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Ep. John Ch. 9 · Welcome To The Mber Show....'s podcast

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  Speaker 1: Alright, coming to you live from Fern Park, Florida. This
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  Speaker 1: is the Ember Show, your host Ember on the go.
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  Speaker 1: Normally I do not record episodes as I'm walking, but
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  Speaker 1: I have formed a habit of doing so.
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  Speaker 2: So it's the Ember Show on the go this evening.
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  Speaker 1: I know where you're at, probably different time zones, so
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  Speaker 1: I just want to be able to say also good morning,
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  Speaker 1: good afternoon, good evening, wherever you may be.
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  Speaker 2: Let's get into prayer.
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  Speaker 1: Lord Father that art in heaven, I come to you
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  Speaker 1: in prayer to be able to have the Holy Spirit
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  Speaker 1: be able to speak through this mic and go through
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  Speaker 1: the listeners' ears and be able to reach their hearts
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  Speaker 1: and minds and be able to apply these verses from
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  Speaker 1: John chapter 9 to their lives. In the Lord Jesus
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  Speaker 1: Christ's name I pray.
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  Speaker 2: Amen.
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  Speaker 1: So if you want to grab your Bibles and get
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  Speaker 1: on your Bible app and read along, we're going to
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  Speaker 1: be in John chapter 9. And I really look forward
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  Speaker 1: to this because it's the title, Jesus Makes a Blind
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  Speaker 1: Man Able to See. And let's jump in. While Jesus
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  Speaker 1: was walking along, he saw a certain man. This man
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  Speaker 1: had been blind since he was born. Jesus' disciples asked him, Teacher,
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  Speaker 1: why was this man blind then he was born? Was
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  Speaker 1: it because himself did something wrong? Or was it because
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  Speaker 1: his parents did something wrong? And Jesus answered, it was
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  Speaker 1: not because either this man or his parents did something wrong.
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  Speaker 1: It happened so that God could show his great work
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  Speaker 1: in this man. While it is still day, we must
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  Speaker 1: continue to work. God has sent me and we must
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  Speaker 1: do his work. We must work now because it will
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  Speaker 1: be night soon. Then nobody can work. While I'm still
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  Speaker 1: here in the world, I am the world's light. See,
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  Speaker 1: Jesus was making it clear. That in order for there
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  Speaker 1: to be a miracle, right? And a transformation in this
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  Speaker 1: man's sight, right? And it's not necessarily referring to blinded
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  Speaker 1: just by the eyes as well. This parable in this
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  Speaker 1: passage just does. But I want to make this clear.
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  Speaker 1: Sometimes we go blindsided into relationships. Blindsided into careers. Blindsided
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  Speaker 1: into ideas. And making plans, right? Relaying them to not
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  Speaker 1: only ourselves on paper or to others, but to God.
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  Speaker 2: And he laughs.
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  Speaker 1: And it not being aligned with God's will, I mean,
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  Speaker 1: we will continue to stay blind. It's easy to open
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  Speaker 1: the eye and then it be closed because.
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  Speaker 2: It's very sensitive.
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  Speaker 1: When we break this down spiritually, Jesus used so many parables.
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  Speaker 1: Let's get deeper into it. While it is still day,
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  Speaker 1: he said, right? So let's go into 5. John 9,
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  Speaker 1: verse 5.
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  Speaker 2: While I am still here, In the world I am
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  Speaker 2: the world's light. It was so dark before Jesus came
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  Speaker 2: into the world.
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  Speaker 1: There was religious priests. There was teachers. There was good
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  Speaker 1: in the world. But there was also more bad. And
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  Speaker 1: it outweighed the good. So when Jesus had finished speaking.
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  Speaker 1: He spat on the ground. He mixed it with dirt
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  Speaker 1: on the ground. So that he made mud. Then he
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  Speaker 1: put some of the mud on the eyes of the
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  Speaker 1: blind man. Jesus said to him, go and wash it
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  Speaker 1: in the solemn pool. The name of solemn means sent.
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  Speaker 1: So the man went there and he washed himself. When
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  Speaker 1: he returned, now.
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  Speaker 2: He could see. Glory to God. Think about that. Spit
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  Speaker 2: and dirt.
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  Speaker 1: Imagine how much power the saliva has, right? And we
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  Speaker 1: don't even talk about it. I could get into a
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  Speaker 1: whole podcast about that, but I won't. Because I'm going
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  Speaker 1: to keep this strictly on Bible study. And not spiritual
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  Speaker 1: gifts or whatnot. People began to talk about the man.
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  Speaker 1: Some of these people lived near him. And others had
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  Speaker 1: seen him when he was asking for money. They said,
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  Speaker 1: this is the man who sat here. He asked people
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  Speaker 1: to give money. Isn't that right? Some people said, yes,
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  Speaker 1: it is him. But other people said, no, it is
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  Speaker 1: someone who seems to be like him. But the man
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  Speaker 1: himself said, I am that man. Then they asked him,
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  Speaker 1: how did your eyes now become able to see? He answered,
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  Speaker 1: the man called Jesus made some mud. He put the
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  Speaker 1: mud on my eyes. Then he sent me to wash.
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  Speaker 1: So I went there and I washed. Then I could see.
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  Speaker 1: And you see where Jesus is also directing the blind
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  Speaker 1: man that cannot see to the pool to wash off
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  Speaker 1: the mud. So there has to be some sort of
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  Speaker 1: borderline trust there from the blind man to, first of all,
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  Speaker 1: even let him put mud on his eyes.
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  Speaker 2: And on top of that, to go walk without any guide, right? To...
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  Speaker 2: to the pool to wash off. Think about that for
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  Speaker 2: a second. Let's go deeper. They asked, where is this man?
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  Speaker 2: He replied, I don't know.
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  Speaker 1: This is titled, The Pharisees argued with the man who
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  Speaker 1: had been blind. The people brought the man who had
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  Speaker 1: been blind.
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  Speaker 2: To the Pharisees.
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  Speaker 1: It was a Jewish day of the rest when Jesus
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  Speaker 1: had done this miracle. He had used mud to make
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  Speaker 1: the man's eyes able to see. So the Pharisees argued
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  Speaker 1: Asked the man. How did you become able to see?
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  Speaker 2: The man replied. Jesus put mud on my eyes. Then
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  Speaker 2: I washed. And now I can see. Some of the
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  Speaker 2: Pharisees said. This man. Jesus cannot have. Come from God.
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  Speaker 2: He does not. Obey the rules. About.
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  Speaker 1: Our day of rest. You see how they. The Pharisees.
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  Speaker 1: The religious leaders. Try to.
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  Speaker 2: Make it. Their. Ego and pride. Making it. Their. Like
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  Speaker 2: their rules. And their laws. Like they followed them. But other.
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  Speaker 1: Pharisees said, no one who is bad could do great
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  Speaker 1: things like this. So they did not agree with each other.
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  Speaker 1: So you can imagine all these Pharisees and all these
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  Speaker 1: people that, before Jesus came along, were getting along. And
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  Speaker 1: then a man of real authority that's actually sent to
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  Speaker 1: do the will of God.
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  Speaker 2: Actually is around.
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  Speaker 1: And they don't know whether to believe it or not
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  Speaker 1: to believe it. And you can imagine how much that
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  Speaker 1: terrified them. The Pharisee spoke again to the man who
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  Speaker 1: had been blind and he said to him, What do
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  Speaker 1: you yourself say about this man? It was your eyes
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  Speaker 1: he has now made able to see. The man replied,
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  Speaker 1: He is a prophet. The Jewish leaders still did not
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  Speaker 1: believe that the man had really been blind. They did
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  Speaker 1: not want to believe that he had now became able
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  Speaker 1: to see. So they told the man's parents to come
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  Speaker 1: to them. They asked that the parents... Is this your son?
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  Speaker 2: You say, yes.
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  Speaker 1: When he was born, was he blind? Now he can see.
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  Speaker 1: How did this happen? The parents replied, we know that
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  Speaker 1: this is our son.
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  Speaker 2: And when.
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  Speaker 1: He was born, he was blind. We know that, too.
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  Speaker 1: But we do not know how he can see now.
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  Speaker 1: We do not know who made his eyes able to see.
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  Speaker 2: Ask him. He is old enough to answer you for himself.
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  Speaker 1: And they said that like, you know, like screaming at him.
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  Speaker 1: Because they're coming at them hot. The man's parents said
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  Speaker 1: these things because they were afraid of the Jewish leaders.
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  Speaker 1: The Jewish leaders did not want anyone to say that
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  Speaker 1: Jesus was the Messiah. They would not let anyone that
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  Speaker 1: belonged to their meeting places. That is why the man's
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  Speaker 1: parents said, ask him. He is old enough. So they
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  Speaker 1: were already feeling the pressure from the Pharisees to be
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  Speaker 1: of principle that they've already laid. So think about this
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  Speaker 1: as Jesus is just the son of man and gets
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  Speaker 1: treated like not even an ordinary man, but a criminal.
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  Speaker 1: And how many times have you in your life. You've
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  Speaker 1: been doing the right things.
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  Speaker 2: You're kind.
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  Speaker 1: You're considerate. And somebody gossips about you in a negative way.
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  Speaker 1: And that spreads. God knows the real you. I want
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  Speaker 1: to take these last five minutes. To dedicate this.
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  Speaker 2: To Jesus. I know that I normally.
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  Speaker 1: Take time to dedicate this to a significant other, but
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  Speaker 1: a part of God's will and my priority list, God's will,
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  Speaker 1: AA recovery, significant other, brother, mother. These are the things
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  Speaker 1: that matter the most. It's giving praise all to Jesus.
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  Speaker 1: There is no words that can describe, just like my
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  Speaker 1: love inside for my significant other, that can even describe
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  Speaker 1: my magnitude of not only faith, but love for Jesus Christ.
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  Speaker 2: And that didn't come overnight.
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  Speaker 1: And I want anybody that's listening, you have this opportunity
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  Speaker 1: to be able to make the Lord Jesus Christ your
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  Speaker 1: Lord and Savior.
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  Speaker 2: And best friend.
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  Speaker 1: That will help your other companions. That will also help
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  Speaker 1: you prosper. And the plans that he will set in
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  Speaker 1: front of you.
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  Speaker 2: And for you to follow him.
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  Speaker 1: And these tie in to your dreams and goals. But
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  Speaker 1: you have been so distracted by what you're really passionate about.
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  Speaker 1: What God really put in you. By these worldly things.
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  Speaker 1: You have the opportunities. To stay focused on the one
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  Speaker 1: that was perfect. That can be able to help you
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  Speaker 1: achieve your dreams, your goals. Especially if they align with
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  Speaker 1: glorifying Him. Glorifying God. Glorifying the Holy Spirit. We're talking
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  Speaker 1: three in one. God the Almighty.
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  Speaker 2: The Father.
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  Speaker 1: Becoming flesh through His Son, Jesus Christ. And after resurrection.
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  Speaker 1: After resurrection. Jesus left us that Holy Spirit as not
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  Speaker 1: only a gift, but a guider, a healer, a companion.
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  Speaker 1: Even when we feel like we're alone, we can tap
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  Speaker 1: into that source.
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  Speaker 2: Amen? That's such a beautiful thing.
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  Speaker 1: The mercy and the grace God gives for us too
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  Speaker 1: as sinners.
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  Speaker 2: And I have three minutes. I can go on and on,
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  Speaker 2: and I will. There has been so many times Jesus
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  Speaker 2: has said, dragged me out of hell. Because I put
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  Speaker 2: myself there. Think about this. After Jesus was baptized, he was.
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  Speaker 1: Led by the Holy Spirit into the wilderness to go
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  Speaker 1: through different temptations that we continue to go through to
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  Speaker 1: this day and we fail. And he did not sin.
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  Speaker 1: He did not give in. to these worldly temptations? For
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  Speaker 1: 40 days and 40 nights, how many times have we
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  Speaker 1: put ourselves in the wilderness and begged God, Jesus, or
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  Speaker 1: whatever God we want to think of, right, to get
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  Speaker 1: us out of this situation? It's being able to acknowledge
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  Speaker 1: the fact that there is a power greater than us,
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  Speaker 1: and it is the Holy Spirit. People want to talk
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  Speaker 1: about God and Jesus, like the Holy Spirit, doesn't matter.
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  Speaker 1: It needs to be talked about more because there's a
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  Speaker 1: lot of believers in the body of Christ that do
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  Speaker 1: not get to experience the Holy Spirit like they should.
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  Speaker 1: As this is the Holy Spirit speaking, as I start
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  Speaker 1: all my podcasts in prayer, Lord, Father, that art in heaven,
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  Speaker 1: I come to you in prayer to be able to
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  Speaker 1: have the Holy Spirit be able to speak through this mic,
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  Speaker 1: go through the listeners' ears and be able to reach
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  Speaker 1: their hearts and minds and be able to apply these
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  Speaker 1: verses to their lives.
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  Speaker 2: In the Lord Jesus Christ's name I pray. Amen.
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  Speaker 1: And I say that because I'm inviting the Spirit in
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  Speaker 1: to take over the episode. Of course, I'm going to
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  Speaker 1: have some preaching moments, but it all is to glorify God, Jesus,
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  Speaker 1: and the Holy Spirit. I put my faith in Jesus.
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  Speaker 1: I trust God and I lean on the Holy Spirit.
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  Speaker 1: You can do the same. It's very simple. All you
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  Speaker 1: have to do is say, Lord Jesus, I repent from
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  Speaker 1: my sins. I ask you to come into my heart
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  Speaker 1: and be my Lord and Savior and guide me through
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  Speaker 1: this life.
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  Speaker 2: In the Lord Jesus Christ's name I pray. Amen. Something
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  Speaker 2: as simple as that. If you just said that out loud.
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  Speaker 1: Or if you want to go ahead and replay it
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  Speaker 1: back and say it out loud. And if you did
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  Speaker 1: say it, I am so proud of you. Get into
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  Speaker 1: a home group church. Get into a Bible study. Get
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  Speaker 1: around like-minded people that are seeking the Lord. And just
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  Speaker 1: see where He takes you. Don't give up either. Be consistent.
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  Speaker 1: Be consistent. I got 20 seconds. This is The Ember Show.
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  Speaker 1: Your host, Ember. And we just getting started. This was
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  Speaker 1: John chapter 9. John chapter 10 tomorrow. Thank you for
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  Speaker 1: pressing play. And I hope that you have a blessed day.