because it
27:06
requires an immense faith to even say help me with my right
27:11
because you know you want to break that barrier even more
27:13
every. Time.
27:14
Yeah, exactly. So that little faith that you
27:16
have and you apply to that God sues it.
27:20
Of course. You know what I mean.
27:21
Just like the Father with the possessed son, He asked, he
27:25
asked Christ, can you please do this?
27:27
And Christ was like if if you believe anything is possible.
27:29
And he was like, I believe so help me with my own belief.
27:33
OK, now I'm going to tell you that what you said with the 12
27:36
spies, before I forget quickly, we've been entering into these
27:39
conversations about faith works, works this and that.
27:42
No, no, no, no, no, no. God, literally, they sent 12
27:45
spies. Only two believed that at the
27:48
12, and then everybody was freaking out.
27:51
Why was God disappointed? Was it because they were
27:55
following his commandments? No, they were still misbehaving.
27:58
Yeah, throughout the desert. But why?
28:00
Was he really bothered? Because he he showed them.
28:04
Showed him what? His power.
28:05
OK, Yeah. If he sent his son for you to
28:12
believe him and you can't believe, or you struggle to have
28:16
faith in him that he can do all things, why would he judge you
28:20
by works? Ha ha, I see exactly what you're
28:23
saying. So what you're saying that much
28:27
more is given to you, much more is required?
28:30
Of you I gave you my son. Right.
28:32
How can you not believe, right? I am testifying through Him that
28:35
He will give you eternal life. If you believe in Him, you will
28:40
have faith to do all things through Christ.
28:43
I can do all things through Christ.
28:44
That strengthens me. There you go.
28:46
Exactly. I totally.
28:48
No, I understand what you're saying.
28:49
Absolutely. Do you see what I mean?
28:51
Yeah, I do. So it makes total sense why it
28:53
says in Scripture that it'll be more tolerable on the Sodom and
28:57
Gomorrah. And for those that are hearing
28:59
this message and, you know, rejecting error or denying
29:03
because of belief, because of belief, lack of belief, because
29:05
the only way you become Antichrist is, is if you just
29:10
deny, deny, deny. You can't debunk it because it's
29:13
the absolute truth. Wow.
29:16
And so here he then makes a connection.
29:17
He goes a little tangent if anyone, if anyone, sees his
29:21
brother or sister committing a sin.
29:23
No, he's talking about a sin. Apparently it doesn't lead to
29:26
death. And he's not talking about
29:27
physical death, right? Or because the wages of sin is
29:30
already death. We die, we're physically going
29:33
to die, but Christ came to save us from what?
29:37
What type of death? A spiritual death.
29:40
A spiritual death, which is second death, right?
29:42
Yeah. So he then talks about a sin
29:44
that's not leading to death. I'm not saying that he should
29:48
ask about that. All unrighteousness is sin, and
29:52
there is sin not leading to death.
29:56
Now we know that no one has been born of God.
30:00
It sins. So he's then clarified, anyone
30:03
born of God does not sin. Meaning, what does that mean?
30:05
You're not in continual sin, right?
30:08
Right. He's referring to those who are
30:11
not of us. We're never of us who the left
30:13
are, not of us, the Antichrist, those who are against Christ,
30:16
against the truth, against they have to deny.
30:18
But then there's brothers and sisters who are at borderline,
30:23
right, borderline sinning because they don't believe, they
30:29
don't trust in God, right? They don't practice the truth.
30:32
Yeah. Yeah.
30:32
So he says to pray. He says to pray, right.
30:36
You know what I mean? Yeah.
30:37
Yeah. And that's what he says.
30:41
But he who was born of God keeps him, and the evil 1 does not
30:45
touch him. We know that we are of God and
30:48
the whole world lies with the power of the evil.
30:52
And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us
30:56
understanding. By understanding meaning we can
30:59
think now so that we may know him who is true and we are him
31:04
who is true in His Son Jesus Christ.
31:07
This is the true God and eternal life.
31:11
And this is how we how I started.
31:12
Obviously, you know, children guard yourselves from idols.
31:17
Wow, that just wraps up the whole letter right there. 12345
31:21
only to get to that. Wow.
31:24
So the brother and sister who is in sin not leading to death, and
31:28
by that meaning he's not spiritually dead.
31:30
Yeah. Yeah, right.
31:31
Because he's still alive, he still has physical death.
31:35
Yeah, yeah, absolutely right. And by that meaning, like if
31:39
you're alive but you believe and you're struggling.
31:41
Yeah, because there there is a part, I think when John says, he
31:44
says that if you continue sinning, you do not know God,
31:48
right. Yeah, he says there.
31:49
Because clearly if you don't, yeah, because the one that
31:52
actually knows God is like, I'm able to overcome all this.
31:55
Exactly. And that's when when we ask for
31:58
things, we ask according to His will.
32:00
So when you have a brother and sister who is committing a sin
32:05
because a person doesn't ask, right?
32:08
He's not asking correctly according to God, who's asking
32:10
according to his love for the world.
32:13
Right, right. Absolutely, absolutely.
32:17
So bro it's more than ever what this this tells me is I got to
32:22
deny myself even when I think I know.
32:24
Just deny yourself because at the end of the day it is God who
32:26
knows all things. Exactly.
32:29
Yeah, I I love how he ended with that.
32:32
Little children, guard yourselves from idols.
32:35
Because that is what they were struggling with.
32:38
Absolutely. Why idols?
32:40
Because in their time, they had idols for every little thing.
32:45
Dude, Yeah, you know, the goddess of Artemis, which is the
32:49
goddess of fertility, Aphrodites, all of these gods,
32:54
Greek and Roman Pagan gods, every little thing, they had a
32:58
God for success. Wow, they had a.
33:01
God for this, they had a God for that.
33:03
Wow. But in our time, we don't have
33:05
those gods. And our time is our ego is our
33:08
God. Yeah.
33:10
I can do this. I can do this.
33:11
Yep, absolutely right. That is our garden nowadays,
33:14
yeah. You know what I mean?
33:16
Yeah, yeah, yeah. And you know what that that
33:17
brings me to to a topic that we never got to.
33:22
We're going to get there one day, but step off your throne.
33:25
Yes. Step off your throne.
33:27
We do have that scripted 1 and it's sometimes we like to be on
33:33
our throne. Yep, absolutely.
33:35
Yeah. Whether we like it or not, it's
33:36
true. And we'll say Nah, Nah, I'm so
33:39
focus on God and then and it just immersed in other things.
33:47
Yeah, absolutely. And guy was like, I thought you.
33:51
Yeah, yeah, no, this morning I I prayed to God and I was like God
33:55
disconnect me right now from the secondary things like today's
33:58
the day it's for you. So just.
34:01
Disconnect me, it's hard. It is if those tendencies to
34:05
look back. It's idol shit.
34:07
Yeah, it is man, whether we like it or not, you know, and and
34:11
each time we, we doubt God, it's like almost like a slap in the
34:15
face towards God because God is like, have I not been with you
34:18
this whole time? So now I understand the
34:21
disappointment that God could have with us is like, you guys
34:24
don't really believe in my son, right, Right, right.
34:27
Absolutely. Yeah, man, 'cause it's a
34:30
punishment, 'cause God, God, you know, God does get upset.
34:34
Absolutely, absolutely. People think that like when the
34:40
world mocks God, that's where God gets upset.
34:43
No, God is just like he flicks him, like he's just like these
34:46
mosquitoes. But I think it's worse when his
34:49
children that claim that he's the one true living God and then
34:53
they doubt him. I think that's where God gets
34:55
hurt or feels some type of way. Yeah, or at least that's the way
34:59
we comprehend it. Right, right, right.
35:01
Or like he feels some type of way where it's like, am I not
35:05
your God? Like you're not my children?
35:07
Like, shouldn't you trust me? So I think it's, we're too
35:11
focused on like what the world does, mocking, mocking God.
35:16
They will have their consequences.
35:17
I think it's important that we focus on our, our, our body,
35:21
our, our body in Christ, like the body that we are in.
35:25
That's what we should focus on. I mean, look what he says in the
35:27
beginning of chapter 5. Whoever everyone who loves the
35:32
Father loves the child born of him.
35:38
Yeah. Absolutely.
35:42
Amen. Everyone who believes that Jesus
35:44
Christ is, is a Christ of the anointed one.
35:48
Yeah, has been born of. Amen.
35:53
He's the one true living God. So you're right, there are
35:58
moments he gets, at least that's the way we comprehend it.
36:02
But right, they're like you don't.
36:06
You don't believe in me. Like do not sing at church, Do
36:09
not like read my Bible, Do not read like.
36:13
Do you not do all like? Do you not believe in me?
36:17
It's tough, man. It is tough.
36:18
Now that I'm thinking about it, I.
36:20
Don't say. I'm not saying it's a burden,
36:21
it's just. No, no, no, no, no.
36:23
Yeah, 'cause it's just like, damn.
36:24
Because I've had moments of doubt too, I'm not gonna lie.
36:27
So I can imagine how I must have made God like, you know, feel,
36:31
you know, Yeah, 'cause dude is, I'm, I don't know, man.
36:36
It's, it's deep. Because like, sometimes, like
36:41
when we look at the world and they mock, they mock God, like
36:44
we think that's the end of the world.
36:46
I think that it's like much worse when you believe in God
36:49
and then you doubt him. I think that's even worse, man.
36:53
Yeah. My opinion?
36:54
Because he already came through for humanity.
36:58
Right. He, he came through, owes
37:00
anything, right? Right.
37:03
And, you know, obviously he wants us to, he wants to bless
37:05
us. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
37:06
And he wants to give us what we we can have here momentarily.
37:09
Right, right. Yeah, yeah, absolutely.
37:11
Because God is. God understands, you know, He
37:13
sees. It he's like you guys you guys
37:14
are here right you guys are going to die.
37:16
You guys need to live so. Meanwhile.
37:19
Trust in me also. Right, right, right.
37:21
If we're going to ask according to his will to his will, Yep,
37:26
Amen. You know, absolutely.
37:29
That's that's. But you know what I meant, like
37:33
understanding what John's trying to say throughout all these
37:35
chapters. Like I said, it brings more
37:38
peace and I have more wisdom now.
37:41
Yeah, So. It's, it's tough what he's
37:47
talking about. Yeah, he's speaking about love
37:50
because it is the basis of it. Amen.
37:52
Right. Why love?
37:53
But because if you love God, you're obviously not going to
37:58
like, look at the world. Yeah, you're not.
38:01
You're going to deny yourself. Social media has done that.
38:05
Right. And, and the, the, the Christian
38:08
community using social media, they're, they're failing, no
38:11
offense, but they're failing at it.
38:13
And they put Bible verses and then they put like people with,
38:16
with Bugattis and, and lifting like, bro, these people were not
38:20
thinking about that. They were thinking of God.
38:23
What am I going to do for you? I'll give up my life for you.
38:27
What are you gonna do? It's funny how they use they'll
38:29
use King David or King Solomon. Oh yeah, yeah, come on, bro.
38:32
First of all, King David took he never looked for the the
38:37
position of a king. No, he never did.
38:39
The prophet looked for him and anointed him, Right.
38:41
It was until later. Later on, Yeah.
38:44
Who he was running from Saul. Yeah.
38:46
He was hiding in The Cave a lot of.
38:48
And as he was hiding from Saul, he acquired comrades and they
38:52
became soldiers. Yeah, yeah.
38:54
And then when he died, he then took upon the position and and
38:58
obviously he had to run a Kingdom.
39:00
And they're using like, yeah, doesn't mean I can't have a
39:02
business because the David is, are you a king now?
39:05
Like what are you trying? To do.
39:06
And what are you using that business for?
39:08
Dude? David.
39:08
David wanted to build a temple for God.
39:10
He wanted to do things for God. Yeah, but Guy was like, Nah,
39:13
you're not going to do it. But then, by the way, when
39:15
Solomon was born, he was already born in like a golden crib.
39:17
Yeah, he was born rich. So.
39:20
And only that, like the only reason why he got rich is
39:23
because Guy was like, I'm gonna make you rich so no one can
39:25
compare themselves to you. Yeah, that's obviously we're not
39:31
saying, don't you know what? You know that saying people say,
39:35
oh, we gotta make a living? Just that phrase alone is
39:39
idolatry. I agree with you man, I.
39:41
Got to make a living. I thought you were living for
39:43
God. Yeah, dude, I gotta agree with
39:46
you, man. That's the truth.
39:47
Because you're seeking for your own life.
39:49
Live day by day in God, right, Have faith and hope that He will
39:54
provide. Yeah.
39:56
Day by day. Yeah, because then your
39:57
confidence will. Be day by day, we'll.
39:59
Be on God. Day by day, yeah.
40:02
And that what he gives you day by day, you stewardship.
40:05
Yeah, yeah. Stewardship so that.
40:06
So like the proverbs I saw, the day of tomorrow is not a
40:10
turbulence. Yeah, yeah, absolutely,
40:12
absolutely. But.
40:12
Day by day in him, yeah, not living.
40:15
I got to make a living. Right.
40:19
No, I I cannot deny what you just said, but that's true, man.
40:22
Like, God knows the perfect portion of everybody's life.
40:26
If God makes you rich, it's for a reason.
40:28
If God, he's not going to let you starve because God promised
40:33
that. He even feeds.
40:34
He feeds the birds. So imagine you.
40:35
Yeah. So if he gives you like a, a
40:38
perfect portion of, of a salary, just know that God is just
40:42
preparing you for something more in the future.
40:44
Exactly. Yeah.
40:45
So we're here temporarily for a purpose.
40:49
Correct. For his will.
40:51
Exactly. Yeah.
40:53
So we're going to close it up with a for the prayer.
40:58
Thank you, Father, for this opportunity once again to read
41:01
about the wisdom that you poured onto John a long time ago.
41:05
And now we're able to read about it.
41:07
It's amazing. And we're grateful for it for
41:09
such precious letter that we have that we can enjoy now that
41:15
we call the Bible and we're grateful.
41:18
And perhaps we desire to have that church that exists at bed.
41:23
And but perhaps that's visual thinking.
41:27
However, I know times are shortening for the sake of the
41:30
Saints for us. And whoever listens, whether it
41:35
be two 3-4 people, that they understand that that that enough
41:41
is enough. We can't let the politics
41:43
distort our our reality. We can't let social media
41:46
distort our reality. We can't let any of this distort
41:49
our reality, Right. Yeah.
41:51
We live in this modern time and like these prophets would have
41:54
died to want to see these days, but here we are and we thank you
41:58
for it and we are grateful that perhaps we're in this country.
42:01
We don't feel the persecution, but if we have ever met in that
42:06
prepare us for it, refine us like gold so that like Peter, we
42:14
have testimony of that. We don't end up denying you
42:18
because we're afraid or we don't deny you because perhaps our
42:22
eyes are fixated on the world. And so I pray God that you will
42:26
be done at all times, whenever in heaven and on earth, and
42:32
forgive us for us, as if we have committed any trespasses.
42:36
Forgive us and we thank you. Amen.
42:39
Amen. Amen.
42:42
So stay tuned guys, for second John.
42:44
I believe there's second John, right?
42:46
There is second John. Yeah, yeah, that'll be pretty
42:49
good to read. Short, but that'll be pretty
42:51
good to read. Yes, so there is second John and
42:54
three and then after that we'll see what God has to do also very
42:59
soon for whoever is listening very soon soon once we're done
43:02
with season 1. Just wanted to give you guys a
43:04
little update. We will be start doing you know,
43:08
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43:12
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43:16
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43:24
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43:30
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