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5/17/26 Sunday School - Pastor Charlie Branch - Meadows Baptist Church · Meadows Baptist Church Podcast

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  All right, good morning everybody. Uh
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  good to see you in the house of the
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  Lord. We'll go ahead and get started
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  Sunday school this morning. Thank you
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  for being here and uh appreciate the
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  beautiful day the Lord's given us to be
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  in the house of God and uh he's been
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  good to us. Thank him for that. And uh
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  get my calendar pulled up here.
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  I trust you've had a good week this
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  week. And I want to start off this
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  morning with saying uh thank you to
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  everybody that came out yesterday and
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  helped us u with the uh visitation there
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  uh in town at Springfest. And we was
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  able to hand out uh pretty much every
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  invite that we had and they gave out
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  some waters and sold some snow cones
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  yesterday. So to help buy the team's uh
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  new shirts for youth camp and so um what
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  did we end up with out of that? About
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  about $300.
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  Praise the Lord for that. And pretty
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  much take care of their camp, getting
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  them some new medicine shirts for camp.
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  So, we're going to try to get that going
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  in the next few weeks. But I do
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  appreciate everybody that came out and
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  uh the young people did a fantastic job.
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  And uh and so it was a great blessing. I
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  appreciate all the effort that was put
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  into that on yesterday and appreciate
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  God blessing it and helping it. And uh
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  do remember uh coming up here um got
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  normal services today um this morning,
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  then this evening, Wednesday night
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  church, and then next Sunday will be our
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  family and friends day. So remember
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  that. Be inviting people out to family
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  and friends day. And uh um looking like
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  next Sunday we'll I'll let you know more
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  about it um uh when it gets here, which
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  actually I'm probably going to let you
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  know about it today because I'm not
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  going to be here this coming Wednesday.
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  So, um, what we're going to be doing on
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  family and friends day, this this could
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  change, but want to let you know now.
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  Um, we're planning on using the portico
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  out here in the front, um, for where all
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  the music's going to be. By grace will
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  be out here, and then we'll have
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  preaching out there. And so, what we're
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  going to do is we're going to rope off
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  this front section of the parking lot
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  over here. And uh you'll still be able
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  to come in this entrance, but from the
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  middle parking spaces down where Richard
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  um parks and then those parking spaces
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  up is going to be blocked off and all of
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  that will be seating area. And so um
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  those that park handicapped can come
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  around the building. My parking our
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  parking spaces will be open. Um all
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  these on the front will be open and then
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  we'll leave all those down on the lower
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  side open as well. But we're going to
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  have chairs out there and tents out
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  there. The reason we want to use the
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  portico is they're calling I think what
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  do we say about 75% chance of rain um
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  next Sunday and so we didn't want to
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  have it back there. We're going to try
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  to keep everything right here in this
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  general vicinity. So if it does get
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  really really bad um we can just come
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  straight from out there back in here and
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  it not be such a big ordeal. The sound
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  equipment everything be a whole lot
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  easier to deal with. And so we're going
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  to do that. We'll rope it off out here
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  in the front. We'll we'll still have the
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  the um the games and things like that
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  nature for the little kids. They'll be
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  over here and then all the food will be
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  in the alley over here. So remember that
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  on next Sunday um if you would please.
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  And so pray about that. Pray God will
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  bless it. Brother Don Anderson will be
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  here with us that day as well as by
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  grace. They'll be here singing and he'll
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  be with us here that evening and uh then
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  they'll be singing for us that afternoon
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  as well. So, um the service that day
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  will start at 4:30 in the evening. So,
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  remember that we'll have morning just
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  like normal and then the evening service
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  will be uh at 4:30. Probably not have
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  any choir singing that night just due to
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  it being outside. So, uh remember that
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  uh that evening if you would please and
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  uh get me other dates up here. Youth
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  Sunday coming up on the 31st and uh we
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  we will have choir practice if Miss
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  Melie you got the 27th available that
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  Wednesday night. Okay. We'll have choir
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  practice for the youth choir on the
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  27th, that evening, Wednesday evening.
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  Uh so remember that. And then youth
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  Sunday the 31st. And uh whatever job you
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  want for that, come see me. We'll get
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  you put in the spot for that. I'll say
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  this, don't just wait till Youth Sunday.
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  Amen. I know there ain't much of our
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  young people here today, but you don't
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  got to wait till Youth Sunday to do
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  that. They can do it anytime. I'll give
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  them a job anytime they want one.
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  Somebody say amen.
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  But the 31st, youth Sunday, June 1st,
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  ladies fellowship, and then Thursday
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  there, the 4th will be men's fellowship.
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  Bible school be coming up the 14th
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  through the 17th. And so remember that,
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  be praying about that. Praying God would
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  bless it and everything come together
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  well for that. And then homecoming and
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  Father's Day on the 21st. Be praying
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  about these days coming up if you would
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  please. And remember all of these in
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  prayer. Okay. And is anything else?
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  new cleaning schedule out in the forer
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  um for uh the rest of the month of May
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  into June. So remember that as well as
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  you leave today and uh we will be having
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  visitation pretty regular coming up and
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  I know everybody's busy and so but we'll
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  be having visitation there especially
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  into June. Definitely going to go those
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  two weeks before Bible school and going
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  to try to go one time a week maybe two
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  just uh make sure you're out inviting
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  people and inviting young people. We was
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  very did was able to do great work
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  yesterday. We probably had I think we
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  had 150 of those flyers that you made
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  and we gave out every one of those and a
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  bunch of our church tracks, Bible uh
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  school invites and uh every water bottle
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  had a door hanger church track on it
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  with a gospel on the back of it. And so
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  no telling what God will do um with what
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  was done yesterday. But I do appreciate
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  all the labor that went into that on
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  yesterday. Um prayer request this
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  morning. got several here I want to make
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  mention of. Um
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  if you would please this morning
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  remember a friend of mine um Dan Snow.
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  Him and his brother Dallas um was my
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  best friend growing up. I found out this
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  past week that his dad passed away
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  unexpectedly. I guess it was what
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  Thursday morning. Thursday morning. 62
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  years old. And uh I don't know exactly
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  what um the cause of death was, but uh
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  he died. It was very unexpected. And so,
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  um, if y'all would please pray for that
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  family today. They're going to be having
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  his funeral service. Um, the viewing's
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  at 1:00, funeral's at two. Um, back up
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  where I'm from. So, I'm going to
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  hightail it out here right after church
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  this morning. I won't let the worship
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  service crowd know that. But, y'all just
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  know that cuz I'm going to have to get
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  out and go to that this afternoon. So,
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  if y'all would please remember them in
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  prayer. Um, continue to remember Miss
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  Anne and Chubby, their family,
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  Michelle's passing. Continue to pray for
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  them. if you would please remember them
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  and uh the kids and her Miss Michelle's
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  I guess son and daughter I guess and
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  remember them in prayer as well. Pray
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  for them and I pray God would be with
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  them. Let's continue to pray uh for all
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  these others that's been uh several
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  several had procedures. Miss Janet was
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  looking another procedure coming up.
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  Several others um got things going on.
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  Miss Ola, how you feel this morning?
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  >> Good. It's good to see you.
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  >> Amen. We've been praying for you and
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  appreciate you. It's good to see you
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  this morning. And so, several other
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  requests to prayer. Let y'all update us
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  on those. Anybody got one they want to
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  update? Prayer. Crest praise. Yes,
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  ma'am.
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  >> That name again, please. M A.
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  >> All right, let's remember that request
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  this morning.
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  >> Someone else. Yes, ma'am.
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  >> Oh goodness.
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  All right, let's remember that
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  >> someone else this morning. Yes, ma'am.
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  >> When When they going to do that,
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  brother?
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  Oh,
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  >> they cutting you all to pieces, ain't
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  they? Bless your heart. Just remember
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  that in prayer. Someone else this
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  morning. Yes, sir.
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  >> Brother Donald.
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  >> All right.
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  >> Did you hear anything from Charles and
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  Alice?
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  >> They were home yesterday.
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  >> They were. Okay. All right. Let's
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  continue to pray for Sherry and her
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  family.
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  Any news? Good, bad, good, good, bad on
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  Alice and Charles.
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  >> She's got
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  >> Okay,
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  let's remember them in prayer.
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  For those of you that that weren't here
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  when I first came, um Charles and Alice,
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  um they haven't been able to be here
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  much really in probably a year, I guess.
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  They come just ever so often, but just
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  due to very bad health. But when I first
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  came down, um they they had a a little
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  trailer before me and Abby got moved
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  down here. They had a little trailer
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  down there. They would let us stay in on
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  weekends and let us stay in on Sunday
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  weekends, things of that nature. And
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  when we had meetings and stuff, we would
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  stay down here during the week. And they
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  never charged us a dime for that. Never
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  asked us for anything. They just let us
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  stay there. And it was such a great
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  blessing to us. And they've been a
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  blessing. And do pray for them. Pray
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  that God would help and touch them. Both
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  of them got health needs. They're very
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  private people. They won't tell you if
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  they wouldn't tell you if they was
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  dying, but just pray for them. Pray that
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  God would would help them and uh be with
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  them during these days. So, is there any
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  other requests of prayer this morning?
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  All right, let's pray about that. Pray
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  God will touch and help her. Amen. Go
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  ahead, sister.
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  >> Yes.
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  Oh goodness.
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  >> Yeah.
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  Yeah. Let's definitely remember that in
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  prayer.
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  that family remember that this morning.
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  Someone else. Yes.
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  must remember that
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  it's been been burdened for your family
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  here late brother Matt and Spar missing.
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  I talked to him there a few weeks ago
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  and babies scared of sickness. So let's
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  pray pray pray for them and the others
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  pray God will help them. I tell you
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  what, it don't take absolutely nothing
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  anymore for people to get scared. And uh
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  we need to pray God will keep us all
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  strong. And you say, "Is that a mark
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  against him?" No, I'll be honest with
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  you, probably this probably the
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  strongest Christian I've ever met is my
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  wife's pastor. And him and his wife when
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  CO came through, they about just shut
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  down um through CO. Most faithful, most
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  faithful man I've ever been around in my
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  life. But but that sickness really
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  really got to them. And I'll tell you
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  the reason why it did. Their choir
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  leader, young man by the name of
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  Jeremiah, he was probably I guess what
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  was he 34 32 um killed him. Co killed
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  him. And uh when that happened, they
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  just and uh I tell you it's easy once
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  you go through that. It's hard to ever
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  get out of that because I know it's not
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  it's not constantly like that. But once
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  you've been through that, it takes a
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  long time to get get back out of that.
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  And so let's pray. There's several
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  families here I think about that was
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  their reason. They had a little child
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  and then out of that fear of sickness,
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  they haven't come back. And u you know,
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  I think that's valid for some point in
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  time, but we ought not ever let
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  something keep us out forever. And uh
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  let's let's pray. Pray for them. If you
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  would please pray that God be with them
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  and help them. Amen. Someone else got a
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  prayer request this morning. Yes, ma'am.
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  Yes.
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  >> Amen. Let's remember that. And uh let's
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  remember Don and Eric this morning. If
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  you would please pray for them and pray
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  God watch over them. Um they're they're
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  traveling today. So pray for them. If
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  you would please pray God be with them
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  and protect them and uh be with them and
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  help them. Amen. Someone else got a
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  request of prayer this morning.
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  Tell me his name again. Sister
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  Hollister. Let's remember that.
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  someone else this morning before we
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  pray.
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  >> Yeah,
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  do that. Just remember that
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  funerals can be a ministry.
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  and uh seen a lot of people get saved um
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  down through the years. Not in funerals.
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  I saw I only time I ever seen that
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  happens when we had Mark Southern's
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  funeral um up there at I guess that's
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  Colonial I guess is where that was at.
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  But I've seen a lot of people get saved
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  as a result of funerals. And let's do
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  pray about that. Remember that. Let's
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  pray for the lost. Amen. I know we got
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  every one of us got somebody on our
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  heart. one I've been praying about
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  coming in this church um several months
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  ago and ain't been back since. Let's
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  pray about that and stay burdened. Stay
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  burdened about it and don't go to sleep
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  on God on that. Stay burdened by it and
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  uh pray continue to pray for those that
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  are lost without God. Pray for those
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  that are not right with God. Amen. Pray
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  God will help them and touch them. Amen.
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  Is there any other requests of prayer
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  this morning?
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  >> Amen.
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  Amen.
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  >> Someone else. Anything else before we
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  pray?
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  All right. Yes, sir.
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  >> Mac up. You said okay.
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  All right. Just remember that.
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  All right. Anything else this morning?
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  >> All right. Let's remember our
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  missionaries. Pray for them and continue
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  to pray about uh the tabernacle
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  children's home uh ministry. Pray about
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  what the Lord would have us to give
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  there. I've got a number on my heart.
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  Probably going to ask the men about it
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  tonight in prayer room and then we'll
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  present that to you this evening if the
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  men agree with us in the prayer room
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  tonight. So, um remember that. Um, and
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  if you want to give, I had some ask me
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  uh maybe if um if we do take up some
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  money to send there to let them know um
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  that they would give towards that. And
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  so we may take up a special offering
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  after the service tonight and just send
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  that down with an offering um from the
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  church uh to help with that. So if you
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  would just pray about that today
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  throughout the course of the day and
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  pray God would have his way in that. All
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  right. All right. Pray for the service
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  today. Pray for the singing and the
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  choir specials. Pray everything be said
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  and done. Glorify the Lord. Pray the
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  Lord to help me today. I need his help.
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  And I pray God to give us grace. Amen.
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  All right. If all hearts are free, let's
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  come and pray. All right. Thank you for
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  being here this morning.
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  Father, thank you for this day. Thank
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  you for your grace and your mercy, for
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  your love. Thank you for your
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  blessed mercy towards us, Lord. Your
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  presence, God, that you've given us in
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  such abundance, God. Thank you, Father,
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  for these hearts that's come out, Lord,
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  to be a part of this church service
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  today. God, I realize we're nothing
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  without thee. God, I thank you today,
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  Father, that with you, Lord, Paul said,
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  we can do all things. I can do all
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  things through Christ, which
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  strengthenth me. And God, I pray today,
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  Lord, that you would strengthen us,
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  Lord, that the love of God would be shed
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  abroad in our hearts today, God, that we
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  would enjoy fellowship, but Lord, that
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  we would worship. We would praise and
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  honor you today and glorify your name
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  because, Lord, you're worthy, Lord, of
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  everything, God, we deserve nothing, but
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  God, you have given us everything, Lord,
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  and we thank you for that today, God.
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  Thank you for these people. I pray you
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  bless each one of them or love them
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  dearly. And God, I pray that you bless
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  them for their coming to the house of
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  God today. ask you God you would help us
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  today get all glory unto yourself and
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  may all your will be done Lord and
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  everything that's said done Lord
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  everything that's sung Lord the
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  offerings that'll be taken God I pray
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  that you would get glory out of those
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  father help us to give with a willing
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  heart father and a ready mind god I ask
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  you father uh this morning Lord that you
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  would uh minister grace Lord to each
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  heart father as the word of God will be
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  shared today I pray father for those
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  lord that are sick and afflicted this
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  morning god that you be with them lord
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  any not able to be with us today cause
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  the different illnesses God and things
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  we pray you'd help them today we pray
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  for those God in our church uh Lord that
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  are sin sick father not right with you
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  God that you would help them draw them
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  back to a place of nearness God close to
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  you again that I pray father you remove
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  the blindness Lord on their eyes God for
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  those that are lost Lord that they would
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  come to a place of repentance and be
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  saved by the grace of God I pray for
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  these young people God that you would
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  put your hedge about them protect them
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  their minds their purity that I pray
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  that you would give them strength and
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  wisdom uh Lord for their days ahead God.
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  We realize Lord that they need to give
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  the best of their life Lord to you these
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  young years God that they would submit
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  all to you Lord and do everything that
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  you asked them to and be willing and
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  obedient Father for whatever God you
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  call upon them to do. God, I ask you,
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  Father, today that you continue to bless
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  and put your hand on our church. And
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  God, as we go forward, I pray, Father,
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  you'd be exalted, Lord. That you would
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  be uh worshiped in our midst today, God,
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  that you would be praised and extolled
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  for who you are and for all that you've
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  done. God, we ask you please to help us
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  today and get all glory to yourself. And
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  we pray that Jesus would be lifted up
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  today, Father, and many sinners would be
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  saved as a result of these services. And
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  we thank you so much for loving us.
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  Thank you, God, for the blood for
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  Calvary. Thank you, God, Lord, for all
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  that you've done for us. You've been so
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  good. We give you praise today, Lord. We
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  pray once again, Lord, for every
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  request, for every lost loved one, God,
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  for every procedure, God, for every
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  situation, Lord. We pray, God, that you
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  would give grace for these that are
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  berieved. L. We pray for them today,
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  God, that you would help them and be
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  with them today. Well, we love you.
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  Thank you so much for loving us. We ask
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  all this in Jesus name. Amen.
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  All right.
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  Appreciate that, sister. Amen.
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  All right. Mark's Gospel chapter number
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  nine.
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  Mark's Gospel, chapter number nine.
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  And uh Lord willing, unless he changes
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  my mind, this is where we'll be for
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  today. And so if you want to put your
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  bookmark there, we'll be there all day
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  today, Lord willing. And uh
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  I want to deal with a subject out of
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  this chapter. Something um I've preached
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  about a lot in passion. I don't know
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  I've ever preached a message on it here
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  at the church, but I want to talk to you
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  out of chapter nine here about the
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  record of the transfiguration of Christ.
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  And we'll read a few verses here and
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  then we'll talk about it a little bit
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  this morning. and uh and then we will
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  move on through the service. And I just
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  want to say I'm glad I'm saved this
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  morning.
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  >> Amen. And uh I'm not going to hell.
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  >> Amen.
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  >> Amen. And it's just good. I'm I'm on the
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  right. You know, I've heard people say
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  my whole life, you know, well, it's just
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  good to be on the right side of the
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  dirt. And uh you know, that's true. I'm
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  I'm thankful for that. But I'll tell you
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  this, uh man, I'd rather be on the wrong
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  side of the dirt saved than on the right
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  side of it lost. Amen. And uh man, I'm
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  telling you, God has been good and I
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  appreciate his blessings. I appreciate
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  each one of you. Let's look here. Mark
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  chapter number 9 verse number one. The
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  Bible says, "And he said unto them,
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  Jesus speaking, verily I say unto you,
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  that there be some of them that stand
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  here, which shall not taste of death
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  till they have seen the kingdom of God
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  come with power." And after six days
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  Jesus talkth with taketh with him Peter
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  and James and John and leadth them up
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  into an high mountain apart by
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  themselves. And he was transfigured
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  before them. And his raignment became
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  shining exceeding white as snow. So as
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  no fuller on earth can white them. There
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  appeared unto them Elias with Moses. And
• 24:38
  they were talking with Jesus. And Jesus
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  answered and said, or Peter answered and
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  said to Jesus, "Master, it is good for
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  us to be here. Let us make three
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  tabernacles, one for thee, and one for
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  Moses, and one for Elias. For he wish
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  not what to say, for they were so
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  afraid." And uh I'll just put this in
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  there. When you don't know what to say,
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  what do you do?
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  Amen. Verse seven. And there was a cloud
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  that overshadowed them. And a voice came
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  out of the clouds, saying, "This is my
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  beloved son. Hear him." And suddenly,
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  when they had looked round about, they
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  saw no man anymore, save Jesus only with
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  themselves. And as they came down from
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  the mountain, he charged them that they
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  should tell no man what things they had
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  seen, till the Son of Man were risen
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  from the dead. And they kept that saying
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  with themselves, questioning one with
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  another what the rising from the dead
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  should mean. And they asked him, saying,
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  "What say the scribes uh that Elias must
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  first come?" And he answered and told
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  them, "Alias verily cometh first, and
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  restoreth all things, and how it is
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  written of the Son of Man, that he must
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  suffer many things, and be said it not.
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  But I say unto you that Elias is indeed
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  come, and they have done unto him
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  whatsoever they listed, as it is written
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  of him." Father, I ask you for a few
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  moments that you would help us this
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  morning. Give us wisdom beyond
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  ourselves. speak to us and through us.
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  Get glory unto yourself and we'll thank
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  you for what you do. Bless these people
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  and Lord, we give you thanks for it all.
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  We ask it in Jesus name. Amen. This
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  chapter introduces us to this moment in
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  history where Jesus is transfigured.
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  Now, I like this text because there's a
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  lot of implications here. And I'm going
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  to try not to deal with much of that
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  today in Sunday school just because it's
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  really um prophetic in nature and deals
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  with, you know, a lot of preaching can
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  be done out of this text. But I want to
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  just give you face value here. It's just
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  some truths I feel like God's laid on my
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  heart in this text. Of course, Jesus
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  here is uh has brought six days. The
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  Bible says there in verse two, he's he's
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  took with him Peter, James, and John.
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  These three men are labeled as the sons
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  of thunder in scripture. And the Bible
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  says that he leads them up into a high
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  mountain apart by themselves. And then
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  it says, "And he was transfigured before
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  them." Now that word transfigured there
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  literally translates in the Greek over
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  to the word metamorphize or
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  metamorphosis is that word. And we think
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  about uh you remember in school when
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  they taught you that process uh in
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  science create or some I had creation
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  science some different things that it
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  would be in but it's a a matter of
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  science and they teach you that
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  metamorphosis is the picture of a a
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  caterpillar as it would grow up in go up
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  into a cocoon and spin itself into that
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  thing and then it would come out what
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  does it come out as a a butterfly right
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  and so that that image that
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  transfiguring here in the text is
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  basically expressing to us the same
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  image that Christ here in the text. Let
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  me let me say this, okay? And I'll I
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  will move on here with the thought. But
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  what this was to do was to exalt him him
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  before them. Now, we know basically the
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  life of Christ, you'll find there's um
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  at least three different instances where
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  God speaks from heaven. When we go back
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  to Matthew chapter number three, there
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  at the beginning when Jesus is being
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  baptized in the Jordan River by John,
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  the Bible says that the Holy Spirit uh
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  descends in in bodily form like unto a
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  dove. And then God speaks from heaven,
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  this is my beloved son in whom I am well
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  pleased. And so there is that first in
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  instance where God speaks from heaven in
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  the life of Christ. And then we look
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  over to the last instance in the in the
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  gospel of John 12 when Jesus is praying.
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  You know he he makes this famous
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  statement except the corn of wheat
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  fallen to the ground and died abideth
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  alone. And then he goes down through the
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  list uh talking about how he's going to
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  the cross. He is headed to suffer. And
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  he gets to the end of the statement that
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  he makes in John 12 and he makes this
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  statement. He says, "Father, glorify thy
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  name." And God speaks back from heaven
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  and says,"I have both glorified it and
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  will glorify it again." And so what that
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  means is is that God when he spoke that
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  last time to Christ on this earth, he
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  was saying, "All right, you I have been
• 29:02
  glorified. You have glorified your
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  father in your life." And when he says,
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  "I have will both glorifi," he said,
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  "I've both glorified it and will glorify
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  it again." And he was saying, I've
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  you've been glor you've glorified me in
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  your life, but I will be glorified as
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  well in your death. And that's why Jesus
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  prays the way that he does in John 17
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  that the father is to be exalted. And so
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  in this text though, this deals with the
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  emphasis here for his disciples. Now,
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  it's interesting to me, he has three
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  disciples here. And then you notice in
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  the text there is three men that appear.
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  There's Elias, Moses, and Jesus. And
• 29:41
  this matter of transfiguration, it was a
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  exalted position of Christ. The Bible
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  says he takes them up into a high
• 29:49
  mountain. And so he is exalted. He goes,
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  they go, he takes them to the highest
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  point that they can get to. But then he
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  goes a little bit further than that. And
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  he, the Bible says he is transfigured
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  before them. And out of him being
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  exalted in verse two, he is encompassed.
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  In verse three, the Bible says his
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  raignment became shining and see
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  exceeding white as snow. And so the
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  brightness of his glory is expressed.
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  Now I don't know that this is a full
• 30:17
  revelation to them of who Christ is in
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  his eternal state, in his exalted glory,
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  but I do know that his his appearance
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  was changed. I do know that when Christ
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  went up on this mountain, he was
• 30:30
  transfigured in the brightness of his
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  glory. I think he's definitely a looking
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  a lot closer to the son of god that he
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  looked in heaven before he came down in
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  this text because he looks different
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  than he does in the flesh. And so he's
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  encompassed by glory of course this rad
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  radiating light uh off of him. The Bible
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  says it be he became shining his
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  raignment became shining exceeding white
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  as the snow. Mark describes it here. So
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  as no fuller on earth can wipe them that
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  that fuller there is a launderer a
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  cleaner of garments. And he says there's
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  not a single one that could make a
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  garment as white as the garment that
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  Christ was wearing in this text. And so
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  he is exalted. He is encompassed in
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  light. But then there is this expression
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  here. Of course the Bible says there in
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  verse four. Look what your Bible said.
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  And there appeared unto them Elias with
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  Moses and they were talking with Jesus.
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  Now, there's a lot of different things
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  that can be said about this. All right?
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  But basically, what I want you to get
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  out of this this morning is that out of
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  their transfiguration, there comes a a
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  period of talking here. There's a
• 31:38
  dialogue that takes place between Elias
• 31:41
  and Moses. Now, there's a representation
• 31:43
  that you need to get out of this. When
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  we think of Moses, what do we think
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  about? We think about the law, don't we?
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  The first five books of the Bible, the
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  pen, the penitute. Amen. That's the the
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  law. And so then when we think about
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  Elijah, he is a prophet there, the book
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  of first kings, he comes on the scene
• 32:02
  there about chapter number 181 17 in
• 32:04
  there. And Elijah is that prophet of God
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  that appears uh to prophesy. And the
• 32:09
  Bible says that he turned the the rain
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  off from heaven for a space of three and
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  a half years. So there's an emphasis
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  here. Moses represents the law. Elijah
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  represents the prophets. And then the
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  Bible says, "And they were talking with
• 32:23
  Jesus." So we have the law here speaking
• 32:26
  to Jesus. We have the prophets here
• 32:29
  speaking with Jesus. But you say,
• 32:32
  "Preacher, what did they talk about?" I
• 32:34
  ask myself this question. But the Bible
• 32:36
  answers the question. You know, I I
• 32:38
  found this the most the most helpful
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  thing when studying the Gospels is is is
• 32:43
  looking at them cross references and
• 32:45
  going to the other text where it talks
• 32:47
  about the same thing. Listen to what
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  Luke says about this instance in Luke
• 32:51
  chapter number 9.
• 32:53
  Luke chapter 9 verse number 31. What
• 32:56
  were they talking about? The law is
• 32:58
  present. Moses is present. Elijah is
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  present. The prophets are present there.
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  The Bible says in verse number 30 of
• 33:07
  Luke chapter 9, this same account, verse
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  29, let's look there first. Luke 9:29.
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  And as he prayed, the fashion of his
• 33:15
  countenance was altered, and his
• 33:16
  reignment was wide and glistering. And
• 33:19
  behold, there talked with him two men,
• 33:21
  which were Moses and Elijah, who
• 33:23
  appeared in glory, and spake, notice
• 33:25
  this, and spake of his decease, which he
• 33:28
  should accomplish at Jerusalem. So, this
• 33:32
  conversation is obviously not veiled.
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  I'll say these these individuals are not
• 33:37
  veiled because Peter and John uh let me
• 33:40
  put it this way. I don't know that Peter
• 33:42
  and John and James knew who Moses and
• 33:45
  Elijah was when they were up there on
• 33:47
  the mountain. But I do know this, they
• 33:49
  knew when they recorded this text. And
• 33:51
  so whether or not Jesus told them, we
• 33:53
  don't know. But I, you know, I I
• 33:55
  personally believe that they knew who
• 33:57
  they were. I think that the radiance
• 33:59
  that shined about them, it was pretty
• 34:00
  well evident. Maybe something about
• 34:03
  their appearance signified that one was
• 34:05
  Moses and one was Elijah. But I'll say
• 34:08
  what interests me about this is that
• 34:10
  they're all talking about his death. And
• 34:12
  there's an emphasis here, this
• 34:14
  expression that I mentioned. I want you
• 34:16
  to get this. All right. The law and the
• 34:18
  prophets are talking with Jesus about
• 34:21
  his death. Now, what do we think about
• 34:23
  when we think about Christ's death? We
• 34:26
  think first of all that the law is what
• 34:28
  required death to come into the world
• 34:30
  because the Bible says without the
• 34:32
  shedding of blood, there is what? No
• 34:34
  remission of sin. So the requirement for
• 34:36
  death came by the law. So Moses being
• 34:40
  present here reveals the need for the
• 34:42
  sacrifice of Christ. But then you think
• 34:45
  about Elijah being present here.
• 34:47
  Elijah's talking with Jesus and Moses is
• 34:50
  talking with Jesus. And so they are both
• 34:53
  conversating. The law revealed the need
• 34:55
  for Christ's death, but the prophets
• 34:57
  revealed the person and the time of
• 35:00
  Christ's death. They revealed that his
• 35:02
  death would indeed take place. They
• 35:05
  revealed that it would be the Messiah,
• 35:07
  the one that would come, that he would
• 35:09
  suffer and he would die. Isaiah 53
• 35:11
  describes to us that that suffering.
• 35:14
  Elijah himself believed and prophesied
• 35:16
  of this very event. Malachi speaks of
• 35:19
  this instance, and we'll deal with that
• 35:21
  in a in just a minute out of this text.
• 35:23
  But the law and prophets are
• 35:25
  conversating with Christ about his
• 35:27
  death. So, a lot of conjecture we could
• 35:30
  we could make about this. Okay? you
• 35:32
  know, um, you know, in my mind, I think,
• 35:34
  well, Christ comes to the earth, you
• 35:37
  know, some, well, some 2,000 years after
• 35:41
  Moses was here, and then Elijah comes on
• 35:44
  the scene, probably a thousand or so
• 35:46
  years after Moses. And then it's
• 35:48
  another, you know, 7 6 7 800 until
• 35:51
  Christ comes. You know, maybe they had
• 35:53
  some type of fellowship, you know, down
• 35:55
  there in the heart of the earth where
• 35:56
  they were at before. You know, the Bible
• 35:58
  says that they were in the heart of the
• 36:00
  earth. It's called what? paradise,
• 36:02
  right? Those saints of old David, you
• 36:05
  know, Adam is there and and Noah is
• 36:07
  there and Abel is there. They're in
• 36:09
  paradise with God. And so maybe they've
• 36:12
  had some conjecture before up to this
• 36:14
  point. I'm I'm not I'm just food for
• 36:16
  thought, okay? It's what it is. All
• 36:18
  right? Take it or leave it. It ain't
• 36:19
  worth anything. But it's we're just
• 36:20
  talking about it. Okay? But maybe
• 36:23
  they've had some conjecture up to it
• 36:25
  about this point. But in this text, they
• 36:27
  come back talking about this instance
• 36:30
  again. Now what is Jesus purpose? What
• 36:32
  if what do we always say Christ primary
• 36:35
  purpose was being on this earth was to
• 36:38
  die. And so when they came to this earth
• 36:41
  the conversation was not about his
• 36:43
  ministry. It was not about his miracles
• 36:47
  but the conversation was about his
• 36:48
  substitutionary sacrifice for the sin of
• 36:52
  mankind. And the law and the prophets
• 36:54
  throughout the Old Testament indicate
• 36:57
  this matter. But then you've got verse
• 36:59
  number five. And I, you know, I can con
• 37:02
  kindly compare myself to it in this
• 37:05
  instance because we really don't know
• 37:06
  what they were talking about other than
• 37:08
  his death. We know they were speaking of
• 37:11
  his death that he should accomplish. But
• 37:12
  notice verse 5. The Bible says, "And
• 37:14
  Peter answered and said to Jesus,
• 37:16
  "Master, it's good for us to be here."
• 37:19
  Now,
• 37:20
  this is I mean that's that's a true
• 37:22
  statement. Wouldn't you agree? These
• 37:24
  three men there are standing there
• 37:26
  seeing the son of God exalted. They are
• 37:29
  they are seeing him encompassed by
• 37:31
  glory. The expression is seen. The law
• 37:34
  and the prophets there are witnessing
• 37:35
  under the gospel. Jesus the person of
• 37:38
  the gospel himself the person of the
• 37:41
  faith that should come. And Peter says
• 37:43
  it's good for us to be here. The
• 37:45
  expression they have they are taken in
• 37:47
  but they do not understand all that is
• 37:49
  taking place in this text. And so out of
• 37:53
  this conversation that Jesus and Moses
• 37:57
  and Elijah are having, Peter and these
• 37:59
  other men are standing looking on. And
• 38:01
  this is what he says. It's good for us
• 38:03
  to be here. Let us make three
• 38:05
  tabernacles. One for thee and one for
• 38:07
  Moses and one for Elijah. Now when you
• 38:10
  think about a tabernacle, what do you
• 38:12
  think about? We my mind always goes back
• 38:14
  to the tabernacle in the wilderness. All
• 38:16
  right? And we and we think about the
• 38:19
  emphasis that God placed on that thing.
• 38:21
  The honor that was there, Moses, the way
• 38:24
  in which it was supposed to be carried,
• 38:26
  the way it was adorned, all the honor
• 38:28
  that encompassed, what that tabernacle
• 38:30
  represented was because of what was holy
• 38:32
  on the inside of that.
• 38:34
  >> And that tabernacle was a house. It
• 38:36
  literally means a a building, a house to
• 38:39
  dwell in. And when Peter says, "Let us
• 38:41
  make three tabernacles," he's saying,
• 38:43
  "All right, we need to honor the
• 38:46
  holiness of these three men with a
• 38:48
  house." That's basically what he's
• 38:50
  saying. We need to honor these three
• 38:53
  men. We've got the law, we've got the
• 38:55
  prophets, and we've got Jesus Christ,
• 38:57
  the Messiah. And we need to make a house
• 38:59
  for all three to honor their holiness.
• 39:03
  Now, in a sense, we would say that's
• 39:05
  commendable. But you understand when we
• 39:08
  look at this text, we realize who is
• 39:11
  primary here. Verse six, the Bible says,
• 39:14
  "For he whis not what to say, for they
• 39:17
  were so afraid." Now, I'll say this. He
• 39:20
  he was he was pretty, you know, he was
• 39:23
  pretty straight. He was pretty right
• 39:25
  about what he said, but his eyes were in
• 39:28
  the wrong place. Felt like it was
• 39:30
  probably the best thing he could have
• 39:31
  said at the time, the best thing he
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  could have done was say nothing at all
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  and listen. But the Bible says after he
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  has spoken this word concerning this
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  tabernacle, the Bible says in verse 7,
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  there was a cloud that overshadowed them
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  and a voice came out of the cloud
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  saying, "This is my beloved son. Hear
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  him." And so I personally believe here
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  in the text again there is another
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  instance of God revealing the Trinity.
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  Again, you say, "What is that?" Well,
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  notice the verse verse 7. is a cloud
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  often representing the presence of the
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  Holy Spirit. When you look back in the
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  Old Testament in Solomon's temple, the
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  Bible says the cloud descended. When he
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  had offered his prayer, that cloud
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  descended. The glory of the Lord filled
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  the house of the temple of the Lord. The
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  Bible says, "And so the cloud
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  representing the presence of the spirit
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  of God and a voice came out of the cloud
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  saying, "This is my beloved son." So
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  there is the cloud representing here the
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  spirit of God, the voice representing
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  the father. In verse number eight, the
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  Bible says, "And suddenly when they had
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  looked round about, they saw no man
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  anymore
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  save Jesus only with themselves." And so
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  God pinpoints the message of the gospel
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  in this text. You say, "What is that?"
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  Well, let me give you this. All right?
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  What did Paul when he talked to the
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  church at Galatia? When he wrote the
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  epistle to the Galatians, he he he he
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  said, "Oh foolish Galatians, who hath
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  bewitched you?" I mean, and he and he's
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  telling them they're trying to accompany
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  the works of Judaism
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  with the grace of the gospel. And
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  they're trying to blend the two. And
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  what are the works of Judaism founded
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  upon? It's found upon two things.
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  Founded upon the law and the prophets.
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  Well, in this text, God has taken the
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  fathers of what would be Christianity.
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  God, Jesus looked at Peter and he said,
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  "Upon this rock, I'll build my church."
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  Of course, he was talking about himself,
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  but we know that Peter was the little
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  stone. Amen.
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  >> His name went from Simon to Peter, that
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  little stone. And God would use him to
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  begin the ministry of the church. And
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  when we think about Peter, James and
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  John, the three most influential figures
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  in the early church apart from the
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  apostle Paul. And so when he says in
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  verse number eight, then when when Mark
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  records, suddenly when they had looked
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  round about, they saw no man anymore.
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  This is what God was saying. God was
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  saying to them, "All right, there is a
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  the the the law and Moses, they they
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  converse with Christ, but the but at the
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  end of the day, they have a
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  relationship, but Christ is preeminent."
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  >> And what this comes back to in the text
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  is this. Peter says, "Let's make a
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  tabernacle. We're going to honor the
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  holiness of these men with a house." God
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  says, "All right, y'all need to get out
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  of the way.
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  Jesus is there. You honor his holiness
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  >> and you're going to be the house.
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  >> You say, "How is that?" Well, you
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  remember what Paul said? He said, "What?
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  Know you not that you are the temple of
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  God,
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  >> right?
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  >> The Holy Ghost lives on the inside." And
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  so, this is the introduction. I Now, I
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  know the church is not mentioned. It was
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  a mystery that's revealed to Paul, but
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  the foundational truth of who Christ is
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  to the believer is founded in this text.
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  The Bible says when they looked round
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  about, they saw no man anymore save
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  Jesus only with themselves. Now, it must
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  have been a wonder to behold Moses and
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  Elijah. But the truth is the greatest
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  wonder was the one who had been with
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  them all the time. You say, "How is
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  that?" Well, Peter went on later to
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  record in his epistle, he said this. He
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  talked about this very instance and he
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  said we have a more sure word of
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  prophecy
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  that you do well that you take heed.
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  Let's let's turn there and look at that.
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  All right.
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  Turn with me to the book of second
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  Peter.
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  Second Peter chapter 1.
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  Listen to what Peter had to say about
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  this event. Arguably the greatest, one
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  of the greatest events in history.
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  Peter, James, and John beheld
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  themselves. And listen to what he says
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  in verse number 16, 2 Peter 1. He says,
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  "For we have not followed cunningly
• 43:59
  devised fables when we made known unto
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  you the power and coming of our Lord
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  Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of
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  his majesty. For we received from God
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  the Father honor and glory." Isn't that
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  interesting? Honor and glory. What was
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  Peter saying? Let's build a house. Let's
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  honor you for your holiness. But notice
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  the text. He received from God the
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  Father honor and glory. When there came
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  such a voice to him from the excellent
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  glory, this is my beloved son in whom I
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  am well pleased. And this voice which
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  came from heaven, we heard when we were
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  with him in the holy mount. Verse 19, we
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  have also a more sure word of prophecy,
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  where unto you do well that you take
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  heed as unto a light that shineth in a
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  dark place until the day dawn and the
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  day star arise in your hearts. Knowing
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  this first, you say, preacher, what is
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  the more sure word of prophecy? Notice
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  verse 20. Knowing this first, that no
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  prophecy of scripture is of any private
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  interpretation. Verse 21. For the
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  prophecy came not in old time by the
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  will of man, but holy men of God spake
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  as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.
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  You say, "Preacher, how does that
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  correlate with what we've just read?"
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  Well, remember who we were talking
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  about? The law and the prophets. When
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  you sum up the Old Testament, what do
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  you have? I know we have history books.
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  I know we have Ruth. I know we have
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  Esther. I know we have those other
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  books. But when you sum up the Old
• 45:23
  Testament, what do you have? You have
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  the law and the prophets. And so when
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  you put Jesus in the mix, what do you
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  have? You have the complete word. Jesus
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  is introduced. Matthew chapter 1. The
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  law said that he needed to come. The
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  prophecy said that he would come and the
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  gospels said that he did come.
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  Acts said that he came and he left his
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  spirit. The epistles say that he's
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  living in his church. Revelation says
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  he's coming again. All right.
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  >> The message of the of the Bible is this.
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  That that the law and the prophets and
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  then when Christ came, all of that came
• 45:59
  together for what Peter called a more
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  sure word of prophecy.
• 46:05
  It's a finalized work. Paul described it
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  this way in the book of Corinthians. He
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  said, he said, "When that which is
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  perfect is come, then that which is in
• 46:14
  part shall be done away." What was he
• 46:17
  talking about? He was talking about the
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  sign gifts. He was talking about the
• 46:20
  miracles, the speaking in tongues and
• 46:23
  the gifts of healing and the gifts of
• 46:24
  diverse tongues and and there were other
• 46:26
  gifts that were mentioned in that. But
• 46:29
  he said when that which is perfect is
• 46:31
  come that then that which is in part
• 46:32
  shall be done away. And he was saying
• 46:34
  when God's word came when we got the
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  full inspired word of God preserved for
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  us, he said all the rest of that would
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  be done away. And so we have the full
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  history. We have the full revelation of
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  all that God is. The law, the prophets,
• 46:52
  the gospel in the person of Jesus
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  Christ. And listen to what Jesus says in
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  Mark 9. He says in verse number nine,
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  "As they came down from the mountain, he
• 47:02
  charged them that they should tell no
• 47:03
  man what things they had seen till the
• 47:05
  son of man were risen from the dead."
• 47:08
  Verse 10. And they kept that saying with
• 47:10
  themselves, questioning one another one
• 47:12
  with another what the rising from the
• 47:14
  dead should mean. And you say,
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  "Preacher, what what was it that brought
• 47:17
  about the change in Peter? What how did
• 47:20
  he go from wanting to build a tabernacle
• 47:21
  in this text to in his epistle saying
• 47:25
  that Bible's all I need?"
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  >> Right?
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  >> This is what made the difference. It was
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  who came and took up residence on the
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  inside.
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  >> Remember what Jesus told him? He said,
• 47:35
  "Simon, Simon," he said, "Bold, Satan
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  hath desired to have thee, that he may
• 47:39
  sift thee as wheat." He said, "But I've
• 47:41
  prayed for thee that thy faith fail
• 47:42
  not." Remember what he said after that?
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  and when thou art converted. Well, he
• 47:46
  wasn't talking about salvation, but he
• 47:48
  was talking about that spirit of God
• 47:49
  taking up residence in his life because
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  Peter was saved when he came to Christ.
• 47:54
  All right? But they didn't get the
• 47:55
  indwelling spirit of God until Jesus
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  breathed on them. And he said, when they
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  are converted, what he say? Strengthen
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  the brethren. So that strengthening came
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  because Peter had saw all this before.
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  But you know what? Now, he had the
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  witness on the inside to hook up with
• 48:12
  what he had saw before.
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  >> Right?
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  >> There's a lot of preaching that, but I'm
• 48:16
  not going to do it. Amen. And so, this
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  strengthening came. Peter is still
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  questioning. Verse 10 in this text,
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  they're questioning one with another
• 48:25
  what the rising of the dead from the
• 48:26
  dead should mean. Verse 11, they ask
• 48:29
  Jesus, "What say the scribes that Elias
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  must must first come?" And all of this
• 48:34
  comes back into this question. What he
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  what he says in verse number 12, it
• 48:38
  comes back into this answer that he
• 48:40
  gives. Listen to what he says. Elias
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  verily cometh first and restore all
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  things and how it is written of the son
• 48:46
  of man that he must suffer many things
• 48:49
  and be set at not. Now, this represents
• 48:53
  the suffering of Christ, this death that
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  Elijah and Moses were talking about with
• 48:58
  Jesus. And the disciples say, "Well,
• 49:02
  well, the Bible says Elijah has to come
• 49:04
  first before the Messiah comes back."
• 49:06
  Well, where where was Eli? Where was
• 49:08
  Elijah? This is what Jesus says. And it
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  he says it's right. Elias must verly
• 49:14
  cometh first. He truly cometh first. And
• 49:17
  so he's not he's not denoting their
• 49:20
  question. He giving them a part of
• 49:22
  revelation. And then in verse 13, he
• 49:24
  gives them the whole revelation. Look
• 49:25
  what he says. But I say unto you that
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  Elias is indeed come and they have done
• 49:30
  unto him whatsoever they listed as it is
• 49:32
  written of him. So the collision in
• 49:34
  their mind is they've seen Elijah,
• 49:36
  they've seen Moses, but they're reading
• 49:38
  these prophecies in their mind. What
• 49:40
  Malachi said, Malachi chapter 4, that
• 49:42
  Elijah must come first. They're saying,
• 49:45
  "Well, why is Elijah not revealed
• 49:46
  himself to the world? Why is Elijah not
• 49:49
  being the man that why has he not
• 49:51
  appeared? If you're the Messiah, isn't
• 49:53
  that a prophecy that must be fulfilled
• 49:56
  before you can reign? And Jesus says,
• 49:58
  you're right about that. But then he
• 50:00
  says in verse 13, Elias is indeed come.
• 50:03
  You say, "Preacher, Elijah didn't come
• 50:05
  back to the earth before Jesus." Well,
• 50:08
  here's the thing about that. When you
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  look at that text, you remember there
• 50:12
  was there were some men, and I'm I'm
• 50:13
  trying not to get too out there with
• 50:15
  this, all right? But I want you to
• 50:17
  understand what I'm saying. There were
• 50:18
  some men that came to Jesus and Peter
• 50:21
  and the Lord asked Peter, he said, 'Whom
• 50:23
  do men say that I am?' You remember him
• 50:24
  saying that? Whom do men say that I am?
• 50:26
  He said, ' Some say Elias, some say
• 50:28
  Jeremiah, some say you're that prophet.
• 50:30
  You know, then Peter says, "Thou art
• 50:31
  Christ, the son of the living God." And
• 50:34
  so there were some that thought that
• 50:35
  Jesus could have been the prophet, could
• 50:38
  have been Elijah, could have been a
• 50:40
  prophet given from the Old Testament to
• 50:43
  appear. But they've come back to this
• 50:45
  prophecy and Jesus is revealing to him
• 50:48
  them here in this text that John the
• 50:50
  Baptist is the prophet that should come.
• 50:53
  Elias is indeed come. You say, "How do
• 50:57
  you know it's how do you know it's John
• 50:59
  the Baptist?" Well, it's known by that
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  phrase in the last part of verse 13.
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  Notice that. And they have done unto him
• 51:06
  whatsoever they listed.
• 51:09
  Speaks of the destruction.
• 51:11
  You remember what they they called John?
• 51:12
  He was the voice of one crying in the
• 51:15
  wilderness. Ain't that right? And what
• 51:17
  did they do to him? They cut him off.
• 51:20
  Herod, they cut his head off. I heard a
• 51:24
  man preach a message one time about the
• 51:26
  voice. When when the voice gets too
• 51:28
  loud, so you got to cut it off. He
• 51:29
  preached a message titled on killing the
• 51:32
  voice. And it comes back to this text.
• 51:35
  Jesus says how he says, "How it is
• 51:37
  written that the son of man, he must
• 51:38
  suffer many things and be said it." and
• 51:40
  all. What he's saying is his death's
• 51:42
  going to come. He said Elijah's done
• 51:43
  come and died. John the Baptist is dead.
• 51:47
  He's been said it not. He's dead. He's
• 51:49
  gone. Jesus says, "Now it's my time."
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  >> Right?
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  >> So, he ties all of that together in this
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  text. All right? And we're going to look
• 51:57
  from verse number 14 down several more
• 51:59
  verses in the preaching hour today. I'll
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  say this. All right. The transfiguration
• 52:03
  marks a transitional point in the
• 52:06
  ministry of Christ because from this
• 52:08
  point on, Jesus is going to draw his
• 52:10
  disciples unto himself. And I'm going to
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  emphasize this a little bit here now,
• 52:14
  just to give you a little nugget. I want
• 52:16
  you to be able to get something extra
• 52:18
  from Sunday school. But you know what?
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  There was there was 12 disciples,
• 52:21
  weren't there? Why did he only take
• 52:23
  three? You know, I've thought about that
• 52:26
  a lot. Jesus, you know, James, Peter,
• 52:28
  James, and John, they were the closest
• 52:29
  to the Lord. I believe that. You think
• 52:32
  about the miracle that they got to see
• 52:33
  in this text and I'll probably preach it
• 52:35
  again this morning but but I was
• 52:37
  thinking about this in this text. You
• 52:39
  see there's another miracle that takes
• 52:40
  place in this chapter in the next part.
• 52:43
  Jesus comes back to find the other nine
• 52:46
  weak in faith.
• 52:47
  >> Not going to preach my message. All
• 52:48
  right. I'm just going to give you this.
• 52:50
  Okay. He comes back to find the other
• 52:52
  nine weak in faith. There's a boy
• 52:53
  possessed by a demon. They can't deal
• 52:55
  with it. They don't know how to handle
• 52:57
  it. Jesus has had Peter, James, and John
• 53:00
  off in his presence, but you know what?
• 53:02
  He He had that miracle for Peter, James,
• 53:04
  and John, but you know what? He also had
• 53:06
  a miracle for the nine that were left
• 53:07
  behind.
• 53:08
  >> Right?
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  >> And I'll say this, you may not be
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  everything you should be, but Jesus has
• 53:12
  got a miracle for you,
• 53:14
  >> right?
• 53:14
  >> Amen. And I'm going to preach on that
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  this morning out of this text. So, let's
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  pray and ask the Lord to help us this
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  morning. Thank you for being attended.
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  Father, thank you for this time this
• 53:24
  morning. Thank you for the truth. Lord,
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  I want to be like Peter, James, and
• 53:28
  John. I want to be with you. I want to
• 53:29
  be near you. But Lord, at best, God, I'm
• 53:31
  going to stumble over what I say, Lord.
• 53:33
  I'm going to say things, Father, that
• 53:35
  sound foolish, Lord, because I know in
• 53:37
  my flesh there dwelleth no good thing.
• 53:39
  And so, God, would you set a watch about
• 53:41
  our lips and God, keep us holy and pure.
• 53:44
  I pray for our church today. I pray that
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  you would bless the worship, bless the
• 53:48
  singing, the music, touch the musician's
• 53:51
  hands, and uh Lord, for those that'll
• 53:53
  sing specials, bless the offering today.
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  Uh we pray you'd help us in the
• 53:56
  preaching. Save the sinner nearest hell
• 53:58
  and get all glory to yourself more than
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  anything else. We'll love you and thank
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  you for what you do because we ask it in
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  Jesus name. Amen.
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  >> Thank you for joining our service today.
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  the next time you are able at Meadows
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  Baptist Church. Our physical address is
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  Carolina. Our service times are Sunday
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