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Mark chapter 11 · Scripture Unscripted

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Mark Chapter 11, let us pray. Heavenly Father, your good
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Father, you Father us well. Thank you Jesus for another day.
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Thank you Jesus for waking us up today.
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Thank you Jesus, for the holy scriptures that we hold in our
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hands. Thank you, Father, for eternity.
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Thank you that you have given us purpose and that you have given
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us our marching orders for today.
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God, I pray in the name of Jesus for your will to be done.
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Lord, I pray in the name of Jesus for your Kingdom to come,
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Yes, right here on earth, just as it is there in heaven.
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Lord, we exalt your holy name. Lord, we tear down and RIP down
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anything that tries to exalt itself against your holy name,
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against the knowledge of Jesus Christ.
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Lord, it is the hem of His garment that we hold on to
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today. We receive our healing today.
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Lord, We receive our power from on high.
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Father, I pray that everywhere that we go today will be holy
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ground. Yes, Father, let us go in and be
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intercessors. God, let us be ministers of
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reconciliation for this world and for this time and for such a
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time as this. Father, it's all about King
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Jesus. It's always been about King
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Jesus. Lord, I pray that today will be
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the turning point for many and that they will receive their
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inheritance. Father, I pray in the name of
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Jesus that salvation comes. Lord, I pray that you'll clear
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the air in our houses, that you'll clear the air in this
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political sphere. God, I pray in the name of Jesus
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that your name will be exalted above all and that the biblical
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narrative will be the narrative that we hold on to Father, and
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that we will see this entire globe and every event and every
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single thing that is happening through the lens of your Holy
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Scriptures. Knowing that prophecy is being
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fulfilled, knowing that prophecy is being carried out even in
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this day, even in this hour. God, I pray that we will see
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things the way that you do and that we'll get to peek and to
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peer into the spiritual realm. Father, let us see things.
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Father, let us know that we know that we know, that we know that
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God, you are supreme and that everything rest upon the
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cornerstone of Jesus Christ. Let us not reject that today.
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But Father, I pray that we will see things the way that you do
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and that we will hear things the way that you do.
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Father, give us a clean heart and a clean mind and a clean
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conscience, a clear conscience. And Father, I pray that we will
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not lift our eyes up to idols, God, and we will not bow down to
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false gods. God, I pray in the name of
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Jesus, that you, Lord, will be exalted above all, forever and
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ever until Kingdom comes, until eternity comes.
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Father, I pray that we will be found with our hand to the plow,
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and that we will be found doing the work that you have given us
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to do for today. Let us not worry about tomorrow,
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but today is the day of salvation for many.
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And so God, I say yes, and I say Amen, and we say yes, and we say
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Amen. The Spirit and the Bride says
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come, Lord, come, Mary and Arthur, come.
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You have come and you are coming, and you will come.
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Yes, Lord Jesus, it's all about you.
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Lord, we lay down prostate at your feet and we say yes.
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We say, touch US today, heal us today, give us our worth today,
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give us our dignity for today. We love you, King Jesus, and
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it's in your holy name that we pray.
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Amen. Let's start in verse one.
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And when they came near to Jerusalem, unto Bethpage and
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Bethany at the Mount of Olives, he sent forth two of his
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disciples. So here we are again.
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This is going to be Jesus coming in his triumphant entry into
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Jerusalem. We are in the last days of Jesus
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here on this earth. We're getting to see this Palm
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Sunday, as we would call it in our dialogue.
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We're, we're going to get to see Jesus exalted by the people and
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by the masses. And if you look back, there were
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many times where he told people to be quiet about who he was and
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about what he had come for and the healings that they had
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received. And now he welcomes this
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worship. This is God Almighty Incarnate
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coming in. And the people had caught a
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glimpse and the people had seen him for who he truly is in this
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moment. And they're going to allow him
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to be worshipped. He's going to allow himself to
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be worshipped here in this day. So let's keep going.
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Verse 2 And he said unto them, Go your way into the village
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over against you, and as soon as you be entered into it, you
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shall find a cult tide where I'll never man set loose him and
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bring him. So we know from the Gospel of
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Matthew, we know that the mother of this young colt came and
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right beside it and steadied it. We know that Jesus was riding an
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unbroken young colt and He had the dominion over all the land.
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All the earth is His and everything in it.
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He was able to take this young colt and keep it from bucking
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and keep it from being afraid. We know that he has dominion
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over everything. Even the rocks will cry out if
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we do not give him praise. Friends.
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He can lift up worship from the stones, Friends. 3 And if any
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man say unto you, Why do you this?
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Say you that the Lord has need of him, and straight away he
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will send him here. So we know that Jesus here is
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showing his disciples that He has already prepared the way.
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He has already prepared the hearts and the minds of the
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masses here for this time. And all they had to do is speak
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a word and say the Lord has need of him and they released it.
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And it's that easy for the Lord. There's so many blessings that
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are available to you today, friends.
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Call upon the name of the Lord and be saved and be healed and
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be made whole. Friends, it's that easy for him.
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Nothing is too hard for Him. The miracles upon miracles upon
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miracles are available to you today, friends.
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There is nothing that is too hard for Him.
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Let's remove the stumbling blocks of offense from out of
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our lives. Let's remove the stumbling
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blocks of disbelief and unbelief.
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Friends believe that Jesus Christ can do anything, and
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watch how easy it is. Miracles upon miracles flowing
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in. Friends, it's that easy for and
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they went their way and found the colt tied by the door
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without in a place where two ways met, and they loosed him.
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So here the disciples had immediate obedience.
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Here the disciples, they did not argue with Christ.
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He told them what to do and what would happen, and they went, and
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they unloosed it. 5 And certain of them that stood there said
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unto them, What do you losing the colt?
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6 And they said unto them, even as Jesus had commanded, and they
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let them go, Praise the Lord God, Hallelujah.
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Look at this. It was to look as if these
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disciples were stealing this colt and his mother and all they
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had to do is speak the name of the Lord and they were let go.
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And it's no different today and our day and our our friends.
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When Jesus gives you a word, no matter how hard that word is, no
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matter how much it goes against and defies all the ways that
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this world works, if we will just have the immediate
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obedience and not doubt and not call any of his words into
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question. Watch, see how He prepares, the
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way He clears the air. He allows the things that are
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not natural to happen as if they are natural, as if they are
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easy. Everything is easy for Him.
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Friends, look at how the people just allowed their property to
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go. Praise the Lord for the
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obedience not only of the disciples, but the obedience of
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the people here. 7 And they brought the cult to Jesus, and
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they cast their garments on him, and he sat upon him.
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This was prophecy being fulfilled, and it's no different
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in our day and our hour as we read through the Scriptures.
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Friends, there's lots of prophecies in this good book
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that is coming to fruition today.
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We are living in an exciting time.
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It's not a scary time. This is a very exciting time if
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you're tuned in and plugged into the power source.
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This should bring you a lot of peace knowing that God is in
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full control of everything. He's not pacing back and forth
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trying to figure out his next move.
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Friends, He's already told you everything that was going to
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happen. What happens though, for us who
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are down here biting our nails trying to figure everything out,
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what happens for us is that we don't actually believe the
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scriptures. We believe them just enough to
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receive our salvation. But beyond that, we want this
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world. We want things in this world to
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get better, and we don't actually know.
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We're ignorant of the Word of God, friends, And whenever you
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tap in and tune into the power source, everything that is
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happening all around you should bring you much peace, should
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bring you an excitement of what is to come.
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Not fear, friends. Fear is not from God, fears from
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the enemy. Kick the devil in the face
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today, hold on to the hem of his garment and be LED into the
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holiest of holy places to dine and Sup with him, friends, and
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he prepares A banquet for you in the presence of your enemies.
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Praise God. Hallelujah, we are seated with
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Him in heavenly places and every riches, everything that is, that
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belongs to Christ is yours. Friends, do not believe the
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narrative. Do not believe all of the
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garbage that is being propagated all around you.
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Believe in the biblical narrative, believe in the words
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of Jesus Christ, and watch how peace flows in, and peace floods
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in, and peace reigns supreme on your heart and mind.
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And fear must go, fear must leave.
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In the name of Jesus, call upon that name today and be saved. 9
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And they went, and they that went before, and they that
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followed cried, saying, Hosanna, blessed is he that comes in the
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name of the Lord. 10 Blessed be the Kingdom of our Father David
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that comes in the name of the Lord Hosanna in the highest.
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So we can see here that they are quoting from the Psalms.
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We can see here that this Hosanna is appropriate for Jesus
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in this moment. And this should have been the
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thing that they were crying out, the praise that they were crying
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out all the way through, even from his birth, even from his
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youth, even from his young adult, even through this
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ministry, even all the way to Pontius Pilate.
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This is should have been what was the number one thing being
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said is hosanna, hosanna, hosanna in the highest.
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And we should still be crying this out when you finally get to
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see Jesus as who he truly is, the only begotten.
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Jesus the triune, Jesus the Christ, Jesus the Messiah, Jesus
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the cornerstone, Jesus the Lord of Lords, the King of Kings,
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Jesus the all sufficient sacrifice, Jesus our All in all,
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our everything, the name above all names.
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When you finally get to see Him for who He truly is, this is the
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only appropriate response. And just like on the Mount of
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Transfiguration, when His glory shine through, this is His glory
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coming in to Jerusalem. And it will come again into that
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land for the thousand year reign of Christ in Jerusalem, the
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literal geographical place on planet earth, friends.
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And that is why it's such a hotly contested area.
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That is why there's such a spiritual pull on that land.
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That is why there's so much news, mainstream political news
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about Jerusalem is because Jesus Christ will rule and reign from
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that place. Friends, don't forget it.
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If all the nuclear bombs in all of the globe were all pointed
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towards little Jerusalem, it would never be obliterated.
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God Almighty defends them. God Almighty defends that little
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land. Friends, don't forget it.
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He is for them and not against them, and He loves them and they
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are His chosen people. And don't forget it, friends.
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And the entire point of the Tribulation is to bring the Jews
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into the fold, to bring them finally into the knowledge of
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Jesus Christ as their Messiah. And they will accept Jesus as
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their Lord, and they will finally get to see Him.
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And it is their disobedience that led you and LED me into the
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fold, LED you and LED me into our salvation.
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Friends, it was first for the Jews and then for us, the
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Gentiles. But they rejected and they
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murdered their Messiah. And one day during the
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Tribulation they will acknowledge Him.
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And then for 1000 years on this earth, they will get to see the
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memorial of the cross. They will get to see all the
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things, things that Jesus did for 1000 years.
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They will get to know their Messiah intimately.
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Blessed is he that comes in the name of the Lord, Hosanna in the
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highest. Blessed be the Kingdom of our
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Father David, that comes in the name of the Lord Hosanna in the
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highest. Blessed is he that comes in the
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name of the Lord, Hosanna, Hosanna, Hosanna in the highest.
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11 And Jesus entered Jerusalem, and into the temple.
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And when he had looked around, and upon all things, and now the
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evening was come, and he went out unto Bethany with the 12 So
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he left Jerusalem, and he went to Bethany.
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This was the home of Lazarus and Mary and Martha, 12 and on the
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Morrow when they were come from Bethany, he was hungry. 13 and
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seeing a fig tree far off having leaves, he came, if happily he
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might find anything on it. And when he came to it, he found
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nothing but leaves for the time of figs was not yet.
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These are some loaded verses and we could go deep, deep.
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This is a deep dive right here, friends.
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And we could talk about the fig tree being represented as
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Israel. We can talk about Israel was
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supposed to be bearing fruit, but they only had the outward
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expression. They only looked apart, but
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there was no inward fruit. We could talk about it and talk
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about it until the cows come home, friends, but what you need
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to know is that Jesus is limitless in His power.
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And if He wanted to use this fig tree as a pictorial of Israel,
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then that is His doing. And it was for the disciple and
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it was for you and it was for me.
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It was not that He did not know that there was no figure, that
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the season was not yet. This is Him showing us that we
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need to bear fruit, friends, that we cannot just have the
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outward expression. We cannot just have our suit and
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ties, our stained glass windows and and our pews.
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We cannot just have the pulpit friends.
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We must bear fruit. That is what God is after.
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We cannot just say that we believe but not actually prove
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it in our actions. And no, we are not saved by work
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so that anyone should boast. But it isn't.
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It is an overflow of what is actually happening within your
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heart and your mind. When you read these words and
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you truly digest it and you believe it with all your heart
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and with all your mind and with all your strength, it is a
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natural overflow that the fruit comes forth.
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And here you can see that even during the Second Temple period,
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even during this time, the Jews should have had it.
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They should have known, they should have been able to produce
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the fruit that pleased God. But what was it during this
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time? They had made it all about the
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religious ceremony. They had made it all about the
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traditions of man. And they were not truly tuned
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into the power source. They were not truly in tune with
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God Almighty, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, the
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God of Israel. No, what were they doing?
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They were serving mammon, they were serving self, they were
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serving vanity. They like the seats in the
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highest places. They like their long winded
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prayers and their phylacteries. All they were doing was a big
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show and the people saw it, the duplicity and the hypocrisy and
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they were making the people twice the sons of hell, this
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brood of Vipers. And it's no different in our day
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and our our friends. People just use religion to get
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their way and it is disgusting on the sight of God and we must
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produce fruit. That is the indicator that
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someone is truly in tune with God Almighty.
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Friends 14 And Jesus answered and said unto it, No man eats
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fruits of you hereafter forever. And his disciples heard it.
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So here Jesus is. Predicting the fall of
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Jerusalem, the fall of Israel and the the dispersion of the
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Jews. Here he is predicting that
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friends 15 And they come to Jerusalem, and Jesus went into
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the temple, and began to cast out, that the sold and bought in
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the temple, and overthrew the tables of the money changers,
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and the seats of them that sold dove. 16 and would not suffer
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that any man should carry any vessel through the temple. 17
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And he taught, saying unto them, Is it not written?
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My house shall be called of all nations the House of prayer?
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But you have made it a den of thieves.
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So here we can see a side of Jesus that we're not comfortable
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with. We like the the really nice
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Jesus who says, I find no fault this.
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We like the Jesus that says go and sin no more.
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We like the Jesus that says, neither do I condemn you.
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We like the Jesus who is all about the blessings and all
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about the material blessings, and we like the Jesus who is
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going to welcome us into eternity.
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But this side of Jesus where he flips over the tables and he
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drives out the money changers, we're not very comfortable with
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this Jesus, with this side of Jesus.
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And just know that he is perfect in all of his ways and he never
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had to ask for forgiveness. He is the embodiment of the
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Godhead, the three in one in flesh, and He is showing us the
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heart of God. And He wants us to have a House
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of prayer and not to be so wrapped up in the world and so
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wrapped up in wealth and so wrapped up in our finances and
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so wrapped up in greed and so wrapped up in the manipulation
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of the masses and so wrapped up in power.
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He wants us to have the heart of God and to trust God for our
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very next breath, for the very next heartbeat, for the very
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next meal, for the very next drop of water.
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Trust God. Don't trust self.
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Don't trust the systems of this world.
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Do not trust in your finances, friends.
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Trust in God, knowing that everything comes from Him, that
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everything all around you is from Him.
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Do not be so wrapped up in the ways of this world, the lust of
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the eyes, the pride of life. Do not be so wrapped up in all
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the ways of the world. Friends, trust the Lord God
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Almighty, and here He wants us to be tapped in and tuned into
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the power source. And here the Jews had.
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They had taken the court of the Gentiles that which was for the
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teaching, and they had turned it into a marketplace for their own
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selfish greed. And he calls them a den of
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thieves. He wants it to be a House of
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prayer for all the nations. 18 And the scribes and the chief
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priests heard it, and they sought how they might destroy
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him, for they feared him, because all the people was
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astonished at his doctrine. Look at the power that flows
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from Jesus Christ. He is all powerful, He is our
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all sufficient sacrifice, He is our All in all, and we should be
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astonished at Him. When was the last time you was
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astonished at Jesus Christ? Look at the teachings.
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Look at how Jesus just flips the script on everything.
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Look at how if you want to be the greatest, you must become
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the least. Look at all the teachings of
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Jesus Christ. They go against and they defy
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all of our own natural emotions and our own natural responses.
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And we must cultivate discipline in our lives, which is the root
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word of a disciple. It is to make your feelings and
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emotions subject to the truth and the reality of God's Word.
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We should be astonished at His doctrine.
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And here they wanted to destroy him because he was rubbing up
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against the way that they had made a living in the way that
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they understood God. And we need to position
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ourselves in a place where all of the traditions of men that
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have we have been taught, we need to be able to get into this
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word and ask ourselves what does this word actually say?
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Not what does the doctrine of man teach us?
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What does the word of God teach us?
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That is the most important thing that we need to know.
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And yes, God uses teachers and yes, God uses preachers.
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And yes, God said that the gates of hell will never prevail
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against the church and it will go on.
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And we are the church. We're the called out ones.
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We're the ecclesia friends, and we should be teaching and we
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should not just be learning. We should get ourselves off of
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the milk, get ourselves off of the bottle, and we should be
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eating the meat, the spiritual meat, friends, and teaching that
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to others. And praise God, Hallelujah for
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those that are in that position. But by and large, so many people
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stayed baby Christians for so long, and they just don't want
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to have to go to hell. And we've got to graduate and
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we've got to get ourselves in this good book and learn it for
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ourselves. And that way we can safeguard
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ourselves against all of these cultic leaders who will lead you
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astray and rob you blind friends. 19 And when evening was
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come, he went out of the city. 20 And in the morning as they
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passed by, they saw the fig tree dried up from the roots. 21 And
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Peter, calling to remembrance, said unto him, Master, behold,
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the fig tree which you cursed is withered away.
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Peter was amazed just by the breath.
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The same breath. This spoke everything into
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existence, friends. The same breath that breathed in
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to Adam, the same breath, friends that holds everything
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all together. Just spoke a word over this fig
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tree and it withered away and Peter was amazed.
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Even though Peter knew that he was the Christ, Peter had not
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yet been endued with the Holy Spirit, indwelled with the Holy
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Spirit, and here Peter is still scratching his head, and he's
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marvelling at the power of Jesus Christ. 22 And Jesus answered
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and said unto them, Have faith in God. 23 For truly I say unto
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you, that whosoever shall say unto this mountain, be you
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removed, and be you cast into the sea, and shall not doubt in
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his heart, but shall believe that those things which he said
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shall come to pass, he shall have whatsoever he says. 24
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Therefore I say unto you, What things so ever you desire.
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When you pray, believe that you receive them, you shall have
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them. 25 And when you stand praying, forgive, if you have
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ought against any, that your Father also, which is in heaven,
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may forgive you your trespasses. 26 But if you do not forgive,
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neither will your Father, which is in heaven forgive your
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trespasses. When we come unto the Father,
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when we come unto the Father through Jesus Christ, when we
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are indwelled with the Holy Spirit, forgiveness is such a
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natural response. We do not need to teach
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ourselves how to forgive. The Holy Spirit within us
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convicts us Friends. It's that easy.
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We should not have any unforgiveness in our hearts.
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This is why it's so easy for Jesus to say if you don't
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forgive, you will not be forgiven.
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It's so easy for Him to say this because it's a natural overflow
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of being indwelled with the Holy Spirit.
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If you are still hard heartened, if you are still holding on to
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bitterness, and if you are still so wrapped up in unforgiveness,
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it is a sure sign of being backslidden.
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It is a sure sign that you are not tuned in and plugged into
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the power source of the Holy Spirit and what is available to
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you. When we are filled with the Holy
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Spirit, forgiveness is natural. We can forgive those that have
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wronged us, we can forgive ourselves for all the wrong that
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we have done, and we can forgive those that are acting ignorantly
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against this word of God. We should not have hatred in our
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heart and unforgiveness in our heart.
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We should have compassion and love for the masses.
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Friends, it is not people that is the problem, it is the
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spiritual behind the people that we wrestle in war against and
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tear down. Friends, in the name of Jesus
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Christ, the darkness flees. People are not the problem.
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They allow themselves to be hijacked for evil and we should
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feel compassion for them. And in the name of Jesus, all of
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the darkness flees. Here Jesus is showing us that if
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we have faith the size of a mustard seed, if we have faith,
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we can say to the mountain move and it'll move.
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We can say to the sea part and it will part.
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We can ask for healing and the healing will come.
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The miracles happen and they break out.
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Friends, we need to know that it is the faith in Jesus Christ
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that produces this. It's not the size of your faith,
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it is who your faith is placed in, friends.
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And here he says, have faith in God, have faith in God and have
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faith in the Lord Jesus Christ and call upon that name and
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allow the Holy Spirit to work in and through you today.
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Friends 27 And they came again to Jerusalem, and as he was
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walking in the temple, there came to him the chief priests,
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and the scribes, and the elders. 28 And said unto him, By what
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authority do you do these things?
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Who gave you this authority to do these things?
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What an what a question, what an indictment.
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They want to know, Hey, Jesus, where'd you get all this
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authority? How do you think that you could
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just come in here and flip over the tables and drive out the
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money changers and start teaching everybody here?
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They were afraid of the people, but they desperately were trying
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to take hold of him, to kill him.
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And it's no different than the wicked servants in the vineyard
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who cast a hold of the sun and killed him because they wanted
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the inheritance. And here, these chief priests
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and the scribes, there was such envy that they wanted to take
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hold of him. He taught with such authority,
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and he did not liken any of his sayings to a previous rabbi's
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teachings. These were all the words and the
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thoughts in the mind of God Almighty, because He is God
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Almighty. 29 And Jesus answered and said unto them, I will also
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ask of you one question, and answer me, and I will tell you
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by what authority I do these things here.
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Jesus is going to beat them at their own gain.
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Jesus is going to outwit and outsmart and outpace and
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outmaneuver them. There is no competition when it
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comes to Jesus Christ, and it's no different when we call upon
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that name. Friends, all the darkness must
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flee. There is no competition, there's
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no striving. Friends.
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It's easy with Jesus. Call upon that name today and be
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saved. 30 The baptism of John, was it from heaven or of men?
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Answer me. And he says the same to you and
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he says the same to me. And he says the same to this
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world. He says, answer me.
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Who do you say that I am? Who do you say that Jesus Christ
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is, friend? Answer him.
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There is no third option. He's either God Incarnate or
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he's just some religious leader, some guy who spoke a lot of
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really clever sayings and used all kinds of trickery to get the
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masses to believe in all the things that he did.
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And he goes down in history as one of the greatest religious
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leaders to ever have lived. And maybe he's just a prophet.
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Maybe he was a master magician. Who is Jesus to you?
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Answer him. 31 And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we
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shall say from heaven he'll say, Why then did you not believe
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them? 32 But if we shall say of men,
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they feared the people, for all men counted John, that he was a
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prophet indeed. Lind on 33 And they answered and
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said unto Jesus, We cannot tell. And Jesus answered and said unto
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them, Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these
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things. They would not accept the
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ministry of John, and they would not accept the ministry of
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Jesus. And what had happened is they
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had made a love decision and they had became hostile towards
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God, they had became hostile towards Jesus, and they had
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become hostile towards all of his sayings and teachings.
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And they had backed themselves into a corner.
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And Jesus here beats them at their own game.
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And here they were confounded to the utmost, Much like whenever
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he's on trial and Caiaphas sees that it's a mistrial and it's
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all a bunch of hoopla and there is no substance to any of the
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accusations. That is what has happened here
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in this moment. They realize that they have been
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completely outsmarted and outwitted, and there is no
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questioning Jesus Christ. We cannot come unto Jesus with a
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moralistic approach and we cannot demand that God acts in
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the way that we want him to. God is in heaven and does
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whatever He pleases. Friends, God can do anything.
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God is love and that should make us know that we are safe and
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that He is going to lead us home and that He is fighting our
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battles and He is for us. So who can be against us?
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When you think about it, friends, you are more than a
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conqueror. You are seated with Him in
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heavenly places and all we need to know is that our faith rests
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upon the only One who can lead us home.
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And the Pharisees here and all the scribes and the elders here,
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they missed the mark. And we need to be careful that
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we're not holding on to man made traditions, friends, and that we
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are in this good book and we are searching it out and we are
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making sure that everything that we believe is in line with the
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Word of God. It is alive and it is active and
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it is sharper than any 2 edged sword.
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And we would do well to make sure that all of our theology
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and doctrine is rooted and based in the Word of God, and all of
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our convictions come from Jesus Christ Himself and not from the
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teachings of man. This Pharisaical spirit is still
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alive and active in our day and our hour.
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And you see it with so many false teachers, you see it with
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so many churches, you see it with so many religious leaders,
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you see it as people are using it for their own selfish gain.
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And God sees it. And he'll tear it all down,
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Friends, it will get uncovered and unearth.
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And we would do well to study the real thing so that when the
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counterfeit comes, we'll be able to know that something is off
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about it. I hope you've been blessed by
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this chapter here and Mark, I know I sure have.
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I'm praying for every single one of you.
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I love you, so does God. We'll see you back here
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tomorrow. God bless you.