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The Believer’s Authority in the Name of Jesus (Part 6) · Near East Christian Fellowship Sermons

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Welcome to NECF sermons. Each message here is
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designed to uplift and strengthen you in your
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the end for a rewarding experience. Let's dive
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right in. Hallelujah. Praise God. Galatians chapter
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3 verse 8. Galatians chapter 3 verse 8. Galatians
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chapter 3 verse 8. And we say, And the scripture
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foreseeing that God will justify the hearing
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through what? Through faith preached before the
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gospel, right? Unto Abraham saying, Indeed, shall
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all the nations be what? Be blessed. Hallelujah.
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So what God told Abraham that we read in Genesis
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chapter 12, Genesis 14, Genesis 17. The scripture
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calls that what? The gospel. Hallelujah. And
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the scripture didn't only call that the gospel,
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but the scripture says that what? That the hidden
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will be justified through that. Hallelujah. And
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that in itself, it says, in thee shall all the
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nations be what? Be blessed. The hidden being
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justified, all nations being blessed, is called
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the what? The gospel. And then we now also learned
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about The giving or the sacrifice that Abraham,
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God spoke to Abraham in Genesis 22. Amen. And
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then to go offer Isaac. Hallelujah. And then
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we learn in Hebrew that Hebrews will bring a
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revelational knowledge to us saying that that
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was about Christ. Praise God. So all the events
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that we've been learning so far about the name
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of Jesus, we are learning now, we are coming
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at this place where we see that is found in what?
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In resurrection, because the communications of
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Jesus in Matthew 28, Luke 24, in Mark, in John,
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all those communications were communications
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after the resurrection. Amen. So he will tell
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them that go into the whole nations of the earth
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and preach in my name. Hallelujah. And we say
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that in my name, figuratively, onoma means what?
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Authority, office, function, right? And then
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etc. So what we are saying now is that what Christ,
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was giving or what Christ was communicating,
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he was communicating his what? His resurrection.
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In Luke 24, the scripture says that ought not
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the, what the prophets have spoken, sorry, ought
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not Christ to have what? To suffer and enter
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into his glory, right? And then another place
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in 44, Luke 24, 44, 45, it says, for it behooved
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Christ, right? To suffer, to die, right? To be
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buried and to be raised, the what? The third
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day. Hallelujah. And this is fulfilled what the
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promise or what the scriptures have spoken. Praise
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God. So now, all these things that we are saying,
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right, is about, I remember saying something
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that all that we've been learning, we have never
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seen where we see the emphasis on the humanity
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of Jesus only. His giving of birth. Hallelujah.
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But rather, we see the revelation behind the
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communication about Christ, His dead burial and
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what? His resurrection. Hallelujah. So, the name
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of Jesus, right, is a product of his what? Resurrection.
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Hallelujah. He's a product of his what? Resurrection.
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Prior to now, we've not had Jesus, right? All
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we see that he will do with his disciples that
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we'll learn, the scripture will say that, and
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he called his disciples to himself and gave them
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power. Amen? When he was alive, the scripture
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will tell us that, can we just go to, I think
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Luke chapter... It's not in study, but let's
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look at it because I mentioned it now. Is it
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Luke chapter 10? Matthew 10, right? Okay, I'm
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mixing it. Matthew 10. Help us, give us Matthew
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10. Matthew 10. I think Luke has his own rendition
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to Matthew 10. Give us, please. Very fast. And
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when he called his 12 disciples, he gave them
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what? He gave them power against unclean spirit
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to cast them out. and to heal all manner of sicknesses
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and all manner of disease. Can you see? Now,
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the names of the twelve apostles were these,
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the first Simon, da -da -da -da -da -da. There
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are five now. Go to five. These twelve, Jesus
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sent forth and commanded them, saying, Go not
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into the way of the Gentiles and into any seed
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of Samaritans, enter ye not, but go rather the
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lost sheep of the house of Israel, as ye go.
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Do what? So, prior to now, before Jesus' resurrection,
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what will we see? he will do with his disciples
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is that he will call them and give them what?
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Power. You will never see before resurrection,
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Jesus giving people say, go and heal, go and
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preach in my name. Hallelujah. However, there
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was another situation from this where they saw
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some people preaching and casting out devils
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in the name of Jesus. Hallelujah. Praise God.
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So, but that's now. That event is not that they
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were preaching and casting in the name of who?
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Jesus. Glory to Jesus. Hallelujah. So now we
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now see the same thing that we are reading in
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Matthew chapter 10. Jesus did not change the
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communication after his resurrection. The only
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thing that is now happening that is different
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is that now Jesus will know or he knows that
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he will not be around again in humanity form.
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Amen. So what he will do, he will now. Give the
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power to everyone who believes. To them that
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believe in my what? In my name. In my humanity,
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my power is limited to 12. In my resurrection,
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my power is what? Unlimited to the whole nations
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of the earth. Let me repeat myself. In my humanity,
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my power is limited to what? To myself. and to
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twelve and as many that are with me. Hallelujah.
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But in my resurrection, my power is unlimited
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to the nations of the earth. So we see Galatians
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chapter 3 verse 8 will now tell us that what?
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The gospel was preached to Abraham, right? And
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that gospel is that indeed all nations of the
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earth will be what? Will be blessed. Hallelujah.
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Glory to Jesus. Good. So now, that's where we
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now stop. 1 Corinthians chapter 15 verse 1 to
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4. The gospel now. So the death, burial, and
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resurrection of Jesus now in the Old Testament
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is also called what? The gospel. And if you observe
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in our cell meetings, we have had gospel in Deuteronomy,
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gospel in Numbers, gospel. Have we done that?
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Gospel in Genesis. Hallelujah. And when we check
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all those, if you go back to check your notes,
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you realize that the emphasis of those teachings
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were the death, burial, and resurrection of who?
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Of Jesus. Hallelujah. Glory to Jesus. 1 Corinthians
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chapter 15, verse 1 to 4. See, see the same thing
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now that we are learning. Moreover, brethren,
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I declare unto you the gospel, can you see, which
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I preach, what? Unto you, which also ye have
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received, and wherein ye, what? Ye stand, by
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which ye also are saved. If ye keep in mind,
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so which means, the gospel I preach to you, you
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receive the gospel. Hallelujah. Go to verse 1.
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He said, I declare unto you, the what? The gospel
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and you also have what? Have received it. Praise
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God. So which means that faith now in what? In
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that which was preached to them. So if we stop
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here, it means the same thing that happened to
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Abraham is the same thing that happened to them.
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God spoke the gospel to Abraham. Abraham received
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it and it was imputed unto him as what? Righteousness.
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Paul preached the gospel to them and they received
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it. And it is accounted unto them as what? As
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righteousness. Glory to Jesus. Is it clear, everybody?
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Next verse now. And he said, By which also are
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ye what? Saved. If ye keep in memory what I preach
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unto you, unless ye have believed in what? In
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vain. Next verse. So I deliver unto you first
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of all that which also I what? Received. What
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has he received? How that Christ did what? Died
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for our sins. So what Paul is saying is that
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The gospel I preach unto you is that what? Christ
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died for our sins according to what? Can you
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see he said according to what? The scriptures.
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So which means when Paul preached to them, at
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that time, there was nothing called Corinthians.
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There was nothing called Matthew, Mark, Luke,
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John. The gospel that Paul was preaching to them
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was from Genesis to what? To Malachi. So that
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day, Paul opened Genesis to Malachi and he preached
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the resurrection of Jesus to them. Hallelujah.
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And they received it and they became saved. Amen.
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Hallelujah. And from the reading of the scriptures,
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he said Christ's works died for our sins. Are
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we all here? Next verse now. According to the
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scripture. And that he was what? Buried and that
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he rose again the third day according to... Does
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this also look like Luke 24? Hallelujah. For
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it behooved Christ to what? To suffer, to die,
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be buried and be raised. After what? The third
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day. So and that he was buried and that he rose
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again the third day according to the scriptures.
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Verse 5 now. And that he was seen of Cephas,
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then of 12. Next. After that he was seen of above
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500 brethren at once, of whom the greater part
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he made unto his presence, but some are fallen,
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what? Asleep. Next verse. We stop at 7. So, Paul
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was talking about his experience now. Glory to
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Jesus. Hallelujah. But you see, Paul's experience
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was subjected to scriptures. According to what?
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The scriptures. That what I saw, the encounter
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I had with Jesus, That encounter is translated
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as what? Salvation. According to what? The scriptures.
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Glory to Jesus. So we see the resurrection. So
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the scriptures is talking about the what? The
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death, the burial, and the resurrection of who?
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Of Jesus. And when we call that, is that what?
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It's called the gospel. Hallelujah. Glory to
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Jesus. Glory to Jesus. So which means that when
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we go out to preach, we are preaching nothing.
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What are we preaching? Christ died. He was buried.
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And he was raised. According to what? The scriptures.
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That's the theme of the gospel. Nothing missing.
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Nothing broken. Nothing added. Nothing reduced.
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Same gospel from the beginning to end that saves
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people and still saving people till now. Glory
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to Jesus. Hallelujah. Amen. Then now. 1 Corinthians
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chapter 15 verse 12 to 21. 1 Corinthians 15.
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1 Corinthians 15. Verse 12 to 21. See what the
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scripture says. For since by one man came dead,
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by one man also what? Am I reading the place?
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Sorry. Now if Christ be preached that he rose
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from the dead, now how says someone among you
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that there is no resurrection of what? Of the
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dead. That's him. But if there be no resurrection
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of the dead, then is Christ not what? Rising.
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Hallelujah. Now, we are discussing this now.
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If you are in the cell meeting, you know we are
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discussing this also. Amen? So the proof that
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there is a resurrection of the dead, right, is
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that Christ was raised from what? From the dead.
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1 Thessalonians chapter 4 will tell us that what
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has happened to Christ is already a token, is
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a testimony, is a sign that that is the same
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experience that will happen to everyone that
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is asleep in Christ Jesus. Amen? Good. So, for
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till now. And if Christ be not risen, then is
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our preaching what? Vain. So which means? Paul
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is saying that our preaching is not vain because
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we know that Christ has what? Has reason. And
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he says, and your faith is also what? Vain. And
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he knows also that your faith is not vain because
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Christ is reason. Hallelujah. 15. Yea, and we
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have found false witness of what? So if Christ
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has not reason, if there was nothing called resurrection
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of Jesus, then every one of us that we are sitting
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right now. We are enjoying false witness what?
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Teachings. Hallelujah. So which means that Abraham
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was a false witness. Moses a false witness. David
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a false witness. Jeremiah a false witness. Ezekiel
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a false witness. Hallelujah. Nehemiah a false
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witness. Every one of them in the scriptures
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what? False witness. Isaiah a false witness.
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Because we understand. That dead burial and resurrection
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of Jesus is from where first? According to what?
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The scriptures. So it means the scriptures bore
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a false witness about who? Christ. If there was
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no resurrection of Jesus. And that means that
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now, what happened to Abraham, that righteousness
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that was imputed to Abraham will not happen.
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Hallelujah. Amen. And also today, that if we
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preach the gospel, when we preach the gospel,
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and someone hears the gospel and is saved, that
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person cannot be called he is saved again. Because
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there is no resurrection of what? Of Jesus. That's
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what Paul is saying. But you see, Paul is saying
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that, how is it that some of you will say there
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is no resurrection of the dead? Now we already
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have an evidence. And that evidence is that Christ
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has what? Has risen. And that is the same thing
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that we preach. That is the same thing that you
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have received. And that means that your faith
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is not also in what? In vain. That is the same
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thing he's saying there. 15. Yea, and we have
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found false witnesses of God, because we have
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testified of God that he raised, can you see?
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That he raised who? Raised up Christ, whom he
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raised not up. If so, be that what? The dead
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rise not. For if the dead rise not, then is not
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Christ what? Raised. And if Christ be not raised,
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your faith is what? In vain. So which means that
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if there is no resurrection, then there will
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not be what? The saving from sin. You remember
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in Matthew chapter 1, we say his name shall be
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called Jesus for he shall save his people from
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their sins. So which means that if there is no
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resurrection of Jesus from the dead, then there
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will not be any idea of people are saved from
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sin. So which means people will continue to remain
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in their what? In their sins. That's the communication
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he's saying. So what Paul is saying to them?
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is that the evidence that Jesus has been raised
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from the dead is that what? Our sins have been
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dealt with. Glory to Jesus. Hallelujah. Hallelujah.
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I stop at what? Verse what? Verse 17. Good now.
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18. Then they also which are fallen asleep in
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Christ are perished. 19. If this be, if this
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life, if in this life only we have hope in Christ,
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we are of all men most miserable, but how? But
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now, is Christ risen from the dead? become the
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first fruit of them that what? That slept. Hallelujah.
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Glory to Jesus. So we have evidence. So the end
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of every believer is not this. Hallelujah. So
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if today I'm put down in the grave, that is not
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my end. Because I already have an evidence. There
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is a first fruit evidence for me. Glory to Jesus.
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Hallelujah. And what Paul will call that? He
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calls that the gospel. He will call that what?
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The gospel. So the resurrection of Jesus is vital
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when it comes to the name of Jesus. The resurrection
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of Jesus is important when it comes to the what?
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To the name of Jesus. So important. Why? Because
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the resurrection of Jesus is the point or is
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the main message about the gospel. The main message
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about the gospel. So what are we seeing in 1
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Corinthians 15, verse 1 to 4? 1 Corinthians 15,
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verse 1 to 4. It's how that Christ, what? Died
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for our sin. 1 Corinthians 15, verse 1. 1 Corinthians
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15, verse 1. See now how he started by saying,
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He said, So the number one thing we are seeing
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in resurrection is that Christ died for what?
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For sin. Remember, we said that onoma means what?
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Function. Hallelujah. And all that we've learned
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so far, about the name of Jesus Emmanuel is that
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God becoming man to save man. So how is God becoming
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man to save man? This is what we are looking
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at. Hallelujah. That God has become man to save
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man through what? The resurrection of Jesus.
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Well, let me put it first this way. Through the
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death of Jesus to deal with sin. Hallelujah.
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Glory to Jesus. So we see Christ dying for sin.
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And not only that Christ has died for our sins,
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he was not left... Under the air, under the elements
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of nature to just deal with his body and vultures
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come and eat it and eat it. No, no, no, no, no,
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no. You see, in the scriptures, there was concurrent
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events that will happen after the death of Jesus.
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That he will die, right? And then he will be
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buried. So you see, during that time, the rich
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man that asked for Jesus' body, right? He was
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just doing his normal events. He just went around
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and then asked, please give me the body of Jesus.
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Please, I have a place. He bought a place. He
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was doing it, didn't know that he is fulfilling
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what? Scriptures. I just got something in my
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heart. That the believer will live an everyday
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life, right? Let me put it this way as it's coming
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to my heart. As a believer, live your life every
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day knowing that The things you do, which Paul
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has dealt with it in Romans, knowing that the
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things you do with your body, right? The things
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you do with your members is fulfilling God's
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purposes on the earth. Let me repeat myself.
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As a believer, live your everyday life knowing
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that what you do, right? With your body. With
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your members, your everyday life, you're waking
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up, you're lying down, you're eating food, whatever
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you eat, whatever you do, right? That you are
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fulfilling God's purposes where? On the earth.
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So the rich man was roaming about looking for
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how they will bury the body of Jesus, knowing
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that what? He is fulfilling what? The scriptures.
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That's the second thing. The 39, he said what?
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And then he was raised from the dead according
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to what? The scriptures. This is the same thing
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he mentioned in Luke 24. Right? In Luke 24, verse
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45. See what he says. Then openly they are understanding
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that they might understand the scriptures and
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he said unto them, thus it is written, and thus
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it behoove Christ to suffer, right? And to rise
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from the dead, the what? The third day. We can
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put it that way, right? That 46. We can put it,
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thus it behoove Christ to suffer, right? And
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to die and to be buried and then be raised, the
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what? The third day. Glory to Jesus. Hallelujah.
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Same, same message. Same. Romans 1 verse 1 now.
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And what the scripture will call that? It calls
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it what? The gospel. Romans 1. Romans 1 verse
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1. Everybody. Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ,
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called to be an apostle, separated unto what?
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The gospel of God. See verse 2. Which he hath
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promised aforetime. We can say it this way, which
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he has communicated a fourth time by his prophets
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through the what? The Holy Scriptures. Next verse.
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Concerning who? So, that which he has communicated
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a fourth time through the Holy Scriptures by
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the prophets now is concerning who? His son,
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Jesus Christ, our Lord, who has made the seed
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of David according to what? According to the
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flesh. And declared to be the son of God with
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what? So how was he declared? He was declared
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to be the son of God with what? With power. According
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to the spirit of holiness. By the resurrection
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from what? From the dead. Amen. Next verse now.
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By whom we have received grace and what? Apostleship
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for obedience to the faith among two nations.
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One nation. Three nations. How many nations?
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For his what? So. underline the word, among all
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nations, underline the word, for his name. And
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then underline the word, we have received grace,
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which is what? Apostleship, a calling, a separating,
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an assignment, a function to all nations for
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his name. So what Paul is saying here, the same
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thing that has happened to me is the same thing
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that is happening to every believer. The day
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a believer gets saved or the day a man gets saved,
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that man has been separated unto the gospel of
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God. Hallelujah. And that man has received grace
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and what? Apostleship for obedience to what?
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To the faith. To how many nations? To all nations.
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For whose name? For his name. Glory to Jesus.
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Hallelujah. Six now. Just stop at six. Among
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whom are ye also the called of what? Of Jesus
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Christ. Just what I just finished saying now.
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Hallelujah. Romans 1 .16 now. So now we now see
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that now. Romans 1 .16. Romans 1 .16. Romans
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1 .16. Now, Paul will now leave that place now.
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And then Romans 1 .16, he will say, For I am
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not what? For I am not ashamed of the what? The
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gospel of God. Hallelujah. that have been spoken
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aforetime in the scriptures, holy scriptures
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by the prophets concerning his son, Jesus Christ.
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Amen. So this gospel that have been spoken aforetime,
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that have been fulfilled now, it is called what?
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That that gospel is the what? The power of God.
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So what this place is saying now, let's connect
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this place to 1 Corinthians 15. Christ dying
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for sins, Christ being buried. Christ being raised
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from the dead, that is called the power of God
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unto what? Unto salvation. Do you understand
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what I just said now? Christ's death, burial,
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and resurrection, right? Let me put it this way.
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Gospel is equal to Christ's death, burial, and
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what? Resurrection is equal to the power of God
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unto what? Salvation. unto how many people? To
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everyone. You see, the same thing that he mentioned,
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well, have been separated according to the gospel
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of God, right? That we have received this grace
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of apostleship, right? Right, to the obedience
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of faith to all nations. Hallelujah. So, that
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means that the power of God unto salvation is
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to everyone, to all nations. Glory to Jesus.
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So, what we are saying, that what God spoke from
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the old, that we call the Holy Scriptures, which
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we know, what God was speaking to Abraham, what
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he spoke to Isaiah, what he spoke to David, what
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he spoke to Jeremiah, what he spoke to Ezekiel,
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what he spoke to Malachi, what he spoke to Hosea,
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what he spoke from Genesis to Malachi, every
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of that thing, of that communication is called
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what? The power of God unto what? Salvation.
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That is why in Luke 24 now, When Christ will
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open their understanding. Let's see now. Let's
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see. Let's see. Let's connect it. See. Luke 24.
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When Christ. After Christ had opened their understanding.
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And taught them. 38. Luke 24. 48. After he had
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taught them. 47 now. Right? Let's start from
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verse 45. So that you can connect what I'm saying.
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Then opened here their understanding. That they
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might understand the what? The scriptures. And
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he said unto them. Thus it is written. Right?
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Thus it behoove Christ to suffer and to rise
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from the dead, the what? The third day, which
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Paul will call it the power of God unto what?
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Salvation. Hallelujah. 47. And that through the
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power of God unto salvation, repentance and remission
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of sins should be preached to how many nations?
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To all nations, to everyone that believes. All
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nations beginning at what? Jerusalem. 48. And
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where are weaknesses of what? Of these things.
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39. And behold, I send the promise of my Father
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upon you, but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem
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until ye be endued with power on what? On high.
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Because that event called Christ's death, burial,
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and resurrection comes with an evidence called
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the power of God unto what? Salvation. Hallelujah.
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Glory to Jesus. Glory to Jesus. Do you understand
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what we are doing? Do you understand what we
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are learning? And that is called the name of
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who? The name of Jesus. For his name's sake.
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In his name. By his name. Glory to God. Glory
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to God. Romans chapter 10 verse 9 now. Romans
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chapter 10 verse 9. Romans chapter 10 verse 9.
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That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the
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Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thy heart that
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God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt
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be what? Power of God. On to what? Salvation.
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And what are you confessing? You confess with
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thy mouth the what? The Lord Jesus. And you believe
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in your heart that God had done what? Raising
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from the dead. You wrote somewhere that the crux
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of the gospel, right? The message of the gospel
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is what? The resurrection of who? Jesus. I believe
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in my heart that God had raised him from the
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dead. I become what? Saved. That is called the
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power of what? The power of God. That is the
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power of God. That is the power of God. So let
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me say this now as it's coming to my heart. Which
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means that when the gospel is preached, right?
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What is happening is that the man that is preaching
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the gospel, right? What he is doing is that he
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is exercising, he is releasing the power of who?
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The power of God. The man that is receiving the
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gospel by faith, that man is having an encounter
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with the power of God. And that power of God,
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what? Will save that person. That is the salvation.
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And so all these events are happening, right?
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For his own sake. Glory to Jesus. Glory to Jesus.
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Glory to Jesus. You see, that is why now in Mark
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chapter 16, he will now tell them that, Go ye
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into what? All the nations of the earth. And
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do what? And preach the gospel. Because the believer
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is the man that has the power of God unto salvation.
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Do you know what I just said? The believer is
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the man that has what? The power of God unto
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what? Salvation. So if the believer is the man
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that has the power of God unto salvation. that
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ought to be everywhere saving our men. He said
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to everyone that believes. Everyone that believes.
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Are we all here? Are we all here? 1 Corinthians
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15, 13. 1 Corinthians 15, 13. 1 Corinthians 15,
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13. So far so good. Are we learning? Are we learning
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everybody? Okay, good. I'm also learning. I'm
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also learning. Because some things I'm not. I'm
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learning here and not even in my notes. So 1
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Corinthians 15, 13 now. But if there be no resurrection
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or death, then Christ is what? He's not risen,
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right? We're going to stop at 17. Yes, let's
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go. And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching
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what? Vain. And your faith is also what? In vain.
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Hallelujah. Yea, and we have found false what?
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Witnesses of God. Because we have testified of
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God that he raised up Christ, whom he raised
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up. Whom he raised not up. If not so, be that
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the dead rise not yet. For if the dead rise not,
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then is not Christ what? Raised. 17, and we stop
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there. And if Christ be not raised, your faith
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is in vain, then ye are yet in your what? In
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your sins. Hallelujah. So the summary of what
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Paul is saying is that what I declare unto you
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people and you believe is the power of God unto
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what? Salvation. And that power of God unto salvation
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has saved you from your sins. Hallelujah. And
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that is called the gospel. Christ's death, burial,
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and what? Resurrection. Glory to Jesus. Glory
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to Jesus. So far so good. We understand how we
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arrived here, right? We know how we arrived here,
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right? Is it clear? Any confusion so far? Any
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confusion? Good. So now, let's just quickly have
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a rundown, maybe add some references in the book
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of Acts where we see some of these things. Acts
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chapter 1, verse 1 to 3, everybody. Let's go.
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Very fast. Let's have this very fast. Acts chapter
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1, verse 1 to 3. Can you see? He showed himself
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what? Alive, right? After his passion, by many
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infallible what? Proofs. If you are reading another
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version, you say, Many undeniable proofs. Being
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seen of them 40 days and speaking of the things
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pertaining to the what? To the kingdom of God.
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And we've learned here, pastor has taught us
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here, that the things pertaining to the kingdom
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of God, which we've learned, that he has taught
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them in Luke 24, is his death, burial, and what?
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Resurrection. Hallelujah. Glory to Jesus. So
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now, and then now, let's read down to it. Very
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fast. Let's go. And being assembled together
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with them, commanded them that they should not
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depart from Jerusalem. But wait for the promise
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of the Father, which he said, ye have heard of
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me. Because he has told them all those things.
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When we read the book of John, right? For John
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truly baptized with water, but ye shall be baptized
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with the Holy Ghost not many days hence. When
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that therefore were come together, they asked
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of him, saying, Lord, will thou at this time
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restore again the kingdom to Israel? And he said
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unto him, it is not for you to know the times
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of the season which the Father hath put in his
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own power, but ye shall receive power after the
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Holy Ghost is come upon you, and ye shall be
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what? Witnesses. So you see, now Paul, now where
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we read in 1 Corinthians 15, Paul will tell them,
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if Christ be not raised, then we have become
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what? Says what? Witnesses. So what are we witnessing
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about? We are witnessing that Christ have died,
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Christ was buried, and Christ was raised from
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the dead. And that is the power of God that saves
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men from their sins. Hallelujah. That's what
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Jesus is saying here there will be. Right? Unto
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me, both in Jerusalem and in all Judea and in
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Samaria and onto the autonomous part of the earth.
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If you remember, in Luke 24, he said that, right?
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For ye are witnesses of this, and that through
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you, repentance and remission of sins will be
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preached to how many nations? To all nations
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for my name's sake. Hallelujah. Glory to Jesus.
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So, what are we seeing? That from Jesus' death,
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burial, and resurrection, Now we see witnesses
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born out of it. Glory to God. For his name's
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sake. Ah no, let me not go there. It's at the
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end now. Let me not say at the end now. Hallelujah.
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For his what? For his name's sake. For his name's
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sake. Acts chapter 1 verse 22. Acts chapter 1
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verse 22. Beginning from the baptism of John
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unto the same day that he was taken up from us,
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must one be ordained to be a witness with us
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of his what? of his resurrection and other evidence.
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His resurrection. Right? Acts chapter 2, verse
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25. Acts chapter 2, verse 25. Acts chapter 2,
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verse 25. For David's speak, we'll just run it
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fast to 33. For David's speaker concerning him,
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I foresaw the Lord always before my face, for
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he is on my right hand, that I should not be
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moved. Therefore did my heart rejoice, and my
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tongue was glad. Moreover, also my flesh shall
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rest in hope. Because thou wilt not leave my
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soul in hell, neither this Peter now, quoting
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David now, right? Wilt not leave my soul in hell,
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neither wilt thou suffer thy holy one to see
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what? Corruption. Thou hast made known to me
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the ways of life. Thou shalt make me full of
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joy with thy what? Countenance. Men and brethren,
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let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch
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David, that he is both dead and buried, and his
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sepulcher is with us unto what? this day. Therefore
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being a prophet and knowing that God has sworn
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with an oath to him that of the fruit of what?
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Of his loins. Now from Abraham now. Hallelujah.
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According to the flesh he will raise up which
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means what God spoke from the scriptures that
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will happen that we call the promise that is
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the gospel that according to flesh Jesus will
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come. Let me put it this way now that we learn
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now. God will come according to flesh. Amen?
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He will die and be buried, and he will be raised
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from what? From the dead. To his loins, according
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to the flesh, he will raise up Christ to sit
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on his what? On his throne. He seen this before,
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speak of the resurrection of who? Of Christ.
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That his soul was not left in hell. So if you
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are in the cell meeting now, we are discussing
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this, right? Neither his flesh did see what?
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Corruption. 32. This Jesus our God raised up,
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whereof we are all what? I will stop there. Hallelujah.
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That through the resurrection, that he has spoken
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from our forefathers, that's what Peter was saying,
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right? That today, that is fulfilled, and you
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now hear, and you now what? You now see. Let
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me put it this way. That what they are seeing
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in display is that they are seeing a display
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of the power of God unto what? Unto salvation.
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So we now see at the end of his message, right?
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We now see 3 ,000 will be what? Will be saved.
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Because when we now read further the other verses
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ahead, we now see after he has preached the gospel
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to them, right? All of them wondered, how can
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we be saved? They became saved from what he spoke.
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Mind you, don't forget, Peter was not speaking
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from Ephesians. He wasn't speaking from Corinthians.
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He wasn't speaking from Galatians. He was speaking
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from Genesis to what? To Malachi. So now write
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this somewhere. So which means that I can preach
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the gospel from Genesis to Malachi and people
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will be saved today. Do you hear what I just
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said? That I can preach the gospel from what?
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Genesis to Malachi, right? And people will be
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saved when? Today. Glory to Jesus. So let's quickly
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add these scriptures now. Add these scriptures,
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everybody. Acts chapter 3 verse 15. Acts chapter
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3 verse 15. Acts chapter 5 verse 30. Acts chapter
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5 verse 30. Acts chapter 10 verse 40. Acts chapter
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10 verse 40. Acts chapter 13 verse 29. Acts chapter
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13 verse 29. And then Acts chapter 17 verse 31.
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Acts chapter 17 verse 31. Are we all there? Yes.
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So when we read all these places, we will see
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about the resurrection of Jesus, the resurrection
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of Jesus, and then the things he has accomplished.
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Glory to Jesus. Glory to Jesus. Are we all here?
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Are we all here? Are we learning? So far so good.
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Is there any confusion? Okay, good. So now Ephesians
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chapter 1 verse 16. Let's go to Epistles. We're
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just going to run this fast and then we end the
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last part. Ephesians chapter 1 verse 16. Our
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sister, our sister Judith helped us and then
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we prayed a part of it. Ephesians chapter 1 verse
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16. We'll stop at 23, everybody. Right? So with
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all that we have learned now about resurrection,
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then now that resurrection is called the gospel.
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And then that gospel, Paul would call it the
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power of who? The power of God unto what? Salvation.
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He said to everyone. Hallelujah. So everyone
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that believes the gospel will encounter this
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power too. Glory to Jesus. Good. So Ephesians
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chapter 1, number 16. So with all that we have
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learned, pay attention carefully to the lines
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as we are reading it. Right? And then with all
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that you have learned, you'll be fixing some
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things there. 16, let's go. Since not to give
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thanks for you, Making mention of you in my what?
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Prayers. That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ,
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the Father of glory, may give you the spirit
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of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of
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who? In the knowledge of him. 18. The eyes of
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your understanding being enlightened, that ye
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may know what is the hope of his calling and
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what the riches of the glory of his inheritance
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in what? In the saints. You know what we read
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in Romans chapter 1 verse 1, right? He said that
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what? I've been separated unto the gospel of
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God. Hallelujah. I've received grace, right?
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And apostleship, right? Right? To the obedience
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by faith, right? To preach the gospel to all
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nations for the name of Christ. Amen? Good. So,
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now, see what he's saying in 18. So, Paul will
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say that statement in Romans chapter 1 because
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now, the eyes of his understanding now is enlightened
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about that assignment. Hallelujah. 18 now. So,
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now, you will pray for them. That ye may know
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what is the hope of his calling, and what the
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riches of the glory of his inheritance in the
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saints. 19. Everybody, pay attention, pay attention,
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pay attention. And what is the exceeding greatness
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of his, what? Power to us, what? And it is the
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power of God unto salvation to everyone who believes
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according to the working of his mighty power.
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20. What is this power? Everybody pay attention
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now. And see, everybody pay attention because
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everything we're going to read from 20 to 23
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is what is active in them that believe now. Are
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we all here? Are we all here? Are we all here?
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20 now. Walking of his mighty power. 20. Which
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he wrought in who? In Christ. When he raised
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him from the dead and set him at his own right
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hand in the heavenly places. far above all principalities,
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and power, and might, and dominion, and every
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name that is named, not only in this world, but
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also in that which is to come, and hath put all
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things under his feet, and gave him to be the
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head over all things, to the church, which is
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his body, the fullness of him, that filleth what?
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All in what? In all. Hallelujah. Glory to Jesus.
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So what is the summary of what we are saying
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now? We're going to go into it. The summary of
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what we are saying is that all that we've read
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from 20 down to 22 is the reality of the church
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now. Do you hear what I just said? All that we've
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read from 20 to 22 is the reality of what? Of
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the church when? Not tomorrow. Not next week.
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Not next month. When? Now. The power... That
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is at work in us who believe is the power that
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God wrought in Christ. Is the power that raised
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him from the dead. Is that same power that settled
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him at his own wrought? Right hand. Mind you,
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remember, right? In Ephesians chapter 1, we are
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not, we are not, let me, let me, let me just
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quickly get it now. Let me just quickly get it.
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Let me quickly get it. No, Ephesians chapter
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2 verse 6 now, right? I want to say something,
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that's why I need to read it. Ephesians 2, and
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had raised up us together. And made us to see
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him heavenly places in who? In Christ Jesus.
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Ephesians chapter 1. He said that he has raised
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him up. Hallelujah. And set him at his right
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hand in the what? Heavenly places. He didn't
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raise Jesus only up. He raised us up. Hallelujah.
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The power that raised Jesus set us up together
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with Christ in what? In heavenly what? In heavenly
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places. Christ is far above principalities. The
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church is far above principalities. Hallelujah.
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Christ is far above power. The church is far
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above power. Christ is far above might and dominion.
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The church is far above might and what? Dominion.
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Every name that is named, not only in this world,
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but also in that which is to come. As they are
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subjected to Christ, so are they subjected to
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who? To the church. I put all things under his
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feet. I put all things under the feet of the
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church. Hallelujah. And I'm giving him what?
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To be the head over all things what? To the church.
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which is his body, the fullness of him that filleth
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what? That filleth all. So if we want to understand
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the fullness of Christ, Jesus is dead, burial
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and resurrection, we will understand the fullness
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of Christ, dead, burial and resurrection and
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that power in where? In the church. Glory to
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Jesus. That is the name of Jesus. That is the
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name of Jesus. So now, verse 17 now. Verse 17,
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everybody. Let's look at verse 17. Verse 17 says,
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Ephesians 1, 17. The Lord Jesus Christ, the Father
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of glory, may give you the spirit of wisdom.
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And what? Which is revelation in the knowledge
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of what? Of him. So we have learned that revelation
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is the word apocalypses. Revelation is the word
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apocalypses. Apocalypses. Apocalypses. I think
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we've learned it during the, during the Kadatismos,
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right? It means what? Apocalypses. I remember
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very well, we said from Romans chapter 8, 19,
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20. Same word, apocalypses. Okay, I will not
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say it. The word knowledge, right? The word knowledge.
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What's the word knowledge? Epignosis. I think
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I said it last teaching. It means what? No, pastors,
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don't say anything, pastors. Pastors, don't say
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anything. It means what? Okay, I will not say
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this one too. You will check your notes. You
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are making my work easy. Ephesians chapter 4
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verse 11. Ephesians chapter 4 verse 11. Ephesians
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chapter 4 verse 11. We have received grace. Hallelujah.
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So epignosis means accurate knowledge. Amen.
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Apocalypse means what? Huh? Laid bare. Okay.
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Huh? The neck naked. What do I have here? A strange,
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strange teal. If you just drop the 4 by 11, everybody
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will see the same word we use about knowledge,
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right? And he gave some apostles and some prophets
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and some evangelists and some pastors and teachers
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for the prophethood of saints, for the work of
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the ministry, and for the body of Christ. Till
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we all come in the unity of faith and of the
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epignosis of the Son of God. On the path of man,
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on the measure of the stature of the fullness
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of who? Of Christ. Same word there. Hallelujah.
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So let's add these references now. Philippians
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1 .9. Same word for that knowledge. Philippians
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1 .9. Colossians 1 .9. Why is that these days?
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I don't carry. currencies in my pockets. Or maybe
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I'm in cashless mood. You know, when you are
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under management, you have to be cashless. You
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know, because the flow is maintained and managed.
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May the Lord give you understanding. Philippians
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1 .9, Colossians 1 .9, Philemon 1 .6. You know,
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before I married, I used to blow money. I blow
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money anyhow. I'm a blower. You know, I blow.
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If you are close to me, I blow it. One day, Pastor
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Ife came and asked me, he said, Bishop, it's
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like you have disconnected yourself from money.
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I told him, I said, I'm trying to do one experiment.
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When I'm done, I think I will tell you why I'm
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doing it. You know? So I told my wife one day,
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I said, oh, we're coming out. I told her, I said,
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you know, there is a way, poverty. will make
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you, the things of the world will not appeal
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to you. You know, there's a way lack of cash
47:26
will make you, restaurants, nah. Looking good,
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nah. I remember Pastor Victor would say, you
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know, Bishop, this is your trouser. I said, no,
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no, no, no, no, no, no, no. Matter of God, we
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are not focusing on that now. Don't focus on
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these things now. He said, no, you know, there's
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a way, you know, we need to, as we are going
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up. We should, we should be, they say, well,
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we need to look, I say, no, we are still good
47:50
this way. No cash. Yeah, no, no cash. Those few
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weeks ago, I realized that there's what is called
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wealth and there's what is called ultra wealth.
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Just a few weeks ago, I said, hmm, that's my
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first time, ultra. So, it's well. Where were
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we? Where did we write? Philippians, Philemon
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1 .6, 1 Timothy 2 .4, and then 2 Timothy 3 .7.
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Let's quickly rush this now. So what he is now
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saying to them, there will be a revealing, number
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one, and that revealing will come as a result
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of what? Accurate knowledge. Amen? Ephesians
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1 .18. 18 now tells us that what? That word enlightened,
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we have learned it here. It means fortizo, right?
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And fortizo means to educate. So the mind will
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be educated about Christ. The mind will be illuminated
48:57
about Christ. That's enlightened. Amen? Then,
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that you may know what is the hope of his calling.
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Yes, yes, yes. So there will be an illumination.
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There will be an education, right? About his
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calling, about the riches of his glory. Of his
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inheritance in what? In the saints. Amen? 19
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now, everybody. And what is the exceeding greatness
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of his power? Right? That word power there is
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dynamis. That word power is what? Dynamis. Dynamis
49:28
means ability to accomplish something. Dynamis.
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D -Y -N -A -M -I -S. Ability. That word power
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there, right, is called dynamis. It means ability
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to what? To accomplish something. He said, we
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will know the exceeding ability of God that is
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resident in us. Who what? Who believes. Hallelujah.
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That we will know it. I pray for you, the church.
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Right? That the eyes of your understanding will
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be what? Will be illuminated. After knowing the
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hope of his calling, the riches of his health
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in the saints, right? You will now know. That
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there is an ability of God in you. Hallelujah.
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Glory to God. Now, he now calls that again. Let's
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see all the adjectives that we're given now.
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Dynamics, right? Just what we believe according
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to the working of his what? Of his mighty power.
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See all the connections that Paul will give.
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Exceeding, greatness, working, mighty what? Power.
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exceeding, greatness, working, mighty, what?
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Not power that has worked and is not working
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now. Hallelujah. Not power that has stopped working.
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Not power that is going to work for two weeks.
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Not power that is going to work for three days.
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No, no, no, no, no, no. He said that effect work,
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you see that work there is a continuous, present,
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future, participle, tense. If you add anything,
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working and moving till eternity. Paul will call
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it That this power is what? Is exceeding great.
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That word exceeding. Exceeding means hyperbolo.
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Hyperbolo means what? To surpass. To surpass.
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To excel beyond. There is a power in believers
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that surpasses. That excels. There is a power
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that is beyond the usual. Hallelujah. Let me
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add this now to it. There's a power that is beyond
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the ordinary. There is a power that is beyond
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the natural. That's the word exceeding. Greatness
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is megetos. Greatness. M -E -G -E -T -H -O -S.
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Megetos. Megetos means magnitude. An unusual
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magnitude of ability in the believer. Megetos.
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M -E -G -E -T -H -O -S. Magnitude. Then we know
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what walking is, right? Working. Effective. Energia.
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Something that is running. Efficient. That is
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functioning effectively. Hallelujah. Then the
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word mighty. Mighty power. Two words together.
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Mighty power. He joined two meanings of power
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all together, right? Mighty is also used for
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power. That is ischis and kratos. The first power
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is dynamis, an ability to accomplish something
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in the believer. Amen. The second mighty is also
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power ischys. I -I -S -C -H -Y -S. It means the
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ability that is manifested. Hallelujah. So the
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ability that is what? Manifested. Ischys. I -S
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-C -H -Y -S. Displayed strength. Manifested ability.
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And then that manifested ability, now he joined
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it together with the word kratos, mighty power,
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right? Displayed ability or manifested ability
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associated with authority or dominion. So kratos
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is what? Power associated with what? Authority
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and what? Dominion. Hallelujah. So when we put
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that together, exceeding greatness, working what?
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Mighty power. So in the believer, there is an
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ability of God, hallelujah, that is functioning,
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running effectively, that is manifested, right?
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To show authority and what? Dominion. And that
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is why when you see the next place now, the next
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verse, it begins to tell us that that power that
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is effective, he wrote it in who? He wrote that
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power in who? in Christ Jesus. That same wrath
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in Christ Jesus, that not wrath, is the same
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thing with walking and at you. So that same power
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is that he made that power, right? So now, listen.
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So what the scripture is saying now, the point
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we're telling that the eyes of the understand
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be illuminated to is that the power that now
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is in us, that belief, is the power, not, God
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did not reduce it to 95%. He did not receive
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it to 99 .9%. He did not receive it to 70%. He
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said, no, no, you know, there's a level their
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body cannot carry. No, no, no, no, no, no, no.
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He said, that same exceeding, greatness, mighty,
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walking power is that same power that he wrote
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in who? In Christ Jesus. That same power is the
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power that raised Christ from who? From the grave.
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He didn't stop there. That same power is that
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power that sets Christ in the place of authority
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in the heavenly places. Hallelujah. That same
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power is the power that made him to be set above
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principalities and wealth, power and might. That
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same power. What I'm saying is that inside you,
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the believer, there is a power that raised Jesus
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from the dead. There is a power that has set
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him in the heavenly places. There is a power.
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That has set him above what? Principalities.
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What I'm saying automatically now, a revelation
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in order to come to you, that that is your reality
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now. That is your current reality. Hallelujah.
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That God has set us above what? Principalities.
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Above powers. Above might. Above rulers. Onoma.
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Authority. Function. Office. So which means the
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believer is now in the what? In the power. In
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the office of Jesus. You remember the illustration
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we gave, that when you say, in the name of Jesus,
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rise up and walk, it's not another power that
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is coming from above. It's that same power that
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is where? In you. So I see a sickness, I see
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a cancer, I command every symptom of cancer to
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go in the name of Jesus. You are not mentioning
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the biological name of Jesus. You remember I
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said, in my name, you will lay hands on the sick.
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What you're just doing in the natural is that
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as you lay hands, power is transmitted from within
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you through your hands upon the disease. As you
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alter us, you shall cast out devils. You demon,
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I speak to you. So, oh, listen guys. So which
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means that the power of God that is resident
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in the believers will find expression through
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our members. So when I speak, I release power.
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When I lay hands on the sick, power is released.
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Not another power. Which means that when I'm
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encountered with a circumstance, there's a resident
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power inside me. Hallelujah. There's a resident
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power. Not only a resident power. Let's qualify
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it now. There is an exceeding... What again?
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Let's work. There's what? 19. Now, let's call
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the words. There is an exceeding greatness of
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what? of his working what? Mighty power where?
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In me. So when you go to her this week, hallelujah,
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when you are declaring that right inside me,
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there is an exceeding greatness working mighty
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power. There is an exceeding greatness working
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mighty what? Power. There is an exceeding greatness
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mighty working what? Power. That power is working.
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That power is what? It's working. Glory to Jesus.
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So now, which means I've occupied his what? His
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office. Lastly now, Colossians 2 .15. Let's rush
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this now. Colossians 2 .15. So you see, what
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Paul will teach the church is that they understand
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this exceeding greatness, working mighty power.
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This is my word, me. This is my word for the
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week now. There is an exceeding greatness, mighty,
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working mighty power. There is an exceeding greatness,
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working, mighty power. Not the power that has
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not worked. Let me say this as it's coming to
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my heart. That before God gave us the power and
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he ensured the power is to us what we believe
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as, he first wrought that power in Christ Jesus.
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Do you understand what I just said? So which
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means that if God wrought that power in Christ
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Jesus, and Christ did not rise, will not receive
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it. Do you understand what I'm saying? So when
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God wrought in Christ Jesus, and Christ was raised
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from the grave, that same power is what is resident
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in the believer. Let me just add this as a way
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of lesson now. So which means that, whatever
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is around us, whatever that seems difficult,
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whatsoever that seems challenging, Whatsoever
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that seems, oh, I'm confused about it. Whatsoever
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that seems is a mountain. Whatsoever that seems
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as though it's some form of darkness. Whatsoever
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that seems to be like it's some kind of restriction,
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some kind of resistance. Remember that there
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is an exceeding greatness, working, mighty power.
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That power was first tested in Christ Jesus.
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And it works. It raised Jesus from the dead.
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It didn't only raise Jesus from the dead. It
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set him up in the heavenly places. Above principalities,
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powers are mine. That power is at work where?
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In me. That is the name of Jesus. Hallelujah.
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Colossians, very passing. Colossians 2 .15 now.
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I'm just going to rush this now. 2 .15. Is it
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happening? Let's start with verse 14. Blotting
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out the handwriting, all that thing. And you
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being dead in your sins, Tell yourself I'm not
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ordinary. Say I'm not ordinary. Say I'm not ordinary.
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Nothing overcomes me. Say I'm not ordinary. There
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is an exceeding greatness. working, mighty power.
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Oh, I'm not ordinary. Hallelujah. Having spoiled
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principalities and powers, he made a show of
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them openly, triumphing over them in it. Hallelujah.
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He made a show of them openly, triumphing what?
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Over them. Glory to Jesus. So that word spoiled,
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write it down, please, fast. Just have like maybe
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four minutes. That word spoiled is apecdomai.
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A -P -E -K -D -U -O -M -A -I. A -P -E -K -D -U
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-O -M -A -I. It means to disarm. To strip off.
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He disarmed principalities and powers. You see
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where we read in Ephesians that he set him up
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above what? Principalities, powers, and might.
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This is what happens. That he disarmed what?
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He disarmed. So, Jesus' death, burial, and resurrection.
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Right? His resurrection is the proof that powers,
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principalities and powers have been what? Disarmed.
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He said to disarm. Are you reading that? Yes.
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And then now, I added this now. To disarm, to
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show as a sign of victory. To disarm means to
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show as a sign of what? As a sign of victory.
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To show as a sign of victory. Three minutes.
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To show as a sign of what? As a sign of victory.
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So that Colossians 2 .15. 2 .15 I said. He made
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a show of them what? Openly triumphant what?
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Over them. Hallelujah. And that word. To show
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them openly. To show them. Is the word. Degmatizo.
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D -E -I -G -M -A -T -I -Z -O. D -E -I -G -M -A
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-T -I -Z -O. It means to give evidence or a proof
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of a thing. Hallelujah. To give what? To give
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evidence or a proof of what? Of a thing. Add
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these scriptures now to help us with that. Colossians
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1 .13. Colossians 1 .13. Ephesians 2 .6 -7. Ephesians
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3 .10. To give evidence. To give evidence. To
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give evidence. Then Hebrews 2 .14. Hebrews chapter
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2, verse 14. Hebrews chapter 2, verse 14. Help
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us with Hebrews chapter 2, verse 14. Okay, let
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me quickly read it here because my time is. For
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as much then as the children are the particle
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of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise
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took part of the same. That true dead, everybody
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see now, that true dead, he might what? He might
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destroy him that had the power of who? Dead,
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that is who? The devil. Next verse now. And not
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only to destroy the devil, the high power of
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death. Amen. But to deliver them who through
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fear of death were all their lifetime subject
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to what? To bondage. So in the destruction of
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Satan, the high power of death. Amen. Comes the
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deliverance of them that are under what? Bondage.
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Hallelujah. Glory to Jesus. Glory to Jesus. So
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what did Jesus do? What did he do when he did
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that destruction? Because we are reading that
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he spoiled principalities and powers. Amen? What
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did he do? He did it through his death, burial,
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and resurrection. He did it through his death,
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burial, and what? And resurrection. He did it
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through his death, burial, and resurrection.
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Because what he did was not hidden. Hallelujah.
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What he did, the scriptures say he shewed them
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openly. And that word openly is paresia. Paresia.
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means to boldly, a freedom of expression, to
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boldly show things up, to boldly show things.
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The same thing, Matthew chapter 1, verse 19,
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and then Hebrews chapter 10, verse 19, Matthew
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1, 19, Hebrews 10, 19, and then 1 John 5, 14.
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And then lastly, 2 Corinthians 2, 14 now. 2 Corinthians
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2, 14. That word triumphing over them. triumphing
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over them means a procession with an acclamation
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of victory. Hallelujah. A procession with an
1:05:08
acclamation of what? Of victory. So what Jesus
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did is that, yes, good, to show that principalities'
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powers, right, and then might and powers have
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been defeated. What he did is that he gave a
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proof. Hallelujah. And that proof he gave, Is
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what? Is in the church. Is in where? In the believer.
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Hallelujah. This is how. Now, thanks be unto
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God, which always caused us to what? To triumph.
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In who? In Christ. And make it what? Manifest
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the servant of his knowledge by us in what? In
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every place. So what Jesus did is what? Exercise
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where? On the earth. The show. The evidence that
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principalities, powers, might, rulers, right,
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have been disarmed is where we are the evidence.
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Hallelujah. The power, that exceeding greatness,
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mighty working power, like that God wrote in
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Christ Jesus, we are the proof of it. So what
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we are saying is that the name of Jesus came
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from victory. Hallelujah. The name of Jesus came
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from conquests. so also the believer came from
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victory. So every time I'm exercising, I'm praying
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in the name of Jesus. I'm praying from victory.
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I'm not praying from defeat. Hallelujah. Every
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time I'm overcome by a situation against me,
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right? I stand before that situation, what? From
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where? From victory. Why? Let me say this lastly
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now. Because the manifest servile of God's knowledge.
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He's always what? Nailed through me. Glory to
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Jesus. Glory to Jesus. Say, I'm in the name.
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I'm in the name. I'm in the name. I'm in the
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name. Can we just bless God, everybody? Can we
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