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Episode 189 - Four Powerful Words · End-Time Revival Ministries, USA

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  Speaker 1: Joy to the world.
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  Speaker 2: The Lord indeed has come every need bows every time,
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  Speaker 2: confesses that he is Lord. We are grateful to the
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  Speaker 2: Lord for man this glorious, beautiful day, during this season
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  Speaker 2: of celebrating the coming of Jesus Christ into the world
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  Speaker 2: to save us from our sins. Make no mistake about it.
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  Speaker 2: He came to seek and to save that which was lost.
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  Speaker 2: And we, indeed all of us, were going astray, running
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  Speaker 2: from him in the darkness, with no hope, no joy,
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  Speaker 2: no peace, no life. But Jesus the Christ came that
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  Speaker 2: we might have life, and have it more abundantly. And
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  Speaker 2: may we during this season never forget a man, the reason,
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  Speaker 2: the real reason.
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  Speaker 1: Why he came. He came to save us. Amen. All right,
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  Speaker 1: God bless you again.
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  Speaker 2: We welcome you to this another edition of End Time
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  Speaker 2: and Revival Ministries USA podcast. I am your host, Pastor
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  Speaker 2: al Zacharha. Today we are going to a man. Continue
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  Speaker 2: as we look at Jesus Christ, our savior, of course,
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  Speaker 2: is all about him, a man from Genesis to Revelation,
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  Speaker 2: the Lamb of God who was slain before the foundation
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  Speaker 2: of the world, a man again to redeem us from
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  Speaker 2: all iniquity, all of our existence is in Him. In
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  Speaker 2: Him we live, move and have our being. Apart from
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  Speaker 2: Him we can do nothing. And so a man we
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  Speaker 2: must always remember that it is all about the King
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  Speaker 2: of Kings and Lord of Lords, whom amen we serve,
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  Speaker 2: who is indeed soon to return, as the Church of
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  Speaker 2: the Living God should be praying. Even so, come Lord Jesus.
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  Speaker 2: As always we thank each and every one of you
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  Speaker 2: who subscribe to who support this ministry, who will, and
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  Speaker 2: we pray that you will, if you have not already
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  Speaker 2: share it with others. That again, we're not here for money.
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  Speaker 2: We're not here for fame, we're not here for fortune.
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  Speaker 2: We're simply here to a man disseminate the word of
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  Speaker 2: the Living God with truth, a man with a man boldness,
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  Speaker 2: with clarity, with plainness of speech, so that people will
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  Speaker 2: come to see and come to know a man that
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  Speaker 2: Jesus is the Christ. And also those of us who
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  Speaker 2: are already in Christ, Jesus will be strengthen a man
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  Speaker 2: in our faith, in our walk, a man while we
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  Speaker 2: are here in this present world. So again, thank you,
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  Speaker 2: thank you, thank you, and please again feel free by
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  Speaker 2: all means to share it with someone else, so that
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  Speaker 2: again the word of the Lord will, and we pray
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  Speaker 2: this always the word of the Lord will have free
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  Speaker 2: course and continue to prosper and flourish in our world.
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  Speaker 2: Today God is gathering his church. Jesus said it from
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  Speaker 2: this rock I build my church. The gates of hell
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  Speaker 2: shall not prevail. And again, Amen, I saw a number
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  Speaker 2: the Book of Revelation. John said, I saw a number
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  Speaker 2: that no man could number.
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  Speaker 1: Amen.
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  Speaker 2: I take great amen, consolation, Amen, and great joy in
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  Speaker 2: knowing that. Amen, the Church of Jesus Christ prevails. Amen, always, always, always, Amen.
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  Speaker 2: We are victorious more than conquerors through Him that loved us.
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  Speaker 2: All right, if you have your Bible, you can go
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  Speaker 2: with me to the Gospel of John again, chapter number eleven,
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  Speaker 2: and we'll begin reading there in just a few moments.
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  Speaker 2: But of course, as always, we want to open with
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  Speaker 2: just a brief word of prayers. We invoke the presence
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  Speaker 2: of the Lord.
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  Speaker 1: Lord.
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  Speaker 2: We ask you today for your blessing upon us every listening, ear,
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  Speaker 2: every obedient heart. Lord, let your word Amen, bring focus
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  Speaker 2: in a man consequence to the hearts of men and
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  Speaker 2: women everywhere, that they'll come to the realization if they
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  Speaker 2: are lost, that they need to be saved, If they
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  Speaker 2: are saved. They they need to be a man focused
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  Speaker 2: on your kingdom, on your glory, on your majesty, and on.
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  Speaker 1: Your soon return.
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  Speaker 2: So Lord, we pray today that we will a man
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  Speaker 2: be attentive to what the Spirit is saying to the church,
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  Speaker 2: and a man be obedient to the word of the
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  Speaker 2: Living God, which gives us life. And Jesus name, we
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  Speaker 2: praying your thanks, Amen and Amen.
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  Speaker 1: All right.
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  Speaker 2: Our title or subject today, if you will, is for
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  Speaker 2: powerful words. Very simple, amn topic, but we'll get to
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  Speaker 2: that in just a moment. For powerful words. For powerful words,
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  Speaker 2: there's no question that words indeed have power, and we
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  Speaker 2: also should understand that words also have consequences. Death in life,
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  Speaker 2: the Bible tells us by the way is in the
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  Speaker 2: power of the tongue. But when it comes to the
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  Speaker 2: spoken word, Amen, there are no words of the weight,
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  Speaker 2: of the power, of the magnitude of the e eternal consequence,
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  Speaker 2: if you will, even than those words that have been
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  Speaker 2: spoken by the Lord. And God is by his word
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  Speaker 2: also given a decree concerning life for man a man,
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  Speaker 2: and that decree is man shall not live. This is
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  Speaker 2: not a suggestion, ladies and gentlemen. I think sometimes we
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  Speaker 2: think it is something that is suggested to us. But no, no, no,
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  Speaker 2: this is a command, this is a decree. Man shall not.
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  Speaker 2: And in other words, we need to look at it
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  Speaker 2: from this perspective. Man cannot.
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  Speaker 1: Amen.
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  Speaker 2: Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every
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  Speaker 2: word that proceeds from the mouth of the Lord, life
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  Speaker 2: giving words. This is how we live and breathe and
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  Speaker 2: move a man and operate in our world. Saved or unsaved,
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  Speaker 2: we all live and exist.
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  Speaker 1: By the word of God. The word that God speaks
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  Speaker 1: is what gives us life. Jesus said it.
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  Speaker 2: He said, the words that I speak to you are
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  Speaker 2: spirit and life. Now please understand this also, that God
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  Speaker 2: and his Word are inseparable. The Word was made flesh.
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  Speaker 2: It dwelt among us to bring life down to us
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  Speaker 2: us a man. That most momentous moment, a man in
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  Speaker 2: the annals of all of the history of creation, the world,
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  Speaker 2: our existence.
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  Speaker 1: A man.
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  Speaker 2: It occurred in the incarnation of a baby, born the
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  Speaker 2: King of the Jews, born the King of Glory, born
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  Speaker 2: the King of Kings, born a man for this purpose
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  Speaker 2: to give life to men who are dead in their.
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  Speaker 1: Trespasses and sins.
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  Speaker 2: And so during this season, if you will of celebrating
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  Speaker 2: the coming of Jesus Christ into the world.
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  Speaker 1: We do ourselves and the.
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  Speaker 2: Purpose of Christ coming down to this world a disservice
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  Speaker 2: if we become oblivious to the purpose, to the reason
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  Speaker 2: a man, why he came a man, why he stepped
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  Speaker 2: down from glory into humanity, making himself of no reputation
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  Speaker 2: on the form of a servant, being made in the
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  Speaker 2: likeness of man. The Bible tells us he humbled himself
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  Speaker 2: and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. Yes,
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  Speaker 2: we celebrate the fact that he came to bring joy.
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  Speaker 2: We sing the songs about joy to the world. The
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  Speaker 2: Lord has come. Yes, he came to bring peace, and
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  Speaker 2: we sing about peace on earth and good will to man.
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  Speaker 1: Is all in the word, all in the world.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, he came to bring light, a man to shine
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  Speaker 2: in the darkness. And Jesus himself in one of these
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  Speaker 2: I Am statements in the book of the Gospel of John,
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  Speaker 2: he says, I Am the light of the world. Yes,
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  Speaker 2: he came to bring that and so much more. But
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  Speaker 2: he also came to bring every man to that moment
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  Speaker 2: of decision where he must choose to utter four powerful
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  Speaker 2: words that determines the eternal fate of every human being.
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  Speaker 2: These four powerful words must come from within the heart
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  Speaker 2: of every person in response to the call of the
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  Speaker 2: Gospel of Jesus Christ. In response to this good news
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  Speaker 2: a man of salvation to all who will hear it,
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  Speaker 2: to all who would believe it. Those who respond in
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  Speaker 2: the affirmative with these four powerful words will have life
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  Speaker 2: within them. But on the other hand, those of course,
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  Speaker 2: who fail to respond to the Gospel of Jesus Christ,
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  Speaker 2: those who failed to respond to the knocking of the
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  Speaker 2: Lord at the door of their heart, those who fail
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  Speaker 2: to open the door when Jesus comes knocking, when the
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  Speaker 2: Spirit calls, you will perish. It really begins, It really begins.
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  Speaker 2: Life begins because I can remember, we are dead, born
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  Speaker 2: in sin, born enemies of God.
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  Speaker 1: God.
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  Speaker 2: Amen, we run away from him. We are contrary to him,
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  Speaker 2: a man. We are born in sin, shaping in iniquity.
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  Speaker 2: The Bible tells us, Amen. And life begins with these
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  Speaker 2: four powerful words. And seeing that these four powerful words
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  Speaker 2: are the most consequential words that again determine every man's
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  Speaker 2: not only remaining mortal life here on this earth, make
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  Speaker 2: no mistake about it.
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  Speaker 1: You don't have life.
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  Speaker 2: Other people think they have life because they have money,
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  Speaker 2: they have wealth, they have access, they can go here
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  Speaker 2: and go there, and do this and do that. And
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  Speaker 2: because they are simply breathing, they believe that they have life.
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  Speaker 2: But no, you don't have life until you have Jesus, Amen.
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  Speaker 2: And so for whatever remaining mortal life that you have,
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  Speaker 2: and certainly what your eternal future destination will hold, it.
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  Speaker 1: Is imperative.
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  Speaker 2: That every man is aware of what these four powerful
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  Speaker 2: words are. And for that returned to the Gospel of John,
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  Speaker 2: chapter number eleven, beginning at verse number seventeen, you will
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  Speaker 2: find these words recorded. And I'm reading from the New
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  Speaker 2: King James version of the Bible. So when Jesus came,
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  Speaker 2: he found that he had already been in the tomb forays.
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  Speaker 2: If you're familiar with your Bible, you know that this
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  Speaker 2: is in reference to the death of Lazarus, a man,
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  Speaker 2: the death of Lazarus Amen. Lazarus died. He had a sickness,
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  Speaker 2: and Jesus had already said this sickness is not unto
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  Speaker 2: death but for the glory of God. And Jesus was
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  Speaker 2: not near a couple of miles away, perhaps, but he
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  Speaker 2: delayed his coming to Lazarus. And of course, when he
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  Speaker 2: delayed the coming Amen, Lazarus died in the meantime. And
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  Speaker 2: so the Bible says, when Jesus arrived at the place
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  Speaker 2: verse seventeen, he found that Lazarus had already.
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  Speaker 1: Been in the tomb for four days.
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  Speaker 2: And I'm not going to belabor this because this is
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  Speaker 2: not what we're focusing on today.
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  Speaker 1: The Bible tells us verse eighteen.
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  Speaker 2: Now, Bethany was near Jerusalem, about two miles away, and
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  Speaker 2: many of the Jews had joined the women around Martha
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  Speaker 2: and Mary to comfort them concerning their brother.
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  Speaker 1: Now, Martha, as.
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  Speaker 2: Soon as she heard that Jesus was coming, went and
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  Speaker 2: met him, but Mary was sitting in the house. Now,
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  Speaker 2: Martha said to Jesus, Lord, if you had been here,
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  Speaker 2: my brother would not have died. But even now, I
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  Speaker 2: know that whatever you ask of God, God will give you. Jesus,
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  Speaker 2: in response to Martha, says these words verse twenty three,
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  Speaker 2: your brother will rise again. Martha, responding to Jesus, says
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  Speaker 2: to him, I know that he will rise again in
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  Speaker 2: the resurrection at the last day. Jesus, responding to Martha,
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  Speaker 2: says to her, I am the resurrection and the life.
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  Speaker 2: He who believes in me, though he may die, he
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  Speaker 2: shall live, And whoever lives and believes in me.
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  Speaker 1: Shall never die. Do you believe this? Oh? What a question?
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  Speaker 2: Verse Matha then responds to Jesus, Yes, Lord, I believe
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  Speaker 2: that you are the Christ, the Son of God who
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  Speaker 2: is to come into the world. There we have four
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  Speaker 2: powerful words she spoke. More than four that's recorded in
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  Speaker 2: the Gospel of John here, But I want to focus
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  Speaker 2: on these first four words that she spoke, Yes, Lord,
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  Speaker 2: I believe.
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  Speaker 1: Wow.
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  Speaker 2: I really would have to really, really, really really contemplate
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  Speaker 2: deep within my mind to think of four words of
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  Speaker 2: more consequence, of more weightedess than these four words when
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  Speaker 2: it comes to our very life here and eternally. Yes, Lord,
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  Speaker 2: I believe.
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  Speaker 1: Yes. Now. Now keep in mind these words.
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  Speaker 2: That Martha speaks are in response to Jesus.
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  Speaker 1: Asking her.
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  Speaker 2: Do you believe this?
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  Speaker 1: Do you believe?
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  Speaker 2: What? Do you believe what I've spoken concerning me? And
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  Speaker 2: her answer is.
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  Speaker 1: Yes, Lord, I believe.
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  Speaker 2: Now. What she says afterwards, yes, it is of consequence. Yes,
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  Speaker 2: it matters because it does matter what you believe about Jesus.
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  Speaker 2: Now her confession after those four words, you can read
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  Speaker 2: it again. I'll read it again. Yes, Lord, I believe.
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  Speaker 2: What do you believe, Martha. I believe that you are
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  Speaker 2: the Christ. I believe that you are the Son of God.
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  Speaker 2: I believe that you are the one who is to
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  Speaker 2: come into the world. Great confession, But it begins with yes.
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  Speaker 2: First of all, saying yes to the Lord. Yes, calling
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  Speaker 2: him Lord, because he is Lord, he is the Creator,
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  Speaker 2: he is God, he is the Messiah, he is the Savior,
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  Speaker 2: he is the Redeemer. He's the mediator, the one and
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  Speaker 2: only mediator between God and man. Yes, Lord, I believe, powerful, powerful,
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  Speaker 2: These four powerful words. They breathe new life, and every
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  Speaker 2: man who utters them from the heart. Now, from the heart.
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  Speaker 2: And we'll get to that in just a moment. It
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  Speaker 2: has to come from the heart. As a matter of fact,
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  Speaker 2: let me just say up, go ahead and say this
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  Speaker 2: right now. Because Paul writes about this letter. No man
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  Speaker 2: can say that Jesus is Lord except by the Holy Ghost.
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  Speaker 2: This is something that happens inside of man. This is
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  Speaker 2: the work of the Holy Spirit in the heart of man.
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  Speaker 2: When God speaks, faith comes by hearing hearing. That's why
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  Speaker 2: the words of God are life giving, are consequential. It
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  Speaker 2: matters because we are dead and we need life. Life
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  Speaker 2: comes by the word. How can they hear without a preacher?
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  Speaker 2: How can they preach except they be sent. God sends
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  Speaker 2: the preacher with the word, and his wife is so
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  Speaker 2: important also for the preacher. Paul gave this command to Timothy.
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  Speaker 2: Preach the word. Be instant in season, out of season.
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  Speaker 2: Preach the word. Preacher, preach the word. How can they
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  Speaker 2: hear without a preacher? The Word of God is life,
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  Speaker 2: It's life giving. Again, as I said earlier in the introduction,
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  Speaker 2: Jesus said, the words that I speak unto you are
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  Speaker 2: spirit and life. Man shall not, man cannot. Man must
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  Speaker 2: not live by bread alone, but by every word that
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  Speaker 2: proceeds out of the mouth of God.
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  Speaker 1: Amen. Do you believe, Martha?
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  Speaker 2: Do you believe that I am the Resurrection? Do you
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  Speaker 2: believe that I am the Life? Do you believe that
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  Speaker 2: he who believes in Me, though ye may die, he
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  Speaker 2: shall live.
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  Speaker 1: Do you believe this, Martha?
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  Speaker 2: Do you believe that Jesus is the Way, the Truth,
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  Speaker 2: and the Life. Do you believe that in Me is
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  Speaker 2: forgiveness and remission of sins? Because Jesus would say to
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  Speaker 2: those Jews who did not believe, if you don't believe
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  Speaker 2: that I am He. You're gonna die in your sins.
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  Speaker 2: Do you believe that I am He, who was, who is,
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  Speaker 2: who is to come the Almighty for.
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  Speaker 1: Powerful words, for powerful words. Again, with the.
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  Speaker 2: Heart, man believes unto righteousness. The Bible tells us Romans
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  Speaker 2: standing mine with the heart, man believes unto righteousness. And
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  Speaker 2: it is with the mouth that confession is made. Unto salvation.
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  Speaker 2: It has to come from the heart, through the work
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  Speaker 2: of the heart. That it's only by the convicting power
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  Speaker 2: of the Holy Spirit, when the word of God, when
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  Speaker 2: the Lord comes knocking at the door onto their pentecost.
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  Speaker 2: You remember, the Bible says, the people were pricked in
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  Speaker 2: their hearts. God doesn't work in the heart. These people
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  Speaker 2: were pricked when Peter preached Jesus, when Peter preached the Gospel.
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  Speaker 2: These people were pricked in their hearts. And they said,
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  Speaker 2: men and brethren, what shall we do? Repent? Turn, but
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  Speaker 2: do it if you don't believe. Martha believed. She already
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  Speaker 2: made the confession. I know my brother's gonna rise again.
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  Speaker 2: That was a statement of faith. I know he's going
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  Speaker 2: to rise again at the resurrection, and I believe I
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  Speaker 2: believe that. Yes, Lord, I believe. But then Jesus goes
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  Speaker 2: on to say to her, I am the Resurrection, I
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  Speaker 2: am life.
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  Speaker 1: Those who believe in me.
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  Speaker 2: Though you die, you live, powerful, powerful, And the question is,
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  Speaker 2: Jesus ask her, do you believe this? It's the same
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  Speaker 2: question for you and I. Do we believe this about Jesus.
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  Speaker 2: We believe that he is the Christ, the Savior, the Messiah,
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  Speaker 2: the Redeemer, the one and only way of salvation. Do
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  Speaker 2: you believe? Martha certainly believed it. I believe that you
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  Speaker 2: are the Christ. I believe that you are the son
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  Speaker 2: of God. I believe that you are the one who
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  Speaker 2: was promised and prophesied to come into the world. If
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  Speaker 2: you if you have not, I pray even now that
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  Speaker 2: the Lord is speaking to the heart of someone today,
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  Speaker 2: and you will come to believe that Jesus has spoken life.
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  Speaker 2: You will come to believe that Jesus has spoken truth.
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  Speaker 2: You will come to believe that Jesus has indeed risen
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  Speaker 2: from the dead, is the syndic into heaven, is at
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  Speaker 2: the right hand of the Majesty on high. And you
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  Speaker 2: believe that he, just as he said, is coming again.
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  Speaker 2: And He's coming this time, ladies and gentlemen, to judge
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  Speaker 2: the quick and the dead. Do you believe this, for
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  Speaker 2: powerful words can change your life. Yes, Lord, I believe.
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  Speaker 1: Father.
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  Speaker 2: We pray that someone today will hear the voice of You,
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  Speaker 2: the Savior, knocking at the door of their heart. And today,
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  Speaker 2: when they hear your voice, they will not harden their heart,
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  Speaker 2: but will open up that you will come in and
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  Speaker 2: sup with them, and be in them, and be with them,
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  Speaker 2: and lead them and guide them, and save them and
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  Speaker 2: set them free by the power or of your Holy Spirit. Lord,
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  Speaker 2: we pray today and we believe that you are yet
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  Speaker 2: saving and setting men free in Jesus name, Amen and Amen.