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Manifesting the Kingdom of God 4 | The Believer's conference 2025 day 2 · Near East Christian Fellowship Sermons

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Welcome to NECF. We're thrilled you're here.
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Make sure to stay with us till the end, where
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we'll share some great resources to deepen your
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faith. Now, let's dive into this week's sermon.
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It's a beautiful morning, and I'm so excited
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once again to be in this place. Yesterday was
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a great moment for us, and I believe once again
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God will continue in what he has been doing in
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our midst. You know, we go gradually. The way
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God exposes us to his truth is step by step.
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Amen. Step by step, gradually. You know, Isaiah
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28. Verse 10. Isaiah 28. Verse 10 says, he tells
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us everything. Yes, give me the NLT. Give me
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the NLT. I love the way the NLT put it. So he
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tells us everything over and over. One line at
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a time. One line at a time. A little here and
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a little there. See, this is how. You know, truth
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is unveiled gradually, little by little, here
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and there. And then before we know it, we see
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the insight that comes from God's word. So what
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I want you to do is that you should be encouraged
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to follow every single thing that is done in
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this place. All right? Just know that this meeting
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is arranged specifically for you. This meeting
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is for you, and it's not for anybody. Just have
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this kind of mindset that this meeting is for
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you. Even if there's nobody here and I'm the
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only one here, I'm going to enjoy what God is
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doing. God is taking this moment to invest into
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my life because he has a plan for my life. So
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from what we will be doing and everything that
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every other speaker will be coming to lead us,
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it is a build -up on every aspect of what God...
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We want us to see in this season. So please be
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very conscious. And see how it links. See how
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it links. See how it's connected. Because step
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by step. Little by little. We see the build up
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of what God is doing for us. And there is an
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admonition. Paul gave to Timothy. In 2 Timothy
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chapter 3. From verse 10. 2 Timothy chapter 3.
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From verse 10. He says but you. You have carefully
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followed my doctrine, manner of life, purpose,
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faith, long -suffering, love, perseverance, persecutions,
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afflictions, which happened to me at Antioch,
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at Iconium, at Lystra. What persecutions I endured,
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and out of them all the Lord delivered me. Yes.
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and all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus
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will suffer persecution. But evil men and impostors
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will grow worse and worse, deceiving and being
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deceived. This is what is happening. But then
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for you, that is for us individually here, it
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says, but you must continue in the things which
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you have learned. and being assured of knowing
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from whom you have learned them. How we are learning
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in this place will be productive. We'll see the
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fruitfulness in your life is when you continue,
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that is when you practice what you learn in this
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place. So whatever thing that will be coming
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to us and coming for us, let our mindset be that
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we are looking at how we can apply, where we
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can obey. But continue, you must continue in
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things which you have learned and been assured
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of knowing from whom you have learned them. And
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that from childhood, you have known the holy
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scriptures. From childhood, from when you were
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born again, you've been exposed to God's word,
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which are able to make you wise for salvation
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through faith, which is in Christ Jesus. All
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scripture. That is all scripture is given by
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inspiration of God. And it is profitable, meaning
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that it is advantageous, meaning that it is useful.
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It is important for doctrine. Doctrine here means
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teaching. It is important. The scripture is a
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material by which we receive instruction for
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life. So the scripture. is advantage, is profitable,
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is advantageous for doctrine, for reproof, for
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correction, for instruction in righteousness.
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And this is a goal that the man of God may be
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complete, thoroughly equipped by, equipped for
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every good work. So the goal is for our equipping.
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that we will be made ready for every good work.
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So the intention is that God will help us to
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be equipped for the work that he has for us.
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And moving down to chapter 4, he continued by
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saying, I charge you therefore before God and
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the Lord Jesus Christ, who will judge the living
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and the dead at his appearance. At his kingdom.
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Preach the word. Be ready in season and out of
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season. Convince, rebuke, exhort. With all longsuffering
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and teaching. Verse 3. For time will come when
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they will not endure sound doctrine. People will
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not be willing to sit for a long time. Enduring
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has to do with making yourself to be under the
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authority of the word of God. Time is coming
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that many will not endure, many will not give
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themselves up to the instruction that comes from
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God's word. For the time will come when they
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will not endure sound doctrine, but according
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to their own desires, because they have itching
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ears, they will heap up for themselves teachers,
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and they will turn their ears away from truth
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and be torn aside to fables. But you, Be watchful
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in all things. Endure afflictions. Do the work
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of an evangelist and fulfill your ministry. Hallelujah.
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So what I want to encourage us is to endure every
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single thing. It's not easy. Training is not
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an easy task. Discipline is not easy. It's not
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easy for the body. But when we look at the goal
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that it will achieve in our lives, it will motivate
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us to do what? To make ourselves readily available
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under the instruction of God's word so that we
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will be built up. So my desire is that our hearts
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will be here, our mind will be here, and our
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attention will be fixed on seeing what God will
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say. Hallelujah. That we will be fixed, fixated
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on seeing. Our desire is to see. what God will
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say, and then what we will do from what God will
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say. Hallelujah. Now let's get to our scripture,
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our key scripture for this conference that we've
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been looking at since yesterday. Manifesting
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the kingdom of God. Matthew chapter 16. Matthew
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chapter 16. From what's starting. When Jesus
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came into the region of Caesarea Philippi, he
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asked his disciples, saying, Who do men say that
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I, the Son of Man, am? So they said some say
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John the Baptist, some Elijah, others Jeremiah,
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or one of the prophets. He said to them, But
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who do you say that I am? Simon Peter answered
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and said, You are the Christ, the Son of the
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living God. Jesus answered and said to him, Blessed
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are you, Simon Barjona, for flesh and blood has
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not revealed this to you, but my Father who is
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where? Who is in heaven. And I say to you that
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you are Peter, and on this rock, I will build
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my church and the gates of Hades shall not prevail
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against it. And I will give you the keys of the
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kingdom of heaven. And whatever you bind on earth
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will be bound in heaven. And whatever you lose
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on earth will be loosed in heaven. Hallelujah.
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And we're able to go through, you know, the preliminary
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verses. We look at the context. And then we say
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that, you know, the disciples were sent out by
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Jesus Christ to go out and preach the gospel.
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And then when they came back, Jesus was asking
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them of their reports. Of course, they came back
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very joyful, you know, seeing what God has worked
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by their hands. They went to preach concerning
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the kingdom. They went to proclaim the kingdom.
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And then signs and wonders were done by them.
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Because Jesus Christ has authorized them, has
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given them power, has given them authority. They
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cast out devils, they heal, they perform wonderful
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miracles, accompanying, you know, the preaching
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of the kingdom, preaching of the message of the
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kingdom. And we saw from the text we read yesterday
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that, you know, there were different accounts.
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People have different perception. People have
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different, you know. about who Jesus is. And
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we established that the idea about who Jesus
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Christ is is founded on ignorance, is founded
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on unbelief. And we say that for us to be effective
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in the work of ministry, it is important that
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our theology about Jesus Christ be accurate because
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Jesus Christ shifted from what they heard from
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the people, from the crowd, to what they themselves.
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Say about the Messiah. About the son of man.
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About Jesus Christ. Which shows to us the importance
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of. Understanding. The importance of understanding.
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Who God is. The importance of understanding.
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What the message is. And we say that the message
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is a person. The message is Jesus Christ. And
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it is important for us. To comprehend. To understand.
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To know who Jesus is. To have a revelation. We
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say revelation of Christ. is crucial, is important,
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is vital to doing the work of ministry. And our
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preparation is knowing God, having a revelation
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of who Jesus is so that we can be able to preach
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him accurately. And we see, you know, the instance
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where Peter made a proclamation. you know, about
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who Jesus is. And we establish also that Peter's
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revelation of Jesus Christ was founded on the
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writings of the prophets, which means that he
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believed on the prophetic writings of, you know,
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the scriptures concerning who Jesus is. And this
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is what we define as revelation. From this revelation,
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you know, He professed or he confessed who Jesus
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is. So we're going to continue from verse 18.
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From verse 18 of this text. Let me read verse
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17, then I will go down to verse 18. Jesus answered
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and said to him, Blessed are you, Simon Barjona,
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for flesh and blood, which means that this understanding
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is not coming from human point of view. Flesh
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and blood has not revealed this to you, but my
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Father who is in heaven. So what God does to
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us is that he opens us to his word. That is what
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God does to us, give us revelation. And the revelation
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which God will give us is in the word of God,
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is in the scriptures. And I also say to you that
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you are Peter. And on this rock, I will build
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my church. And the gates of Hades shall not prevail
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against it. On this rock, verse 18. And I also
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say to you that you are Peter. And on this rock,
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I will build my church. And the gates of Hades
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shall not prevail against it. If you are an intelligent
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reader of the text. I think a question should
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rise in your heart. What is this rock? Because,
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you know, Jesus Christ was not talking about,
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was not teaching about the types of rocks. Right?
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The conversation in this text is not geology
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or geography or construction. In a way, they
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are building a house, so Jesus is explaining
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construction, engineering, or whatever. Where
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will Jesus, or what will Jesus mean by the rock?
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The rock. What did Jesus mean when he said this
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rock? Was he pointing at a rock? Was he pointing
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at a rock? When he said this rock, was there
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a rock there that Jesus pointed at? What is this
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rock? So it is important. Jesus is not speaking
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out of point. Amen. He's not just, you know,
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he's talking, he's on a conversation and then
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lo and behold, he switches to another entirely
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not. This consistency in what Jesus is saying
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and it's left for us to investigate, to understand
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what is this rock that Jesus is explaining? What
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is the implication of the rock that Jesus? He's
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explaining. And that is what I trust God will
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help us to see and to establish as we go through
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what we'll be doing today. Hallelujah. So, what
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is this rock? What is the church that Jesus is
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referring to? What is the church which Jesus
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is referring to in this particular verse? Now,
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the Roman Catholic Church, you know what the
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Roman Catholic Church is? The global Roman Catholic
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Church holds the assertion that the Apostle Peter
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is the rock. Not only them, but some, of course,
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some scholars also, you know, hold the assertion
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that the Apostle Peter is a rock upon which the
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church is built. Because if you look at the verse,
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it seems that that's what he's saying. And I
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also say to you that you are Peter. And on this
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rock, I will build my church and the gates of
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Hades shall not prevail against it. Of course,
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we know that there's no scripture that is of
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private interpretation. If we must interpret
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this text as Jesus is referring to Peter as the
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rock, then we should be able to find collaborative
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scriptures that will help us in establishing
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this particular idea. So, they also hold that
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the church that Jesus Christ is referring to
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here is the Roman Catholic Church and that Apostle
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Peter is the rock upon which the church is built.
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Therefore, he is the first pope. He is the pope
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of the church. Now, how true is this assertion?
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Because our basic knowledge of scriptures will
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help us to understand that Peter had a wife,
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right? He was married. He had a family. And then
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the Pope of today does not marry. So when we
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try to, I mean, it becomes difficult to establish
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this fact. But let's go deeper and we'll see.
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Now it is important to note that the background.
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we've said this time and time and time immemorial,
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that the background of everything that Jesus
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would do, the background of everything that Jesus
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did while he was on earth, the background, the
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context of everything Jesus taught while he was
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on earth is from the writings of Moses, from
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the Psalms, and from the prophets. That is to
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say that there's nothing that Jesus Christ do
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that is from the blues. Including the words he
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speak. Including the actions he took. Including
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what he accomplished. It's from what? It's from
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the writings of Moses. And what are the writings
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of Moses? The first five books of the Bible.
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And then the Psalms and the prophets. Luke chapter
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24 verse 44. Luke 24 verse 44. Then he said to
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them, these are the words which I spoke to you
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while I was still with you. The words Jesus spoke
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to them. And what are the words Jesus was speaking
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to them? That all things must be fulfilled which
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were written in the law of Moses and the prophets
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and the Psalms concerning me. So Jesus Christ
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spoke to them or he taught them The generality
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of all that Jesus taught them was from the writings
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of Moses, was from what the prophets have prophesied
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about, and from what the Psalms have written
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concerning Jesus. Matthew 5, verse 17, we see
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where Jesus Christ will say that he has not come
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to destroy the law. Do not think that I have
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come to destroy the law. All the prophets, that
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is, Jesus Christ did not come to condemn or to
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do away with what the laws, the laws of Moses,
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what Moses have written, what the prophets have
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said. I did not come to destroy, but to do what?
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But to accomplish them, to fulfill them. Because
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these were promises, these were prophecies. So
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my coming... Is to bring toward to accomplishment.
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What all the prophets have said. Verse 18. For
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as surely I say to you. Till heaven and earth
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pass away. One dot. Or one little. Or one little.
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Will by no means pass. From the law. Till all
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is what. Till all is fulfilled. So Jesus Christ
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was to fulfill what has been said or what has
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been written. So if Jesus preaches a message
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apart from that of the prophets, he wouldn't
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be the Christ. If Jesus Christ would teach anything
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that is outside the scriptures, if Jesus Christ
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would say any word that is outside the scriptures,
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then he would not be the Messiah. Because the
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writings in the Old Testament were actually...
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The words of Jesus. The prophets were able to
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see by divine inspiration what Jesus will do.
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So specifically, the prophets and Moses were
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writing the words of Jesus Christ. They were
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writing what Jesus will come to do. So therefore,
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whatever Jesus will say, the vocabulary and the
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choice of words, that Jesus will use in his ministry,
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the language, the verbiage by which Jesus will
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use in his teachings will definitely be from
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where? From what the prophets have said. From
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what Moses have written. From what we will see
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in the Holy Scripture. His words must be from
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what we call the Old Testament Scripture. From
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Genesis to Malachi. So the rock and the church
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that Jesus Christ will be speaking, because remember
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I said that Jesus Christ asked a question. He
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said, who do men say I am? And we agree or we
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saw that the question that Jesus Christ was asking
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was not out of what? Was not out of identity
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crisis, right? He was not trying to know from
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them, but the goal of his question is to what?
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Is to teach. Hallelujah. The goal of his question
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is what? Is for teaching. It's to explain a truth.
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It's to bring light to a reality, to a truth.
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So the rock and the church that Jesus will speak
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about, the rock and the church that Jesus Christ
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will teach about, will speak about, or will speak
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of must be those spoken or that which was spoken
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of by the prophets. All right? That which was
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spoken of by the prophets, that which was spoken
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of, was written by Moses, was taught by Moses
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and in the Psalms. Jesus only came to do what?
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To fulfill and not to establish something new.
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So if we see Jesus Christ making reference to
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something, it must be something that has already
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been what? Been prophesied or has been said by
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the prophets. So, most of what Jesus said in
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the four gospels, you know, will be fulfilled
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in his resurrection. I want you to note this
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very, very well. Because Jesus says, upon this
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rock, I will build, which means that upon this
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rock, he has not built yet, right? It's a promise.
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So, while Jesus was on earth, before dying, Most
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of the things he taught were promises. They were
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not fulfilled before his death, his burial, and
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his resurrection. So, most of what Jesus would
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say in the four gospels was not fulfilled there
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when he was saying them. Which means that much
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of Jesus' sermon in the four gospels will be
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promises to be fulfilled when? When will these
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promises be fulfilled? In his resurrection, right?
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In his resurrection. So that is a very important
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truth we should note. So, for example, now the
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Sermon on the Mount. Let's go to the Sermon on
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the Mount and see the teachings he did before
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he died and rose again. Matthew chapter 5 from
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verse 1. And seeing the multitude. He went up
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on a mountain, and when he was seated, his disciples
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came to him. And then he opened his mouth and
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taught them, saying, Blessed are the poor in
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spirit, for theirs is a kingdom of heaven. How
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will the kingdom of heaven be established? In
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his resurrection. All right? So what Jesus Christ
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will be teaching here will actually be what will
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be established at his resurrection. He will say,
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What is the source of comfort of the believer?
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Who comforts the believer? The Holy Spirit. So
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by this time, has the Holy Spirit been given?
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It has not been given. Why? Because he has not
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yet died. He has not died. He has not been raised
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from the dead yet. He has not been taken up to
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glory yet. Because we saw that the condition
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for the outpouring of the Spirit of God is that
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Jesus will be taken away, that Jesus will be
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gone to heaven. So it is important to note that.
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Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit
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the earth. Blessed are those who hunger and thirst
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for righteousness. For they shall be filled.
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Blessed are the merciful. For they shall obtain
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mercy. Blessed are the pure in heart. For they
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shall see God. Blessed are the peacemakers. For
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they shall be called the sons of God. How will
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men be called the sons of God? Men will be called
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the sons of God. The Bible will say that as many
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as did receive him, right? He gave them the ability.
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As many as did believe. Receiving him means believing
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in what he has, he will do, believing in what
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he has done. That is how they will become the
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sons of God. From the viewpoint of his resurrection.
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Alright? So blessed are those who are persecuted
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for righteousness' sake. For theirs is the kingdom
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of heaven. Blessed are you when they revile and
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persecute you and say all kinds of evil against
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you, falsely for my sake. Rejoice and exceedingly
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glad, for great is your reward in heaven, for
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they persecuted the prophets who were before
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you. So all these things, the ability, right,
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to become all. That has been taught in these
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scriptures. If you go on and on. We see Jesus
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Christ teaching several things. You know. We
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see where Jesus Christ is talking about. Love
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for your enemies. Like in verse 43. It says you
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have heard that it was said. You shall love your
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neighbor. And hate your enemy. That is what the
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law says. But I say to you. Love your enemies.
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Bless those who curse you. Do good to those who
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hate you. And pray for those who spitefully use
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you and persecute you. That you may be the sons
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of your father in heaven. For he makes his son
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to rise on the evil and on the good. And send
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rain on the just and on the unjust. It takes
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only a man that has been filled by the spirit.
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That can what? That can express this kind of
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life. I believe so much that those who were listening
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to him did not have the ability to what? To live
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out these things that Jesus was saying. Amen?
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Imagine someone that is not born again and I
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tell him to love his enemies. How is he going
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to do it? How is he going to do it? So, most
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of Jesus' teachings and what he taught were what?
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Were what will be fulfilled or what will be accomplished
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at his word, at his resurrection. So, Matthew
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16, verse 18 will also be similar, right? It
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will be what will be accomplished when? At his
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resurrection. All his miracles, not only teachings,
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but even the miracles, the sermons, and the parables
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are about his death, his burial, and his resurrection.
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It's about the kingdom. Hallelujah. The parables
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are not just for fun. It's not comedy. They are
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to teach about what he will do at his death,
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his burial, and his resurrection. They are to
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proclaim, to help in bringing about the knowledge
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of what he will do. You know, in his death, his
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burial, and his resurrection. Let's look at one
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of his miracles. Let's look at one of his miracles.
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The first miracle he did. Which was the first
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miracle recorded by Jesus? Turn your water into
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wine. Amen. Let's go to John chapter 2. John
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chapter 2. From verse 1 to 10. We'll read from
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verse 1 to 10. On the third day, there was a
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wedding in Cana of Galilee. And the mother of
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Jesus was there. Now both Jesus and his disciples
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were invited to the wedding. And when they ran
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out of wine, the mother of Jesus said to him,
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they have no wine. Okay? She came to Jesus and
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said, see. Their wine has finished. There's a
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debate. Some say it's alcohol. Some say it's
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not alcohol. But let's just know that there's
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something called wine. All right? And when you
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drink wine, what will happen to you? If you drink
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it in excess, what will happen to you? Eh? You'll
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be drunk, right? So, wine. Whatever way you want
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to explain it is wine. And if you drink plenty
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of it, you'll be drunk. Hallelujah. So Jesus
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turned water into wine. That's the context here.
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Look how Jesus replied to her. She came to Jesus
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and said, Your wine has finished. And Jesus said
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to her, Woman, what does your concern have to
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do with me? My hour has not yet come. My hour
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has not yet come. His mother said to the servants,
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whatever he says to you, do it. Now they set
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their six water pots of stone according to the
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manner of purification of the Jews containing
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20 or 30 gallons apiece. Jesus said to them,
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fill the water pots with water and they fill
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them up to the brim. And he said to them, draw
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some out now. Draw some out now and take it to
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the master of the feast. That is the chairman
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of the wedding. And they took it. When the master
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of the feast had tested the water that was made
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wine and did not know where it came from, but
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the servants who had drawn the water knew, the
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master of the feast called the bridegroom. And
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he said to him, every man at the beginning set
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out the good wine. And when the guests have well
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drunk, then the inferior, you know, the wine
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Jesus was a quality wine, you know, original
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wine, not diluted. He was surprised. At every
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wedding, people bring out the best so that people
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will drink. And when they drink, they are drunk.
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Then we can now see, you know, when you are drunk,
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you will not know, you know. When you're hungry,
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no matter how bad the food is, the food is always
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sweet in your mouth when you're hungry. Understand?
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But when you keep eating, you keep eating, no
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matter how sweet it is, when you are full, you
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know, we call it diminishing utility, right?
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The more you take of a substance, the value or
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the satisfaction you get from it drops. So the
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master said of the wedding says, every man at
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the beginning set out the good wine. And when
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the guests have well drunk, then the inferior,
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you have kept the good wine until now. I think
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he was shouting there. Because it's an exclamation
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mark. Right? This beginning of signs Jesus did
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in Cana of Galilee and manifested his word, his
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glory, and his disciples' word, they believed
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him. Now. Why wine? Upon all the miracles that
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Jesus will set out his ministry. Why alcohol?
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Amen? Why wine? And we say that everything that
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Jesus will teach, will do, okay, will say, must
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have his root from where? From scripture. Hallelujah.
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So why wine? We will see from the story that
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fiscal wine, we will see from the story that
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the fiscal wine finished at the party, right?
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When Jesus was approached, he said in verse 4,
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give me verse 4. He says, my hour is not yet
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come. My hour has not yet come. Give me verse
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4 again. He said, my hour has not yet come. What
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does Jesus mean by my hour has not yet come?
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Which means that he's talking about time, right?
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This is not my time. This will mean that at his
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hour, there shall be wine. Okay? He said, my
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hour has not come, which means that at his hour,
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what will happen? There will be wine. There will
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be wine. So what does his hour mean? Or when
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is his hour? If you are writing, you can put,
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when is his hour? Let's investigate and see his
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hour. What does his hour mean? What kind of wine
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will we have at his hour? The original wine.
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Amen? Remember, when he brought out the wine,
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it was what? It was a high quality wine. It says,
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my hour has not yet come. What is that hour?
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And what kind of wine will we have at his hour?
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Now, my hour will refer to a particular time,
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a specific time. My hour will refer to a specific
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time. Let's look at it in scriptures. John chapter
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4 verse 21. John chapter 4 verse 21. John 4 verse
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21. Jesus said to her, this is Jesus' interaction
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with, you know, the Samaritan woman, right? Jesus
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said to her, Woman, believe me. The hour, you
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see the hour. My hour. The hour is coming. When
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you will need on this mountain in Jerusalem worship
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the father. Do you have an idea of when this
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will happen? Huh? When? Help me. When? At his
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resurrection, right? That's a hint. Verse 22.
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You will worship what you do not know. We know
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what we worship, for salvation is of the Jews.
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23. But the hour, the hour, the hour is coming.
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And now is when the true worshipers will worship
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the Father in spirit and truth. In spirit, which
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is truth. So the hour is the hour where worship
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will be what? By the spirit. For the father is
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seeking such to worship him. Verse 24. God is
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spirit. And those who worship him must worship
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him in spirit. Which is truth. Which is true
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worship. Jump to chapter 12. That same John.
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Chapter 12 verse 23. John 12 verse 23. John chapter
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12 verse 23. But Jesus answered them saying.
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The hour has come. All right. Previously, we
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established that the hour is when? It's after
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his resurrection, right? Now, the specific time
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where we see as the hour is after his resurrection.
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Here, but Jesus answered them saying, the hour
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has come that the son of man should be glorified.
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Most assuredly, I say to you, unless a grain
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of wheat, he explains. How the son of man will
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be glorified. I say to you, unless a grain of
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wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains
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all alone. But if it dies, it produces much grain.
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So it produces much grain. Verse 26, 25, 25,
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25. He who loves his life will lose it. And he
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who hates his life in this world will keep it
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for eternal life. If anyone serves me, let him
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follow me. And there where I am, there my servant
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will be also. If anyone serves me, him my father
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will honor. Now, go back to the previous verses.
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It talks about unless a ground of wheat is what?
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Dies. And he's making reference to what? To himself.
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He's making reference to his death. If you plant
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a seed on the ground, right? What happens to
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the seed? A corn. It dies. then it comes back
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to life. It germinates. And when it grows, it
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has different, much more, it multiplies. That
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is to say that at his death, right, at his death
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and his resurrection, there will be many. There
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will be many. There will be us. There will be
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many. The grain of wheat falls into the ground
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and dies. It remains alone. Unless it is dead,
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as of that moment, it remains alone. He's the
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only begotten. But once he dies and then he rise
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again from the dead, we all became sons of God.
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We share in that sonship with him. Hallelujah.
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So that hour is referring to what? It's referring
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to the time of his resurrection. Amen? His resurrection.
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Now, chapter 17, John chapter 17, verse 1 also,
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we'll see also. Referring to the hour. John chapter
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17 verse 1. Jesus spoke this word, lifted up
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his eyes to heaven and said, Father, the hour
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has come. Glorify your son that your son may
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also glorify you. Hallelujah. So the hour, from
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the text we've read, we can derive that the hour
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refers to Jesus' resurrection. The specific time,
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okay, that Jesus Christ, He's referring to is
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what? His resurrection. So the miracle of turning
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water into wine is symbolic of what will happen
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in Jesus' resurrection. Okay? The symbolism of
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what the miracle of turning water into wine is
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a teaching on what Jesus will do at his resurrection.
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Mary, was speaking of what? What was she speaking
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of? She was speaking of a physical wine. Right?
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While Jesus' focus is on something spiritual,
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is on spiritual wine. Because the hour of Jesus
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Christ will be at his resurrection. And what
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will happen at his resurrection is a spiritual
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activity. So we'll see that his wine will be
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what? Will be at his hour. Jesus will give God's
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wine in his hour, in his time, at his time, at
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his hour. Now this new wine will be in the father's
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kingdom. The kingdom is at his resurrection.
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This one will be at his father's resurrection.
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His father's kingdom, rather. Matthew 26, 29,
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we see where he said this clearly. This wine
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will be what? Will be in his father's kingdom.
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Matthew 26, 29. But I say to you. Now the context
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is that he was at a table with the disciples.
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But I say to you, I will not drink of this fruit
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of the vine. That is wine. From now until the
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day. When I drink it new with you in my father's
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kingdom. What is this wine? He also referred
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to the wine as his blood. Now, what we're trying
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to do right now is we're trying to find definitions,
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terminologies that Jesus used in his teaching.
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And the goal is to help us to explain that rock.
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Don't be confused. All right? So here, what is
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Jesus' wine? What is the wine? He also called
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the wine his blood. Go back to verse 26 of that
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same Matthew 26, from verse 26. And as they were
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eating, Jesus took the bread and blessed and
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broke it and gave it to the disciples and said,
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take, eat, this is my body. So what did he call
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the bread? He called the bread his body. All
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right? If I were you, I would also cycle somewhere
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the bread. Because it is something. It symbolizes
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something. So, 27. Then he took the cup and gave
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thanks and gave it to them, saying, drink from
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it, all of you. Drink from it, all of you. For
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this is my blood. This is my blood of the new
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covenant, which is shed for many for the remissions
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of sins. So what is he talking about here? His
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resurrection, right? What will happen in the
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resurrection? But I say to you, I will not drink
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of this fruit of the vine from now until that
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day when I drink it now, new rather, with you.
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In my father's kingdom. So he also referred to
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the wine as his blood. So it is important to
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take note of how Jesus uses vocabularies and
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terminologies. Okay? It is important to see.
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Now let's study more about his usage of words.
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John chapter 6 verse 26. John chapter 6. Verse
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26. Jesus answered them and said, Most assuredly,
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I say to you, you seek me not because you sowed
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the signs, but you ate of the loaves and were
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filled. Remember we saw bread when he was with
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his disciples, right? Now we're going to explain
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what is his bread. Because do not label. Take
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me back to verse 26. Jesus answered them and
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said, most assuredly I say to you, you seek me
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not because you saw the signs, but because you
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ate of loaves and were filled. They ate what?
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They ate physical bread and they were filled.
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Verse 27. Do not labor for the food which perishes,
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but for the food which endures to everlasting
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life. Which the son of man will give you because
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God, the father, has set his seed on him. Now
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in this verse 27, we can see that there are two
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types of food. Okay? First, there is a food which
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perishes. And what is that food? The physical
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food that you eat. And then the perishing of
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that is that you go and throw it in the sewage.
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Right? And it has perished. But Jesus now introduces
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another food that yields, that he says, but for
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the food which endures to everlasting life, which
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the Son of Man will give you. So Jesus will give
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a certain food, which when you eat, will lead
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to eternal life. Amen? It will lead to eternal
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life. So the background story here in this John
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chapter 6. It's from verse 1. When Jesus had
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performed the miracle of the feeding of the 5
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,000, and then he began teaching about the kingdom.
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Now, in verse 27, we see him contrasting two
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kinds of food. Fiscal food and what? And spiritual
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food. Amen? Fiscal food and what? And spiritual
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food. Now, let's go to, let's continue our reading.
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Verse 28. Then they said to him, what shall we
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do that we may walk the works of God? As if they
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are, you know, really out for the work of God.
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What shall we do to walk the works of God? Now
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look at what the work of God is. What is the
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work of God? This is the work of God. Jesus said
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to them, that you what? That you believe in him
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whom he sent. Therefore they said to him, what
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sign? Will you perform then that we may see it
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and believe you? What work will you do? These
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guys, they want food. They make reference to
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their father. Who is their father? Their ancestors
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under Moses. They said, our fathers ate the manna
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in the desert as it is written. They knew from
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scriptures, right? He gave them bread from heaven
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to eat. Then Jesus said to them, most assuredly,
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I say to you, Moses did not give you the bread
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from heaven. All right? The bread you eat is
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a physical bread. Moses did not give you the
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bread from heaven, but my father gives the true
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bread from heaven. The true bread from heaven,
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true bread means, what does it mean? The word
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true. The real bread, right? The one that is
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permanent. We're not saying that the bread they
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ate is a false bread, no. True here means one
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that lasts forever and is from heaven. For a
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bread of God, let's look at the definition of
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a God's bread now. What is the definition of
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their own bread? It's flour. Mixed with dough
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baked in the oven. That is their own bread, right?
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That is the definition of their bread. What is
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God's definition of bread? For the bread of God
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is what? Is a person. Amen? So when you see bread,
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in God's language, the bread is a person. For
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the bread of God is he who comes down from heaven
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and gives life to the world. It means that what
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Moses did was a picture or was speaking about
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what Jesus will do. Jesus is the bread that gives
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life. But started, yeah, 34. Then he said to
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him, then they said to him, Lord, give us this
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bread always. Give us this bread when? Always.
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And Jesus said to them, I am the bread of life.
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I am the bread of life. He who comes to me shall
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never hunger. Because it's a true bread. It's
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an eternal bread. Once you eat this bread, you
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will never be hungry again. Alright? And he who
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believes in me shall never thirst. But I say
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to you, that you have seen me and yet do not
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believe. So what does it mean to eat? It means
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to believe. Yet you've seen this bread, but you've
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refused to eat of this bread. God's definition
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for eating is believing, right? We've done this
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several times in church here. But I said to you
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that you have seen me and yet do not believe.
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All that the Father gives me, Will come to me.
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And the one who comes to me. I will by no means
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cast out. For I have come down from heaven. Not
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to do my own will. But the will of him. Who sent
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me. This is the will of the father. Who sent
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me. That of all that he has given me. I should
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lose nothing. But should raise it up. At the
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last day. And this is the will of him who sent
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me. That everyone who sees the son will do what?
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And believes in him may have everlasting life.
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And I will raise him up at the last day. Now,
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what Jesus is doing here is telling them what
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Moses did. Amen? He's teaching them Moses here.
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What Moses did by giving them the physical bread.
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The miracle Moses demonstrated of. Of feeding
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the nation of Israel with the loves of bread.
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Jesus replicated that by feeding 5 ,000. Moses
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fed the children of Israel in the wilderness.
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For how long? For 40 years. Jesus replicated
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that miracle by feeding the 5 ,000. Verse 41.
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And the Jews then complained about him because,
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you know, the bread they were looking for is
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not really Jesus. They want bread. They want
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to eat food. The Jews then complained about him
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because he said, I am the bread which came down
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from heaven. And they said, is not this Jesus
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the son of Joseph whose father and mother we
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know? But you people ate 5 ,000, you people ate
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that bread after, you didn't complain. Now when
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he's telling you that he's a bread of life that
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comes down from heaven, even with a sign he did,
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he didn't believe. Whose father and mother we
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know. How is it then that he says, I came, I
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have come down from heaven. Jesus therefore answered
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and said to them, do not murmur among yourselves.
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No one can come to me unless the father. Who
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sent me draws him. And I will raise him up at
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the last day. It is written in the prophets.
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Look at Jesus. Continuation of his teaching.
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It is written in the prophets. And they shall
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be taught by God. Therefore. Therefore. Everyone
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who has heard and learned from the father. Comes
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to me. Not that anyone. Has seen the father.
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Except he. who is from God, he has seen the Father.
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Most assuredly, I say to you, that is verily,
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he who believes in me has everlasting life. He
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who believes in me has everlasting life. 48.
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I am, what? The bread of life. He keep hammering,
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I am the bread of life. I am the bread of life.
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Verse 49. Your fathers ate manna in the wilderness.
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Now he's bringing home the teaching to them.
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Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness
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and what happened to them? They died. Which means
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that that bread is not a true bread. Which means
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that that bread, if you eat it, you will not
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live forever. You will not live everlasting life.
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You will not have everlasting life. If you eat
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the physical bread, you yourself will even perish.
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This is the bread which comes down from heaven,
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that one may eat of it and not die. So there's
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a contrasting between the bread that Jesus was
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speaking about and the bread that the men were
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expecting. Similarly with the wine that we saw
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earlier on at Cana. Okay? I am the living bread
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which comes down from heaven. If anyone eats
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of this bread, he will live when? Forever. And
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the bread that I shall give is what? What is
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the bread? The bread is my flesh. This bread
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is my flesh which I shall give for the life of
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the world. The bread is my flesh which I shall
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give for the life of the world. Then the Jews
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therefore quarreled among themselves saying,
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how can this man give us his flesh to eat? How
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can this man give us his flesh to eat? Then Jesus
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said to them, most assuredly I say to you, unless
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you eat the flesh of the son of man and drink
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his blood, you have what? You have no life in
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you. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood,
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Has eternal life. And I will raise him up at
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the last day. So is Jesus referring to physical
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flesh? Is Jesus referring to physical blood?
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For my flesh is food indeed. And my blood is
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what? Is drink indeed. So I want you to make
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some parallel assumptions here right now. The
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wine is what? Is a blood. Alright? The flesh
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is also the what? Is the bread. Do we agree?
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Can we see the parallel of this in his teachings?
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So do we know the wine of God? Is the blood,
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right? Do we know the bread of God? It is flesh.
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Alright? So, let's continue. He who eats my flesh
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and drinks my blood abides in me. Amen? You eat
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the flesh, you drink the blood, you abide in
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him, and I in him. How does a man come in union
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with God? How does a man come in union with God?
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How does God enter a man? By faith. By what?
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The Spirit. All are there. As the living Father
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sent me, and I live because of the Father, so
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he who feeds on me will live because of me. Last
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verse. This is the bread which comes down from
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heaven, not as your fathers ate the manna and
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are dead. He who eats this bread will live forever.
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He who eats this bread will live forever. So
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in verses 32, 33, we will see the bread Moses
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gave their fathers and also the bread God gives.
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Contrast of two different breads. Two kinds of
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bread. The true bread means it is real and permanent.
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It gives eternal life for one who eats it will
1:00:01
never hunger again. And what is their bread?
1:00:04
Their bread is what is egg make. It's flour.
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And it is a shadow. It is a shadow. It is a symbol.
1:00:17
It is pointing toward the God's bread, the true
1:00:21
bread, the body of Jesus Christ. So we accept
1:00:26
the divination of Jesus, right? So when we see
1:00:30
bread, we know what it means. It's a vocabulary
1:00:33
in the kingdom. We know what it means. Hallelujah.
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So when you say bread, when we say bread in this
1:00:42
house, we know what bread is. What is bread?
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Bread is the body of Jesus Christ. We know what
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blood is, blood of Jesus Christ. Blood of Jesus
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Christ is what we drink in the kingdom so that
1:00:52
we can have life. Amen? But if you tell an unbeliever
1:00:57
outside there that you eat flesh and you drink
1:00:59
blood, how will they understand what you are
1:01:02
saying? It becomes what? It becomes a mystery.
1:01:09
But this mystery can be explained. By what? By
1:01:13
explanation, by teaching. As we are knowing now,
1:01:16
that when we say blood, flesh and blood in the
1:01:20
context of Jesus Christ, we are referring to
1:01:22
his body. And that is what we eat. So that we
1:01:26
can have him in us. Hallelujah. So we accept
1:01:33
the definition of Jesus as the kingdom vocabulary.
1:01:36
Our bread is the body of Jesus. We have eaten.
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And what does it mean to eat? We have believed.
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the body, and have drunk his blood. And then
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from verse 60 to 65, that's John 60, 65, chapter
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6, verse 60 to 65, we see they refuse to believe.
1:01:59
Give me verse 60, from verse 60. It says, therefore
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many of his disciples, when they had this said,
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this is a hard saying, who can understand it?
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When Jesus knew in himself that his disciples
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complained about this, he said to them, does
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this offend you? Do you get offended by this
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thing? What then if I should see, what if you
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should see the son of man ascending where he
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was before? And then he made it clear. This is
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what I'm meaning. What gives life? It is the
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spirit who gives life. You eat bread, you have
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life. So what he's explaining to disciples here,
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he's telling them that the bread is what? Is
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spirit. Alright? The bread, the blood, the wine,
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is his spirit. Do we understand? Do you understand?
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Jamila, what is the bread? His spirit. What is
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the wine? His spirit. What is the blood? His
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spirit. Alright? So, these symbols is referring
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to what? His spirit. It is the spirit who gives
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life. The flesh profits nothing. The words that
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I speak to you are spirit and they are life.
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But there are some of you who do not believe.
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For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were,
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who did not believe, and who would betray him.
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And he said, therefore I have said to you that
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no one can come to me unless it has been granted
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to him by my Father. And of course, it's through
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faith. Hallelujah. So we can see that the flesh
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of Jesus Christ, the blood of Jesus Christ, refers
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to what? To his spirit, to his spirit. So our
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definition of the flesh is a spirit. Our definition
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of the bread is a spirit. Jesus also used water
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in teaching about the spirit. Symbolism, right?
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Jesus also used water in teaching about the spirit.
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John chapter 3 from verse 1, we'll see. Let's
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go to John chapter 3 verse 1. John chapter 3
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verse 1. There was a man of the Pharisees named
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Nicodemus. This man came to Jesus by night and
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said to him, Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher.
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Come from God, for no one can do these signs
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that you do unless God Is with him. Unless God
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is with him. Jesus answered and said to him.
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Most assuredly I say to you. Unless one is born
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again. He cannot see. The kingdom of heaven.
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So to be in the kingdom of heaven. You must be
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born again. So Nicodemus. Now there is a contrast
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here. Okay. Jesus Christ was explaining. Birth.
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Alright? Jesus Christ was explaining birth, the
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new birth. And then what Nicodemus was able to
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see was a physical birth. Now, let's continue.
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Nicodemus said to him, how can a man be born
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when he is old? Can he enter a second time into
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his mother's womb and be born? Jesus answered,
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most assuredly I say to you, unless one is born
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of what? Of water. And the spirit, now we've
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explained in church here that the water, that
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idea is best explained as what? Which is, right?
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Born of water, which is the spirit. He cannot
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enter the kingdom of God. That which is born
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of the flesh is flesh. That which is born of
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the spirit, spirit. Do not marvel that I say
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to you, you must be born again. The wind blows
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where it wishes, and you hear the sound of it,
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but cannot tell where it comes from and where
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it goes. So it's everyone who is born of the
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Spirit. Nicodemus answered and said to him, How
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can these things be? Jesus answered and said
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to him, Are you the teacher of Israel and not
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know these things? Because these things have
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been explained in the writings of the prophets.
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These things have been explained by the writings
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of Moses. How can you not understand these things
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and you are a teacher of Israel? Most assuredly
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I say to you, we speak what we know and testify
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what we have seen. And you do not receive our
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witness. It's referring to the unbelief of the
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people. If I have told you earthly things and
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you do not believe, how will you believe if I
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tell you heavenly things? No one has ascended
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to heaven, but he who came down from heaven,
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that is the son of man who is in heaven. Now,
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he went back to the books of Moses, Numbers 29.
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To bring home the point, he says, and as Moses
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lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even
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so must the son of man be lifted up. That is,
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as Moses taught the children of Israel. All right?
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Lifting up the serpent is Moses' teaching about
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Jesus. As Moses lifted up the serpent in the
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wilderness, the men will look up, the men will
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see and believe that whoever believes in him
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should not perish, but have eternal life. And
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then, for God so loved the world that he gave
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his only begotten son. It was not direct. Whoever
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believes in him should not perish, but have what?
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Have everlasting life. For God did not send his
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son into the world to condemn the world, but
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that the world through him might be saved. And
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of course, this prophecy about water being the
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spirit, we see it in Ezekiel 36, verse 25 to
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27. That is where Jesus Christ Was. Teaching
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from. Water as the spirit. Where is that you
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must be born. You must be what. So let's look
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at John. John chapter 7 verse 37. Where he explicitly.
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John 7 verse 37. On the last day. That great
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day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out saying,
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if anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink.
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If anyone thirsts, let him come to me and do
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what? And drink. He who believes in me, as the
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scripture has said, out of his heart will flow.
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Rivers of living water. Verse 39. But this. Look
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at it. The rivers of living water. But this he
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speaks of what? He spoke concerning the spirit.
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Whom those believing in him will receive. For
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the Holy Spirit was not yet given. Because Jesus
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was not yet what? Glorified. So what is the water?
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The spirit. All right? Go back to verse 38. He
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says, verse 37. If anyone tasks, let him come
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to me and drink. 38, yes. He who believes in
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me as the scripture has said. Jesus said, as
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the scripture has said. Okay, what does it mean
1:10:52
by as the scripture has said? Is there any verse
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in the Bible that said this specific thing that
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Jesus said? As the scripture have said, out of
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his heart will flow the rivers of living water.
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Now, if you go through the Old Testament, right,
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you will not see anywhere in scripture exactly
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as portrayed at the heart of his heart. Some
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people, oftentimes, they say it's Zechariah 14
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verse 8. Let's look at Zechariah chapter 14 verse
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8. This is not this text. That's not a reference.
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Zechariah 14 verse 8. Zechariah 14 verse 8. Media,
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help me. They don't have Zechariah in their Bible.
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Okay? Zechariah 14 verse 8. Alright, they are
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here. And in that day, It shall be that living
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water shall flow from Jerusalem, half of them
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towards the eastern sea and half of them towards
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the western sea, in both summer and winter, and
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in all winter it shall occur. And the Lord shall
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be king over the earth. In that day it shall
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be the Lord is one, and his name is one. Now,
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this is not exactly the same quotation. But then,
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when Jesus Christ said that, As the scripture
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says, what he's meaning here, right? Listen to
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me carefully. What he's meaning here is that
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the entire scripture is a context of what Jesus
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say here. Are we together? The entire scripture
1:13:02
that is from Malachi, from Genesis to Malachi,
1:13:05
is the context of what Jesus Christ is speaking
1:13:09
here. So we can conclude based on this evidence
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that what? That the teachings, this is what we
1:13:17
are trying to hit. This is where we're headed
1:13:18
to. That the teachings and the miracles of Jesus
1:13:21
Christ are concerning what he will do when? When
1:13:28
will he do them? In his resurrection. Alright?
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These are the things that will be accomplished
1:13:37
at his resurrection. The vocabulary or the use
1:13:45
of words Jesus employed in teaching about the
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kingdom, in explaining the things concerning
1:13:53
the kingdom, are different from that of which
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we see in the world. Meaning that what? That
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what Jesus Christ will say is bread. Okay? Will
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be different from what the world will say is
1:14:14
bread. What Jesus Christ will say is water. When
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you see water, what Jesus Christ will mean will
1:14:23
be different from what the world will say is
1:14:26
water. Are we together? So in this kingdom, we
1:14:32
have a vocabulary. We have terminologies that
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we must understand. It's very important. It's
1:14:41
crucial to understanding scriptures. It's important
1:14:48
in understanding scriptures. Hallelujah. Are
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we together? So, in the same light, the rock
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and the church, right? When Jesus Christ said
1:15:09
the rock and when he said the church, it must
1:15:14
be the same. Rock and church that has been spoken
1:15:19
of by Moses. That have been taught by the writings
1:15:24
of Moses. The Psalms and the prophets. Because
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we have seen the background of all that Jesus
1:15:29
did and taught. Where from what? Where from the
1:15:33
Old Testament text. The church will be the church
1:15:39
when? In his resurrection. So. What is expected
1:15:47
of us, therefore, is that we can accept, that
1:15:51
we should accept Jesus' use of terminologies.
1:15:55
What he says is what it is. God's definition
1:15:58
must be our definition. We believe what he says
1:16:05
it is so that we can understand his word and
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walk in his word. Now, what is the rock? What
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is the rock? Matthew 16, verse 18. Matthew 16,
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verse 18. And I also say to you that you are
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Peter. And on this rock, I will build my church,
1:16:29
and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against
1:16:33
it. So how are we going to explain this rock?
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Someone should help us. How are we going to explain
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this rock now? We've done, this is a biblical
1:16:44
interpretation, right, Pastor Victor? Okay, so
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how are we going to explain this rock now? Someone
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should chorus it for us. How are we going to
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explain this rock? Hmm? From the scripture? From
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Matthew? Because Matthew is scripture too. From
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where? From the Old Testament. What is Old Testament?
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Hmm? Sisters, do you agree with him? If we want
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to understand what that rock is, where should
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we go to? Speak louder, we can hear. Writings
1:17:28
of Moses, right? Because Jesus Christ will not
1:17:31
bring in something from somewhere. Are we together?
1:17:35
Because he came to fulfill, to accomplish what
1:17:37
was already written. So if you want to see what
1:17:41
the rock is, then we have to go back to where?
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Let's go back. to the writings of Moses in order
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for us to understand what that rock is. So let's
1:17:52
see what Moses wrote concerning the rock. What
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Moses wrote concerning the rock. Exodus chapter
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33. Exodus 33. Amen. Move to verse 12, from verse
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12. Then the Lord said to Moses, no, then Moses
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said to the Lord, see, you say to me, bring up
1:18:57
these people, bring up these people, but you
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have not let me know whom you will send with
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me. Yet you have said, I know you by name, and
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you have also found grace in my sight. Now, therefore,
1:19:16
I pray, if I have found favor in your sight,
1:19:20
show me your way, that I may know you, that I
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may find grace in your sight, and consider that
1:19:30
this nation is your people. And he said, my presence
1:19:40
will go with you and I will give you rest. Then
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he said to him, if your presence does not go
1:19:49
with us, do not bring us up from here. For how
1:19:56
then will it be known that your people and I
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have found grace in your sight, except you go
1:20:04
with us? So we shall be separate, your people
1:20:09
and I, from all the people who are upon the face
1:20:12
of the earth. So the Lord said to Moses, I will
1:20:18
also do this thing that you have spoken. For
1:20:21
you have found grace in my sight. And I know
1:20:25
you by name. And he said, please, please, please
1:20:33
show me your glory. Then he said, I will make
1:20:39
all my goodness pass before you, and I will proclaim
1:20:44
the name of the Lord before you. I will be gracious
1:20:48
to whom I will be gracious, and I will have mercy
1:20:52
on whom I will have compassion. That's what compassion
1:20:56
is, mercy. But he said, you cannot see my face,
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for no man shall see me and live. And the Lord
1:21:06
said, here is a place by me. And you shall stand
1:21:12
on the rock. Do we see a rock here? Amen? Do
1:21:17
we see the rock? And you shall what? And you
1:21:21
shall stand on what? On the rock. So the terminology
1:21:25
of Jesus Christ is not what? It's not new. Okay?
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In fact. Even when Jesus Christ was talking about
1:21:35
a house, that he will hear my word and what?
1:21:41
Matthew 7, right? It's likened unto a man who
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do what? Who build his house on what? On a rock.
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Okay? That is way because he will not bring out
1:21:56
something from nowhere. And the Lord said, here
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is a place by me. and you shall stand on the
1:22:04
rock. So it shall be while my glory passes by,
1:22:08
that I will put you in the cleft of the rock,
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and will cover you with my hand while I pass
1:22:15
by. Then I will take away my hand, and you shall
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see my back, but my face shall not be seen. Hallelujah.
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So, verse 18. Verse 18. Moses asks for something.
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Say, please, show me your glory. Show me your
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glory. Amen? And the question is, what is glory?
1:22:51
What is the glory that Moses wants to see? You
1:22:55
know, when we were younger, we've been, oh, ignorance
1:22:58
of consumers. We used to pray this prayer, you
1:23:03
know. God, show us your glory. And what we define
1:23:06
as glory was we want to see power. You know?
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Moses was asking for power from God. Moses was
1:23:15
asking for a new dimension. He was asking for
1:23:22
a new dimension of operation. And that is how
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oftentimes we've interpreted this passage. Moses
1:23:32
requested to see the glory of God. Now, I want
1:23:36
us to pause a little bit and look at who Moses
1:23:38
is. Right? Moses has experienced the power of
1:23:46
God. Do we agree? That Moses have seen the miraculous.
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Do we agree? In fact, in the entire scriptures,
1:23:56
right? Nobody. Nobody. has worked in the dimension
1:24:04
of power that Moses has worked in. If it's miraculous,
1:24:09
nobody has performed the miracles that Moses
1:24:13
did. Even Jesus Christ, when he was in earth,
1:24:19
did not do the miracles Moses did. Do you know
1:24:28
why? Okay, let's take one miracle and analyze.
1:24:34
Jesus fed the 5 ,000, right? Moses fed the entire
1:24:40
nation of Israel for 40 years. With bread. Jesus
1:24:49
asked for lots of bread and do the miracle. Moses
1:24:52
commanded the bread to appear for 40 years. Only
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men and women above, right? Okay, only men. That's
1:25:12
the census, right? 20 years and above were counted,
1:25:15
right? In the time of Moses. So over 600 ,000
1:25:18
people. Without women and children. For how many
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years? For 40 years. Okay. Imagine the magnitude
1:25:30
of miracle that Moses performed. When they were
1:25:36
tasked for water, Moses made water come out of
1:25:41
rock, rock, stone. Water came out of it. Is this
1:25:49
not power? Peter walked on water, right? Moses
1:25:58
separated the sea. People walk on dry ground.
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Peter even doubted. Amen? Moses is a dangerous
1:26:12
man. He asked the water to separate. Part in
1:26:16
one end. Let them march until the entire nation
1:26:20
of Israel pass through the Red Sea. Then he turned
1:26:23
and said, we are closed back. This is power.
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This is miracle. This is dimension. Let's even
1:26:31
go to Egypt and let's begin to count the things
1:26:35
that he did in Egypt. What was the first thing
1:26:38
he did in Egypt? Let's count it randomly. Please
1:26:43
tell me. What are the plagues? Give us one. Water
1:26:51
in the entire country. He turned it into blood.
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What else again? Frogs were everywhere, full
1:27:01
everywhere. What again? Flies and locusts. What
1:27:09
again? Darkness. Imagine you cause the entire
1:27:14
nation to be dark. No sunlight. He controlled
1:27:20
nature. Tell me who in the Bible performed this
1:27:26
kind of miracle apart from Moses? What is again?
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Just imagine. That one is the pig. He performed
1:27:51
snake. Came out from his staff. He turned into
1:27:54
snake. All right. What else? I want us to, this
1:28:03
is important in understanding what Moses was
1:28:06
asking for. If you cannot catch this revelation,
1:28:10
then it will be difficult. When we begin to interpret
1:28:12
what that glory is, it's going to be difficult.
1:28:19
He saw the burning bush. In fact, when he encountered
1:28:25
God first, God gave him an appetizer. Say Moses,
1:28:31
throw your stuff on the ground, right? It didn't
1:28:34
turn to snake. Say pick it up, pick it up. This
1:28:42
is stage one. Stage one is burning bush. Fire
1:28:46
was burning, right? And it was not burning. Imagine,
1:28:51
you see fire catching something and then it's
1:28:54
not burning. Moses, let me just turn and see.
1:28:59
Okay? And then leprosy. His hand became leprous.
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This one came too close. So if it's power and
1:29:14
the miraculous, even the birth and the survival
1:29:19
of Moses is a miracle. When they were killing
1:29:25
people, killing children, How did Moses survive
1:29:28
that age? Was it ordinary? His survival, he grew
1:29:38
up in the very place where the order to kill
1:29:42
children was made. So Moses is a definition of
1:29:52
what? of the experience of power, of the miraculous,
1:29:57
and even his death was a miracle. Even his death
1:30:02
is a miracle. He died, nobody could know where
1:30:07
his body is. Some contemporary writers, when
1:30:16
they write about Moses, they see him as a mystery.
1:30:25
No wonder when you begin to write the things
1:30:27
you wrote in Genesis, Exodus, sometimes you begin
1:30:31
to wonder what kind of understanding did this
1:30:33
man have? Where did he get this wisdom of writing
1:30:39
the things he wrote? He was not there. He was
1:30:45
not even born. Some of the things he saw, he
1:30:47
wrote. The entire Bible, let me tell you, the
1:30:51
entire scripture. is founded on what Moses wrote.
1:30:57
The writings of Moses is the Bible. If you take
1:31:02
away the writings of Moses, there is no Bible,
1:31:05
there is no Christianity. So this is a man that
1:31:14
I've tested. That's tested. He has experienced
1:31:23
God mightily. You know. We've not even talked
1:31:28
about the tabernacle. Where Moses will climb
1:31:33
up to the mountain and then cloud will cover.
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All the mysterious things that happen. In the
1:31:40
wilderness, when some people gang up against
1:31:42
him, the ground open and swallow them up. See,
1:31:50
sometimes I wonder. With the kind of, with the
1:31:53
things you see in this man's life, you're not
1:31:56
scared of Miriam and Cody. We're not scared of
1:32:01
even saying bad things about him. Somebody that
1:32:07
when he comes down, the Bible says that he covers
1:32:09
his face, right? Hallelujah. But Moses requested,
1:32:18
say Lord. Show me what? Show me thy glory. Show
1:32:27
me thy glory. What is this glory? What is this
1:32:32
glory? There was something that he was looking
1:32:39
for to see. I just want you to just begin to
1:32:43
pray. I feel that you just start praying on your
1:32:46
seat. Just speak to God. Open your mouth and
1:32:52
speak to God. Speak to God. Speak to God. What
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is your desire? What do you desire? What do you
1:33:16
desire? We look forward to having you with us
1:33:35
next time. God bless.