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Working of Miracles · Near East Christian Fellowship Sermons

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Welcome to NECF Sermons. Each message here is
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designed to uplift and strengthen you in your
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walk with God. Don't miss out. Stay with us until
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the end for a rewarding experience. Let's dive
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right in. God's work, just from that song as
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we've heard, God's work are visible. Hallelujah.
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Greater works are what? They are visible. And
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this morning we'll be dealing with one of those
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works of God that are visible. Thank you choir
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for bringing us to that song today because it
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aligns so well with what I want to teach. So
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while God is invisible, Only made manifest, made
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seen through Christ. The works of Christ, the
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works of God are very visible. Okay? The works
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of God, they are what? They are visible. And
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this year we say the theme of the year is greater
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works. So we can say there will be great visibility
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this year. Hallelujah. There will be great what?
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Visibility this year. Greater works will be seen
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amongst us. So in the line with the theme of
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the year and from what we have been teaching
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from Catechismos last year, our Believers Conference,
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the topic for today is working of miracles. walking
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of miracles. Because the walking of miracles
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is a greater walk that the believer would do.
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As we have received the Spirit of Christ, we
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have the Spirit of Christ in us, the believer
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who do it will walk out miracles. So the topic
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is... a working rather, working of miracles,
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working of miracle. In our last teaching, we
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highlighted that healing is a miracle, right?
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I don't know if, I mean, a couple of us listened
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to the message before we came to church, right?
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We should have done that because that was shared.
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Healing is a miracle, but there are other miracles,
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right, that are not healing. Did we clarify that?
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So we are building on that today. The other miracles
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that are not healing. So we call it, as we're
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saying in 1 Corinthians 12, verse 14. Let's open
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our scriptures to 1 Corinthians 12, verse 10.
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1 Corinthians 12, verse 10. 10, please. It said,
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to another, the working of miracles. to another,
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prophecy, to another, the signing of spirits,
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to another, diverse kinds of tongues, to another,
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the interpretation of tongues. But all this worketh,
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that one, and self -same spirits, dividing to
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every man, or every man, yes, severally, as he
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wills. So the working of miracles comes from
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the Spirit of God. that dwells in the believer.
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The walking of miracles comes from the Spirit
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of God that dwells in the believer. So every
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believer can walk in the walking of miracles.
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We need to first establish that. That every believer
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that has the Spirit of God can walk. In the working
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of miracles. And it is expected that when we
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go to preach. The signs and wonders should follow.
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Let's go to John. John 14. Because our key scripture
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is 1 Corinthians 12. From verse 1 to 11. And
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we can go to John chapter 14. John chapter 14
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from verse 1 to 14. You can just write those
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scriptures down. 1 Corinthians 12 verse 1 to
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11. John chapter 14 verse 1 to 14. John 14, I'll
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read from verse 11. It said, Believe me that
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I am in the Father, and the Father in me. Or
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else, believe me for the very works sake. You
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see the word works sake there, right? Verily,
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verily, I say unto you, he that believeth on
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me, the works that I do, shall he also do, and
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greater works than these shall he do. Because
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I go unto my father. Part of what Jesus is saying
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here that the believer will do is also the working
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of miracles. It's part of the great works that
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the believer will do. So let's go into the study.
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Let's go much more into the study. Just the same
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way signs or just the same way healing. are seen
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as signs that points to the message of Christ.
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Okay? The same way healing is seen as a sign
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that points to the message of Christ, the walking
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of miracles is also a sign and wonder that points
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to the message of Christ. So we're just establishing
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some things that we already know to put them
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ahead first. First, every believer can walk out
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miracles. The same way healing is a sign. The
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walking of miracle is also a sign and a wonder
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that points to the message of the gospel. If
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you have this background, there will be more
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clarity as we go. It authenticates the message
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you are receiving. And in a way, the same way
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healing is expected to take away unbelief, the
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same way healing is expected to take away unbelief
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from a man, when the walking of miracles, when
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the walking of miracles is made manifest, it
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is to take away unbelief. It is to take away.
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unbelief. So when there's a working of miracles
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that is taking place somewhere, it's actually
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to make people be strengthened in their faith
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and for those that have not believed to come
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to the knowledge of Christ. So these three things
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are the foundation upon which this teaching will
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be. First, that every believer is able to work
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out miracles because they have the Spirit of
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God. Second, the same way it's a sign and a wonder
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that points to the gospel, the same way miracles
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also points to the gospel. Now, what is working
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of miracles? Let's dive into it. What is working
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of miracles? Let's go back to 1 Corinthians 12.
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1 Corinthians 12, verse 10. And we would unravel
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it from there. Working of miracles. Now, the
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word working, we should write down. It's actually
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the word energima. The word working is the word
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energima itself. And it's spelled as E -N -E
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-R -E -N -E -R -G. E -N -E -R -G -M -A. I need
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to confirm that. I need to confirm that. E -N
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-E -R -G -M -A. Doing a little bit of study this
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morning. You know, these things are not our language.
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We have to always confirm. Yes. E -N -E -R -G
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-E -M -A. Yes. E -N -E -R -G -E -M -A. So energema.
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It means to put something in operation. To put
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something in effect. Right? To put something
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in operation. To put something in effect. It
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means for something to be active. Active. To
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put something in effect. To put something in
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operation. To make it active. Sometimes the scriptures
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use the word to rot. It means to work out something.
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To rot. W -R -O -U -G -H -T. To rot. To make
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something active. To put something into action.
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To put something into action. And the word miracles
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is dunamis. It's dunamis. In many areas you would
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find the Bible is translated as power. Right?
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But in this context, the word miracles is used
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for it. And there's a reason for that. Miracles
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is dunamis. D -U -N -A -M -I -S. Which refers
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to power and ability. Right? Which refers to
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power and ability. So, The word working there
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that started it, that said working of miracles,
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was put there to show you that it is active,
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actually. There are places where the Bible used
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the word dunamis, but it's referring to what
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is residing in you, right? The power that you
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have within you. It will tell you, for example,
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Ephesians will say that you are strengthened
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with power through the spirit of God in your
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inner man, right? So power that resides. Here
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it's saying that that power that resides in you,
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is at work, is active, is visible. Do we get
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it? That power that is in you is visible, is
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at work, is effective, is showing forth. So therefore
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we can say, the word I've said, the word working
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gives it the context, which is making it active
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and effective and in action. We can therefore
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say, That the walking of miracles is actually
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showing abilities. It's the show of abilities
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that resides in the believer. Walking of miracles
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is the show of the ability that resides in the
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believer. It's a show of ability that resides
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in the believer. It is actually operating in
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your ability. So from your own end, it's operating
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in your ability. When we see it, what has been
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put in effect through you, we see it as, wow,
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this is a show of what is inside of him. So it
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is a show of abilities and it's available to,
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again, to all believers. It is available to all
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believers. Now let's see Acts chapter 2 verse
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22. Acts chapter 2 verse 22. as ye yourself also
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know. Ye yourself also know. So what do we see
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here? We see that Christ himself worked out miracles.
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While he was going about preaching, miracles
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and signs and wonders were accompanying the teachings
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of Jesus. Working miracles, it became a normal
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place, or it's a place of, We find it regularly
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when Christ is teaching, in his meetings, when
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he's passing by. We find it regularly. Matthew
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11 verse 1 to 5. It came to pass when Jesus had
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made an end of commanding his twelve disciples,
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it departed hence. to teach and to preach in
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their cities. Now, when John had heard in the
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prison that the works, the works of Christ is
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sent to of his disciples, you see, so John heard
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of the works of Christ and said unto him, art
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thou he that should come or do we look for another?
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And Jesus said unto him, go and do what? Show.
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John, again, those things which ye do hear and
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see. The next. The blind receive their sight,
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and the lame walk, and the lepers are cleansed,
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and the deaf hear, and the dead are raised up,
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and the poor have the gospel preached to them.
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So, the confirmation that he is the Messiah is
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the works. He said, go and tell John. What you
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hear, the message, and what you see, to know
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and be assured that I am He. It's the same thing
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if you go to Acts, it said, it was approved of
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God, means it was declared of God. Go back to
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Acts 22, yes, 22, thank you. It was declared
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of God. Right? It's not like Jesus did the signs,
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then God approved him. No, it was actually declared
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of God by the miracles and signs which God did
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through him. So the message of God, the message
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of Christ with the signs and wonders, reveals
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Christ. The message of God with the signs and
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wonders reveals Jesus, reveals God. Let me say
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this. The character of God can be known in the
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preaching of the gospel and in the walking of
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miracles. The character of God can be known in
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the teaching, in the preaching and in the walking
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of miracles. There's a reason why I'm emphasizing
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this because at the end, we are going to check.
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Some actions in the Old Testament that looks
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like they worked out miracles, but do not reflect
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the character of God. Right? Things that happen
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in the Old Testament that looks like they worked
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out miracles, but do not reflect that. So miracles
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must reflect the character of God. Miracles reflect,
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they teach the character of God. So Jesus was
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telling John the works he was doing, which is
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working of miracles and the preaching of the
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gospel. Acts 10 verse 38. Acts 10 verse 38. Our
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God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy
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Ghost and with power who went about doing good
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and healing all that were oppressed of the devil.
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For God was what? was with him so again here
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we see right jesus going about doing good healing
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all that we're oppressed so it's a common thing
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in his meeting so should it be a common thing
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in the believer's life yes that's the answer
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it should be something common among us something
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regular among us the workings of miracles so
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that we can Walk as Christ walked. So it's something
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that is regular in his meetings. And that is
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why we are taking time to teach, to understand,
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and we can walk properly in it. We are taking
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time to teach. So can you say, in my life, the
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walking of miracles is regular. In my life, the
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walking of miracles takes place always. Amen.
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Good. Acts chapter 6 verse 8. Acts chapter 6
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verse 8. And Stephen was full of faith and power
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and did great wonders and miracles among the
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people. We will not just be full of faith alone.
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We are full of power and we will do. Can you
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see that it is also active? The faith is active.
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The power that is resident in a believer must
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be active. The faith is active. The power that
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is resident in a believer must be active. It
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is not passive. It's not something that is just
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there. You know, that is lying there. It is not
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just to be in you, but to be made manifest, to
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be seen. To be revealed because it reveals the
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character of God. In fact, it reveals the goodness
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of God. It reveals the goodness of God. Now,
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I've defined that character, right? The goodness
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of God. Miracles reveals the goodness of God.
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It reveals the goodness. That is why it should
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be a thing of joy for you that you want to walk
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in those things. You want to cast out demons.
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It should be a thing of joy. That you want to
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heal the sick, it should be a thing of joy. That
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you want to put circumstances in the natural
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in order for God, it should be a thing of joy.
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Because it shows the goodness of God to man.
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It shows the goodness of God to man. 1 Corinthians
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2 verse 5. Now see what Paul says. Now start
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from verse one, please. And I, brethren, when
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I came to you, came not with excellency of speech
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or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony
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of God. The testimony of God is actually talking
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about the preaching of the gospel, right? That's
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the testimony of Christ. For I determined not
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to know anything among you, save Jesus and him
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crucified. And I was with you in weaknesses.
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and in fear, and in much trembling. And my speech
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and my preaching, now clarify, was not with enticing
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words of man's wisdom, but in what? In the demonstration
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of the Spirit and of power. The demonstration
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of the Spirit and of power. That your faith should
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not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power
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of God. Do we see that Paul shows in his preaching
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the demonstration of the Spirit and of power?
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For what purpose? What is the purpose? That the
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faith of men would not stand in the wisdom of
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men, but in the power of God. So Paul, as an
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example, also walk, right? In the demonstration
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of power. So it's also called the demonstration
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of power. Okay. You can also call the walking
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of miracles. The demonstration of power. The
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demonstration of the power of God. Making the
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power of God. Visible. Right. Making the power
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of God visible. Let's go to Galatians 5 .3. A
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lot of scriptures. Necessary. For our edifying.
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Galatians 5. As if I testify again to every man
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that is circumcised, that is adept to do the
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law. Next verse. Galatians 5 .3. Excuse me just
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a bit. Can you start from verse 1? Verse 1. The
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scriptures I'm looking for are 3 verse 5, right?
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Okay, I'm reading something else. Sorry. 3 verse
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5, not 5 verse 3. Okay, good. Thank you, sir.
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He said, So let's read from verse 1 to give you
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the context. Verse 1. evidently set forth, crucified
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among you. This only would I learn of you, receive
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ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by
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the hearing of faith. Are ye so foolish, having
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begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect
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by the flesh? Have ye suffered so many things
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in vain, if it be yet in vain? So what is Paul
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emphasizing here? Of course, we know the story
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of the Galatians and how they brought the issue
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of circumcision to them. And they added that
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as a layer, right, to their salvation. to be
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able to say, oh, you have to be circumcised before
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you are saved. Paul is now explaining that, that
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the one that ministered to you, the Spirit, right,
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and worketh miracles among you, does he do it
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by the law or by faith? Is it that the person
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brought out the law, you know, the law of Moses
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in the sense of it, and begin to work out those
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miracles according to the law of Moses, or the
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working of miracles is by faith? It's a rhetorical
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question, actually. It's not for them to answer.
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It's trying to tell them that the workings of
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miracles is by faith. Just the same way salvation
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is by faith, all that comes in it is by faith.
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Right? All that comes in salvation, which includes
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the working of miracles, is by faith. So when
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you want to work in miracles, You don't need
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formulas. Hallelujah. You can write it down.
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When you want to work in miracles, you don't
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need formulas. The working of miracles does not
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come by formulas. It comes by faith. It is not
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magic. It is miracles. It does not come by formulas,
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but it comes by faith. So do we all have faith
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in the house this morning? Yes. So it means we
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can walk in miracles because we have faith. We
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can give expression to miracles because we have
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faith. 2 Corinthians 12 verse 12. The walking
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of miracles here is referred to as mighty deeds.
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So truly, the signs of an apostle were wrought.
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You see, that's the word wrought, right? Were
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worked out among you in all patience, in signs
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and wonders and mighty deeds. Still referring
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to miracles. So the signs of an apostle were
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worked among you. So here, miracles refers to,
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is explained as mighty deeds. So they are mighty
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deeds. They are mighty deeds. Now, just add the
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scriptures we already read this morning. Ephesians
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1 verse 9. 19 rather. Ephesians 1 verse 19. Ephesians
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1 verse 19. Maybe we should touch upon that a
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little bit. He said, but also in that which is
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to come. You can stop there. You can stop there.
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He said, the exceedingly great, the greatness
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of his power towards us who have believed. So
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the power of God is at work in us that have believed.
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And this took place through what took place in
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Christ. It took place through what took place
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in Christ. And look at verse 21. 1 Corinthians
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1 gives us, you know, what can happen in miracles.
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It's a far above all principality and power and
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minds and dominion and every name that is named,
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not only in this world, but also in that which
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is to come. So we see here that that which is
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worked in Christ, made available to us, puts
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us above principalities and power. So when we
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talk about casting out devils, it's the working
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of miracles. And it is because of the great power
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of God, the exceedingly great power of God that
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is at work in us. Above principalities and power,
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above might and dominion, above every name. So
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we can cast out there, he's already telling us
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where we are seated, where we are as believers.
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So we can write again that working of miracles,
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okay, working of miracles, we're trying to really
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understand this so that we can work in it in
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abundance. Working of miracles, occurs when we
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alter the physical or natural order of things.
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That is why we say it's visible. Walking of miracles
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occurs when we alter the physical and natural
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order of things. So it means that when a miracle
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takes place, we can see it. We can point to it.
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We can talk about it. We can point to it. We
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can talk about it. The casting out of devils,
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we can talk about it. We can see it. We can see
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a change in a man that has been delivered from
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devils. So first we can say that when we see
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people manifesting the devil in the body, we
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cast them out. We cast the devil out, right?
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So a person can be delivered from devil. So I'm
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talking about a person now, an individual can
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be delivered from devil. And that is a miracle,
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right? That is one. So a person can be delivered
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from devil and that's a miracle. A circumstances
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or circumstances can also be delivered from devil.
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That's another one we need to know. It's not
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just someone just casting out demons. But in
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certain circumstances around us, we can deliver
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those circumstances away from the hand of the
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devil. Situations I'm talking about. Right? I'm
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talking about situations. We can rebuke the devil
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in certain circumstances around us. And this
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should be regular in our life. Don't take every
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circumstance as just, oh, that is the way it
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should be. No. The believer must be discerning.
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So know circumstances when you need to cast out
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the devil from that circumstance. The believer
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must be discerning. So know when you need to
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cast out the devil in certain circumstances.
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You know, we'll come to that scripture. When
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Paul was preaching and someone was... saying
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a word that seems so nice that these are the
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servants of the living God, right? Maybe in this
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generation, someone can say, oh, that's a good
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hype and it's contributing to the sermon, right?
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As good as that statement was, it was the greatest
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distraction to the message of the gospel that
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day. It was not something that was being prophesied.
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It was not something that was being spoken. To
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edify people. Rather, it was a distraction that
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people will not hear what the apostle was teaching.
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Praise God. So circumstances as such, you can
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cast the devil out of such circumstances. We'll
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see more as we go and we check the scriptures.
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So we can say, miracle happens in a person and
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in circumstances. We can say that. It happens
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in a person and in circumstances. It happens
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in a person and in circumstances. Luke chapter
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8 As believers, we must be sensitive. Luke chapter
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8 Go to verse 26 And they arrived at the country
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of the gatherings, which is over Galilee. And
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he went forth to the land. There met him out
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of the city a certain man, which had devils long
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time, and wear no clothes, neither abode in any
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house, but in tombs. Can you see that the devil
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was physically manifesting in the man? Physically
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manifesting. When Jesus saw, when he saw Jesus
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rather, he cried out and fell down before him.
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And with a loud voice said, what have I to do
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with thee, Jesus? Thou son of God, most high.
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You see, they know how to say thou son of God,
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most high. They know how to say this is the servant
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of the most high God, but they do not believe
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in what God is doing. Right? The devils know
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this information, but they do not believe in
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what God is doing. So you have to be discerning.
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So someone says, oh, because he said, Jesus,
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thou son of the most high God, does that mean
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he has prophesied Jesus and believed Jesus? No.
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He's just saying who Jesus is. Does he believe
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in what God is doing? Does the devil believe
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in what God is doing? Are they partakers in it?
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No. what God is doing, they don't want to be
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part of it. So mentioning that he's the son of
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God does not mean the devil believed. No. Now
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he said, I beseech thee, torment me not. For
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he had commanded the unseen spirit to come out
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of the man. For oftentimes it had caught him
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and it was kept bound with chains and in fetters
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and it broke the bands and was driven of the
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devil's into the wilderness. And Jesus asked
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him, saying, What is thy name? And he said, Legion,
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because many devils were entering to him. And
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they besought him that he would not command them
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to go out into the deep. And there was there
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an herd of many swine feeding on the mountain.
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And they besought him that he would suffer them
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to enter into them. And he suffered them. Then
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went out the devils out of the man and entered
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into the swine. And the herd ran violently down
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a steep place into the lake and they were choked.
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So he cast out the devil from a man. Now we can
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read from verse 22. Now, just a little bit to
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backtrack on that same chapter. This one took
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place in a man. From verse 22 is a circumstance
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that was brought under the control. And now it
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came to pass on a certain day that he went into
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a ship with his disciples and he said unto them,
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let's go over onto the other side of the lake
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and the launch fort. But as they sailed, he fell
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asleep and there came a storm of the wind on
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the lake and they were filled with water and
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were in jeopardy. And they came to him and awoke
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him saying, Master, Master, we perish. Then he
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arose and rebuilt the wind and the raging of
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the water. And they ceased and there was a calm.
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They ceased and there was what? A calm. That
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is a circumstance. Right? That is a circumstance.
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So we see Jesus' miracles in people, on people
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and also in circumstances. in circumstances that
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are unpalatable in our lives, unpalatable to
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situations and what God is doing through us.
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So let's deal with three other things. I think
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these are the three other things we'll deal with
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that will continue on Wednesday. Can you just
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take one minute to pray? Just pray in your heart
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that you rebuke the devil in every circumstances.
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Before we continue teaching, just pray. Those
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circumstances in your life, that you feel there's
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an oppression of the devil, can you say, I rebuke
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you this circumstance? I cast out the devil in
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this circumstance in my life. When I approach
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this place, it's as if things don't align. Say,
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I rebuke the devil in this area. Every circumstance,
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they become obedient to the power of God in me.
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When I get into any space, that space becomes
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obedient to the power of God in me. When I get
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into any environment, that environment becomes
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obedient to the power of God in me. When there
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are people that are possessed with demons and
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devils, And they want to misbehave. When I get
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into that space, that devil is cast out. In the
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name of Jesus. Wherever I step my foot, oh, in
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the name of Jesus, that place becomes obedience
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to the power of God that is at work in me. It
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says, and the shadow of Peter was carrying out
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miracles. That the handkerchief of Paul was doing
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great miracles. So henceforth, I walk in miracles.
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Whether I'm at work, I'm in school, I'm on the
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street, I'm in my house. Whether I'm asleep or
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awake. I walk in divine miracles. Even in my
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dreams, I walk in divine miracles. Circumstances.
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They become obedient to what I say. In the name
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of Jesus. Amen. Let's continue. Let's continue.
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You can write miracles. Miracles. Thank you,
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Jesus. Miracles are spiritual, supernatural,
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and spectacular. Miracles. are spiritual, supernatural,
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and they are spectacular. They are spectacular.
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You can put the scripture down. 1 Corinthians
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12 verse 1. 1 Corinthians 12 verse 1. That is
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actually the beginning of the conversation. or
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the teachings on the working of miracles, of
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course, the gifts. He said, now concerning spiritual,
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brethren, I would not have you ignorant. So whatever
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Paul will be talking in this chapter is about
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what? Spirituals, right? It's about spirituals,
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things regarding the spirit, things regarding
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the spirit of God, right? So the foundation of
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this discussion itself is spiritual. So, miracles
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are spiritual. Now, they are also supernatural
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because there is something that supersedes or
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overrides the natural. Something overrides the
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natural. We're going to see it. So, it is supernatural.
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It means that there is something beyond the natural.
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Acts chapter 3, verse 7. Acts chapter 3, verse
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7. And he took him by the right hand and lifted
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him up. And immediately his feet and his ankle
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bones received strength. That is supernatural.
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Do you get it? That is divine strength. It's
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not medicine. That's not science. That's not
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a knee transplant. A knee replacement. Right?
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It's not knee replacement. It's not vessel replacement.
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That is supernatural. That strength is supernatural.
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It's been hanging on there. For a long time.
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Right? Maybe some people will be helping him
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to shift. Shifting him here and there. It means
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that some people have actually been lifting him
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up and nothing happened. People might have been
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helping him to move around. They've been lifting
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him up and nothing happened. That strength did
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not come. But when Peter took him by his hand.
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Say, when I take someone by their hand, miracles
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will happen in their life. Hallelujah. Glory.
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He said, when he lifted him up, immediately a
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divine strength came upon him. Now, at this point,
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if they stop here, you know, it will not be complete.
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Now, let's look at the next verse. Just go to
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the next verse. And he limping up, stood and
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walk and entered with them into the temple. Now,
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this is the spectacular because people started
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seeing, right? People started observing. He entered
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into the temple and walking and leaping and praising
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God. Now, go to the next verse. And all the people
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did what? They saw him walking and praising God.
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This man that we have given a tag. and named
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him according to his location or named him according
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to his circumstance, he's praising God. That
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is spectacular. Something we see visible. Not
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just a strength that would happen to a man and
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the man would sit down there. No, a strength,
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a divine strength that happens to somebody and
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we see them in the physical. totally different.
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What was impossible before became possible because
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of the power of God. So miracles would be seen
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amongst us. Amen. So miracles, they will be seen
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amongst us. They will be seen in our meetings.
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So this is the wonder. This is the visibility.
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The supernatural becomes visible for people to
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see. It becomes visible for people to see. We
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are spiritual. We are the supernatural. It becomes
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spectacular when people begin to see it. This
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is the power of God. It is possible. It is possible.
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We can work in it. We can work in it. Now, another
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thing that we will see is that miracles, because,
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you know, let me put it this way. It's a gift,
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right? Both believers and unbelievers, it works
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on them. So miracles work on both the believer
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and the unbeliever. Right? It works both in the
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believer and the unbeliever. Or maybe because
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we've positioned it to, it's not just casting
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out demons. There's a scripture we read, when
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Paul was delivered, when prayer was made for
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Peter rather, when Peter was delivered, it was
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actually a miracle. Prayer was made for him and
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a miracle happened. Acts chapter 12. Acts chapter
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12. So, both the believer, in this context, we
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see a believer, even an apostle, right, had a
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miraculous escape from prison because the power
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of God was at work. Let's read from verse 1.
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It says, Now, about that time, Herod the king
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stretched forth his hands to vex Satan of the
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church, and he killed James the brother of John
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with a sword. And because he saw it pleased the
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Jews, he proceeded further to do what? To take
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Peter also. Then were the days of the unleavened
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bread. And when he had apprehended him, he put
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him in prison and delivered him to four quotations
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of soldiers to keep him, intending that after
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Easter to bring him forth So the people. Peter
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therefore was kept in prison. But what? But prayer
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was made without ceasing of the church unto God
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for who? For Peter. So they prayed that Peter
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will be delivered. Let's continue. And when Herod
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would And behold, the angel of the Lord came
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unto him, came upon him, and a light shined in
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the prison. And he smoothed Peter on the side
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and raised him up, saying, Arise quickly. And
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his chain fell off from his hands. And the angel
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said unto him, Give thyself and bind on thy sandals.
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And so did he. And he said unto him, Cast thy
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garments about thee, and follow me. And he went
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out and followed him, and wished not that it
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was true which was done by the angel, but thought
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it was a vision. And when they were past the
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first and the second word, they came unto the
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iron gate. that leadeth into the city which opened
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to them of his own accord. Then went out and
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passed through one street, and forthwith the
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angel departed from him. And when Peter was come
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to himself, he said, Now I know of surety that
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the Lord hath sent his angel, and hath delivered
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me from the hand of who? Herod. Can we just pray?
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Can we just close our eyes and just pray once
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again? Can we just pray? That when I pray, miracles
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happen. When I pray, miracles take place. And
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you just pray. That every time I pray, I see
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miracles and wonders and signs taking place.
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In the name of Jesus. When I pray for my brother,
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when I pray for my sister. Oh, wherever location
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they find themselves. In the name of Jesus, miracles,
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signs, and wonders happens in them. Miracles,
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signs, and wonders happens in them. In the name
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of Jesus. When I pray for my brother, when I
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pray for my parents, when I pray for my children,
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when I pray for my family members. Oh, from here,
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miracles, signs, and wonders will take place
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wherever they are. In the name of Jesus. There
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is no limitation to the power of God. Distance,
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time, space are no limitation to the power of
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God. This is a believer receiving deliverance.
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Can you also pray? Can you pray for yourself
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as well? That when prayer is said for me, Miracles
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happen in my life. When prayers are made for
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me, miracles happen in my life. There are people
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praying for you. There are people praying for
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me. That when these prayers are made, the manifestation
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in miracles is seen in my life. No power can
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oppose the power of prayer in my life. In Jesus'
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name. John 6, verse 1. John 6, verse 1. Unbelievers
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that received the miraculous. And after these
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things, Jesus went over to the Sea of Galilee.
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which is the sea of Tiberias. And a great multitude
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followed him because they saw his miracles, which
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he did on them that were what? Diseased. First
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stop here. Now, these people that were diseased,
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most of them were unbelievers. They never, you
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know, believe the message Jesus was preaching,
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but they received the miracles because it is
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the power of God. And the great multitude followed
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him, and because they saw his miracles which
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he did on them, that we are deceased. And Jesus
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went up into the mountain and sat with his disciples.
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Next. And the Passover, a feast of the Jews,
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was nigh. And Jesus then lifted up his eyes and
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saw a great multitude, or great company, come
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unto him. And he said unto Philip, When shall
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we buy bread that this may eat? And he said to
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prove him, for he knew himself what he would
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do. So Jesus knew he was going to perform a miracle
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there, right there. Philip answered him, Two
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hundred penny worth of bread is not sufficient
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for them, that every one of them may take a little.
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One of the disciples, Andrew, Simon, Peter's
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brother, said unto him, There is a lad here which
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hath five belly loaves and two small fishes,
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but what are they among so many? And Jesus said,
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make the men sit down. There was much grass in
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that place, in the place. So the men sat down
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in the number about 5 ,000. And Jesus took the
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loaves and he had given things. He distributed
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to the disciples and the disciples to them that
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were sat down and likewise of the fishes as much
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as they would. Next. And when they are filled,
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He said unto his disciples, Gather up the fragments
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that remain, that nothing be lost. Therefore
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they gathered them together and filled twelve
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baskets with the fragments of the five barley
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loaves, which remained over and above unto them
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that had eaten. Stop. So here, the feeding of
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the 5 ,000 is miraculous. to many unbelievers.
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So the unbelievers can partake in the power of
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God through you. Right? We see the healing of
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the man at the temple. There was no message preached
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to him. Right? He was in fact asking for alms.
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But rather, he received healing. Received healing.
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Alright, we can put these other scriptures down.
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We can put that down. We're going to come back
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to this scripture on Wednesday. This particular
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one. But let's put the scriptures down. Matthew
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14, verse 24 to 25. Matthew 14, verse 24 to 25.
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John 11, verse 1 to 44. Matthew 14 verse 24 to
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25. John 11 verse 1 to 44. Acts 16 verse 24.
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The one we actually read. Acts 8 verse 6. The
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scriptures, right, they reveal that when the
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miraculous happens, okay, when the miraculous
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happens, It causes wonders. So we're going to
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check the word wonders before we close, right?
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When the miraculous happened, it causes wonders.
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So signs, we dealt with signs in the previous
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teaching, right? Now we just talk briefly on
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wonders. It causes wonders. The word wonders
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is actually the word teres, T -E -R -A -S. T
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-E -R. Which means to evoke or refers to to evoke
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amazement. To evoke an amazement. It means that
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it evokes something that makes people begin to
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ask, how did this happen? By which power? Do
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you remember this statement? By which power is
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this being done? That is why when they found
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out and they searched, they could not find the
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power. They said it's Beelzebub. When they searched
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Jesus and they could not understand the power
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by which he did it, it was because they were
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in wonder. The Pharisees. The way, the way, the
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way, how did it take? So they only, because they
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have to explain it. You know, the Pharisees,
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they like to have answers to everything. So they
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wanted to explain, they said, no, this must be
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Belzebul. That is the cause of a wonder. Do you
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also remember Simon the Sorcerer, right? When
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he was with Philip, he was wondering, how is
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Philip doing these things, right? So after he's
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wondering, what did he do? What did he offer?
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He offered money. He said, maybe it's by money.
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If I give Philip some dollars, maybe I can receive
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the power of God. Unfortunately, it doesn't work
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like that. So wonder is something that evokes
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an amazement, that makes people ask questions,
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that makes people say, How has this taken place?
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And what is the response? Who knows? What is
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the response to that question? The message. The
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message. The response to this wonder and amazement
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and wondering to the Pharisees is the message.
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If only the Pharisees understood the message
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of Christ. If only Simon the sorcerer understood
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the message of Philip. So when there is wonder
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and amazement, it's not entertainment. It's not
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to clap. It's not to say wow. It's to, from that
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point, to begin to teach about Jesus. So when
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you carry out a miracle, we're going to stop
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here. When you perform a miracle, a miracle is
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wrought through you. is to begin to preach the
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message of Christ. You tell the person, you see,
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this miracle that just took place now, it is
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by the Spirit of God. It is the power of God.
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It is what was given when Christ rose from the
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dead and He ascended into us. We are teaching.
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It is what is given to us when we believe the
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death barrier resurrection of Christ. You are
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teaching. And you tell them, you can receive
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the same power if you believe the message of
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Jesus. So wonder and amazement would point us
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to the message of Christ. So it's not for entertainment.
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It's not for show off. It's not, you know, next
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on Wednesday, we are going to treat about, you
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know, some statements, some statements like if
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I be a man of God, you know, I need to do miracles
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and things like that. We're going to touch upon
1:02:04
those statements because it is not for exhibition.
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Like, oh, okay, let's just do it. It has a purpose.
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So any miracle that is not directed to the message
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of Christ, then you put a question on it. Stay
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blessed.