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Greater Works · 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. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Turn with me
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to John chapter 14. Have your seat. John chapter
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14, verse 12. John 14, verse 12. It's a year
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for greater works. Hallelujah. Say we do greater
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works. John chapter 14, verse 12 to 14. Most
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assuredly, I say to you, He who believes in me,
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the works that I do, he will do also. And greater
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works than this he will do because I go to my
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Father. And whatever you ask in my name, I will
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do so that the Father may be glorified in the
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Son, If you ask anything in my name, I will do.
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Hallelujah. So by the grace of God, as you've
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announced to your neighbor, this is the direction
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that God is leading us as a church. And I trust
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that our hearts are prepared to follow in the
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leading that God is leading us as a church. So
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today I'm just going to lay a simple foundation.
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And subsequently, we'll build on it. And our
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sermons and whatever teachings we'll come across
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will help us to build on this particular theme
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that God has inspired us and has led us. And
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the essence of giving us a theme is for us to
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have a direction for how we'll build. Amen? Imagine
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you are a builder and then you don't have a direction
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for building. You don't even have the map. You
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don't even know what you're building at every
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point in time. Even when you have, what do you
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call it, a diagram of what you're building, in
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building construction, there's what we call the
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plumb, right? They use in measuring the accuracy
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and the precision of bricklaying, how it is placed
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to ensure that you are building a building that
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will stand by looking at the plan by which The
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designer of the building has made. So one of
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the advantages we have in having a theme is that
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it helps us to build intentionally. It helps
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us to have a direction so that at the end of
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the year, at the end of the time, at the end
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of the season, we can measure and see how far
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we've grown, how far we've been able to, you
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know, build ourself and grown by the help of
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God. Hallelujah. So verse 12 of John, of this
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text, It says the works that I do, he will do
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also. And greater works than this, he will do
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also. So Jesus in this verse is saying that the
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man who believes in him, who believes in him,
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who believes in Jesus, will not only do what
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Jesus did. Imagine, you not only do what Jesus
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did, but will do greater. will do greater than
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what Jesus did. So it means that believing in
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Jesus comes with the ability in the man to do
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greater works. To do greater works. So fundamentally,
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doing greater works is for a man who believes.
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And when you don't believe, there's no possibility
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for you to do greater works. So if we are those
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who believe in him, who believe in Jesus, He's
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calling us to do greater works. So by implication,
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it means that doing greater works is our calling,
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not only for 2026, but also for the years beyond.
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So for us to build our understanding on what
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God is leading us to do, it's important that
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we answer some critical questions from this verse.
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I'm going to only... discuss verse 12 alone today
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because of time. Only verse 12. There are some
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important questions we must try to answer. First
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of all, who is Jesus speaking to? Understanding
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who Jesus is speaking to is important in understanding
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how to apply what he has said. So who is Jesus
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speaking to? Secondly, what are the works Jesus
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did? Because for us to do greater works, we must
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know what Jesus did so that we will do greater
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than what Jesus did. Thirdly, what are the greater
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works? What can we do that will be greater than
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what Jesus has done? So this is very crucial
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in helping us to do that which God He's calling
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us to do. Now I want us to understand the background
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of the text here. The background of the text
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in John chapter 14. Jesus was addressing particularly
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his disciples. Alright? He's particularly addressing
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his disciples shortly before the feast of the
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Passover. Before his betrayal. and also before
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his subsequent trial, his death, his burial,
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and his resurrection. So this is a context. It
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is important to know that these were the last
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words of Jesus to his disciples who had been
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with him for over three years. These were his
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last words to them. So if someone is dying or
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someone is about traveling and is about to give
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you his last words, what does it demand of you,
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the listener? It demands that you pay attention,
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right? It demands that you take the last words
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he says seriously. I mean, in most of the movies
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we watch in Africa, from the western part of
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Africa, oftentimes when a man is dying, they
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always know when they are dying. In the movies,
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he will gather his family. and then he will be
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talking to them and telling them what to do.
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After he finished talking, he will now sleep.
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Now have this picture. Jesus was in his last
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moments with his disciples. And if there's any
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last conversation that he's going to live with
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them, he's going to live with them something
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that is very crucial, something that is very
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important before he leave them for a moment.
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So it means that the words that he will be very,
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these words will be very important and crucial
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to what he was going to do next. Now look at
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it from John chapter 14, chapter 13 rather, particularly
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from verse 1 to 5, to build the context. Now
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before the feast of the Passover, when Jesus
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knew that his hour has come, that he should depart
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from this world to the Father. This is the context.
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That he should depart from this world to the
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Father, having loved his own who were in the
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world, he loved them to the very end. Verse 2.
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And the supper being ended, that is when they
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finish a meal, the devil having already put into
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the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to
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betray him. Jesus, knowing that the Father had
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given all things into his hands and that he had
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come from God and was going to God, rose from
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the supper and laid aside his garment, took a
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towel and guarded himself. And after that, he
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poured water into a basin and began to wash the
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disciples' feet and to wipe them with the towel
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with which he was guarded. Amen. So this gives
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us a context and an understanding that this is
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the beginning of the conversation that will lead
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us into chapter 14. And then further in verse
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18 of that same verse, verse 18, I do not speak
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concerning all of you, talking about who will
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betray him. I know whom I have chosen, but as
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the scripture may be fulfilled, he who eats bread
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with me has lifted up his heel against me. Now
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I tell you before it comes, that when it does
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come to pass, you may believe that I am he. You
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may believe that I am he. That he is what? That
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he is the one that God has sent. That he is the
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Messiah. This is very important. Most assuredly,
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I say to you, he who receives whomever I send,
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receives me. And he who receives me, receives
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him who sent me. When Jesus had said these things,
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he was troubled in the spirit and testified and
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said, most assuredly, I say to you, one of you
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will betray me. Now I want to jump to verse 21.
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So when he had gone out, Jesus said, Now the
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Son of Man is glorified and God is glorified
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in him. If God is glorified in him, God will
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also glorify him in himself and glorify himself
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immediately. Little children, he swore to them
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continually, I shall be with you a little while,
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a little while longer. You will seek me and as
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I said to the Jews, where I am going, you cannot
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come. So now I say to you, a new commandment
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I give to you that you love one another as I
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have loved you that you also love one another.
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By this, all will know that you are my disciples
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if you have love for one another. So one thing
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we have established is that communication is
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to his disciples. Secondly, the timing is that
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he was about to be betrayed and arrested and
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taken for trial and then judgment. Verse 36,
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Simon Peter said to him, Lord, where are you
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going? Jesus answered, where I'm going, you cannot
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follow me now, but you shall follow me afterward.
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That is to say, where I'm headed to, you cannot
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be with me. But after, you will follow me. So
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where is Jesus going? Peter said to him, Lord,
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why can't I follow you? Lord, why can't I not
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follow you now? He wants it now. I will lay down
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my life for your sake. Jesus answered him, will
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you lay down your life for my sake? Most assuredly,
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I say to you. The rooster shall not crow till
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you have denied me three times. So this gives
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us a direction towards where Jesus is going.
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All right? Now in chapter 14 from verse 1. Let
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not your heart be troubled. The conversation
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continues. You believe in God, believe also in
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me. In my Father's house are many mansions. If
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it were not so, I would have told you, I go to
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prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare
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a place for you, I will come again and receive
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you to myself, that where I am, you may be also.
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And where I go, you know, and the way you know.
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And Thomas said to him, Lord, we do not know
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where you are going. And how can we know the
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way? Jesus said to him, I am the way, the truth,
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and the life. No one comes to the Father except
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through me. If you had known me, you would have
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known my Father also. And from now on, you know
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him and have seen him. Hallelujah. So Jesus says,
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I go to the Father. In my Father's house, and
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many mansions. If it were not so, I would have
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told you, and I also go to prepare a way for
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you, a place for you. And we've explained this
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times and times again that this verse is particularly
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speaking concerning what Jesus will do in his
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death. It's not talking about heaven. There are
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no mansions in heaven. There are no building
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construction happening in heaven. But contextually,
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when we follow the reading, Jesus is saying that
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in his father's house, in his father's family,
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the word house is a father's family, it's a place
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for us, right? It's a room that he goes to prepare,
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and how he prepares this room is in his death,
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in his burial, and his resurrection. So by the
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time he goes and then establishes what he has
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done in his death, his burial, and his resurrection,
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He can bring them into that union where God is.
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Hallelujah. Then Philip asks in verse 8, Lord,
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show us the Father and it's sufficient for us.
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So, his inner Philip doesn't believe that Jesus
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is the Father or he was not paying attention.
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to the fact that Jesus and the Father are in
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union, that when he sees the Father, he sees
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Jesus Christ, he has seen the Father. Jesus is
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in union with God. Jesus will go on to explain
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to him in verse 9 to verse 10. Jesus said to
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him, Have I been with you so long and yet you
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have not known me, Philip? He who has seen me
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has what? has seen the father. So how can you
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say, show us the father? Do you not believe that
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I am in the father and the father is in me? All
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right? Because Jesus has been telling them that
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he and the father are one, are in union. So if
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you see Jesus, what have you seen? You've seen
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the father. How can you know that Jesus is the
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father? The next phrase. Jesus is in the father.
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Verse 10. Do you not believe that I am in the
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father and the father in me? The words that I
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speak to you. Verse 10 is very crucial. The words
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that I speak to you, I do not speak them on my
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own authority. But the Father who dwells in me,
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he does what? He does the works. Alright? The
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Father who we are in union walks through me on
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earth. Believe me that I am in the Father. And
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the Father in me. Or else. Believe me, for the
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sake of the works themselves, which means that
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the works that Jesus did were very crucial to
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testifying that he is the Messiah, to testifying
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that he and God are one, to testifying that God
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is the one working in him to accomplish his plan
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on the earth. So, It is Jesus' response to Philip
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that we move in to see in verse 12. Jesus continues
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in his explanation to Philip in verse 12. He
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says, Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes
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in me, which means that Philip, probably the
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apostles, have a belief issue. Alright? Because
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he has been saying it, explaining it and doing
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the works, but yet they did not believe. Most
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assuredly, I say to you, or verily, verily, I
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say to you, he who believes in me, the works
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that I do, alright, which works? The works that
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I do, which are the Father's works, which God
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is working through me, he will do also. And greater
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than this, He will do because. Why? Because I
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go to the Father. It means that going to the
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Father is conditional. Okay? Going to the Father
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is conditional to he that believes doing the
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works of Christ and even doing greater. So Jesus
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is in union with the Father. The only way by
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which God the Father can be known is through
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Jesus Christ. The works that Jesus did were the
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Father walking through him. God himself is spirit.
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And the Bible says in John chapter 1 verse 18
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previously that no man has ever seen him. Alright?
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No man has ever seen him. John chapter 1 verse
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18. It says that no man, says no one has seen
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God at any time. The only begotten son who is
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in the bosom of the father, he has what? He has
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revealed him. He has declared him. So when you
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see the son, you see the father. Because all
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the father is doing, he has done it through the
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son. And we can see the works of the son and
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know that the father is at work. Hallelujah.
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So Jesus himself on earth, is a revelation of
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the Father. Colossians chapter 1 verse 15. Colossians
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chapter 1 verse 15. He is an image. He is a very
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reflection. He is a very essence. The image of
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the God that we cannot see manifested in the
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flesh. The face born of all creation. Hebrews
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chapter 1 verse 3. Hebrews 1, verse 3. It also
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says that, alright, give me verse 2 to give us
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context. Verse 1. God, who at various times and
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in various ways spoke in pass to the fathers
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by the prophets, verse 2, has in this last day
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spoken to us by his Son. Alright? So the medium
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by which God speaks to us in these days is by
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his Son. whom he has appointed heir of all things,
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through whom also he made the worlds. Who being,
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that is Jesus, the brightness of his glory and
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the express image of his person. So if we want
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to know God, we want to see God, the answer to
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Philip's question is actually Jesus. The express
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image of his person and of all things by the
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word of his power, when he had... He had by himself
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approached us and sat on the right hand of the
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majesty on high. Through Jesus, the works of
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God, the Father are manifested. So the works
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that Jesus did are actually the works of the
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Father. Because Jesus did not do anything apart
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from what God is doing through him. You can see
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his testimony in John chapter 5. John 5, verse
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16. For this reason, the Jews persecuted Jesus
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and sought to kill him because he had done these
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things on the Sabbath. They walked, he did something
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on the Sabbath, right? But Jesus answered them,
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My father has been working until now, and I have
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been working. Therefore the Jews sought all the
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more to kill him because he not only broke the
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Sabbath, but also said that God was his father,
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making himself, this is the consequence of saying
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God is his father, making himself equal with
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God. Then Jesus answered and said to them, Most
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assuredly, I say to you, the son can do nothing
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of himself, but what he sees the father do. For
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whatever he does, the son also does in like manner.
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For the father loves the son and shows him all
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things that he himself does, and he will show
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him greater works than these that you may marvel.
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For as the Father raises the dead and gives life
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to them, see what the Father does, right? As
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the Father raises the dead and gives life to
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them, even so the Son gives life to whom he wills.
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For the Father judges no one, but has committed
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all judgment to the Son. that all should honor
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their son just as they honor their father. He
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who does not honor their son does not honor their
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father who sent him. Hallelujah. So we can conclude
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that what Jesus, the works Jesus did, the works
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of Jesus are actually the works of their father.
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So through the works of Jesus, we'll be able
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to know what God is doing or what God has done.
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Hallelujah. So then what are the works Jesus
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did? What are the works Jesus did? Particularly,
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what are the works Jesus did? Now, the works
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Jesus did will include the things Jesus did,
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right? In action, the things he did and also
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the things he taught. I want you to write that
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down. The works Jesus did will include the things
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Jesus did and also The things he taught, his
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actions and his teachings. Acts chapter 1, verse
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1 to 3, we see where Dr. Luke makes a very fundamental
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statement as he was writing the book of Acts.
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He says the former account, what account? The
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book of Luke. The writer of the book of Acts
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is also the writer of the book of Luke. And this
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account of the book of Luke, the book of Luke
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was written to one person. It was not written
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to a church, but to a particular person. So after
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writing the book of Luke, he's writing another
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book to him, which is the book of Acts. It says
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the former account I made all Theophilus. So
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who was the recipient of the book of Luke? Theophilus,
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right? Also the recipient of what? The book of
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Acts. The former account I made of Theophilus
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of all that Jesus began to do and teach. Until
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the day in which he was taken up. After he, through
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the Holy Spirit, had given commandments to the
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apostles whom he had chosen, to whom he also
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presented himself alive. after his suffering
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by many infallible proofs, by many infallible
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proofs, being seen by men during 40 days, and
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speaking of the things pertaining, speaking concerning
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the things pertaining the kingdom. So Jesus did
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some things and he taught some things. And the
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things he did were infallible proofs. And the
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things he taught were things concerning the kingdom
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of God. So, Luke, the writer of the book of Acts,
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is referring to the records in the book of Luke,
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the works, what he did and what he taught. Therefore,
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we can conclude that the records of the synoptic
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gospels, what are the synoptic gospels? The book
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of Matthew, the book of Mark, the book of Luke
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and the book of John. No, let's say these three.
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All right. Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. Matthew,
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Mark, and Luke, particularly, you can exclude
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John for a reason. They are the records of what
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Jesus did. Alright? They are the records of the
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works of Jesus. They are the records of the works
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of Jesus. So Jesus Christ revealed the Father
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through the works that confirm his divinity.
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When we scan through the book of Mark, Luke,
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of course, and a portion of John, Jesus Christ
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revealed the Father through powerful works that
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confirm that he is divine, that he is divinity,
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including healing the sick, including casting
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out demons, including raising the dead, and exercising
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authority over nature. He accomplished also in
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the records of the books, particularly the records,
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he accomplished in them one of the things, or
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the things he did, the work he did, redemptive
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works by forgiving sins. calling sinners to repentance,
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offering himself through his death and resurrection
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for the salvation of humanity. So, we will see
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encoded in the records his death, his burial,
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and his resurrection. We also see him, Jesus,
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the works he did, proclaiming and demonstrating
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the kingdom of God. Not only that he taught about
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the kingdom, but that he demonstrated the kingdom
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of God. Through the teachings he gave, he demonstrated
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the kingdom of God. And of course, finally we
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see him laying the foundation of the church.
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Laying the foundation for the ministry of the
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church. By preaching the gospel, making disciples,
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commissioning believers also to continue. The
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work of ministry on earth. Hallelujah. So the
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works that Jesus did were a testimony. What did
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they testify? They testify that he was sent by
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God. He is the promised Messiah. Because in the
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prophecy of the Messiah, There were attributes,
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there were actions, there were things that were
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prophesied that the Messiah would do. So, for
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Jesus, for the disciples to know that he is the
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Messiah, as Jesus would say, believe the works
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that I do. Hallelujah. Let's look at an example
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of one. Matthew 11 verse 1. John the Baptist
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was the one that declared to the whole world
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who Jesus is, right? He was the one that ushered
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Jesus into, we'll say, ministry, revealing him
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to the world. Now let's read this and see. Now
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it came to pass when Jesus finished commanding
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his 12 disciples that he departed from there
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to teach and to preach in their cities. These
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are the works of Christ, to preach and to teach
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in their cities. And when John had in prison,
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by this moment, John was in prison. He was locked
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up in prison. His ministry has ended. He was
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locked up in prison because he became a political
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activist, speaking truth to power. And then he
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was captured. Let me leave that revelation there.
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And when John had heard in prison about the works
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of Christ, what did he hear? He heard about the
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works of Christ. He sent two of his disciples.
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John was in doubt. Probably, if he is a Messiah,
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why am I in this chain? Probably, if he is a
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promised Messiah, I, the prophet that revealed
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him, would I be in this position? Maybe. Maybe,
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but because the scripture doesn't say. But we
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can surely say that John is in doubt in this
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position. Right? And said to him, no, verse 2.
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And when John heard in prison about the works
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of Christ, he sent two of his disciples. What
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did he send them to do? And said to him, are
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you the coming one or do we look for another?
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Are you the Messiah or we should look for another?
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Then Jesus answered and said to him, instead
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for Jesus to say, yes, I am the Messiah, go and
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tell him that I am the Messiah. He told John
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what John will know, that he is a Messiah. And
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what did he show John, that he is a Messiah?
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He says, go and tell John the things which you
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hear and the things which you see. So there are
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works that must be seen, that are seen. That
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testify who the Messiah is. And what are these
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works? The blind see. Go and tell John that the
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blind see. And the lame work. The lepers are
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cleansed. And the deaf hear. And the dead are
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raised up. And the poor have the gospel preached
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to them. Hallelujah. And the poor. The gospel
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preached to them. Jesus graciously replied to
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him was a sign that will authenticate the identity
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of the Messiah. Healing of the sick. Give me
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that verse again. The blind see. All right. If
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you listen to the teaching we gave you to listen
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for Friday, you know how this correlates. The
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blind see, and the lame walk, the lepers are
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cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised
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up, and the poor have the gospel preached to
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them. So the works that Jesus do were the very
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witness that he is the Messiah. These are the
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works of Jesus. And Jesus is calling us in this
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season. Alright? To do greater. I know that time
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will not permit us to go into details. But let
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me just say this and then we'll study. We'll
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say the facts and then we'll go back and then
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we'll study. Alright? Jesus is not calling you
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to go and die. For the forgiveness of the sins
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of men. Alright? That is not greater works. Because
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you cannot die for the sins of men. Alright?
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Now what will make your own work greater? Okay?
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What will make our own work greater? It's in
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the volume of what we will do. Alright? is in
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the quantity of what we do, not actually the
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quality of what we do. Because only Jesus can
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do what he did, dying and resurrecting from the
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dead. So the apostles, for example, will do more
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things because he was speaking specifically to
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the apostles. They will do more things than what
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Jesus did. For example, now in Acts 2, verse
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40, we see where Peter preached. At one instance,
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how many people became born again? 3 ,000. There's
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no record in Scripture that Jesus preached and
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3 ,000 people were born again. By volume, by
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the help of the Spirit, we'll do greater works.
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Hallelujah. Jesus was confined within the vicinity
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of Palestine or what they call Israel today.
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But today, we confess that we win billions of
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souls all over the world because we do greater
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works. Hallelujah. Now, by virtue of what God
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is calling us to do, it's Him actually working
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in us by His Spirit. We're going to study and
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see. Calling us to do a fact. technically we
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would say that throughout the ministry of Jesus
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Christ, right, till when he left this world,
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we can say technically that nobody was even born
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again until the time he left this world. What
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makes a man born again is a spirit. So when Jesus
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was on earth, did any man have the spirit in
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him? No. So it would mean that the greater works
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will be the works by the Spirit. And that is
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what God is calling us to do in this season.
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To do things in a greater dimension. And this
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year is a season that God is calling us to step
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into our divine appointed greater works. The
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works and the earthly ministry of Jesus Christ
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were not concluded when he left the world. But
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that was the foundation and the beginning of
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what God would do on the earth through men. Jesus
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guaranteed that because he had ascended to the
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Father and released the Spirit, what was once
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the height of his earthly ministry has now become
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our own starting point. Where he stopped was
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where he brought men into. That we will do even
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more than what he did. Because by virtue of the
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plan of God in Christ, he was restricted to where
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he was. And we have the ability to do. In fact,
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Jesus only spent three and a half years. Hallelujah.
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The disciples spent more than three and a half
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years. You and I will do greater in volume. Because
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we have the spirit of God. We have the ability
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of God in us. He is the one working in us to
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accomplish his will and his purpose. So I want
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to just encourage us this year to be intentional
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to live out our identity as God's representatives
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on earth. We must think and act in greater measure
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because God is calling us to work the things
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that he did. And even do them in greater dimension.
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It means that we must operate boldly in the name
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of Jesus. Because he has put us in that office
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to do greater works. Let your life be attested
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by God. The words that you speak and the deeds,
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your faith and everything. It's my desire that
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God will help us to understand the dimension
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of the assignment that he has given us and we'll
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be able to fulfill our calling in Jesus' name.
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We appreciate you being here today. We hope you
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carry this word with you throughout your week.
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