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Authentic Imitationology #99 [Morning Devo] · The BLAZE (Bible Study)

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  Speaker 1: God, Bless you, family, God bless you. Welcome back to
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  Speaker 1: the Morning Devout. It's morning, early in the morning, and
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  Speaker 1: we're here again. But it's Friday, so we shift gears
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  Speaker 1: on the Morning Devout and we get into Authentic Imityology.
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  Speaker 1: This is absolutely incredible to me that this is episode
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  Speaker 1: number ninety nine no more, and that means one hundred episodes,
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  Speaker 1: Lord Willing. If we get to one hundred episodes on
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  Speaker 1: Authentic Imitationology, to me, that's a tremendous milestone. Thank you
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  Speaker 1: so much for those who support and listen and watch.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you so much for those who pray for the ministry.
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  Speaker 1: Pray for me and my family to keep on going
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  Speaker 1: and moving in this Soul Winner's Inc. Ministry Celebrated Network.
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  Speaker 1: And thank you Lord God, first and foremost, thank you,
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  Speaker 1: Lord Jesus for your word over this ministry. If we
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  Speaker 1: get to one hundred, let's celebrate, Amen. I'll celebrate the
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  Speaker 1: victory of God's word, of God's faithfulness, of God's glory,
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  Speaker 1: of God's power, of God's ultimate authority, of God's kindness,
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  Speaker 1: of God's grace, so God's mercy, God's forgiveness, of God's salvation. Amen,
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  Speaker 1: all of it. But the question I have today for
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  Speaker 1: all my brothers and sisters in Christ especially that have
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  Speaker 1: this to say, that to say about what just happened.
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  Speaker 1: I just want to ask you if you ever thought
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  Speaker 1: who would Jesus vote for? Who would have Jesus voted for?
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  Speaker 1: You know, we gotta be careful as believers. May I
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  Speaker 1: remind you one more time this is just for believers.
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  Speaker 1: Those who are not believers, they may keep watching, keep listening,
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  Speaker 1: but let me just talk to my brother's sisters in Christ.
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  Speaker 1: Realize that the kingdom, this political system, the system of
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  Speaker 1: this world. We're not of this world. We're in this world.
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  Speaker 1: So I know people are saying this is God's perfect will,
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  Speaker 1: this is God's man, this is God's this, God's that,
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  Speaker 1: and the hurling scriptures around, and we're forgetting the simple
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  Speaker 1: fact to me is simple that this is the kingdom
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  Speaker 1: of this world. It's not the Kingdom of God. I'm
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  Speaker 1: just saying, who would Jesus vote for? Today? On authentic
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  Speaker 1: Immutationality the morning Devo. If you have any questions, comments, concerns,
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  Speaker 1: prayer requests, please don't hesitate to leave him on a
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  Speaker 1: life chat. Good morning Sister Joyce, Good morning God, bless you,
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  Speaker 1: good morning, Welcome back to the Morning Devo. This will
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  Speaker 1: probably be one of the very few times I'm gonna
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  Speaker 1: lift the name of Jesus and put him in a
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  Speaker 1: situation where I know he's highly lifted up and way
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  Speaker 1: above the situation that we're facing politically in our nation.
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  Speaker 1: But he prompted me, and I asked him the question
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  Speaker 1: Amen in my spirit, and I didn't see any pushback
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  Speaker 1: in since any pushback on it. So I said, Okay,
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  Speaker 1: let's go for it. Who would Jesus vote for? Amen?
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  Speaker 1: On today's authentic Immutationology, We're gonna be in John chapter eighteen,
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  Speaker 1: verse number thirty six. We're gonna let the Lord speak
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  Speaker 1: a man of quote straight from his mouth. Thank you,
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  Speaker 1: Lord Jesus, you are so holy and highly lifted up
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  Speaker 1: John chapter eighteen, verse number thirty six today on the
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  Speaker 1: Morning Devo. So let's go for it. Let's pray first.
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  Speaker 1: After we pray, we'll share this out for like sixty seconds.
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  Speaker 1: Why not, right, help me share this out toward as
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  Speaker 1: many people as possible. Let me check the audio. Hopefully
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  Speaker 1: the audio sounds okay, yeah, seems like it. I mean, man,
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  Speaker 1: if you have any issues with the audio, on your end,
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  Speaker 1: just please put in the live chat let me know
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  Speaker 1: streaming live. I sent this out to over twelve hundred
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  Speaker 1: people to see. I'm gonna be more engaging because during
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  Speaker 1: the political rush and the running of the race of
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  Speaker 1: senator in my state, we've been very busy with the
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  Speaker 1: Libre organization, my wife and Ni Lopez and the Street
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  Speaker 1: strategic director Jenny Dallas. I'm shout out to both of y'all.
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  Speaker 1: Congratulations on the victories that you guys are part of. Amen.
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  Speaker 1: You a powerful woman of God, but part of Amen.
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  Speaker 1: So but now I have more time back in the studio,
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  Speaker 1: so I'm gonna be more engaging. The Adult Bible Study
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  Speaker 1: for those who were in the first round that I
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  Speaker 1: did it, we're hopefully good to return with that as
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  Speaker 1: well in about two weeks. And that's for eighteen and over,
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  Speaker 1: mature audiences only mature people only, but of course we're
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  Speaker 1: gonna get some people sneaking in that are teenagers below
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  Speaker 1: the age of eighteen, and nothing that I could do
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  Speaker 1: about it, but just a disclaimer, it's an adult Bible study.
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  Speaker 1: Adult content. The Word of God, of course is the highlight.
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  Speaker 1: But we're gonna be speaking on things that normally I
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  Speaker 1: will not I refuse to speak on a general public
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  Speaker 1: like this, Amen, just for reasons that it might be
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  Speaker 1: for me age inappropriate. Amen. So we're gonna be doing that.
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  Speaker 1: Good morning, sister Joanne, Good morning, God bless you. Welcome
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  Speaker 1: back to the morning. Diva, my sister, my friend. So
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  Speaker 1: let's go for it. Let's pray. We have a lot
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  Speaker 1: to pray for. Amen, this nation. Man, I hope through
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  Speaker 1: this it brings repentance to the nation. To that way,
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  Speaker 1: we could put in play on that scripture that we
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  Speaker 1: quote so often that if God heals that we humble
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  Speaker 1: ourselves and then we pray, and then God will hear
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  Speaker 1: our prayers I'm paraphrasing, and then he will hear on land.
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  Speaker 1: I think that will only happen if for a repentant nation. Amen.
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  Speaker 1: I know it definitely happens in the heart of every
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  Speaker 1: single person who repents. But how about the beauty of
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  Speaker 1: a nation repenting for what they did and then we'll
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  Speaker 1: find ourselves in a place of glory. That's why it's
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  Speaker 1: hard for me to try to mix the two, the
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  Speaker 1: kingdom of this world the Kingdom of God and try
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  Speaker 1: to say, well, let's blend it together. I don't think
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  Speaker 1: that's gonna ever happen, because God tells us that we're
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  Speaker 1: pilgrims here, that we're in this world, but we're not
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  Speaker 1: of this world, but we are the light and salt
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  Speaker 1: of the earth. The Bible does say the Lord told
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  Speaker 1: us that we're the light and salt of the earth.
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  Speaker 1: So let's be who God calls us to be on
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  Speaker 1: this planet Earth, so that we could that way they
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  Speaker 1: could see the Father that we're glorifying. Amen. The glory
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  Speaker 1: carriers are us, and they need to see another way.
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  Speaker 1: Another kingdom, right, another system, a system that really works,
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  Speaker 1: a system that really brings love, forgiveness and salvation of
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  Speaker 1: kingdom of victory, a kingdom of unity. Unity. You know,
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  Speaker 1: I've been talking about that for eons, for years, since
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  Speaker 1: I got saved, unified unity. Let's do it. So, Father,
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  Speaker 1: I thank you for your word today that we're going
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  Speaker 1: to get into your quote spoken right out of the
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  Speaker 1: mouth of the Lord of Lords. Thank you, Lord God,
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  Speaker 1: that you are with us, in us, working through us.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you, Lord God, that you are sovereign in control
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  Speaker 1: of all things that happen in this whole universe, this
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  Speaker 1: whole world. We might not understand everything that happens. But
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  Speaker 1: we do understand this that you are in control and
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  Speaker 1: that you are with us. You will never put us
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  Speaker 1: a shame. That you have created us for a purpose
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  Speaker 1: and a plan and a reason for such a time
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  Speaker 1: as this, And we thank you, Lord God. I thank you.
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  Speaker 1: I pray lod got a hedge of protection over every
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  Speaker 1: single person that has voted, that has spoken publicly of
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  Speaker 1: who they voted for and what political party they're in.
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  Speaker 1: I pray a hedge of protection for both sides, that
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  Speaker 1: there will be no weapon formed against the body of Christ,
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  Speaker 1: the kingdom minded people that shall prosper. And we would
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  Speaker 1: come together and remember whose kingdom we're in, and remember
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  Speaker 1: that we are not against each other. We are for
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  Speaker 1: one another. We should pray for one another. We should
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  Speaker 1: unite with one another. We should bring victory and bring
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  Speaker 1: honor to the Lord of lords and the King of
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  Speaker 1: Kings of Lord Jesus. So I speak life. I pray
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  Speaker 1: peace be still over all those people who are going
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  Speaker 1: through anxiety right now, who are following the methods of
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  Speaker 1: fearmongerers and all this other stuff that's going on. I
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  Speaker 1: pray Lo God peace in Jesus name, step forth arq
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  Speaker 1: ween angels, worrying angels and angels that will really minister
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  Speaker 1: to the people of God and the people who need
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  Speaker 1: help right now, in Jesus Name, by the power of
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  Speaker 1: the Lord's Jesus Name, I've dispatch those angels right now,
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  Speaker 1: and I pray victory over your mind, soul, and body.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you, Lord God for health to our body, strength
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  Speaker 1: to our bones, and a clear mindset. I pray this
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  Speaker 1: by faith, knowing that you hear these prayers and you
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  Speaker 1: answer them according to every single individual's needs and you respond.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you, Lord God for your love and Jesus Name.
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  Speaker 1: I pray is by faith, and those who agree we
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  Speaker 1: say amen and Amen, let's go for it. Help me
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  Speaker 1: out sixty seconds, help me share this out. When we
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  Speaker 1: come back on the other side of those sixty seconds,
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  Speaker 1: we'll get it right into a direct quote from our
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  Speaker 1: King Jesus John Chapter eighteen, verse number thirty six, I'll
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  Speaker 1: be right back, pray Scott. Let's go for it. Amen.
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  Speaker 1: I didn't realize the time I did a long introduction
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  Speaker 1: on this Morning Devo. I'm just excited that's this episode
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  Speaker 1: number ninety nine, Amen, that we're together ninety nine times
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  Speaker 1: on a Friday. God allowed me to be in a
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  Speaker 1: studio or somewhere broadcasting authentic imentationology. Is he pleased with this?
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  Speaker 1: I think so, Amen, I think he's pleased. It was
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  Speaker 1: his word, his promise. Anyway, I really I'm just being
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  Speaker 1: available onto what God is doing. Amen. God's good. He's
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  Speaker 1: good all the time. So let me get this on
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  Speaker 1: the screen for those who are listening on the podcast
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  Speaker 1: or on the radio. Thank you so much. I hope
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  Speaker 1: you subscribe to my YouTube channel. Trying to build that up.
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  Speaker 1: I know it's a slow build, Amen. I don't have
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  Speaker 1: big endorsements, I don't have a big following. I don't
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  Speaker 1: have a lot of cash throw for advertising online. But
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  Speaker 1: what I do have is faith and hope and trust
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  Speaker 1: in a living, loving, righteous God, Holy God. And I'm
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  Speaker 1: counting on his word and his word alone to really
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  Speaker 1: reach the people that he wants to reach through this ministry.
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  Speaker 1: And it's an amazing thing that I'm not a soul counter.
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  Speaker 1: In other words, I can't count how many souls have
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  Speaker 1: been saved, rescued, radeem restored. Amen. Some people go to
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  Speaker 1: big crowds and they see a preacher, and a preacher
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  Speaker 1: brings to the gospel message, glory to God. And then
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  Speaker 1: he asks people to repeat a prayer, and then their
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  Speaker 1: community or their staff or their volunteers start counting the
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  Speaker 1: people who raise their hands and count that as so saved.
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  Speaker 1: I don't understand that and never will understand that. All
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  Speaker 1: I know is that when the Gospels preached, and when
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  Speaker 1: the name of the Lord is lifted up, many men,
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  Speaker 1: many people, all people will be drawn to the Lord
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  Speaker 1: Jesus Christ by way of his spirit. So I will
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  Speaker 1: never know how many people this reaches, but I do
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  Speaker 1: know this. The audience of one is in the building God,
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  Speaker 1: the Father, God, the Son, God, Holy Spirit. And as
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  Speaker 1: long as God is pleased, Amen, with this ministry, I
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  Speaker 1: believe I'm on the right side of things, and you
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  Speaker 1: are too when you engage in a ministry or with
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  Speaker 1: a minister, or with the word or community that trusts
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  Speaker 1: and believes and hopes in one faith, one Lord, one Savior,
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  Speaker 1: one Kingdom. Amen, We're on the right side of things.
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  Speaker 1: I believe that one hundred percent in my heart. And
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  Speaker 1: Minnesota's go for it. Authentic imitationology. Amen. Who would Jesus
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  Speaker 1: vote for and listen? Like I said, I'm I could
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  Speaker 1: have been doing every week talking about the left, the
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  Speaker 1: right political system, this that of third. But I think
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  Speaker 1: from what I'm seeing from my brothers and sisters in Christ,
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  Speaker 1: people who are in leadership, pastors, evangelists, prophets, apostles, teachers,
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  Speaker 1: whether or not who they're affiliated with, people are really
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  Speaker 1: going around saying this about God and he's displeased or
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  Speaker 1: he's pleased, or this is God's purpose or this is
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  Speaker 1: God's will. This stand of third. When we have a
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  Speaker 1: Lord that we could actually go and asks who would
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  Speaker 1: he vote for? I know people think that's weird, but
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  Speaker 1: I don't think it's weird. I think God speaks on
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  Speaker 1: the matters and issues of life that we go through.
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  Speaker 1: He knew this was going to happen. Nothing surprises the Lord.
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  Speaker 1: He knows what's going to happen tomorrow and then for
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  Speaker 1: all eternity, he knows what happened yesterday. He was there
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  Speaker 1: before we were there. He's going to be there before
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  Speaker 1: we get to where he is. Amen, He's always has been,
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  Speaker 1: He always has been. Let's see what the Lord says.
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  Speaker 1: John eighteen thirty six. Jesus answered, someone answered, he's answering
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  Speaker 1: a question that somebody asked them. So for all my
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  Speaker 1: brothers and sisters say, oh, we can't dare ask God
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  Speaker 1: in questions. Read the scriptures for yourself, make a decision,
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  Speaker 1: decide whether or not that's true. Again, there's a lot
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  Speaker 1: of information out there that people hear from influencers YouTubers.
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  Speaker 1: Maybe me, maybe if I haven't said things that are
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  Speaker 1: not exactly the way it's supposed to be said. But
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  Speaker 1: when you read the scriptures for yourself, a lot of
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  Speaker 1: that stuff goes away. There's misconceptions. Jesus answered a question
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  Speaker 1: and he said, my kingdom is not of this world.
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  Speaker 1: If it were, my servants would fight to prevent my
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  Speaker 1: arrest by the Jews. But now my kingdom is not
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  Speaker 1: of this realm. The Lord Jesus said, listen, if this
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  Speaker 1: was my my place and my kingdom, best believe the
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  Speaker 1: servants of the Living Christ would have fought for him
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  Speaker 1: not to get on that cross, would fought even though
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  Speaker 1: we see Peter chopping off an ear. But Jesus rebuked
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  Speaker 1: Peter and said, no, that's not the way we do
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  Speaker 1: things here. Right. Because Jesus let us know that his
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  Speaker 1: kingdom is not of this world. I need to repeat
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  Speaker 1: that the Lord's kingdom is not of this world. So
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  Speaker 1: you are not gonna get me at least to fight
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  Speaker 1: over political worldly systems against another brother or sister in Christ.
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  Speaker 1: Ain't gonna happen this way. If you're doing that, remind
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  Speaker 1: yourself that we're not of this world. We're in this world,
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  Speaker 1: and our Lord's kingdom is not of this world if
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  Speaker 1: there was. If it was, then we should be fighting
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  Speaker 1: to prevent any leadership other than King Jesus to rule
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  Speaker 1: this world. What do you think political system the nation?
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  Speaker 1: We should be fighting against it, all right. If we're
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  Speaker 1: demanding that King Jesus be the ruler of the United
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  Speaker 1: States of America, that this should be a theocracy. But
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  Speaker 1: now my kingdom is not of this realm. Quote straight
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  Speaker 1: out of the mouth and the lips of the Lord
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  Speaker 1: Jesus Christ. I can't deny it. You can't deny it.
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  Speaker 1: We shouldn't be wanted to deny what the Lord says.
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  Speaker 1: He said it and we believe it. Hey, ben, Now
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  Speaker 1: let me see if I could get to my other
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  Speaker 1: notes here. My apologies again, I think I forgot to
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  Speaker 1: do one thing, and I have a couple of minutes left,
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  Speaker 1: so maybe I could do it. And those people who
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  Speaker 1: follow me know so Sam is up to something again,
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  Speaker 1: Yes I am. I try my best to stay on
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  Speaker 1: point up and yep, and I couldn't get at a time. Okay,
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  Speaker 1: no problem. So we're here again. The simple message, I
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  Speaker 1: think it's simple, just a reminder. I think Jesus would
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  Speaker 1: not voted for either one right of the candidates that
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  Speaker 1: we put up there, we as a nation put up
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  Speaker 1: there right on the political system is the world system right?
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  Speaker 1: Some may argue with me and say, well, our forefathers,
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  Speaker 1: our founders on the nation started off biblically, this was
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  Speaker 1: a Christian nation. They have their argument. They have their
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  Speaker 1: books that they read, statements that they heard from the leaders.
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  Speaker 1: They have values and violence of writings from our leaders
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  Speaker 1: from way back. That's not the issue. The issue is
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  Speaker 1: if Jesus were part of this political system and as
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  Speaker 1: a voter right he became in the form of a
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  Speaker 1: man right named Jesus, and he was voting, who would
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  Speaker 1: he vote for? I think when I read the scriptures,
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  Speaker 1: when I read the scriptures, he was in political systems
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  Speaker 1: that his family right, his mother and his stepdad, his
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  Speaker 1: assigned father, they were under rule right and they had
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  Speaker 1: to move to get to a safe place because the
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  Speaker 1: census was coming out, so there was a political system
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  Speaker 1: that they had to move because of right. So this
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  Speaker 1: thing about we should have been involved in politics, it's
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  Speaker 1: weird to me because all throughout the scriptures Old Covenant,
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  Speaker 1: New Covenant, there's mention of kings, pharaohs, is mentioned of
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  Speaker 1: political systems, this mention of the census, his mention of
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  Speaker 1: governments is mentioned of Rome, his mentions of all kinds
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  Speaker 1: of government officials. And is therefore a reason for us
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  Speaker 1: to see how God reacted, how the Lord responded, how
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  Speaker 1: he read and when they asked Jesus about the tax,
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  Speaker 1: should we pay the tax? I wish you would have
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  Speaker 1: said no. But he said, listen, give to Caesar what
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  Speaker 1: belongs to Caesar. Give to God what belongs to God.
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  Speaker 1: Whose image is on that coin? He said, whose image
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  Speaker 1: is on that currency? Whose image is on this land?
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  Speaker 1: He was saying, who's running this political system, who's running
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  Speaker 1: the government. And they said Caesar is well, give the
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  Speaker 1: seeson what belongs to season, Give to God what belongs
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  Speaker 1: to God. It's a difference. There's a separation there a man,
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  Speaker 1: not separation between church and state. Like everybody thinks it's
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  Speaker 1: a law, which is actually not. But what I am
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  Speaker 1: saying is that Jesus operated under a worldly system. He
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  Speaker 1: operated under it, respected it a man, but he wasn't
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  Speaker 1: under that law. He was the law. And the two
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  Speaker 1: that he promoted was to love God with everything you have,
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  Speaker 1: so mind, body, strength, everything, and love your neighbor like
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  Speaker 1: you love yourself. He said, based on us two hinge,
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  Speaker 1: all the prophets, all the commandments, amen, and all the
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  Speaker 1: laws of God. It's different. We should be different. So
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  Speaker 1: that's my thing, and I don't think I'm gonna be
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  Speaker 1: able to get this, Okay. My question was who would
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  Speaker 1: Jesus vote for? And man Bob really doesn't only focus
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  Speaker 1: on spiritual matters, even though it's a key focus with us,
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  Speaker 1: actually focuses on humanity right us. How we respond, how
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  Speaker 1: we react. That's why we are not to do this,
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  Speaker 1: and we're not to do that according to the commandments,
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  Speaker 1: because God knows when our heart gets cold and our
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  Speaker 1: heart gets away from him, we're gonna go and be
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  Speaker 1: gonna be ruled by the flesh, and we need to
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  Speaker 1: not be responding in the flesh. We need to be
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  Speaker 1: responding in the spirit. Jesus. Considering how Jesus might vote,
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  Speaker 1: we got to reflect on his values and his teachings.
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  Speaker 1: If we look at Jesus values and teachings, I think
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  Speaker 1: we would be like, none of those candidates would have
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  Speaker 1: gotten his vote if we're honest, Amen, because both candidates are.
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  Speaker 1: Let's see, in ever, we a lot of times are
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  Speaker 1: in ever because of our our values and our teachings
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  Speaker 1: and how we approach voting. I approach voting based on
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  Speaker 1: people I trusted to give me good information on both sides,
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  Speaker 1: and then I had to make go to prayer, make
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  Speaker 1: a decision based on the value systems of both candidates,
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  Speaker 1: and which one more aligns with the Christian message, with
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  Speaker 1: the gospel where God's word, which one more closely aligns. Now,
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  Speaker 1: this is where people get into all kinds of arguments
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  Speaker 1: and stuff, fussing and bickering with one another and bring
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  Speaker 1: up this and that in the third and we forget that. Okay,
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  Speaker 1: that's a good point. But that's the world system we're
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  Speaker 1: talking about. We're not talking about the Kingdom of God,
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  Speaker 1: talking about the world system. Which one aligns closer based
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  Speaker 1: on our findings and based on good information. Amen, to see,
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  Speaker 1: and from there you could pray and vote. Now, if
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  Speaker 1: you prayed I don't really hold anybody accountable to who
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  Speaker 1: they voted for, because again, I know that we're not
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  Speaker 1: of the kingdom of this world. We're in the kingdom
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  Speaker 1: of this world. We're not of the kingdom of this world.
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  Speaker 1: So I'm gonna love a person who voted on the
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  Speaker 1: other side of what I voted for the same way,
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  Speaker 1: because I know that the Savior is not going to
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  Speaker 1: be in the White House. The Savior is not going
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  Speaker 1: to be in the political system, the world system. The
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  Speaker 1: Savior is gonna already overcame this world system. Jesus said,
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  Speaker 1: he already overcame this world system, and he's coming back
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  Speaker 1: with what a new heaven and a new Earth. Anyway,
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  Speaker 1: ben don't fight each other on this. That's my encouragement.
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  Speaker 1: I don't think the lawyer will want us to be
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  Speaker 1: vickerating and fighting over this Kingdom of God is over
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  Speaker 1: political affiliations or earthly governments. He emphasized love, compassion, and justice,
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  Speaker 1: urging us to love our neighbors and even our enemies.
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  Speaker 1: Jesus taught that his kingdom is not of this world.
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  Speaker 1: We read it John chapter eighteen, verse thirty six, suggesting
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  Speaker 1: that his focus was on eternal matters rather than temporal
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  Speaker 1: political systems. I've been saying this since the beginning. Eternity
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  Speaker 1: matters the temporarial. I know people saying, well, what about
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  Speaker 1: children and their children's children, And we didn't even know
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  Speaker 1: what's going to happen a second from now, a day
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  Speaker 1: from now. God knows all things. I had to make
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  Speaker 1: a decision about a vaccination for my daughter yesterday. My
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  Speaker 1: wife texts me and asks me, should we get this vaccination?
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  Speaker 1: I said no, I want to trust that vaccination. God
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  Speaker 1: will protect my daughter either way, whether or not she
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  Speaker 1: gets the vaccine or not. Why Because I'm not operating
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  Speaker 1: on fear, and I'm not operating according to what this
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  Speaker 1: world is telling us. Like I respect authority. Everybody knows
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  Speaker 1: that I respect authority, but I'm not going to make
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  Speaker 1: that the end all, the be all of how I
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  Speaker 1: make decisions and how my life runs. I was asking
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  Speaker 1: someone yesterday. They're older than me, they've been around longer
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  Speaker 1: than me. Ask them in any political season, or any
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  Speaker 1: political leader or any president in any of those years,
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  Speaker 1: has anything directly affected you? And the person looked up,
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  Speaker 1: thought about it and says, not really. I said, yeah,
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  Speaker 1: there's a lot of fear Marguerie going on. There's a
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  Speaker 1: lot of Oh, if this person gets in, this is
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  Speaker 1: gonna happen. If this person gets in, that's gonna happen.
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  Speaker 1: And yet where you're asking somebody that's older or been
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  Speaker 1: in the political system a little longer than me, they say, well, no,
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  Speaker 1: not really. Why they trusted in the Lord and any
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  Speaker 1: political situation, any leader that's in the White House, we
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  Speaker 1: trust the Lord. And when we get connected as the
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  Speaker 1: body of Christ and we go to these political systems
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  Speaker 1: unified and they see both sides unified because of our King,
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  Speaker 1: they're going to be interested in knowing how we do
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  Speaker 1: that and how things get done. Jesus also taught that
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  Speaker 1: his kingdom is not of this world, suggesting that his
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  Speaker 1: focus was on eternal matters rather than temporal matters. So
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  Speaker 1: when we consider how Jesus might approach voting, who would
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  Speaker 1: he had voted for, Let's reflect on his values and teachings.
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  Speaker 1: He would likely encourage individuals to consider candidates and policies
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  Speaker 1: that align with principles of love, justice, and mercy. Ultimately,
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  Speaker 1: Jesus's message was about transforming hearts and lives through his
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  Speaker 1: love and grace rather than political means. So think about
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  Speaker 1: that man, read the Word and John at the whole
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  Speaker 1: chapter for yourself, and see what God says to your soul,
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  Speaker 1: to your spirit. So I'm out of here. Thank you
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  Speaker 1: so much for your time. God bless you all. God
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  Speaker 1: keep you all. And remember always, always remember this, that
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  Speaker 1: God is good. Peace.