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The Issues About Women’s Liberty - Part 25: The Giving of the Law · Near East Christian Fellowship Sermons

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Welcome to NECF sermons. Each message here is
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designed to uplift and strengthen you in your
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walk with God. Don't miss out. Stay with us until
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the end for a rewarding experience. Let's dive
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right in. Hebrews chapter 10. Look at verse 26.
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Now we have been for a long time looking at a
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crucial issue, which has been for some time a
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matter of controversy, but it's not. And we'll
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be looking at issues around women's liberty.
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Now the theme of the year, greater works and
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one important thing I want to note about greater
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works is that it cannot or let me say it should
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not or it won't be done in isolation. Amen? God
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is not calling us to do His work in isolation,
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individually. Hallelujah. That's why we saw in
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that text, John chapter 14, verse 12, those who
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believe in Him, He's speaking to not an individual,
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He's speaking to a group. Hallelujah. He's speaking
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to a group. If you is not talking about one person,
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so the you is not a single person. Are we together?
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You believe you will do greater works. Are we
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together? And so ministry, works of God, greater
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works, is never done in isolation. And you will
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do yourself a favor if your reading of scripture
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is adjusted from I to we. Are we together? From
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I to we. So even if you hear it says you, then
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just automatically, Think he's talking to an
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individual. Even when he says, you are the temple
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of God, or you are the temple of the Holy Spirit.
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He's not talking just as an individual. Yes,
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we are united with him. Yes, individually in
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the son, we are also, we are hosting God. Yes,
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means that we are his house. Very importantly,
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it's a community in a sense. It's a family. The
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house is a family. So when you said, Christ in
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you, the hope of glory, is not talking about
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an individual. He's also talking about a collective
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or a group of people, a community of believers.
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And if you check the entirety of the plan of
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God, It's only an individual. It's a family.
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It's a family. That's his intent. That's his
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blueprint from the foundation of the wall. So
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Christ's work came to bring many sons to glory.
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So even as we discuss the issue of issues about
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or around women's liberty, don't think because
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we said women, so it doesn't concern you as a
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man. No, because this family is male and female.
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And as we noted in most of our texts, in all
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our teachings, that the plan of God for creating
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a man is the same plan for creating a woman.
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Because the family he created is not physical
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family. It's a spiritual one. That's why in him,
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there is no male or female. So we try to look
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at a lot of issues. In the spirit, male and females
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are called sons. Sons of God is not male. Sons
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of God is a spiritual breed, a new creation.
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So we can differ in our biological... or sex,
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or body, but in Christ, we are one. And that's
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the focus. So that you know that you need your
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sister in this ministry. You know that you need
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your brother in this ministry. To do greater
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works, you need your sister, you need your brother.
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And that's what we've been trying to communicate.
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And we move on, move on, move on, up until now,
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we are in where we wanted to explain something.
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We arrive, on issues regarding dressing in the
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sun. And we started by looking at a scripture
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which we explore in Deuteronomy concerning a
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woman not wearing the things of a man or the
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man not wearing the things of a woman. Although
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it didn't say whichever it is, but we have already
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classified things. And that has been an issue
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of controversy. But then we said what we will
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do is to study in the first place What is the
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audience of Moses when he was writing them that
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text Who was he addressing it to And we look
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at it we saw that he was addressing it to the
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generation which are about to enter canon The
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latter generation that survived knows those ones
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that left Egypt. And we look at again, what was
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the identity of these people? We saw that their
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identity, they were unbelievers. We said, okay.
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And then we looked at these. And we said, okay,
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was that a law of the spirit of a law of Moses?
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Are we together? Remember, we looked at a lot
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of things concerning the difference between the
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Ten Commandments and the Law of Moses. And we
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make a striking distinction that if you check
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in the Law of Moses, we see all kinds of things.
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It's focused on performance. It's about death.
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It's about evil. It's about diseases. You do
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this. You don't do this. You are killed. The
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question is that, where did that emanate? And
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we looked at that the law of Moses came later,
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430 years after the promise was given to Hebra.
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And we started studying, trying to detail, okay,
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how was the law given in the first place? Where
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did we find killing and the rest coming into?
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Are we together? Are you with me? I'm trying
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to bring some of us that have not been with us.
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because it's a long journey we had. This is part
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25, I think. And we're still moving. So the point
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is that now we're trying to study how the law
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was given. And the intent is for us at the end
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of the day to understand how many of the things
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that now has been accorded to God, you understand,
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arrive into the text we have. Hallelujah. And
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then by the time we arrive at the destination,
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you probably must have now understood how to
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read what we call the Old Testament and also
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how to know, to assess truth. How do we assess
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truth? Amen. Are we together? There are many
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things written in this text, especially in the
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Old Testament. How do we assess which one is
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God, which one is not God? Because even his prophet,
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his people said something that is not God. How
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do you know? Because the person is standing on
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the state of God and he said it. We see killing
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done by prophet of God. You understand? Are you
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with me? So we see even a lot of things if you
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have been following us in the Canonica You must
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have read we are Moses in the Sun and the Bible
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said and what said to Moses in the Sun one carry
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demand I see kill him stone him. Have you have
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you been following us? The question is that How
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do you know that instruction came from God? in
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the Sun How do you assess the truth? Who is?
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the standard of truths i don't know whether you
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understand what i'm trying to say we are not
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saying and then what makes a prophet of god who
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understand the things of god yet spoke in that
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way because it's not just only to say that it
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is not god that instructed that it's another
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thing to explain how did he you understand say
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such a thing amen are we together and i want
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you to understand something very important And
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that's why you have to follow very carefully
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and gradually. Because the point needs to be
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explained clearly. So we're still looking at
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the giving of the law. Amen. Hebrews chapter
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10, I said, right? Look at verse 26. For if we,
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sin willfully, after we have received the knowledge
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of God, the knowledge of truth, There is no longer
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remained a sacrifice for sin, but a certain fearful
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expectation of judgment and fiery indignation
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which will devour the adversary. Look at verse
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28. That is where I want you to see. Anyone who
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has rejected what? Moses' law. Do what? How?
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Without mercy. on the testimony of two or three
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witnesses. So what can we say about the law?
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In the law, there is no mercy. What did I say?
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In the law, there is not. What? There is no mercy.
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Psalms 103. Psalms 103 verse seven. What someone
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said, he made known his ways to Moses, his act
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to the children of Israel. The Lord is merciful
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and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in
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mercy. He will not always strive with us, nor
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will he keep his anger forever. He has not dealt
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with us according to our sins. nor punish us
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according to our iniquities. For as the heavens
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are high above the earth, so great is his mercy
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toward those who fear him. As far as the east
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is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions
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from us." Look at verse 7. I want you to pay
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attention, please. We have already noted in our
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previous teaching that the law came through who?
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Through Moses. We have already seen that there
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is no mess in the law. But look at the ways of
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the law, also already revealed to Moses. So when
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Moses wrote the law, he is already aware of the
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ways of God. Because we have said that the revelation
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of God is a gift. So it is the law that made
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his ways known. Moses didn't do anything to end
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it. Are we together with him? Are you together
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with him? So he said he made known his ways to
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Moses. He made known his ways to Moses. And his
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act to the children, of course, he has to only
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make his act to the children because they don't
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want to know the ways. Remember we have known
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that they... For 40 years they refused to believe.
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Are we together? So definitely there is no how
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you can make your ways to a non -believer. Because
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he does not want to even understand. So he made
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his ways known to Moses. And look at, he now
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describes what actually is about that ways of
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God. Look at verse 8. He said the Lord is what?
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Merciful and what? And gracious. But then how
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come that the law had no mercy? If the same man
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who had known that the Lord is what? Is merciful
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and gracious. How comes the law is not without
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mercy? Once you see you do what? Is that why
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we say today? They acquire you. Are we together?
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So follow me gradually. You now said that It's
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what? It's slow to anger and abounding in mercy.
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You see that word? Slow to anger. If you don't
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read it correctly, you will think that the Lord
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gets angry, but He gets it slowly. Do you understand
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what I'm trying to say? That's what it means
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by what? Slow to anger. Amen. Now look at that
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word, slow. The word slow is translated from
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the word arrack. that is a -r -e -k a -r -e -k
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it means long actually it means long something
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long you know it could be long wind so it is
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used like you can say long wind or long suffering
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so you can you understand what I'm trying to
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say it's actually the word long you know so that's
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why I say slow to anger And the word to anger,
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that word to anger, is one word. To anger is
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one word in Hebrew. It means AP, just AP. And
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it's pronounced F. But it's a word AP. But it's
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pronounced F. It's actually used literally, truly.
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It means nose. You understand what I'm saying?
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Nose. It means nose. And if you look at Erek,
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it also means, literally, it's long. It means
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long. So if you are going to add the two, literally,
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it will mean what? Long nose. You understand
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what I'm saying? And actually, you're laughing.
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And actually in Hebrew, you understand, that's
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actually what it means, literally. Long nose.
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Amen. So you see, that word long nose is an idiomatic
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expression. It's an idiomatic expression which
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translates, and most times when translators were
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using it, they now say slow to anger because
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in some other places you can translate it as
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slow to anger. But it actually means long suffering.
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That is, you suffer long. Amen. It's what? You
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suffer what? Long. Long suffering. Long suffering.
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It means forbearing, that is patience. Long suffering.
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Long suffering. That's what it means. So most
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times when it is used in regards to God, is a
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description of God's patience. Of God's patience.
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Is a description of God's patience. So next time
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you see Slow to anger. It does not mean You understand
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that he gets angry but slowly What he's saying
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that he is patient is what long suffering? Let
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me show you where that same words appear in some
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of the things Exodus 34 Look at the exercise.
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This is all let us look at some places Exhaust
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34 verse 6 Exodus 34 verse 6. He said, and the
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Lord passed before him and what? Proclaim. The
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Lord, the Lord God, merciful and gracious. That
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what long suffering is that same word. You understand?
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I read. long suffering, and abounding in goodness
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and truth. And abounding in goodness and truth.
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Numbers chapter 14, verse 18. Numbers 14, 18.
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The Lord is long -suffering, that's the same
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word, and abundant in mercy, forgiving iniquity,
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and transgression, but he by no means cleared
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the guilty. Visiting the iniquity of the fathers
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on the children to the third and the fourth generation.
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We have done this study again in this church.
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We say that word visiting does not mean that
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God keep malice. If your father does something,
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he keeps it and wait for the children. When they
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come, he punish them. That's not what that means
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visiting. We said that what visiting is perquired
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which means to what to take care of something
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So he's saying I will take care of your iniquity
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means that God does not just say That's why he
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said he by no means keep clear the guilty me.
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You will not just say you go Yeah, yeah forgiveness
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means there is a penalty for it But what he does
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is to clear or to carry the penalty himself.
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That is means by taking care of. Did you understand
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what I'm trying to say? Yes. It doesn't mean
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that you will keep malice, your father did something
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and he will follow you, follow you, follow you
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to the other generation and punish your children
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for what the fathers did. No. In fact, look at
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in the same text what he said to understand that
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that's not what it means. Look at verse 31. Look
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at verse 31. He said, but your little ones, whom
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you set will be victims. So who are the people
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who are saying that their little ones will be
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victims of what they did? The people themselves,
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that is the Israelites, they say our children
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will be victims of it. In fact, they have carved
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what we call a prover. He said the father will
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eat the grapes and the children will what? Did
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you understand what I'm saying? So they have
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already carved that kind of things. We have done
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this study, so I don't want us to go over it
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now. But look at it. He said what? that but your
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little ones whom you set will be victims eh I
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will bring in and they shall know the hand which
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you have despised but as for you your carcasses
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shall fall in the wilderness that means you are
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the one that did the nonsense you are the one
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to bear it your children they didn't they didn't
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do anything you are the one that said they will
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be victims they will not I will take them to
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that promised land which you despise. So in the
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same text as already clear that one, it's not
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saying God will keep malice and visit the children
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with the trouble. No. That's why when you read
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it, you will now understand in that same context.
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That means the Lord is long -suffering. He's
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abundant in mercy. He is forgiving. You understand?
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Forgiving the iniquity. You understand? And the
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transgression. In fact, if you read it, how can
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he forgive the iniquity? And then also carry
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and follow the iniquity again. In the same verse
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can be contradictory if you don't read it correctly.
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Are we together? So the point is that no, that
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is the Lord is long suffering or slow to anger.
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But I would prefer to use the word long suffering.
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I mean, maybe the choice of I mean, the translators,
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the choice of what they use in the sun is not
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actually clear. It would be proper if they use
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always long suffering instead of slow to anger.
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Amen. Are we together? Nehemiah chapter 9 verse
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17. Nehemiah chapter 9. Look at verse 17. He
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said, look at it. He said they refused to obey.
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Please note that. They refused, talking about
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the Israelites, they refused to obey. And there
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we are not mindful of your wonders that you did
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among them. But they hardened their neck and
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in their rebellion they appointed a leader to
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return to bondage. That's Numbers. Again, those
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are words that have been following us. You understand?
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In Numbers chapter 14, you saw after they did
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all this nonsense, you understand? They now appointed,
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say this man Moses, we don't know where, you
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know, let's appoint a leader and return back
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to Egypt, you understand? But what did God do?
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Did He kill them? You understand? And then the
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Bible says, but you are God, ready to do all,
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to pardon, gracious and mercy. Slow to anger.
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That word again, slow to anger. It means long
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suffering. You understand? Abundant in kindness
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and did not forsake them. And did not forsake
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them. This is the attitude of the Lord that was
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revealed to Moses. You understand? And the Lord
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made his ways known to Moses. Hallelujah! Yes!
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So, I want you to get note of that thing. Even
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though the people have rejected God, in fact,
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you can imagine, that time they were about to
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enter Egypt. Yes, sorry. They are about to enter
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Canaan in Numbers 14. You understand? When those
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10 people confused them, Those ten spies came
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and confused them. Are we together? And say there
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are giant in the what? In the promised land and
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they cry they say we are going back We can't
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die here. You understand? Are we together? That
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is a kind of people. God said But you are God
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you are merciful. That's the kind of people They
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are rebellious people For 30 years remember they
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have been rejecting you in the sun. Look at Psalms
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86. Psalms 86 verse 15. But you, O Lord, are
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God. This one say I God. Full of what? Compassion
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and what? Long -suffering. That what again is
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the same word, long -suffering. And abundant
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in mercy and truth. Go to 1 .45, Psalms 1 .45
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verse eight. Psalms 1 .45 verse eight. 145 verse
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8. The Lord is gracious, full of compassion,
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slow to anger, and great in mercy. Now what again?
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Slow to anger is long suffering. Joel chapter
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2 verse 13. Joel chapter 2 verse what? Verse
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13. So rent your heart and not your garment.
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wrong to the Lord your God for he is gracious
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and merciful slow to anger and of great kindness
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and he relents from doing harm again the word
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slow to anger means long suffering let's read
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this last text Jonah chapter 4 verse 2 Jonah
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chapter 4 verse 2 Let me even read from verse
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one. He said, but it displaced Jonah accidentally
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and he became angry. Why? He says, so he prayed
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to God, to the Lord and said, Oh Lord, was not
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this what I said when I was still in my country?
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Therefore I fled previously to Tashish. For I
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know that you are what? You are gracious and
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you are merciful. God Slow to anger that what
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again Abundant and long in loving kindness one
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who relents from doing harm you see The same
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thing to go and preach because he already knew
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he knew that are we together? He knew that this
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God He will not kill this people, you know, sir.
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He knew it That was why I say I will not go because
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he think it's a waste of time You know, that's
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why some of us were angry that your father is
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a loving God. So many believers are angry that
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why will God not be harsh, not be a terrible
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person? That's how some of us are. That when
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you hear he loves even his enemies, he gives
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you rain, you understand? You don't like it.
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When they say, no, praying fire, let my enemies
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die is not a Christ -like prayer. He said, no,
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no, no, no. Even David said it. You see the problem?
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That's why we say, you see, you do not have a
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way of assessing what is true. David is a prophet,
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but you are in the reality of what David was
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looking for. You are in a standing that the David
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of before, you understand, was looking for. That's
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why you don't appreciate what you have to do.
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You want to go back to the old system, that old
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system. of no mercy. Don't we I do you. Why won't
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you be listening to these songs? You will definitely
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be listening to those songs. God no go versed.
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You see that kind of a thing? Amen. Jonah knew
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it. And he confirmed it, even when he went grudgingly.
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And God did it. He said, you see, I said it.
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That is the reason why I wanted to run away because
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I know what he will do. We have more better standing
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than Jonah. Hallelujah! We go to preach not because
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we want to see people suffer. You know some of
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us go to preach so that they will not say they
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didn't preach. Don't believe you are going to
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hell. Hell straight! The way I'm looking at you,
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you're going to hell. See the scan of it. Your
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message is not the gospel. Go back to that psalm.
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Psalm 103. So next time you read the lost soul
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in the son to anger. Noda is talking about his
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long -suffering. Are we together? He's talking
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about what? His long -suffering. Look at verse
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9 of that Psalms 103 verse 9. He said he will
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not always strike in the son. Now what we ask
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is it lies, which means it was just added. It's
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not in the original. You will see also his anger
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for, that what his anger is also not in the original.
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So you could see that he will not always strive,
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nor will he keep forever. Are we together? Amen.
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Yes. I think we've studied the issue of, okay,
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that's in training center. God not striving forever
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with man. Are we together? Genesis chapter 6,
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right? Yes. We talked about that. Of course,
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He keeps calling you, keep calling you. If He
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insists on where you want to go, He can't push
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you back. Amen. We saw that with Noah, through
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Noah, the Spirit of God, keep on what? He was
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reaching out to them. for about 120 years preaching
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to them. They never repented. There's nothing
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they can do. Verse 10, He has not dealt with
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us according to our sins, nor punished us according
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to our iniquities. Verse 11, as the heavens are
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high above the earth, so great is His mercy toward
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those who fear Him. As far as the east is from
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the east, west. So has He removed our transgressions
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from us. And you keep reading. That is a waste
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of God revealed to Moses. And Jesus told us clearly
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that Moses knew the waste of God. He presented
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it to them. They rejected it. That's why Jesus
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told the Jews then. John chapter 5. He said,
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if you have believed Moses, you would have what?
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Believe me, because Moses did what? He wrote
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of me. But again, before then, he told them,
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I'm not going to accuse you. Moses have done
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so. Moses, whom you trust, has accused you. He
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has brought a chart that you are a stiff -necked
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people. You are a rebellious people. You are
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a people who have no faiths. Understand? And
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by so he treated you. He treated you as unbelievers.
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Why then? Matthew 19. Did Moses offer us access
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to give a certificate of divorce? He said, because
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of the hardness of your heart. That means there
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were things that were introduced because of the
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kind of the people. Are we together? We read
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last time when we were discussing about the law
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of Moses, that the Moses law was given to guard
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a people that are terribly rebellious. You know,
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the only person, are we together? If you have
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a hardened criminal that refused to believe,
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I mean, refused to believe the law of the land
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and don't want to follow it. He is a hardened
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criminal, killing everybody. What do you think
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they do to him? They carry him and put him in
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a confined place. There are prisoners there.
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They don't combine them. They circulate. I mean,
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they give them a demication. That's how you do
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to a rebellious people. Moses knew that the only
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way to guard these people is to bring all kinds
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of stiff laws to the guardrails. Sometimes you
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are amazed. How did Moses go detail? This is
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how you should do. Don't do this. This is how
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you should do. Don't do this. He knew the people
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he was dealing with. So the law was given to
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rebellious people. Me, I said divorce is a way
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to protect the rights of the other women. Moses
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knew that if he didn't do that, these rebellious
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people are terrible. They will destroy the order.
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The only way, sir, is to say, okay, you don't
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want her, you have her problem with her. just
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give us a together a great JJ JJ right JJ let
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her go you know sir that's a way he has put certain
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things to us but Jesus said in the beginning
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it was not so it was introduced because of this
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hardness of your heart but Moses knew the ways
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of the law he kept telling them look at Hebrews
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chapter 11 come with me quickly Hebrews chapter
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11 Look at verse 24. In verse 24, he said, by
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faith, Moses, when he became of it, he refused
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to be called the sons of Pharaoh's daughter,
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choosing rather to suffer affliction with the
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people of God than to enjoy the passing pleasure
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of sin. Look at 26. He said, esteeming. esteeming
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the reproach of Christ greater riches than the
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treasure in Egypt for he looked to the reward
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he looked to the reward esteeming the reproach
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of Christ Moses knew God Moses knew the Lord
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he left the house of Pharaoh because of what
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he knew He really knew the ways of God. He knew
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he saw Jesus. So the question is that since Moses
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knew these things about God, he knew the ways
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of God. The question is that when he wrote and
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gave them the law. Who was dealing with these
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people? Who was killing the people? He knew the
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Lord is merciful. But in the law, there is no
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mercy. Who was killing the Israelites? Who disobeyed
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the law? We say they die with that mercy. Since
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Moses knew the law, that is merciful and gracious.
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Abandoning mercy. Who was getting angry? When
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they say, and the Lord, and it kindled the anger
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of God. Did you understand what I'm saying? Eh?
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Oh, you have not been reading. And the anger
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of the Lord had been kindled. Who was killing
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the people? Who was getting angry? But then,
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they are called it that it is God. I don't want
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you to forget what we have already said. That
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it came, the law came through the instrumentality
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of what? Of angels. Are we together? Through
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the instrumentality of angels. Quickly, let's
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see something before we come. These are questions
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I'm answering as we go gradually in the sun.
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Who was killing? Who was getting angry? Why did
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they write it that way? That it was God that
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was angry While he was not the one angry the
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son He revealed himself To them you know his
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wish He knows that the Lord does not get angry
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that is slow in what in mercy he knows Genesis
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19 Genesis 19 verse 13. Look at 13. Are you 13?
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For we will destroy this place because the outcry
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against them has grown great. before the face
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of the Lord and the Lord has sent us to destroy
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it. This is the angels saying, so who destroys
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Sodom and Gomorrah? Oh, are you with me? Are
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you with me? Who destroys Sodom and Gomorrah?
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Eh? The angels said they were saying to Lord,
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get out, quick, quick, quick, quick, quick. We're
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going to destroy this place. We're going to destroy
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this place because there's an outcry that has
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grown great before the face of the Lord. As if
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they have seen his face before. What do you say
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is his face? The face is a presence, the person
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of God. Are we together? No one has seen God
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at any time. We have done that and we are coming.
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They said we are sent by the Lord. Listen, I
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want you to follow me closely That's why I said
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you have to because this is trying to address
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a lot of things. So that means in the Bible There
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are many things prophets said There are many
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things angels said There are many things even
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angels of God I don't mean evil angels who like
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the devil who deliberately is the focus is to
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twist the Bible That's not what I'm saying. I
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mean the angels of God understand There are many
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things liars said. There are many things the
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devil said. You understand? So there are a lot
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of things that have been said. The question is
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that how do you assess which one is true, which
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one is not true? If I come like a pastor today,
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and that's why we're teaching you something.
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If I come like a pastor today and I tell you
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something, how do you assess that what I'm saying
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is not true? Or is true? How? This is what we
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are teaching you. That your faith we risked in
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the power of God That is why Paul will see because
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he knew that the truth is independent of the
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one who speaks the truth That's why he said even
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if we come and tell you another gospel He said
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consider was who a cost not even he said even
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the angels that means he's saying The angels
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are not the standard of truth. We ourselves that
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teach the truth are not the standard of truth.
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Truth is independent of who spoke it. If you
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don't understand this, you will get confused
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in reading Bible. And many of the mistakes, we
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are not saying they are deliberate. Are you together
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with me? Even in your life, even though you are
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born again, most of the truth you have learned
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in life, when you were growing up, the mistake
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you have done, It's not that some of the mistakes
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are not deliberate. You did it in ignorance.
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Now that you have grown you understand. But there
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are ones that you know the stubbornness was deliberate.
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You knew it. So what we are saying is that there
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is a type of lack of understanding that even
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the engine of God can say it. Are we together?
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Not because it's malicious, but because it's
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coming out of ignorance. Are we together? is
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coming out of ignorance. So you must have a way
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of reading the Bible carefully and assessing
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the truth. Are we together? We must have a way
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of assessing the truth and thank God we have.
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and thank God we have. The days of confusion
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of who say what and what say what has passed.
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Sometimes the lack, the inability to communicate
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or to say the truth. Listen, I've said this often
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that the fact that you are accurate does not
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mean that you are saying the truth. Did you understand
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what I'm saying? And I try always for you to
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understand that if you see something written
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by angels or by even the prophet, like when you
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read the Psalms, we're coming to read the Psalms,
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you see all kinds of things and you're wondering,
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is it that same prophet that prophesied about
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Jesus? That said this, this, this, and this,
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and now he's saying this. Listen, David is the
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one who seen who he has committed all kinds of
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atrocities. And when he's praying for himself,
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he said, Lord, you should have mercy on me. Lord,
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you should have mercy on me." But now when he's
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praying against his enemy, he said, Lord, don't
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allow them to die a natural death. Do you understand
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what I'm trying to say? The same person, that
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means his view of God is somehow, there is no
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perfection in his view of God. Understand? That's
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why, but if you have a perfection in the view
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of God, you know that, that he has no variation.
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He has no shadow of turning. You understand?
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When he say he love, he doesn't have great love,
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small love. Are we together? So if he says he
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love the world, his love for the believer is
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not different from a non -believer. Because he
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does not love small and love great there. Do
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you understand what I'm saying? Amen. So that
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you will know when you are praying, Lord, I am
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the apple of your eyes. You understand? And feel
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that the people that are not apple, Yeah, what?
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I don't know. And incidentally, because of this
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kind of understanding, even us, even in the church,
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we have created classes. Do you understand what
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I'm saying? Because of this kind of imperfection
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of the knowledge we are carrying, we have created
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all kinds of cadre and classes in the sun. There
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are ones we call, even though we interpret the
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wrong way. there are ones we call the anointed
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of God there are ones that are not anointed in
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the same place oh so that if you are the pastor
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see you're joking with me ha ha ha thoughts not
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that anointed and do his prophet know how joke
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amen our God is a loving God Don't be angry with
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your father that he is loving. Are we together?
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Don't be angry with your father that is what?
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He is loving, he is kind, he is merciful. That
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is who he is. He is long -suffering. Are we together?
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He is always that. He is always that. Don't be
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angry in the son. Be happy because you have a
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father that is consistent. Are we together? You
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have a father that is consistent. Imagine you
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know your dad is unpredictable in your house.
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Sometimes when you arrive, you say daddy, he
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will give you blow. Or sometimes when you enter,
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say daddy, there my daughter, my daughter come.
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How do you think you approach your father? You
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don't know whether he's mood. That means once
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he wakes up from the bed, whatever mood he is,
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if you appear and you don't know when you have
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the other mood, there is a swinging pendulum.
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How do you expect to trust you? There can't be
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trust without reliability. Why we say we trust
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God is because of his consistency, because his
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predictability. We know from start to finish
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what we will obtain from him. That's what means
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by trust. Even here, once you begin to see somebody
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has double tongue, what happened before you?
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The trust about that person do or drop. But the
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more the person show consistency he become a
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friend that means you can trust it you can predict
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his actions You can say no, I know him. That's
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what means by trust and your relationship becomes
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stronger and better Because you know the person
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is consistent when we come on When is he we will
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continue to see some things that are very important
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Even the text we've over read We'll read it and
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then assess. What are we going to see? We're
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going to see that the perfect standard of truth
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is God himself. And he has come in the flesh
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that no longer anyone be confused about who he
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is. Are we together? I will end with this. Give
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me John 5 19. As you go, you know. He said, then
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Jesus answered and said to them, most assuredly,
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assuredly I say to you, the what? The son can
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do nothing of himself. But what he sees the father
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do, for whatever he does, the son also, do what?
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Does in like manner. Jesus is a standard of truth.
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Whatever Jesus did was what God did. Whatever
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you did not see Jesus, you understand, God never
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did it. Are you with me? Whoever said it, angels,
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whoever, whatever Jesus did not do, God never
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did it. So I want you to hold this, that hold
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Jesus. Who is the light? Move to the territory
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of darkness. You are confused about texts of
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scripture. Who did it? Who did the Lord do it?
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Just hold Jesus. Already He's in you. Walk with
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Him through the texts. He is the control. You
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know, most of us in science, when you want to
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do some tests, we have what we call control.
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by which every parameter is tested and every
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parameter is interpreted by the control that's
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why if you don't have control they will reject
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it yes sir right because we have reviewers here
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you know sir immediately your walk doesn't have
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control once they see they say this is why they
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look at you Jesus is the control everything said
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about God everything told about God is actually
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assessed to him. Thank you Jesus. Share this
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message with someone you care about. Until next
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time, stay blessed.