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What I Learned from Reading the ENTIRE New Testament · truthunedited

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  Speaker 1: We've covered every single book of the New Testament, twenty
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  Speaker 1: seven books, twenty seven videos, breaking down every teaching, every parable,
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  Speaker 1: every revelation in detail. But when you take a step
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  Speaker 1: back and look at the New Testament as a whole,
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  Speaker 1: something becomes clear. There are ten messages that stand above
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  Speaker 1: the rest. Ten undeniable truths that shape the early Church,
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  Speaker 1: transform the lives of the apostles, and are just as
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  Speaker 1: powerful today as they were two thousand years ago, and
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  Speaker 1: today we're sharing them with you. By the end of
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  Speaker 1: this video, you will see the Bible in a way
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  Speaker 1: you never have before, Understand the core themes that define
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  Speaker 1: the New Testament, learn what separates real faith from empty religion.
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  Speaker 1: These aren't just interesting ideas, These are life changing realities.
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  Speaker 1: These truths challenge everything we know about faith, obedience, and
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  Speaker 1: what it really means to follow Oh Jesus. And if
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  Speaker 1: you want to go deeper, we've left the links to
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  Speaker 1: all twenty seven videos covering each book of the New
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  Speaker 1: Testament in the description below, But right now, let's get
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  Speaker 1: into it. The ten most powerful, life changing messages of
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  Speaker 1: the New Testament, starting with the most important one of all.
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  Speaker 1: After going through all twenty seven books of the New Testament.
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  Speaker 1: The first and most important lesson is this, Jesus is
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  Speaker 1: the only way, no exceptions. This is not an opinion,
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  Speaker 1: this is not a religious preference. This is the core
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  Speaker 1: truth that divides real Christianity from everything else. And it's
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  Speaker 1: not just one verse tucked away in scripture. It is
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  Speaker 1: the very foundation of the Gospel. Jesus didn't say I
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  Speaker 1: am one of the ways. He didn't say I am
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  Speaker 1: a great teacher. He didn't say follow whatever feels right
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  Speaker 1: to you. He said I am the Way, the truth,
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  Speaker 1: and the life. No one comes to the Father except
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  Speaker 1: through me John fourteen six. No one, not through religion,
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  Speaker 1: not through self improvement, not through good deeds, only through him.
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  Speaker 1: And this is where modern culture collides with the message
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  Speaker 1: of Jesus, because today we live in a world that
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  Speaker 1: hates absolute truth. Walk into almost any public space and
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  Speaker 1: you'll hear some version of this idea. All religions lead
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  Speaker 1: to the same place. There are many paths to God.
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  Speaker 1: As long as you're a good person, that's what really matters.
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  Speaker 1: It sounds nice, it sounds inclusive, but it's a lie.
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  Speaker 1: And that lie is leading people straight into destruction because
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  Speaker 1: the Bible makes it painfully clear. Without Jesus, you are lost.
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  Speaker 1: Salvation is found in no one else, for there is
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  Speaker 1: no other name under Heaven given to mankind by which
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  Speaker 1: we must be saved Acts four twelve. Here's where it
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  Speaker 1: gets even more dangerous. It's not just atheists or other
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  Speaker 1: religions denying Jesus. It's people who claim to follow him,
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  Speaker 1: yet reshape him into something he never was. Many say
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  Speaker 1: they believe in Jesus, But which Jesus. The Jesus who
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  Speaker 1: never talks about sin, The Jesus who accepts every lifestyle
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  Speaker 1: no matter what, the Jesus who just wants you to
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  Speaker 1: be happy and successful. That is not the Jesus of
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  Speaker 1: the Bible. The real Jesus called people to repentance, spoke
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  Speaker 1: more about hell than Heaven, said following him would cost
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  Speaker 1: you everything. He wasn't just a good teacher. He wasn't
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  Speaker 1: just a moral leader. He wasn't just another prophet. He
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  Speaker 1: is God in the flesh, and he left no room
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  Speaker 1: for debate. If you do not believe that I am He,
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  Speaker 1: you will die in your sins. John eight twenty four.
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  Speaker 1: There is no neutral ground. Let's be honest. This message
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  Speaker 1: offends people. The world wants a Jesus that fits their lifestyle,
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  Speaker 1: a Jesus that never confronts, never convicts, never demands change.
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  Speaker 1: But the real Jesus, he divides. Do not suppose that
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  Speaker 1: I have come to bring peace to the earth. I
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  Speaker 1: did not come to bring peace but a sword Matthew
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  Speaker 1: ten thirty four. What does that mean? It means truth separate.
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  Speaker 1: It means you will have to choose because Jesus is
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  Speaker 1: not one option among many. He is the only way,
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  Speaker 1: and that means every other way is false. This isn't
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  Speaker 1: just a theological debate, This isn't just a doctrine to
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  Speaker 1: agree with. This is life or death. And the question
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  Speaker 1: is are you building your faith on the real Jesus
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  Speaker 1: or a version of him that fits your preferences, Because
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  Speaker 1: at the end of the day, what you believe about
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  Speaker 1: Jesus determines. If you believe he's just a good teacher,
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  Speaker 1: you'll treat him like advice, not a savior. If you
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  Speaker 1: believe he's one of many ways, you'll never surrender your
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  Speaker 1: life fully to him. If you believe he's just love
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  Speaker 1: without truth, you'll ignore his commands and follow your own heart.
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  Speaker 1: But if you believe he is the only way, then
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  Speaker 1: that means everything changes. How to respond to this truth.
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  Speaker 1: If Jesus is the only way, then here's what you
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  Speaker 1: need to do. Make sure you're following the real Jesus.
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  Speaker 1: Read the Gospels for yourself. Test everything you hear against
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  Speaker 1: God's word. If the Jesus you follow never challenges your sin,
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  Speaker 1: you may be following a false version of him. Stop
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  Speaker 1: looking for other paths. Religion won't save you. Your good
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  Speaker 1: deeds won't save you. Only faith in Jesus by grace
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  Speaker 1: alone can save you. Be bold about this message, even
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  Speaker 1: when it's unpopular. Many people will hate this truth, but
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  Speaker 1: Jesus warned us. If the world hates you, keep in
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  Speaker 1: mind that it hated me first John fifteen eighteen. This
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  Speaker 1: is not the time for watered down Christianity. The world
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  Speaker 1: is pushing false gospels, fake saviors, and empty philosophies, and
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  Speaker 1: people are falling for it. Now more than ever. We
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  Speaker 1: need believers who will stand up and say Jesus is
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  Speaker 1: the only way, no exceptions. The first and most important
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  Speaker 1: lesson from the New Testament is this, You must decide
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  Speaker 1: what you believe about Jesus, because at the end of
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  Speaker 1: the day, every other question in life depends on this
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  Speaker 1: one truth. Who do you say Jesus is. Are you
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  Speaker 1: following the real Jesus or one made to fit your
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  Speaker 1: preser differences. Are you living like he is the only way?
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  Speaker 1: Or are you still holding on to other options? Because
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  Speaker 1: one day you will stand before Him, and in that moment,
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  Speaker 1: nothing else will matter, not your success, not your reputation,
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  Speaker 1: not your excuses. Only one thing will determine your eternity,
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  Speaker 1: whether or not you put your faith in Jesus Christ,
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  Speaker 1: the one and only Savior, choose wisely. The second most
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  Speaker 1: important lesson we learned from going through all twenty seven
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  Speaker 1: books of the New Testament is this grace is a gift,
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  Speaker 1: but it is not an excuse. And it is the
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  Speaker 1: heart of the Gospel, the foundation of salvation, the one
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  Speaker 1: thing that separates true Christianity from every other religion in
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  Speaker 1: the world. Because every religion teaches do more good than bad,
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  Speaker 1: and maybe you'll be accepted, follow the rules, and maybe
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  Speaker 1: you'll be good enough, work hard, and maybe you'll reach enlightenment, paradise,
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  Speaker 1: or favor with God. But the New Testament shatters that
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  Speaker 1: entire mindset. Salvation is not earned, it is not deserved,
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  Speaker 1: it is not worked for, It is a gift. Paul
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  Speaker 1: makes it clear, for by grace you have been saved
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  Speaker 1: through faith, and that not of yourselves. It is the
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  Speaker 1: gift of God. Ephesians too colonate. You can't earn it,
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  Speaker 1: you don't deserve it, you can't work for it. God
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  Speaker 1: gives it freely, not because of anything we've done, but
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  Speaker 1: because of who He is, and that truth changes everything.
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  Speaker 1: But here's where people get it wrong. They hear grace
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  Speaker 1: is a gift and think that means I can live
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  Speaker 1: however I want. God will forgive me no matter whatso
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  Speaker 1: my actions don't matter. If salvation is free, then I
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  Speaker 1: don't have to change my life. And this is exactly
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  Speaker 1: why Paul had to address this dangerous mindset. Shall we
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  Speaker 1: go on sinning so that grace may increase by no
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  Speaker 1: means Romans six one to two. Paul is saying, if
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  Speaker 1: you think grace is an excuse to sin, you don't
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  Speaker 1: understand grace at all, because real grace doesn't just save you,
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  Speaker 1: it transforms you. When someone truly encounters grace, their life
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  Speaker 1: changes forever. It's not about following rules out of obligation.
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  Speaker 1: It's not about trying harder to be good. It's about
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  Speaker 1: being so overwhelmed by God's love that you can't go
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  Speaker 1: back to who you were before. Look at Paul's life
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  Speaker 1: before grace. He was a murderer of Christians, a self
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  Speaker 1: righteous Pharisee, an enemy of Jesus himself. Then he encountered
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  Speaker 1: the risen Christ, and suddenly he was never the same again.
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  Speaker 1: Grace didn't just forgive his past, it changed his entire future.
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  Speaker 1: The same is true for you. If grace is really
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  Speaker 1: working in you, then your desires will change, your actions
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  Speaker 1: will change, your heart will change because grace doesn't just
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  Speaker 1: remove sins penalty, it destroys sins power over you. The
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  Speaker 1: reason so many people struggle with sin is because they've
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  Speaker 1: embraced cheap grace instead of real grace. Cheap grace, says
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  Speaker 1: Jesus forgives me so I can keep doing whatever I want.
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  Speaker 1: God loves me, so I don't need to change. I
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  Speaker 1: said a prayer once, so I'm good. But that is
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  Speaker 1: not biblical grace, because real grace is powerful, It is
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  Speaker 1: life altering, it is holy. Real grace, says Jesus. Blood
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  Speaker 1: didn't just cover my sin, it set me free from it.
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  Speaker 1: Because God loves me. I don't want to go back
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  Speaker 1: to the life he saved me from. I follow him
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  Speaker 1: not because I have to, but because I love him.
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  Speaker 1: If your view of grace doesn't make you want to
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  Speaker 1: follow Jesus more, then you haven't truely understood grace. Many
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  Speaker 1: people misuse grace because they don't understand what sin actually is.
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  Speaker 1: Sin is not just breaking a rule. It is rebelling
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  Speaker 1: against a holy God. It destroys lives, It enslaves people.
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  Speaker 1: It separates us from God. And grace is God's way
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  Speaker 1: of saying, I love you too much to leave you
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  Speaker 1: in that bondage. So when people treat grace like a
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  Speaker 1: free past to sin, they are mocking the very thing
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  Speaker 1: that was meant to set them free. Jesus did not
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  Speaker 1: die so we could continue in sin. He died to
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  Speaker 1: break sin's hold on us. You have been set free
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  Speaker 1: from sin and have become slaves of righteousness Romans six eighteen.
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  Speaker 1: That is real grace, not just forgiveness from sin, but
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  Speaker 1: freedom from sin. If you've been treating grace like an excuse,
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  Speaker 1: it's time to ask yourself, do I truly understand what
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  Speaker 1: Jesus did for me? Has grace actually changed my life life?
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  Speaker 1: Or am I just using it as a safety net.
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  Speaker 1: Do I love Jesus or do I just love the
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  Speaker 1: idea of being forgiven? Because real grace demands a response,
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  Speaker 1: and that response is obedience. If you love me, keep
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  Speaker 1: my commandment, Sir John fourteen fifteen. So what does living
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  Speaker 1: in grace actually look like? Walk in gratitude, not entitlement.
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  Speaker 1: Grace is a gift, never a right. You don't deserve it.
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  Speaker 1: I don't deserve it, none of us do. But because
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  Speaker 1: of his love he gives it anyway. Pursue holiness, not comfort.
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  Speaker 1: If grace is real in your life, you won't want
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  Speaker 1: to live like the world anymore. Holiness is not legalism.
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  Speaker 1: It is the natural result of grace at work in you.
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  Speaker 1: Repent when you fall, but don't stay there. Christians are
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  Speaker 1: not perfect, but when we fall, we get back up,
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  Speaker 1: not by our strength but by His grace. For though
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  Speaker 1: the righteous fall seven times, they rise again Proverbs twenty
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  Speaker 1: four sixteen. Real grace doesn't just forgive you, It empowers
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  Speaker 1: you to get back up and keep going. The second
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  Speaker 1: most important lesson we learned from studying the entire New
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  Speaker 1: Testament is this grace is a gift, but it is
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  Speaker 1: not an excuse, as so ask yourself, has grace actually
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  Speaker 1: transformed me? Do I love Jesus more because of grace?
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  Speaker 1: Or have I used it as a license to sin?
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  Speaker 1: Am I growing in obedience or just assuming God will
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  Speaker 1: keep forgiving me? Because real grace doesn't just save you
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  Speaker 1: from hell, it makes you look more like Jesus every
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  Speaker 1: single day. Choose real grace, don't settle for a counterfeit version.
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  Speaker 1: The third most important lesson we learned from going through
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  Speaker 1: all twenty seven books of the New Testament is this,
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  Speaker 1: The Gospel is not just for you. It's for everyone,
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  Speaker 1: even the ones you don't like. This truth destroys pride,
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  Speaker 1: exposes hypocrisy, and forces us to confront the hardness in
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  Speaker 1: our own hearts. Because if we're honest, there are people
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  Speaker 1: we secretly believe don't deserve God's grace. The criminals, the
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  Speaker 1: corrupt politicians, the people who hurt us, the ones who
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  Speaker 1: sins disgust us. But the truth is painfully clear. Jesus
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  Speaker 1: came for them too. He didn't come for the religious elite.
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  Speaker 1: He didn't come for the people who had their lives together.
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  Speaker 1: He came for the broken, the rejected, the sinners. He
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  Speaker 1: made it unmistakable when he said, I have not come
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  Speaker 1: to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance Luke five
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  Speaker 1: thirty two. And the question we have to ask ourselves
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  Speaker 1: is this, do we believe that? Or have we started
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  Speaker 1: acting like the pharisees Jesus rebuked. There are certain types
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  Speaker 1: of people that most Christians struggle to believe God can save.
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  Speaker 1: We don't say it out loud, we would never admit
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  Speaker 1: it in church, but deep down we think some people
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  Speaker 1: are just too far gone. They've made their choice. There's
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  Speaker 1: no coming back from that. God might forgive them, but
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  Speaker 1: I'll never trust them. But Jesus shattered that mindset over
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  Speaker 1: and over again because he didn't just say the Gospel
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  Speaker 1: was for every one. He proved it by the people
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  Speaker 1: he spent time with. Tax collectors in Jesus time weren't
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  Speaker 1: just government workers. They were traitors to their own people.
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  Speaker 1: They stole from their fellow Jews, overcharged them, and helped
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  Speaker 1: fund the Roman Empire's oppression. Every One hated them. Yet
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  Speaker 1: when Jesus walked up to Levi Matthew, a tax collector,
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  Speaker 1: he didn't say, you're a greedy traitor, you have no
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  Speaker 1: place in God's kingdom. Instead, he said follow me, and
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  Speaker 1: Matthew left everything, his money, his job, his security to
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  Speaker 1: follow Jesus. The Pharisees were outraged. They asked, why does
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  Speaker 1: he eat with tax collectors and sinners Mark two sixteen,
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  Speaker 1: And Jesus responds, it is not the healthy who need
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  Speaker 1: a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to
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  Speaker 1: call the righteous but sinners Mark two seventeen. Jesus was
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  Speaker 1: making it painfully clear. If you think someone is unworthy
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  Speaker 1: of the Gospel, you don't understand the Gospel. She came
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  Speaker 1: to the well alone. Why because she had been shamed, discarded,
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  Speaker 1: and rejected by her own people. She had five failed marriages,
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  Speaker 1: and the man she was living with wasn't even her husband.
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  Speaker 1: To society, she was a lost cause. Yet Jesus went
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  Speaker 1: out of his way to meet her. He spoke to her,
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  Speaker 1: even though Jews didn't talk to Samaritans. He showed her love,
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  Speaker 1: even though she was living in sin. He offered and
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  Speaker 1: her eternal life, even though she hadn't fixed herself yet.
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  Speaker 1: And what happened. She became one of the first evangelists.
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  Speaker 1: She ran back to her village and told everyone, come
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  Speaker 1: see a man who told me everything I ever did.
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  Speaker 1: Could this be the messiah. John for twenty nine, and
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  Speaker 1: because of her testimony, many Samaritans believed in Jesus John
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  Speaker 1: four thirty nine. The one every one rejected became the
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  Speaker 1: one who brought others to Christ. That is the power
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  Speaker 1: of the gospel. Think about it. This man had no
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  Speaker 1: time to make things right. He couldn't go back and
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  Speaker 1: undo his crimes. He couldn't start living a better life.
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  Speaker 1: He had nothing to offer. Yet in his final moments
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  Speaker 1: he turned to Jesus and said, Jesus, remember me when
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  Speaker 1: you come into your kingdom Luke twenty three forty two.
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  Speaker 1: And Jesus didn't say you wasted your life. It's too
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  Speaker 1: late for you, but he said, truly I tell you
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  Speaker 1: to day you will be with me in Paradise Luke
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  Speaker 1: twenty three forty three. Let that sink in, a criminal
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  Speaker 1: dying in disgrace receive the same promise of eternal life
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  Speaker 1: as any one else, because salvation is not based on
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  Speaker 1: what you've done, It's based on what Jesus has done.
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  Speaker 1: Jesus made one thing painfully clear. The people we look
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  Speaker 1: down on are the very ones he came to save.
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  Speaker 1: So ask yourself, who have you written off as beyond saving.
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  Speaker 1: Who do you secretly hope never walks into your church?
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  Speaker 1: Who do you think doesn't deserve grace? Because if the
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  Speaker 1: Gospel isn't for everyone, it isn't for anyone. If we
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  Speaker 1: truly believe the Gospel is for all people, here's what
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  Speaker 1: we need to do. Stop acting like some sins are
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  Speaker 1: worse than others. We love to rank sin. At least
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  Speaker 1: I'm not as bad as them, But the truth is
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  Speaker 1: all of sinned and fore and short Romans three twenty three.
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  Speaker 1: Pray for the people you think can't be saved. Instead
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  Speaker 1: of judging, start praying for them by name. Jesus changed Paul,
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  Speaker 1: a murderer of Christians. He can change anyone. Share the
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  Speaker 1: gospel even when it's uncomfortable. The Gospel is for the
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  Speaker 1: people we like and the people we don't. The person
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  Speaker 1: you avoid might be the person God wants to save
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  Speaker 1: through you. The third most important lesson from the New
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  Speaker 1: Testament is this, The Gospel is for everyone, even those
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  Speaker 1: you don't like. So ask yourself, do I believe God
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  Speaker 1: can save the worst of sinners? Am I willing to
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  Speaker 1: share the Gospel with people I dislike? Do I love
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  Speaker 1: people like Jesus does or do I secretly look down
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  Speaker 1: on some because at the end of the day, none
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  Speaker 1: of us deserved grace, and yet Jesus gave it to
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  Speaker 1: a anyway. Now it's our job to do the same
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  Speaker 1: for others. The fourth most important lesson we learned from
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  Speaker 1: going through all twenty seven books of the New Testament
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  Speaker 1: is this, Following Jesus will cost you everything. Imagine standing
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  Speaker 1: in a crowded street watching a condemned man struggling under
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  Speaker 1: the weight of a massive wooden cross. His back is
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  Speaker 1: torn open from brutal lashes, his face is swollen from beatings,
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  Speaker 1: and with every step he staggers forward in agony. The
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  Speaker 1: crowd mocks him, spits at him, and yet he keeps
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  Speaker 1: walking toward his execution. This was the image Jesus used
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  Speaker 1: when he called people to follow him. Not a crown,
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  Speaker 1: not success, not comfort, but a cross. Yet today Christianity
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  Speaker 1: is often presented as easy, convenient, and comfortable. It's preached
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  Speaker 1: as a path to personal success rather than a call
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  Speaker 1: to sacrifice. People are told that following Jesus will make
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  Speaker 1: their lives better, their problems smaller, and their blessings greater.
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  Speaker 1: But Jesus never promised an easy road. In fact, he
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  Speaker 1: said the exact opposite. Whoever does not carry their cross
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  Speaker 1: and follow me cannot be my disciple Luke, fourteen twenty seven.
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  Speaker 1: When Jesus said these words, his audience knew exactly what
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  Speaker 1: he meant. They had seen countless criminals carrying crosses to
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  Speaker 1: their deaths. The cross was not a religious symbol. It
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  Speaker 1: was a method of execution. It meant total surrender, It
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  Speaker 1: meant suffering, It meant death. So when Jesus told his
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  Speaker 1: followers to take up their cross, he wasn't inviting them
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  Speaker 1: to a comfortable religious life. He was calling them to
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  Speaker 1: be willing to lose everything for him. And that raises
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  Speaker 1: a painful but necessary question. Has following Jesus actually cost
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  Speaker 1: you anything? Because if your fate has never cost you comfort, reputation, relationships,
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  Speaker 1: or security, then are you really following him? Throughout the
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  Speaker 1: New Testament we see two types of people, those who
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  Speaker 1: were willing to pay the price to follow Jesus and
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  Speaker 1: those who weren't. The rich young Ruler was a prime
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  Speaker 1: example of someone who wanted Jesus, but not at a cost.
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  Speaker 1: He came to Jesus eagerly asking what must I do
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  Speaker 1: to inherit eternal life Mark ten seventeen. But when Jesus
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  Speaker 1: told him, go sell everything you have and give to
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  Speaker 1: the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then
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  Speaker 1: come follow me Mark ten twenty one, his face fell
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  Speaker 1: in sorrow and he walked away. He wanted eternal life,
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  Speaker 1: but he wasn't willing to give up what he loved most,
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  Speaker 1: his wealth. He wanted Jesus and his riches, but Jesus
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  Speaker 1: told him it's me or the world. You can't have both.
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  Speaker 1: Another man told Jesus, I will follow you, Lord, but
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  Speaker 1: first let me go back and say goodbye to my
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  Speaker 1: family Luke nine sixty one. That sounds reasonable, right, But
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  Speaker 1: Jesus replied, no one who puts his hand to the
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  Speaker 1: plow and looks back is fit for service in the
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  Speaker 1: Kingdom of God Luke nine sixty two. This man wanted
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  Speaker 1: to follow Jesus, but on his own terms, in his
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  Speaker 1: own time, when it was convenient for him. Jesus response
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  Speaker 1: made it clear, delayed obedience is still disobedience. If you're
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  Speaker 1: waiting for the perfect time to fully surrender to Christ,
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  Speaker 1: you will never follow him. But while some walked away,
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  Speaker 1: others paid the full price and never looked back. The
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  Speaker 1: Apostles left everything to follow Jesus. Peter and Andrew abandoned
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  Speaker 1: their fishing business. Matthew walked away from his wealthy career
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  Speaker 1: as a tax collector. Paul gave up his status as
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  Speaker 1: a respected pharisee to be beaten, imprisoned, and eventually executed
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  Speaker 1: for Christ. They could have compromised. They could have denied
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  Speaker 1: Jesus to save themselves. They could have kept their faith
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  Speaker 1: private to avoid persecution. But they didn't. Why because they
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  Speaker 1: understood one thing modern Christianity has forgotten. Jesus is worth everything.
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  Speaker 1: Every single one of the Apostles except for John, was
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  Speaker 1: martyred for their faith. Peter was crucified upside down, Paul
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  Speaker 1: was beheaded, James was executed by the sword. John was
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  Speaker 1: exiled for refusing to stop preaching about Christ. They were hunted, rejected, tortured,
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  Speaker 1: and killed, but not one of them regretted following Jesus.
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  Speaker 1: They knew that losing everything in this life was nothing
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  Speaker 1: compared to gaining eternal life with Christ. And now we
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  Speaker 1: have the same choice. Maybe where you live, Following Jesus
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  Speaker 1: won't cost you your life, but it will cost you something.
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  Speaker 1: It might cost you your reputation. People will not always
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  Speaker 1: understand your faith. They might mock you, criticize you, or
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  Speaker 1: even hate you for standing on God's truth. It might
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  Speaker 1: cost you friendships and relationships. Not every one will accept
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  Speaker 1: your decision to follow Christ. Some people will walk away
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  Speaker 1: and you will have to let them go. It might
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  Speaker 1: cost you comfort and security. God may call you to
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  Speaker 1: step out of what feels safe and follow him into
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  Speaker 1: the unknown. Faith is not meant to be easy. It
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  Speaker 1: is meant to be faithful. And here's the hardest truth.
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  Speaker 1: If your Christianity has never required sacrifice, you might not
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  Speaker 1: be following Jesus at all. Jesus didn't say follow me
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  Speaker 1: when it's convenient. He said, whoever wants to save their
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  Speaker 1: life will lose it. But whoever loses their life life
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  Speaker 1: for me will find it Matthew sixteen twenty five. So
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  Speaker 1: now you have a decision to make. Will you be
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  Speaker 1: like the rich young ruler walking away because Jesus asked
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  Speaker 1: for too much? Will you be like the man who
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  Speaker 1: delayed obedience, wanting Jesus only on his own terms, Or
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  Speaker 1: will you be like Peter Paul and the early Church,
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  Speaker 1: willing to give up everything because you know that Jesus
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  Speaker 1: is worth it because the truth is comfortable. Christianity is
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  Speaker 1: not Christianity at all. True faith is costly. True faith
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  Speaker 1: requires surrender. True faith says Jesus. You are worth more
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  Speaker 1: to me than anything in this world. Want to go deeper.
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  Speaker 1: We've covered every book of the New Testament in separate videos.
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  Speaker 1: Check the playlist in the description. The fifth most important
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  Speaker 1: lesson we learned from going through all twenty seven books
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  Speaker 1: of the New Testament is this, The Holy Spirit isn't optional.
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  Speaker 1: Many people today treat the Holy Spirit as if he's
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  Speaker 1: just an extra feature in Christianity, something nice to have
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  Speaker 1: but not necessary. Some churches barely mention him at all,
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  Speaker 1: as if the Father and the Son are enough and
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  Speaker 1: the Holy Spirit is just an add on. But when
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  Speaker 1: you read the New Testament, you quickly realize that without
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  Speaker 1: the Holy Spirit, the Christian life is powerless. Without the Spirit,
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  Speaker 1: there is no boldness, no transformation, no fire. Jesus himself
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  Speaker 1: made it clear when he told his disciples, you will
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  Speaker 1: receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you Acts
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  Speaker 1: one eight. That wasn't a suggestion, That wasn't an optional
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  Speaker 1: upgrade to their faith. That was the only way they
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  Speaker 1: would have the strength to carry out their mission. The
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  Speaker 1: early Church had no wealth, no pas political influence, no
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  Speaker 1: megachurch buildings, no social media platforms. But they had the
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  Speaker 1: power of the Holy Spirit, and with that they turned
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  Speaker 1: the world upside down. Imagine the disciples before Pentecost. They
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  Speaker 1: had spent three years with Jesus, witnessing miracles, hearing his teachings,
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  Speaker 1: and even performing some miracles themselves. And yet when Jesus
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  Speaker 1: was arrested. What happened? They ran. Peter, the boldest of
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  Speaker 1: them all, denied Jesus three times out of fear. These
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  Speaker 1: were men who knew the truth, who believed in Jesus,
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  Speaker 1: but they did not yet have the power to stand firm.
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  Speaker 1: Then came Pentecost. The Holy Spirit descended like fire, filled
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  Speaker 1: them with supernatural boldness, and suddenly these same men were fearless. Peter,
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  Speaker 1: the one who had been too afraid to admit knowing Jesus,
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  Speaker 1: now stood before thousands and preached with authority. That day,
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  Speaker 1: three thousand people were saved Acts two forty one. What
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  Speaker 1: changed the power of the Holy Spirit. This same pattern
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  Speaker 1: is seen throughout the New Testament. Before the Spirit, the
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  Speaker 1: disciples were weak, hesitant, and easily shaken after the spirit,
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  Speaker 1: they were unstoppable. They were thrown into prison, beaten, persecuted,
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  Speaker 1: and even killed. But not once did they stop preaching
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  Speaker 1: the gospel. Why because they were no longer trying to
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  Speaker 1: serve God in their own strength. They were moving in
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  Speaker 1: the power of the Holy Spirit. That same spirit is
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  Speaker 1: still available today, That same fire still empowers believers, That
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  Speaker 1: same boldness still transforms ordinary people into warriors for the
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  Speaker 1: Kingdom of God. But the question is are we actually
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  Speaker 1: walking in it? Too? Many Christians today are living without
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  Speaker 1: the power they were meant to have. They believe in Jesus,
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  Speaker 1: they go to church, they try to live a good life,
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  Speaker 1: but they are spiritually weak, fearful, and ineffective. They struggle
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  Speaker 1: with sin, they stay silent when they should speak, and
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  Speaker 1: they never see the kind of power the early Church experienced.
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  Speaker 1: Why because they are trying to live the Christian life
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  Speaker 1: without the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit isn't just a helper.
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  Speaker 1: He is the source of our power, our wisdom, and
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  Speaker 1: our ability to walk in victory. Without him, we are
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  Speaker 1: just surviving. With him, we are unstoppable. Think about how
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  Speaker 1: many believers in the Bible were transformed when they were
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  Speaker 1: filled with the Spirit. Paul was once a murderer of Christians,
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  Speaker 1: but after being filled with the Spirit, he became one
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  Speaker 1: of the greatest apostles in history. Steve, a simple servant
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  Speaker 1: in the early Church, was so full of the Holy
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  Speaker 1: Spirit that when he was being stoned to death, he
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  Speaker 1: looked up and saw Jesus standing at the right hand
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  Speaker 1: of the Father Acts seven fifty five. Philip, an ordinary man,
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  Speaker 1: was so led by the Spirit that he found himself
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  Speaker 1: miraculously transported to preach the Gospel in another region, Acts
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  Speaker 1: eight thirty nine. The Holy Spirit was never meant to
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  Speaker 1: be just a theological idea. He is the very presence
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  Speaker 1: and power of God inside of us. Yet today many
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  Speaker 1: Christians live as if he's barely there. They try to
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  Speaker 1: fight their battles alone. They try to overcome sin by
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  Speaker 1: sheer will power. They try to share their faith but
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  Speaker 1: feel awkward and afraid. They try to pray, but their
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  Speaker 1: words feel empty, and then they wonder why their faith
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  Speaker 1: feels weak. It's because they are missing the fire that
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  Speaker 1: ignites real faith. The Christian life was never meant to
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  Speaker 1: be lived without the Spirit. Jesus himself said, apart from me,
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  Speaker 1: you can do nothing. John fifteen five. Nothing, not some things,
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  Speaker 1: not a little bit nothing. The enemy knows this, which
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  Speaker 1: is why he works so hard to keep believers ignorant
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  Speaker 1: or afraid of the Holy Spirit. He wants Christians to
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  Speaker 1: think the Spirit is just an emotional experience, or that
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  Speaker 1: he was only active in the past, or that they
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  Speaker 1: don't really need him to live for God. But that
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  Speaker 1: is a lie. Satan doesn't fear church attendants, he doesn't
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  Speaker 1: fear religious routines, but he trembles at a believer who
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  Speaker 1: is filled with the Holy Spirit, because a spirit filled
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  Speaker 1: believer is dangerous to the kingdom of darkness. So here's
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  Speaker 1: the real question. Are you walking in the power of
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  Speaker 1: the Holy Spirit or are you trying to live the
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  Speaker 1: Christian life in your own strength. If your faith feels dry,
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  Speaker 1: if your prayers feel weak, if you struggle with boldness,
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  Speaker 1: then maybe it's because you are missing the very thing
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  Speaker 1: that was meant to empower you. The good news. The
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  Speaker 1: Holy Spirit is still moving today. He is still filling,
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  Speaker 1: still transforming, still setting people on fire for God. But
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  Speaker 1: he doesn't force himself on anyone. You have to want him,
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  Speaker 1: you have to seek him. You have to be willing
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  Speaker 1: to say God, I don't want to live in my
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  Speaker 1: own strength anymore. Fill me with your spirit, give me boldness,
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  Speaker 1: give me power, and when you do, everything changes. The
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  Speaker 1: Early Church wasn't powerful because they were smart, talented, or experienced.
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  Speaker 1: They were powerful because they were filled with the Holy Spirit.
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  Speaker 1: And that same spirit is available to you. If you
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  Speaker 1: want to see chains broken, boldness rise up, miracles happen,
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  Speaker 1: and faith come alive, then you need more than just belief.
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  Speaker 1: You need power, and that power only comes from the
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  Speaker 1: Holy Spirit. Want to go deeper. We've covered every book
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  Speaker 1: of the New Testament in separate videos. Check the playlist
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  Speaker 1: in the description. The sixth most important lesson we got
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  Speaker 1: from going through all twenty seven books of the New
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  Speaker 1: Testament is this. You will suffer, but it's worth it.
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  Speaker 1: This is the part of Christianity no one wants to
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  Speaker 1: talk about, the part that doesn't make for feel good
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  Speaker 1: sermons or easy to sell books, the part that separates
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  Speaker 1: real faith from empty religion. Because in today's world, Christianity
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  Speaker 1: is often sold as a path to comfort, success and
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  Speaker 1: personal fulfillment. People are told, believe it in Jesus and
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  Speaker 1: your life will get better, your problems will go away,
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  Speaker 1: you'll walk in favor and blessing. But Jesus never preached that.
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  Speaker 1: The apostles never taught that, the early Church never lived that.
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  Speaker 1: What Jesus did say was this, in this world you
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  Speaker 1: will have trouble, But take heart, I have overcome the
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  Speaker 1: world John sixteen thirty three. The reality is this, if
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  Speaker 1: you are truly following Jesus, you will suffer. You will
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  Speaker 1: be misunderstood, you will be rejected, you will go through
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  Speaker 1: trials that test everything you believe. And for many around
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  Speaker 1: the world today, following Christ still means imprisonment, torture, and death.
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  Speaker 1: The idea of a comfortable, easy Christianity is a lie
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  Speaker 1: that does not exist in the Bible. Look at the apostles.
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  Speaker 1: These were the men chosen by Jesus himself, the ones
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  Speaker 1: who walked with him, learned from him, were filled with
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  Speaker 1: the Holy Spirit, and preached the Gospel with power. And
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  Speaker 1: what happened to them, Every single one of them suffered.
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  Speaker 1: Peter was crucified upside down, Paul was beaten, stoned and
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  Speaker 1: eventually beheaded. James was killed by the sword, John was
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  Speaker 1: exiled to an island. These were not faithless men. These
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  Speaker 1: were not people who lacked favor from God. These were
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  Speaker 1: the most faithful followers of Christ, and suffering was a
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  Speaker 1: guarantee for them. If that was true for them, why
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  Speaker 1: would we expect our lives to be any different. The
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  Speaker 1: New Testament is full of examples of suffering believers. Paul
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  Speaker 1: was shipwrecked, imprisoned, and left for dead multiple times. Stephen
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  Speaker 1: was stoned to death while praying for his murderers. The
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  Speaker 1: early Christians were hunted down, burned alive, fed to lions,
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  Speaker 1: and thrown in prison, all because they refused to deny
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  Speaker 1: the name of Jesus. And yet despite all of this,
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  Speaker 1: not one of them regretted their suffering. Paul wrote, I
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  Speaker 1: consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with
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  Speaker 1: the glory that will be revealed in us Romans eighth eighteen.
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  Speaker 1: The writer of Hebrews said that the heroes of faith
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  Speaker 1: were tortured, refusing to be released so that they might
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  Speaker 1: gain an even better resurrection Hebrews eleven thirty five. The
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  Speaker 1: early Church did not cease suffering as a problem to
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  Speaker 1: be avoided. They saw it as evidence that they were
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  Speaker 1: truly following Christ. Jesus himself warned that following him would
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  Speaker 1: come with a cost. He told his disciples. If the
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  Speaker 1: world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first.
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  Speaker 1: John fifteen eighteen. He said, a servant is not greater
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  Speaker 1: than his master. If they persecuted me, they will persecute
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  Speaker 1: you also, John fifteen twenty. The moment you decide to
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  Speaker 1: truly follow Jesus, you make yourself an enemy of the world.
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  Speaker 1: You are no longer living by its rules. You no
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  Speaker 1: longer fit in. You no longer chase the things it values.
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  Speaker 1: And because of that you will experience rejection. Some will
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  Speaker 1: mock you, some will walk away from you, some will
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  Speaker 1: oppose you outright. But here's the thing that separates true
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  Speaker 1: believers from the rest. Suffering doesn't destroy them. It strengthens them.
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  Speaker 1: That's the paradox of faith. The more the early Church
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  Speaker 1: was persecuted, the more it grew. The more they were beaten,
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  Speaker 1: the bolder they became. They didn't see trials as something
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  Speaker 1: to complain about. They saw them as proof that God
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  Speaker 1: was refining them, shaping them, making them into something stronger.
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  Speaker 1: James wrote, consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters,
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  Speaker 1: whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know
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  Speaker 1: that the testing of your faith produces perseverance James one,
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  Speaker 1: two to three. The enemy wants you to believe that
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  Speaker 1: your suffering is meaningless, that when life gets hard it's
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  Speaker 1: because God has abandoned you. That if you're facing trials,
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  Speaker 1: it must mean you're doing something wrong. But that is
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  Speaker 1: a lie straight from hell, because if you look at scripture,
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  Speaker 1: you will see that suffering is not a sign of
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  Speaker 1: God's absence. It's a sign of his presence. It's a
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  Speaker 1: sign that He is shaping you, strengthening you, refining you,
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  Speaker 1: and using you for something greater than yourself. Every trial,
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  Speaker 1: every rejection, every moment of suffering is an opportunity to
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  Speaker 1: trust Him more, to grow deeper in faith, to become
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  Speaker 1: more like Jesus. Think about Jesus in the garden of gethsemone.
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  Speaker 1: He knew what was coming, He knew the betrayal, the beatings,
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  Speaker 1: the cross. He knew he would suffer more than anyone
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  Speaker 1: in history ever had or ever would. And yet what
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  Speaker 1: did he pray, Father, if you are willing take this
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  Speaker 1: cup from me, Yet not my will, but yours be
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  Speaker 1: done Luke twenty two forty two. Jesus chose suffering over comfort.
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  Speaker 1: He chose obedience over ease. And because of his suffering,
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  Speaker 1: we now have salvation. If he was willing to endure
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  Speaker 1: that much for us, how could we not endure whatever
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  Speaker 1: suffering comes for His name? The suffering you face today
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  Speaker 1: is not the end of your story. It is not wasted,
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  Speaker 1: it is not meaningless. It is part of your refining,
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  Speaker 1: part of your preparation, part of your teens estimony. One day,
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  Speaker 1: when you stand before God, you will realize that every tear,
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  Speaker 1: every hardship, every moment of suffering for his sake was
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  Speaker 1: worth it. You will see that you were never alone
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  Speaker 1: in it, and you will hear the only words that
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  Speaker 1: will ever matter. Well done, good and faithful servant, Matthew
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  Speaker 1: twenty five, twenty three. So here's the real question. Are
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  Speaker 1: you willing to suffer for Jesus? Or are you looking
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  Speaker 1: for a comfortable faith? Because the New Testament is clear
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  Speaker 1: real faith will be tested. But for those who endure,
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  Speaker 1: for those who remain faithful, the reward is beyond anything
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  Speaker 1: we can imagine. Jesus promised that whoever loses their life
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  Speaker 1: for my sake will find it Matthew sixteen, twenty five.
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  Speaker 1: Whatever you lose for Christ will never compare to what
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  Speaker 1: you will gain in eternity. If your suffering for your faith,
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  Speaker 1: you are in good company. You stand alongside the Apostles,
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  Speaker 1: the early Church, the persecuted believers around the world today,
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  Speaker 1: and Jesus himself, and one day every trial will be
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  Speaker 1: worth it. The seventh most important lesson we got from
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  Speaker 1: going through all twenty seven books of the New Testament
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  Speaker 1: is this, faith without action is dead. Many people claim
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  Speaker 1: to believe in Jesus. They go to church, they sing
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  Speaker 1: worship songs, they post Bible verses on social media. But
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  Speaker 1: the real question is not do you believe? The real
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  Speaker 1: question is has your belief changed the way you live? Because,
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  Speaker 1: according to James, belief by itself means nothing. Faith by itself,
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  Speaker 1: if it does not have works, is dead. James two seventeen.
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  Speaker 1: That's a shocking statement. He didn't say weak faith. He
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  Speaker 1: didn't say struggling faith. He said dead faith, as in useless, empty,
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  Speaker 1: and lifeless. If your faith doesn't result in real action,
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  Speaker 1: then it's not faith at all. It's just words. The
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  Speaker 1: New Testament is clear real faith produces evidence. When Jesus
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  Speaker 1: called people to follow him, he never said just believe
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  Speaker 1: in me and keep living the same way. Number he
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  Speaker 1: told them to leave everything behind. He told them to
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  Speaker 1: deny themselves, take up their cross, and follow him. He
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  Speaker 1: told them to repent, to obey, to love, to serve.
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  Speaker 1: Faith was never meant to be a private belief that
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  Speaker 1: stays locked in your heart. It was meant to be
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  Speaker 1: a living, breathing, active force that changes the way you think,
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  Speaker 1: the way you act, and the way you love. Think
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  Speaker 1: about the stories in the Bible. Every person who truly
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  Speaker 1: encountered Jesus was changed. Zachias the corrupt tax collector didn't
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  Speaker 1: just feel bad about his sins. He gave half of
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  Speaker 1: his money to the poor and repaid everyone he cheated
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  Speaker 1: four times over. The woman caught in adultery didn't just
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  Speaker 1: say I believe in Jesus, She walked away from her sin. Paul,
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  Speaker 1: the persecutor of Christians, didn't just pray a prayer and
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  Speaker 1: move on. He dedicated the rest of his life to
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  Speaker 1: spreading the Gospel, even at the cost of suffering and imprisonment.
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  Speaker 1: Real faith demands action. It moves you, It changes you,
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  Speaker 1: It produces something in you that the world can see.
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  Speaker 1: But here's the problem. Many people claim Christianity but show
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  Speaker 1: no evidence of it in their lives. They say they
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  Speaker 1: believe in Jesus, but they don't obey his word. They
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  Speaker 1: say they follow him, but they don't love others. They
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  Speaker 1: go to church, but they live no differently than the world.
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  Speaker 1: They justify sin, they hold grudges, they ignore the needs
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  Speaker 1: of the broken. They live for themselves while still wearing
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  Speaker 1: the label Christian, and James makes it painfully clear that
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  Speaker 1: kind of faith is dead. He gives a striking example.
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  Speaker 1: He says, suppose a brother or a sister is without
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  Speaker 1: clothes and daily food. If one of you says to them,
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  Speaker 1: go in peace, keep warm and well fed, but does
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  Speaker 1: nothing about their physical needs, what good is it? James
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  Speaker 1: two fifteen to sixteen. Imagine seeing someone starving in the streets,
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  Speaker 1: and instead of helping them, you just say I'll pray
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  Speaker 1: for you, then walk away. That is what dead faith
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  Speaker 1: looks like. It sounds spiritual, but it does nothing. And
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  Speaker 1: that's exactly what many people do. They pray, they talk
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  Speaker 1: about faith, they even attend church, but when it comes
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  Speaker 1: to real obedience, real sacrifice, real love, they disappear. They
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  Speaker 1: won't forgive, they won't help those in need. They won't
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  Speaker 1: stand for truth when it costs them something. They won't
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  Speaker 1: step out in faith. When God calls them. They say
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  Speaker 1: they have faith, but their life tells a different story.
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  Speaker 1: James wasn't the only one who preached this. Jesus himself
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  Speaker 1: warned about people who think they are saved but have
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  Speaker 1: no real obedience. He said, not everyone who says to me,
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  Speaker 1: Lord Lord, will enter the Kingdom of heaven, but only
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  Speaker 1: the one who does the will of my Father, who
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  Speaker 1: is in heaven Matthew seven twenty one. Let that sink in.
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  Speaker 1: There will be people who call Jesus Lord, who think
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  Speaker 1: they belong to him, who assume they are saved, and
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  Speaker 1: yet they will be turned away. Why because their faith
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  Speaker 1: was just words. There was no obedience, no action, no
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  Speaker 1: real transformation. This is why Paul tells us to examine
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  Speaker 1: yourselves to see whether you are in the faith two
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  Speaker 1: Corinthians thirteen five. We should be asking ourselves daily, is
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  Speaker 1: my faith alive or dead? Am I truly following Christ?
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  Speaker 1: Or am I just going through the motions? Because when
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  Speaker 1: faith is real, it will show. It will show in
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  Speaker 1: how you treat people. It will show in how you forgive,
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  Speaker 1: It will show in how you love, It will show
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  Speaker 1: in how you obey. Faith is not just an inward belief.
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  Speaker 1: It is an outward transformation. So what does real living
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  Speaker 1: faith look like. It looks like obedience even when it's hard.
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  Speaker 1: It looks like loving people who don't deserve it. It
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  Speaker 1: looks like giving, serving and sacrificing for the sake of others.
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  Speaker 1: It looks like trusting God enough to step out in
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  Speaker 1: faith even when you don't have all the answers. It
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  Speaker 1: looks like standing firm in truth even when the world
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  Speaker 1: calls you a fool. Faith is not just something you say,
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  Speaker 1: It is something you live. The early Church understood this.
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  Speaker 1: Their faith wasn't just about attending services or memorizing scripture.
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  Speaker 1: It was about radical, life changing action. They fed the poor,
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  Speaker 1: they took care of widows and orphans. They gave up
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  Speaker 1: everything to spread the gospel. They risked their lives to
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  Speaker 1: stand for Christ. They didn't just say they had faith,
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  Speaker 1: They proved it by the way they lived. So here's
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  Speaker 1: the real question. If someone looked at your life, would
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  Speaker 1: there be enough evidence to prove that you follow Jesus.
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  Speaker 1: If faith without works is dead, then what does your
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  Speaker 1: faith look like? Is it alive, active and transforming the
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  Speaker 1: world around you, or is it just empty words? Because
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  Speaker 1: The truth is belief alone is not enough. The demons
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  Speaker 1: believe in Jesus too, and they tremble James two nineteen.
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  Speaker 1: What separates real believers is not just belief, its obedience.
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  Speaker 1: This is not about earning salvation. Salvation is by grace
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  Speaker 1: through faith, not by works Ephesians two eight through nine.
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  Speaker 1: But true faith always produces works. If you are truly saved,
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  Speaker 1: your life will reflect it. If Jesus has really changed you,
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  Speaker 1: it will show. If the Holy Spirit is inside you,
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  Speaker 1: you will not remain the same. So ask yourself, does
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  Speaker 1: my life reflect the faith I claim to have. This
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  Speaker 1: is the seventh most important lesson from the New Testament.
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  Speaker 1: Faith without action is dead. It is not enough to
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  Speaker 1: just believe. If your faith doesn't move you, change you,
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  Speaker 1: and push you toward obedience, then it is not faith
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  Speaker 1: at all. True faith is living, breathing, active, and it
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  Speaker 1: produces real transformation. The eighth most important lesson we got
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  Speaker 1: from going through all twenty seven books of the New
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  Speaker 1: Testament is this love is the greatest evidence of a
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  Speaker 1: true believer. It's not your Bible knowledge. It's not how
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  Speaker 1: many church services you attend, it's not how loudly you
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  Speaker 1: preach how well you debate theology or how much scripture
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  Speaker 1: you've memorized. Jesus made it clear by this, everyone will
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  Speaker 1: know that you are my disciples if you love one another.
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  Speaker 1: John thirteen thirty five. Love is the real proof of
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  Speaker 1: a transformed life. It is the greatest commandment, the greatest calling,
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  Speaker 1: and the greatest test of our faith. And yet it
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  Speaker 1: is also the thing most believers struggle with the most.
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  Speaker 1: The problem isn't the Christians don't talk about love. The
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  Speaker 1: problem is how easily redefine love to fit what's comfortable.
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  Speaker 1: Some reduced love to just being nice, never confronting sin,
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  Speaker 1: never standing for truth, never risking offense. Others claimed to love,
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  Speaker 1: but their actions reveal pride, unforgiveness, and self righteousness. But
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  Speaker 1: biblical love is not cheap, weak, or easy. It is
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  Speaker 1: the hardest thing Jesus ever commanded us to do. Think
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  Speaker 1: about the way Jesus loved. He didn't just love his friends.
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  Speaker 1: He loved the people who betrayed him, denied him, and
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  Speaker 1: nailed him to a cross. When Judas sat at the
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  Speaker 1: Last Supper planning his betrayal, Jesus still washed his feet
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  Speaker 1: when Peter denied him three times Jesus still restored him.
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  Speaker 1: When he hung on the cross, bleeding and gasping for breath,
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  Speaker 1: he looked at the very people who tortured him and said, Father,
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  Speaker 1: forgive them, for they do not know what they are
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  Speaker 1: doing Luke twenty three thirty four. That is the love
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  Speaker 1: Jesus calls us to, not just love for people who
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  Speaker 1: are easy to love, not just love for people who
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  Speaker 1: treat us well. Love for the undeserving, love for the ungrateful,
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  Speaker 1: Love for our enemies. This is where so many believers
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  Speaker 1: fall short. We love until it becomes inconvenient. We love
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  Speaker 1: until someone hurts us. We love until we have to
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  Speaker 1: forgive people who don't deserve it. But Jesus didn't put
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  Speaker 1: conditions on love. He said, love your enemies, Do good
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  Speaker 1: to those who hate you, Bless those who curse you,
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  Speaker 1: Pray for those who mistreat you. Luke six twenty seven
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  Speaker 1: to twenty eight. That means love is not based on feelings,
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  Speaker 1: Love is not earned. Love is a choice, an action
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  Speaker 1: that proves we truly belong to Christ. The early Church
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  Speaker 1: understood this. They weren't just known for their beliefs, they
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  Speaker 1: were known for their radical love. In the Roman Empire,
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  Speaker 1: where hatred and vengeance were the norm Christians loved differently.
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  Speaker 1: They cared for widows and orphans, They took in the
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  Speaker 1: sick and dying. They treated slaves with dignity. They didn't
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  Speaker 1: just preach about love, they lived it out. And because
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  Speaker 1: of that the world took notice. Even their persecutors admitted,
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  Speaker 1: see how they love one another. It was their love,
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  Speaker 1: not their arguments, not their religious rituals, that proved they
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  Speaker 1: belonged to Jesus. So what does that say about us?
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  Speaker 1: If someone watched our lives, how we speak, how we act,
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  Speaker 1: how we treat people who frustrate us, would they know
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  Speaker 1: we belong to Christ. Because real love is not tested
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  Speaker 1: when it's easy. Real love is tested when it's hard.
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  Speaker 1: Jesus asked one of the hardest questions in scripture, if
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  Speaker 1: you love those who love you, what reward will you get?
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  Speaker 1: Do not even tax collects do the same Matthew five
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  Speaker 1: forty six. In other words, if you only love people
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  Speaker 1: who are good to you, your love isn't special. That's
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  Speaker 1: just human nature. Even the worst sinners do that. What
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  Speaker 1: sets believers apart is that we love when the world
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  Speaker 1: says we shouldn't. We forgive when people expect us to hate.
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  Speaker 1: We show kindness when revenge would feel more satisfying. But
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  Speaker 1: here's the reality. Many Christians struggle to love. Some are
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  Speaker 1: still holding on to bitterness from years ago. Some refuse
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  Speaker 1: to forgive people who have wronged them. Some gossip, slander,
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  Speaker 1: and tear others down in the name of truth. Some
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  Speaker 1: claim to love God but look down on others who
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  Speaker 1: don't measure up to their religious standards. And James warns
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  Speaker 1: us if anyone says I love God yet hates his
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  Speaker 1: brother or sister, he is a liar First John four twenty.
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  Speaker 1: That is a terrifying statement. If we claim to love
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  Speaker 1: God but refuse to love others, our faith is a lie.
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  Speaker 1: This doesn't mean love is weak. Love doesn't mean ignoring
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  Speaker 1: sin or avoiding hard conversations. Jesus was full of love,
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  Speaker 1: yet he confronted hypocrisy, called people to repentance, and spoke
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  Speaker 1: truth that offended many. But he always did it with
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  Speaker 1: a heart that longed for redemption, not condemnation. His love
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  Speaker 1: was never about proving people wrong. It was about leading
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  Speaker 1: them to life. If our truth is spoken without love,
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  Speaker 1: it is nothing more than noise Verse Corinthians thirteen one
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  Speaker 1: This is the eighth most important lesson from the New Testament.
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  Speaker 1: Love is the greatest evidence of a true believer. If
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  Speaker 1: we fail at everything else, but we learn how to
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  Speaker 1: love like Jesus, we will have fulfilled the greatest commandment.
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  Speaker 1: So ask yourself, who in my life am I struggling
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  Speaker 1: to love? Who have I refused to forgive? Am I
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  Speaker 1: really reflecting the love of Christ? Or have I made
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  Speaker 1: excuses for my lack of it? Because when we stand
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  Speaker 1: before God, he won't ask how much scripture we memorized,
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  Speaker 1: how many church services we attended, or how many theological
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  Speaker 1: debates we won. He will ask how well we loved,
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  Speaker 1: And the answer to that question will determine whether the
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  Speaker 1: world ever saw Christ in us. The ninth most important
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  Speaker 1: lesson we got from going through all twenty seven books
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  Speaker 1: of the New Testament is this, The Kingdom of God
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  Speaker 1: is upside down. Everything the world tells us to chase success, power, comfort, recognition.
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  Speaker 1: Jesus tells us to let go of everything the world
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  Speaker 1: values status, wealth, dominance. Jesus calls worthless compared to the
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  Speaker 1: Kingdom of God. And this is where so many struggle,
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  Speaker 1: because following Jesus doesn't just mean changing what we believe.
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  Speaker 1: It means changing what we value. It means rejecting what
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  Speaker 1: the world says is important and embracing what seems foolish
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  Speaker 1: to everyone else. It means flipping our entire perspective upside
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  Speaker 1: down and realizing that in God's kingdom everything works in reverse.
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  Speaker 1: The first will be last, The weaker strong, the humble
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  Speaker 1: are exalted, The broken are made whole. The ones who
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  Speaker 1: give up everything gain the most. The ones who suffer
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  Speaker 1: now will rejoice later. The ones who seem forgotten will
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  Speaker 1: be honored forever. This is the radical, earth shattering message
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  Speaker 1: of the Gospel. It is not a kingdom built on
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  Speaker 1: human power, but on divine paradox. And if we don't
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  Speaker 1: understand this, we will spend our lives chasing the wrong things,
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  Speaker 1: building the wrong kingdom, and wondering why we still feel empty.
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  Speaker 1: Jesus didn't just preach this truth, he lived it. He
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  Speaker 1: was God in the flesh, yet he chose to be
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  Speaker 1: born in a stable, not a palace. He had the
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  Speaker 1: right to be served, yet he washed the feet of
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  Speaker 1: his own disciples. He could have commanded legions of angels,
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  Speaker 1: yet he let himself be arrested, beaten, and crucified. He
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  Speaker 1: proved with every action that the greatest in the kingdom
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  Speaker 1: is not the one who takes, but the one who gives,
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  Speaker 1: not the one who rules, but the one who serves,
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  Speaker 1: not the one who demands honor, but the one who
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  Speaker 1: humbles himself. And then he turned to his followers and
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  Speaker 1: told them to do the same. Whoever wants to be
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  Speaker 1: great among you must be your servant Matthew twenty twenty six.
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  Speaker 1: That is why the disciples could never fit into the
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  Speaker 1: world's system again. Before they met Jesus, they argued about
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  Speaker 1: who would be the greatest. After they met Jesus, they
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  Speaker 1: argued about who would so first. They no longer cared
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  Speaker 1: about titles, positions, or personal success. They cared about laying
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  Speaker 1: their lives down for Christ because they understood something the
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  Speaker 1: world never will. True power is found in surrender. True
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  Speaker 1: success is found in sacrifice. True life is found in
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  Speaker 1: dying to self. But here's the problem. Most Christians today
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  Speaker 1: are still living by the world's rules. We say we
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  Speaker 1: follow Jesus, but we still chase after money, security, recognition,
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  Speaker 1: and status. We say we belong to God's kingdom, but
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  Speaker 1: we live like this life is all that matters. We
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  Speaker 1: strive for comfort. While the early Church rejoiced in suffering.
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  Speaker 1: We seek applause. While Jesus told us to expect rejection.
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  Speaker 1: We hold onto our reputations while Paul called everything rubbish
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  Speaker 1: compared to knowing Christ Philippians three eight. And then we
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  Speaker 1: wonder why we don't see the kind of power, joy,
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  Speaker 1: and faith that they had. The truth is, you cannot
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  Speaker 1: live for two kingdoms. You cannot build your life on
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  Speaker 1: earthly success and still expect to be great in heaven.
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  Speaker 1: Jesus said, no one can serve two masters. You will
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  Speaker 1: either hate one and love the other, or you will
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  Speaker 1: be devoted to one and despise the other Matthew six
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  Speaker 1: twenty four. This is where so many get stuck. They
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  Speaker 1: want God's blessings, but the world's approval. They want to
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  Speaker 1: follow Jesus but also fit in, but the kingdom of
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  Speaker 1: God doesn't work that way. If you truly belong to Christ,
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  Speaker 1: you will always seem upside down to the world. Your
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  Speaker 1: values won't match theirs, your goals won't match theirs. Your
• 1:00:51
  Speaker 1: life will look strange, foolish, and even reckless to people
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  Speaker 1: who don't understand. But that's because you're living for something
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  Speaker 1: great later than what they can see. Jesus warned his disciples,
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  Speaker 1: woe to you when everyone speaks well of you Luke
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  Speaker 1: six twenty six. Let that sink in. If the world
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  Speaker 1: loves everything about your life, if your priorities, ambitions, and
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  Speaker 1: lifestyle make perfect sense to those who don't know God,
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  Speaker 1: then something is wrong. The world should be confused by
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  Speaker 1: your choices. They should look at your generosity and say
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  Speaker 1: why are you giving so much away? They should look
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  Speaker 1: at your humility and say why aren't you fighting for
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  Speaker 1: your own success. They should look at your joy in
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  Speaker 1: suffering and say, why aren't you bitter? Because the greatest
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  Speaker 1: witness to the world is not just what we say,
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  Speaker 1: it's how we live. If we claim to follow Jesus
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  Speaker 1: but live just like everyone else, what message does that send.
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  Speaker 1: Paul understood this when he said we are fools for
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  Speaker 1: Christ first Corinthians four ten. He wasn't speaking metaphoric. He
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  Speaker 1: meant that in the world's eyes, his life made no sense.
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  Speaker 1: He had power, influence, and status as a respected pharisee.
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  Speaker 1: He gave it all up to be beaten, imprisoned, shipwrecked,
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  Speaker 1: and hated why because he knew that true treasure isn't
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  Speaker 1: found here, It's stored in heaven. He knew that true
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  Speaker 1: greatness isn't in being served, it's in serving others. He
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  Speaker 1: knew the true victory isn't in winning on earth, it's
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  Speaker 1: in losing. For Christ. The world looked at Paul and
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  Speaker 1: saw a man wasting his life. Heaven looked at Paul
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  Speaker 1: and saw a man investing in eternity. So here's the
• 1:02:38
  Speaker 1: real question. What kingdom are you building? Are you chasing success, wealth, recognition,
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  Speaker 1: and comfort, or are you willing to be seen as foolish,
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  Speaker 1: weak and small in the world's eyes so that you
• 1:02:51
  Speaker 1: can be great in God's Because the truth is, you
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  Speaker 1: can either live for the world's approval or you can
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  Speaker 1: live for the kingdom. But you cannot do both. This
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  Speaker 1: is the ninth lesson from the New Testament. The Kingdom
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  Speaker 1: of God is upside down. If you follow Jesus, your
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  Speaker 1: life will not make sense to the world. You will
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  Speaker 1: be last when others are first. You will be small
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  Speaker 1: when others are great, you will suffer when others are celebrated.
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  Speaker 1: But in the end, when the world fades away and
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  Speaker 1: only God's Kingdom remains, you will find that everything you
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  Speaker 1: sacrificed was worth it because the last will be first
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  Speaker 1: and the first will be last. Matthew, twenty sixteen. At
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  Speaker 1: The tenth and final most important lesson we got from
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  Speaker 1: going through all twenty seven books of the New Testament
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  Speaker 1: is this, Jesus is coming back, and most people won't
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  Speaker 1: be ready. It's the one truth that hangs over everything else.
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  Speaker 1: The miracles, the teachings, the sacrifices, the warnings, all of
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  Speaker 1: it leads to this final moment in history. Jesus isn't
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  Speaker 1: just a figure of the past. He isn't just a teacher,
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  Speaker 1: a martyr, or a religious symbol. He is the returning King.
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  Speaker 1: And when he comes back, he won't be arriving in
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  Speaker 1: a manger, wrapped in humility. He will come in power,
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  Speaker 1: in glory, in judgment. He said it himself in the
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  Speaker 1: very last chapter of the Bible. Look, I'm coming soon.
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  Speaker 1: My reward is with me, and I will give to
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  Speaker 1: each person according to what they have done Revelation twenty
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  Speaker 1: two twelve. But he is the terrifying reality. Most people
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  Speaker 1: will not be ready. They won't be watching, they won't
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  Speaker 1: be waiting, they won't be living like the king of
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  Speaker 1: the universe is about to split the sky. In return,
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  Speaker 1: they will be too distracted, too comfortable, too caught up
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  Speaker 1: in and the temporary things of this world to recognize
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  Speaker 1: how little time is left. Jesus warned us over and
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  Speaker 1: over again that his return would be unexpected, sudden, like
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  Speaker 1: a thief in the night. He told parables about people
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  Speaker 1: who thought they had more time, servants who got lazy,
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  Speaker 1: bridesmaids who ran out of oil, a generation that went
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  Speaker 1: on eating, drinking, and living life as usual, just like
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  Speaker 1: in the days of Noah, right before the flood came
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  Speaker 1: and destroyed them all Matthew twenty four, thirty seven to
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  Speaker 1: thirty nine. His message was clear. Most people will be
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  Speaker 1: too blind to see what's coming, and that includes many
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  Speaker 1: who call themselves Christians. The scary truth is that not
• 1:05:49
  Speaker 1: everyone who thinks they belong to Jesus actually does. He
• 1:05:53
  Speaker 1: said it himself. Not everyone who says to me, Lord
• 1:05:57
  Speaker 1: lordwin will enter the Kingdom of Heaven, but only the
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  Speaker 1: one who does the will of my Father, who is
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  Speaker 1: in heaven. Matthew seven twenty one imagine that people who
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  Speaker 1: called him lord, people who thought they were saved, people
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  Speaker 1: who assumed they were fine, only to hear the most
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  Speaker 1: devastating words in existence. I never knew you depart from me.
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  Speaker 1: How does that happen? How do people think they belonged
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  Speaker 1: to Jesus yet completely miss it? Simple? They never actually
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  Speaker 1: lived for him. They got comfortable, they blended in, They
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  Speaker 1: settled for a faith that looked good on the outside
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  Speaker 1: but was dead on the inside. They went to church,
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  Speaker 1: but they never truly surrendered. They claimed the name of Jesus,
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  Speaker 1: but they never actually followed him. And the truth is
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  Speaker 1: that could be any of us if we're not careful.
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  Speaker 1: Because the enemy doesn't need you to reject Jesus. He
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  Speaker 1: just needs you to be distracted. He just needs you
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  Speaker 1: to get so caught up in work, money, entertainment, relationships,
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  Speaker 1: or the pursuit of your own comfort that you stop
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  Speaker 1: thinking about eternity, that you stop watching, that you stop
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  Speaker 1: living with urgency, Because the moment you do, you become
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  Speaker 1: just like the foolish bridesmaids in Jesus Parable unprepared a
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  Speaker 1: sleep with no oil left in your lamp. When the
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  Speaker 1: bridegroom finally arrives Matthew twenty five one to thirteen, and
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  Speaker 1: when the door shuts there is no second chance. The
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  Speaker 1: early Church understood this urgency. They lived every day as
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  Speaker 1: if Jesus could return at any moment. They preached like
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  Speaker 1: time was running out. They sacrificed like eternity was real.
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  Speaker 1: They didn't store up treasures here, they poured everything into
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  Speaker 1: the Kingdom to come. They suffered, they endured, They laid
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  Speaker 1: down their lives because they knew the King was coming back,
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  Speaker 1: and when he did, they wanted to be found faithful.
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  Speaker 1: But do we live that way to day? Do we
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  Speaker 1: wake up with eternity on our minds? Do we make
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  Speaker 1: decisions based on what will matter when we stand before Jesus?
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  Speaker 1: Or have we, like so many before us, fallen asleep.
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  Speaker 1: This is the final warning of the New Testament, the
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  Speaker 1: last great truth that cannot be ignored. Jesus is not
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  Speaker 1: delaying his return because he forgot about us. He is
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  Speaker 1: delaying because he is merciful, because he is giving us
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  Speaker 1: time to wake up, to repent, to make things right.
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  Speaker 1: Peter wrote, the Lord is not slow in keeping his promise,
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  Speaker 1: as some understand slowness. Instead, he is patient with you.
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  Speaker 1: Not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to
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  Speaker 1: repentance tewod Peter three nine. But that time will not
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  Speaker 1: last forever. One day the trumpet will sound, the ski
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  Speaker 1: will split. Jesus will return not as the suffering servant,
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  Speaker 1: but as the conquering King, the righteous judge, the lord
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  Speaker 1: of all. Every knee will bow, every tongue will confess
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  Speaker 1: that he is Lord. And in that moment, it won't
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  Speaker 1: matter how much money you had, how successful you were,
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  Speaker 1: how many people liked you, or how many things you owned.
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  Speaker 1: The only thing that will matter is whether or not
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  Speaker 1: you were ready. This is the tenth and final lesson
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  Speaker 1: from the New Testament. Jesus is coming back, and most
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  Speaker 1: people won't be ready. The question is will you be
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  Speaker 1: one of them? Because the time to prepare is not tomorrow.
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  Speaker 1: It's not when you're older, or when life slows down,
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  Speaker 1: or when you feel ready. The time is now, because
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  Speaker 1: one day, sooner than we think, the door will close,
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  Speaker 1: and when it does, the only thing that will matter
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  Speaker 1: is whether you were truly his. This final truth leads
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  Speaker 1: us to one last question, what will you do with
• 1:10:01
  Speaker 1: these messages? Because these are not just ancient teachings, not
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  Speaker 1: just theological ideas, not just history lessons. They are life
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  Speaker 1: changing truths that demand a response. Every single one of
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  Speaker 1: these messages still matters today. They still have the power
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  Speaker 1: to transform hearts, to wake people up, to bring the
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  Speaker 1: lost home, to set people free, but only if you
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  Speaker 1: let them, only if you don't just hear them, but
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  Speaker 1: live them. So now it's your turn to ask yourself
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  Speaker 1: which message impacted you the most, Which truth do you
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  Speaker 1: struggle with the most? Have these lessons just made you think?
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  Speaker 1: Or are they actually changing the way you live? Because
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  Speaker 1: the scariest thing we could do is agree with the
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  Speaker 1: truth but never apply it. It's easy to nod along,
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  Speaker 1: to feel inspired, to say that was powerful, but none
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  Speaker 1: of that matters if your life stays the same. If
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  Speaker 1: these messages don't lead you to action, then they will
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  Speaker 1: fade just as quickly as you heard them. Maybe for
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  Speaker 1: some of you, this was a wake up call. Maybe
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  Speaker 1: you realized that you've been chasing the wrong things, building
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  Speaker 1: the wrong kingdom, following Jesus at a safe distance instead
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  Speaker 1: of surrendering completely. Maybe you realize that you're not as
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  Speaker 1: ready for his return as you thought. If that's you,
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  Speaker 1: don't ignore it, because there is still time, There is
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  Speaker 1: still grace, There is still an open door, but not forever.
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  Speaker 1: If you're feeling that pull, that's God calling you deeper.
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  Speaker 1: That's him saying it's time. No more waiting, no more
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  Speaker 1: half way faith, no more blending in with the world,
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  Speaker 1: Follow me completely, and that decision that's what will change everything.
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  Speaker 1: So before you move on to something else, take a moment.
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  Speaker 1: Ask yourself, what do I need to change? What do
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  Speaker 1: I need to surrender? What do I need to do
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  Speaker 1: to day to live out these truths? Because Jesus isn't
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  Speaker 1: coming back for those who just agreed with him. He's
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  Speaker 1: coming back for those who lived for him. Let us
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  Speaker 1: know in the comments which truth hit you the hardest,
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  Speaker 1: Which one do you struggle with the most? And if
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  Speaker 1: you know someone who needs to hear this, share this
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  Speaker 1: Deep Bible Stories video with them. Maybe they keep saying
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  Speaker 1: they'll get around to reading the Bible, but you know
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  Speaker 1: how that goes. Be the friend who pushes them toward
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  Speaker 1: truth because we don't have forever. We've covered every book
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  Speaker 1: of the New Testament in detail. If you want to
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  Speaker 1: to God, Stay blessed.