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Foundation school teaching pt 3 · Near East Christian Fellowship Sermons

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Welcome to NECF Sermons. Each message here is
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the end for a rewarding experience. Let's dive
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right in. So today we are going to be discussing
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on things you should keep knowing. So I hope
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all of us came with our books and our Bible,
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the walking pen to jot down and then to follow
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up on what we are doing today. So the course,
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we are doing course two and it is called things
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you should keep knowing as a believer, the things
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that you should keep knowing as a believer. So
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the last course that we did was salvation. We
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spoke about sin, how sin came into the world.
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There is nothing like this Adamic sin that we
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inherited. We spoke about all those things. So
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now, as believers, you are saved. The next thing
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that comes after salvation is learning. Immediately
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after you have been saved, immediately after
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you are saved, after you receive the life of
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God, The next thing that follows is learning.
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Now, what are you learning? You are learning
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about the life you have received now. You are
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learning about salvation. You are learning about
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the gospel. You are learning about what Christ
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has done. You are learning about who you are
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now in Christ. You are learning about... Christ
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walk in and through you. You are learning about
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the person of Christ. So you are learning everything
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that encompasses salvation. Right? So that is
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the thing that comes immediately after salvation
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learning. So in Matthew chapter 28, in Matthew
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chapter 28, when Jesus resurrected from the dead,
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spoke to his disciples. After his resurrection,
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he gave his disciples instructions to make disciples
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of all nations, to teach nations. Can we just
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go to that scripture in Matthew chapter 28, the
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latter part of it, from verse 18. Can we just
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open our Bibles there? Matthew chapter 28. From
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verse 18. Can you read for me? 28 from verse
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18. Okay. So that make disciples is to make students,
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students of Christ, followers of Christ, students,
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a pupil. Right? The Greek word there, it means
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a pupil. So now as we have believed the gospel,
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who we are now? We are students. We are students.
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That means there is a learning that must go on.
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There is a learning that we ought to do as students
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of Christ, as students of the scriptures, as
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followers of Christ. Right? He told them to make
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students, to teach them all that he has commanded
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them. So as a believer now, as you have believed
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the gospel, your first understanding is that
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I'm a student. When I come to church, when I'm
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in the Garden of Believers, any meeting I'm in,
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in the Garden of Believers, I come to that place
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to be taught about the things that pertain to
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God and pertain to the kingdom of God. So I must
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come with that mindset, with that understanding.
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That I'm a student. Right? As you are here now,
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you are coming as a student to learn God's word.
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Amen? To learn God's word. Now, why is it important
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for you to learn after being saved? After you
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have received salvation? It's because when you
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were in the world, before you received salvation,
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you had some information in your mind. That are
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contrary to God's word. You have some information
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in your mind. That does not align to God's word.
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That is why Apostle Paul would tell the church
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in Rome. In Romans chapter 12 verse 2. That be
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ye not conformed. Please I'm not a Greek. So
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bear with any accent I give you. The Greek accent.
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So it means for you to conform yourself. to something
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that you to act like what you are not it means
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to act like what you are not when you say conform
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yourself it means that you are acting in a manner
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that is not your nature so for you not to act
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in a manner that is not your nature it tells
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you to renew your mind it means to to inform
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your mind to put information and those information
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in your mind It is coming from God's word, from
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the scriptures. Right? It's coming from the scriptures.
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So it is very important that us, we as believers,
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it is very important for us to renew our mind
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daily by God's word. Because that is how we know
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what we have in Christ. And that is how we know
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the person of Christ. Hallelujah. That is how
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we know the person of Christ. When you receive
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salvation, nothing physical about you changed.
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Did your eyes change? Did you grow taller? No.
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Did you grow slimmer? Did you add weight? No.
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Nothing physical about you changed. Even at that
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point of salvation, nothing mental, automatically
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mental. I mean, the things that you knew. So
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let's say, for example, now, when you became
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born again, when you received the gospel, when
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you believe. You knew how to drive. Did you forget
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how to drive? If you knew how to drive, did you
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forget? You knew how to eat. Did you forget how
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to eat? You knew how to read. Did you forget
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how to read? So nothing mental. The information
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that were in your mind, you know that you are
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from Kenya. Did you forget that you are from
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Kenya when you received the gospel? No. So the
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information in your mind did not change when
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you became born again, when you received the
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gospel. The information are still there. And
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some of this information that are there are contrary
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to God's word. So now that you have the life
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of Christ in you, you learn that life that you
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have received. You learn that life. So now what
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we are talking about is just the fundamental
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truth that you need to know as believers. There
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are so many things that you must know. But these
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are just fundamental things that you must know
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as a believer. These are fundamental truths that
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you must know as a believer. And the first thing
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that you need to know, the first thing that you
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need to know as a believer is that you have eternal
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life. You have... Eternal life. Now, when you
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hear about eternal, what comes to your mind?
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Caroline, what comes to your mind? Something
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that has no end. Okay. Forever. Forever. Infinite.
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Like infinite. It does not have any end. Okay.
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Any other? Everlasting. Okay. So something that
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has no end, infinite, everlasting, that's what
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comes to your mind, right? When you hear about
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eternal. So now let's turn to John chapter 3
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verse 16. Let me show something here. You know,
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we know this scripture. We have been reading
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this scripture. We have been reading this scripture.
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We know it by heart, right? John chapter 3 verse
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16. So what we are doing now. We are learning.
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Right? We are learning the things that pertain
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to identity. We are learning the things that
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pertain to identity in Christ. Because why? We
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are in Christ. Hallelujah. So, John chapter 3,
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verse 16. David, do you want to read? Okay. Can
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you read for us? I have everlasting life. So
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he says whoever what? Believes. The person that
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believes, what will happen to the person? The
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latter part, what does he say? I have everlasting
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life. Before that, he says the person what? He
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says shall not perish. But what? Is he a future
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thing? No. What does he say? He says the moment
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the man believes, the man what? The man? Right?
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So it's not something that is futuristic. It's
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not a promise. The moment you believe, you have.
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Right? You are not praying to have. The moment
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you believe, at that same instant, you have eternal
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life. You have everlasting life. And that life
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is qualified as the life of God. That eternal
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life. Right? that is qualified as eternal. It
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is the life of God. We'll see that as we move
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on shortly. It's the life of God that you have
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received at the point of salvation. That is why
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it has no end. Right? That is why it has no end.
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So it is not talking about a concept of time.
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Right? It's not talking about the concept of
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time or something that... You strive, just like
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I said, you strive to get. So we must understand
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as believers that we have the nature of God.
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When we say you have eternal life, what we are
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saying is you are saying that you have the nature
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of God. You have the life of God inside of you.
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So the nature, the salvation itself, the nature
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of salvation is eternal. Write it down. That
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the nature of salvation, salvation itself is
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eternal. The work of Christ is eternal. The finished
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work of Christ is eternal. The gift of God is
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eternal. The gift of God is eternal. The gift
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of God is eternal. Now what does it mean to have
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eternal life? What does it mean to have eternal
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life? To have the life of God in you? Because
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you have believed the gospel. 1 John chapter
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5. But before we go to that, before we know what
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it means, let's read 1 John 5 first of all. Before
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we go to what it means, let's read 1 John 5.
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1 John 5 from verse 10 to 13. Sister Ellen, can
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you read for us 1 John 5? 1 John chapter 5, from
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verse 10 to 13. Are you there yet? Okay. I'm
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waiting for you. 1 John chapter 5. From verse
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10. 1 John chapter 5. Continue. Last thought.
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Talk from verse 13. Verse 13. Not verse 14. So
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verse 13 says what? Please read verse 13 again.
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You the what? You the belief. So the one that
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believe, have what? Is it a future thing? Is
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it something that you need to pray for to have?
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But what? He says, why do you have it? Because
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of what? You believe in what? You son of God,
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you believe in Jesus. You believe in him as your
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Lord and personal savior. He says, eat that belief.
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So the criteria for you to receive eternal life
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is what? Is to believe that what? In the son
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of God, to believe in Jesus Christ. Hallelujah.
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So that know, when he says that you may know,
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is for you to perceive. Is for you to discern.
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Right? That word there. Is EIDO. E -I -D -O.
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In 1st John chapter 5. Right? When he says that
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you may know. That know there. In the Greek is
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EIDO. It means to perceive. To discern. To understand.
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E -I -D -O. It means to perceive. to understand.
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Now, it's not telling you that you need to have.
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The scripture is telling you for you to understand
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what you already have. Right? Now, the believer
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is not needy. It's not that you are striving
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to have. You have already. But just like I said
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in the beginning, You have to be taught. You
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have to learn about the life that you have now.
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So it is in learning you will know the things
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you have already. Right? If not, you will try
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to do or you will try to pray for certain things
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you already have because of ignorance. Right?
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Because of ignorance. So the devil... will use
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that ignorance to torment you, even though you
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are saved. So that's why it's very important
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for us to know, for us to perceive, for us to
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understand, for us to come to this full knowledge,
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this full understanding of what we have received
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in Christ. Amen. So the first thing, what it
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means to have eternal life, the first one, is
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that you are perfected and saved forever. Put
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that forever in capital letter. You are perfected
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and saved. Saved is closed. Saved forever. You
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are perfected and saved forever. You are not
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going to be saved. You are not going to be saved.
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You are saved because you believe in Christ.
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So one thing that we must understand about salvation
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is that there is assurance. There is no salvation
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without assurance. There is assurance in God's
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word. And we are going to look at those scriptures.
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There is assurance in God's word concerning salvation.
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There is assurance in God's word concerning salvation.
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Now let's read some couple of scriptures. What
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are these assurance that we see in scriptures?
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First, John. No, John chapter 17, verse 11. John
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chapter 17, verse 11. John chapter 17, verse
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11. Annie, can you read for us? So Jesus prayed
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for his disciples. Jesus prayed for all those
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who will believe, not just his disciples, all
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those who believe, all those that will believe.
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He prays for them. He prays for us. He says,
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now I am no longer in the world, but these are
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in the world. And I come to you, Holy Father,
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keep to your name those who you have given me,
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that they may be one as we are one. So it is
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not you that is keeping yourself. It is the Father
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that keeps us. Right? It is the Father that keeps
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us. So that assurance is coming from the Father
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that I am the one that has saved you. I am the
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one that is keeping you. You are not the one
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that is keeping yourself. You are not the one
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that saved yourself. So you are not the one that
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is keeping yourself. He is the one that keeps
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us. He himself, the Father, is the one that keeps
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us. Let's look at another scripture. John chapter
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6, verse 38 to 39. So the one who saved us has
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assured us that he will keep us till the end.
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The one who has saved us has assured us that
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he will keep us till the end. John chapter 6
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from verse 38 to 39. John chapter 6. 38 to 39.
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Who is reading for me? What should I call names?
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John chapter 6, 38 to 39. For I came down from
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heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of
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God. And this is the Father's will, which I had
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sent to him, and of all which he had given me.
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I should lose nothing. I should raise up again
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at the last step. So Jesus is saying that these
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words that the Father has given me, that those
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that have believed, those that have come into,
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you know, God's family, we'll talk about that.
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Those that have believed, I will not lose them.
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Jesus himself, God, who became a man, is saying
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to you, Because this scripture is not eating
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to you, but then we understand that it's eating
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for our learning. And it's applicable in as much
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as you are not the immediate audience, you are
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the secondary audience. But then he's saying
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that I will not lose any of them. This is what
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Jesus is saying. I will not lose any of them.
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It means that salvation is not you keeping yourself.
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It's not what we thought before that. Okay. After
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you are saved now, there are some things that
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you have to do to keep your salvation. No. You
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are not keeping your salvation. You are the one
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that saved yourself. Right? The one that saves
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you is the one that has said that these ones
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that have come to me, I will not lose them. I
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will not lose them. That's the assurance that
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we have. That the one that has called us, the
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one that has called us unto himself, He himself
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has said he will not lose us. So there is no
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way that you will lose your salvation because
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salvation is not that you receive an item. Salvation
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is Christ coming into your hearts. It's God calling
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you unto himself. And he himself that has called
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you to himself, he has assured you that he's
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keeping you. He will not lose you. So nothing,
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just like the scripture that we read in Romans
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chapter 8. Nothing shall separate you from the
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love of Christ. And that love is what we see
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at the cross. That love, that is what we see
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him demonstrate. Nothing shall separate you from
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that love. Nothing. Nothing. Someone will say,
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okay, what about, someone asked the last time
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about conduct, right? That, okay, if I'm saved
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or someone is saved and the person is living
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wrong. And then Collins answered the last time.
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I remember the answer that he gave. That there
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is a difference between salvation and spiritual
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good. You are saved and then you are taught.
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That learning that you are learning now, that
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is the spiritual good. As you are learning about
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God, as you are learning about the things of
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God, that is spiritual good. So the spiritual
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good. that you see some people now, you will
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still see some, just like I said, there are information
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in your mind, you will still see some conduct.
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But as you learn God's word, as you grow in God's
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word, as you are taught each day, as you are
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taught, as you are taught about your identity
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in Christ, what Christ has done for you, who
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you are in Christ, as you are taught, you begin
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to see all those actions that you were giving
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out. you begin to see there is a change. You
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begin to see there is a change in the way you
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talk. You begin to see there is a change in the
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things you do. You begin to see a change. Why?
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Because you are informing your mind about who
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you are now. What you are doing, you are not
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doing character modification, no. You are giving
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expression to that life that is already inside.
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So what you are doing is like giving information
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to what is already. So who already you are, right?
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You are informing your mind about what has happened
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to your spirit. Amen. You are informing your
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mind. You are making yourself conscious, right?
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There is this awareness that you are bringing
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to your mind about what has happened to your
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spirit. Then you begin to see yourself doing
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the things of God. You begin to see yourself.
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giving yourself to prayers. First, you did not
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like to pray. But then when you are taught about
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prayer, you understand that that is my life.
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You begin to show yourself, give yourself to
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prayer much more. Why? The information that was
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in your mind has changed. Right? Before you were
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praying for your needs. Every day, my needs,
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my needs, my needs. But when you are taught about
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the primary, like the thing that you need to
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pray much more, what is prayer much more? Prayer
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is communication to God. You communicate with
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him. It's fellowship. It's not just when you
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have needs. So when that change in your mind,
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that information change in your mind, you start
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to see prayer differently and you enjoy fellowship
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with God. So that is the same with every other
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information in our mind. Amen. So it is the same
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with eternal life. That you have received eternal
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life. Hallelujah. So the second thing that we
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must know after we know that now we have eternal
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life, but let's read something first that I wrote
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here. One minute. Please, if you have any questions,
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you can write them down. So I wrote something
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here that You are saved by grace alone. On the
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basis of Christ alone. You are saved by grace
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alone. On the basis of Christ alone. You are
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saved by grace alone. On the basis of Christ
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alone. Through faith. Alone. You are saved by
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grace alone. On the basis of Christ. Alone. Through
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faith. Alone. Taught. T -A -U -G -H -T. Taught
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decisively. In scriptures. Alone. taught decisively
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in scriptures alone and for the ultimate glory
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of God alone. I'm going to start it again. You
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are saved by grace alone on the basis of Christ
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alone. When you say on the basis of Christ, it
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means on the basis of what Christ has done. Right?
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On the basis of Christ alone, through faith alone,
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taught decisively in scripture. What you are
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being taught is in scripture. It's the scripture,
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the word of God. Alone. And for the ultimate
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glory of God, alone. Amen. Did you get that?
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Okay. So another thing quickly, what it means
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to have eternal life is that you are no longer
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condemned. Romans chapter 8 verse 1. You are
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no longer condemned. What it means to have eternal
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life? It means that you are no longer condemned.
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Because why? There is therefore now no condemnation
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to them who are in Christ Jesus. Why? Because
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Christ has took up, Christ has, the word for
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condemnation here, it means to give judgment
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against, to judge worth of punishment. Christ
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has took that punishment. He died as you. He
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took your place. So there is no condemnation
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for you in Christ. Why? Because Christ has paid
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for that punishment of your sin. Christ has paid.
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Hallelujah. Did we write the scripture? Romans
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chapter 8 verse 1. Did we write it? Okay. So
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the third thing that we must know what it means
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to have eternal life. You are no longer condemned.
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Okay. Yes. Yes. the first thing that you must
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know, you have eternal life. Did you write it?
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Then under you have eternal life, what does it
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mean to have eternal life? Then the first thing
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that we spoke about, it means that you are perfected
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and saved forever. It also means that you are
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no longer condemned. Right? So under that, you
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have eternal life. The question, what does it
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mean to have eternal life? Under that first thing
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that we are talking about. And then under that,
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you put, either you write, you use woman figure
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one, woman figure two. That's under you are saved
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and perfected forever. Yes. You are saved and
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perfected forever. Any more questions? Are we
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getting it? If I ask you now to explain, would
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you explain? David, would you explain? Yes. You
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will explain? Yes. Okay. At the end of the teaching,
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I will provide time for us to explain. All right.
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So the third thing, under what does it mean to
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have eternal life? It means you have God's power
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at work in you. You have God's power at work
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in you. Philippians 2 verse 13. Philippians 2
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verse 13. You have God's power at work in you.
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And what does that scripture say? It says that
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power. Gives you the desire to do the things
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that pleases God. Can we read that scripture?
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Sorry, what's your name? Oliver. Oliver, can
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you please read for us Philippians 2 verse 13?
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Philippians 2 verse 13. Okay, start from verse
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12. He says it is God, right? So what you are
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working out is because of what? God is already
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what? Working in you. So, God's power is at work
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in you, the believer. Amen. So that life of God
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is at work in you right now. The life of God
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is at work in you right now. The power of God
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is at work in you right now. If you see yourself
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giving yourself to prayer, it is the power of
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God that is at work in you. If you see yourself
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loving the guardian of believers, it is the power
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of God that is at work in you. If you see yourself
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loving the things of God, it is the power of
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God that is at work in you. He is the one that
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has put that desire. Right? So even the things
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we are doing as believers, it is not by our strength.
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It is the power of God that enables us to do
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the things we do. It is the power of God. That
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enables us to love the things of God. The things
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that, that's our nature now. Right? That's our
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nature now as believers. That's our nature now.
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So you have God's power at work in you all the
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time. All the time. You have God's ability at
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work in you all the time. Amen. So did we get
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that? Any questions so far? Okay. What's your
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question? Okay. Not to be judged by others. not
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to be judged by yourself, not to be judged by
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the world, not to be judged by anything, right?
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Because it is actually an identity crisis that
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makes you judge yourself. For example, now, if
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you, what is sin? Missing the mark. Let's say,
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for example, you miss the mark. And then you
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start seeing yourself outside of who you are
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in Christ. You are condemning yourself already.
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You are being like, you are guilty. And that
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is an influence. We understand that there's an
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influence also, right? The devil. But then why
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are you condemning yourself? Or why are you looking
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down on yourself? Or why are you judging yourself
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and feeling bad for yourself? It's because there
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is still some information in your mind that is
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contrary to our identity in Christ. Now, I'm
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not saying that you should do certain things,
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right? For example, now, to sin. Why? Because
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that is not your nature now. But then, if you
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sin, or if you do something wrong, or if you
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miss the mark, you are not supposed to... glorify
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what you have done, but you are supposed to receive
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what Christ has done. By what? By confessing
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your reality in Christ. By confessing that this
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is not my nature. I live above sin. And then
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you give yourself to the word and go. So it's
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not just about confessing it, but then you have
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to give yourself to the word. That area that
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you are seeing that there is a loophole, you
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give yourself much more to the word to see that
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that thing is addressed. So even you yourself,
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you must not condemn yourself. Because why? Christ
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has not condemned you. You must, whatever Christ
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has called you, that is what you are supposed
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to call yourself. Whatever God has called you,
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that is who you are supposed to walk in. That's
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who you are supposed to call yourself. Hallelujah.
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So, did I answer your question? Alright. So the
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second thing that we are looking at, The second
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point, your sins are forgiven and you are justified.
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Your sins are forgiven and you are justified.
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Your sins are forgiven and you are justified.
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So, how many of us have been in any cell for
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a long time? Like, How many of us were in church
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when Pastor Fred taught about forgiveness of
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sins? None of us. Okay, you were here. You were
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there. So, when we say you were there, were you
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there? No, the forgiveness of sins. I don't think
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you were there. I think that was last year. Yeah.
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That was a long time ago. So, When we say the
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blood of Jesus, sometimes, you know, when we're
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back at home, whenever we hear the blood of Jesus,
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what comes to our mind is, you know, is it literal
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blood? Sprinkle, sprinkle, sprinkle blood. I
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don't know how many bloods, how many liters we
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should, if by now it would have finished now,
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if it is literal blood. Since that time, we are
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still sprinkling the blood. So I want to ask
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us, when they say the blood of Jesus, When you
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hear the blood of Jesus, what comes to your mind?
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Is it the literal, physical blood of Jesus? Okay,
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you said the death. So when you hear the blood
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of Jesus, what comes to your mind? When we say
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we are cleansed by his blood, what do you think
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that means? The blood of Jesus. Okay. So when
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we say blood of Jesus, sometimes when some things
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happen, the blood of Jesus. To me, I'm giving
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a defeat to that situation. Okay. Okay. All right.
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That's okay. So the blood, is it literal blood?
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Is that blood I want to know? Yes, mother. Please
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can you just enlighten us? You and sister. She
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will take over for me. Okay. Okay. You want to
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add something there? So in essence, when we say
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the blood of Jesus, not literal blood, what we
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are talking about is the life of Jesus. So when
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you say, I plead the blood, you are saying I
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plead the life of Jesus. And the life of Jesus
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is in you. The life of Jesus. is in you. I know
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that some people will have questions after this
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class. Right? But then the blood is not physical
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blood. Right? It's not literal blood. So when
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we say we are cleansed by His blood, it's not
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that it's physical blood. Right? It's sacrifice
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as paid for our sins, for the penalty of sin.
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So now, you have received that forgiveness of
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sins. Let's go to Ephesians chapter 1. Verse
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7. So that we will see. That. Once you believe.
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You have received. That forgiveness of sin. It's
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not that you are asking again to be forgiven.
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No. You have received. 1. Verse 7. Yes. In him.
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In him who? The him here is who? It's Christ,
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right? In Christ we have what? We have what?
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Redemption. Through his sacrifice. Or through
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his, yes, through his sacrifice, right? And what?
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The forgiveness of sins. In Christ we have what?
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And what? Please look at your Bible. Look at
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your Bible. Look at your Bible. Look at your
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Bible. In him, we have what? Redemption. Through
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his. And what? The forgiveness of sins. According
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to what? The riches of his grace. So in Christ,
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we have what? One, redemption. And what? So the
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redemption actually is the forgiveness of sins.
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That's what he has redeemed us from. He has redeemed
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us from that penalty of sin. So a man that has
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received Christ has received forgiveness of sins.
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The man has received forgiveness. A man that
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has received Christ, the man that is in Christ
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has received, it's not that he's going to receive,
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has received forgiveness of sins. The man has
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received forgiveness of sins. Now, God is a just
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God, right? God is a righteous judge. So what
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did God do? God did not overlook sin. Right?
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He did not overlook sin. Remember the last time
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we spoke about the wages of sin is what? Is death.
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So a man's sin, a man has to die. But man cannot
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die. We, we cannot die for ourselves. If we die,
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there is no way we will resurrect. So God became
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a man to die. For man. Because it's only him
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that can resurrect. Right? So he died as us.
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He paid for the penalty of sin. So now, because
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you believe in what he has done, you have received
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that forgiveness of sin. So what do we do now?
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We thank him for that forgiveness of sin. Do
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we have any question? Mr. Clara, do you have
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any question? The way you are doing your face
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is like, what is this woman saying? Do you have
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any question? By the end of the class. Okay,
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what don't you understand? For the forgiveness
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of sin or for the blood of Jesus, which one?
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If it was for the blood of Jesus, me and you
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would talk. Which part you don't understand?
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Is it the forgiveness of sin? No, I understand
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about the forgiveness of sin. But for the blood
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of Jesus, it's definitely... Okay, okay, okay.
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We'll talk about that. We'll talk about the blood
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of Jesus because that will take us a long time
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and we don't have time now to go into much details
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of that. So, but then... Christ has paid, just
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like I said, he has paid for the penalty of sin
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and we have received forgiveness of sin. Let's
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read Psalms 103, verse 1 to 18. I want, who's
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going to read this for me now? What's your name,
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brother? Yes, brother, please read for us Psalms
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103, from verse 1 to 18. To 18, yes. Who what?
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Verse 3 says what? Who what? Who forgives? Did
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he say who will forgive? He says do what? Who
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forgives? So he's telling us the character of
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God is that he forgives sin. There is already
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provision for forgiveness of sins where? In Christ.
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Right? Are we good? There is provision already.
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Okay, let's continue. is merciful and gracious.
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That's the character of God. The character of
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God is merciful and gracious. Yes, continue.
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He has not dealt with us according to our sins.
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Yes, please continue. Not punished us according
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to our iniquities. That's what my translation
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says. So, he has not punished us according to
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our iniquities. Rather, he has punished, he laid
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it upon Christ. He laid everything upon Christ.
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So, you have received forgiveness of sins. Now,
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when you pray, should you pray again to receive
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forgiveness of sins? So what are you supposed
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to do now? To thank God for what you have received,
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right? Because what he said, he said you have
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received in him, we have redemption to his blood,
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the forgiveness of sins. So what are you supposed
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to do now? You are supposed to what? Thank God.
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Sister Ellen, are you getting it? Are you sure?
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So let's say for example, now you are praying.
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Or let's say, for example, you do something wrong.
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When you are praying, are you going and meeting
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God? Lord, forgive me for all my sins. Have mercy
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on me. You know, please forgive me. Forgive me.
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Or is it that when you come, you say, Father,
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I thank you for your forgiveness. Thank you because
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your power will continue to help me to live above
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sin. So which prayer will you pray? You thank
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God. Why? Because you have received. The forgiveness
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of sin, right? You have received it. Okay. Amen.
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All right. I like that we are following. So God
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has forgiven your sins. Colossians chapter one,
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verse 12 to 14. Colossians chapter one, verse
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12 to 14. Colossians chapter one, verse 12 to
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14. Is that Christabel? Is that you for us? Colossians
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chapter 1, verse 12 to 14. New King James, please.
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So we see Apostle Paul writing it again to the
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church in Colossus. He wrote it to the church
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in Ephesus. Then he wrote it again to the church
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in Colossus. That what? You have redemption to
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his blood, the forgiveness of sins. So these
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are the things that you must know so that you
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will not be living in guilt and shame when you
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miss the mark because you are going to miss the
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mark. Why? Because you are still in this body.
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Right? So, but then you have the power of God
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in you that enables you not to live in that mistake,
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not to live in that sin. You have the power of
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God in you. So, is that knowing that helps you
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to live above it? To live above guilt? So, you
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will make mistakes. But then when you make mistakes,
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you don't stay there. You affirm your reality
53:30
in Christ and you listen to God's word much more.
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So that area of your life is dominated by God's
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word and you will see your action being changed.
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Amen. So the third thing that we'll look at,
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do we have any questions before we move? Yes.
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How do you then talk to them? Because when you
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explain this to them, they will think, okay,
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I think that's the market. And how would you
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explain it to them? How would you explain it
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to them? It is possible for them to leave my
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family home to the right. And now just for me,
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you can start seeing the market. Okay. So because
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of that has been the person's life for a long
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time. Let's say, for example, the person has
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lived that life for a long time and then the
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person just received the life of God. The person
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will not automatically leave that smoking. That's
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just the truth of the matter. Right? Growth takes
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time. And growth is not, as we preach the gospel,
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is not our... It is not us that make people grow.
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Our responsibility is to teach people. But the
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one that causes the growth and increase and the
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understanding in men is the Holy Spirit. So even
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as we preach, we trust in the power of the Holy
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Ghost to cause that change in the heart of that
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man. Right? So your responsibility is to continue
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to push the person to his identity in Christ.
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That this is who you are. You are loved by God.
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This is your identity in Christ. Show the person
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their identity in Christ. You are not supposed
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to tackle the action first. What you are supposed
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to show the person is who they are. And when
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they begin to see who they are, they will be
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like, no, this smoke, what is it adding to me?
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Like, it's not adding anything to me. I should
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leave this. This is not my life. Immediately,
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the person begins to see that this is not. So
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you give the person who the person is first.
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And because the person has seen who he is now,
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he will begin to live all the other things that
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is not him. He will begin to live gradually,
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but it's not instantaneous. Right? It's not instantaneous.
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You keep on preaching to the person about his
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identity and you keep on praying for the person
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because it is the Holy Spirit that brings that
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transformation. And also, if the person is willing
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to change and to learn his identity, Right? Because
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the will of the man also is very important. So
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those are the things. I don't know if I did answer
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your question. All right. So we're not finished,
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but I believe that... Okay, you have a question
56:36
too. Please write it down. Please write your
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question down, please. So that we'll go... Write
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it down. Write your question down. After we do
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this, then I will take another question. So the
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third thing. Right? Is it the third? The third
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thing, right? The first one is what? You have
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eternal life. The second one? The second one
57:08
is what? Your sins are forgiven and you are what?
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And you are justified. So the third one is that
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you are a new creature and God is your father.
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So all these things that we break, break, break
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down, all these things, they complement each
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other. Just that, because this is foundation
57:31
school, just break them down. Just speak about
57:35
them shortly because we did not even go in depth
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to certain, you know, of these topics, these
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topics that I hear. So you are a new creature
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and God is your father. 2 Corinthians 5 verse
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17. Let's read. 2 Corinthians 5 verse 17. 2 Corinthians
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5 verse 17. 2 Corinthians 5 verse 17. So how
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did you receive forgiveness of sins again? Who
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can answer that? Brother Eric. How did you receive
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forgiveness of sins? Yes. But how did you receive
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the forgiveness of sins? Yes, the forgiveness
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of sin is there. But how did you receive it as
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a person? By faith. By faith in what? By faith
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in what Christ has done. Please. You receive
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forgiveness of sins. By faith in what Christ
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has done. By faith in the gospel. I wanted to
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clarify that. I wanted to know if you understand.
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How you receive forgiveness of sins. Amen. So.
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So you are a new creature. And God is your father.
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2 Corinthians 5 verse 17. Second Corinthians
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5, yes. Anyone who is joined to Christ is renewed
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in. This is done. Please, which translation is
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that? Good news. Good news. Sorry, please, can
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we get New King James or please, for better,
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you know, for this class, can we just get like
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New King James or King James? For just this class.
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Yes. He says, if any man beware in Christ. So,
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when you look at the original, if any man in
1:00:08
Christ, that he is, is not in the original. How
1:00:14
many of us have BLB? If you check your BLB, right?
1:00:19
If you check your BLB, that's if any man is,
1:00:24
read it again, if any man is in Christ. So that
1:00:39
if any man, he reads as this, therefore, if any
1:00:42
man is in Christ, A new creation. That's how
1:00:46
it reads. If any man in Christ. A new creation.
1:00:50
So that's new. The word new itself. Is speaking.
1:00:57
Is the Greek word kainos. K -A -I -N -O -S I
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kept this class simple. I did not want to give
1:01:04
any. Plenty of Greek words. So that I would.
1:01:09
Keep it simple and understand. K -A -I -N -O
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-S. K -A -I -N -O -S. Right? That's the word
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new. If any man be in Christ, a new creature.
1:01:29
If any man be in Christ, a new creation. The
1:01:35
word new, kainos, it implies unheard of. What
1:01:40
it means, if you check the original. You will
1:01:42
see some, you know, variation of words of definition
1:01:46
for it. It implies unheard of, uncommon. Something
1:01:53
that has never been. Right? Something that has
1:01:58
never been. Yes. Unusual? Huh? It is unusual.
1:02:06
No, unheard of. Not unusual. Unheard of. Unheard
1:02:11
of, uncommon. Did you get it? Yes. Unheard of,
1:02:18
uncommon. Did you get it? Yes. Yes. Okay, so
1:02:23
what are you asking? Are you asking? Is unusual
1:02:29
a five -word word? Unusual. Okay, unusual. Something,
1:02:37
yes, yes, yes, yes. You can apply it. Unusual.
1:02:45
So, did we get that unheard of, uncommon? Did
1:02:58
we get those? Okay. Something that has never,
1:03:01
you have, like something that has never been.
1:03:06
Something that has never been. Something that
1:03:16
has never been. Ephesians chapter 2, verse 8
1:03:18
to 10. So, you that you are in Christ now, that
1:03:27
have received the life of God, the new creation,
1:03:30
is a man. That has never been. We have never
1:03:35
seen that type of man before. The world has never
1:03:38
seen that type of man before. That type of man
1:03:42
has never existed before. The new creation in
1:03:46
Christ. The man that has the life of God. That
1:03:51
man that is God's house. That man that is God's
1:03:56
house has never existed before. That man that
1:04:00
is God's temple. God is dwelling inside of that
1:04:05
new creation man. It has never been before. Right?
1:04:10
You are that man. I am that man. Hallelujah.
1:04:14
You are that man. I am that man. Hallelujah.
1:04:18
We are the man in Christ. The new creation. We
1:04:24
are created where? In Christ. Ephesians chapter
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2 verse 8 to 10. Ephesians chapter 2 verse 8
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to 10. Ephesians chapter 2 verse 8. Mm -hmm.
1:04:51
Mm -hmm. To 10. So the believer that is in Christ,
1:05:10
right, is created in Christ Jesus. It's like
1:05:13
you never existed before. That's why when you
1:05:18
are in Christ, there is nothing like, this is
1:05:22
my, like it's a new slate. It's like you never,
1:05:25
it's a brand new person. is a brand new person.
1:05:30
Because why? Now you are born of the Spirit.
1:05:35
It's not just procreation now, right? It's more
1:05:39
than procreation. You are now the new creation
1:05:42
in Christ Jesus. Hallelujah. That means you are
1:05:46
spiritual now. You are not of the flesh again.
1:05:49
That which is born of the flesh is flesh, like
1:05:51
Jesus would tell Nicodemus. That which is born
1:05:53
of the Spirit is Spirit. You are spiritual. You
1:05:56
are born of the Spirit. You are now, you are
1:06:00
the new creation in Christ. You are the new creation
1:06:06
in Christ Jesus. God's family will see it when
1:06:10
we are looking at God as our Father. You are
1:06:13
now the new creation. You are created where?
1:06:16
In Christ. That new creation is created where?
1:06:22
In Christ. In Christ. So we'll see in Christ,
1:06:29
in Christ, in Christ. Why? Because Christ is
1:06:31
the only way. That is God's standard. Right?
1:06:37
It's the only way. So because you are a new creation
1:06:42
now, there is a way of life that is attached
1:06:47
to your identity. Because you are a new creation
1:06:51
now, there is a way of life. There is a way that
1:06:58
you should talk. There is a way that you should
1:07:01
live. There is a way that the things that you
1:07:04
are doing, right? There is already a standard,
1:07:08
right? And that is what we call the kingdom culture.
1:07:15
It is the kingdom culture. It's not something
1:07:17
that is only like it's exclusive to you, no.
1:07:21
You are part of a kingdom now, right? You are
1:07:25
part of a family, the family of God. So, because
1:07:30
of now you are believed and now you are a new
1:07:33
creature, born of God, born of the Spirit, right?
1:07:37
How many of us have started reading that book,
1:07:39
the book of the month? Hey, tomorrow is book
1:07:45
review. Hey, how many of us have started? Yes.
1:07:54
I already read it. Okay, but did you go through
1:07:58
it again? No. You are in my cello. Tomorrow.
1:08:07
Please, you need to read that book before celebrating.
1:08:11
You have to read 72 pages. In the first part
1:08:15
of the book, you will see the writer spoke about
1:08:17
two things. Sensual knowledge and revelational
1:08:21
knowledge. Now, When we say you are a new creation
1:08:24
in Christ, born of the Spirit, it's not something
1:08:27
that you see with your naked... Can you see the
1:08:30
Spirit in me? No. What you can... What you can
1:08:35
just see, right, is the expression of the Spirit.
1:08:40
When you see the way I love, when you see the
1:08:43
way I talk, when you see the way I act toward
1:08:48
one another, you will see that this person is
1:08:50
just different. Why? It's because you are born
1:08:53
of God. So because you are born of God, by default,
1:08:59
your nature and character, right, must exhibit
1:09:04
what is already inside of you. So what you are
1:09:08
giving out is not something that is out of space.
1:09:12
What you are giving out is the life that is in
1:09:15
you. Remember last Saturday, I spoke about the
1:09:18
fact that Salvation is not receiving a thing.
1:09:21
It's receiving the life of God. It's receiving
1:09:25
the life of God, which is eternal life we spoke
1:09:27
about. And that life that you have received is
1:09:31
forever. Forever and ever. So there is a way
1:09:38
of living that is attached to that life. What
1:09:42
is not associated with God should never be associated
1:09:45
with you. Why? Because you are born of God. You
1:09:50
have the nature of God. You have the DNA of God.
1:09:53
You have this character now. The fruit of the
1:09:56
Spirit is the character of the believer. We have
1:09:59
been taught about love, about the love work of
1:10:03
the believer. That is the character of the believer.
1:10:07
That's the nature of the believer. It's not something
1:10:10
that you struggle to work in. As you learn about
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your identity, as you learn about these things,
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By default, you begin to see yourself working
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them. You begin to see yourself working them.
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So that is, you know, that is the life that we
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have been calling to. Imitate God as their children.
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Coming now to God is our father. The concept,
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what God really wanted from the beginning is
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to have a family. And the new creation is the
1:10:46
family of God. Hallelujah. This is the family
1:10:50
of God. All believers all over the world, that's
1:10:55
the family of God. You have a brother, you are
1:10:58
here, but you have a brother in USA. Why? Because
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of the Holy Spirit in you and the Holy Spirit
1:11:04
in him. So you are one from one family, the family
1:11:10
of God, bounded by the same Spirit. Amen. So
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we'll just read one scripture, then we'll move
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to the next one. Ephesians chapter 3, from verse
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14 to 15. Ephesians chapter 3, from verse 14
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to 15. Ephesians chapter 3, from verse 14 to
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15. He says, I bow my knees to the Father, Apostle
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Paul speaking, of the Father, to the Father of
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our Lord Jesus Christ, of whom the whole family
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in heaven and earth is named. The whole family
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in heaven and earth is named. Those that are
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sleeping in Christ, those that are here on earth
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physically, all of us. It's a family, right?
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It's a family. Let's read another one, Ephesians
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2, verse 18. So there is something called the
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family of God. It's not just what we want to
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use for believers, no. It's because of that is
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what God has called us. God has called us his
1:12:37
family. Because why? We are born of God. Say,
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I am born of God. I am born of God. God is my
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father. I am born of God. God is my father. I
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hope you are convinced. You are not just saying
1:12:54
it. You know you are born of God. You have the
1:12:57
Spirit of God in you. Hallelujah. Okay, can we
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just read Ephesians chapter 2, verse 18? Ephesians
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chapter 2, verse 18. Okay, continue. Ephesians
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chapter 2 verse 18. Okay, please read Ephesians
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chapter 1 verse 6. Ephesians chapter 2 verse
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1 to 6. Yes. Ephesians chapter 2, verse 1 to
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6. Start from Ephesians chapter 2, verse 1 to
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6. and were by nature children of wrath, just
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as the others. So they are children of wrath,
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right? Those that are children of the devil,
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because they choose to be, some of them choose
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to be children of the devil. Yes. Excuse me,
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which version? Ephesians 3. Ephesians 2, rather,
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from verse 1. This one. Come here. Ephesians
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2 from verse 1 to 6. Yes, please continue. Verse
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18. To who? To Christ. We have access. By what?
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One spirit. To what? The Father. So God is our
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Father. Because we all have the same spirit.
1:15:25
We have access. Direct access. You don't need
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any prophets. To access God for you. Now you
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have access. To the father. You can speak to
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the father. And the father hears you. Why? Because
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his spirit is in you. You are born of him. He
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is the one that gave birth to you. The spiritual
1:15:49
birth. Hallelujah. So you are born of God. In
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Ephesians chapter 5 verse 1. Just write it down.
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Ephesians chapter 5 verse 1. It tells us to.
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imitate God. Ephesians chapter 5 verse 1. Just
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write it down. Ephesians chapter 5 verse 1. Then
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Romans chapter 8 verse 15. It says we have been
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given what? Who knows that scripture? Ephesians
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chapter 8 verse 15. Romans, Romans chapter 8,
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verse 15. We don't know that scripture. Romans
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chapter 8, verse 15. Those who are led. Romans
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chapter 8, verse 15. Let's read it. So the Spirit
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that we have received, right, is a Spirit that
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enables us to cry what? Abba, Father. He's your
1:17:14
Father. Right? He is your Father. So you have
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the light. Why? Because you have His Spirit.
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So you have the light now to cry Abba, Father.
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So when you go to pray, you have the right to
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say what? When you go to pray, you have the right
1:17:35
to say what? Even without prayer, when you are
1:17:39
just having a conversation, probably, I don't
1:17:41
know, some of you have conversation with the
1:17:43
Holy Spirit, you have the right to just say,
1:17:45
Daddy, Father, right? He's your Father. God is
1:17:52
your Father. And the Church of NACF, Right? He's
1:17:58
the family of God. Not just the church of Tennessee.
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Every believer is your brother, is your sister.
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All over the world is your brother. We are united
1:18:08
by one spirit, which is the spirit of who? The
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spirit of Christ. Right? Amen. Please ask your
1:18:22
question. Time. Just write it down. I'll make
1:18:26
sure to give like 10 minutes to answer those
1:18:29
questions. So for me, please just write it down
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so you don't forget. So the fourth thing that
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we'll talk about, did we, do we have any questions
1:18:36
for this one? Please write it down because when
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I said, did you have any questions? Please write
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it down. Please, please. Yes. So the fourth one
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we'll talk about, right? The fourth one is that
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you have dominion. You have authority. As a believer,
1:18:57
you have dominion. You have authority. You have
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dominion. Under you have dominion. The first
1:19:07
one over the devil and his agents. The first
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one over the devil and his agents. 1 John, chapter
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4, verse 4. 1 John, chapter 4, verse 4. 1 John,
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chapter 4, verse 4. So you are of God. We're
1:19:57
speaking to believers. You are of God, little
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children, and have overcome them. Because he
1:20:06
who is in you is greater than he who is in the
1:20:09
world. So the them here is talking about the
1:20:13
things of the world, the devil and his agents.
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You have overcome them. Why? Because of grace,
1:20:22
they overcome here. Okay, you're looking for
1:20:26
the... This one. You see? This one? Yes. So,
1:20:42
they overcome here. When you... The Greek means...
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What it means... is to carry off the victory.
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It's like you carrying the victory. It's not
1:20:54
you that won the victory. It's not you that fought
1:20:57
for the victory. But it's you that is carrying
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the victory. That's overcome. The Greek meaning
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of it that implies in that verse is to carry
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off the victory. A conqueror. To carry off the
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victory. It means that the believer, the believer
1:21:21
is walking from a place of victory over the devil
1:21:25
and his agent, over the systems of the world.
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The believer is walking from a place of victory
1:21:34
because why? Christ has paid the price and Christ
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has brought us up as he rose up victorious. So
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we also, we have identified with him and we are
1:21:45
walking victoriously. In his victory. Hallelujah.
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So the believer is victorious over the devil
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and his agents. The believer is victorious. You
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have overcome because of who is in you. God is
1:22:04
in you. God is in you. So you have prevailed.
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So the second thing that a believer needs to
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know, that's the first one, that you have dominion
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over the devil and his agents. Hebrews chapter
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2, verse 14. Put this scripture there. Put this
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scripture there. Hebrews chapter 2, verse 14.
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Ephesians chapter 1, verse 17 to 22. Chapter
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1, verse 17 to 22. Ephesians chapter 2, verse
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4 to 6. I will repeat again. Hebrews chapter
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2, verse 14. Ephesians chapter 1, verse 17 to
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22. Ephesians chapter 2, verse 4 to 6. Let's
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read Ephesians chapter 2, verse 4 to 6. Ephesians
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chapter 2, verse 4 to 6. Ephesians chapter 2,
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verse 4 to 6. So, now it says the believer is
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seated where? He's seated together with who?
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With Christ. Now, let's go to Ephesians. We have
1:23:55
to read Ephesians chapter 1 now. So, this is
1:23:58
Ephesians chapter 2, right? You see that the
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believer is seated with Christ, right? In heavenly,
1:24:05
in the heavenlies. And the original is in the
1:24:07
heavenly, right? In Christ Jesus. So the believer
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is seated with Christ. He's seated with Christ
1:24:15
together. So now let's read Ephesians chapter
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1. We have to read Ephesians chapter 1 now. Ephesians
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chapter 1 from verse 17. that you may know what
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is the hope of his calling, what are the pictures
1:24:42
of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,
1:24:44
and what is the exceeding greatness of his power
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toward those who believe, according to the working
1:24:51
of his mighty power, which he worked in Christ
1:24:54
when he raised him from the dead, and seated
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him at his right hand in heavenly places. Power
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above all his quality and power, and might and
1:25:05
dominion, and everything that is real. not only
1:25:08
in this age, but also in that time. And he put
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all things under his feet and gave him to be
1:25:15
held over all things in church. So he says, verse
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20, which he walked in Christ when he raised
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him from the dead and seated him at his right
1:25:27
hand in the heavenly places, far above all principalities
1:25:30
and powers and might and dominion. Then in Ephesians
1:25:34
chapter 2, read that the believer is seated with
1:25:36
who? So it means that this dominion that the
1:25:43
believer is seated, where Christ is seated now,
1:25:47
that is also where the believer is. In that place
1:25:51
of authority, in that place of dominion. So the
1:25:54
believer has dominion over what? Principalities
1:25:58
and powers. Might and dominion. The believer
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has authority. The believer has authority. Why?
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Because he's seated with Christ. The believer
1:26:15
is seated with Christ. So the second thing, the
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second thing under you have dominion is that
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you have dominion over sin and the flesh. Romans
1:26:33
chapter 6 verse 14. You have dominion over sin
1:26:37
and the flesh. Romans chapter 6 verse 14. Romans
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chapter 6 verse 14. Dominion over sin and the
1:26:51
flesh. Romans chapter 6 verse 14. You have dominion
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over sin and the flesh. Sin shall not have dominion
1:27:06
over you. What it means, when you look at the
1:27:19
Greek word there, the Greek word there implies
1:27:20
to exercise influence upon, to exercise influence
1:27:27
upon, to have power over. to exercise influence
1:27:34
upon, to have power over. So in essence, what
1:27:45
is Apostle Paul telling the believer? That you
1:27:48
have power. Do not allow sin to influence your
1:27:54
action. Do not allow your action to be influenced,
1:27:57
right? Do not allow sin to dominate. Your actions.
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Every action of yours. Do not let your action.
1:28:09
Do not let sin have dominion over you. Sin have
1:28:12
power over you. Why? Because you have been. You
1:28:17
don't have that niche. You don't have that influence
1:28:20
again. That influence. Now the influence that
1:28:24
you have. Is the influence of the spirit. That
1:28:26
is in you. So you must not allow your actions
1:28:33
to be influenced. That's what it means. You must
1:28:37
not allow your actions to be influenced and you
1:28:40
allow sin to reign, as he will say in the latter
1:28:43
part, to allow sin to reign in your mortal body.
1:28:46
It means the believer has the responsibility
1:28:49
by willpower to choose what to do and what not
1:28:55
to do. You have the willpower to say yes and
1:29:02
no. You have the willpower to say yes and no.
1:29:08
So he's saying now, say no to sin. Do not allow
1:29:11
sin. Do not allow your conduct, your lifestyle.
1:29:20
Do not allow sin reign. Why? Do not allow it
1:29:24
influence over your life. Because Christ has
1:29:29
redeemed you from that life. Now the life that
1:29:33
you have, what you are supposed to produce is
1:29:36
fruits of righteousness. The life that you have
1:29:41
now is fruit of righteousness that must be seen.
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Amen? So the next thing that we'll talk about,
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so this is over sin and the flesh. And the third
1:29:58
thing we'll talk about, over the wall and its
1:30:00
systems. 1 John chapter 5, verse 4 to 5. Over
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the wall and its systems. Over the wall and its
1:30:11
systems. Talking about the ideology of the world.
1:30:14
Just like it was said in Romans chapter 12. Do
1:30:17
not be conformed to this world. Don't allow the
1:30:19
world to dictate how you live. Do not allow,
1:30:23
you know, all these... This is what they are
1:30:26
saying. All these things. I don't even know them.
1:30:29
All these aquarius. What? Aquarius or what? Sanguine
1:30:33
or what? You are a child of God. Simple. You
1:30:37
are born of God. You are the Holy Spirit. You
1:30:41
are not sanguine. You are not melancholic. You
1:30:43
are not none of this. Did the scripture call
1:30:46
you that you are melancholic? Did you see it
1:30:47
in the scripture? Did you see any of the disciples
1:30:51
calling? saint of God, melancholy. Do you see
1:30:55
any of them calling? You are not. Because I am
1:30:59
melancholic, my temperament is different. You
1:31:02
have the temperament of the Holy Spirit and his
1:31:07
gentleness, his self -control, patience. So,
1:31:10
we must not allow the ideologies of the world
1:31:14
to dictate the way we live. You have power over
1:31:17
the systems of the world. The scripture. 1 John
1:31:29
chapter 5, verse 4 to 5. So we must not allow
1:31:36
the world to take the way we live. We must not
1:31:40
allow the world to influence our thinking pattern
1:31:43
because whatever thing you do, we start from
1:31:45
your thinking. The things you consume on social
1:31:48
media, the things you discuss, your conversations.
1:31:52
The things you hear. Right? That's where it starts,
1:31:57
from your mind. And then you start calling yourself
1:32:00
what you are not. He, she, they, them. God made
1:32:04
male and female. They are calling themselves
1:32:05
he, she, they, them. And then you see an unbeliever
1:32:09
that is ignorant. You start calling yourself
1:32:12
what you are not. So you don't allow the world
1:32:16
influence the way you think. You allow the word
1:32:19
of God permeate your mind so much. That all of
1:32:22
your action, your lifestyle is guided by the
1:32:25
word of God. And when you are asked, you say,
1:32:28
the life that I'm living, my standard is God's
1:32:32
word. My standard is not trend. It's not trend
1:32:37
of these days. That the trend of these days is
1:32:40
to do any kind of thing, any sort of things that
1:32:44
the world, everybody's doing. You see of when
1:32:46
doing this, you follow. You see. Other people
1:32:51
doing certain things on social media you follow.
1:32:53
You have a role model that is an unbeliever that
1:32:57
you are following. You are following their lifestyle,
1:32:59
their ideology concerning marriage. You are following
1:33:02
their ideology concerning the things of the spirit.
1:33:05
You are following their ideology concerning relationship,
1:33:07
friendship. Someone that is not born again. So,
1:33:13
our ideology, our thinking pattern. Our thought
1:33:19
process must come from God's word. When we have
1:33:22
examined God's word much more, the things that
1:33:26
we think, the things that we ponder upon, the
1:33:29
things that we meditate upon must be the things
1:33:32
that are acceptable, the things that, as Apostle
1:33:35
Paul would say, things that are pure, things
1:33:37
that are praiseworthy, that are according to
1:33:39
the will of God, not what the world has set.
1:33:42
So we are in this world, but we are not of this
1:33:45
world. We are in this world, but we are not of
1:33:51
this world. So we should not allow the world
1:33:53
influence the way we think. Rather, you are the
1:33:56
one that is supposed to influence. You are the
1:34:01
one that is supposed to influence. Amen? You
1:34:08
are the one that is supposed to influence. So
1:34:12
the world has its systems. The world has its
1:34:15
ideology. Don't allow it to rub off so much on
1:34:19
you that you forget who you are. That you begin
1:34:23
to work in identity crisis. Amen. So the next
1:34:32
thing, the last thing that we will talk about
1:34:33
is that you are a minister of God. The last thing
1:34:40
that we will talk about is that you are a minister
1:34:42
of God. No. Number, is it number five? You are
1:34:49
a minister of God. We heal the sick. We raise
1:34:57
the dead. We bless the man. That's, you are a
1:35:02
minister of God. Right? We, what's the, what
1:35:07
we used to say? I'm a priest. I'm a king. I'm
1:35:11
a prophet. With me, God will build you on some
1:35:13
source. It's not by mouth. Right? It's not by
1:35:18
mouth. Yes, you profess it. Yes, it's good to
1:35:21
profess it. But it is a responsibility. Right?
1:35:28
You are not just a son of God. You are not just
1:35:31
a child of God. But also, you are a minister
1:35:36
of God. You have been called to steward the gospel.
1:35:41
You have been called. To steward the mysteries
1:35:45
of Christ that have been revealed in the scripture.
1:35:48
Right? So in 2 Corinthians chapter 5 verse 17
1:35:52
to 20. Let's read it. 2 Corinthians chapter 5.
1:35:57
17 to 20. 2 Corinthians chapter 5 verse 17 to
1:36:04
20. 2 Corinthians 5, 17 -20 Therefore, if anyone
1:36:20
is in Christ, he is an iteration. All things
1:36:23
are pastoral. Behold, all things have become
1:36:26
real. Now all things are of God, who has reconciled
1:36:30
us to himself through Jesus Christ, and has given
1:36:33
us the ministry of reconciliation. He has given
1:36:35
us what? Are you the new creation in Christ?
1:36:41
That means you have been given the ministry of
1:36:43
reconciliation. Yes? You are what? You are what?
1:37:01
You are an ambassador. One that speaks for. Yes?
1:37:12
So this is what you are preaching. You are preaching
1:37:15
that God is not imputing any sin on anybody.
1:37:19
There is forgiveness of sins in Christ. You have
1:37:23
to believe in what Christ has done. The unbelievers,
1:37:28
they remain unsaved. Why? Because they reject
1:37:32
what Christ has done. Those that we have preached
1:37:35
to, some people who preach to them and they say
1:37:37
they don't want to believe, they remain unsaved
1:37:40
because they have rejected the gospel. They have
1:37:43
rejected what Christ has done, the provision
1:37:45
that God has made for their sin. So as ministers,
1:37:51
as children of God, we have the responsibility
1:37:55
to preach the gospel. Why? Because that is what
1:38:01
you have received as salvation. With that gift
1:38:05
of salvation comes a responsibility. And that
1:38:09
responsibility is to bring others as you have
1:38:11
been brought in by someone. It's your responsibility
1:38:14
also to go outside and bring others into the
1:38:17
family. So Ephesians chapter 2 verse 10. We are
1:38:21
not saved by good works, but we are saved unto
1:38:26
good works. Right? We are not saved by good works.
1:38:31
We are not saved by what you did. what she did
1:38:33
not do. In that verse, we are yet sinners. Christ
1:38:38
died for our sins. Christ died for the ungodly.
1:38:41
So you are not saved by good works, but you are
1:38:44
saved unto good works. That good works is ministry.
1:38:49
That good work is the preaching of the gospel.
1:38:51
That good works is the raising disciples for
1:38:54
Christ. That is the life that you have received.
1:38:58
Right? Sometimes, Some people, the pastors or
1:39:06
the leaders, they have team leaders, cell leaders,
1:39:09
who tell them, come to church, come for cell
1:39:12
meetings, come for meetings, come to the Garden
1:39:15
of Believers. But some of them, the excuse that
1:39:17
they give is a valid excuse. I have to go to
1:39:21
class. I have to go to this. I have to go and
1:39:24
do other mundane things, other natural things.
1:39:29
It's valid to them. But then what we must understand
1:39:32
is that your purpose, right, is not your career.
1:39:40
The reason why you are living, the reason why
1:39:43
you are here, your purpose is not nursing, right?
1:39:50
It's not financial accounting. It's not law.
1:39:54
It's not all this. natural things that man has,
1:40:00
is man -made, right? Those things are good. Don't
1:40:03
get me wrong. But that is not your life. That
1:40:09
is not your life. Because when you die tomorrow,
1:40:13
when you see the Lord, when you sleep, he's not
1:40:16
going to ask you, how was your business? How
1:40:18
was your career? No. The assignment that I give
1:40:22
unto you, did you do it? Did you preach the gospel?
1:40:26
How many people did you preach to? How many souls?
1:40:29
How many people did you raise? How many people
1:40:33
did you, how many disciples? That is the purpose.
1:40:38
That is your life. Any other thing that you are
1:40:40
doing, that you are not doing that one, you are
1:40:44
just living. So, all those things are good. What
1:40:50
our life is. preaching the gospel because we
1:40:55
are ministers of God. That one you have set yourself
1:40:58
up. There is nothing you can do about it. There
1:41:02
is nothing you can do about it because why? You
1:41:05
have received the ministry. We have been saying
1:41:09
it every Sunday. I received the what? What have
1:41:13
you received? We have been saying it every Sunday.
1:41:17
No? I have received Okay, I'm a prophet. I'm
1:41:25
a what? I'm a priest. I've received the message,
1:41:33
the ministry, and the office of Jesus Christ.
1:41:37
When Jesus Christ was on the earth, he was preaching,
1:41:41
healing the sick. How was his ministry? Preaching,
1:41:44
healing the sick. So that is what we have received,
1:41:49
right? That is what we have received as believers.
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Amen? So, as we go, we must have this mindset.
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We must have this understanding that we are ministers
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of God. We have been called to reach the lost.
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We have been called to preach to the lost. We
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are ambassadors. We have been called for to show
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His praises. We have been called for to show
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the praises of Him who has called us out of darkness.
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Into his marvelous light. We are children of
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God. Called to serve the will. Desire. Purpose
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of our father. We are children of God. That have
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been called to serve. The will. Desire. And purpose.
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Of our dear father. We are children of God. Called.
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To serve the will, desire, and purpose of our
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dear Father. We have been called. So you will
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see examples in scriptures, I should say it again.
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We are children of God, called to serve. Called
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to serve the will. The desire, purposes of our
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Father. We are sent, we are the sent ones to
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the lost. Hallelujah. We are the sent ones to
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the lost. We are the sent ones to the lost. We
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are the sent one to the lost. So you will see
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examples in scriptures. Just write this down.
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Example, Acts chapter 5, verse 40 to 41. Acts
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chapter 5, verse 40 to 41. You will see how the
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disciples, in the whole book of Acts, you will
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see how they rejoice. After they are being persecuted
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for the gospel, that's another thing. You know,
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we are hearing news of, you know, things that
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are happening, persecution all over the world,
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especially in Nigeria, in other places, we see
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persecution. So, we must be encouraged that you
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will be persecuted for the gospel. Right? The
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disciples were flogged. After they had been flogged
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and they told them not to preach the name of
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Jesus, they went about rejoicing and they went
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and preached about that same Jesus they told
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them not to preach about. So, we will be persecuted
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for the gospel, right? We will be persecuted
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for the truth. But then, that should not stop
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us from preaching. That should not stop us from
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preaching. The gospel. Amen? Amen. So another
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thing that we must know as sons of God and ministers
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of God is that we will face trials and temptations.
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Right? We will face trials and temptations. They
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will come. But then, in those trials and temptations,
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let me give you some scriptures. 1 Corinthians
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10 verse 13. God has made a way of escape for
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us already. He has provided a way of escape.
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1 Corinthians 10, verse 13. 1 Corinthians 10,
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verse 13. So before the temptation comes, just
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know that there is a way of escape. Right? Before
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the trials come. And temptation comes from our
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desires. Some of the things that we desire are
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not of God. So, when you desire things that are
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not of God, these are temptations that are tempting
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you to sin against God's will. But then, we understand
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that we have received self -control. One of the
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fruits of the Spirit is self -control that we
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have received. So we are able to live above our
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feelings. We are able to live above the things
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that we desire. Right? So trials will come. Temptation
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will come. But then we understand that we have
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the Holy Spirit in us that enables us to live
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the Christian life. So this life that we have
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received, we don't live it by our strength. Right?
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It is by the power of the Holy Ghost. We walk
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together with him by our will. Right? We walk
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together with him. So the first thing that we
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spoke about is what? Look at your notes. The
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first thing we spoke about. You have eternal
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life. The second thing we spoke about. Your sins
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are forgiven and you are justified. The third
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thing we spoke about. The fourth thing. The fifth
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thing. So I want to ask you now. Who are you?
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What is your identity? One by one. We start from
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the back. From the teaching. What is your identity?
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Okay. I know, I know. You have learned. That's
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good. That's good. Yes, Sister Caroline. Who
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are you? Okay. Yes. A child of God. That's your
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identity. That's your identity. Hallelujah. Amen.
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Yes. Your sins have been forgiven and you are
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justified. So what that means is that there is
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no praying again, no crying again for your sins
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to be forgiven, right? Would you cry again to
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God and say, God, please forgive me? He has forgiven
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you already. So what do you do? You thank him
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for the forgiveness of sins you have received,
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right? So you are one that have received forgiveness
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of sins. Hallelujah. Amen. Yes. You are a new
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creature. What does that mean? You are a new
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creature because God is your father. God is your
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father. You are a new creature means you are
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born of God. Right? You are born of God. It means
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you have the Spirit of God in you. That's what
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it means. Right? You have the Spirit of God in
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you because you have believed the gospel. Now
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you are born of God and you have the Spirit of
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God in you. Hallelujah. Yes. Sorry, please can
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you just repeat what I said? You are a new creation
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because of what? Because God is your Father.
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No. Yes, God is your Father. You are born of
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God, yes. His spirit is in you, right? God's
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spirit is in you. You are born of God. His spirit
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is in you. You are a new creation now because
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you are born of God and his spirit is in you.
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Yes. Yes, God is your father, but I wanted you
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to say, you know, yes, the Holy Spirit is in
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you. You are born of God. Hallelujah. Amen. Yes.
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