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The Union of the Spirit We Have (Part 5) · Near East Christian Fellowship Sermons

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Welcome to NECF Sermons. Each message here is
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designed to uplift and strengthen you in your
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walk with God. Don't miss out. Stay with us until
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the end for a rewarding experience. Let's dive
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right in. And He said to them, go into all the
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world and preach the gospel to every creature.
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He who believes and baptizes will be saved. For
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he who does not believe will condemn. And these
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signs will follow those who believe. In my name
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they will cast out the monks, they will stick
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with new drugs, they will take up starlings,
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and if they drink anything deadly, it will by
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no means hurt them. They will lay hands on the
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sick, and they will recover. So then, after the
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Lord has spoken to them, he was received up into
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heaven, and sat down sat down at the right hand
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of God, and they went out, preaching everywhere,
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and the Lord came with them, confirming their
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words through their accompanying signs. Amen.
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John chapter 20. John chapter 20 verse 21. So
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Jesus said to them again, Peace to you. As the
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Father has sent me, I send you also. Praise the
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Lord. And when He has said this to them, He breathed
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on them and said to them, Receive the Holy Spirit.
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If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven.
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If you retain the sins of any, they are retained.
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Amen. Luke chapter 24, verse 25 -27. Luke chapter
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24. So, this Luke gives us a more broader...
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a account of what happened, and he said to them,
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O foolish ones, and slow hands, and he said to
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them, O foolish ones, and slow hands, believe
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in all that the prophet has spoken, the rest
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26. But know the Christ who has suffered these
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things, and to enter his glory. And beginning
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at Moses and in all the prophets, he has founded
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to them, in all the scriptures, the thing called
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signing himself. Praise the Lord. And then verse
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44. Then he said to them, These are the words
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which I spoke to you while I was still with you,
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that all things must be fulfilled, which are
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written in the law of Moses the prophet, and
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in the Psalms consigning me. Praise the Lord!
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And we said that Jesus, our King, speaking things
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not of his own, but the things that we are reading,
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praise the Lord, he didn't come and think and
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say, you know what, when we were doing our sound
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meter thing, which was two weeks ago, we were
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talking about, you know, we were just chatting
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about some of the healing that Jesus did. And
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he showed so many things in those things, in
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those healing times. And we were saying that
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he came to heal, right? But in the place of healing,
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there were times where He cried. There were times
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when he did not cry. Praise the Lord! And he
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also prayed. He knew he could heal the person,
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but he didn't just come and say, you know what,
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this is just a small thing, you know. You know,
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like what we see in our family these days. He
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was not trying to impress anybody. Praise the
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Lord! Some of the things that he was doing, he
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was not trying to get the attention of men in
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the negative path. to bring glory to himself.
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The things that he taught and the things that
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he did, he did according to the Scriptures. Praise
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the Lord! The things he did were to fulfill the
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Scriptures. In Luke 24, he said that all things
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must be fulfilled in the law of Moses and the
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prophet and in the Psalms. So some of the things
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he did were to fulfill the things that were written.
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Praise the Lord! And we're going to see a lot
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of the things that he did for fulfillment of
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the things that were written. He didn't come
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to take glory for himself. He didn't come to
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show them things. But he came to do that which
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was written. We said that Jesus was not teaching
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from Matthew, Luke, and John. Praise the Lord!
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He was not teaching from Matthew, Mark, Luke,
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and John. He was teaching from Genesis to Malachi.
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Praise the Lord! He was teaching from Genesis
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to Malachi. He wasn't teaching. Matthew was all
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written. Mark was not written. So, he was teaching
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them from Malachi. In verse 27 of that Luke chapter
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24, he says that he expounded, or he expounded
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to them in all the scriptures, the things concerning
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himself. Praise the Lord! He expounded to them
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the things, to them in all the scriptures, the
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things on standing himself. So what he was doing
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there is that he was interpreting the scriptures,
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the things from standing himself. That was to
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expound, is to explain, is to interpret the scriptures,
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to give the scriptures meaning. Praise the Lord!
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Is to give the scriptures meaning. The scriptures
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have meaning. Praise the Lord! The fact that
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maybe you read it and do not understand it, or
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it's confusing, does not mean it does not have
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a proper interpretation. Hallelujah. It does
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not mean it does not have a proper interpretation.
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That means that the Bible or Bible teaching requires
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interpretation. Praise the Lord. It is not something
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that you just quote and quote and quote and quote.
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It demands an interpretation. It has a meaning.
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So even Jesus did not say just receiving. Praise
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the Lord. He took his time to explain the scriptures.
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He took his time to explain The scriptures. Bible
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teaching requires interpretation. So to teach
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the Bible is to interpret it. Praise the Lord.
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To teach the Bible is to interpret it. It has
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its original grammar. Praise the Lord. It has
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its original context. Praise the Lord. It has
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its original theology. Praise the Lord. So to
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teach it requires interpretation. You don't just
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spread it and put it in your life. credit and
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put in any situation I run with it. Praise the
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Lord! I look for scriptures. So, this Bible,
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you know, one of the things that I do as a work
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is that I rent houses, sell houses, and I manage
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houses. So, this Bible, I got it from one of
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the houses that I I managed. So the owner gave
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me permission to take it because he sold the
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house to somebody and the person asked him to
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manage it. So if you check in these scriptures,
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I like the scripture because it has a new international
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version and then it has two scriptures side by
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side. That's why I like them. So if you check
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these scriptures, you will see that a lot of
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the things that were marked were things in sound.
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The things that you look at and say, wow, this
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is for me, I can roll with this. Praise the Lord!
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A lot of the things that are sacral, mad, it's
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just, you know, you will not find anything mad
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necessarily in the New Testament, just in the
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Old Testament, in the Psalms. Just think of finding
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the blessing, you know, the promises of God.
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Praise the Lord! Hallelujah! So, you have to
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interpret the scriptures. Praise the Lord! I
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bring that example to say that... Bible studies
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or Bible teaching requires interpretation. What
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is God saying? Praise the Lord. What does God
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mean by the things that He's saying? The Bible
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in its entirety is God's intervention into man's
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affairs. What is God saying? Praise the Lord.
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So you need to find out what is God's intervention.
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What is God doing there? Praise the Lord. What
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is it about? What is? the theology? What is the
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grammar? What is the context of what you're reading?
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What does it address? Praise the Lord! What does
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it address? Because, like I said, if it just
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applies to your life, you might be misinterpreting
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what it says. If you don't understand what it's
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saying, what is God's intervention? What does
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God mean? Are you just straight up interpreting
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and putting it in your life, you might be misinterpreting
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the scriptures. The context is important. We
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have been teaching time and time again. I want
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to say this to people that sometimes when you
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see the way we teach, it's not because, you know,
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we're trying to sound very intelligent or trying
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to sound or make you just wow, oh wow, this person
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knows the scriptures. No, we're trying to let
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you know. how important it is. Part of the things
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that you first know as a child of God is how
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to interpret the Bible. It's so important in
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your life so that you are not deceased. Praise
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the Lord. Some of us, it took us years and years
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and years because we were thinking that God was
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angry at us. Praise the Lord. Because somebody
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said this is what the scripture says. Praise
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the Lord. Or we were doing some practices for
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years and years because somebody misinterpreted
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the scriptures, and they taught it to us, and
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we ran with it for so much of our lives. Praise
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the Lord! So, it is important that you know these
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things. Also, when we begin to learn these things,
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even for me, for example, when I begin to pay
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attention to what the Bible is saying, I might
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not have known the things of the spirit or understood
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it, but when I see somebody start misinterpreting
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the Bible, or start saying what he's all saying,
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my ear just stopped. Because I know this is not
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it. That's not the way I was taught. It's the
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same thing that we're trying to do to you, that
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you understand the interpretation of scriptures
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so that you are not deceived. Praise the Lord!
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I remember, I was listening, I sent us a video.
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Someone was talking about Philadelphia and he
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said it's a state or it's a place in the United
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States. Praise the Lord! The preacher was saying
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that Philadelphia is a place in the United States.
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We know there is a place in the United States,
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but in the Scriptures, there was no United States
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at the time. Praise the Lord! It is somewhere
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around you. The place that you meet is somewhere
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around you. Hallelujah! So it is important that
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we pay attention to this, so that we don't misinterpret
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the Scriptures or apply them in our lives, and
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it will take us years to recover. And one of
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the things that... The wrong interpretation,
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thus to us, is that we run with it for such a
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long time. You know, there are some things that
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are happening online, people vibe to it, a train.
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Like a train has a window, it doesn't go too
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far. But if you begin to apply misinterpretations
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of structures in your life, it will take you
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years. It's on the train. You will take it into
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your life, you will practice it for years. And
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it will not be of any effect to you. Praise the
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Lord. You will be missing all the things of God.
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Praise the Lord. It took me a while to discover
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that God can speak to me. Praise the Lord. My
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God can speak. I was so excited. So it means
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that when I pray, that God can speak to me. Praise
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the Lord. It means that I can hear the voice
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of God, or I can hear God for somebody else.
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Praise the Lord. So I'm not telling a God that
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I need to come. I remember there is a pattern
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of prayers. And when you come in the morning,
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you begin to see a type of prayer. It is so mechanical.
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It is so payload in such a way that if you say
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something wrong, your fellow is like, I don't
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know, that prayer, you didn't do it very well.
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Praise the Lord. It is all because of lack of
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understanding of what the scriptures says. So,
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kindness is very important. So you take things
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out of context when you misinterpret things.
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Praise the Lord. So context is important. The
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context of every statement is what is God intervening
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or what is God doing? What is God solving? What
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is the problem that He is solving? What is the
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situation? So interpretation goes that way. So
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we see now what Jesus was teaching. He was teaching
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from the Old Testament. Praise the Lord. He was
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teaching from Genesis to Malachi. So another
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thing about interpretation is that you need to
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know or you need to hear what the audience is
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hearing. Praise the Lord. A lot of times when
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we are trying to explain some difficult matters
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to us, we say that the people there were not
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conscious. Praise the Lord. The people there,
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at that moment, when Jesus was speaking, or the
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apostles were speaking, they were not confused.
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They understood what He was saying. Praise the
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Lord! They understood what He was saying, or
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if sometimes they don't understand what He is
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saying, He will explain to them again what He
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is saying. Praise the Lord! So, we need to understand
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as well, or we need to hear what the experience
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is hearing. Praise the Lord! It means that you
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have understanding. That's what it means. You
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need to hear what they are saying. If you don't
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hear what they are hearing, you will likely misinterpret
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it. Praise the Lord! You will hear the wrong
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thing. You need to hear what they are hearing.
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So, we said that Jesus was not reading from Romans,
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he was not reading from Ephesians, he was not
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reading from Luke, he was not reading from Acts,
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but rather was reading from Genesis to Malachi.
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So this is very fundamental in the way to understand
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what the audience is hearing, to know that what
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he's teaching them is not in Luke, it's not in
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Matthew, it's not in... So in that verse 45,
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verse 45 of Luke chapter 4, he said, And we said
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that this place where he said he opened their
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understanding, it's not a magic trick. It wasn't
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that he laid hands on them and they had understanding.
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Praise the Lord! I mean, that's not the way you,
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when you pass your exam or when you understand
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a course, hands were not laid on you. Praise
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the Lord! When they are teaching you in class
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and somebody has understanding and somebody does
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not have, it's not because the other person was
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laid hands on. Praise the Lord! It's because
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as they were teaching, the person was following.
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and the person understood what they were saying.
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So it was the same thing that Jesus was doing.
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He was teaching and their understanding was open.
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Praise the Lord! He knew that He gave them a
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proper attitude. Praise the Lord! He gave them
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a proper attitude. He opened their understanding
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that they may understand. The word to understand
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is the word sunyami. Right? It's S -U -N -I -E
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-N -I. Sunyami. right in the Greece. It simply
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means he read it together. Praise the Lord. It
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means he read it together. Which means that you
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must read Genesis to Malachi together. Then read
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Matthew, Luke and John together. Praise the Lord.
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So what Jesus was doing, he wasn't quoting one
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place and just told them, no, he was reading
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everything together. Oh, so it means that that
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prophet or that What Moses said and what this
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prophet is saying, they were saying the same
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thing. Praise the Lord! To hear me, it means
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that he read it together. But for us to have
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an understanding of the scriptures, we also need
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to read it together. Right? We need to read Genesis
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to Malachi together. Then we read Matthew, Luke
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and John together. And then the epistles that
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we have, which is the doctrine of the church.
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Praise the Lord! The explanation of the same
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books. So the pieces are the explanation of the
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same books, of the things that were written.
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Praise the Lord. We read everything together.
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So when you say, for example, somebody might
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be arguing with you and say, the Bible says,
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right? And the person went and quote one please.
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That's not what the Bible says. Praise the Lord.
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So when you say the Bible says, what you're saying
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is that Genesis to Malachi states Matthew to
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Revelation says, praise the Lord, you are bringing
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the entirety of the scriptures in your explanation.
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Hallelujah. So when you say the Bible says, right,
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you are reading the whole thing. What does the
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Bible say? It means Genesis to Revelation. That
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is what the Bible says. So don't take a statement
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in Psalms, like I said, right, and say, But read
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it through, read it all together, read it through.
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You read through the scriptures to know what
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the Bible says. Praise the Lord! For example,
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you think about some controversial or contentious
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topics, right? You don't go to one place and
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say, but it says there that you shall not do
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this. Praise the Lord! You cannot just move on
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to that one verse when you've thought several
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times. You cannot hold on to our one verse and
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make a doctrine out of it. You need to read it
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through. Praise the Lord! So, when it says that
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he opened the understanding, Jesus was reading
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through. They also, like some of us, where we
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were before, also had this misunderstanding.
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They also had places where they picked up things
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and they ran with it. Praise the Lord! So, what
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he did was that he read it through. Praise the
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Lord! He read the entirety of it. So, just like
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a lot of the pastors and some of the people that
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we have here are professors, right? They didn't
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become professors because they did only graduate
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in law. I said, this is enough. You can call
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me a professor. I'm a voice in this field. Praise
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the Lord! No! They had to study through. They
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had to go through the training. Praise the Lord!
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So, when you say the Bible says, You have to
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go through it. You read the Bible through, to
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know what the Bible is saying. Now, Matthew 28
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verse 19, when we read, part of our conversation
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was that God has given us a mandate to go and
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teach, to go and make disciples of all nations.
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Verse 19, He said, Go therefore and make disciples
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of all nations. baptizing them in the name of
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the Father, the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
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Last time, I was talking to us about how important
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it is that He said, "...baptizing them in the
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name of the Father, the Son, and of the Spirit."
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And we're also talking about what that baptism
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was, or what the meaning of that baptism was.
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He said, to make disciples of all nations, right?
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To make disciples, we said He's a Greek word
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for Makathio. Praise the Lord! That is, to make
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a scholar. Praise the Lord! To make a scholar.
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To make a scholar. To make a student of the Scriptures.
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To make them. So when Jesus, so Jesus was not,
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so he's in Genesis from the beginning. We see,
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right, is that he's... He wants people that are
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made students of the Scriptures. So, he's saying
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that we should go and make disciples, right?
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Make them students of the Scriptures, people
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that understand the Scriptures. Praise the Lord!
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The truth should tell us what? That you shall
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know the truth, and the truth will do what? It
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will make you free. If you don't know the truth,
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you'll be living in bondage. Praise the Lord!
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And some of those bondages are bondages of teachings.
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A lot of them are bondages of the things that
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we have been taught, or the things that we have
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refused to draw, or the things that we have refused
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to unlearn, to make a scholar, to make a student.
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So it therefore means that the Bible, like the
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way academic books are, the Bible transmits virtual
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realities and values. Praise the Lord! So, when
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he says you should make a student, how do you
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make a student? How do you make a nursing student?
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You go through four years of studies. Praise
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the Lord! You go through four years of studies.
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There are some places, five years of studies.
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Praise the Lord! That's how you know a distressing
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is quantified to be a nurse. Hallelujah! So,
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how do you make a Bible student? Praise the Lord!
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He says what? Do you trust me? Right? The Bible,
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it transmits spiritual realities. Praise the
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Lord. The person becomes the scholar of the scriptures.
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It's a book that transmits spiritual truths and
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realities, spiritual truths and values. It means
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it must be read and understood, or it means it
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must be read, studied, and understood. It is
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not a magazine. Praise the Lord. It is not something
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that you just read. and the three lines, praise
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the Lord. Something that you just read, you just
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say, okay, I had this story and all of that.
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It must be read, studied, and understood. Praise
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the Lord. So it is because of the lack of studies,
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it is because of the lack of proper reading and
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understanding that we have teachings that are
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not according to scriptures. Praise the Lord.
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That we have teachings that are not deep, that
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do not explain the things of God, or the mind
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of God, or the intentions of God. Praise the
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Lord. So, it is not a book of quotes. Praise
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the Lord. You don't just say, no, it is something
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that is read through. It is not a book of quotes.
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It is a book that transmits spiritual reality.
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Like I said, it must be read, it must be understood,
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and it's linked. You must see it that way. So
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to understand the Bible, you must hear it, to
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make the disciples a student. So one of the things
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that you learn as a student is how. Praise the
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Lord. It's how. Some teachers don't like questions,
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okay? One of the things you learn as a student
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is how, but how is that? How did that come about?
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Praise the Lord. It's part of the values of a
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good student, the thing that a good student must
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have. How did that come about? Praise the Lord.
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How is that a star nation? You must learn the
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how of the spiritual, right? the how to read
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the scriptures. You must learn how to read the
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scriptures. Praise the Lord. You must read, read,
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so you must learn how to learn the scriptures.
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How to read the scriptures. How to teach the
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scriptures. You must learn that, right? As a
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student of the scriptures, you must learn that.
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So let's focus on something In that Matthew 28,
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verse 20. So teaching them to observe all things
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that have commanded you, and know I'm with you
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always, even to the end of the age, even to the
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end of the age. That word, teaching them, as
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we said several times, is the word didascho in
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the Greek. Right? Didascho in the Greek. Which
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is, we said it has a body of... It's from a body
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of walls. It has aloes. It has alia. Right? It's
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from a body of walls. Right? So, let's focus
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on one of it, which is didache, or didahane.
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D -A, sorry, D -I -D -A -C -H -E. D -I -D -A
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-C -H -E. So, it's the same word that Jesus used
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in Matthew 7, from verse 28 to 29, for teaching.
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Matthew 7. And so it was, when Jesus had ended
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this thing, that the people were astonished at
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His teaching. Praise the Lord. And He took them
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as one, having authority, not as the scribe.
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Praise the Lord! Not as the scribe. It's the
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word for teaching there we see there in chapter
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28. Right? Remember, this was when Jesus had
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finished the salmon on the mount. Praise the
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Lord! The people were astonished at his doctrine.
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It's also the same word as doctrine. Right? That
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word teaching there. The same word as also doctrine.
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Praise the Lord! We see that in the New Testament
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most of the time. Remember? We also talked about
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this the last time, right? That these people
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have had the teachings of the Pharisees and the
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Pharisees and the scribes. They have experience
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of their teaching. Praise the Lord. They have
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experience of their teaching. So also, it's so
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many people that you will encounter when you
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want to explain the Bible. They have experience
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of teaching. Praise the Lord. They have written
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books. You cannot assume that this person doesn't
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know. They know some things. They know a lot
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of things. Praise the Lord! They have been taught
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as well. So, these people had experience of the
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teachings of the Pharisees, right? They are familiar
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with it. They know the way they are taught. But
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then, they were astonished at Jesus' teaching,
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right? They were astonished. They felt something
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about His teaching. Wow, this is different! This
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is different from everything that we have been
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hearing. Praise the Lord! They were as strong
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as teaching. They know the way they strive to
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help them. So we said that teaching is a word
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for teaching. It means a mode of teaching. There
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is a way Jesus taught them. There is a mode of
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teaching. I explained this briefly the last time
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I was teaching. That word teaching is a mode
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of teaching. They were astonished at this mode
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of teaching. He did not teach them as the Pharisees.
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Praise the Lord. Now, don't get this wrong. When
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you say the mode of teaching, somebody might
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be thinking that Jesus was jumping up and down.
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Praise the Lord. Or he was shouting. Or maybe
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he was slow with his voice. He was, because you
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see that word, he says as one that has authority,
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right? So you might start thinking that, oh,
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Jesus was shouting. You know the way, I think
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the former president of psychology stopped when
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it comes to graduation. He used to raise his
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voice like one of those Haitian people, right?
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He used to be shouting, shouting. People would
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be so hyped. That's not the way Jesus was. That's
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not the mode of teaching. Oh, that's not the
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mode of teaching. Praise the Lord. He was teaching
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them. through the structures. Praise the Lord.
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So again, remember that Jesus also was warning
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them about the teachings of the Pharisees. He
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also warned them, beware of the leavens of the
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Pharisees. He tells them, beware of the teachings
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of the Pharisees. Praise the Lord. So he was
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also warning them. So he was not just teaching
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them, or he had a mode of teaching, but he was
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also warning them against some type of teaching,
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a particular type of teaching that people are
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bringing. Praise the Lord! I thank God for the
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internet, personally. I think it's the doing
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of many and the undoing of a lot. Praise the
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Lord, because you need to see the things that
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people have in the inside of them. You see them,
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and you see a lot of the gifts and the wonderful
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things that people do have in the inside of them.
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Praise the Lord! He wrenched them. as well about
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the mode of teaching of the Pharisees. So one
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of the things that you know, one of the things,
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one of the ways in which you can know false teaching
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is the way it is taught. Praise the Lord. One
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of the ways you can know false teaching is the
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way it is taught. Right? One of the things that
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is done in the, in false teaching is that scriptures
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are lifted out of context. It's very crucial.
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criteria, praise the Lord, of false teaching,
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is that scriptures are listed out of context,
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to say what the person wants is to say. Praise
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the Lord. That's one of the ways in which you
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will know false teachings. Remember in Matthew
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chapter 18, right? In Matthew chapter 19, when
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they came and they were quoting to Jesus, talking
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about the woman, the adult trust woman, right?
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They came and they were quoting the Chronicles
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of the 24th verse 1. Jesus said to him, you are
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reading dishonesty. What they were reading was
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dishonest. They were not reading it properly.
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He said to them, let's go to the beginning. He
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said, in the beginning, it was not so. They came
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and they were quoting scriptures for him to push
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an agenda. And he said, you are reading dishonesty.
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I think we talked about this as well. You are
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reading dishonesty. In the beginning, it was
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not so. Praise the Lord! I think I have some
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people that I buy books for. I've looked at them.
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They are not writing. Praise the Lord! Please,
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if I buy a book for you, I'll show you how to
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write it. It's not you paying me back. So, he
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says, in the beginning, it was not so. He says,
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take it to context. Don't list it out of it.
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Take it to the context in the beginning. Praise
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the Lord! He took them back to Genesis chapter
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1 and chapter 2. In the beginning, it was not
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true. The same thing went said and came, and
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he was quoting Psalms for him. Praise the Lord,
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he was quoting Psalms 91 to him. Right? Now,
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it's the same thing that Jesus said to him. Jesus
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went and said, let's go to Deuteronomy chapter
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6. Praise the Lord. Let's go to Deuteronomy chapter
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6. So, even in the real testament, the structures
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were not perfect. For you to properly understand
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them, you cannot run with 14. Praise the Lord!
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You must also read the Old Testament together
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to understand what it is saying, because as they
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say something, as they are reading Deuteronomy,
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Jesus is taking them to Genesis. As the devil
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comes and is bringing some, Jesus is also taking
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them to Deuteronomy. Praise the Lord! So which
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means that even the Old Testament, the quoting
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of the text, without the other Old Testament
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book, is also misinterpretation. Praise the Lord.
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It's also misinterpretation. You might be quoting
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it out of context. Praise the Lord. So we are
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quoting one part without thinking about what
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the other part is saying. You might be quoting
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it out of context. Praise the Lord. So we see
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that Jesus was also doing that and he's the examples
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that we learn. He took him back to Deuteronomy
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chapter 6. They say take this statement or take
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this your statement statement to the context,
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right? Take it to the full of it. So context
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is not just in the book. It's not just In the
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chapter, it is in the entire Bible book. Praise
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the Lord! We said that context, there is the
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context of the Bible. Praise the Lord! It's not
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just in the chapter, or it's not just in the
34:37
book that you're reading. It's also the entirety
34:40
of the Bible. Praise the Lord! So, when you have
34:43
the confusion, or when you read something and
34:45
you're confused, praise the Lord! And it's not
34:48
just that, okay, you're confused. That's good,
34:51
right? It means that... You need to also understand
34:54
what the Bible is saying. What is the entirety
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of the Bible? We're going to see something briefly
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about that. You need to put it in the entirety
35:06
of the Bible. So Jesus, we saw, has a mode of
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teaching. And He transmits this mode of teaching
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to His disciples. And His saying words also do
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the same. By saying words, teaching them to observe
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or the things that have commanded you. He's saying,
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transmit this thing that I transmit to you to
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other people. Praise the Lord! Transmit it to
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other people. Hallelujah! Transmit it to other
35:39
people. So he says what? In the beginning, Jesus
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was saying, beginning at Moses, right? And in
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all the prophets, he read it together. That's
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what he's saying. He read them together, as we
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say, Tsunemi. Acts, Acts chapter 2 verse 44,
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the same word we are still in either here or
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there too, Acts chapter 2 verse 42. This one
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is great. All this is confusing. And he continues
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steadfastly in the apostolic doctrine and in
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his fellowship. And in the breaking of bread
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and in prayers, praise the Lord, He said, they
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continue steadfastly in the apostolic doctrine.
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So that doctrine is a word that either he or
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she has said, right? In mode of teaching. In
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the mode of teaching, you wish the God from what?
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From Jesus. Praise the Lord! Do you understand
36:39
that? Right? I have an all -close background.
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Okay? When I read this, continue steadfastly
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in the apostolic doctrine. Right? My head went
36:46
somewhere. So let me say that again. It seems
36:48
to me we're running out of time. They continuously
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said firstly that they are post -Jewish doctrine.
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Now, they are post -Jewish doctrine. Where did
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they come from? Praise the Lord! Where did they
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learn it from? Who did they learn it from? Praise
37:04
the Lord! It is a thing also that Christ taught
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them, right? That they were teaching. Praise
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the Lord! It is the mode of teaching of Christ,
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right? It's also the mode of teaching that they
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are also teaching. Praise the Lord! Hallelujah!
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So, Jesus warned His disciples to beware of the
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mode of teaching of the Pharisees. He also warned
37:33
them about the Pharisees. He also warned them
37:37
about their mode of teaching. So, it's not just
37:40
good enough to beware of the Pharisees. Right?
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They say, oh, these guys, they teach false things.
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Let's be aware of them. Right? Beware of their
37:52
teaching. Beware of how they quote scriptures
37:55
out of context. Praise the Lord. It is not a
38:00
small matter. Okay? When somebody is quoting
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scripture out of context and you're saying anything,
38:05
it is not a small matter. It's not something
38:07
that you say, oh, you know what? Do you understand?
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It is delicate. Praise the Lord. It is delicate.
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Beware of how they talk. So it doesn't matter
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if this person is your guy, you know, if this
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person is your friend, if this person is your
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classmate, if this person is your wife, your
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husband. Praise the Lord. Beware of how they
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handle the sexes. Beware of how you handle the
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sexes. Praise the Lord. It's not a small matter.
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Beware of how you handle the scriptures. It could
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be your uncle or your father, praise the Lord.
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Beware of how you handle the scriptures. So,
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it is one of the greatest things that we see
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or that affects us, or you can even call it a
39:01
sin, praise the Lord if you like, right? To handle
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the scriptures anyhow. Because what you are doing
39:08
is that you're putting somebody 10 years back
39:11
or 20 or maybe forever back. Praise the Lord!
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If they are not able to hear sound doctrine or
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sound teaching, praise the Lord! So many people
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have left, you know, I wouldn't say left the
39:25
faith, right? So many people have stopped going
39:27
to church or stopped being... because maybe somebody
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taught something that meant something that was...
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or somebody did not properly explain the scriptures
39:37
or somebody used the scriptures for their own
39:40
personal benefit. Praise the Lord! Or somebody
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uses the church or the activities of the church
39:46
for their own personal benefit. Praise the Lord!
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So, it is not a small matter. It is not something
39:53
that you just say, you know what, let's just
39:55
keep going. Praise the Lord! It doesn't matter
39:57
who the person is. It is dangerous to mishandle
40:04
the scriptures. Praise the Lord! It is dangerous
40:07
to mishandle the scriptures. One of the things
40:10
why it is dangerous is because man would have
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a God. Praise the Lord! It doesn't matter if
40:25
you are a Christian or not. Man would have a
40:28
God. Praise the Lord! Whenever you say you are
40:30
an atheist or not, you would have a God. Praise
40:34
the Lord! So, when somebody is in the faith,
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they need to be taught So, what I also want,
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Romans chapter 6, Romans chapter 16 and 17, now
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I urge you brethren, not those who cause division
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and offences, contrary to the doctrine which
40:55
you have learned, which you learn, and avoid
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them. Praise the Lord. You see, when he says
41:05
contrary to The doctrine, what it means is that
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contrary to the mode of teaching, that's what
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it means. We looked at that word, we saw what
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that word means. Contrary to the mode of teaching.
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He said, what should you do? If you do what?
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Avoid them. Praise the Lord. Avoid them. You
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know somebody, they tell us about what Joseph
41:29
did. Praise the Lord. When you know what was
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why we begin to cast our eyes on him. What did
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he do? He ran away. And we have admonished, and
41:38
will continue to admonish, that you do what?
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You run away. One of the things you should also
41:43
run away from, don't say you're a strong man
41:45
or you're a strong man or wrong, no. One of the
41:48
things that we also admonish is also to do what?
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To avoid, to run away. From what? Mishandling
41:57
prior teachings or mishandling of the Spirit,
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of God's teachings. To go away from that place.
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Beware of it, because it does influence you.
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Praise the Lord! What you hear will influence
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you. Hallelujah! What you hear will influence
42:17
you. We all know this, right? So, when you see
42:20
somebody behaving somehow, you know how to think,
42:23
but your father did not teach you that. Your
42:25
mother did not teach you that. He was hearing
42:27
it somewhere. Praise the Lord! Maybe they gave
42:29
him a phone, and then he was listening to a lot
42:32
of praise. and he's listening to somebody telling
42:34
him, you know what? This, this, that, and that.
42:37
And you see the person. And he's saying some
42:39
things like, this guy, I grew up with you, this
42:42
is your doctor, whatever you are, whatever social
42:46
thing you're trying to promote, right? I know
42:49
you did not learn it from where we grew up. Praise
42:51
the Lord. He learned it from somewhere. Praise
42:54
the Lord. Somebody informed him. As he was hearing
42:57
it, the thing informed him. It triggers something
42:59
in the inside of him to think that he's something.
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that he is not. There is a lot. So false teaching
43:09
or some mode of teaching, right, will affect
43:13
you to unflinch it. So how says to avoid it?
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Now what is the kind of language that is used
43:23
in chapter 6, verse 17, Romans 6, 17? But what
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we think That though you were slaves to sin,
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yet you obeyed from your heart. That form of
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doctrine which you received. That form of doctrine
43:44
which you were delivered. That form of doctrine
43:49
which you were delivered. Right? It's systemic
43:53
teaching. Right? So you have a mode of teaching.
43:56
I teach Dr. Juan Meznai. So talking about...
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Or you want to put somebody in a leadership position,
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leaders as a pastor, or as a cell leader, as
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a leader of a team, right? Titus, chapter one,
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verse nine. Nine, verse nine. He said, all things
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fast, the faithful word as you have been taught,
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right? that he may be able, by sound doctrine,
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both to exalt and to convict those who contradict.
44:35
Praise the Lord. Holding fast the faithful world
44:39
as he has been taught. So he needs to hold fast
44:45
to what? Right? For anybody who is a leader of
44:49
everything in the church, needs to hold fast
44:53
to what? To that which he has been taught. So
44:57
you cannot just put somebody into any position.
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Say, you know what, ah, I like your vibes. Just,
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you know, be one of the leads. Your voice is
45:07
so good. And you lead our worship team. I think
45:11
you're tall, you're handsome, you know, you have
45:14
a straight face. And you lead our ushering team.
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We need people that are well physically and,
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you know, that can command some respect. Praise
45:22
the Lord. You don't just put people like that.
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It doesn't work like that. Praise the Lord. there
45:26
are people that are holding fast to that one
45:29
which they were taught in mode of teaching. Right?
45:32
So that by what? They may be able by sound doctrine,
45:37
they too, right, to be able to teach. That's
45:39
what he's saying. That whatever they are teaching
45:41
is also very sound. Praise the Lord. So, let
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me digress. So it therefore means that the church
45:48
is not a place where some people should know
45:53
higher than other people. Praise the Lord. A
45:59
church, a gathering of believers, shouldn't be,
46:04
could be, shouldn't be a place where some people
46:10
know more than the others. Praise the Lord. So
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it therefore means that the pastor who is teaching,
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the person who is ushering, or who is the leader
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of the worship team or media team, is able also,
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by the same sound doctrine, be able to teach.
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as equally as the pastor is teaching. Do you
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understand? Praise the Lord. So you don't just
46:34
put anybody, right? There is a mode of teaching.
46:38
It's not something you just, you know, wish away
46:40
and something that you just say, no, it doesn't
46:42
matter. I think it's qualified. Praise the Lord.
46:45
It is critical and important. Praise the Lord.
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Second John, chapter one, verse nine. 2 John,
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chapter 1, verse 9. See another strong word that
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was used there. 2 John, remember we're still
47:04
in Dida H, or Dida T. Whoever transgresses and
47:08
does not abide in the doctrine of Christ does
47:12
not have God. He who abides in the doctrine of
47:18
Christ has both the Father and the Son. He said
47:23
does not and does not have or does not abide
47:27
in the doctrine of Christ, does not have God.
47:31
Praise the Lord. A mode of teaching. This is
47:34
very strong. It does not have God. He that abide
47:39
in the teaching or in the teaching of Christ,
47:42
the mode of teaching of Christ, it says what?
47:45
Has what? Has both the Father and the Son. Which
47:50
means that the concept of the Father, which I
47:53
also talked about, the last time we talked about.
47:57
It's not a secondary thing. The idea of the Father,
48:00
the Son, and the Spirit is not a secondary thing.
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Who is a liar or he who denies that Christ is,
48:29
sorry, he who denies that Jesus is the Christ
48:33
is an antichrist who denies what the Father understands.
48:38
Just keep down the street, okay? Now, we have
48:42
believers who don't stick in doors, okay? We
48:48
have believers who, you know, say that The only
48:52
way of worshipping, you need to use this and
48:54
use that. We have such believers in the book
48:58
of Acts. We have believers who do ceremonies,
49:03
who do different types of things. There's some
49:08
who give holy communion, some don't. Praise the
49:11
Lord. Some dance, some do not dance. Praise the
49:14
Lord. We have different types of things. These
49:20
things are not... They're not fundamental things.
49:26
We don't dance. You dance. Believers don't wear
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trousers. Those who cover their hair. Women in
49:38
worship. There are so many things. They're not
49:44
fundamental things. They can have an effect.
49:48
They can bring some composition here and there.
49:50
Okay? But we're not very fundamental, right?
49:55
We have believers that preach on tithes, right?
50:00
You know, within the Old Testament context. I
50:03
said, you know what? It's not applicable in the
50:05
New Testament. For those who preach on it and
50:07
say, yes, it's applicable in the New Testament.
50:09
We have things like that. Do you understand?
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Right? As I said, they're not fundamental things.
50:14
We have believers who cover their head. We have
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believers who don't cover their head. We have
50:18
believers... and I believe that women should
50:21
not wear trousers. You know, women in worship
50:23
is not fundamental. We have believers who believe
50:26
that women should not be pastors, right? We have
50:28
things like this. You know, there are doctrinal
50:34
issues, obviously, right? There are doctrinal
50:37
issues that can be resolved. Praise the Lord!
50:43
There are doctrinal issues. All of these topics
50:44
are things that, you know, You don't understand
50:47
the scriptures. They are doctrinal things that
50:49
we can teach and somebody will have understanding.
50:52
Praise the Lord! They can be handled. If they
50:58
are not properly handled, they can hinder the
51:00
growth of a believer. Praise the Lord! But they
51:03
are not foundational things. But then, why do
51:09
we have people deny the Father and the Son? This
51:13
is different. they deny the deity of the Christ.
51:23
What it means is that when you find somebody
51:32
that denies the father and the son or the deity
51:36
of Christ, that person is not a believer. There
51:40
is no, you know what, you're my brother, you're
51:43
my sister, those ones These are fundamental things.
51:48
They are strong things, right? You are no longer
51:52
brothers and sisters. You believe, I will say,
51:56
you are no longer a believer that I know. Praise
51:59
the Lord. You are no longer a believer. Praise
52:01
the Lord. So, we cannot say, you know what, let's
52:07
just look over it. Know something that we can
52:10
have a drink over. Praise the Lord. Something
52:12
that we can take a walk over. Praise the Lord.
52:15
We can sit at a table and eat and some of these
52:18
things. We can do that with some of these doctrinal
52:20
thoughts. Say, can we have a lunch? And then
52:22
you teach the person about the things of God.
52:25
The person will have understanding. Praise the
52:27
Lord! Right? But this is critical. Right? The
52:30
doctrine to Christ is strong and it's serious.
52:34
In the idea here, it is fundamental. Right? In
52:38
the doctrine, it is fundamental that Jesus is
52:42
God. He's not an opinion. Praise the Lord! It
52:47
is not an opinion. Maybe your classmate tells
52:51
you that people are too strict. They say, what
52:52
do you mean? No, people are too strict. Your
52:55
friend tells you that these things are not that
52:58
serious. Why do you say that? Praise the Lord!
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What difference does it make if I don't affirm
53:04
that Christ is God? What difference does it make?
53:09
Does He change anything? Does He change the fact
53:13
that He is my Savior? Do you understand? Just
53:17
tell the person that you have become in Jehovah's
53:19
Witness. Hallelujah. You have become in front
53:24
of the Jehovah's Witness. We are no longer brothers.
53:26
Hallelujah. It's very simple. You're no longer
53:29
brotherhood. Our brotherhood is on the deity
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of Christ. Praise the Lord. Our fellowship is
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on the deity of Christ. So, He's on the doctrine
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of Christ. And that explanation involves what?
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The deity of Christ. He is God. Praise the Lord.
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He is God. So, you can also have people that
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misinterpret the scriptures. There's a lack of
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understanding of us. Not everybody that misunderstands
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the scriptures does it maliciously. Okay, that's
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an order as well. That not everybody that you
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saw this person is reading. Oh, you're not interpreting
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the scriptures rightly. It means that the person
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is evil or the person is not. A lot of people
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are genuine, right? A lot of people are genuine,
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but they don't understand it. They don't know
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it. Praise the Lord. These are issues that you
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can, like I said, have a glass of... I don't
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know why. You can sit down at the table and eat
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and talk about it. Praise the Lord. Sometimes,
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again... Some people might misinterpret. For
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example, the book of Revelation, what does it
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mean? You can have all this and you need to understand
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it. It's not very fundamental. Like I said, it
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might have an effect. It might affect people's
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growth. It might affect a lot of things, but
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it's something that can be resolved. But when
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somebody watches the deity of Christ, that is
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no longer a brotherhood type of conversation.
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Praise the Lord! This is very critical. It is
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very important. The doctrine of Christ. Praise
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the Lord! The blood of atonement. Praise the
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Lord! The redemption through His sacrifice. It
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is a noble area. Praise the Lord! This is fundamental.
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Praise the Lord! Hallelujah! So, in systematic
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teachings, we have these things like what Christ
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explained in John chapter 14, John chapter 14,
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John chapter 14, 16, 15 to 16. He also emphasized
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the Father, the Son, and the Spirit. Praise the
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Lord! So, like I said, we are looking into the
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union of the spirit we have. Praise the Lord!
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And lastly, we continue our oneness to Christ.
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So, when we are looking at this, I will read
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out John, John chapter 14, verse 16 to 16. If
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you love me, keep my commandment, verse 16. And
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I will pray to the Father and he will give you
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another helper who will abide with you forever.
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Just keep that verse. Praise the Lord! So, we
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see here again, emphasizing the Father, the Son,
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and the Spirit. Right? Like I said, we're looking
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at the union of the Spirit that we have. Right?
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So, the first thing that we see, or we have been
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talking about, is that we looked at also the
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previous time, is that the gospel is for everybody.
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Praise the Lord! When He says, you should go
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and preach the gospel everywhere. It means that
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the gospel is for everybody. It is for everybody.
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Right? It is for everybody. The Spirit of God
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is for everybody. And if the gospel is for everybody,
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then the spirit is also for everybody, right?
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Praise the Lord. So the essence of redemption
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or salvation is what? The giving of the spirit.
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What does it say? And I will pray to the Father,
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right? And he will give you another helper. He
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will abide with you forever. Forever is forever.
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Praise the Lord. We appreciate you being here
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