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Day 4: The Defense of the Gospel (Part 3) · Near East Christian Fellowship Sermons

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Welcome to NECF sermons. Each message here is
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the end for a rewarding experience. Let's dive
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right in. The reality of what we started teaching
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is to point out that no apostle called Jesus
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writes an instrument or agent of God or a God.
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While Jesus, the man Jesus is, of course, I think
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we're going to teach that how Jesus is different
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from the father, right? Because he came in the
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body. Are we together? Because Jesus appeared
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in the body, right? And he had to function. And
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within the time he was on it, he was constrained.
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Are we together? Right? In essence, Jesus was
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constrained to a geographical location. Right?
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So, in that essence, it's different because the
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Father knows all things. He's everywhere. His
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mind is everywhere. But because Jesus was constrained
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in the body and that he could partake in the
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flesh, to partake in death, that is the man Jesus.
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Hebrews 1, Hebrews 2. So, what was being exalted
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is... The appearance of God in the body. And
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that is Jesus. Okay? That is what was being exalted
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in Hebrews 1. The appearance of God in the body.
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The man Jesus was the one being exalted in Hebrews
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1. Because arguments may arise. And people may
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say, well, Jesus or the angels. And the writer
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of Hebrews had to put a mark there and say, Lo
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and behold, there is no comparison. He himself
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is God, but he appeared in the body. So there
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were constraints. There were things that he needed
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to do. He needed to eat. He needed to drink.
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He needed to grow up, which is not same, right?
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When it comes to the father who has the essence.
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So the manifestation of God on heads is who Christ
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is. We have not seen God, but we have seen Christ.
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Yes. So we continue and we've cleared the issue
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of Michael the archangel very, very easily. Now
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the second one, the second one is the birth of
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Jesus Christ and resurrection. The explanation
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of the birth of Jesus Christ and resurrection
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was addressed or needs to be addressed. So they
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argue. Right? Or they could not explain John
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chapter 1 verse 14. Let's go to John chapter
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1 verse 14. Just write it down. John chapter
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1 verse 14. Philippians 2, 6, 8. Additional scriptures
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to confirm incarnation. Philippians 2, 6 to 8.
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Please, let's hold on to the scriptures. You
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see these notes, don't lose it. Don't lose this
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note. Yes, the audio is there. Keep your notes
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the way you're writing it. Colossians 2, verse
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9. Add that to it. Colossians 2, verse 9. Stay
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in our media team. Stay in Philippians. So I'm
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calling Colossians 2, verse 9. Let us write.
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Colossians 2, verse 9. It's a who, being in the
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form of God, did not consider its robbery to
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be equal to God. Next. No, no, no. Just go to
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the next verse. Just 6 to 8. Philippians still.
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Okay. but made himself of no reputation, taking
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the form of a born servant and coming in the
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likeness of men. I may find in the appearance
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of a man. You see, he humbled himself and became
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obedient to the points of death, even the death
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on the cross. It means that he was found in an
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appearance of a man, right? So that is incarnation.
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Go to Colossians 2, let's see, 2, 9. For in him
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dwells the fullness of the Godhead bodily. Okay?
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So, it means that the fullness of God in appearance
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is Christ's. The fullness of God in appearance
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in man is Christ's. Therefore, he is the son
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of God. These are just additional scriptures.
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to talk about the incarnation. Therefore, he
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is God himself, fully God. Now, some argue that
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he was man, he was not God and all of that. These
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are kind of arguments, but we see that Christ
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is the one that shows us the character of God,
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right? Christ is the one that shows us the character.
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And that is why he's not by, you know, the hand,
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the face, the leg and all of that, but the character.
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The name of God. Christ was the one that showed
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us the name of God. That's what we can see. The
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reputation of God. Who God is, right? Who God
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is, is Christ. So, who God is can only be manifested
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through a body, right? So, they've written many
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assumptions about Christ, about God in the Old
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Testament. To address those assumptions about
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God, he made himself manifest and by that, we
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know him. Now, the one about resurrection is
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something we would deal with. Let's go to Matthew.
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Let's go to 1 Corinthians first. That one is
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just direct. There's no story about it. Let's
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go to 1 Corinthians 15. Let's go to 1 Corinthians
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15. verse 35. This one, I'm just going to address
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it quickly. I'm going to read it, address it
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quickly, then I'll move to the next thing. Please,
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let's, you know, be trusting God that as we go
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out, we have the boldness to say this thing that
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we are being taught, not just to know it, but
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to say it. 1 Corinthians 15. Now, the conversation
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in 1 Corinthians, right, 15. Go to verse 12 first,
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please. Go to verse 12 first. We have to build
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the conversation, right? And we will see where
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they stop in their own explanation. Now, he said,
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now, if Christ be preached that he rose from
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the dead, how say some among you that there is
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no resurrection of what? Of the dead. So, the
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first conversation that led to what we'll discuss
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in 35 is the fact that there was first an argument
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about resurrection. Verse 1 will say, I declare
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unto you, verse 1, the gospel that I preach unto
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you, which ye also received, and wherein ye stand,
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by which ye are also saved, if ye keep in memory
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what I preach to you, unless you have believed
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in vain. For I delivered first of all that which
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I also received, how Christ died for our sins,
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according to the Scriptures, and he was buried,
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and that he rose again the third day, according
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to the Scriptures, and that he was seen of Cephas,
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then of the twelve. And that he was seen of above
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500 brethren at once. 500 people saw him. And
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of whom greater part remain in this present.
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But some are falling asleep. After that he was
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seen of James, then of all the apostles. And
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last of all, you see, finally, finally, he was
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seen by me. Also of... As of one born out of
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due time, right? We know when he saw him, Christ
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had died, right? So he saw him in the revelation.
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And for I am the least of the apostles, that
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I'm not made to be called an apostle because
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I persecuted the church. But by the grace of
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God, I am what I am. And this grace which was
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bestowed unto me was not in vain, but I live
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but more abundantly than they all, yet not I,
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but the grace of God which is in me. Therefore,
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whether it is it were I or they, so we preach
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and so. We believe. So he believed. Now, if Christ
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be preached, right? It means that the resurrection
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is part of the teaching, right? If Christ be
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preached, that he arose from the dead, how come
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say some among you that there is no resurrection
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of the dead? So there are people who don't believe
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in the resurrection of the dead. So that's the
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first conversation. And he explained to them
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that if there's no resurrection of the dead,
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your fate is what? Is futile. Your fate is...
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Now you can go to verse 18. Verse 18. Verse 19.
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It means that man. is gone. There's nothing for
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man. Which is one of the teachings that they
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say that, you know, after now, there is no eternal
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punishment. There is no eternal anything. In
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fact, one of the arguments that men and animals
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are almost the same. There's no difference in
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terms of the soul. That when the soul dies, it
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just disappears. There's nothing again. Right?
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These are kind of the arguments. So, but their
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emphasis here is that although they believe in
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resurrection, We're going to see where their
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problem is. So here, Paul addressed that there
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is resurrection or otherwise, just forget the
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faith. Right? Just forget the faith if there's
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no resurrection. Now, after establishing resurrection,
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the second thing that was established, verse
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35, is the matter of which kind of body, which
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is where they miss it. So, after addressing the
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resurrection, the matter of the kind of body
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became an issue. And verse 35 says, but some
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men will say, How are the dead raised up? And
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with what body do they come? Is that a concern
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to you too? You can read 1 Corinthians 15. It
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gives you clarity. Now see, it's a doubtful.
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That which thou sowest, is that not quickened
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except it died? Right? Look at the illustration.
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Pay attention. The illustration said, when you
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put a seed on the ground, right? That seed would
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die. then it will come out with a new body. Right?
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A new body. So, it means that there is a body
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of resurrection. So, when you put the seed on
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the ground, it will come out. So, that which
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showeth is quickened, except it die. Verse 37
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says, And that which thou showeth, thou showeth
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not that body that shall be. You are not showing
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the body that shall be. But bare grains, it may
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chance of wheat. or of some other grains. So,
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it means that if you put a seed down, it will
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come out with another body. Not the same body,
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right, in which you put it down. But God gave
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it a body. Emphasis, body, as it has pleased
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him. And to every seed, his own body. All flesh
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is not like the same, but there is one, the kind
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of the flesh of man, another flesh of the beast,
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another, so flesh of man, flesh of the beast,
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flesh of the fish, another, the... verse 40,
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there are also celestial bodies and bodies terrestrial.
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But the glory of the celestial is one and the
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glory of the celestial is one and the glory of
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the terrestrial is another. There is one glory
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of the sun, one glory of the moon, another glory
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of the stars. For one star differed from another
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star in glory. So also is the resurrection of
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the dead. It is shown in corruption, a body.
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It is raised in incorruption. It is sown in dishonor.
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It is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness.
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It is raised in power. 44. It is sown in a natural
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body. It is raised, what? A spiritual body. That
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is a natural body and there is a natural body
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and there's what? A spiritual body. Now, what
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is their statement? Their statement is that Jesus
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did not rise with a body. He arose as a spirit.
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This is the argument, right? That Jesus never
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rose as a body. He nullified the existence of
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a spiritual body. But acknowledge that he rose
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as a spirit creature. A spirit creature that
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now used some bodies to appear to his brethren.
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So he was using some bodies. not his own supernatural
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spiritual body. Add the scriptures to it. John
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2, 19, 21. John 2, 19. Jesus said, I will destroy
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this temple and raise it up. It means that at
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resurrection, there was a body, right? Destroy
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this temple and in three days, I will raise it
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up. It means that the body, I will come out with
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a temple. I will not come out as a wind, as spirits.
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I will come out with a temple. So if body was
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not involved in what happened to Christ, right?
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If body was not involved in what happened to
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Christ, we will not, right, be able to partake
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in that bodily resurrection. But he said, I would
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raise it up again. Luke 24, verse 39. Evidence
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that he rose with the body. Luke 24, verse 39.
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Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself.
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Handle me and see. For a spirit does not have
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flesh and bones. This is clear, right? A spirit
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does not have flesh and bones. As you see, I
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have. He did not borrow anybody. He came out
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with his body. They could recognize him because
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it was his face, it was his hand. But that body
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has been translated to immortality. That's right.
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The corruption in that body was gone. The dishonor
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in that body was gone. The mortality in that
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body was gone. But yet, the body is there. Means
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it is a supernatural body. It is a supernatural
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body. Which we are going to partake in. Glory
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to God. We are going to partake in. We are going
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to have our bodies, right? A supernatural body
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at the resurrection. The last scripture. Okay,
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one more scripture after that. Matthew 28, 5
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to 6. Matthew 28, 5 -6 But the angel answered
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and said to the woman, Do not be afraid, for
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I know that you see Jesus who was crucified.
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He is not here for his reason, as he said. Come
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and see the place where he laid. Right? The place
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where he laid. Why would the angel tell them,
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come and see? He said, he is not here for his
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reason. It means that although that body was
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there, it was translated in the three days. And
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when on the third day that body came out. So,
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there is no evidence of decomposition on anything
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but a translation and having anybody. So, the
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tomb was empty. Right? Is that not the testimony
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of the faith? Right? That there is resurrection.
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So, if they say that Jesus came only in spirit,
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they have to identify where the body is. Right?
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They have to identify where the body is. So,
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this is One of the arguments. So, we have been
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able to explain many things concerning Christ.
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Now, if all of this concerning Christ is faulty,
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is it possible to say they have believed the
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right message? No. Anybody who believed that
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message has not believed the right message because
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you have misrepresented Christ in that teaching.
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Now, let's look for salvation. Let's go into...
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Let's touch upon the Holy Spirit a little bit,
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which is actually another aspect. Then after
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the Holy Spirit, we'll go to salvation, the understanding
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of salvation, which is quite modern, but we'll
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still talk about it. Now, the Holy Spirit is
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seen as an impersonal active force. And this
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is very, very, you know, means that he is not
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God. The Holy Spirit is seen as impersonal active
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force, meaning that he is not God, meaning that
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we do not have. We cannot possess that Spirit
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of God. The Holy Spirit is not something we have.
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It's just an active force moving up and down.
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So they reject the person, the being of the Holy
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Spirit. They reject the person, the being of
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the Holy Spirit. So it means that you can't say
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that the Holy Spirit speaks to you. So if you
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say that, you wouldn't align with what they are
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saying. So it means that the Holy Spirit does
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not speak. But we will check from the scriptures
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what the Holy Spirit does. Okay? Does it speak
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to the believer? So an active force that does
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not speak that we cannot possess. Now, even the
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Holy Ghost that works with us, the one that enables
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us to do greater works, if that is an active
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force, then there's a big what? A big challenge.
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So it means that we don't have the Holy Spirit.
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Now, the Holy Spirit, the Bible says, Let's go
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to Ephesians 1. Let's see. I will compare it.
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I will tie it up to the next thing I'm going
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to say. It's at verse 14, verse 13, Ephesians
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1. In whom ye trusted after ye heard the word
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of truth, and the gospel of what? Salvation.
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In whom also, after ye believed, ye were sealed
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with that Holy Spirit of promise. You were sealed.
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It means the seal, you have it. You have him,
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rather, the Holy Spirit. which is the earnest
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of our inheritance until the redemption of the
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purchased possession, right? And the praise of
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his glory, the redemption of the body. So we
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have the Holy Ghost until the redemption of the
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body to the praise of the glory of God. We have
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the Holy Ghost until the redemption of the body
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to the praise of the Holy Ghost. So the Holy
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Spirit is the seed of our salvation, right? So
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that is one. We're going to come back to the
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scriptures. Add this, Acts 13, 2. The Holy Spirit
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speaks, right? They were praying and the Holy
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Spirit said. So if someone is found in such teachings,
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it means that you cannot do greater works. You
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cannot pray in tongues. You cannot say you receive
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a word. You cannot say you have a leading if
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you are found in such teachings. But the Bible
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teaches us that we have a spirit, the spirit
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of God in us, as many as are led. And as the
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minister to the Lord, the Holy Spirit said, and
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I said this before, I said, It's not a wind that
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came to say. The first time I said, it's not
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a wind. So the Holy Spirit is a ministration
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from someone in that meeting. So the Holy Spirit
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ministration is not a wind, it's not a trumpet,
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it's not anything that is heard from somewhere.
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It is someone in that meeting, right? They receive
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a leading that Barnabas and Paul are called for
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a walk, send them to go to the walk. It's not
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a sound, it's from a leading, right? Word of
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knowledge, word of wisdom, right? The prophetic,
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that is what is happening in that meeting. Talks
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and interpretation in that meeting, happening
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in that meeting. So, the Holy Spirit speaks through
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the believer because we have the Spirit of God
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in us. John 14, 26. The Holy Spirit, by the revelation,
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taught the apostles, right? Taught the apostles.
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But then up by the Holy Spirit, whom? The Father
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will send in my name. He will teach you all things
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and bring to you remembrance all the things that
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I said to you. So the teachings of Christ was
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made clear. Revelation to the apostles by the
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Holy Spirit. Because the Holy Spirit resides
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in them. Resides in them. I'm not going to go
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to the Old Testament. I'm just going to stay
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in the New Testament. Yes, because if we go there,
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it should be more, you know. Now. 14, you can
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put John 16, 13. You can put John 16, 13 as well.
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The first Corinthians 2 of which Pastor Custin
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would teach us that. So it means that if we hold
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on to such doctrine, we just tell Pastor Custin
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to wait that, you know, any other thing that
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he's going to bring will not be able to build
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on it because they said it's just a wind and
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an active force. So they took out the person
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of the Lord. Now you can see that it cannot be
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faith because It means that salvation comes when
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the Spirit of God indwells a man. And if someone
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says that there is no Spirit of God but a force,
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therefore, the person is not saved. That is where
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I'm going. So, Sacristi, that's your answer.
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The person is not saved. If you say that the
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Spirit of God that indwells a man, that is the
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seal of salvation, that keeps you unto the redemption
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of the body, does not exist as... a spirit that
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indwells a man, then you are not saved. That
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is the summary of it. It's impossible to be saved
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without having the Holy Spirit. So you cannot
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say you are saved and you say you don't have
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the Holy Spirit. So here we clear it. Usually
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we should not go further at this point in time
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because that states that it is not faith. We
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should not go further. But we will go further
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a little bit and touch, okay, now how are men
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saved? Right? Romans 10. How are men saved? Romans
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10. Just pick those scriptures. Then we'll pick
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Ephesians. Romans 10. 6. But the righteousness
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which is of the faith speaketh in this way. See
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not in thy heart. Who shall ascend unto heaven
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to bring Christ down? Or who shall descend to
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the deep that is to bring Christ again from the
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dead? But what saith thee? The word is in thee.
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The word is nigh thee. Even in thy mouth and
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thy heart, that is the word of faith which we
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preach. If thou shalt confess with thy mouth
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the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thy heart
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that God raised him from the dead, thou shalt
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be saved. Right? Thou shalt be saved. Ephesians
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2, 8 -9. Ephesians 2, 8 -9. For by grace you
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have been saved through faith, and that is not
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of yourself. It is the gift of God. Now, several
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scriptures, more scriptures. You can add Romans
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5, verse 1. Romans 5 verse 1 is very important.
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Romans 5 verse 1. Therefore, having been justified
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by faith, we have peace with God through our
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Lord Jesus Christ. Now, the organization states
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that in addition to faith in Christ, you must
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be faithful to the Watchtower organization. It
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means that, right, that organization is where
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Jesus is coming. to pick people, in quotes, that
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will live in paradise. Right? That is where Jesus
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is coming to pick. So, if you are in any other
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organization, you cannot be with Jesus. Acts
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chapter 4, verse 12. So, in the name of this
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organization, men will be saved. That's what
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it means. Nor there is salvation in any other,
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for there is no other name under heaven, given
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among men, that we might be saved. No other name,
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no other organization, no other conduct, no other
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reputation, no other activities of men by which
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we can be saved. So, the result of this is that
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they have an exclusionary practice. That is why
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when you see practices like that, it's very exclusionary,
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right? I mean, it's just within them, right?
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Within them, they don't interact with that. The
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last one which, so we broke that. The last one
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which we have to deal with is the return of Christ.
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Return of Christ. Now, I'm not going to touch
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on their eschatology because the foundation of
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the whole theology is faulty. So there is no
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point talking about hell or heaven when salvation
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itself is not there. So it's a way. But church,
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as we are going in the cell meeting, please pay
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attention to that cell meeting's teaching. The
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teaching about hell, it will help us, especially
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Hades and Sheol. Because in this organization's
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teaching, they emphasize Hades. In fact, they
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recognize only Hades and therefore deduct eternal
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punishment or what will happen to man's separation.
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Right? So, only Hades. So, pay attention so that
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when you read things, you'll be sure of the Hades
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we are talking about and what happens in Hades.
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So, let's see. The return of Christ. Because
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of the theology is related to prophecy. and working
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with times and seasons, right? Because the theology
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is related to working with prophecies and times
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and seasons, they put 1914 as the year that started
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ushering the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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Now, as an historian and a student of international
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relations, let me put it that way because we
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are still learning. 1914, what happened in 1914?
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1914 was when the World War I started, right?
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So the rumors of war that we debunk in Matthew
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24, we all remember the teachings in Matthew
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24, right? How can the, how will these things
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be? Show us the signs, right? The signs is 1914.
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The signs of the end time is 1914, right? The
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signs of the end time. Now we can debunk this
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by me teaching because 1914 did not give the
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world. the grievous war. 1939 did much more disaster,
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right? So they said that the 1914 is when Jesus
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would come, right? He would start, the preparation
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started coming. And from there, we started having
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different predictions, right? We started having
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different predictions. Now, the last one of this
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return, so the return is attached to events happening
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in the world. Rather than the preaching of the
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gospel, The coming is argued to be attached,
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but we have thought that the coming of Christ
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is attached to what? The preaching of the gospel,
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okay? The coming of Christ is attached to the
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teaching and the preaching of the gospel, right?
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The bringing of many men into the kingdom, that
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is what draws the coming of Christ closer. We
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contribute to the coming of Christ by that, not
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the wars and rumors of wars and that we found
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in Matthew 24, no. So they use Matthew 24 a lot.
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So if you remember all the teachings in Matthew
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24, whatever you have jotted, please hold that
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very well. That will be very instrumental. Now,
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the last one about the return of Christ is that
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Christ will not come in a visible body. Now,
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most of what I'm saying, you know them. You have
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the scriptures. Now, who knows the scriptures
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that would quickly debunk this? Anybody? Know
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the scriptures? The argument that Christ will
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not come in a visible body. The scripture says
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that we will come, we will see him, right? So
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which scripture is that? 1 Thessalonians, right?
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So let's go to 1 Thessalonians 4. 1 Thessalonians
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4. You will see it there clearly. 1 Thessalonians
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4. 1 Thessalonians 4, okay? I want to pick much
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more verses. Before 16, I want to pick some other
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verses. 1 Thessalonians 4. Now, let's see. Even
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here, we'll find much more about the resurrection.
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1 Thessalonians 13. But I would not have you
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to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them that
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are asleep. that ye shall not, even as others
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which have no hope. For if we believe that Jesus
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died and rose again, even so them also which
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sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. For this
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we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that
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we which are alive and remain unto the coming
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of the Lord shall not prevent them which are
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asleep. For the Lord himself writes, shall descend
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from heaven with a shout. and a voice of the
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archangel, and with the throne of God, and the
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dead in Christ shall rise first. Then we which
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are alive and remain will be caught together
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with them in the clouds to meet with the Lord
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in air, and so we shall be with the Lord. So
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the argument is that Jesus will not come in a
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visible body, that it will not be seen. But he
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said we will be with the Lord, we will be caught
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up with the Lord, we will be in that congregation.
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We will be in that fellowship. Acts 1, 9 -11.
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Of course, that's an eyewitness account, but
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we can use it. Are you there? Acts 1, 9 -11.
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Now, when he had spoken these things, while they
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watched, he was taken up in a cloud. He was taken
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up and a cloud received him out of their sights.
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And while they looked steadfastly towards heaven
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as they went up, behold, two men stood by them
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in white apparel. Right? who also said, men of
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Galilee, why do you stand gazing up into heaven?
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The same Jesus whom, who was taken up from you
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into heaven will so come in like manner as you
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saw him go into heaven, right? So he would come
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in like manner in the way he has gone. So it
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means that when he's coming, they will see him,
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right? When he's appearing, in appearing of Christ,
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what we call the appearing of Christ, right?
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We will see him in his appearing. So again, we
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see that we will see him in his appearing. Now
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we'll add one more scriptures. Okay, no, this
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one is resurrection. We've seen that. So the
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scripture that talks about we will see him, I'll
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look for the scriptures, then we'll get on with
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that. We will see him as he is. It talks about
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the fact that we will behold him, right? We do
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not know yet where we are, but we know, if you
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can look for that scripture for me, I'm trying
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to quote it, but I don't want to quote it wrongly.
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There's one other scriptures that refers to how
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we will be or how we will be, right? How we will
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be, how we transform. We don't know the body,
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we don't know how we'll be, but something is
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certain. We will be as he is, right? I think
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that talk about the resurrection of the body
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again. So I'm going to stop here for this particular
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one. Other things are just wrong interpretation
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of the scriptures. The 144, I think some of you
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might be waiting for me to teach the 144 persons
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that will be saved and others. According to them
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also, there are 144 persons that will be saved,
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but these are wrong interpretations of revelation.
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We're going to come back to them maybe later
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on, but right now we'll go to the next, right?
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The next one. So we are, we are done with this.
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So also salvation again in this is based on the
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organization. It's based on the membership in
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the organization. Let's go to the next group.
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Now is this one is more quite challenging, right?
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So we're done with Jehovah witness, but the moment's
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teachings is quite challenging. And you need
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to know, right? Again, what did I first say?
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I said that these people cannot do greater works.
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They cannot work the work of the Holy Ghost.
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Therefore, although there is tenacity in evangelism
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amongst these people, right? There's a problem.
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The problem is that they cannot do the work of
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the Holy Ghost. They cannot do the work of the
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Holy Ghost. I think I got scripture. Let's go
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to 1 John 3, 2. 1 John 3, I think that's the
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scripture I'm looking for. Thank you. From verse
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1. as he is, right? We'll see Christ in his appearing
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and we would be, we'll have that same body. We
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will have that same body. So, that is clear,
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to clear that. Now, coming to the teachings of
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the Mormon, the first thing is, again, we are
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not attacking the person but the teaching. You
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will see that it is where they touch the Bible
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that we are paying attention to. Good. So, this
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one, the Mormon was created by someone called
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Joseph Smith, right? So, you can write down Joe
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Smith, known by the residents. of the United
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States where he was born, Joe Smith, right? And
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in this person is someone who loves to look for
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treasure. And it's commonly, this common knowledge,
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right? Someone who loves to look for treasure.
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Treasure means he digs the ground, he search
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for treasures and all of that. We're going to
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see how all of these affects their teaching,
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right? It affects their teaching because in the
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long run, in the teaching of these establishments,
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they said, That it is impossible for God to,
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for Mary to be divinely conceived for Christ.
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For rather, Christ should be divinely conceived.
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That something material happened that God came
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down to have an intercourse with Mary. That is
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the terrible doctrine that we cannot accept.
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Right? Of course, we know spirits. If God is
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spirit, there can be no such interaction. Right?
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So. He loves to look for treasure and this forms
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the material foundation of the doctrine. Now
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in the world today, they are probably the most,
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I mean, when it comes to material things, they
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are actually invested in that. They are well
34:35
invested in that. So he likes to look for treasure.
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And in the course of looking for treasure, he
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had a vision, a vision, right? A vision that
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an angel instructed him. So this one is built
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on personal vision. in which the God, the Father,
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and Jesus allegedly appear to him to declare
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that all existing church have become corrupt.
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And therefore, he needs to establish a new church
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to restore true Christianity. So I'm just going
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to quickly move through this history because
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they don't help us that much. There's an argument
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that the person who appeared to him is a Nephi,
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which we never saw in any reasonable book. Nephi,
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N -E -P -H -I. And there's also an argument that,
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no, it's Moroni something. So, beings that do
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not have solid foundation in any book, any book
35:29
on it. Also, one of the things he also believed,
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which we are going to come there, is that he
35:35
believes that polygamy is fine. Right? Polygamy
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is fine. In fact, the doctrine is that men existed
35:43
as spirits. Then, this wrong doctrine, which
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I don't want to say too much about. And then
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they have to be coming into body. So for men
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to come into body, that spirit of men to come
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in, we need to produce more children so that
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they'll be taking up the spirit so that more
35:57
spirit can come to be. Now this is doctrine of
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Satan. This is really doctrine of the devil.
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And we cannot accept this because there's no
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part of the Bible that explains this. Also the
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book, the Mormon book was also established among
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many other books, the convenance of convenance
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and all of that. Now, He handed over to someone
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who is called Bram Young. Bram Young. Bram Young.
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The same pattern of forming an organization.
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He established and handed over to someone called
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Bram Young. And the same way Rutherford tried
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to claim the image of the watchtower society,
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Bram Young did exactly the same thing. To claim
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the image. of the new society that was formed.
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To clean the image of new society that was formed.
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I think I'm just going to go into teachings and
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then do the correction of the teachings that
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they have established. Now again, what is salvation
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in this teaching, right? I think I didn't put
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too much history, but what is salvation? How
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are men saved? Now, for every faith you see today,
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the first question you should ask is, How are
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men saved? How are men saved? If you can ask
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any faith this question, you can know whether
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they are in line with the Bible, whether they
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are serving the true God or not. How are men
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saved? So according to this organization, men
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are saved, not by faith alone, okay? Not by faith
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alone, but baptism, which is a contradiction
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to Ephesians 2 verse 8. Again. right? We already
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saw that scriptures. So our men said, men are
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saved through immersion, which is in water, obedience
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to the ordinance of the Latter -day Saints Church,
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which is the name of the church, right? So he
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changed from many names, right? Until what they
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call the Latter -day Saints Church, right? So
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men are saved not only by this baptism, but also
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much more, right? The ordinance of the church.
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But we already saw that scriptures, Ephesians
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2, 8 to 10. Saying that no man can be saved except
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by faith. Right? We are saved by grace through
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faith in God. Ephesians 2 .8 -10. Romans 3 .24
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-28. Romans 3 .24 -28. Galatians 2 .16. Galatians
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2 .16. So men are saved by following the ordinances
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of the church. It's like here we tell you that
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you are saved, but there is a booklet of any
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self -conduct that you must follow for your salvation
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to be perfect. We are glad we have not said such
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a thing, right? Because the same faith that holds
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you, holds us. And that's the faith in Christ.
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That is the faith in Christ. Salvation is also
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viewed as progression, but this is not the teaching
39:04
of Christ. This is not a teaching of Christ.
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These are teachings of Satan. So you can put
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Galatians 2, 16, Titus 3, 5. Just write the scriptures
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down. Titus 3, 5. Hebrews 9, verse 22. Hebrews
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9, verse 22. These are scriptures that addresses
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these teachings. That says that by grace and
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after all that we can do. After all that we can
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do. James 2, 17 to 26. We can add it. I'm just
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calling out the scriptures so that we can move
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a little bit faster. I want us to take time out
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to pray after we push through all of these doctrines.
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You know, after this kind of teachings, you have
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to pray. James 2, 17 to 26. Can you go to James?
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Let me read that part, please. Thus, also by
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faith itself, it does not have works, is dead.
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Next one. But someone will say, you have faith
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and I have works. Show me your faith without
40:02
your works. and I will show you my faith by my
40:05
works. You believe that there is one God, you
40:08
do well, even demons believe and tremble. But
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do you want to know, O foolish one, that faith
40:15
without works is dead? Was Abraham not a father?
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Now, they use this scripture wrongly, referring
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to, right, salvation, referring to the fact that
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to be saved, you would have faith and you have
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to do something to be saved. Now, this is talking
40:30
about, right, The faith work of the believer,
40:35
right? The work that the believer has when he
40:37
has believed. Not saying that the faith must
40:41
come with something to be saved. Keep going.
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Our father works, which he offered Isaac, his
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son on the altar. The next one. Do you see that
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faith was working together with his works by
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the works? And by works, faith was not made perfect.
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Next. And the scriptures were fulfilled. Abraham
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believed God and it was accounted to him. as
41:02
righteousness and he called and he was called
41:04
the friend of god you see then that a man is
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justified by works not by faith only next likewise
41:11
was not now this explanation is showing right
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people who believed god and in their belief of
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god they have an expression not the faiths then
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something added to be saved so what they do not
41:28
understand here is that the explanation here
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is talking about the conduct of someone who has
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believed God. Not the conduct of someone to come
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into God. Okay? Someone who has believed God,
41:41
not the conduct of someone who is to come into
41:46
God. Now, the last one about salvation. So, salvation
41:49
is by works for them and you have to give, you
41:52
have to be part of the organization as well.
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Now, another thing about salvation is that salvation
41:56
cannot happen to a man. who is about to die.
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Okay? Salvation cannot. Now, let's look at Luke
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23, verse 43. Luke 23, verse 43. Salvation cannot
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happen to a man that is about to die. And Jesus
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said unto him, Assuredly, I say to you, today
42:15
you will be with me in paradise. Now, this, right,
42:20
was talking about, Jesus was talking to a man,
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right, the other thief that was on the tree,
42:27
and saying that he will be with him in paradise.
42:29
Now, They argue that a man at the point of death
42:33
cannot be saved because the works will be missing.
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And therefore, this also contradicts the scriptures
42:41
because the Bible says, by grace through faith,
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we have been saved. We have been saved. For them,
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there are quite a whole lot, but we're trying
42:49
to see how far we can go. So in this doctrine,
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there is no salvation because it is based on
42:56
works. It is based on... what they follow, right?
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Therefore, when you are arguing and you are,
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sorry, you are explaining the scriptures, you
43:03
have to show them that's Galatians and show them
43:07
in accordance with Ephesians chapter 2 and combine
43:12
them together to say that a believer is expected
43:15
to show forth works after he has been saved,
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not to provide works for salvation. So they argue
43:25
that this guy cannot be saved. Right? He cannot
43:28
be saved because his works, there is no works
43:30
of salvation for him. Now, let's see more of
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these. Sorry. All right, let's... Excuse me.
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Nice. Good. Now, they also assume the pre -existence
43:48
of human spirits. I think I talked about that.
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Requiring physical bodies, which many of their
43:53
books, right? I can't quote their books, right?
43:55
Many of their books... acknowledges this but
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let's see what the bible says right let's see
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what the bible says first of all one of their
44:05
teachings says every being was a god so that's
44:10
another thing you should write down that every
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being was it is a false teaching adam was a god
44:14
all humans were in spirit they were gods and
44:18
they were other gods right they were other gods
44:21
so apart from god there are other gods and it
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calls And that is actually stating that there
44:28
are several gods, which is polytheism, right?
44:31
It means there are several other gods. So let's
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see if the Bible, you know, acknowledges that.
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Deuteronomy 6, 4, we read it before. We can write
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that down. Deuteronomy 6, verse 4. Deuteronomy
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6, verse 4. 1 Corinthians 8, verse 6. We read
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that already. 1 Corinthians 8, verse 6. John
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1, 1. John 1, 1. Just put it down. These are
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scriptures that debunk any form of pre -existence
45:00
of spirits at the beginning. Okay? They debunk
45:04
every form of pre -existence of spirits. John
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1, 1. John 1, 14. John 1, 29. Yeah, John 1, 29.
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Isaiah 53, 3 to 6. Isaiah 53, 3 to 6. They debunk
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every form of pre -existence of a God. as Adam.
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So let's go to Genesis 1. Let's go to Genesis
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1 and see. Genesis 1. Genesis. Genesis chapter
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1. Verse 20. Let's go to verse 27. So God created
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man in his own image and In the image of God
45:51
created he him. Male and female created them.
45:57
Verse 26 says, And God said, Let us make man
45:59
in our image after our likeness, and let them
46:03
have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over
46:06
the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and
46:09
over all the earth, and over all the creeping
46:12
thing that creepeth upon the earth. So God created
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them in his own image. Now verse 26 says, And
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God blessed them. And God said unto them, be
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fruitful and multiply and replenish the earth
46:24
and subdue it and have dominion over it. Now
46:28
this is showing God's intention, right? To create
46:31
man in his image, not to create God. And that
46:36
was the creation of humanity, right? Talking
46:38
about to create, to bring humanity into him.
46:40
So it's actually reflecting that God did not
46:42
create God, right? But rather he created man.
46:47
God did not create a God, but he created man.
46:52
God did not create God, a God, but he created
46:56
man. And there was no pre -existence of any spirits.
47:00
So there is no pre -Adamic existence. There is
47:04
no pre -Adamic existence of any form of being
47:07
or any form of spirits. Let's see. There's also
47:13
an assumption that when God said in... Chapter
47:17
2 verse, let's go to chapter 2 of that Genesis.
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Genesis chapter 2 verse 7. And the Lord God formed
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man of the dust of the ground and breaded into
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his nosery the bread of life and man became a
47:34
living soul. There's also an argument that this
47:37
made man a God. But rather, this only gave man
47:42
the bread to live. So here he's talking about
47:45
only the ability to live life. That man has not
47:50
been found in God's image for him to be a God
47:53
and that man is not a God, but a creation of
47:58
God, right? God created the man. And therefore
48:01
the breath here refers to life. The breath here
48:05
refers to life. Now let's go into further more
48:10
of their theology. Now with Sean's salvation,
48:11
salvation is... through being a member of the
48:14
church and through a member of that discipleship.
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Now, let's see. They claim something about priesthood.
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So I'm just going to move very fast to priesthood.
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Now, they believe that the Aaron priesthood has
48:28
been passed on to the leader of this church by
48:31
a vision, a saw, where Peter, James, and John
48:35
anointed him as the Aaron of the generation.
48:41
Okay? So let's see priesthood a little bit. Let's
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see priesthood. Let's see what Hebrews said about
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priesthood. So they believe that they have been
48:52
anointed in a vision that the Aaronic priesthood
48:55
have been passed through John the Baptist. So
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let's see from the scripture Hebrews. Hebrews
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7 verse 11 to 19. Hebrews 7 verse 11 to 19. Can
49:06
you quickly go there please? And you also put
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Hebrews 8 verse 1 to 5. Therefore, if perfection
49:12
were true, the Levitical priesthood. For on that
49:15
is, the people received the law. What further
49:18
need was there that another priest should arise
49:21
according to the order of Melchizedek and not
49:24
be caught according to the order of Aaron? Next.
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For the priesthood being changed of necessity,
49:30
there's also a change of the law. Next. For he
49:35
of whom these things are spoken belonged to another
49:38
tribe. from which no man has officiated at the
49:41
altar. Now he's talking about the priesthood
49:43
of Aaron and comparing it with the priesthood
49:47
of Melchizedek, which Christ came to be part
49:51
of, right? Which Christ came to be part of, or
49:54
which is a similitude of what Christ walked in.
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So talking about an earthly tabernacle in the
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old priesthood and in this heavenly priesthood,
50:05
which we are going to see in Hebrews 9, So, what
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we see here is that they claim that they possess
50:14
a priesthood that is Aaronic, means from Aaron,
50:18
right? As is faulty in the sense that the scripture
50:23
itself states that this priesthood has been taken
50:28
away. So, how can John the Baptist give you a
50:32
priesthood that the writers of Hebrews says is
50:36
passed away? violates the Bible, significantly
50:41
violates the Bible. So the Bible explains that
50:44
the Levitical priesthood has been taken away.
50:47
And therefore, it is not something that they
50:51
can partake in. And don't forget, this Levitical
50:52
priesthood, by history, is within the Levite
50:56
family, right? It's within a family, something
50:58
that is transferred, right? And John the Baptist,
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you know. So this is on a personal revelation
51:04
that cannot hold any ground. Now let's go to
51:08
Hebrews 9, 11. Hebrews 9, 11 for the priesthood
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of Christ. But Christ came as a high priest of
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the good things to come with the greater and
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more perfect tabernacle not made with hands that
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is not of this creation. Stop. Now here is establishing
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Christ as the high priest over the Aaron's priesthood.
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Right? Are we together? It's establishing Christ
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as a high priest over... the Heron's priesthood.
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So, the argument is that they receive the priesthood
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of the Levitical priesthood from John the Baptist
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and Melchizedek priesthood from Peter, James,
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and John. Right? And however, the scripture is
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saying that Christ became the high priest. It
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means that there is no other priesthood that
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can stand except the priesthood of Christ. Okay?
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It's establishing that there is no other priesthood
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that can stand in this. except the priesthood.
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So no man can say, I saw a vision and I received
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a priesthood and will follow. It contradicts
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the Bible very significantly. I mean, these ones,
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there are very few scriptures, but we'll check
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it. We'll check them. So we've brought this to
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a stop. We can add Hebrews 9 verse 24, Hebrews
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8 verse 4 to 5, Hebrews 8 verse 4 to 5. Let's
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go to Hebrews 8 verse 4 to 5. Can you go to Hebrews
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8 verse 4 to 5 for me? Let's see. What is there?
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Now, this is the main point of the thing they
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are saying. That we have such a high priest who
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is seated at the right hand of the throne of
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the majesty in heavens. A minister of the sanctuary
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of the true tabernacle which the Lord erected
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and not man. So, stop here, right? So, with the
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Lord erected and not man. So, the real tabernacle,
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right, we see that is that which pertains to
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Christ. And therefore, after this tabernacle,
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there will be no other. or any other order of
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a priesthood again. So we see that such kind
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of arguments violates what Jesus said. So again,
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we move to the next thing. They argue that God
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was once man, which we can never find anywhere
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in the Bible. God was one man. Adam was once
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God. And there were many gods. Psalms 82. Let's
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go to Psalms 82. I think we've dealt with Psalm
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82 before here. Psalm 82 referring to Ye are
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gods, right? And quoting that psalm is taking
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it out of the entire context. Psalms 82, verse
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6 says, I have said, ye are gods, and all of
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you are children of the Most High, but ye shall
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die like men and fall like one of the princes.
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Fall like one of the princes. Arise, O God, and
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draw the head, for thou shalt inherit. So, what
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we see here is that truly they saw the statement,
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Now, the word there refers to mighty men, judges.
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It can also refer to principalities and powers.
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Okay? It can refer to principalities and power,
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people who have dominions. Right? So, it's just
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referring to what these principalities and powers,
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the powers in which they have, not saying that
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they share a godhood with God. So, it's only
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referring to the people, right, who owns principalities
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and powers, what we see in Ephesians 1, Ephesians
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2, in that context. So, therefore, there is nothing
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as such as Adam was God, neither is any man God,
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but there's only one God in the place. All right,
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I'm trying to see what is left to be covered.
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So the virgin birth, let's talk about the virgin
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birth now. According to them, right, in their
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books, extra, you know, books that they have,
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they argue that the virgin birth had to be literal,
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physical saints. That God fathered, physically
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fathered Jesus, which is blasphemy, right, if
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you will know, if you will call that. Jewish
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people will hold this as blasphemy. They will
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hold this as blasphemy. And there is no example
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of such in the scriptures. There's no example
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of such in the scriptures. So you can show them
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Matthew, right? You can respond to them with
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Matthew 1, 18 to 25, Luke 34 to 35. That's even
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Mary asked, how shall these things be? How shall
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these things be? If you go Matthew 1, 18 to...
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Mary was asking because if the angel had told
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Mary that God would become a man, then fathered
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his son in a physical way as man would have with
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a wife, she would have said, it is possible.
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If God had said, Joseph would have an intercourse
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with you and then you would bring forth Jesus,
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she would say, it's possible. But they said the
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Holy Ghost, the Spirit of God, right, would overshadow
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you. It means that she will be full of the Spirit
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and she will conceive. Do we get it? That she
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will be full of the Spirit and she will conceive.
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Therefore, there is no physical or literal sense
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of that. Otherwise, she will not have doubted
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it. Again, second point. Joseph, the scripture
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says, Joseph did not know his wife until she
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brought forth Christ. Right? So, the question
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that, well... Mary was not a virgin. That means
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there was an intercourse. Then the child was
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actually the biological way of having children.
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And this also becomes a problem in their doctrine.
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So in this, we can see no form of salvation.
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Not one form of salvation is available in such
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a teaching. No form of salvation is available.
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Now they argue so many things that the way God
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has visited the Eastern people, the Eastern people
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is Israel, right? That they are the new Western
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people, right? They are the new Western people
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that God will visit. So in Jesus' coming, right?
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This is about eschatology and I'm talking about
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their end time theology. That the way God chose
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Israel, God has chosen them as a people. And
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then when he's coming, he would also visit them.
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And where are they located? They are located
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in the United States, right? They are located
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in probably Utah. And this is the argument that
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after the gathering of the Jews, the faithful
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Mormons in Missouri, Missouri is the new Jerusalem.
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That's where they would come. Now, we don't want
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to go into so much of all these, their stories,
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but I just want to show you where they step on
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the scriptures, where they step on the scriptures.
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So the last one is eschatology. In their eschatology,
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they said that there will be three. People, three
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kingdoms, three kingdoms. There'll be the celestial
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kingdom, the terrestrial kingdom, and, you know,
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the terrestrial, tele, telemedicine, right? Terrestrial.
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And then the terrestrial, which is the forest,
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or I think that's terrestrial. Then the celestial.
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And such teachings can never be found. I'm telling
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you so that when they bring it, you will know.
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You will know and you will debunk it. The Bible
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does not show. any form of this kingdom. There's
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only one kingdom, which is the kingdom of Christ.
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So the terrestrial, the terrestrial, and the
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celestial. Terrestrial, terrestrial, the celestial.
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C -E -L -T -E -R then C -E -L. They argue that
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the celestial kingdom is in the highest level,
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requiring celestial marriage by the Mormon temples
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and all of that. And there is nothing. So this
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entirety, of this organization is founded on
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extracurricular books that are not parts of the
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Bible. Again, they have over 40, I mean, I don't
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want to call a number, but thousands of plagiarisms
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of the Bible. And I tell somebody, John, the
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book of John is the one they plagiarize the most.
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So in the basis of this, we can see that there
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is no salvation in such a doctrine. There is
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no salvation in such a doctrine. Now, if you
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need more details, we are going to talk about
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the details and we are going to share some materials
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on that. Let's see. The last one, blood atonement.
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We can talk about blood atonement. They also
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believe that the blood of Jesus did not take
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away all the sins of men. This is the end of
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it, right? They believe that the blood of Jesus,
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against the teachings in Hebrews, that says that
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Christ's blood was shed once and for all. So
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Hebrews 9, we believe that Jesus' blood did not
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take away the sins of the world. There are some
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sins that the blood did not clean. Hebrews 9,
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14. How much more shall the blood of Christ,
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who through the eternal spirit, Offered himself
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without support to God, poured your conscience
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from dead works to serve the living God. Romans
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5, 9. How much more? Comparing to the former
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practices, how much more? Telling you the effectiveness
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of the blood of Jesus, which is the life of Jesus.
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Romans 5, 9. Much more than having now been justified
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by... his blood. We shall be saved from the wrath
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through him. So it means that we have been justified.
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Justified is not partially guilty. Okay? Justified
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is not partial sin. But he said we have been
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justified by his blood. We shall be saved. We
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have been saved from the wrath that is to come.
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1 John 1, 7. So they believe that men must atone
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for their sins. So the question is if the blood
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of Jesus is not sufficient. What will happen?
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How will you be saved? They say you must atone
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for your sins. You must atone. Hebrews 1, John
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1, 7. But if we walk in the light as is in light,
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we have fellowship with one another and the blood
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of Jesus Christ, his son, cleanses us from all
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sins. Right? Then Hebrews 10, 10 -14. Hebrews
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10, 10 -14. By that, we will have been sanctified
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through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ
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once and for all. And every priest and ministering
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daily offering repeated the same sacrifice, which
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cannot take away sins, right? But this man, after
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he had offered, so it means that this man, Christ,
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offered something that take away all sins. After
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he had offered one sacrifice for sins forever,
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sat down at the right hand of God. From that
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time, waiting until his enemies be made, his
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footstool. For by one offering he has perfected
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forever those that are what? That are sanctified.
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You can hear, you can stay here. So Christ's
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sacrifice is perfected for all time those that
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are sanctified. So such doctrine is against the
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sacrifice of Christ. Now let me ask you, do you
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think this doctrine is a Christian doctrine?
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Or can they be called Christians? If the sacrifice
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of Christ does not cover, does not take away
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all your sins. Now, how would you atone for your
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sins? One of the statements that the people they
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handed over to said, or one of their apostles
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said, is that if you found someone committing
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a sin, it would throw a spear so that the person's
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blood can atone on that spot. Now, there are
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many historical records of the conducts they
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carried out in the United States, right? I mean,
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legal records. about such practices of people
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at 24 ,000. So this is not the faith. Hallelujah.
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This is not the faith of Christ. I'd like us
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to stand up, right? We'll just pray. We'll pray
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for the next, I still have 30 minutes, right?
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We'll not jump into the third one now, but subsequently
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we'll update this. We'll pray that we are delivered
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from such doctrines. We are delivered from false
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doctrines. We are delivered from teachings that
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do not glorify God. Now, this is our first prayer.
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Then we'll begin to pray for ourselves also that
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we have strength to witness. Right? We have strength
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to witness. We are praying. Let's be on our feet.
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Let's be on our feet. We have received differences.
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Just leave that scripture all there. Say, by
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what sacrifice He has perfected forever. Perfected
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us forever. Say, I'm perfected forever. I am
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sanctified. I am perfected forever. I come in
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true faith. I have the grace of God or the blood
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of Christ. Period. I have eternal life. We appreciate
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