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Being sensitive to the leading of the Holy Spirit · 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. I want to thank the pastorate for the
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  opportunity. And I also want to thank you for
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  being here today. So today we're going to be
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  looking into the Word of God and our topic today
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  is going to be being sensitive to the leading
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  of the Holy Spirit. Praise the Lord. Being sensitive
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  to the leading of the Holy Spirit. I would encourage
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  us to pay attention. I would encourage us to
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  not be distracted by our phones. I would encourage
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  us to... be blessed. Praise the Lord. Because
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  you can decide not to be. So, to put away every
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  form of destruction, everything that would make
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  you not pay attention, you have worn a very beautiful
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  dress and clothes. Don't waste your time. Praise
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  the Lord. Matthew 28. So this is where Jesus
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  was talking with his disciples, finally, before
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  he departed from their sight, praise the Lord,
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  and he was giving them a command, and he was
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  telling them things that they should do, or how
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  they should move. And then from verse 18 he says,
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  And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, All
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  authority has been given to me in heaven and
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  on earth. Go, therefore, and make disciples of
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  all nations, baptizing them in the name of the
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  Father, of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, teaching
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  them to observe all things that I have commanded
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  you, and lo, I am with you always, even to the
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  end of the age. Amen. Praise the Lord. So Jesus
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  was talking to his disciples, and he was giving
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  them a command. He says that all authority has
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  been given to him in heaven and on earth. Praise
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  the Lord. He said, go and make disciples. Go
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  and make disciples. That word, go and make disciples,
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  is the word for teach. Praise the Lord. Go and
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  teach all the nation. It's the word matatio.
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  Praise the Lord in Greek. It's the word matatio.
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  It is M -A -T -T -E -T -E -U -O. Praise the Lord.
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  So it's the word. To teach is the same word that
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  is used in Matthew chapter 13 verse 52. Matthew
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  chapter 13 verse 52. Matthew chapter 13 verse
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  52. He says, Then he said to them, Therefore
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  every scribe instructs on signing the kingdom
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  of heaven like a householder who brings out the
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  treasures of things new and old. Praise the Lord.
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  So it's the word there instructs. Praise the
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  Lord. And then we also see in Matthew chapter
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  27 verse 21. Matthew chapter 27 verse 21. No.
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  Let's go to Acts chapter 14, verse 21. Acts chapter
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  14, verse 21. And when they had preached the
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  gospel to the city and made many disciples, they
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  returned to Lastria, Iconia and Antioch. Praise
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  the Lord. So that word, they made many disciples,
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  right, is the word there. It means... The process
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  of learning, right? They took them through a
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  process of learning. It's the same word that
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  we see here, matatu, which it means to teach.
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  Praise the Lord. But then we see in verse 20
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  of that Matthew. We see in verse 20, he says,
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  teaching them to observe all the things that
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  I've commanded you and lo, I'm with you always.
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  Praise the Lord. Paso Victor has helped us many
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  times with this word teaching. It's the word
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  didasco, which is the opposite of experience.
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  Praise the Lord. So this teaching here is not
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  the same as what we saw earlier. It's a teaching
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  them, right, to observe all the things that I've
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  commanded you and lo, I'm with you always. The
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  word teaching there is the word didasco, which
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  is opposite of teaching, which is opposite of
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  experience, right? It comes with... Explanation
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  and instructions. Praise the Lord. It's like
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  going to school. You don't go to school to get
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  experience. You go to school to learn and then
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  it becomes your experience. Praise the Lord.
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  This word is a very large word depending on the
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  text. So it carries a lot of implication depending
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  on the text. It involves explaining. And then
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  giving instructions. Praise the Lord. So what
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  is he telling them to teach? Why is he telling
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  them? Why is he using that word, the dash code
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  there? Right? So what are they explaining? What
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  they are explaining or what they are teaching
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  is all authority has been given to me. Praise
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  the Lord. In verse 18. Right? He said, all authority
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  has been given to me in heaven and on earth.
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  What are they going to teach? They are going
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  to teach that all authority has been given to
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  him in heaven and on earth. Praise the Lord.
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  So instructing them. And then he instructs them
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  to go and teach. Praise the Lord. So the instructions
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  there is to go and teach. Praise the Lord. We
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  say the word didasko carries with it two things.
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  It carries an explanation of a thing and also
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  an instruction that follows. Praise the Lord.
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  So the leading of the Spirit involves an explanation
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  and also an instruction. Praise the Lord. The
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  leading of the Spirit carries an explanation
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  and then it carries an instruction. You're led
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  by the Spirit when you hear the explanation and
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  then you follow the instruction afterwards. Praise
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  the Lord. You're led by the Spirit when you hear
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  the instruction. As the word is coming, you are
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  hearing an explanation. Praise the Lord. There
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  is an instruction that would follow. You're led
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  by the Spirit when you follow the instruction.
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  Praise the Lord. So when the gospel is preached,
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  an explanation is done. Right? An explanation
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  is done and afterwards we have an instruction.
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  Praise the Lord. They should not be separate.
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  When the gospel is preached, there is an explanation,
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  and then there is also an instruction that follows.
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  So we see here that what he was telling them
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  to go and explain, or go and explain, is that
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  all authority has been given me in heaven and
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  on earth. Praise the Lord. So sometimes we get
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  carried away by the explanation of the thing.
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  Or maybe you come and then somebody is preaching.
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  You're so good. You are having a good time. You
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  are laughing. And then you forget that there
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  is an instruction in the teaching that is given
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  you. Praise the Lord. You forget that it is an
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  instruction in the midst of that teaching. As
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  you are enjoying the service. As you are listening.
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  Praise the Lord. There is an instruction that
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  comes. So we should not be carried away by it.
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  Or maybe there is an instruction and then you
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  forget about the explanation. Praise the Lord.
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  They go hand in hand. Praise the Lord. So we'll
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  see that more even as we look into the text.
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  Hallelujah. So what is he explaining? Right?
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  So explanation is what something is about. Right?
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  Explanation is what something is about and why.
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  Praise the Lord. What something is about and
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  why. So it is not good enough to just know what
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  something is about and not know the reason behind
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  it. And not know the why, because the why is
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  the reason. Praise the Lord. The why is the reason.
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  Why did Jesus have to die? Have you asked that
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  question? Why is it that I grew up in a Christian
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  home? What makes me different from somebody else?
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  Why is it that I believe the things that I believe?
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  Why did Jesus perform the miracles that he performed
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  in the scriptures? Why did God give believers
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  authority? Praise the Lord. Why did God give
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  you authority? So an explanation is what something
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  is about and why. Why did Jesus walk miracle?
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  Why do you have the life of God in the inside
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  of you? Why are you a Christian? Praise the Lord.
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  So these are questions that we need to ask. These
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  are questions that we need to ask. And I say
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  didactical is not an experience, right? You don't
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  go to school, like I said, to learn, to get experience.
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  You go to school to learn and then it becomes
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  your experience. Praise the Lord. You go to school
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  to learn, right? It becomes your experience.
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  You go to school to listen. You go to school
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  to learn. You go to school to ask questions.
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  Why is that? Praise the Lord. If your teacher
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  is teaching you calculus, if you don't ask why,
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  you're probably not in the class. Praise the
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  Lord. So who are they teaching? Teaching who?
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  It's teaching the disciples, those who are learning,
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  right, to observe. To observe the things that
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  he has commanded them. So verse 20 again, he
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  said, teaching them to observe. So the word observe
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  is tareo, right? In the Greek, it's T -E -R -O,
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  sorry, R -E -O, right? It's used to watch over.
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  The way it's used is that watch over something
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  as though it will get lost. Praise the Lord.
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  You should watch over something as though that
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  thing will get lost. So he's telling them to
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  observe. To observe, tario. To watch as though
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  it will get lost. Watch the things that have
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  commanded you as though it's going to get lost.
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  As though it's going to get missing. Praise the
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  Lord. When you're watching something as though
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  it's going to get missing, you be vigilant. You
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  will not allow it to... To just, you will not
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  take your eyes off it. When I came to Cyprus,
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  I saw that the fences were low. In Nigeria, you
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  don't build like that. You're not a good engineer.
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  You don't think about security. Praise the Lord.
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  You build with a high fence. Some people pride
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  themselves on how long their fence is. If you
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  go to the Emya Palace in the north, you'll find
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  out that the fence is very, very long. Intentionally
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  very, very long. Praise the Lord. He's part of
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  the design. He's the way he should be. Praise
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  the Lord. So he's saying you should watch, you
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  should observe as though the things that he has
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  commanded will get lost. Praise the Lord. It
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  is used like that. So a man who is led of the
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  Spirit is a man that observes as though the things
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  that he has been commanded will get lost. As
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  the word is coming, as you have received the
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  word, you are watching over it. You're being
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  mindful as though the thing will get lost. Praise
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  the Lord. You're not just forgetting. You're
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  not a forgetful hearer, but you pay attention.
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  Hallelujah. So we see this in the same thing
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  that he tells us. Something similar, right? To
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  watch over yourself. We see in 1 Timothy chapter
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  4, verse 12 to 16. 1 Timothy chapter 4, verse
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  4 to 16. It says, let no one despise your youth.
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  4th of verse 12 to 16. Give attention to reading,
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  to exaltation, to doctrines. Do not neglect the
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  gift that is in you which was given to you by
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  the prophecies with the laying on of the hands
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  of the eldership. Meditate on these things, give
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  yourself entirely to them, that your progress
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  may be evident to all. So take heed to yourself
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  and to the doctrine. Continue in them, for in
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  doing this you will save both yourself and those
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  who hear you. Praise the Lord. We see here that
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  Paul is admonishing Timothy and he's telling
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  him to pay attention. He said, pay attention
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  to the doctrine, the things that you have learned.
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  Pay attention to the things that you have. Pay
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  attention to the life that you have in God. Praise
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  the Lord. Take heed to reading. Hallelujah. And
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  then we also saw in that place, In that verse
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  20, the second part of it, it says, Lord, I'm
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  with you always to the end of the age. Amen.
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  So the word Lord is the word that is used to
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  see. It's a word which means see. It's a word
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  see. So in teaching the gospel, we do two things.
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  I say first, we give an explanation. Praise the
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  Lord. We saw it in verse 18. So the explanation
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  is that verse 18, all power has been given to
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  him. That's what you're explaining. Praise the
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  Lord. So in verse 20, now say observe. He said,
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  lo, I'm with you. So he's telling them, right?
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  He's giving them instruction to observe. So in
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  teaching the gospel, there is an explanation
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  and there is an instruction. So the observe there
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  is to, is an instruction. He's telling them observe.
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  Praise the Lord. So he's teaching them the explanation.
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  So what he's teaching them is the explanation
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  of all things, all power has been given to me.
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  Praise the Lord. The explanation there is all
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  power has been given me in heaven and on earth.
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  So all power has been given me in heaven and
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  on earth. That is the explanation of what Jesus
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  just did. So in case you're wondering, all power
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  has been given to me in heaven and on earth.
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  What is he talking about? He's talking about
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  that he has died, he has risen, and he's at the
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  right hand of the Father. Praise the Lord. So
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  it's a short form to say I have died. I have
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  resurrected and I'm at the right hand of the
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  Father. That is the explanation of all power.
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  Praise the Lord. That is the explanation. Praise
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  the Lord. So, it's the explanation of the gospel.
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  Hallelujah. So, again, he says to observe and
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  know and with you. So, he's telling them there
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  are two things they need to pay attention to.
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  Or there are two things that they need to be
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  allotted by. One is to observe. One is to observe,
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  to watch as though something is going to get
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  missing. And then the other one is to look, to
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  see. So in the Christian walk, the Christian
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  walk is a watchful experience. It's not a careless
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  life. Praise the Lord. You don't just live it
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  as you please. It is a watchful experience. You
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  say, observe. It's a law in which you see, look.
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  So the Christian walk is a watchful experience.
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  You need to pay attention to your life. You need
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  to pay attention to your walk. You need to pay
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  attention to it. Praise the Lord. He said, watch
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  as though he's going to get lost. Watch as though
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  he's going to get lost. Observe. Praise the Lord.
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  So the believer who is growing has this alertness
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  in him. Praise the Lord. The believer who is
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  growing. who is maturing, has this alertness
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  in him to watch, to see. Praise the Lord. To
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  watch over himself, to watch the things that
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  he hears, to watch the lifestyle around him.
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  Praise the Lord. So the key ingredient for a
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  growing or a maturing Christian is to stay alert.
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  Praise the Lord. He does not let anything just
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  fly. It's to watch, it's to be mindful. Praise
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  the Lord. is to be mindful, to stay awake. So
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  I said the word, lo, I'm with you always, is
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  the word to see, right? I said, I'm with you
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  always. But by account, we know that when he
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  said, lo, I'm with you always, even to the end
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  of the age, he left them. Praise the Lord. He
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  was not with them again, right? But then he said,
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  I'm with you always. So why did he leave them?
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  If he's just told them that I'm with you always.
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  But he left. He goes away. So where is he with
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  them? Praise the Lord. Because he said he's with
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  them always. So where is he with them? So he's
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  letting them know or he's telling them the fulfillment
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  of the things that he has said before to them.
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  Praise the Lord. So he's telling them the fulfillment
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  of the things that he has said to them earlier
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  or before. So to observe all these things, as
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  we said, to observe the things I've commanded
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  you in verse 20. He's saying to them that the
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  things that I've said to you before has come
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  to pass. Praise the Lord. To observe all the
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  things I've commanded you. And then we see, I'm
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  always with you. He's trying to tell them that
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  the things I've commanded to you or the things
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  I've said to you earlier, they have come to pass.
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  And we're going to see that. Praise the Lord.
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  The things have come to pass. So by seeing or
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  by saying law and saying observe means that they
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  are aware of the things that Christ is talking
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  about. Praise the Lord. So when he says to them,
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  observe, and he says, look. I'm with you always.
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  They know what he's talking about. They are not
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  confused about what he's talking about. Praise
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  the Lord. They are very aware of the things that
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  he's saying. But let's also be aware of ourselves.
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  Praise the Lord. John chapter 14. John chapter
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  14. From verse 1 to 3. He said, Let not your
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  heart be troubled. You believe in God, believe
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  also in me. In my Father's house are many mansions.
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  If it were not so, I would have told you. I go
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  to prepare a place for you. Verse 3. If I go
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  and prepare a place for you, I will come again
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  and receive you to myself. That where I am, there
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  you will be also. Praise the Lord. That where
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  I am, there you will be also. And we'll be doing
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  this teaching several times about in my father's
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  house are many mansions. So I believe that some
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  of us know this, but I will try to also help
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  those who don't know this. So in my father's
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  house, right, that word house is more like a
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  word of like household, right? It's a word okia,
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  all right, which means a dwelling place. Praise
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  the Lord. It's the root word for like somebody
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  dwelling with his family. Hallelujah. In my father's
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  house is the word okia, right? The word household.
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  It's the word household in the root word. It's
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  where somebody stays with his family. And he
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  says, in my father's house are many mansions.
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  So the word mansion are the word meneo, which
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  means, right, a place. or where you stay, or
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  a space. Praise the Lord. He said, I go to prepare
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  a place for you. If you were not so, I would
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  have told you, I go to prepare a place for you.
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  And if I go and prepare a place for you, I'll
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  come again and receive you to myself. Now, where
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  I am, you will be also. I go to prepare a place
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  for you, right? It's different from saying, Let
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  us create a place because the children are running
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  around or the instrumentalists do not have a
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  room or do not have a space for their instrument.
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  So let's create somewhere. Let's create somewhere
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  for them. And then we build something outside
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  or maybe there's a storage outside and we build
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  something there. It's different from that. It
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  means that you added to the building. Praise
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  the Lord. It's different from that. I go to prepare
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  a place for you is meaning that it's more like
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  I am making room for you. Praise the Lord. It's
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  like I'm making room for you. I go to prepare
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  a place is I go to prepare a room for you. That
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  is, I'm adding you to a family. So if I make
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  a room for you, I'm adding you to something.
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  Praise the Lord. So if I prepare a room for you
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  here, it means that I am adding you to this family.
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  Remember what we said earlier, that the word
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  in my father's house is saying, it means that
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  he is more like a place, a person living with
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  a family. So I'm adding you to this family. Praise
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  the Lord. I'm adding you to this family. So he's
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  an inclusion of men. He's not an inclusion of...
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  more spaces outside the building. It's an inclusion
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  of men. Praise the Lord. It is an inclusion of
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  men. It means that people are added to the dwellers
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  of that place. Praise the Lord. It's not a building.
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  It's not more building for people. Praise the
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  Lord. It's that people are added to a place.
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  It's an inclusion of men. Verse 3. The second
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  part of it says, that where I am, you will be
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  also. That where I am, you will be also. So this
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  is a very strong word that is used. Where I am,
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  you will be also, right? It's not talking about
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  like the way we are now in this place. I say,
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  where I am, you will be also. Saying that as
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  the way Tito is there, he's also here with me.
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  He's not the same. That's not what he's saying.
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  Where I am, you will be also. He's not saying
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  that you will be around me. Hallelujah. He's
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  not saying that you would be around me. He's
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  not saying that you will be in the presence of
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  me. Praise the Lord. So, For example, Femi is
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  here now, right? Is Femi where I am? Okay. In
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  English, it means that he's where I am. Praise
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  the Lord. But for him to be where I am, he has
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  to be here. At where I am. Praise the Lord. So
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  this is a very strong word that is used. It means
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  that you are there where Christ is. It means
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  that you are in him. Praise the Lord. That where
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  I am you will be also is saying that you are
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  here with him. You are in the inside of him.
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  That is that the same place he's standing is
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  where you are standing. Praise the Lord. The
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  same place he's standing is where you're standing.
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  It's a union of places. Like he's no longer far
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  away from me but in the inside of me. So he stands
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  where I stand. Hallelujah. So that means that
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  you are in him and he is in you. That where I
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  am you will be also means that he is in you and
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  you are in him. Praise the Lord. So he goes further
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  to explain this again in verse 10. He says, do
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  you not believe that I am in the Father and the
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  Father is in me? And the Father is in me. The
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  word that I speak to you, I do not speak of my
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  own authority, but the Father who dwells in me
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  does the work. Praise the Lord. So he says in
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  verse 9, he said, If you see me, you have seen
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  the Father. And Jesus said to him, I have been
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  with you so long, and yet you have not known
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  me. And Philip said to him, Philip, you have
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  not known me, Philip. He who has seen me has
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  seen the Father. So how can you say, show me?
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  Show us the Father. Praise the Lord. So, he said,
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  if you see me, you have seen the Father. In verse
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  9. Right? So, where is he? Where is Jesus? Hmm?
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  Where is Jesus? Where is he? No, according to
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  where we are reading right now. In verse 10 and
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  verse 9. Right? Where is Jesus? Right? And where
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  is the Father? Praise the Lord. So he's saying
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  that he's in the Father and the Father is in
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  him. Praise the Lord. So we also see that again
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  in the verse 3 part. He says that where I am,
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  there you would be also. Praise the Lord. So
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  where is Jesus? He's in the Father and the Father
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  is in him. So where are we? Hallelujah. Do you
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  understand that? Okay. Verse 16. It said, And
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  I will pray the Father, and he will give you
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  another helper, that he may abide with you forever.
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  Praise the Lord. The word I will pray the Father,
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  or I will pray the Father, is the word, which
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  is E -R -O -T -A -O. Praise the Lord. Right?
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  I will pray the Father. Right? It's a very strong
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  word as well. It's used. The prayer there is
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  not like begging. I will beg the Father. Praise
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  the Lord. That he will give you another comforter.
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  It's a word that is a demand. He said, I will
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  make a demand. It's a word for I pray that we
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  see there is I will make a demand. Praise the
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  Lord. I will make a demand. It's not for begging.
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  It's not like, please do this for me. Praise
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  the Lord. I would make a demand to make a legitimate
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  request because of what you have done. Praise
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  the Lord. It's a word to make a legitimate request
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  for what you have done or the work that you have
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  fulfilled. Praise the Lord. It's like completing
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  a project. You have a building project and you
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  completed it and maybe you are in Nigeria. And
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  you know, sometimes government projects, they
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  don't give you money. You have to do it first
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  and then they will give you money. Praise the
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  Lord. So when you go to demand your pay, you're
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  not going to beg. You have done the work. Praise
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  the Lord. So that's the word there, I pray the
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  Father. It's a word that is demanding something
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  because of what I have done. Praise the Lord.
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  So when he says, I will pray the Father, and
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  he will give you another helper that he may abide
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  with you forever. Right? He's that, I will pray
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  the father. And the reason why he can pray the
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  father is because he's going to die and he's
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  going to be buried and he's going to be resurrected.
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  And because of that, he will pray the father.
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  He will make a demand for you. Praise the Lord.
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  Because of what he has done. And the things he
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  has done is that he died, he was buried and he
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  resurrected. Praise the Lord. So there is a legitimate
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  thing that is being done here. There is a legitimate
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  request that is being asked for from here. Praise
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  the Lord. So I will pray the Father and what
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  we'll see in verse 2, that I go to prepare a
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  place for you. And if I go and prepare a place
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  for you, I will come again and receive you to
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  myself. That where I am, you will be also. They
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  are the same thing. Praise the Lord. They are
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  synonyms or they are the same thing. I will pray
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  the Father. That he will give you another comforter.
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  Right? And what we saw in verse 2 that talks
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  about, I go to prepare a place for you. He's
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  talking about the same thing. Praise the Lord.
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  He's talking about the same thing. In verse 9
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  says, as we saw, he said, if you see me, you
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  have seen the Father. I am in the Father and
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  the Father is in me. Right? I dwell in the Father
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  and the Father dwells in me. Praise the Lord.
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  So let's read from verse 12 to 17 now. Keep my
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  commandment. And I will pray the Father, and
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  he will give you another helper, that he may
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  abide with you forever. The Spirit of truth,
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  whom the world cannot receive, because it neither
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  sees him nor know him. But you have known him,
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  for he dwells with you and will be in you. Praise
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  the Lord. The he there, as we know, is talking
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  about the father, right? So he said, you will
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  know the father because he dwells in the inside
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  of you, verse 17. You will know the father because
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  he dwells in the inside of you. So what we saw
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  from verse 2 to 3 tells us that in my father's
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  house are many mansions. If it were not so, I
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  would have told you, I go to prepare a place
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  for you. And if I go and prepare a place for
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  you, I will come again and receive you to myself.
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  That where I am, there you would be also. What
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  would Jesus do? He says that he's going to go
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  and he's going to come back. He says, I go to
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  prepare a place for you and I will come again
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  and receive you to myself. Right? So how is he
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  going to do that? How is he going to go and come
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  back? How is he going to do that? We see that
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  in verse 10. He said, if you believe in me, right?
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  Do you not believe that I am in the Father and
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  the Father is in me? The words that I speak to
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  you, I do not speak of my own authority, but
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  the Father who dwells in me does this work. Praise
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  the Lord. So the Father that dwells in him will
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  dwell in us. Praise the Lord. The Father that
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  dwells in him will dwell in us. Praise the Lord.
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  Hallelujah. Same verse this thing. He says, and
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  I will pray the Father and he will give you another
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  helper that he may abide with you forever. Right?
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  Other scriptures will say another comforter.
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  So the word another, Or the word another helper
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  is the word alios parakletos. Praise the Lord.
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  Alios parakletos. A -double -L -O -S is alios.
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  And parakletos is P -A -R -A -K -L -E -T -O -S.
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  Arius Paracletus. This Arius is a word for another.
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  It's the same word as well. It has another word
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  called Heteros. Right? It's the word H -E -T
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  -R -O -S. Heteros. It means another. Praise the
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  Lord. So, let me try to explain this. So, example,
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  as a church, we came here with the bus. Right?
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  We came here with a bus. And let's say they were
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  supposed to come back and pick us back to our
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  various destination. And then the bus came. He
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  brought the bus. And then we found that the bus
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  is faulty. Or the bus is not going. And then
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  I say, give us another bus. Because the one you
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  brought is not working. Give us another bus.
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  And then you brought another bus. But this other
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  bus you brought. He's a Mercedes bus. Praise
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  the Lord. Maybe the previous one you bought was
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  a Toyota. But then you brought a Mercedes bus.
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  Praise the Lord. So, you gave us another bus,
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  but it's a different kind of bus because it's
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  a Mercedes. Praise the Lord. It is a different
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  kind of bus. So this is another, but it's not
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  the same. Praise the Lord. But in this place,
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  right, we also see when Jesus was talking about
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  this word, another, when he used it in Acts chapter
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  2, verse 4. Speaking in tongues. Acts chapter
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  2, verse 4. And they were filled with the Holy
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  Spirit and began to speak with other tongues
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  as the Spirit gave them utterance. So this word,
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  another, sorry. Another tongue is talking about
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  another kind of speaking. A different kind of
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  speaking. Another type of speaking. Praise the
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  Lord. But here, when we said, alios parakletis,
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  he's talking about the same. Praise the Lord.
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  He's talking about the same. Because what have
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  we been talking about? What has the discussion
• 37:59
  been? The discussion has been that God... is
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  in him and him in God. Praise the Lord. We've
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  been asking, where is Jesus? He's in God. God
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  is in him. Praise the Lord. So he's talking about
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  the same. Right? This another is not different.
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  He's the same. Praise the Lord. So Elias Paracletus
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  is talking about the same. Praise the Lord. So
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  he's saying that the way the Father dwells in
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  me, is the same way he's going to dwell in you.
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  Praise the Lord. So that's what he's saying,
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  that the same way the Father dwells in me is
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  the same way he's going to dwell in you. That
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  is alios parakletos. The way the Father dwells
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  in me, he also will dwell in the inside of you.
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  The same way the Father dwells in me, he will
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  dwell in you. The same way that I dwell in the
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  Father, I will also dwell in you. Praise the
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  Lord. And said he would abide with you forever.
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  He would abide with you forever. Does that not
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  look like verse 2 as well? Verse 2, the B part
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  of it said, that, sorry. Okay, verse 3, the B
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  part of it tells you what? He says that where
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  I am, you would be also. Praise the Lord. He
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  said that he may dwell with you forever. So in
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  verse 18 now says, verse 18, he said, I will
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  not leave you orphans. I would come to you. Praise
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  the Lord. I will come to you. So, but he has
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  been saying that where I am, you would be also.
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  So I will come to you. It's not a rapture, right?
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  It's that I will come in the inside of you. That
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  where I am, you will be also. That's what he's
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  saying. That I will come to you is where I am,
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  you will be also. Praise the Lord. So Jesus is
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  talking about indwelling. Praise the Lord. Jesus
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  is talking about indwelling. Indwelling. Indwelling.
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  Matthew chapter 28. Matthew chapter 28. Matthew
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  chapter 28, verse 20. And it says, teaching them
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  to observe all the things that I've commanded
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  you and lo, I'm with you even to the end of the
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  age. Right? To observe. What are they to observe?
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  They are to observe that he has come to them.
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  Praise the Lord. They are to observe that he
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  has come to them. We are to observe that God
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  has come to us. Praise the Lord. We are to observe
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  that there is an indwelling. Praise the Lord.
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  We are to observe that he is in us. We are to
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  observe that he is in us. We need to pay attention
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  that the Father is in us. Praise the Lord. We
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  need to pay attention that the Father is in us.
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  So when he said, Lord, I'm with you always, he's
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  saying that I will come, to say that I will come
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  to you, right, does not mean something else.
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  He's talking about that I will come in you. Praise
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  the Lord. That I will come in the inside of you.
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  Verse 12 of John 14. More assuredly, I say to
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  you, he who believes in me, the work that I do,
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  will he do also. Greater works than these he
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  will do. Because I go to the Father. Praise the
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  Lord. So what work is this person going to do?
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  Right? What is Jesus leading us to do? What is
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  the work that Jesus is leading us to do? What
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  greater works are you doing? In verse 20 of Matthew
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  28, it tells us that he will teach them. They
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  say, go and teach them to observe. Praise the
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  Lord. So the leading of Christ or the leading
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  of Jesus in our lives is to go and preach the
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  gospel. Praise the Lord. It's to go and preach
• 42:54
  and teach the gospel. It's to go and preach and
• 42:59
  teach the gospel. Matthew chapter 10, verse 1.
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  And when he had called the twelve disciples to
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  him, he gave them power of an unclean spirit
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  to cast them out and to heal all kind of sickness
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  and all kind of disease. Praise the Lord. But
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  then, before then, he was talking about that
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  the harvest is... is plenteous, but the laborers
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  are few. Chapter 9, verse 37 to 38. So Jesus
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  has called them and he says to them, go and teach.
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  But then he says in chapter 9, verse 37, then
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  he said to his disciples, the harvest is truly,
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  truly is plenteous, but the laborers are few.
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  Therefore pray. the Lord of the harvest, to send
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  out laborers into his harvest. Praise the Lord.
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  But then we see in the next chapter, what did
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  he do? 10 verse 1. Then he called his 12 disciples
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  and gave them power over unclean spirits to cast
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  them out and to heal all kind of sicknesses and
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  all kind of disease. Praise the Lord. So he has
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  called them, he said to them that the laborers
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  are few. They should pray the Lord of the harvest
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  to send them, but he's sending them. Praise the
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  Lord. So he tells them that the laborers are
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  few, but he sent them. Praise the Lord. So when
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  he says that the Lord of the harvest, what he
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  said the Lord of the harvest would do, he did.
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  Praise the Lord. He said he should pray for what?
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  Laborers. And then he sent out the laborers.
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  Praise the Lord. So he leads us to preach the
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  gospel. Praise the Lord. So don't be concerned
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  about how many are you. Praise the Lord. There
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  is a leading already for you to go and preach
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  the gospel. Praise the Lord. He said he leads
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  and sent. Praise the Lord. What kind of leading
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  again does Jesus lead us to? He leads us to give.
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  Praise the Lord. He leads us to give. He leads
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  us to forgive. Luke chapter 17, verse 1 to 10.
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  He leaves us to forgive. To give to those in
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  need. Praise the Lord. To give to those in need.
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  So when was the last time you listened to God
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  tell you, go and preach. Go and preach to somebody
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  and you did it. Not about talking about church
• 45:42
  service or fellowship or they gave you the...
• 45:46
  you know, assign you to something, to go and
• 45:48
  preach. When last did you hear that leading?
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  When last did you hear God tell you that somebody
• 45:53
  is in need, that you need to help, or you had
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  a conversation, you were passing, and somebody
• 45:58
  is talking to a friend and talking about how
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  they are suffering, and you overheard it, and
• 46:03
  the Spirit prompts you to do something, and then
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  you say, ah, there you go, no consigning, because
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  you don't know them. Praise the Lord. When last
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  did you obey that voice to help? What did you
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  do when you had to help somebody? He leads us
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  to forgive. He leads us to heal the sick. We're
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  going to look into this more broadly on Wednesday.
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  He leads us to pray. Not prayer cruise. Praise
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  the Lord. Or prayer chains that we have. When
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  we have prayer cruise, he leads us to pray. We
• 46:40
  came to pray for the whole day. When did you
• 46:43
  pray? Do you hear the leading to go and pray?
• 46:48
  The Spirit leads us to pray, to make intercessions.
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  Praise the Lord. I remember one experience that
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  I really recall. One day I just woke up in the
• 47:01
  night, middle of the night, and I was just hearing,
• 47:05
  just pray. I don't know what I was praying for.
• 47:07
  I don't know who it's for. I think I slept as
• 47:11
  I was praying. Praise the Lord. But then I woke
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  up the next day and heard that, They arrested
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  one of my brothers. Praise the Lord. But they
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  let them go. Praise the Lord. When last did you
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  hear the prompting of God? So God gives us word
• 47:30
  and promptings. If somebody comes into your mind,
• 47:34
  this person's thoughts just came to your mind.
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  Not because you are thinking about them. Not
• 47:40
  because... You saw them somewhere. You just know
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  that there is prompting, there is thought in
• 47:45
  your heart. Do you go and say, ah, or maybe it's
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  a sister that is coming to your mind. Instead
• 47:51
  of you to go and pray, you now say, let me go
• 47:52
  and propose. Maybe the Lord is saying something.
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  Praise the Lord. So he gives us promptings. He
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  gives us word. He makes people come to our minds.
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  Not because, okay, what am I thinking about this
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  person? He's telling you to pray. Praise the
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  Lord. Or to speak to that person, to find out
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  what is going on in their lives. He leads us
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  to suffer for his sake. Praise the Lord. Not
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  all leading are comfortable. It's only when the
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  Lord has led me, there's always good leading.
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  Praise the Lord. There are leadings that are
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  not comfortable for you. Hallelujah. He leads
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  us to deny ourselves, to reset our priorities.
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  to read the Word. So if the Father is glorified
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  in the teachings or in the suffering of Jesus,
• 48:43
  be sure that He's also glorified in the suffering
• 48:46
  that you're suffering for His sake. He does not
• 48:49
  lead us to worry. He does not lead us to fear
• 48:51
  or doubt. He leads us for His sake, not for our
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  sake. Praise the Lord. We're going to look at
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  this more, more. So in the midst of every leading
• 49:04
  of the Spirit, you would find the glory of Christ.
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  Praise the Lord. In the midst of every leading,
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  you will find the glory of Christ. You cannot
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  separate the leading of the Spirit from the passing
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  of Christ. The end point of every leading of
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  the Spirit is the glory of Christ. That is how
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  you know it is a leading from Him. Praise the
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  Lord. That is how you know that it is a leading
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  from Him. Praise the Lord. Let's just close our
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  eyes and just thank God. We appreciate you being
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  here today. We hope you carry this word with
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  you throughout your week. Don't forget to check
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  the show notes for additional insights. Stay
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  connected with us through our website or follow
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  us on social media. If you are encouraged, share
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  next time, stay blessed.