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The Union of the Spirit We Have (Part 1) · Near East Christian Fellowship Sermons

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Welcome to NECF sermons. Each message here is
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designed to uplift and strengthen you in your
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walk with God. Don't miss out, stay with us until
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the end for our rewarding experience. Let's dive
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right in. I want to thank God for this opportunity
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to bring the world to us. I want to thank the
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pastorate as well for this opportunity and I
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urge you to pay attention, to participate and
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to be blessed. Amen. Today we're going to be
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looking at some words what I've been teaching
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on, which was the supernatural nature of the
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Christian gathering. And one of the things that
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we said there was that what made this gathering
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supernatural is because the Holy Spirit is here.
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Praise the Lord! Because the Holy Spirit dwells
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in the inside of us. So, today we want to look
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at the union of the spirit that we have, or the
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union of the Holy Spirit that we have. Before
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we dive into that especially, I would like us
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to look at so many things that will entrench
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you, so many things that will bless you. That
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is, how those locations and some names or some
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places in the Bible translate to God's plan.
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Praise the Lord! How does places and names of
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places translate to God's plan? How does that
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reveal God's plan? Praise the Lord! If you understand
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these things, it will save us a lot of things.
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It will save us from being manipulated. It will
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save us our money. It will save us so many things.
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Praise the Lord! Matthew 28. Also, we are going
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to look at 1 Peter chapter 2, verse 9. We are
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also going to look into how we have become that,
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or how we are that, that is, how we are a chosen
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generation, how we are royal priests. Praise
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the Lord! Is that God's plan or we just came
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into it? Praise the Lord! Has that been God's
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plan or did it just happen in the New Testament?
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Praise the Lord. Matthew chapter 28, verse 18
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to 20. Verse 18 said, And Jesus came and spoke
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to them, saying, All authority has been given
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me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make
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disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the
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name of the Father, of the Son, and of the Holy
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Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that
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have commanded you and know and meet you always,
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even to the end of the age. Mark chapter 16 verse
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15 said, And he said to them, Go into all the
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world and preach the gospel to every creature.
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He who believes and is baptized will be saved.
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But he who does not believe will be condemned.
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And these signs will follow those who believe.
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In my name they will cast out their demons. They
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will speak with new terms. They will take up
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sacraments and if they drink anything deadly,
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it will by no means halt them. They will lay
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hands on the sick and they will recover. So then,
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after the Lord has spoken to them, he was received
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up into heaven. and sat at the right hand of
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God, and they went out and preached everywhere,
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the Lord walking with them and confirming their
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words through the accompanying of signs. Amen.
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John chapter 20 John chapter 20 verse 19 to 23
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Verse 19 said, Then the same day at the evening,
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being the first day of the week, when the doors
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were shut, where the disciples were assembled
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for the fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood
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in the midst of them, and said to them, Peace
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be with you. When he had said this, he showed
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them his hand and his side. Then the disciples
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were glad when they saw the Lord. So Jesus said
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to them, again, peace to you. As the Father has
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sent me, I have also sent you. When he has said
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this, he breathed on them and said to them, receive
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the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any,
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they will be forgiven. If you retain the sins
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of any, they will be retained. Praise the Lord!
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We have been looking at these in our previous
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teachings. The pastors have been teaching us
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these things. We said that this is the great
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commission and the thing that God has given believers
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to do. This is God's intention for every believer
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that we go and make disciples. We go and we teach
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the gospel. We go and we show the power of God
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in healing, in casting out demons. Praise the
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Lord! As a result of following His instructions.
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Praise the Lord! So this is the Great Commission
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and from this place where we read, from Mark
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16, we see that this is also the last moment
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where the disciples physically saw Jesus. So
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He was giving them a command. Like I said, we're
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going to look at a few things and what they mean
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to the intention of God. So in that Matthew 16,
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28, verse 19 says, he said, go therefore and
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make disciples of all nations, baptizing them
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in the name of the Father and of the Son and
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of the Holy Spirit. Praise the Lord. So we see
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here, Jesus said to them, they should go and
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make disciples of all nations. So we see all
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nations in this place. Praise the Lord. And in
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Mark, he says, all the world, Mark chapter 16,
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verse Mark chapter 16 verse 15, right? We see
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all the world. Praise the Lord. So what does
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all nation mean? Praise the Lord. What does all
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nation mean? All nation is the world has her
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at nose. Has her at nose. P -A -S -H -O -T -H
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-N -O -S What does all nation mean? I will also
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read in Luke, in Luke chapter 24. Luke chapter
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24. Like I said, just pay attention and you will
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understand what we are doing. 24 and verse 47.
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He said, our repentance and remission of sin
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should be preached in His name to all nations
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beginning at Jerusalem. Okay? So we're going
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to look at all nations and we're going to look
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at why He said they should begin at Jerusalem.
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What does that mean? Praise the Lord. Does it
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mean that they cannot start from Syria? Does
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it mean they should not start from somewhere
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else? Praise the Lord! Why start from Jerusalem?
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Praise the Lord! Why start from Jerusalem? In
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John chapter 20, verse 23, that talks about if
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you forgive the sins of any. Praise the Lord!
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So that any day is talking about if you forgive
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the sins of anybody that is anybody in the world
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Same thing are saying all the world praise the
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lord So as you're preaching if you forgive the
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sins of any in all the world their sins will
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be forgiven praise the lord So we're going to
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focus our teaching like I said on all nations
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and why does he say they should begin? At jerusalem,
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praise the lord all nations right So, I said
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that all nations is the word ethnos in the Greek,
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right? We see that also in Luke chapter 24. Let's
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go back to Luke chapter 24. The earlier verses
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before, where we read earlier, the earlier verses
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in verse 24. And certain of these who were with
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us went to the tomb and found it just as the
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women had said. But hearing they did not see,
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praised the Lord, then He said to them, awfulish
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ones, on slow of heart, to believe all that the
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prophet hath spoken, but not the Christ, to have
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suffered these things, and to enter his glory.
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Verse 27 now, it says, Beginning at Moses and
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in all the prophets, He expounded to them in
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all the scriptures the things concerning Himself.
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Praise the Lord! And we also looked at this place
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and we saw that what Jesus did was that He taught
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them through the scriptures. Praise the Lord!
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He did not lay hands on them and say, receive
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knowledge. Right? He taught them in all the scriptures.
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So Jesus taught them in all the scriptures, right?
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And we said that Jesus did not just start teaching
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them anything He felt like teaching them. Rather,
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He taught them, as the scripture says, from the
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entirety of the scriptures. He said, from beginning
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and Moses and in all the prophets, He expounded
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to them in all the scriptures the things concerning
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Himself. And we have looked at that word, expound,
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Right? So, Jesus translated to them, in essence,
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what has been said. So, we can also say that
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in the four gospels and also in the epistle,
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what we have here is translations or interpretation
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of the scriptures. That is, from Genesis to Malachi.
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Praise the Lord! So, because Jesus came and He
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spoke the things concerning Himself from the
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Scriptures. Praise the Lord! So, you can write
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this. Translations are words which give interpretations,
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right? Translations are words which give interpretation.
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That is, giving meanings to words that are spoken
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in other places. in other cultures, in other
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languages, in other contexts. Praise the Lord.
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He expounded to them in all the scriptures the
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things containing himself. They said, beginning
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at Moses and in all the prophets. In verse 45
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of that same Luke 24. Verse 45. And He opened
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their understanding that they may comprehend
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the Scriptures. The New King James would say
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that He opened their understanding that they
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may understand the Scriptures. Praise the Lord.
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Right? So, the word to understand, right, it
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means to read the Scriptures together. That's
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in His saying that they may comprehend. Right?
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That place comprehend means that the Scriptures
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are read together. is the greek word sunay your
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my let me spell it s -y -n -e sorry s -y -n -i
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-e -m -i it means to read the scriptures together
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which means that the scriptures do not contradict
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praise the lord so when he says that He opened
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the understanding that they may comprehend the
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scriptures, is that the understanding they had,
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there was no contradiction. Praise the Lord.
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The scriptures do not contradict. It was read
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together. Praise the Lord. It was read and interpreted
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together. It also means that the scriptures,
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right, they mean the same thing. They're not
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saying different things. Praise the Lord. So
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when you begin to see that something is contradicting
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what is said in other places, it means that you
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need to read it together. Praise the Lord! The
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scriptures do not contradict themselves. It means
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the same thing. So Jesus understood how to read
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the scriptures properly. Praise the Lord! He
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understood what it means to read the scriptures
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properly. In verse 44, He said to them, that
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all things must be fulfilled which were written
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in the law of Moses, the prophet and the sons
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consigning me. Praise the Lord! So every teaching
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he was giving to them, he was teaching them from
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the entirety of the scriptures. Praise the Lord!
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He was reading it together, so they are able
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to comprehend. They are able to understand. He
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read it through. In verse 47, as we said, he
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said, And that's what the Savior now said, that
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repentance and remission of sins be preached
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to all nations beginning at Jerusalem. As we
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said, why begin at Jerusalem? Why don't we start
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from Utopia? Praise the Lord. Since we saw that
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there was Utopia in the Scriptures, why didn't
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they start from Utopia? Praise the Lord. Why
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did they start from Jerusalem? Why Jerusalem?
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So beginning from Jerusalem is also the same
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word we see in verse 27 that talks about beginning
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at Moses and in the prophets. Right? It's the
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same thing that we see there. Acts chapter 1
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verse 8. Why Jerusalem? They say, but you shall
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receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon
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you and you shall be witnesses to me in Jerusalem
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and in all Judea and Samaria and to the ends
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of the earth, that is all nations. Praise the
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Lord. So why is he telling them that there will
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be witnesses from whom? From Jerusalem. Why Jerusalem?
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Praise the Lord. So we must understand, right,
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that location or if you like, Geography is also
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part of theology. To be able to understand the
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scriptures properly, you cannot neglect locations,
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things that are said in certain places. For you
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to be able to interpret properly, you have to
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understand that geography has a huge part to
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play in theology. Praise the Lord! Why Jerusalem?
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John chapter 4, verse 19 to 20. In secondary
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school, by the way, geography was my best subject,
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right? I could, during our way, one thing you
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can be sure is that we can write the textbook
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for you the way it's written, right? Because
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we had a very good geography teacher, same as
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Uncle Shola, he's a lot. This is my first introduction
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to the Yoruba people. Praise the Lord. He was
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a very, very good man. Why Jerusalem? John chapter
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4, from verse 19 to 20. That is the Samaritan
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woman. He says, and the woman said, Sir, I perceive
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that you are a prophet. Our fathers worship on
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this mountain, and the Jews say that in Jerusalem
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is a place where one ought to worship. Why did
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the Jews say that Jerusalem is a place where
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one ought to worship? Praise the Lord. So, it
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means that if you find a location, right, or
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you see a location in the Bible, right, there
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is a meaning to it. So there is a meaning to
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the word Jerusalem, and it's referred to also
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from the Old Testament. Second Samuel chapter
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5, 7 and 9. So, nevertheless, David took the
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stronghold of Zion that is the city of David.
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And David dwelt in the stronghold and called
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it the city of David. And David built all around
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from the mills and inward. Praise the Lord. So
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Zion is in Jerusalem. Praise the Lord. Zion is
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in Jerusalem. And we see that Addo Azak, right?
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or Zadak, in Joshua chapter 10 verse 1, we see
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that Jerusalem had a king, praise the Lord. Joshua
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chapter 10 verse 1. We see there that Jerusalem
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had a king, praise the Lord. But then, before
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then, we have also known that there was a king
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of Salem praise the Lord the Jerusalem is not
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just one word praise the Lord there was a king
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of Salem Genesis chapter 14 verse 18 Genesis
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chapter 14 verse 18 now Melchizedek the king
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of Salem brought out bread and wine he watched
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the priests of God Most High. Praise the Lord!
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That word, Melchizedek, should trick me off.
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Thank God I'm able to call it properly nowadays.
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Melchizedek is the King of Salem. Praise the
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Lord! We also saw that David prophesied about
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it. Psalms 110, verse 1 -4. Psalms 110 from his
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1 to 4. Psalms 101. The Psalm of David, the Lord
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said to my Lord, sit at my right hand, till I
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make your enemies your first two. And the Lord
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shall send the rod of your strength out of Zion.
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rule in the midst of your enemies. Your people
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shall be volunteers, or willing, some other scriptures
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would put, in the days of your power, in the
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beauty of his holiness from the womb of the morning.
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You have the dawn of your youth. Verse four.
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The Lord has sworn I will not relent. You are
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a priest forever, according to the order of Melchizedek.
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Praise the Lord. according to the order of Melchizedek.
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So Jerusalem is a place, right, and it has a
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king, right? We also saw that David built houses
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there, praise the Lord, or the city of David
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in that place. So we also see a prophecy here,
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right, about how they're going to be a priest
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according to the order of Melchizedek, right?
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Melchizedek is the king of Salem, which we know
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as the king of righteousness and justice. Praise
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the Lord. So we see how important this is. Isaiah
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40 verse 9. Isaiah, more on Jerusalem, Isaiah
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40 verse 9. Isaiah chapter 40 verse 9. O Zion,
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you who bring good tithing, get up in the high
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mountains, O Jerusalem, you who bring good tithing,
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lift up your voice with strength, lift it up,
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be not afraid, say to the city of Judah, behold
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your God. Praise the Lord. Behold your God. And
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there have been several teachings on good tiding,
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right? The word good tiding there is the word
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basea, right? B -A -S -A -R. It's pronounced
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basea. B -A -S -A -N, right? And good tiding
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is about the kingdom of God. Praise the Lord.
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The good tide in the air is about the kingdom
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of God. It's a behold your God. So the concept
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of Jerusalem is that of a kingdom. Praise the
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Lord. The idea of Jerusalem is that of a kingdom.
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It's a kingdom of peace. Praise the Lord. It
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is the kingdom of peace. Praise the Lord. it
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is the kingdom of peace right its war or sorry
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its weapon is also that of peace praise the lord
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its weapon is also that of peace so by speaking
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of them to begin at Jerusalem in Luke chapter
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4 so Luke chapter 24 from verse 47 right It is
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because Jerusalem is a geography that has a theology.
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Praise the Lord. It has a meaning. Praise the
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Lord. It is not just like any other city. It
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is different from every other city. It is about
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the kingdom. And it is the kingdom of peace.
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Praise the Lord. So when he says they should
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bring good tidings about the kingdom, It's a
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sign that it is about peace. The message is peace.
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Praise the Lord. So the people understood what...
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So it's a different kingdom from every other
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one. They knew that the gospel was the gospel
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about a kingdom. Praise the Lord. So when he
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says, beginning at Jerusalem, he knew that it
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was about a kingdom and a kingdom... has king.
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And the king is for the whole earth. Praise the
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Lord. It is not just a kingdom for a king for
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Jerusalem, but for the whole earth. And he's
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also a kingdom of peace. So he says beginning
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at Jerusalem means that the message, right, and
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the location are related. Praise the Lord. The
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location is that of peace. The message is that
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of peace. praise the lord is that of the kingdom
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of god the message and the location is related
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to each other jerusalem is a place of peace so
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beginning at jerusalem it is saying it is a gospel
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of peace praise the lord it is a gospel of peace
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do you understand do you understand So when he
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says, beginning at Jerusalem, he's saying that
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Jerusalem is a place of peace. It is the gospel
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of peace. The message and the location are related.
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Romans 10 verse 15. Romans 10 verse 15. I say,
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how shall they preach unless they are said? And
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it's written, how beautiful are the feet of those
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who preach the gospel of peace, who bring glad
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tidings of good things. He says what? Who preach
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the gospel of peace? Praise the Lord! Who preach
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the gospel of peace? Or the gospel, if you like,
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of Jerusalem. Why? Because Jerusalem is a place
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of peace. It is a kingdom of God. So, Jesus has
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brought peace and what He is reconciling men
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to Himself. So, when He says they should preach,
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He is telling them that you have preached the
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gospel of peace, or beginning at Jerusalem, it
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is the gospel of peace. Praise the Lord! So,
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we now see how the location is related to the
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message. Right? So, but let's not get it wrong.
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Right? Just like some of you will see later how
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some of the disciples, they understand what he
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was saying. So, Jerusalem now, or Jerusalem is
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a parable. Praise the Lord. Jerusalem is a parable.
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Praise the Lord. And, but the message is a reality
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of what he's saying. Praise the Lord. What is
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a parable? Anybody want to help us? Jerusalem
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is a parable. Jerusalem is communicating something.
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It is not a thing itself, but it's communicating
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something. Jerusalem is a parable, but a message,
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and the message is a reality. So by saying, beginning
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at Jerusalem, he's saying the kingdom of peace,
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righteousness, and joy. Romans chapter 14 verse
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7 describing Jerusalem Romans chapter 14 verse
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17 rather Romans chapter 14 verse 17 for the
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kingdom of God is not about eating and drinking
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but righteousness peace and joy and the holy
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ghost praise the lord It is also the description
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of what Jerusalem is. It is about the kingdom
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of God. So Jerusalem is a parable that has a
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message, but the message is a reality of it.
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Praise the Lord. So what then do we do? So as
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a child of God, do you go and start preaching
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from Jerusalem now? Praise the Lord. We don't
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start from Jerusalem. Why? because we have Jerusalem.
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Praise the Lord. Hallelujah. We don't go to Jerusalem
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or we don't start from Jerusalem because we have
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Jerusalem. That is, we have the peace of God.
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We have the joy of God. We have received forgiveness.
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We are righteous people. That is what he represents.
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So beginning at Jerusalem, Jesus was using a
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location to teach them something. He was using
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a location to teach them about the peace that
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God has brought. The realities of the kingdom.
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Praise the Lord. Acts chapter 1. Let's go back
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there again. Acts chapter 1. Acts chapter 1.
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And verse 3 would tell us. He said, Who's speaking?
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Who's seeing Peter? Sorry. Acts chapter 1. Verse
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3. to whom He also presented Himself alive after
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His suffering by many infallible proofs, being
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seen by them during forty days, speaking of the
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things pertaining to the kingdom of God. Praise
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the Lord! Speaking of the things pertaining to
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the kingdom of God, verse 6 now. Therefore, when
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they had come together, They asked him saying,
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Lord, will you at this time restore the kingdom
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to Israel? Praise the Lord. Will you at this
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time restore the kingdom to Israel? Praise the
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Lord. We see here that they got it wrong. Praise
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the Lord. What he was teaching them was that
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the gospel or the peace that is coming is for
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the whole nation or that ease is for the whole
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nation. The message is for the whole nation.
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But we see here that they are asking him, will
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you again restore the kingdom to Israel? So Israel
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or Jerusalem is a parable, like I said. And then,
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but the message is the reality. Verse seven,
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he says, he said to them, it is not for you to
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know time and season which the father has put
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in his authority. Right? So no. Praise the Lord.
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Basically, that's what he's saying to them. No,
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there is nothing like that. Verse 8, now. But
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ye shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has
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come upon you, and ye shall be witnesses to me
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in Jerusalem, and in Judea, and to all the ends
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of the earth. Praise the Lord. So this is a kingdom
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he's speaking about. Praise the Lord. Verse 8
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is a kingdom that he's talking about. To the
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ends of the earth. Praise the Lord. So we have
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looked at Jerusalem. Now let's look at all nations.
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All nations. Psalms chapter two. Psalms chapter
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two, verse six to eight. Yet I have set my king
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on my holy hill of Zion. I will declare the decree,
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the Lord has said to me, you are my son, today
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I have begotten you. Ask of me and I will give
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you the nation for your inheritance and the ends
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of the earth for your possession. Praise the
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Lord. Verse 6, sorry, verse 8 says what? He says,
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I will give you the nation for your inheritance
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and the ends of the earth. So, the nation there
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is the world of the Hebrew word Goy. G -O -Y.
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Right? It is also for heeding. Some other scriptures
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say, I will give you the heeding for your inheritance.
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Praise the Lord! I will give you the heeding
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for your inheritance. So, inheritance is showing
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the territory of a king. Praise the Lord! that
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the hidden are also his territory. Praise the
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Lord. They belong to him. See, I will give you
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the hidden or the nation for your possession.
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It's the word goy, G -O -Y. So, that word is
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used for gentile or other nations. Praise the
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Lord. That word is used for gentiles or other
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nations apart from the Jew. Praise the Lord.
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So Jesus has always emphasized that Him and His
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message is for all the nations. Praise the Lord.
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His message, He has always emphasized that Him
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and His message has always been for all nations.
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So let's follow that word, go ahead and see some
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things about all nations. Genesis of the third
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verse five. From these, the coastland people
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of the Gentiles were separated into their land.
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Everyone according to their language, according
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to their families, into all their nations. Praise
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the Lord. The Gentile or nation is a word, Goyle,
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in that place. So at this point, the nation of
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Israel had not been born. Genesis 10 verse 5.
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At this point, the nation of Israel as not they
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were not bonded okay so but before now we have
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also had you know we have had abel people that
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worked with god praise the lord we have had the
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people and several others who had worked with
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god god had men which he had worked with right
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and in these places if you keep reading down
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He talks about, he's known as the nation of,
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or the 70 nations. Praise the Lord. The 70 nations,
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right, before the foul of Babel. The 70 nations.
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So God had men that he was working with even
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before Israel was born. So before the nation,
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Israel, before the nation of Israel, God was
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dealing with the nations of the world. every
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nation. Praise the Lord. Genesis chapter 12 verse
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1 and 2 verse 3 Genesis chapter 12 speaking of
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Abraham Genesis chapter 12 verse 1 Now the Lord
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said to Abraham get out of your country From
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your family from your father's house to the land
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that I will show you and I will make I will make
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you a great nation and I will bless you and Make
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your name great and you shall be a blessing rest
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three And I'll bless those who bless you and
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I'll cost those who cost you and in you all the
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families of the earth Shall be blessed. Praise
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the Lord. So in you all the nation shall be blessed.
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In Genesis chapter four, Genesis chapter 17 verse
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four. We see that word again. As for me, behold,
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my covenant is with you, and you shall be a father
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of many nations, many nations. The word again
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going. Verse 6 now. I will make you exceedingly
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fruitful and I will make nations of you and kings
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shall come from you, nations and kings. In verse
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16, speaking of Serak. And I will bless her and
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give her and give you a son by her. Then I will
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bless her. and she shall be a mother of nation
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kings of people shall come shall be from her
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praise the lord verse 20 mother of nation verse
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20 as for ishmael i have heard you behold i will
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bless him and i will make him fruitful and will
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multiply him exceedingly it shall be god twelve
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princes and i will make him a great nation, great
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nation. Genesis chapter 22 verse 18. In you,
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in your seed, all the nations of the earth shall
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be blessed because you have obeyed my voice.
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So God's intention is for all nations. Praise
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the Lord. God's intention is for all nations.
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So Israel's goal is to bring all the nations
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to the promised Messiah. There is a lot. Israel
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wants to bring the people to the promised Messiah.
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Right? They were supposed to be a servant people,
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people that brought people to God. And we see
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that that also reflected on how Moses related
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with the nations. Praise the Lord. So it's like
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saying, you are saved so that others will be
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saved. Praise the Lord. That is the role that
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they are playing. We see how that relates, how
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Moses relates with the nations. Remember, the
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nations had priests and prophets, right, before
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Israel. Numbers 11 verse 11. We see how This
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Seventy Nation we saw earlier, what we call the
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Seventy, how it is also, we see it in the writings
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again, of Moses. So Moses said to the Lord, Why
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have you afflicted your servant? And why have
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I not found favour in your sight, that you have
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laid the burden of all these people on me? Verse
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16 now. And the Lord said to Moses, gather to
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me seventy men of the elders of Israel whom you
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know to be elders of the people and officials
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over them, and bring them to the tabernacle of
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meeting, and they will stand before me." So we
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see here again, right? He's bringing up seventy
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men of seventy elders. Exodus chapter 24 verse
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1. now he said to moses come up sorry come up
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to the lord you eron nabdad and abu and 70 of
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the elders of israel and worship from afar praise
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the lord 70 elders why 70 elders exodus chapter
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They said, And you shall be to me a kingdom of
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priests and a holy nation. These are the words
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which you shall speak to the children of Israel.
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And we saw earlier that who was a kingdom of
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priests before now. We saw that Melchizedek was
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the kingdom of priests before now. Why is 70?
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So we have 70 men or 70 elders which represent
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the 70 nations that was there before now, praise
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the Lord, or before Israel came or were born.
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So this, the message, right, shows the message
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and the mission shows that it is for 17 nations.
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That is for all the nations. Praise the Lord.
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It is not just for Israel. It is for all the
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nations. So in Luke 9, we saw that Jesus chose
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12 disciples, which represent the 12 tribes of
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Israel. But then in Luke 3, verse 1, we saw that
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He appointed 70. Praise the Lord. After this,
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the Lord appointed 70 others also and sent them
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two by two before His face into every city and
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place where He Himself was about to go. Praise
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the Lord. So if we follow that Luke chapter 10,
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Luke chapter 9, which the Lord selected or sent
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the 12th. We will see the reference in Matthew
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chapter 10 verse 5 to 8. Matthew chapter 10 verse
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5 to 8. This 12th, Jesus sent out and commanded
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them, saying, Do not go into the way of the Gentiles,
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and do not enter the city. of the Samaritans.
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Praise the Lord. They said, but rather go to
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the lost house, go to the lost sheep of the house
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of Israel. And as you go, preach saying, the
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kingdom of heaven is at hand. They say, heal
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the sheep, cleanse the leopards, raise the dead,
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cast out demons. Freely you have received, freely
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give. Praise the Lord. So we see here that he
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says to them, do not go to the Gentiles. praise
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the lord but then it's not the same instruction
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he gave to the 70 praise the lord look chapter
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10 always one and two look chapter 10 he says
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after these things the lord appointed 70 others
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others also and send them two by two before his
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face and he says into every city praise the lord
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there is no go to the jews alone go everywhere
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right and place where he himself was about to
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go. Verse two. Then he said to them, the harvest
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is truly great, but the laborers are few. Therefore
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pray the Lord, pray the Lord of harvest to send
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out laborers into his harvest. Praise the Lord.
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We see that he's sending or he says to them that
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the harvest is indeed plenteous. Praise the Lord.
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Verse five now. He said, whatever house you enter,
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first say peace to this house. So he's telling
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them go everywhere, whatever house, right? Anywhere
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you go to. We see the same thing in verse eight
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and verse 10. He said, whatever city you enter
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and they receive you, each such as they said
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before you. So whatever city you enter, verse
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10 now. He said, but whatever city you enter,
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and they do not receive you, go into the street
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and say, praise the Lord. So we see here again
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that whatever city, which means that the message
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was for the entire earth. It was for every man.
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It was for everybody. So the idea that Jesus
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said to them, go into all the world, right, was
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not invented by him. Praise the Lord. So when
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he says, go into all the world, it was not Jesus
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that started saying that from Matthew. It has
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been there in Genesis. Praise the Lord! So he's
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already telling them to do the things that we
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are reading. Praise the Lord! He was telling
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them to go to do the things that we are reading.
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It was not new. It was not the first time. It
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being in the four gospels, it's not the first
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time. Praise the Lord. So this is the great commission
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which has been seen in Genesis and in Exodus
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and in all the prophets. Praise the Lord. So
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God did not just change his mind. Praise the
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Lord. He did not have a change of heart in the
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four Bospels and he started telling them, go
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into all the world. It has always been there.
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Praise the Lord. It has always been there. Matthew
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chapter 28. Verse 19, all nations, the message
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of Jerusalem. The message of Jerusalem, the message
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of peace. I remember we said that the King of
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Jerusalem is Melchizedek who is not a Jew. There
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is a lot. Matthew chapter 4 from verse 12 to
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17. Matthew chapter 12. Matthew chapter 4 from
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verse 12 to 17. Matthew chapter 4 from verse
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12 to 17. Now when Jesus heard about John, that
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John has been put in prison, he departed to Galilee.
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Living in Nazareth, he came and dwells in Capaniel,
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which was by the sea in the region of Zebulun
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and Natsali, that it may be fulfilled, which
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was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying, the
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land of Zebulun, the land of Natsali, by the
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way of the sea beyond Jordan, Galilee of Gentiles.
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Praise the Lord. Galilee of Gentiles, 17. From
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that time, Jesus, Begin to preach. Repent for
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the kingdom is at hand. Praise the Lord. Why
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did we go to Galilee of the Gentiles verse 16?
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Why did it start from there? Why did it start
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preaching from there? Praise the Lord. So, why
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they said Galilee of the Gentiles, now what Gentiles
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is what? Galilee of the nations. Praise the Lord.
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Galilee of the nations. Galilee of the nations.
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So Jesus started preaching from where? Galilee
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of the nations. It is a place where the foreigners
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and mixed people are. Praise the Lord. He didn't
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start from a town where it is all Jews. Right?
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He started from a place where it is foreigners.
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It is people that mixed Jews. People that you
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regard as maybe not original or maybe they are
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too mixed. They married from a different place.
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It is a place where different people come. Right?
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It's a mixed environment. Like some people will
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say that London is a city of something. You know,
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mixed people. People from everywhere are there.
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Praise the Lord! It's the same thing as what
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Galilee of the Genchai. Praise the Lord! So,
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Jesus began to preach from the nations. Praise
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the Lord! He went to where... that he may be
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fulfilled, remember what he said earlier, that
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he may be fulfilled that which was written in
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Isaiah. Like I said, God's intention or God's
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message has always been for the entire nation.
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So we know the song, I love the man of Galilee.
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Praise the Lord! Jesus is from Galilee. Right?
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So when you say that, you are saying that...
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Jesus is the saviour of the world, Galilee of
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the Gentiles, Galilee of the nations. So this
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text is also referenced in Isaiah, Isaiah chapter
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9 verse 1 and 2. Isaiah chapter 1, Isaiah chapter
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9 verse 1 and 2. Nevertheless, the gloom will
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not be poured upon her who is just as when the
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first He likely esteemed the land of Zebuli,
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the land of Netzali, and afterward more heavily
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oppressed by her, by the way of the sea beyond
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Jordan, and the Galilee of the Gentiles. Praise
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the Lord. Verse two. The people who walk in darkness
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have seen a great light. Those who dwell in the
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land of shadow of death, upon them a light has
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shone. Praise the Lord. So we see that that's
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where this Matthew was gotten from. It is a message
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for the entire world. Praise the Lord. He started
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to preach from the darkest of places. Praise
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the Lord. To show that the message is for everybody.
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Isaiah chapter 42 from verse 6 to 9. I the Lord
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has called you righteous. and I will hold your
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hands, I will keep you and give you as a covenant
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to the people as light to the Gentile. Praise
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the Lord. Verse seven now. To open blind eyes,
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to bring out prisoners, to bring out the prisoners
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from prison, those who sit in darkness for the
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prison house. Verse eight. I am the Lord, that
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is my name and my glory I will not give to another
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nor my praise to carved images. Behold the former
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things has come to pass, a new thing I declare.
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Behold, sorry before the spring forth I will
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tell them, I will tell you of them. Praise the
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Lord. When he says new things he's talking about
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new creation. Praise the Lord. It is speaking
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of new creation. So we see that this message
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is not new. It's a go and make disciples of all
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nations. Jesus is saying, right, or he's telling
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them that he's just reminding them of the call
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that God has put upon them. There's a lot. Jesus
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gave the great commission from the same Galilee
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of the Gentiles. Matthew chapter 28 verse 7.
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So we also see that when Jesus is telling them,
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Go and make disciples, He also went to the same
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place which He started from. Praise the Lord!
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Matthew 27 ,38 -7. Go quickly and tell His disciples
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that He has risen from the dead, and indeed He
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is going before you into Galilee. There you will
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see Him. Behold, I have told you. Verse 10. Then
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Jesus said to them, Do not be afraid. Go and
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tell my brethren to go to Galilee. There they
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will see me. Verse 16. Then the twelve disciples
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went into Galilee to the mountain which Jesus
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had appointed for them. Praise the Lord! So before
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he gave them the great commission, he also went
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there to the Galilee of Gentiles. of the nations
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praise the lord to tell them how important this
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message is not just for the jews right it's for
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the whole earth praise the lord so this geography
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or these things we have looked at is instrumental
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to the message right it means that the message
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is for the whole world right it's saying that
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think about the nation So when he says, when
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they were there and he's telling them, go into
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the world, he's saying, think about everybody.
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Praise the Lord! So he's saying to them that
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the gospel does not understand ethnicity. Praise
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the Lord! It does not understand that you're
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from Rwanda. It does not understand that you're
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from Nigeria. It does not understand, it does
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not discriminate. Praise the Lord! So, and we
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must not in any way transmit human culture to
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it. Praise the Lord. It does not discriminate.
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It's for the whole world. Which means that the
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gospel is culture blind. It does not discriminate
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cultures. Praise the Lord. Make disciples of
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all nations. The gospel is not English. It is
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not Swahili, right? The gospel is not your ethnicity.
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It's not Nigerian. Praise the Lord. The gospel
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is for the entire world. So the church ought
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to be a point for all nations. Praise the Lord.
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The church ought to be a point for all nations.
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So you and I have believers who do not, or brethren
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who do not speak the same language as we presently
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speak, or as you speak. Praise the Lord! But
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we have a natural language in the Spirit. Hallelujah!
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We have a natural language in the Spirit. So
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we must get used to it. So you don't come to
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church and you say, Oh, these people... Some
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of them are Nigerians. I don't really like to
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flow with Nigerians. Some of them are from Zimbabwe.
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I don't really know. Praise the Lord! It is for
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all nations. The gathering is a gathering of
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nations. We gather as a gathering of people from
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different places. The message we preach is for
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everybody. Praise the Lord! So, just two more
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minutes and I'm out. So wearing a suit is not
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in Christ. Okay? This thing I wore now is not
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in Christ. Right? Wearing a suit is not in Christ.
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It transcends that. You don't bring your cultures
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or the things that you believe in. Praise the
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Lord. Or wearing garments. Most of you wear white
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garments. Right? It's not in Christ. And then
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in closing, Matthew 28 verse 20 says what? Teaching
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them to observe all the things that have commanded
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you and law am with you. Teaching them the edashko.
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So when you preach, right? What we do when we
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preach is that we are forming new patterns in
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people's life. When you sit down and you hear
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the word of God, you are forming new patterns.
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That's why we encourage you to come to church.
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Praise the Lord, right? You are forming new patterns.
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The more you hear the Word of God, the more you
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begin to see changes. You begin to see people
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differently. Praise the Lord. The more you begin
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to talk differently, the more you begin to act
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differently. The gospel is for the whole world
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and it can influence the whole world. And it
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will influence the whole world. Praise the Lord.
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carry this word with you throughout your week.
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