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The Kingdom of God/Poweerful word of God from Apostle Al Simmons · Jesus Chosen Apostle Al

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  We're talking today about know the mystery of the kingdom of God.
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  I want you to just hold on real quick.
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  I want you to just absorb that.
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  Know the mystery of the kingdom of God.
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  Now, we've heard kingdom of God.
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  Jesus taught the kingdom of God.
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  Paul taught the kingdom of God.
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  Constantly hearing about this kingdom of God.
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  But let me ask the question: What is the kingdom of God?
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  See I know it's a mystery, but let's just deal with the kingdom of God.
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  What is the kingdom of God?
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  We go straight to the word.
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  In the Book of Romans 14:17, it tells you,"For the kingdom of God is not meat or drink, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Ghost." I want you to hold onto that now.
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  But here's the question Whose righteousness?
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  Whose peace?
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  Whose joy?
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  And what is this Holy Ghost?
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  First of all, righteousness is Jesus.
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  Peace is Jesus.
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  Joy is Jesus.
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  And the Holy Ghost comes from Jesus, the comforter.
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  Now that we have that, what is this mystery of the kingdom of God?
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  If it's a mystery, how do we know it?
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  Mark 1:15, when he says,"The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand.
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  Repent ye," which is repent you,"and believe the gospel." In the gospel is the answer.
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  Here, I want you to hold on to this because this is where we really got to start absorbing.
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  Why is this such a big deal?
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  Jesus says it in the book of Matthew 6:33,"But seek ye first," what?
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  "The kingdom of God," and what?
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  "His righteousness," Jesus,"and all these things shall be added unto you." What things?
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  What do you need?
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  What do you want?
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  How do you perceive it?
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  And he goes, and he tells a parable, and then another parable, and then another parable, just so you can understand how spiritual it really is.
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  Oh, we're gonna deal with this today now.
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  I'm gonna put a time limit on this right here because this is the problem that the world don't understand, and this is the problem believers don't understand.
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  First, in a kingdom, you must have what?
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  A king.
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  That's Jesus.
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  That's why he's born the King of the Jews.
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  Pretty simple.
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  It's not complicated.
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  But now here's the issue when we go through these parables.
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  If you don't believe in who you are, and I'm talking about you gotta know that see if you take it.
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  I'm just being real with you.
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  If you don't know who you are, when you hear about the kingdom, Satan is gonna take it away from you.
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  If you accept it with joy and you're not grounded in who you are, meaning I'm not worried about riches, I'm not worried about all these other things, then you lose it because of the worries.
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  Because when you grab ahold of this word that I'm talking about tonight, Satan's coming.
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  Oh, I'm gonna be honest with you, Satan's coming.
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  Why?
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  'Cause he can't stand for you to hold onto this because it's too powerful.
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  Oh, let's just get into the word because we're gonna have to deal with it, you gotta deal with it.
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  So let's deal with know the mystery of the kingdom.
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  Let's go in the Book of Mark, chapter 4, we're gonna deal with verse 11, and I wanna show you where I'm pulling that scripture from.
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  In verse 11 of Mark 4 it says,"And he said unto them," who is he?
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  Jesus.
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  "Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God, but unto them," who's them?
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  Religious people,"that are without, all these things are done in parables." Wow So now let's grab ahold.
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  We already started running now, so we're gonna walk this thing out.
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  If you don't get it, I'm gonna be honest with you, don't worry about it'cause Satan's gonna take whatever, whatever little bit you did get.
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  He's not gonna let you hold onto that.
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  Those are non-believers.
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  Yeah, they go to church.
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  They're non-believers.
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  I used to wonder many years ago, I used to ask the Lord,"I don't understand.
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  How can somebody hear the Word all their life, but yet don't understand, don't really wanna follow the Word?" He says,"People," we talking about n- I'm not even talking about people who don't believe at all.
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  We're not even dealing with them e- because they have no chance unless Jesus d- invites them at the end.
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  I'm talking about people who hear the Word.
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  They are falling in three category.
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  In this whole parables of the sower, the mysteries, it's three categories.
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  The ones who's gonna believe it because they heart is right, they believe in themself.
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  It's those who hear the Word, they don't have no root in themself.
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  They have not have no belief in themself.
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  They don't study the Word long enough to even...
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  So the little bit they hear, they don't take that.
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  And then it's those who they grab ahold of the Word, and they hold onto it for a period of time.
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  I don't care if that period is one day or 35, 50 years, but they'll lose it.
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  Why?
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  Because of the trouble of this world, because of greed, because of the things that they allow to come in their ears.
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  It will snatch the Word out from them.
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  See, whenever you're going through persecution, your job is to stay solid.
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  Why?
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  'Cause you do not want Satan to have a foothold in your life to take that Word out of you.
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  Wow.
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  See, tribulation is coming because of the Word.
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  The Word says that,"Oh, I'm gonna get in the Word now." See, it tells you trouble coming.
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  It said,"But hold on," what?
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  "To the Word." Know the mystery of the Kingdom of God.
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  That's what we teaching about today, and we're talking out of Mark, Luke, and Matthew.
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  Hold on, let's dance.
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  So in Mark chapter 4, Jesus is just teaching a simple parable, and he's going from verse 1 through 20, and he's just telling you what this mysteries are, and people get all bent out of shape.
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  But if you don't understand these, he said you don't understand nothing about the Word.
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  "And he began saying to teach by the seaside, and there was gathered unto him a great multitude.
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  Now watch this,"so that he entered into a ship and sat at the sea, and the whole multitude was by the sea on the land.
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  And he taught them many things in parables and said unto them in his doctrine," remember, this is Jesus' doctrine Hawking Below,"Heareth, behold, there went out a sower," what did he do?
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  To sow.
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  "And it came to pass as he sowed, some fell by the wayside, and the fowls of the air came and devoured it up.
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  And some fell on stony ground where it had not much root," which is earth,"and immediately it sprung up because it had no depth of earth.
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  But when the sun was up, it was scorched.
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  And because it had no root, it withered away.
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  And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it, and it yield no fruit." Wow.
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  I just wanna stop real quick'cause I wanna give you something now.
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  See, when you're dealing about this fruit, those are characters.
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  If you say you a child of God, I should see some characters of fruits in you.
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  But we go on to verse eight now,"And others fell on good ground, and did yield fruit that sprung up and increased, and brought forth some 30, some 60, and some 100." Now, I know you're saying to yourself,"Man, this is easy.
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  It makes sense." But be careful.
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  These fruits are characters.
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  Paul taught you what the fruits are in Galatians chapter 5 when he started talking in 20- verse 21, he talk about love, peace, joy, long-suffering, godliness, goodliness.
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  These are character traits of the Holy Spirit.
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  These are character traits of a child of God.
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  These do not belong to the world.
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  These cannot belong to the world.
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  We talking about know the mysteries of the Kingdom of God.
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  So in verse nine of Mark 4,"And he said unto them,'He that hath ears to ear, let him hear.'" He's saying,"This is so important.
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  Listen.""And when he was alone, they that were about," now watch this now they, and they that were about with h- with him," with the, he talking to the 12 disciples now, they asked him a question and j- and he said unto them,"Unto you," he talking about his disciples now, these are not average people.
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  They are disciple.
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  They're listening and they're following Christ.
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  "Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the Kingdom of God.
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  But unto them," religious people that just, no, they just wanna read a little word or hear a little word,"that are without, all these things are done in parables." You know how powerful that is?
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  Now I want you to just, I want you to really just sit here and let that z- absorb in just real quick now.
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  We all looking at the same word now.
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  We, because the, the sower is God.
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  This is Jesus sowing now.
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  Now the word is what he's sowing to the world now.
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  All these people are reading the same word me and you are reading today.
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  He says,"But they'll never understand it." Wow.
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  The word is so powerful that even though we are all reading the same word, they can't receive it.
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  Oh, goodness gracious.
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  Know the mysteries of the kingdom of God.
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  But let's go on because there's so much more to these.
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  In verse 12, it says,"That seeing, they may see and not perceive." They're reading it, but they can't perceive it.
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  "And hearing, they may hear and not understand." They're hearing just like me and you, but they can't understand it.
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  "Lest at any time they should be converted, and their sins should be forgiven them." That's the forgiveness.
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  See, everybody think just'cause you say Lord, forgive me," is you being forgiven.
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  No, there's more to it than that.
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  You gotta believe that you believe.
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  This is the word faith now.
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  You gotta know that but it goes even further than that.
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  "And he said unto them, know ye not this parable?" Now watch what he says after this'cause this is where it blows me away.
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  "And how then will you know any parables?" All parables.
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  He said,"You ain't know this, you ain't gonna know nothing else." Wow.
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  To sow, soweth the word.
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  And these are they by the wayside where the word is sown.
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  We just preaching the gospel.
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  But when they have heard, who comes?
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  Satan.
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  Satan comes immediately.
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  Now, let me slow down'cause I don't wanna run over this part here'cause this is where people missing it now.
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  Satan's coming himself.
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  Whenever he-- whenever the kingdom of God is being taught and they don't have a ground, a solid ground in themselves in the word, Satan comes immediately, and he does what?
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  Taketh away the word that was sown in their heart.
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  How does he have that much power?
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  Because they've allowed him.
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  He's coming to his servants to make sure they don't get no word about the kingdom.
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  And these are they likewise when which are sown on stony ground, who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with what?
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  Gladness, joy, and have no root in themselves, and so endures what?
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  But for a while, for a time, for a period, one day, one year, one thousand.
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  It doesn't matter.
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  It's just a period.
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  Afterwards, when what?
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  Affliction, what?
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  Or persecution.
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  Why does it come?
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  It arises for the word's sake.
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  If you think you can grab ahold of this word and you ain't gonna go through something, you are sadly mistaken.
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  If you think you're gonna start trying to walk righteous, eh, yo, you sadly mistaken.
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  It says because of the word's sake, persecution and affliction is coming immediately.
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  They are offended.
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  Don't miss that right there now Offense separates you from God.
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  He said immediately they are offended.
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  I'm not shocked when people do me wrong.
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  Why?
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  The word told me.
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  I'm not shocked when people don't like me, the word told me.
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  I'm not shocked when I go through affliction, the word told me.
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  I am not shocked when I go through persecution, the word told me.
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  He said, but what?
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  Don't get offended.
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  Why?
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  'Cause offense messes your heart up.
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  It makes you cold.
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  It makes you evil.
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  It starts to make you get a hard heart and you can't receive.
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  Oh, we about to deal with this now.
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  See verse 18, it says,"And these are they which are sown among thorns, such as," hear the word,"in the cares of this world, in the deceitfulness of riches, and the lust of other things enter in," what?
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  The heart.
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  And what does it do?
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  Choke the word.
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  And it becometh unfruitful.
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  All of that word, because you wasn't spiritual and understanding enough, you allow it to separate you from God.
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  And these are they which are sown on good ground, such as, hear the word, receive it, and bring forth fruit.
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  What's these fruits?
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  Love, peace, joy.
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  Now watch this now.
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  He says some 30, some 60, and some 100.
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  So I know you ask yourself the question, but hold up now.
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  Why some people only get 30?
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  Why some people only get 60?
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  Why others get 100?
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  It's all up to you.
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  But everybody gonna get 30.
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  That's your starting point.
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  That's love, peace, and joy.
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  Th- that's a given.
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  The question is, can you handle more?
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  So when persecution come, you handle it.
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  He bears more fruit.
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  Now you get that that more godliness, that more loving that all those fruits continue growing.
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  Why?
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  He says,"I wanna give it to you more abundantly.
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  I wanna give you more fruits." Why some people get 100?
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  Oh, they done went through pure hell.
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  Why?
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  They're dealing with it.
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  They understand I'm not getting offended.
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  I'm not gonna get offended.
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  Yes, they persecute me, I'm not getting offended.
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  So as these things are happening because of what?
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  The word sake.
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  They are growing spiritually.
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  It's like a child becomes a young person, becomes an older person, becomes a teenager, becomes a young adult, becomes adult.
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  Now they mature.
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  What is happening know the mysteries of the kingdom of God.
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  And I know you're saying to yourself,"Man, that makes sense." But it gets even deeper.
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  Go to the Book of Luke.
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  Luke chapter 8.
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  Luke chapter 8, starting with verse 4.
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  We're going from 4 to 15 In the book of Luke, he's telling the same parable of the sower, but he gives a little more information.
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  And see, this is what mess people up when they're trying to understand this.
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  So think about this now.
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  If you pay attention, when he start with verse four, it's talking about the same story, little different information.
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  Why?
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  Because he's talking to believers.
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  And he says when much people were gathered together and were to him out of every city, he spoke b- by a parable.
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  A sower went out to sow his seed," that's the word now,"and as he sowed, some fell by the wayside and it was trod, trodden down and the fowls of the air devoured it.
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  And some fell on rocky and as soon as it sprung up it withered away because it lacked moisture." He's telling the same story in a different parable s- but the same kingdom of God.
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  "And some fell among thorns and the thorns sprung up with it and choked it.
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  And others fell on good ground and sprung up and bare forth a hundredfold.
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  And when he had said these things he cried,'He that has an ear, let him hear.' And his disciples asked him saying,'What might this parable be?' And Jesus said,'Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God, but to others in parables that seeing they might not see and hearing they might not understand.' Now, and the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.
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  Those by the wayside are they that hear, then cometh the devil and take away the word out of their hearts lest they should believe and be saved." Boy, he got nasty in there now.
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  He come in plain.
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  "They are the rocks.
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  They are the rocks are they which when they hear receive the word," with what?
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  "Joy and these have no root which for a while believe and in time of temptation fall away.
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  And that which fell among thorns are they which when they have heard they go forth and are choked with the cares and riches and the pleasures of this life and bring forth no fruit for perfection." See, the fruit is the perfection.
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  That's how we're supposed to be with Christ.
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  But- That on the good ground are they, which is an honest and a good heart, having heard the word, keep it and bring forth fruit with patience.
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  That's time.
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  Your patience, that's gonna take time.
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  You gotta learn these things, and some people don't have no patience.
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  Now we're bringing it all home now.
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  We done warm up now, we're bringing it all home now.
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  So in Matthew 13, that's all he's doing.
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  He took what he said in Mark and Luke and he rolls it all together.
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  And now he says,"The same day when Jesus went out of the house, he sat by the seaside and great multitude were gathered together unto him so that he went into a ship and sat, and the whole multitude stood on the shore, and he spoke many things unto them in parable, saying,'Behold, a sower went forth to sow, and when he sowed, some seeds fell on the wayside and the fowls came and devoured them up.
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  Some fell among thorniest places where they had not much earth, and forthwith they sprung up because they had no depthness of earth.
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  And when the sun sprung up, they were scorched because they had no root, they withered away.
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  And some fell among thorns and the thorns sprung up and choked them.
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  But others fell on good ground and brought forth fruit.
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  Some a hundredfold, some 60-fold, some 30-fold.
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  Who has ears to hear, let him hear.'" Now, this is what I love because we done brought it home before, but he gonna bring it home again now.
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  But watch what he does now.
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  "And the disciples came and said unto him,'Why speaketh thou unto them in parables?'" Be careful now,'cause this is where I'm about to separate something for you.
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  When I first read them parables, Jesus read it, Jesus was speaking to all of them.
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  Right now, he ain't speaking to all of them.
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  He's only speaking to his disciples and his true followers privately.
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  They are not getting this word.
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  Just like tonight, the world is not getting what I'm saying now.
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  Even if they got it, they still couldn't understand it.
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  Why?
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  'Cause they, they can see, but they can't perceive what they saw.
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  They can hear, but they can't understand what they is hearing.
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  This is how powerful the spiritual relationship with the word is.
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  Now we're going on now"Why speaketh thou to them," the religious people,"in parables?" He answered and said unto them,"Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.
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  For whosoever has, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundantly.
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  But whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that he has." This is that worry now.
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  Oh, we about to close it home now.
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  We about to bring it on home now.
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  "Therefore speak I to them in parable." To religious people, yeah, I'm gonna talk to y'all, but you're not gonna understand anyway.
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  "Because they seeing see not, and hearing they hear not neither do they understand.
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  And in them is fulfilled," what?
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  "The prophecy of Isaiah." Isaiah spoke a prophecy hundreds of years before Jesus,"which saith,'By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand.
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  And seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive.
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  For this people heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes have been closed.
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  Lest at any time they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.'" Oh man, this is so deep and so beautiful.
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  "For verily I say unto you, that many prophets and righteous men have desired to see these things which and have not seen them.
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  And to hear those things which you hear, and have not heard them." Oh, then Jesus said,"Let me explain this.
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  I know I done give you all these parables.
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  Let me just make it simple.""Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower.
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  When anyone heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then come the wicked one," we talking about Satan,"and cast, and casteth away that which was sown in their hearts.
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  This is he which received seed by the wayside.
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  But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and annoy with joy receiveth it.
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  Yet, has he not root in himself, but endures for a while.
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  For when tribulation or persecution ariseth," because what of the word,"by and by he is offended." That he, that could be a she, but they're offended because of persecution and tribulation.
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  "He also that received seed-" Then we go into,"He that is not root in himself, but endures for a while, for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he's offended.
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  He also that is received the seed among the thorns is he that hears the word, and the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word and he becometh unfruitful.
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  But he that receiveth seed into the good ground is he that hears the word and understandeth it, which also hears-- which also bears fruit and bring forth some 100-fold, some 60-fold, some 30." Jesus is just teaching you he's the king.
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  Seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness.
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  This kingdom is a way of living.
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  This kingdom is understanding you have dominion.
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  This kingdom is understanding righteousness, peace, and joy.
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  This kingdom goes against what this world says.
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  Not against the laws, against the moral implication of this world.
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  This is a spiritual kingdom, and that's why he told the disciple,"Yeah, I want you to understand you are not like them.
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  I speak to you plainly because they will never receive this." That's the difference, and that's why he says you gotta know the mystery of the kingdom of God.
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  Oh, it was difficult, but we got through it.
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  I hope you enjoy hearing the word of God, the kingdom of God.