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Manifesting the Kingdom of God 5 | 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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Amen. Exodus chapter 33. Exodus 33. Please, let's
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pay attention. Verse 18. And he said, give me
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New King James. And he said, please, show me
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your glory. Show me your glory. Show me your
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glory. What is the glory of God? There's something
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so much that... Moses desire, he desire to see
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the glory of God. What is this glory of God?
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What is this glory of God? Now, the word glory
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in Hebrew is the word kabod. K -A -B -O -D. Kabod.
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K -A -B -O -D. And it's used in the scriptures
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for a plethora of things, for many things. It
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can refer to wealth, riches. It also means an
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office or status. Splendor. Wealth, riches. It
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also means an office. Status or splendor. This
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was what Moses, he says, I want to see, he says,
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show me your glory, show me your glory. And we've
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said that this glory, you know, is not, Moses
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has seen, has walked in power, he has walked
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in the miraculous. So, when it comes to, you
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know, the miraculous and power, he has walked
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in it. And let's look at the response of God
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in verse 19. Verse 19. Then he said, I will make
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all my goodness pass before you and I'll proclaim
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the name of the Lord before you. I'll proclaim
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the name of the Lord before you. I will be gracious
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to whom I will be gracious. And I will have compassion
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on whom I will have compassion. So we will see
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the word goodness. Goodness meaning good things.
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Good things. God will make his good things pass
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before Moses. This means that Moses will see
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ahead of time. You know, proclaiming the name
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of the Lord has to do with the works of God.
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Has to do with what God will do. The name of
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the Lord refers to what God will do. His goodness
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has to do with, you know, what God will do. The
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good things that come from God. These good things
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include His graciousness. His mercy. His compassion.
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His graciousness and compassion. That is God's
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saving grace. God will make Moses to see ahead
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of time. In verse 20, God said, you cannot see
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my face. You cannot see what? You cannot see
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my face, for no man shall see my face and live.
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And oftentimes, this verse is translated that
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if you see God, you will die. If you see God
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face to face, what will happen to you? You will
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die because nobody, this verse is saying that
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nobody can see God and live. You cannot see my
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face and live. You cannot see my face. You cannot
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see my face. God said you cannot see my face.
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John wrote this in John chapter 1 verse 18. Let's
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look at John chapter 1 verse 18. About seeing
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the face of God. You cannot see my face. John
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chapter 1 verse 18. It says no one has seen God
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at any time. That means nobody has seen God physically.
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At any time. Amen. Nobody has seen the face of
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God. Physically at any time. No one has seen
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the face of God. Physically at any time. But
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who? The only begotten son. Whom is in the bosom
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of the father. He has declared him. So has anyone
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seen God? Physically at this moment? No. Right?
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Physically, no one has seen God. But how only
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the begotten son has seen him. This means that
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the only agency by which we can see God is in
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Christ. Hallelujah. The only means by which we
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can see God is who is in Christ. So the word
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my face or the word face is a Hebrew word panim.
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P -A -N -I -M. P -A -N -I -M. Which is used for
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physical appearance. Is used for physical appearance.
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So, what Moses was asking for is that he wants
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to see God in the flesh. What Moses is asking
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of God in verse 18 is that he wants to see God
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in the physical form. As a man. He's aware by
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his dealings with God that God will become a
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man. Right from the writings we see even in Genesis
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chapter 1, you know, verse 1, you see an idea
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that Moses already have about what God wants
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to do. That is, God will manifest himself in
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man. So this is what Moses was yearning to see.
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He wants to see God physically. He has seen God
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in visions. He has had encounters of visions.
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He has had God speak to him and in different
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ways, but now he wants to see God how? He wants
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to see God physically. Now from the phrase, no
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man shall see me and live, does not mean that
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when you see God, you will die. That's not what
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it means. As I said, this has been wrongly interpreted
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oftentimes. The word or the phrase unleaf are
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translated from the Hebrew word, let me spell
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it, H -A rather, H -A -Y -A. H -A -Y -A. It means
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kept alive. It means to be kept alive. It means
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to be kept alive. The phrase unleaf means to
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be kept alive. Same is used in Genesis chapter
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3 verse 22. Genesis chapter 3 verse 22. Where
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that word is used, the Lord said, Behold, the
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man has become like one of us to know good and
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evil. And now unless he put out his hand and
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take also of the fruit, the tree of life, and
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eat, And live forever. That's the way it is.
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And live forever. To be kept alive. And live
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forever. Also in Exodus chapter 1 verse 16. Exodus
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chapter 1 verse 16. And he said. When you do
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the duties. Please. Let the verses be there.
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And he said, when you do the duties of a midwife
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for the Hebrew woman and see them on a bedstool,
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if it is a son, then you shall kill him. But
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if it is a daughter, then she shall what? She
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shall live to be kept alive. That's where that
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word is also used in the scriptures. So the way
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it is translated, it shouldn't be no man shall
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see my face. And what? And live, but it should
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be rather no man shall see my face and not be
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kept alive. Do you understand what I did here?
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No man shall what? The word there is kept alive,
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to be kept alive. To be kept alive. No man shall
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see my face and not be kept alive. Because when
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you see God, what happens to you? You have life.
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Hallelujah. When you see God, we see Moses teaching
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that in Numbers 21 verse 9. We saw it earlier
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on Numbers 21 verse 9. You also see Moses using
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this concept. So Moses made a bronze serpent
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and put it on a pole. So it was, if a serpent
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had bitten anyone, when he what? When he look.
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All right? This is Moses' teaching. When he look
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at a bronze serpent, he will do what? He will
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live to be kept alive. At what? At looking at
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the serpent, he will be kept alive. That is where
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Jesus made reference to, in John 3, verse 14
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to 15, making reference to the idea of looking
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and being kept alive. John chapter 3, verse 14
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and 15. And Moses, as Moses lifted up the serpent
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in the wilderness, even so, Moses, son of man,
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believed it up, that whoever believes in him
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should not perish but have everlasting life.
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So looking simply means believing and being kept
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alive. When you look, and then you live. Hallelujah.
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You look, and you live. So Moses wanted to see
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the glory of God. That is, God manifested in
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the flesh. He wanted to see the fulfillment of
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God's promise. God becoming a man. But God said,
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not yet. Amen? Because it is not yet time. It
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is not yet time. This is what the scripture says
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about the prophets. The prophets of all. They
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long to see this day. They long to see this particular
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event. Luke chapter 10 verse 23. Luke chapter
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10 verse 23. The prophets that wrote in the old
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times. They long to see this particular event.
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That was what Moses was longing to see. Then
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he turned to his disciples and said privately.
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Bless the eyes. Blessed are the eyes which see
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things you see. For I tell you that many prophets,
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which prophets? The prophets that are in the
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prophets, the Moses, the prophets, and the kings,
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King David, and others. For I tell you that many
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prophets and kings have desired, have desired
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to see what you see. What did they see? They
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see the Messiah physically. They see God in his
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physical appearance. They long to see God. They
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long to see him manifested in the flesh because
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they have prophesied. By revelation, God has
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helped them to know that God will become man.
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Isaiah will speak about the humanity of God becoming
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a man. Daniel will speak about it. We saw yesterday.
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God will become man. They long to see and have
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not seen it. And to hear what you hear and not
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heard it. 1 Peter chapter 1 verse 10. Peter will
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make reference to this same. 1 Peter chapter
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1 verse 10. Of this salvation, the prophets have
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inquired and searched carefully. Who prophesied
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of the grace that will come to you? Searching
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what? Searching what? Or what manner of time?
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They were looking for what time is it that this
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will happen? The salvation is about God becoming
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a man. The manifestation of God in the flesh
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for the salvation of mankind. Searching or what
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manner of time the spirit of Christ who was in
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them was indicating. We've explained this. We
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said the spirit of Christ was what? Was on them,
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right? Because at this moment, Christ, The spirit
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of Christ cannot live in them because these have
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not yet been glorified. So the spirit of Christ
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who was on them was indicating when he testified
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beforehand the suffering of Christ. How did it?
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He testified to the prophets concerning the sufferings
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of the Christ and the glories that will follow.
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To them it was revealed, not to themselves, but
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to us. They were ministering the things. which
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now have been reported to you through those who
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have preached the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit
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sent from heaven, things which angels desire
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to look into. Angels desire to look into. From
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this day that he encouraged them, he says, therefore,
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ride up. The loins of your mind be sober and
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rest your hope fully upon the grace that is to
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be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus
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Christ. Hebrews 11 verse 13. This is what Moses
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longed to see. God manifested. He longed to see
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God in the flesh. These all died in faith. Who
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are these people that all died in faith? All
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the men that have lived before our time, they
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all died in faith, not having received the promises.
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So it was a promise in the writings of the prophets.
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It was a promise that the Messiah would come.
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It was a promise that God would become a man.
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But having seen them afar, Moses was able to
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see from afar. God was able to reveal to Moses
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by revelation. They see afar. Having seen them
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afar of where I showed of them. Abraham saw from
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afar. Isaac saw from afar. Jacob from afar. They
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all saw by revelation what God will do. Similar
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with Joseph and all the prophets. Embrace them
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and confess that they were strangers and pilgrims
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on the earth. For those who say such things declare
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plainly that they seek a homeland. And truly,
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if they have called to mind that country from
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which they had come out, they will have had opportunity
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to return. But now they desire something better.
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That is a heavenly country. So what they saw
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was what? Was the resurrection reality. The kingdom
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of God. The real promised land. He says something
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better. They desire a better. Therefore God is
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not ashamed to be called their God. For he has
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prepared a city for them. This city is not an
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earthly city. God showed them something. But
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they never received it while they were alive.
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We see John testifying also of seeing the glory
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of God. John chapter 1. John chapter 1 verse
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1. It says in the beginning was the world and
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the world was with God and the world was God.
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Verse 2. He was in the beginning with God. Now
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jump to verse 14. He was in the beginning with
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God. Verse 14. And the world became what? The
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world became flesh and dwell among us. And what
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happened? and we beheld his glory. Does it look
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familiar to what Moses was asking for? To see
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the glory, the glory of God? It says, and the
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flesh, that is the God that was in the beginning,
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became flesh and dwell amongst us. And we beheld
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his glory, the glory as of the only begotten
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of the Father, full of grace and truth. Full
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of grace. and truth. Moses desire to see this
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reality. He was hungry to see this fact, to see
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this reality. So, back to Exodus. Exodus 33.
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In verse 18. Look at Moses' request. He said,
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please show me your glory. And this is God's
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response. I will make my goodness to pass before
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you. and I will proclaim the name of the Lord
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before you. I will be gracious to whom I will
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be gracious, and I will have compassion on whom
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I will have compassion on, whom I will have compassion.
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But he said, you cannot see my face, for no man
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shall see my face and not live. And the Lord
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said, here is a place by me. and you shall stand
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on what? On the rock. Here is a place by me,
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and you shall stand on the rock. Verse 21. God
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says, here is a place by me. By me. Here is a
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place by me. So the word place there is a Hebrew
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word, makom. M -A -K -O -M. A place. Markham.
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Which means where to abide. It means an abode.
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An abode. Here in me is a place to abide. And
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it is the same word as mone in Greek. A dwelling.
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John chapter 14 verse 1 to 2. Let's see where.
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John chapter 14 verse 1 and 2. It is the same
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word used in John chapter 14, verse 1 to 2, but
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in the Greek. It says, let not your heart be
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troubled. You believe in God, believe also in
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me. In my Father's house are many mansions, dwellings.
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If it were not so, I would have told you. Right?
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I go to prepare what? A place for you. This place,
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talking about in God, in Christ's reality. Hallelujah.
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So God for us says, you shall stand on the rock.
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You shall stand on the rock. You shall stand
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on the rock. Please, I'm taking this gently and
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slowly so that we will comprehend. Look at verse
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21. And the Lord said, here is a place by me.
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We know what that place is, right? And you shall
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stand on the rock. You shall stand on the rock.
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Stand is the word natab. N -A -T -A -B. Which
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means to be founded upon. Does this sound familiar?
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To be founded upon. You shall be founded upon
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the rock. Right? It is the same thing as I will
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build upon. In Matthew 16 verse 18. Let's look
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at Matthew 16 verse 18. And on this rock I will
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build my church. I will build my church. On this
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rock I will build my church. Similar idea. Which
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means to be found upon. It is the same. I will
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build my church. I will build upon rather. These
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words were spoken ahead by Moses. What we see
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Jesus speaking as he always will say that. The
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words. That Jesus was speaking where the words
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that were already in scripture. And the prophets
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and men that have lived before have prophesied
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those words. They've said the things that Jesus
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will say. They've prophesied the things that
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Jesus will do. They've speak in promises what
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Jesus will accomplish. Verse 22. So it shall
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be while my glory pass by that I will put you
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in the cliff of the rock and will cover you with
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my hand while I pass by. Cover you with my hand
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while I pass by. Speaking of God's hand in salvation,
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the hand referring to God's hand in salvation.
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This describes God's salvation plan. It's a description
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of God's salvation plan. The rock. Moses called
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the rock salvation. He called the rock salvation.
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Deuteronomy chapter 32. Deuteronomy chapter 32.
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Verse 3 and verse 4. For I proclaim the name
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of the Lord. Ascribe greatness to our God. He
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is what? He is what? He is the rock. Who is the
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rock? Who is the rock? Let's go back. For I proclaim
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the name of the Lord. What is the name of the
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Lord? The works of God, right? Ascribe greatness
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to our God. Continue. Verse 4. He is the rock.
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God is the rock. He is the rock. His work is
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perfect for all his ways are justice. A God of
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truth and without injustice. Righteous and upright
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is he. Look at verse 15 of that same Deuteronomy.
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Jump to verse 15. But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked.
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You grew fat, you grew thick, you are obese.
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Then he forsook God who made him and scornfully
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esteemed, who? Scornfully esteemed what? The
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rock of his salvation. Scornfully esteemed the
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rock of his salvation. He called the rock salvation,
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right? He called the rock salvation. The rock
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of his salvation. The rock of his salvation.
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So in Matthew 16 verse 18, Jesus said, upon this
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rock, I will build my church. Meaning that upon
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salvation, meaning that at salvation, meaning
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that at the resurrection, what will happen? He
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will establish his church. Upon salvation, he
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will establish his church. Salvation is in a
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person. Salvation is a person. Salvation is in
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Christ. Upon salvation, he will establish what?
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He will establish his church. He will establish
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his church. So, do we have clarity? What Moses
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was seeing, what Moses was speaking. So which
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church is Jesus talking about? Which church is
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Moses talking about? Where are we going to see
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the church? From Moses' writing, right? Which
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church is it that Jesus is talking about? Again,
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from Moses' vocabulary, the church is the word
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kahal. Kahal. Which means what? The assembly
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of Israel. The assembly of Israel in the writings
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of Moses. The assembly of Israel after the Exodus.
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We said this one week or two weeks ago about
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the will of God, right? And we said that the
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will of God is for an assembly. The deliverance
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of the people of Israel. To establish an assembly.
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An assembly of the men of Israel. And that assembly
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is where we got the word church from. Kahal.
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The word church. The assembly of God's people.
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And what was the purpose? That God will make
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known. His knowledge upon the face of the earth.
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He made them his assembly. And then the desire
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of God is that this assembly will be a kingdom
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of what? Of priests. Prophets. Kingdom of priests
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and prophets. Assembly of God. The church. Church
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becomes, the church is actually the kingdom of
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God. The church is what? The church is the kingdom
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of God. So we are in the kingdom of God. God
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is our king here. Hallelujah. So the church or
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the kingdom of God or the family of God, the
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people of God are a product of what? Of the resurrection
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of Jesus Christ. Are the product of the resurrection
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of Jesus Christ. Upon this rock, upon the salvation
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of men, upon the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
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The church is established. The family of God
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is established. The people of God, you know,
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are formed from the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
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That is where we got our identity. So if Jesus
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mentioned church, there is no church without
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the exodus. All right? There is no assembly without
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the exodus. The exodus simply means salvation.
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Exodus means deliverance. Exodus means redemption.
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For there to be a people of God, for there to
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be a people that God will name as his people,
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possession, there must be what? There must be
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a redemption. That was what God told Moses. To
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go to Egypt and do what? And deliver. Egypt therefore
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becomes a type of what? Of bondage in scriptures.
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Egypt refers to captivity. Egypt refers to sin.
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Pharaoh will be seen as Satan. It's a picture.
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Who hold and keep the people of God in captivity.
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And we see deliverance from Moses, the type of
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Jesus. Deliverance from Moses. Salvation. So
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that the kingdom of God will be established.
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So that God will have a special people. A priest.
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A people that are his own possession. A people
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that will declare the works of God. Upon this
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rock. Upon salvation. Upon this rock. I will
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build. I will establish. Those that come out
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of the world. Those that will come out of sin.
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Those that will come out of the bondage of Satan.
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Those that will be delivered from the culture.
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You know, Egypt has a culture, right? Egypt has
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a civilization. Egypt has a way of life that
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is not the will of God. So God's deliverance,
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because the people of God were kept under subjugation.
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They were kept under what? Captivity. They were
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slaves. They have no right of themselves. They
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have no freedom. So God is delivering them so
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that they will worship him in truth. So that
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they will worship him. So that they will have
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fellowship with God. So that God can inhabit
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his people. That is what we will see in the wilderness.
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God will come in the form of cloud to be with
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them. All this Moses was writing was a teaching.
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It was happened practically, but it's also a
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teaching. Hallelujah. It's a teaching of our
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reality today. It's a teaching concerning what
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God... Will do. In us. Egypt. Pharaoh. Is a typology
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for sin. Satan. And the world. And we see our
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deliverance. Our exodus. From sin. Our exodus
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from sin. From Satan. From the world. Now we
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have come out of the world. Amen. We that are
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born again, we that are believers, who have received
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the message of deliverance, who have put our
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trust in Jesus Christ, have been translated from
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the kingdom of darkness, which is Egypt, and
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then into the kingdom of God's marvelous light,
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where we enjoy fellowship with God and with fellow
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believers. We share. In unity. Hallelujah. We
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share in what? We share in oneness with God.
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And you see, Moses will tell them. That whenever
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they celebrate the Passover, right, they should
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do it in numbers, in a family. Right? And we've
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explained what the bread is. What is the bread?
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The Spirit of God. Meaning that we'll share in
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the fellowship of the Spirit together. Hallelujah.
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Meaning that we'll be in unity in Christ. That
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it's a family matter. It's a family matter. We
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have come out of the wall. We are the church
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of God. We are the church of God. We are the
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church of God. And you will say the gates of
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hell shall not prevail against it. Hades shall
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not prevail against it. So we are the church.
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The gate of hell shall not prevail against means
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that the church has overcome death. We've prevailed
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against death in Christ. We've died with him
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in baptism. Paul will explain that exodus, baptism
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by the Red Sea. Amen? And we are alive in Christ
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Jesus. We have come out of the world. We are
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the church of God. Moses saw ahead of time. He
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saw ahead. God was willing to show him. But he
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didn't enter. He didn't partake in it because
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it was not yet time. He didn't see God physically.
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But in Christ, we see God manifested. Hallelujah.
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We see God manifested. We see God revealed. We
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see God becoming a man, being revealed to us.
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Jesus is what? Jesus is the glory of God. Jesus
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is the glory. Of God. God be manifested in the
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flesh. And where does he lives? He lives in the
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believer. Alright. The glory of God. Is seen
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in Christ. And Christ lives in you and I. In
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the form. Through the Holy Spirit. Through the
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Holy Spirit. So, we can now read Matthew 18 with
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an understanding. Matthew 16, rather, with an
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understanding. That the rock here, right, that
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the rock here will be the rock that Moses spoke
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about. That the church here will be the church
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that Moses explained. And we'll see the reality
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today that we are the church. Hallelujah. Now
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in Colossians. Colossians chapter 9. Chapter
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1 verse 9. Paul would say for this reason. For
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this reason. Since the day we heard of it, we
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do not cease to pray for you and to ask that
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you may be filled with the knowledge of his will
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in all wisdom and spiritual understanding. That
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you walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing him,
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being fruitful in every good work. In every good
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work. That is the desire of God that we become
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fruitful in every good work, increasing in the
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knowledge of God. Strengthen with all might according
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to his glorious power for all patience and long
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-suffering with joy, giving thanks to the Father
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who has qualified us. He has qualified you. He
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has qualified us to be partakers of the inheritance
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in the light. We are no longer in darkness. We
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are no longer in Egypt. We've been qualified
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and we are in the light. Hallelujah. He has delivered
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us from the power of darkness. How did he deliver
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us? Through the Exodus. Through what Jesus has
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done. He has delivered us from the power of darkness.
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And he has conveyed us. Into the kingdom of the
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son of his love. He has brought us into the kingdom.
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Whose kingdom is it? The kingdom of the son.
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Of his love. In whom we have redemption. Through
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his spirit. The forgiveness of sins. Amen. Through
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his spirit. The forgiveness of sins. The blood
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is what? The blood is spirit. Do you agree with
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me? Have we explained this before? The blood
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is what? His spirit. Through his blood, through
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his spirit, the forgiveness of sins. He is the
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glory of God. Do you understand what I just did
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here? He is what? The image of the invisible
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God. He is the expression of God. In human form.
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Amen. He is God. Manifested in human form. Why?
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For our forgiveness. That is why God became man.
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We talked about it yesterday. Our redemption.
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For our redemption. He is the invisible. The
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image of the invisible God. The first born. Over
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all creation. For by him. All things were created.
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That are in heaven. And are on earth. Visible
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and invisible. Whether thrones or dominions.
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Or principalities. Or powers. All things were
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created through him. For him. And he is before
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all things. And in him all things consist. Verse
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18. Look at verse 18. And he is the head of the
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body. Alright? He is our leader. He is our God.
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He is our father. He is the head of the church,
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of the body. What is the body? The body is a
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church. Who is the beginning? The firstborn.
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From the dead. That in all things. He may have
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preeminence. He may have. Dominion over. For
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it pleases the father. That in him. All the fullness.
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Should dwell. It is God's plan. That all the
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fullness. Of the Godhead be seen in Christ. And
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by him. Reconcile. All things to himself. Through
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Christ, reconciliation is made to God. And by
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him to reconcile all things to himself, by him,
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whether things on earth or things in heaven,
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having made peace through the blood of his cross.
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These things on heaven and things on earth, he's
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talking about people here. Then he brought you
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and me. Verse 21, you see the reconciliation?
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And you who were once, who once were what? Were
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cut off, were cursed, were alienated. And enemies
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were in the mind. Remember? The mind, the wise
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and the prudent of this world, where did they
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reject God? In their mind, in their thinking,
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in their thoughts, right? We are ones like them,
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alienated and enemies in our minds by wicked
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works. What is the work of God? To believe in
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Jesus. What is the works of Satan? To not believe.
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Disbelief. By wicked works. Wicked works is unbelief.
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Because everything that you see, That is, wickedness
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is a product of unbelief. So, wicked works. Yet,
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now he has what? He has reconciled us. He has
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brought us into a fellowship. So we are in that
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rock. Are we in that rock? Are we in that kingdom?
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Are we in salvation? Yes. He has reconciled us
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in the body of his flesh. In the body of his
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flesh. What is flesh? In Christ's reality. In
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the spirit, right? Through what? Through death.
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To present us holy and blameless. above reproach
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in his sight. So before God, we are what? We
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are holy. We are set apart. Set apart is for
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what? It's for a purpose. To be set apart is
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for a function. So we are set apart for God for
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a function. We are blameless. Okay? That is our
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truth about us. We are blameless. Above reproach.
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In his sight. There is no condemnation to us.
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We are perfect before God. Based on what Christ
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has done. In the flesh. In the spirit. In his
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sight. If indeed we continue on faith. Grounded
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and steadfast. And are not moved away. From the
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hope of the gospel. Which you heard. Which was
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preached. To every creator. Under heaven. Of
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which I, Paul, became what? Became a minister.
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Amen? Paul also experienced this and he became
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a minister of sin. What did we say was being
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a minister? A steward, right? A steward. A minister.
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Someone that serves, that ministers. Ministers
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the message. Verse 24, and I now rejoice in my
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suffering for you and fill up in my flesh what
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is lacking in the affliction of Christ for the
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sake of his body, which is a church. A church
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is the body of Christ, of which I became a minister,
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according to what? According to the administration
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from God, which was given to me for you. To fulfill
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the word of God. Verse 26. Word of God. The mystery.
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Which has been hidden from ages. Which was not
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disclosed to them. Which was not disclosed to
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them. The idea of God becoming man. A mystery.
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Which has been hidden from ages. From generations.
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But now. Has been revealed to who? To his saints.
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Who are his saints? We are his saints. From the
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resurrection. We are his saints. To them, God
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willed to make known. Hallelujah. Now, if you
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are sleeping, wake up. Open your eyes and look
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at your scripture. Verse 27. To them, God willed.
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To make known what? What are the riches? Do you
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remember we talked about good things? God said
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that he will make what? His goodness, right?
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To pass. The good things, the riches has to do
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with everything that is in salvation. Moses saw
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it. God showed him from afar, from a distance.
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And here it says, The mystery that has been hidden
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from ages and from generations, but now has been
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revealed to the saints. To them God willed to
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make known what are the riches of the glory,
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the riches of the glory of this mystery among
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the Gentiles. Stop and think. To them, God will
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to make known what are the riches of the glory
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of his mystery among the Gentiles. Who are the
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Gentiles? Huh? Unbelievers. So God's desire is
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to make known what? The riches of the glory.
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Of his mystery. Before the Gentiles. Which is
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what? Which is what? Which is Christ in you.
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The hope of glory. Amen. Which is God in man.
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Is Christ in you? Are we now in the glory of
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God? Amen? God desire to do what? To show himself
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through us to the world. He wants to show his
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splendor, his power, his authority, his riches
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through your life, through my life to this generation.
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The Gentiles are the unbelieving people of this
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generation. God's desire is to manifest his riches,
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to display his splendor in our generation through
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our lives. That is God's desire. He says to them,
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God will to make known. The next verse, verse
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28. Him we what? How will you know? Him we preach.
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By preaching. By preaching. warning every man,
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and doing what? And teaching every man in all,
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what? Wisdom. Now, this is all wisdom here. Let's
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have context. All is not always all in the Bible.
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We know that, right? There's a context to every
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word, all. The context is the wisdom of God,
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the wisdom of the Spirit. Alright? In every man,
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in all the wisdom of God, that we may present
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every man furnished in Christ. Established in
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Christ. Founded on that rock. That is a perfection.
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Amen? That is a perfection. Every man perfect
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in Christ. Every man established in Christ. The
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perfection is that of Christ in Christ. It's
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on that rock. To this end, I what? I also labor,
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striving according to his working, which works
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in me mightily. That is why we labor. That is
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what we have been called unto. We've been called
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unto to do what? To labor mightily. To ensure
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that our generation, the Gentiles in our generation,
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come to the knowledge of this mystery. The mystery
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has been accomplished in us. And God's plan is
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to establish them also in this reality. That
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is why we are here in Catartismus. That is why
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we gather so that we will know, so that we will
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be equipped, so that we will be empowered to
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do what? To display the splendor of God, to display
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the glory of God, to display the works of God,
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to display what God has done, to proclaim what
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God has done. Hallelujah. That is the plan of
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God for us. That is the plan of God for everyone
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who believes. All of us who believe. He wants
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to display. He wants to make a display. And that
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is true preaching. Amen. That is true preaching.
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I wish we have much time. Could have seen how
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to manifest the kingdom. Could have seen how
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we will manifest the kingdom. You know? We manifest
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by binding and losing. Amen? Now, binding and
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losing is not... For those of you who have done
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it, we are in, what do you call it? We know what
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binding and losing is. Because he has given us
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access to that kingdom. He has given us the keys.
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He has given us authority. He has given us access
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into the kingdom. I don't know whether you have
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stayed up in your heart. I don't know whether
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you've seen what God wants to do with our lives.
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I don't know whether you've been brought into
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the plan of God, the desire of God, the purpose
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of God, what God wants to accomplish with us.
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See? The glory of God is not new Mercedes Benz,
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my brother and sister. Don't believe us have
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better cars than you, let me tell you. There
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are many ways you can get cars. Somebody can
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commit fraud and buy a better, a good car. Build
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beautiful houses. So when we say glory, we're
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not talking about suits, clothes. Oh, I can see
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glory. That's not the kind of glory we're talking
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about. Amen? Have we defined what the glory of
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God is? So what are you to show them? Are you
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to show them how rich you are? The unbelievers
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of this world, they have money. Amen? The unbelievers
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of this world, they have riches. The unbelievers
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of this world, they have certificates. The unbelievers
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of this world, they have the resources of this
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world as well. So that is not what you show to
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them. That is not what you show to them. You
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show to them the works of Christ. And I can assure
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you that it's a demonstration of the spirit and
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power. Through the miraculous, that is how we
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manifest. Amen? Through the miraculous power
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of the Holy Ghost. That is God's intention. And
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I see God bringing us to that level of knowledge.
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Pastors will teach us how to function in these
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gifts. Who display the glory through the gifts,
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the equipment that he has given us. We will see
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what we have in Christ. We will see how to be
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activated to function in this that we have in
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Christ. It is yours by right because you are
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in Christ. It is ours by right because we are
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in Christ. So the world must see Christ through
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our lives, through our ministry. Hallelujah.
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Through our ministry. Through our ministry. As
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I close, let me read Ephesians chapter 3. As
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I close. Ephesians chapter 3. So I want you to
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be expectant more. We are just starting. I just
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lay foundation. Believe me, God is about to do
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greater things in this place. Hallelujah. Say
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we are made for greater works. We are created
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for better works. For greater works. Hallelujah.
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It's going to be greater and better through our
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lives. Hallelujah. What I mean better means permanent.
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Amen. That is what God is going to use our lives
1:00:11
to do. What you do in people's life is going
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to be better. It's going to be permanent. God
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is going to use you to put a mark in people's
1:00:18
life that will be eternal. Amen? Your mission
1:00:25
is an eternal mission. No riches can pay for
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what you are created to do. Hallelujah. That's
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God's work in us, through us. Eternal work of
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salvation. Paul will also say for this reason.
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Chapter 3 verse 1. Ephesians 3 verse 1. For this
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reason. What reason? For which reason? Should
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we look at the reason? Let's look at the reason.
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Chapter 2 verse 19. So that we will read chapter
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3 together. For what reason? Now, therefore,
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you are no longer strangers and foreigners. This
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is the reason. But fellow citizens, what? And
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members of what? Of God's family. Of God's, the
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household of God. Having been built on what?
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On the foundation of the apostles. Built on the
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rock. What is the foundation of the apostles?
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Jesus Christ. Is it a rock? Right? Having been
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built on the foundation of the apostles and the
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prophets, where did we see them? Let me ask this
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one now. Yes, this one is a good place to ask
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the question. Having been built on the foundation
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of the apostles and the prophets, which apostles
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and prophets are these? There will be edification,
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sir. Take note, Pastor Victor. Having been built.
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These are the New Testament in court, right?
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Apostles and prophets. Having been built on the
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foundation because they are the foundations,
1:02:31
right? The foundation of the apostles and prophets.
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Jesus Christ himself. Meaning it is their message.
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Jesus Christ himself being the chief cornerstone.
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Have we been talking about a rock, a corner,
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a stone? In whom the whole building, which building?
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Upon this rock I will build my, right? In whom
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the whole building being fitted together grows
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into what? A holy temple in the Lord. In whom
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you also are being built together for a dwelling
1:03:08
place of God in the spirit. So this church is
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what? Is in the spirit. My brothers and sisters,
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this church is spirit. Amen? In fact, put church
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equals to spirit. That is the formula. You are
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spiritual. Amen? We are spiritual. We are spiritual,
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but we are on earth. Heaven on earth. The kingdom
1:03:43
of God manifested where? On earth. Hallelujah.
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For this reason, now we've known the reason,
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right? We've seen the reason. For this reason,
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I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus, for you,
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gentiles, indeed, if you have heard of this dispensation
1:04:02
of the grace of God, dispensation means administration,
1:04:07
not dispensationalism. Okay? Dispensation here
1:04:13
is what? I asked somebody about what dispensation?
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The person read Ephesians 3 verse 2. So I have
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to correct it. Even if you have heard of the
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dispensation of the grace of God, which was given
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to me for you. The dispensation means what? The
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stewardship of the grace of God. The administration
1:04:37
of the grace of God. The leadership of the grace
1:04:40
of God that you have. How that by revelation
1:04:42
he made known to me the mystery as I have briefly
1:04:45
written already. Okay? By which when you read,
1:04:51
you may understand my knowledge in the mystery
1:04:53
of Christ, which in other ages was not made known
1:04:58
to the sons of men, as it has now been revealed
1:05:02
by the Spirit to his holy apostles and prophets.
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New Testament apostles and prophets. That a Gentile
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should be fellow heirs of the same body and partakers
1:05:13
of his promise in Christ through the gospel.
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Okay. Of which I became a minister according
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to the gift of the grace of God given to me by
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the effective working of his power. To me, who
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am less than the least. Of all the... Of all
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the saints, this grace was given that I should
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preach among the Gentiles the word... Look at
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what they call it. Is there another word for
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this? Is there any translation? Unsearchable
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riches of Christ. Any translation? NLT, what
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does it say? Endless treasures. Where is these
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treasures located? In the spirit. Endless treasures.
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It's not money in the bank. Sorry, if you are
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looking for that treasure there. Though, yes,
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okay, okay, okay, yes. I was choosing, go back,
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go back. I love this NLT. Go back to that NLT.
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I love the way it says. See, I was choosing to
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explain. Correct. Everyone, this mysterious plan
1:06:41
that God, the creator of all things, has kept
1:06:45
secret from the beginning. Let's read it in NLT.
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God's purpose. It's plainer. It's much more clearer.
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It's more explained. God's purpose in all this
1:06:56
was to use where? Hello? What's God's plan? To
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use who? Who is the church? Who is the church?
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I am the church. You are the church. You are
1:07:13
built on the rock. Hallelujah. God's purpose
1:07:17
in all this was to use the church to do what?
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To display his wisdom in his rich variety to
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all the unseen rulers. Huh? Who are the unseen
1:07:37
rulers? Rulers, authorities, in the heavenly
1:07:46
places. I don't like places. Just say in the
1:07:50
heavenly. This was his eternal plan. Hallelujah.
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Now he has carried it out through Jesus Christ,
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our Lord. Amen. Because of Christ and our faith
1:08:07
in him, we can now boldly and confidently, we
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can now come boldly and confidently into God's
1:08:17
presence. We are already in God's presence. You
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don't go out of God's presence. We are already
1:08:23
in God's presence, right? So please, don't lose
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heart because of my trials. He's speaking to
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them. I am suffering for you, so you should be
1:08:31
honored. You should feel honored. When I think
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of all these things, I fall on my knees and I
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pray to the Father, the creator of everything
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in heaven and on earth. What is his prayer? I
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pray from his glorious unlimited resources. He
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will empower you with inner strength through
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his spirit. Hallelujah. Then Christ will make
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his home in your hearts and you trust him as
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you trust in him. Your roots, will grow down
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into God's love and keep you strong. And may
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you have the power to understand, as all God's
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people should know, how wide, talking about the
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riches, how long, how high, how deep is his love.
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May you experience the love of Christ. Though
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it is too great to understand fully, then you
1:09:37
will be made complete with all the fullness of
1:09:39
life and power that comes from God. Now, all
1:09:45
glory to God, who is able through his mighty
1:09:49
power at work within us to accomplish infinitely
1:09:54
more than we might ask or think. Glory to him
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in the church. and in Christ Jesus through all
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generations forever and ever. Amen. Give me that
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20 in the King James. I didn't understand how
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to explain this one. Give me the 20 in King James.
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Now to him who is able to do through who? Through
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us. Hallelujah. Now to him who is able to do
1:10:20
exceedingly above all things that we ask or think
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according to the power that worketh where? Where
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is the power? It's in you. By the spirit. It's
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in us. Hallelujah. Above all things. Go back.
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Above all things. Above all things that we ask.
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Or think. Unto him that is able to do exceeding.
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Abundantly above all things that we ask. Or think.
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According to the power. There is a power that
1:11:00
is at work in you because you are in the spirit,
1:11:03
because you are in the body of Christ, because
1:11:06
Christ lives in you. There is a union between
1:11:09
us and Christ. In us. Verse 21. Unto him be the
1:11:19
glory in the church by Christ Jesus through all
1:11:23
ages, world without end. Amen. Amen. Hallelujah.
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I just want us to just close our eyes and respond
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to this by praying and asking God, I've seen
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your work. I've seen your work in my life. I've
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seen you establish me on the rock. I've seen
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you build me in Christ. I know what this rock
1:11:55
is. The rock is salvation. The rock is Christ.
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I know what this church is. I know why the church,
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your desire is to show, to display through the
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church. That I will accomplish your task in my
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generation. That I will accomplish your task
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in my generation. That I will fulfill your will
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and your purpose in my generation. And we do
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that by preaching. We do that by preaching. We
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do that by preaching. Pray for yourself. Pray
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for yourself. Pray for yourself. They are doing.
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what God has ordained you to do. That we are
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doing what God has ordained us to do. That we
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are establishing his work. We are, through us,
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the wisdom of God in Christ is displayed to the
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Gentiles. Please pray for yourself. Pray for
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yourself that you do the will of God. There will
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be activations in the subsequent sessions. Hands
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will be laid on you in the subsequent sessions.
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Prophecies will be made on you in the subsequent
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sessions. But it's to the end that you do the
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will of God, that you do the work of God. That
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you walk in the realities of Christ. Pray for
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yourself. Pray for yourself. Listen to what Paul
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said in 1 Corinthians as we are praying. 1 Corinthians
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9 verse 16. 1 Corinthians 9 verse 16. Let me
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read from Good News Translation. Good News Translation.
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It says, I have no right to boast just because
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I preach the gospel. After all, I am under orders
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to do so. It's an instruction to preach the gospel.
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I am under orders to do so. And how terrible
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it will be for me if I don't preach the gospel.
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In other words, war is me if I don't preach the
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gospel. Verse 17. If I did my work as a matter
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of free choice, then I could expect to be paid.
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But I do it as a matter of duty because God has
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entrusted me with what? With this tax. God has
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entrusted you with a tax. So war is you. War
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means trouble is you if you don't preach the
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gospel. Glory unto Jesus. Father, we find ourselves
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in your will and we do your will. Thank you,
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Holy Ghost. Thank you, Jesus. You can also explore
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more about NECF on our website or follow us online.
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We look forward to having you with us next time.
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God bless.