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Episode 224 - Do We Love Jesus More? · End-Time Revival Ministries, USA

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  Speaker 1: Bless the Lord, Oh my soul, and all that is
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  Speaker 1: within me. Bless his holy name. Great is the Lord, Greatest,
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  Speaker 1: the Lord, our God, and he is greatly to be praised.
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  Speaker 1: From the rising of the sun to the going down
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  Speaker 1: of the same.
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  Speaker 2: The name of the Lord is to be praised.
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  Speaker 1: And of course, let the redeemed of the Lord say so,
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  Speaker 1: whom he hath redeemed out of the hand of the enemy.
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  Speaker 1: God is our rock, our refuge, our fortress, our strong tower,
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  Speaker 1: our deliverer. He is our refuge and strength, a very
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  Speaker 1: present help in the time of trouble. Therefore, will we
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  Speaker 1: not fear, though the mountains be removed, though there is
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  Speaker 1: a shaking in the earth, and the hearts of men
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  Speaker 1: are failing them for fear, but looking after those things
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  Speaker 1: which are coming to past.
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  Speaker 2: The Bible told us this.
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  Speaker 1: Jesus himself said, for the powers of the heavens would
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  Speaker 1: be shaken. But we need not fear, because we live
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  Speaker 1: in Him and He in us. And God is not
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  Speaker 1: only in us and for us. He is with us,
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  Speaker 1: to never leave us nor forsake us. And therefore we
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  Speaker 1: take comfort in the great and abiding, precious promises of God.
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  Speaker 2: Amen and Amen, all right. God bless you again.
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  Speaker 1: We welcome you to this another edition of End Time
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  Speaker 1: Revival Ministries USA podcast. I am your host, Pastor al Zachary,
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  Speaker 1: and again, as always, we are thankful to the Lord,
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  Speaker 1: our God, who has kept us and enabled us, and
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  Speaker 1: given us another day to breathe the breath of life,
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  Speaker 1: to be a man about the business of the kingdom,
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  Speaker 1: a man, and to seek to do His will in
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  Speaker 1: this present world. God is calling for a people, a
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  Speaker 1: man making ready, a people, a man who will obey.
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  Speaker 2: And I believe.
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  Speaker 1: I believe firmly, and I will always pray to this end,
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  Speaker 1: and I will continue to believe that God is already
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  Speaker 1: a man preparing, already has prepared a generation, a next generation,
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  Speaker 1: a man of people who will be kingdom minded, who
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  Speaker 1: will be Jesus only, who will a man worship in
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  Speaker 1: spirit and in truth, a man who will proclaim the
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  Speaker 1: name of the Lord, who will say boldly there is
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  Speaker 1: one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one way of salvation,
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  Speaker 1: and that is through Jesus Christ, our Lord.
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  Speaker 2: The world has always been a man, a world of.
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  Speaker 1: Pluralistic If you will idolatry, fill with idolatry. The heart
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  Speaker 1: of man is bent on idolatry. God has a void.
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  Speaker 1: He's put eternity within the hearts of man. There's a
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  Speaker 1: void there, there's a chasm.
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  Speaker 2: Because of sin. Amen. And man will by nature worship.
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  Speaker 2: He will worship. Amen. But God has commanded all men
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  Speaker 2: everywhere to repent. Amen.
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  Speaker 1: And we are a man calling a man in this
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  Speaker 1: last day.
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  Speaker 2: Amen.
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  Speaker 1: For and women everywhere, a man to believe the report
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  Speaker 1: of the Lord, to hear the gospel, to obey the gospel.
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  Speaker 2: Because Jesus Christ is soon.
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  Speaker 1: To return for his church, for his people, and the
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  Speaker 1: day of the Lord. The Bible promises us it will come.
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  Speaker 2: Amen. The day of the Lord will come. And we
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  Speaker 2: pray to that end.
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  Speaker 1: By the way, because Jesus commanded us. Even so we
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  Speaker 1: are to pray. Come, Lord, Jesus, thy Kingdom Come. Thy
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  Speaker 1: will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
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  Speaker 2: Amen.
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  Speaker 1: So we thank God again for the word of Living God,
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  Speaker 1: the promises of God, every one of them again, are
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  Speaker 1: ya an Amen to the glory of God.
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  Speaker 2: We're in the Gospel of John. Final.
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  Speaker 1: Final, Final. I believe a man takeaway from the words
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  Speaker 1: of Jesus that we're going to do. A man in
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  Speaker 1: the Gospel of John on today, and so if you're
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  Speaker 1: in your Bibles, you can go to the last chapter.
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  Speaker 2: Of the Gospel of John.
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  Speaker 1: Amen, the last chapter, chapter number twenty one of the
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  Speaker 1: Gospel of John. And we'll get to that reading in
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  Speaker 1: just a few moments. However, again, as always, we thank
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  Speaker 1: God for each and every one of you who pray
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  Speaker 1: for and support the work of this ministry. God is great,
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  Speaker 1: he is good, He's always provided.
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  Speaker 2: Amen.
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  Speaker 1: We have never been in want, never been a man
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  Speaker 1: without God. God It's always open doors, and He would
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  Speaker 1: continue to do so. And so we urge you, Amen,
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  Speaker 1: as a man, a faithful, a man, one who would
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  Speaker 1: a man love to see the work of the kingdom,
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  Speaker 1: a man go forward and to continue. Simply become a
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  Speaker 1: subscriber and share this Amen podcast ministry with someone else.
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  Speaker 2: That's it.
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  Speaker 1: Just subscribe and share, subscribe and share with someone else.
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  Speaker 1: And we believe that God will open doors, that God
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  Speaker 1: will a man open eyes and ears and hearts and people.
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  Speaker 1: Will a man come to know that Jesus is the Christ.
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  Speaker 1: Because we're going to preach the truth. We're going to
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  Speaker 1: teach the word of the Living God. We're going to
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  Speaker 1: speak it without compromise, without money.
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  Speaker 2: Amen. We don't do it for the money. There is
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  Speaker 2: no money. Amen. We pay out. We don't take in a.
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  Speaker 1: Man revenue and make money, and you seek to a
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  Speaker 1: man and profit from.
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  Speaker 2: Amen.
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  Speaker 1: What we do We do this, Amen, because we love
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  Speaker 1: the Lord, and he has commissioned us to preach the word.
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  Speaker 2: Amen.
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  Speaker 1: And so Amen again we just ask Amen, that you will,
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  Speaker 1: if you have not already, become a subscriber, and please
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  Speaker 1: share it with someone else.
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  Speaker 2: Amen. All right, Today our final.
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  Speaker 1: Foray, if you will into the Gospel of John, the
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  Speaker 1: words of Jesus all the way back. I believe we
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  Speaker 1: started maybe in chapter number thirteen or earlier, but nevertheless
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  Speaker 1: we are winding down in these last few words in
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  Speaker 1: the Gospel of John that Jesus spoke with and or
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  Speaker 1: to his disciples. And before we begin, let's take again
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  Speaker 1: just a moment as we look to the Lord Father. Again,
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  Speaker 1: we are praying that your word will have free course
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  Speaker 1: and that you will, Amen, speak to the hearts of
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  Speaker 1: someone someone somewhere today. Their eyes will be open, ears
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  Speaker 1: will be attuned, and hearts will be changed.
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  Speaker 2: By the power of your Holy Spirit, as only you
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  Speaker 2: can do. Amen.
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  Speaker 1: If I be lifted up, you said from the earth
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  Speaker 1: I will draw all men on to meaning.
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  Speaker 2: We know that no one can come.
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  Speaker 1: Unless you draw them by your spirit. So we pray
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  Speaker 1: to that end that someone will here believe and obey
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  Speaker 1: the Gospel. In Jesus name, we pray give thanks for
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  Speaker 1: all things.
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  Speaker 2: Amen and amen.
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  Speaker 1: All right, Amen. The Gospel of John, chapter number twenty one.
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  Speaker 1: I'm going to begin reading at verse number fifteen, Amen.
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  Speaker 1: The Gospel of John, Amen, verse number fifteen. And I'm
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  Speaker 1: reading from the New King James version.
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  Speaker 2: Amen. So beginning at verse number fifteen. Amen. So, when.
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  Speaker 1: They had eaten in breakfast, Jesus said to.
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  Speaker 2: Simon Peter, Simon son of Jonah, do you love me
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  Speaker 2: more than these?
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  Speaker 1: He said to him, yes, Lord, you know that I
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  Speaker 1: love you. He said to him, feed my lambs. He
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  Speaker 1: said to him again the second time, Simon, son of Jonah,
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  Speaker 1: do you love me? He said to him, yes, Lord,
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  Speaker 1: you know that I love you. He said to him,
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  Speaker 1: feed my sheep. He said to him the third time, Simon,
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  Speaker 1: son of Jonah, do you love me. Peter was great
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  Speaker 1: breathed because he said to him the third time, do
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  Speaker 1: you love me?
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  Speaker 2: And he said to him, Lord, you know all things,
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  Speaker 2: You know that I love you.
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  Speaker 1: Jesus said to him, feed my sheep.
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  Speaker 2: Amen.
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  Speaker 1: Now, if you recall, of course, and by the way
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  Speaker 1: Jesus had, and we covered this in our previous podcast,
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  Speaker 1: how that Jesus, a man, prepared for them a man
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  Speaker 1: food to eat, a man. Of course, the proof of
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  Speaker 1: Jesus being alive in his glorified body not only by
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  Speaker 1: the visible seeing of him by the disciples and above
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  Speaker 1: five hundred witnesses, but Jesus also, if you recall in
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  Speaker 1: the gospel messages and accounts given to us, he ate
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  Speaker 1: with them.
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  Speaker 2: He dined with them after he rose from the day.
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  Speaker 1: And of course you remember how he told Thomas, doubting
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  Speaker 1: Thomas to touch him, to feel him. This is not
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  Speaker 1: a spirit, this is a body. See the place where
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  Speaker 1: they pierced my hands. You know that they pierced my feet,
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  Speaker 1: and the crown of thorns was on my head. Thomas said,
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  Speaker 1: my Lord and my God. And of course, on that
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  Speaker 1: very night in which Jesus was betrayed, of course by
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  Speaker 1: Judas a man sold into the hands of a man,
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  Speaker 1: those who hated him, and could not a man stand
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  Speaker 1: that his ministry was garnering so much attention, and the
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  Speaker 1: multitudes were following him. They were jealous of Jesus. Of
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  Speaker 1: course we covered this as well. How Pilot himself understood
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  Speaker 1: and knew that they were envious of Jesus. Nevertheless, the
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  Speaker 1: night in which Jesus was betrayed, he also, of course
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  Speaker 1: was illegally prosecuted. He was judged to be guilty a
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  Speaker 1: man of bogus charges. Of course, he was convicted a
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  Speaker 1: man again. All of this was illegal, and in the
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  Speaker 1: same night sentenced to death.
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  Speaker 2: But ladies and gentlemen, Church of the Living God, I'm
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  Speaker 2: so glad.
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  Speaker 1: That God is not a haphazard plan B planed.
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  Speaker 2: C Oh, what am I going to do now? Type
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  Speaker 2: of God.
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  Speaker 1: He knows, and he has declared the end from the beginning.
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  Speaker 1: So all of this that transpired right up to the
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  Speaker 1: very moment, on the very day in which it was.
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  Speaker 2: Supposed to happen.
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  Speaker 1: By the way, on that passover day, Jesus Christ was
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  Speaker 1: to be the passover, and he was the passover LAMB.
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  Speaker 1: So all of this that transpired was in God's predetermined
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  Speaker 1: plan of redemption a man. But on this night it
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  Speaker 1: was this same Simon Peter, if you remember.
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  Speaker 2: And by the way, all of.
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  Speaker 1: The other disciples had also taken a vow, if you will,
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  Speaker 1: that they would never leave Jesus, they would never forsake him,
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  Speaker 1: they would be with him right up to the very end.
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  Speaker 2: And Jesus, of course.
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  Speaker 1: Peter being vehemently, perhaps more vocal than all of the rest,
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  Speaker 1: and saying that.
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  Speaker 2: He would go with Jesus all the way to death.
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  Speaker 1: Jesus said to Peter before the cock crow, you will
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  Speaker 1: deny me three times, and so on that very night,
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  Speaker 1: of course, a man, Peter, Simon, Peter was the one
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  Speaker 1: who followed along to see what would happen with Jesus.
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  Speaker 1: And he was there, and he was identified, and he
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  Speaker 1: was called out a man as one of them, and
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  Speaker 1: three times Jesus had told Peter beforehand, Peter denied, knowing Jesus.
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  Speaker 1: But Jesus, of course, here on this occasion from which
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  Speaker 1: we just read, a man in his great love and
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  Speaker 1: his restorative power of healing that which is broken, that
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  Speaker 1: which is lame.
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  Speaker 2: That's what he came to do.
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  Speaker 1: Spirit of the Lord is upon me, is annoyting me,
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  Speaker 1: to preach the gospel to the poor, to set it
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  Speaker 1: liberty them that are bruised, amen, to proclaim the acceptable
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  Speaker 1: year of the Lord. Jesus came to save and to
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  Speaker 1: deliver and to restore.
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  Speaker 2: I remember the Old.
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  Speaker 1: Testament promise of I will restore unto you that which
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  Speaker 1: the canker worm, Amen, that which the locusts Amen has destroyed.
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  Speaker 2: God is a god of restoration, and this is exactly.
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  Speaker 1: What Jesus is doing with Peter, a man in this moment,
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  Speaker 1: a man great love, great compassion, great understanding, knowing as
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  Speaker 1: Peter are all of us are Jesus, knowing that we
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  Speaker 1: are just simply flesh and blood.
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  Speaker 2: Amen. And sometimes the.
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  Speaker 1: Spirit of fear perhaps will get the best of us.
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  Speaker 1: But God is not given to us the spirit of fear,
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  Speaker 1: but a power, love and a sound mind. And of course, Amen,
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  Speaker 1: Jesus in this moment of restoration Amen, is not looking
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  Speaker 1: to grieve the heart of Peter, Amen, but to fully
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  Speaker 1: reassure him and to give to Peter the strength a
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  Speaker 1: man and the assurance that he would need to stand
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  Speaker 1: up to the scrutiny, to the coming persecution.
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  Speaker 2: Amen. When Jesus would no longer be with.
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  Speaker 1: Them physically on this earth, he was going to ascend
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  Speaker 1: back up into heaven. And that's why he commissioned them, Amen.
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  Speaker 1: And that's why he was preparing them, and he certainly
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  Speaker 1: was preparing Peter. Of course, Peter, we see Peter, and
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  Speaker 1: we know that Peter. First of all, when you look
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  Speaker 1: at the amen first twelve chapters of Acts. Peter was
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  Speaker 1: the lead apostle, the lead spokesman, the leader of the
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  Speaker 1: church in Jerusalem.
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  Speaker 2: Amen.
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  Speaker 1: And so Jesus knows what he's doing in all of
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  Speaker 1: our lives, and Amen, he needed Peter to understand that
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  Speaker 1: in order to be and by the way, you remember
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  Speaker 1: what Jesus taught them, he that would be great among you.
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  Speaker 1: Let him be your servant. And Jesus amen needed Peter
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  Speaker 1: to understand. And Peter knews. He says, Lord, you know
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  Speaker 1: all things. You know, I love you. But Peter, do
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  Speaker 1: you know? Do you know how much? And do we
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  Speaker 1: know how much we love the Lord? And do we
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  Speaker 1: love Jesus more? That's the question we want to ask today,
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  Speaker 1: do we love Jesus more? Because Peter, of course, and
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  Speaker 1: we know this is all history now would be task
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  Speaker 1: with the responsibility, as it was with all the other
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  Speaker 1: a possible apostles. But again Peter was the lead apostle,
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  Speaker 1: if you will.
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  Speaker 2: He was a man, the spokesperson. He always was. Amen.
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  Speaker 1: From the very out, very outspoken, right or wrong. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: Peter was. He was ready to speak, He was ready
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  Speaker 1: to open his mouth. And Jesus use this amn personality
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  Speaker 1: trait of Peter. Amen to Again, I'm saying this make
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  Speaker 1: him the lead a possible But Peter but needed to know, Amen,
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  Speaker 1: because again he did deny knowing Jesus.
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  Speaker 2: Amen. And so.
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  Speaker 1: Again Jesus was not asking him this to antagonize him.
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  Speaker 2: I firmly believe that.
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  Speaker 1: This is a question that we ought to keep asking ourselves.
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  Speaker 1: Do we love Jesus more? Do we love Jesus more
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  Speaker 1: than our families, spouse, children, what other relatives?
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  Speaker 2: Amen?
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  Speaker 1: No matter who man, do we love Jesus more? Jesus said,
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  Speaker 1: by the way, Amen, that we are to love him
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  Speaker 1: more than.
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  Speaker 2: Father, mother, a sister, a brother. Amen.
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  Speaker 1: Jesus said, we could not even qualify to be his
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  Speaker 1: disciple if we did not love him more than our families, Amen,
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  Speaker 1: members of our own household. It's not again, it's not
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  Speaker 1: that we don't love them, and that we don't love
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  Speaker 1: them fervently, fervently, But again, Jesus must be pre eminent, Amen,
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  Speaker 1: he must be pre eminent.
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  Speaker 2: Amen.
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  Speaker 1: Do we love him more than our families. Do we
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  Speaker 1: love Jesus more than our treasures? Remember again what Jesus
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  Speaker 1: taught about money. On one occasion, there was a young
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  Speaker 1: man who came to Jesus and seeking to justify himself,
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  Speaker 1: and say, teacher, teacher, good master, what can I do more?
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  Speaker 2: Jesus said, you know the commandment?
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  Speaker 1: She said, oh, I've got that stuff done. I've been
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  Speaker 1: doing that since I was a youth.
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  Speaker 2: And Jesus said, if you.
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  Speaker 1: Will be perfect, sell all that you have give to
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  Speaker 1: the poor.
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  Speaker 2: Come and follow me. And Jesus, by the way, said
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  Speaker 2: you'll have treasure in heaven. Amen.
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  Speaker 1: But the young man, the Bible says, now you want
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  Speaker 1: to talk about being grieved. This young man went went
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  Speaker 1: away sadden. He went away a man grieved because he
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  Speaker 1: had much treasure. And Jesus taught his disciples They learned
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  Speaker 1: this lesson. Where your treasure is, that's where your heart
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  Speaker 1: will be a man. So are you willing to surrender,
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  Speaker 1: to give up? Do you love your treasures, your earthly
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  Speaker 1: possessions a man more than you love Jesus? Do you
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  Speaker 1: love Jesus more than your ambitions, your dreams, your desires,
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  Speaker 1: your passions, the hobbies, things that you love to do.
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  Speaker 2: Do you love Jesus more?
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  Speaker 1: Are you seeking the Kingdom first and his righteousness? What's
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  Speaker 1: priority in your life? What is that thing or things
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  Speaker 1: that you just have to do it? Even if you
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  Speaker 1: know you set you know, the kingdom work to the side. Andy,
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  Speaker 1: We're very good at that, by the way, and we will,
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  Speaker 1: you know, put it on someone else, or I'll get
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  Speaker 1: to it.
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  Speaker 2: You know. But never.
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  Speaker 1: Nonetheless, the things that we love to do, the things
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  Speaker 1: we love to engage in, the things we love to amen,
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  Speaker 1: spend our time and money on.
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  Speaker 2: Amen. We prioritize those things above Jesus. Do we love
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  Speaker 2: Jesus more? That's a question.
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  Speaker 1: We ought to be asking ourselves daily. Do Jesus asked
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  Speaker 1: Peter this three times? Peter, do you love me? Do
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  Speaker 1: you love me more than these? Do you love me
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  Speaker 1: more than these others these things?
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  Speaker 2: Do you love Jesus more than your own life?
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  Speaker 1: By the way, again, Jesus added that as well, if
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  Speaker 1: you don't hate your own life in this world, you're
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  Speaker 1: not worthy.
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  Speaker 2: To be my disciple. We have to be willing to
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  Speaker 2: lay down our lives.
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  Speaker 1: I remember, of course, in the Acts chapter I believe
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  Speaker 1: it's in chapter twenty one the apostle Paul. They were
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  Speaker 1: trying to keep him from going up to Jerusalem. Amen,
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  Speaker 1: and Paul say, I'm ready to die for the name
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  Speaker 1: of the Lord Jesus.
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  Speaker 2: Amen, I'm ready to die. Are we willing?
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  Speaker 1: Are we ready to lay down our lives for the
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  Speaker 1: cause of Jesus Christ.
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  Speaker 2: For the name of Jesus Christ.
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  Speaker 1: Our love for Jesus, ladies and gentlemen, Church of the
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  Speaker 1: Living God, people of God. Our love for Jesus must
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  Speaker 1: supersede the love we have for anyone.
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  Speaker 2: Or anything else in existence.
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  Speaker 1: And Jesus again asked his lead apostle Peter this very
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  Speaker 1: important relevant question three times. That is, by the way
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  Speaker 1: biblically rooted in the commandment Old Testament commandment that we
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  Speaker 1: are to love the Lord our God with all of
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  Speaker 1: our heart, all of our mind, all of our strength.
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  Speaker 2: Do we love Jesus more more than anything else? In
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  Speaker 2: this world? Where our treasure is, that's where our heart
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  Speaker 2: will be.
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  Speaker 1: But if our heart is after Jesus, seeking the things
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  Speaker 1: of his kingdom, then we will storp and lay up
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  Speaker 1: our treasures in heaven, and our heart will be committed,
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  Speaker 1: fully committed to Jesus, loving him more than anything else.
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  Speaker 1: That this world could ever offer to us. We pray
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  Speaker 1: today we thank you for your word. We thank you
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  Speaker 1: that you loved us first, and you loved us with
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  Speaker 1: an everlasting love, and you commended your love toward us,
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  Speaker 1: and that you sent Jesus to Christ into the world
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  Speaker 1: to save us from our sins, to deliver us from
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  Speaker 1: the wrath that is to come. And so Lord, we
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  Speaker 1: pray that we would reciprocate that love toward you, that
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  Speaker 1: we will love you more than anything else in this world,
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  Speaker 1: anyone else in this world. Help us to that end.
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  Speaker 1: We pray, and we thank you now in Jesus' name.
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  Speaker 1: Amen and Amen.