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The Ministry of Laying of Hands | The Believer's conference 2025 day 2 · Near East Christian Fellowship Sermons

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  Welcome to NECF. We're thrilled you're here.
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  Make sure to stay with us till the end, where
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  we will share some great resources to deepen
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  your faith. Now, let's dive into this week's
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  sermon. Amen. Therefore, living the discussion
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  of the elementary principles of Christ, Let us
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  go on to perfection. Not laying again the foundation
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  of repentance from dead works and of faith toward
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  God. Verse 2. And of the doctrine of baptisms
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  and of the laying of hands. Verse 18. And he
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  said, give me New King James. And he said, please,
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  show me your glory. Show me your glory. Show
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  me your glory. What is the glory of God? laying
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  of what? Hence. I remember Pastor Fred taught
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  us some times ago on the doctrine of sin. There's
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  something so much that Moses desire. He desire
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  to see the glory of God. What is this glory of
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  God? What is this glory of God? Now, The word
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  glory in Hebrew is the word kabod. K -A -B -O
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  -D Kabod. K -A -B -O -D And it's used in the
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  scriptures for a plethora of things, for many
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  things. D -I -D -A -C -H -E Can refer to wealth,
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  riches. That's the word doctrine. It also means
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  an office or status. Splendor. Wealth, riches.
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  It also means an office, status or splendor.
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  This was what Moses, he says, I want to see,
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  he says, show me your glory, show me your glory.
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  And we've said that this glory, you know, is
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  not... Moses has seen, has walked in power, he
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  has walked in the miraculous. So, when it comes
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  to, you know, the miraculous and power, he has
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  walked in it. And let's look at the response
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  of God in verse 19. Verse 19. He said, I will
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  make all my goodness pass before you and I'll
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  proclaim the name of the Lord before you. I'll
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  proclaim the name of the Lord before you. I will
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  be gracious to whom I will be gracious. And I
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  will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.
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  So we will see the word goodness. Goodness. Meaning
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  good things. Good things. God will make his good
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  things pass before Moses. This means that Moses
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  will see ahead of time. You know, proclaiming
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  the name of the Lord has to do with the works
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  of God, has to do with what God will do. The
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  name of the Lord refers to what God, you know,
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  what God will do. His goodness has to do with,
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  you know, what God will do. The good things that
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  come from God. These good things include his
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  graciousness, his mercy, his compassion, his
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  graciousness and compassion. That is God's saving
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  grace. God will make Moses to see ahead of time.
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  In verse 20, God said, you cannot see my face.
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  You cannot see what? You cannot see my face.
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  For no man shall see my face and live. And oftentimes,
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  this verse is translated that if you see God,
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  you will die. If you see God face to face, what
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  will happen to you? You die because nobody, this
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  verse is saying that nobody can see God and live.
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  And why were they astonished? They say, for he
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  taught them as one having what? Authority and
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  not as a what? You cannot see my face. God said
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  you cannot see my face. Between what he taught
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  and what... John wrote this in John chapter 1
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  verse 18. Let's look at John chapter 1 verse
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  18. About seeing the face of God. You cannot
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  see my face. John chapter 1 verse 18. It says
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  no one has seen God at any time. That means nobody
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  has seen God physically at any time. Amen. Nobody
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  has seen the face of God physically at any time.
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  Then, No one has seen the face of God physically
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  at any time. But who? The only begotten son whom
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  is in the bosom of the father. He has declared
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  him. So has anyone seen God physically at this
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  moment? No. Physically no one has seen God. But
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  how only did the begotten son have seen him?
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  This means that the only agency by which we can
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  see God is in Christ. Hallelujah. The only means
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  by which we can see God is in Christ. So the
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  word my face or the word face is a Hebrew word
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  panim. P -A -N -I -M. P -A -N -I -M. Which is
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  used for physical appearance. is used for physical
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  appearance. So what Moses was asking for is that
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  he wants to see God in the flesh. But Jesus was
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  communicating something. What Moses is asking
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  of God in verse 18 is that he wants to see God
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  in the physical form as a man. He's aware by
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  his dealings with God that God will become a
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  man. Right from the writings we see even in Genesis
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  chapter 1. Verse 1, you see, an idea that Moses
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  already has about what God wants to do. That
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  is, God will manifest himself in man. So this
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  is what Moses was yearning to see. He wants to
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  see God physically. He has seen God in visions.
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  He has had encounters of visions. He has had
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  God speak to him in different ways. But now he
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  wants to see God how? He wants to see God physically.
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  Now from the phrase no man shall see me and live
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  does not mean that when you see God you will
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  die. That's not what it means. As I said, this
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  has been wrongly interpreted oftentimes. The
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  word, or the phrase, and leave are translated
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  from the Hebrew word, let me spell it, H -A rather,
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  H -A -Y -A. H -A -Y -A. It means kept alive.
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  It means to be kept alive. It means to be kept
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  alive. The phrase, and live. Beware. Means to
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  be kept alive. Look at 22 again. Let me read
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  22. That same is in 22. Same is used in Genesis
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  chapter 3, verse 22. Matthew 22, verse 33. Genesis
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  chapter 3, verse 22. Matthew 22, 33. And when
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  the multitude heard this, they were astonished
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  at his teaching. To no good and evil. But remember,
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  this is the same text that the Pharisees were
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  using. And now unless he put out his hand and
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  take also of the fruit, the tree of life and
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  eat and live forever. That's the way it is. And
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  live forever. To be kept alive. And live forever.
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  Also in Exodus chapter 1 verse 16. Exodus chapter
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  1 verse 16. The same word is used in 2 Timothy.
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  Go to 2 Timothy 4. 2 Timothy 4 verse 2. When
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  you do the duties. Please, let the verses be
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  there. So that we will see it also in the way
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  it was rendered. Don't forget, he's talking about
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  a mode of teaching, different. And he said, when
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  you do the duties of a midwife for the Hebrew
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  woman and see them on a birthstool, if it is
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  a son, then you shall kill him. But if it is
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  a daughter, then she shall live. to be kept alive.
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  That's where that word is also used in the scriptures.
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  So, the way it is translated, it shouldn't be
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  no man shall see my face and what? And leave.
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  But it should be rather no man shall see my face
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  and not be kept alive. Do you understand what
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  I did here? No man shall what? The word there
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  is kept alive, to be kept alive. To be kept alive.
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  No man shall see my face and not be kept alive.
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  Because when you see God, what happens to you?
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  You have life. Hallelujah. When you see God,
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  we see Moses teaching that in Numbers 21 verse
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  9. We saw it earlier in Numbers 21 verse 9. You
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  also see Moses using this concept. So Moses made
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  a bronze serpent and put it on a pole. So it
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  was, if a serpent had bitten anyone, When he
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  what? When he look. Alright? This is Moses' teaching.
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  When he look at the bronze serpent, he will do
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  what? He will live to be kept alive. At what?
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  At looking at the serpent, he will be kept alive.
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  That is what Jesus made reference to in John
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  chapter 3 verse 14 to 15. Making reference to
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  the idea of looking and being kept alive. John
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  chapter 3 verse 14 and 15. And Moses, as Moses
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  lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even
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  so, Moses, son of man, be lifted up and whoever
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  believes in him shall not perish but have everlasting
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  life. So looking simply means believing and being
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  kept alive. And you live. Hallelujah. You look
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  and you live. So Moses wanted to see the glory
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  of God. That is God manifested in the flesh.
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  He wanted to see the fulfillment of God's promise.
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  God becoming a man. Let God see it not yet. Amen?
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  Because it is not yet time. It is not yet time.
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  This is what the scripture says about the prophets.
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  The prophets of old, they long to see this day.
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  They long to see this particular event. Luke
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  chapter 10, verse 23. Luke chapter 10, verse
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  23. The prophets that wrote in the old times.
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  They long to see this particular event. That
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  was what Moses was longing to see. Then he turned
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  to his disciples and said privately, blessed
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  are the eyes which see things you see. For I
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  tell you that many prophets which prophets the
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  prophets are. I know. That's why when you go
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  down, he said that for time was three of chapter
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  four. He said for time will come when they will
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  not endure sound word. Oh, are we together? Yes,
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  they will not endure sound doctrine. What did
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  they see? They see the Messiah physically. They
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  see God in his physical appearance. All the while,
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  they long to see God. They long to see him manifested
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  in the flesh because they have prophesied. By
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  revelation, God has helped them to know that
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  God will become man. Isaiah will speak about
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  the humanity of God becoming a man. Daniel will
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  speak about it. We saw yesterday. God will become
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  man. They long to see and have not seen it. And
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  to hear what you hear and not heard it. That's
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  why Paul instructed Timothy to know that a bishop
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  must never be a novice of this salvation. The
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  prophets have inquired and searched carefully
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  who prophesied of the grace that will come to
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  you. He said, shake your leg, my brother. Hallelujah.
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  Searching for what manner of time they were looking
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  for, what time is it that this will happen? The
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  salvation is about God becoming a man. The manifestation
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  of God in the flesh for the salvation of mankind.
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  Searching for what manner of time the Spirit
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  of Christ who was in them was indicated. We've
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  explained this. We said the Spirit of Christ
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  was on them, right? Because at this moment, You
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  speak as if the spirit of Christ cannot live
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  in them. Because Jesus has not yet been glorified.
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  So the spirit of Christ who was on them was indicating
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  when he testified beforehand the suffering of
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  Christ. He testified to the prophets concerning
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  the sufferings of the Christ and the glories
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  that will follow. To them it was revealed not
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  to themselves but to us. They were ministering
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  the things which now have been reported to you
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  through those who have preached the gospel to
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  you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven. Things
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  which angels desire to look into. Angels desire
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  to look into. From this day that he encouraged
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  them, he says, therefore, ride up. The lines
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  of your mind be sober and rest your hope fully
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  upon the grace that is to be brought to you by
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  the revelation of Jesus Christ. Hebrews 11 verse
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  13. This is what Moses longed to see. God manifested.
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  He longed to see God in the flesh. Hebrew origin
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  or the Jewish origin. These all died in faith.
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  But bishop is of the Greek origin. Are we together?
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  They mean the same thing. Talks about the issue.
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  Bishop. They all died in faith. An overseer.
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  Not having received the promises. Episcopal.
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  You understand? So you say a bishop must be blameless.
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  It was a promise that the Messiah would come.
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  Come on, talk to me. It was a promise that God
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  would become a man. A steward of what? Of God.
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  Moses was able to see from afar. God was able
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  to reveal to Moses by revelation. Not giving
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  to what? To see afar. We just finished talking
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  about wine. I haven't seen them afar of where
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  I showed of them. Amen. Abraham saw from afar.
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  Not violent. Isaac saw from afar. That's why
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  we frowned at some of our brethren we heard that
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  they fought. By revelation what God? We do. Similar
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  with Joseph. That's the point. And Passover was
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  saying, I think yesterday, right? He said that
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  when you are already in the trance, that you
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  are already a deacon. That is a pastor in training
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  or a bishop in training. That means there's some
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  kind of discipline. Are we together? He said
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  he must not be violent. He must not be greedy
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  for money. He must not be greedy for money. They
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  will have hard opportunity to return. But now
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  they desire something better. That is a heavenly
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  country. So what they saw was the resurrection
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  reality. The kingdom of God. The real promised
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  land. He says something better. They desire a
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  better. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called
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  their God. For he has prepared a city for them.
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  A city. is lazy. Those who don't want to do work,
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  everybody cares. He that refused to walk should
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  not eat. We see John testifying also of seeing
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  the glory of God. So that you mark the person
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  who is a lazy person. Once you have seen he is
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  coming to your house frequently. Just take note.
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  It says in the beginning was the word. And the
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  word was with God and the word was God. Verse
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  2. He was in the beginning with God. I'll jump
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  to verse 14. He was in the beginning with God.
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  Verse 14. Oh, talk to me. Does it look familiar?
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  As he has been taught. To see the glory. The
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  glory of God. That means there is a mode of instruction.
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  That was in the beginning. Became flesh. And
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  dwell amongst us. That gives life. The glory
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  as of the only begotten of the father. Full of
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  grace and truth. Full of grace and truth. Moses.
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  desire to see this reality. He was hungry to
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  see this fact, to see this reality. 2 John. 2
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  John. Look at verse 9. So, it started from verse
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  7. Back to Exodus. Verse 7. For many deceivers
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  have gone out into the world. Exodus 33. Who
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  do not confess? Now, look at the mode of the
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  teaching. The daidahe. There are the people,
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  look at, the mode is about Christ. In verse 18.
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  But these people deny it. He said, who do not
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  confess Jesus as coming in the flesh? And this
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  is God's response. I will make my goodness to
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  pass before you and I will proclaim the name
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  of the Lord before you. I will be gracious to
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  whom I will be gracious and I will have compassion
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  on whom I will have compassion on whom I will
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  have compassion. But he said, you cannot see
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  my face for no man shall see my face and not
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  live. Could be a further explanation. And the
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  Lord said, here is a place by me. And you shall
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  stand on the rock. Here is a place by me. And
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  you shall stand on the rock. Verse 21. God says,
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  here is a place by me. By me. This is a place
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  by me. So the word place there is a Hebrew word.
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  Makom. M -A -K -O -M. A place. Makom. Which means
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  where to abide. It means an abode. An abode.
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  He in me is a place to abide. And it is the same
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  word as mone in Greek. A dwelling. John chapter
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  14, verse 1 to 2. Let's see where John chapter
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  14, verse 1 and 2. It is still used in John chapter
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  14, verse 1 to 2, but in the Greek. It says,
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  let not your heart be troubled. You believe in
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  God, believe also in me. In my Father's house
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  are many mansions, dwellings, Does not have who?
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  So that means transgression means not to abide
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  in the doctrine of Christ. What is it already
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  we have seen in 7? He said those who deny that
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  Jesus has come in the flesh. Those who do what?
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  Deny that Jesus has done what? Has come in the
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  flesh. So God for us says you shall stand on
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  the rock. You shall stand on the rock. You shall
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  stand on the rock. Please, I'm taking this gently
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  and slowly so that we will comprehend. Look at
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  verse 21. And the Lord said, here is a place
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  by me. We know what that place is, right? And
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  you shall stand on the rock. Because in their
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  discussion, in their communication, they are
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  looking at someone. Does this sound familiar?
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  To be founded upon. Even though they were expecting
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  a Messiah, but in their mind, there is a kind
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  of Messiah they have already coined. It is the
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  same thing as I will build upon. So even when
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  the Messiah has arrived, they didn't understand
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  or they didn't know. In Matthew 16 verse 18.
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  Let's look at Matthew 16 verse 18. They would
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  not have crucified the world. And on this rock
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  I will build my church. I will build my church.
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  On this rock I will build my church. Similar
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  idea. Which means to be found upon. It is the
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  same. I will build my church. This. Or built
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  upon, rather. These words were spoken ahead by
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  Moses. When we see Jesus speaking, as we always
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  will say, the words that Jesus was speaking were
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  the words that were already in Scripture. And
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  the prophets and men that have lived before have
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  prophesied those words. They've said the things
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  that Jesus will say. They've prophesied the things
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  that Jesus will do. They speak in promises what
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  Jesus will accomplish. So, what are we trying
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  to say? That means as we begin to explore the
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  doctrine of laying over hands, the foundation.
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  Are we together? The basis is who will talk to
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  me is who is Jesus Christ. That's what makes
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  it that we are discussing. Cover you with my
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  hand while I pass by. Speaking of God's hand
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  in salvation, the hand referring to God's hand
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  in salvation, this describes God's salvation
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  plan. It's a description of God's salvation plan.
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  So any deviation as we discuss the rock, the
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  ministry of the laying of hands, our basis. He
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  called the rock salvation. Deuteronomy chapter
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  32. Deuteronomy chapter 32. Verse 3 and verse
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  4. For I proclaim the name of the Lord. Ascribe
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  greatness to our God. He is what? He is what?
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  He is the rock. Who is the rock? Look at Mark.
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  Who is the rock? Mark 16. Let's go back. For
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  I proclaim the name of the Lord. What is the
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  name of the Lord? The works of God, right? Ascribe
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  greatness to our God. Continue. Verse 4. He is
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  the rock. God is the rock. He is the rock. His
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  work is perfect. For all his ways are justice.
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  A God of truth and without injustice. Righteous
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  and upright is he. Look at verse 15 of that same
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  Deuteronomy. Jump to verse 15. Are we together?
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  Hallelujah. I just feel like to pray again for
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  you. Because when I said the 11. But Jeshurun,
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  do you fart and kick? You grew fat. You grew
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  thick. You are obese. Then he forsook God who
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  made him. And scornfully esteemed who? Scornfully
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  esteemed what? The rock of his salvation. Scornfully
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  esteemed the rock of his salvation. He called
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  the rock salvation. Right? He called the rock
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  salvation. The rock of his salvation. The rock
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  of his salvation. So in Matthew 16 verse 18,
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  Jesus said, upon this rock, I will build my church.
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  Meaning that upon salvation, meaning that at
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  the resurrection, what will happen? He will establish
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  his church. Upon salvation, he will establish
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  his church. Salvation is in a person. Salvation
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  is a person. Salvation is in Christ. Upon salvation,
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  he will establish what? He will establish his
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  church. Acts chapter 1 verse 16. He will establish
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  his church. He said, men and brethren, this scripture
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  had to be fulfilled. Do we have clarity? What
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  Moses was seeing, what Moses was speaking. So
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  which church is Jesus talking about? Which church
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  is Moses talking about? Where are we going to
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  see the church? From Moses' writing, right? Which
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  church is it? that Jesus is talking about. Again,
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  from Moses' vocabulary, the church is the word
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  Kahal. That's why he uttered Judah's name at
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  this point. Which means the assembly of Israel.
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  The assembly of Israel in the writings of Moses.
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  The assembly of Israel after the Exodus. We said
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  this one week or two weeks ago about the will
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  of God, right? And we said that the will of God
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  is for an assembly. The deliverance of the people
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  of Israel to establish an assembly. An assembly
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  of the men of Israel. And that assembly is where
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  we got the word church from. The word church.
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  The assembly of God's people. And what was the
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  purpose? The goal we make known is knowledge
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  upon the face of the earth. He made them his
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  assembly and then the desire of God is that this
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  assembly will be a kingdom of what? Of priests.
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  Prophets. Kingdom of priests and prophets. We
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  raise the king to what? To kill. Assembly of
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  God. The church. The church is actually the kingdom
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  of God. The church is what? The church is the
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  kingdom of God. So we are in the kingdom of God.
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  God is our king here. Hallelujah. So the church
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  or the kingdom of God or the family of God, the
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  people of God are a product of what? Of the resurrection
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  of Jesus Christ. Verse 17. Look at verse 17.
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  For he was numbered with us upon this rock upon
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  the salvation of men upon the resurrection of
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  Jesus Christ the church is established the family
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  of God is established the people of God with
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  the wages of iniquity are formed from the resurrection
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  of Jesus Christ and all the entrails of the intestine
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  gushed out That is where we got our identity.
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  And it became known to all those dwelling in
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  Jerusalem. So if Jesus mentioned church, there
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  is no church without the Exodus. There is no
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  assembly without the Exodus. The Exodus simply
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  means salvation. Exodus means deliverance. Let
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  his dwelling place be desolate. And let no one
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  live in it. And let another take his word. For
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  there to be a people of God. For there to be
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  a people that God will name as his possession.
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  There must be a redemption. That was what God
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  told Moses. To go to Egypt and do what? And deliver.
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  And not that man take. Egypt therefore becomes
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  a type of what? Of bondage in scriptures. Egypt
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  refers to captivity. Egypt refers to sin. Pharaoh
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  will be seen as Satan. It's a picture. Who hold
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  and keep the people of God in captivity. And
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  we see deliverance from Moses. The type of Jesus.
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  Deliverance from Moses. Salvation. So that the
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  kingdom of God will be established. So that God
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  will have a special people. A priest. A people
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  that are his own possession. A people that will
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  declare the works of God. Upon this rock, upon
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  salvation, upon this rock, I will build, I will
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  establish those that come out of the world. Those
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  that will come out of sin. Those that will come
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  out of the bondage of Satan. Those that will
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  be delivered from the culture. You know, Egypt
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  has a culture, right? Egypt has a civilization.
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  Egypt has a way of life that is not the will
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  of God. So God's deliverance, because the people
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  of God were kept under subjugation, they were
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  kept under what? Activity. They were slaves.
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  They have no right of themselves. They have no
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  freedom. In that parable, he gave. Yes, you are
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  born again. So God is delivering them so that
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  they will worship him in truth. So that they
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  will worship him. So that they will have fellowship
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  with God. So that God can inhabit his people.
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  That is what we see in the wilderness. But the
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  grace of God that is upon me. The grace of God
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  upon your life will have no effect. And that's
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  why we're here spending time. There must be...
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  It was a teaching. It was happening practically,
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  but it's also a teaching. Hallelujah. It's a
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  teaching of our reality today. It's a teaching
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  concerning what God will do in us. Egypt, Pharaoh,
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  is a typology for sin. Satan and the world. And
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  we see our deliverance, our exodus from sin.
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  Our exodus from sin. From Satan. From the world.
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  Now we have come out of the world. Amen. We that
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  are born again. We that are believers. Who have
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  received the message of deliverance. Who have
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  put our trust in Jesus Christ. Have been translated
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  from the kingdom of darkness. Which is Egypt.
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  And then into the kingdom of God's marvelous
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  light. Where we enjoy fellowship with God. And
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  with fellow believers. We share in unity. We
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  saw Agapus. Agapus said, hey, I saw something
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  ahead. And they were able to do something. We
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  share in what? That is my portion. That is your
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  portion. We share in oneness with God. My space
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  will not be empty. If there's anything you should
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  pray about, it's that, Lord, my space will not
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  be empty. And you see, Moses will tell them,
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  my life will be marked with fruitfulness. That
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  whenever they celebrate the Passover, my life
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  will be marked with fruitfulness. They should
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  do it in. Through the last. Through the last.
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  And we've explained what the bread is. What is
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  the bread? The spirit of God. Meaning that we
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  will share in the fellowship of the spirit together.
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  Hallelujah. Meaning that we will be in unity
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  in Christ. It's a family matter. It's a family
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  matter. We have come out of the world. We are
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  the church of God. We are the church of God.
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  We are the church of God. And you will say the
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  gates of hell shall not prevail against it. Hades
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  shall not prevail against it. So we are the church.
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  The gate of hell shall not prevail against means
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  that the church has overcome death. We've prevailed
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  against death in Christ. We've died with him
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  in baptism. Paul will explain that Exodus, baptism
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  by the Red Sea. Amen. Or in Hebrew. Are we together?
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  And we are alive in Christ Jesus. For example,
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  love. Love. We have come out of the world. We
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  are the church of God. Love. Which one? Love.
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  You see that? You see, by the time you go to
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  Greek, there are different kinds of love have
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  their different kind of what? Name. Agape. Eros.
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  Are we together? Philia. Are we together? Moses
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  saw ahead of time. But when you are translating,
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  He saw ahead. God was willing to show him. But
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  he didn't enter. He didn't partake in it. He
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  didn't see God physically. But in Christ, we
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  see God manifested. Hallelujah. We see God manifested.
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  We see God revealed. We see God becoming a man,
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  being revealed to us. Jesus is what? Jesus is
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  the glory of God. Jesus is the glory of God.
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  God being manifested in the flesh. And where
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  does he live? He lives in the believer. The glory
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  of God is seen in Christ and Christ lives in
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  you and I in the form of the Holy Spirit. The
• 39:29
  apostles and Jesus never spoke anything new.
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  They only came to interpret the text of the prophets.
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  Which means that if you see them saying anything
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  or doing anything, you should know the background
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  where they are coming from. Are we together?
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  I even said, for example, I know Pastor Chidi.
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  Normally teach chemistry, you understand? If
• 39:51
  I see his note or his slide, would I think that
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  he sat down and invented every name? When you
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  say carbon, you see the one that is named carbon?
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  So that means he went somewhere, there are textbooks
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  and material, he went to get what he was teaching.
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  Are we together? So that means if I want to know
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  more in an elaborate way what he said, what would
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  I do? Can you help me with those references?
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  The rock here will be the rock that Moses spoke
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  about. The church here will be the church that
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  Moses explained. And we'll see the reality today
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  that we are the church. Hallelujah. Now Colossians,
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  Colossians chapter 9, chapter 1 verse 9. But
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  I know that many of our pastors, they go to...
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  Paul would say, for this reason, for this reason,
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  since the day we heard of it, we do not cease
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  to pray for you and to ask that you may be filled
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  with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom
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  and spiritual understanding. That you walk worthy
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  of the Lord. Fully pleasing him. Being fruitful
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  in every good work. In every good work. That
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  is the desire of God that we become fruitful
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  in every good work. Increasing in the knowledge
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  of God. Strengthened with all might. According
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  to his glorious power, for all patience and longsuffering
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  with joy, giving thanks to the Father who has
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  qualified us. He has qualified you. He has qualified
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  us to be partakers of the inheritance in the
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  light. We are no longer in darkness. We are no
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  longer in Egypt. We've been qualified and we
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  are in the light. Hallelujah. He has delivered
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  us from the power of darkness. How did he deliver
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  us? Through the Exodus. Through what Jesus has
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  done. He has delivered us from the power of darkness.
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  And he has conveyed us into the kingdom of the
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  son of his love. He has brought us into the kingdom.
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  Whose kingdom is it? The kingdom of the son.
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  Of his love. In whom we have redemption. Through
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  his spirit. The forgiveness of sins. Amen. Through
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  his spirit. The forgiveness of sins. The blood
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  is what? The blood is spirit. Do you agree with
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  me? Have we explained this before? The blood
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  is what? His spirit. Through his blood, through
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  his spirit, the forgiveness of sins. He is the
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  glory of God. You understand what I just did
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  here? He is what? The image of the invisible
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  God. He is the expression of God in human form.
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  Amen? And he said to them, go into all the world
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  and preach the gospel to every creature. To every
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  creature. Verse 16. He who believes and is baptized
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  will be saved. But he who does not believe will
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  be condemned. And remember I have already shared
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  to you what we call by him. All things were created
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  that are in heaven and are on earth. Visible
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  and invisible. Whether thrones or dominions or
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  principalities or powers. All things were created
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  through him for him. And he is before all things
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  and in him all things consist. Verse 18. Look
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  at verse 18. Because John said that except a
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  man is born of the water and of the spirit, he
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  cannot be born again. So how dare you remove
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  water? He is our God. He is our Father. He is
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  the head of the church, of the body. What is
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  the body? The body is a church. Who is the beginning?
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  The firstborn. From the dead. And in all things
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  he may have preeminence. He may have dominion
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  over. For it pleases the Father that in him all
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  the fullness should dwell. It is God's plan that
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  all the fullness of the Godhead be seen in Christ.
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  And by him, reconcile all things to himself.
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  Through Christ, reconciliation is made to God.
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  And by him, to reconcile all things to himself.
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  By him, whether things on earth or things in
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  heaven, have made peace through the blood of
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  his cross. These things on heaven and things
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  on earth, are they talking about people here?
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  1 Corinthians was telling us that we are all
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  being baptized into one. Are we together? Is
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  that what I do? No. So baptized meant to be,
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  to amass. And you who were once, who were put
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  into something. So when you come into Christ,
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  you are actually amassed into him. Are we together?
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  So when you believe, what happens, what we call
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  that is immersion. Where? In the mind. Amen?
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  Remember? The mind, the wise and the prudent
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  of this world, where did they reject God? In
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  their mind, in their thinking, in their thoughts,
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  right? That's what it means. Here. We are ones
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  like them. But if you do not believe, because
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  if that baptize is different, if you do not believe
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  and baptize, you will be condemned. Believe in
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  Jesus. But no. What is the works of Satan? Do
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  not believe. Are we together? And these signs
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  will follow those who believe. By wicked works.
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  Wicked works is unbelief. In my name. Because
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  everything that you see that is wickedness is
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  a product of unbelief. They will cast out demons.
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  If you have been in this church, we have dealt
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  with these things again and again. Wicked works.
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  Yet. Now he has what? He has reconciled us. He
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  has brought us into a fellowship. So we are in
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  that rock. Are we in that rock? Are we in that
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  kingdom? Are we in salvation? Yes. He has reconciled
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  us in the body. Of his flesh. In the body of
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  his flesh. What is flesh? In Christ's reality.
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  In the spirit. Right? Through what? Through death.
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  To present us. Holy and blameless. Above reproach.
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  In his sight. So before God we are what? We are
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  holy. We are set apart. Set apart is for what?
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  It's for a purpose. To be set apart is for a
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  function. So we are set apart for God for a function.
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  We are blameless. Okay. That is our truth about
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  us. We are blameless. Right? Those who believe
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  in the name of the Son of God, that you will
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  know you have what? Eternal life. Above reproach
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  in His sight. There's no condemnation for us.
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  So if you look at that, John himself, aside his
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  epistle, he wrote again in John 20, 30, 31, you
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  understand? He said that all these things were
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  written that you might be grounded and steadfast
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  and are not moved away from the hope of the gospel
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  through his name, which you heard, which was
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  preached to every creator under heaven. And what
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  is Christ's accomplishment? It's his resurrection.
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  What he has done, what he has accomplished for
• 48:50
  us. Are we together? So he accomplished it. So
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  that resurrection, that indwelling, and it is
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  in that you have what? You have life. Paul says
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  that if you believe in your heart and confess
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  with your mouth that what? That Jesus who is
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  what? The message that he has been raised from
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  what? From the what? The resurrection. So if
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  he says in my name, he is talking about you.
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  That you are in Christ means you are in the name.
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  Are we together? From God, which was given to
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  me for you to fulfill the word of God. He's not
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  saying you shout, in the name of Jesus. No, you
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  don't need that. You are in the name already.
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  You are in the name. You don't need to shout.
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  You just speak. Go. Simple. The idea of God becoming
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  man. So he's not saying you should shout. He's
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  not mentioning. In most of our teachings, which
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  we have done in the cell meetings, that's why
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  if you don't attend cell meetings, you are missing
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  a lot. We read from Philippians 2, he said, God
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  gave him a name. To them, God willed to make
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  known. Hallelujah. At the name of Jesus, every
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  knee must bow. Every tongue must confess that
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  Jesus Christ is Lord. Verse 27. To them, God
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  wills to make known what? What are the riches?
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  That the name of Jesus. It's not a dark. You
• 50:47
  remember we talk about good things. Did you hear
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  what I said? The name of Jesus is what? It's
• 50:52
  not a what? to pass. The good things, the riches,
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  has to do with everything that is in salvation.
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  The name of Jesus is his accomplishment. Moses
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  saw it. God showed him from afar, through that,
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  and here he says, so if you believe in the name,
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  means you believe in the resurrection. The mystery
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  that has been hidden from ages and from generations,
• 51:15
  but now has been revealed to the saints. To them
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  God willed to make known. What are the riches
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  of the glory, the riches of the glory of this
• 51:31
  mystery among the Gentiles? Cast out demons.
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  There was what? Speak with what? New tongues.
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  Stop and think. Today, God will make known what
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  are the riches of the glory. Jacob's serpent
• 51:53
  talks about dealing with demons. Dealing with
• 51:57
  darkness. Huh? Unbelievers. With darkness. So
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  God's desire is to make known what? The riches
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  of the glory of his mystery before the Gentiles.
• 52:12
  Recover. Lay hands on the sick and they will
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  recover. Which is what? Which is Christ in you.
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  The Bible calls laying of hands as a sign. A
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  supernatural sign. Now, that's the first thing
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  I want you to note. That laying of hands is not
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  a physical touch. Are we now in the glory of
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  God? Are we together? It's spiritual. It's supernatural.
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  That's why he said, He wants to show His splendor,
• 52:52
  His power, His authority, His riches through
• 52:56
  your life, through my life to this generation.
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  It's not any kind of hand. The Gentiles are the
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  unbelieving people of this generation. This foundation,
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  you have to get it from today because anything
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  we're going to do is only... It's a supernatural
• 53:14
  activity. The laying of hands is a supernatural
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  activity. To them, God will to make known. It's
• 53:24
  not just a physical touch. Him we what? How will
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  you know? Him we preach. By preaching. It's not.
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  By preaching. It's a way we exercise dominion.
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  And doing what? And teaching every man to the
• 53:42
  laying of hands. We subdue darkness. We subdue
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  sicknesses. Are we together? Now, this is all
• 53:51
  wisdom here. It's a sign of dominion. Listen,
• 53:54
  did you see all these signs? The signs here are
• 53:58
  already an indication of war. It's an indication
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  of dominion. Did you get what I'm trying to say?
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  Cast out demons is an what? Is an indication
• 54:11
  of what? Dominion. Established in Christ. Founded
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  on that rock. That is a perfection. They speak
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  with new tongues. Take up serpents. That is a
• 54:24
  perfection. Every man perfect in Christ. Every
• 54:27
  man established in Christ. The perfection in
• 54:30
  Christ is on that rock. And that is your position
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  in Christ. To this end, I want... We are seated
• 54:42
  with him. We are seated together. We are raised
• 54:48
  together. We are seated together. In the heavens.
• 54:53
  He's a place of dominion. Far above principalities
• 54:57
  and powers. That's a position of dominion. Come
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  to the knowledge. So laying on my hands is a
• 55:05
  supernatural act. That is how we extend dominion.
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  That is how we cause things to happen. Now, I
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  want that to be in you. I want that consciousness
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  to enter. So that when you are about to lay hands
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  on someone, that should come with that consciousness.
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  The glory of God. To display the works of God.
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  To display what God has done. To proclaim what
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  God has done. Did you understand what I'm saying?
• 55:37
  Hallelujah. That is the plan of God. That Jacob,
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  though a man blind, he lay his right hand on
• 55:47
  Ephraim. All of us who believe. He wants to display.
• 55:50
  He wants to make a display. And Joseph was angry.
• 55:54
  He was displeased. Why that? And that is true
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  preaching. Joseph knew what that means. It's
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  you don't know. Amen. Did you get what I'm trying
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  to say? Joseph went and exchanged the hand because
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  he knew Manasseh was older. I wish we would have
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  much time to have seen how to manifest the kingdom.
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  That is a firstborn supposed to carry. We would
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  have seen how he would manifest the kingdom.
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  Even though he has not learnt. Because it has
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  not always been like that. Because most of the
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  firstborn, they have missed it. He would manifest
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  by binding and closing. He probably wanted to
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  adjust it. Amen. Now, binding and losing is not...
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  Although the man is blind, but he knew where
• 56:28
  he was putting his hand. Are you together with
• 56:30
  me? Israel was blind. He's aged already, but
• 56:35
  he knew where he was putting his hand. When Joseph
• 56:38
  shifted the hand back, he returned it back. Because
• 56:41
  he has given us access to that kingdom. He has
• 56:43
  given us the keys. He has given us authority.
• 56:46
  He has given us access into the kingdom. You,
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  Ephraim, I have set you ahead of... I don't know
• 56:51
  whether you have stayed up in your heart. I don't
• 56:55
  know whether you've seen what God wants to do
• 56:57
  with our lives. I don't know whether you've been
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  brought into the plan of God, the desire of God,
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  the purpose of God, what God wants to accomplish
• 57:06
  with us. The dubious one is Esau. He has already
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  neglected it and did a transaction. He didn't
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  know that already it has registered. He is the
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  one trying to steal what was not his. Because
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  he has already given it up. So which means that
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  because the Bible tells us in Hebrew that he
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  was a clothed man. That is, he showed contempt
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  for the things of the Spirit. I mean, that's
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  why you have to be careful as we continue. Amen.
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  Because they say, where do you have content for
• 57:47
  the things of the Spirit? They are praying. What
• 57:50
  are you to show them? Are you to show them how
• 57:51
  rich you are? You know that kind of thing you
• 57:52
  show? Sacred things that you are treating. That's
• 57:55
  why I'm always angry when I see us bringing comedians
• 58:00
  to come and make gestures of the Holy Spirit.
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  The Holy Spirit. That is profane. That is certificate.
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  You treat sacred things with content. The unbelievers
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  of this world, they have the resources of this
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  world as well. So that is not what you show to
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  them. That is not what you show to them. You
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  show to them the works of Christ. No, you have
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  to honor it. You have to treat it sacred. Through
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  the miraculous. That is how we manifest. Amen?
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  Through the miraculous power of the Holy Ghost.
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  Listen. The fact that Jacob was cunning. That
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  is God's intention. And I see God bringing us
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  to that level of knowledge. Did you understand
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  what I'm trying to say? Are you together with
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  me? We display the glory through the gifts, the
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  equipment that he has given us. We see what we
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  have in Christ. We see how Jacob was cunning
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  to be activated to function in this maneuver
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  way. He would still have been the one to carry
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  it. Did you get what I'm trying to say? God just
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  opened to us to show us how man is. How the heart
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  of men are. But then to show us also how God
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  is. Are we together? Through our ministry. It
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  wasn't that he stole it. No. Through our ministry.
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  It was his. Through our ministry. But look at
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  the point I'm trying to point out. As I close,
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  let me read Ephesians chapter 3. Jacob returned.
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  I mean, sorry, Esau returned. Ephesians chapter
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  3. So I want you to be expectant more. I just
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  lay foundation. Believe me, God is about to do
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  greater things in this place. Hallelujah. We
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  are created for better works. For greater works.
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  Hallelujah. It's going to be greater and better
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  through our lives. Hallelujah. What I mean better
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  means permanent. Amen? That is what God is going
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  to use our lives to do. What you do in people's
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  lives is going to be better. It's going to be
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  permanent. God is going to use you to put a mark
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  in people's lives that will be eternal. Amen?
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  Your mission is an eternal mission. Or putting
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  people into offices is not done to every believer.
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  It's done to believers who have already shown
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  the qualification. That's God's work in us. Unlike,
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  for example, like the baptism of the Holy Ghost.
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  Of course, you understand? Believers all will
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  partake from it. But offices are reserved for
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  those who are much much. Did you understand what
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  I'm saying? Did you understand what I'm saying?
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  For which reason? Should we look at the reason?
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  Let's look at the reason, chapter 2 verse 19.
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  So that we will read chapter 3 together. For
• 1:01:10
  what reason? And that makes you to know that
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  you are one. Now, therefore, you are no longer
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  strangers and foreigners. This is the reason.
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  But fellow citizens, what? And members of what?
• 1:01:23
  Of God's family. Of course, the household of
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  God. It has a greater purpose in the agenda of
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  God. Oh, do you hear what I'm saying? It has
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  a what? Build a what? Greater purpose in the
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  what? In the agenda of God. On the foundation
• 1:01:35
  of the apostles. So begin to see your path. Build
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  on the rock. What is the foundation of the apostles?
• 1:01:41
  See them different. Jesus Christ. You would then
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  appreciate. When Paul. Right. Having been built
• 1:01:47
  on the foundation of the apostles and the prophets.
• 1:01:50
  Where did we see them? Therefore. Let me ask
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  this one now. This one is a good place to ask
• 1:01:57
  questions. Having been built on the foundation
• 1:02:00
  of the apostles and the prophets, which apostles
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  and prophets are this? In Romans, it would say,
• 1:02:10
  let your members be instrument of what? Of righteousness.
• 1:02:18
  You can use your members. These are the New Testament
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  in court, right? Apostles and prophets. Having
• 1:02:28
  been built on the foundation because they are
• 1:02:30
  the foundations, right? The foundation of the
• 1:02:33
  apostles and prophets. Jesus Christ himself.
• 1:02:36
  Meaning it is their message. Jesus Christ himself
• 1:02:39
  being the chief cornerstone. Have we been talking
• 1:02:42
  about a rock, a corner, a stone? In whom the
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  whole building, which building? Upon this rock
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  I will build my, right? In whom the whole building
• 1:02:54
  being fitted together grows into what? A holy
• 1:02:59
  temple in the Lord. In whom you also have been
• 1:03:05
  built together for a dwelling place of God in
• 1:03:09
  the spirit. So this church is what? Is in the
• 1:03:13
  spirit. My brothers and sisters, this church
• 1:03:15
  is spirit. Amen? In fact, put church equals to
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  spirit. That is the formula. To all who are in
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  room, beloved of God, called to be saints, grace
• 1:03:34
  to you and peace from God, our Father and the
• 1:03:39
  Lord Jesus Christ. First, The kingdom of God
• 1:03:43
  manifested where? On earth. Hallelujah. Now,
• 1:03:50
  we've known the reason, right? We've seen the
• 1:03:52
  reason. For this reason, I, Paul, the prisoner
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  of Christ Jesus, for you Gentiles, indeed, if
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  you have had this dispensation of the grace of
• 1:04:02
  God, Dispensation means administration, not dispensationalism.
• 1:04:09
  Okay. Dispensation here is what? Sir, I asked
• 1:04:14
  somebody about what dispensation. The person
• 1:04:18
  read the efficiency of the verse. So you have
• 1:04:21
  to correct it. Even if you have heard of the
• 1:04:26
  dispensation of the grace of God, which was given
• 1:04:29
  to me for you. Dispensation means what? The stewardship
• 1:04:34
  of the grace of God. The administration of the
• 1:04:37
  grace of God. The leadership of the grace of
• 1:04:40
  God that you have. How that by revelation he
• 1:04:43
  made known to me the mystery as I have briefly
• 1:04:45
  written. Already. Okay. By which when you read,
• 1:04:51
  you may understand my knowledge in the mystery
• 1:04:53
  of Christ. Which in other ages was not made known
• 1:04:58
  to the sons of men, as it has now been revealed
• 1:05:02
  by the Spirit to His holy apostles and prophets.
• 1:05:06
  New Testament apostles and prophets. That the
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  Gentiles should be fellow heirs of the same body
• 1:05:11
  and partakers of His promise. In Christ's truth,
• 1:05:15
  the gospel. Of which I became a minister according
• 1:05:22
  to the gift of the grace of God given to me by
• 1:05:27
  the effective working of his power. To me, who
• 1:05:32
  am less than the least of all the... Of all the
• 1:05:41
  saints. This grace was given that I should preach
• 1:05:46
  among the Gentiles. Look at what they call it.
• 1:05:51
  Is there another word for this? Is there any
• 1:05:54
  translation? Unsearchable riches of Christ. Any
• 1:05:59
  translation? NLT, what does this say? For this
• 1:06:08
  reason, I also have been much hindered from coming
• 1:06:11
  to you. But now, no longer having a place in
• 1:06:15
  this path and having a great desire. Endless
• 1:06:18
  treasures. It shows that at this time, he has
• 1:06:21
  never been to Rome. He was writing this. Amen?
• 1:06:28
  Now, look at verse 11. Go back to Romans chapter
• 1:06:31
  1, verse 11. Go back, go back. I love this NLT.
• 1:06:33
  Go back to that NLT. I love the way he says.
• 1:06:35
  He said, for I long to see you. Correct. Everyone,
• 1:06:40
  this mysterious plan that God, the creator of
• 1:06:44
  all things, has kept secret from the beginning.
• 1:06:46
  Let's read in the end. God's purpose is plain.
• 1:06:50
  It's plainer. It's much more clearer. It's more
• 1:06:53
  explained. Why do you want to come and see them?
• 1:06:56
  In all this was to use where? To meet with them
• 1:06:58
  face to face. Remember we said he has never been
• 1:07:01
  to them. He has been here and he has not been
• 1:07:02
  to meet them. To use who? Who is the church?
• 1:07:08
  Who is the church? I am the church. You are the
• 1:07:12
  church. You are built on the rock. Hallelujah.
• 1:07:15
  The gospel in all this was to use the church
• 1:07:20
  to do what? To display his wisdom in his rich
• 1:07:26
  variety to all unseen rulers. In fact, another
• 1:07:35
  reason which he said earlier on, he said, because
• 1:07:37
  I want to have some fruit among you. Did you
• 1:07:40
  get what I'm trying to say? Rulers, authorities.
• 1:07:43
  To have fruit, you have to be in that place.
• 1:07:45
  In the heavenly places. Did you get what I'm
• 1:07:47
  trying to say? Amen. I don't like places. Just
• 1:07:50
  say in the heavenly. They will have followers.
• 1:07:51
  They think they are having fruit. This was his
• 1:07:54
  eternal plan. Hallelujah. Now he has carried
• 1:08:00
  it out to Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen. Because
• 1:08:05
  of Christ and our faith in him, we can now boldly
• 1:08:10
  and confidently. We can now come boldly and confidently
• 1:08:16
  go to God's presence. We are already in God's
• 1:08:19
  presence. You don't go out of God's presence.
• 1:08:22
  We are already in God's presence. So please,
• 1:08:26
  don't lose heart because of my trials. He's speaking
• 1:08:29
  to them. I am suffering for you, so you should
• 1:08:31
  be honored. You should feel honored. When I think
• 1:08:35
  of all these things, I fall on my knees. I pray
• 1:08:39
  to the Father, the creator of everything in heaven
• 1:08:43
  and on earth. What is his prayer? I pray from
• 1:08:46
  his glorious unlimited resources. He will empower
• 1:08:51
  you with inner strength through his spirit. Hallelujah.
• 1:08:56
  Then Christ will make his home in your hearts
• 1:08:59
  and you trust him as you trust in him. Your roots
• 1:09:03
  will go down to God's love and keep you strong.
• 1:09:09
  And may you have the power to understand as all
• 1:09:14
  God's people should know how wide how long how
• 1:09:21
  high How deep is his love? May you experience
• 1:09:30
  the love of Christ. Though it is too great to
• 1:09:34
  understand fully, then you will be made complete
• 1:09:38
  with all the fullness of life and power that
• 1:09:41
  comes from God. Now, all glory to God who is
• 1:09:48
  able through his mighty power at work within
• 1:09:50
  us. To accomplish infinitely more than we might
• 1:09:55
  ask or think. Glory to him in the church and
• 1:10:01
  in Christ Jesus through all generations forever
• 1:10:03
  and ever. Amen. Give me that 20 in the King James.
• 1:10:05
  I don't understand how they explain this one.
• 1:10:07
  Give me the 20 in King James. Now to him. Look
• 1:10:11
  at Acts chapter 9. Who is able to do through
• 1:10:14
  us. There are some things. Now to him who is
• 1:10:20
  able to do extremely above all things that we
• 1:10:22
  ask or think according to the power that worketh
• 1:10:25
  where? Where is the power? It's in you. By the
• 1:10:30
  Spirit. It's in us. Hallelujah. Above all things.
• 1:10:39
  Above all things that we ask or think. Unto him
• 1:10:49
  that is able to do exceeding, exceeding abundantly
• 1:10:53
  above all things that we ask or think according
• 1:10:57
  to the power. There is a power that is at work
• 1:11:01
  in you because you are in the spirit, because
• 1:11:03
  you are in the body of Christ, because Christ
• 1:11:07
  lives in you. There is a union between us and
• 1:11:09
  Christ. In us. Verse 21. Unto him be the glory
• 1:11:20
  in the church by Christ Jesus at all ages, world
• 1:11:25
  without end. Amen. Hallelujah. Amen. Hallelujah.
• 1:11:30
  I just want us to close our eyes and respond
• 1:11:34
  to this by praying and asking God. Look at what
• 1:11:37
  Paul has learned. I've seen your work. I've seen
• 1:11:41
  your work in my life. I've seen you establish
• 1:11:44
  me on the rock. Look at verse 17. I've seen you
• 1:11:48
  build me in Christ. I know what this rock is.
• 1:11:56
  The rock is salvation. The rock is Christ. I
• 1:11:59
  know what this church is. I know why the church,
• 1:12:02
  your desire is to show, to display through the
• 1:12:05
  church. And I'll accomplish your task in my generation.
• 1:12:16
  That I'll accomplish your tasks in my generation.
• 1:12:18
  That I'll fulfill your will and your purpose
• 1:12:20
  in my generation. The method and the system of
• 1:12:23
  God is man. Let me say it again. And we do that
• 1:12:27
  by preaching. The method and the systems of God
• 1:12:30
  is what? We do that by preaching. We do that
• 1:12:34
  by preaching. He's not angels. He's not AI. You
• 1:12:45
  know, stop all this. You know there is some way
• 1:12:46
  that you start moving in a euphoria that is...
• 1:12:52
  That you are doing what God has ordained you
• 1:12:56
  to do. Oh my God. That we are doing what God
• 1:12:59
  has ordained us to do. That we are establishing
• 1:13:03
  His work. That we are, through us, the wisdom
• 1:13:07
  of God in Christ is displayed to the Gentiles.
• 1:13:19
  Even the normal water. Hallucination. You hallucinate
• 1:13:26
  and give you wrong thing. Not to talk of tongues.
• 1:13:34
  So now we have different. It's not tongue of
• 1:13:36
  angel or tongues of men. This one is tongue of
• 1:13:38
  what? I don't know. Please pray for yourself.
• 1:13:45
  Did you understand what I'm saying? So Paul learned.
• 1:13:48
  So this is the time. But God, Jesus did not say,
• 1:13:52
  okay, let me finish with him. Do everything,
• 1:13:54
  do everything. No. Look at what he says, verse
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  17. And Ananias, remember, already the Lord appeared
• 1:14:01
  to Ananias, verse 10. Now there will be activations
• 1:14:04
  in the subsequent sessions. Hands will be laid
• 1:14:07
  on you in the subsequent sessions. Prophecies
• 1:14:10
  will be made on you in the subsequent sessions.
• 1:14:13
  But it's to the end that you do the will of God,
• 1:14:15
  that you do the work of God. Because this is
• 1:14:16
  a community that saved Paul's life. That you
• 1:14:18
  walk in the realities of Christ. Even now there
• 1:14:21
  was certain disciples of Damascus, named Ananias.
• 1:14:24
  And to him the Lord said in a vision, Ananias,
• 1:14:26
  and he said, yes, here I am, Lord. He said, I
• 1:14:30
  am here, Lord. Then the Lord talked to Ananias
• 1:14:35
  and told him what to do. I told the Lord, this
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  is not even, the Bible didn't say that Ananias
• 1:14:41
  is an apostle. You see, certain disciples in
• 1:14:45
  Damascus, Paul will have to go there and receive
• 1:14:50
  something. Don't joke with men. Do you understand
• 1:14:55
  what I'm saying? That's why I said men are the
• 1:14:58
  systems and the methods of God. He chose, he
• 1:15:03
  can do without also, but he has chosen not to
• 1:15:06
  do. Wait a minute. This Bible we are reading
• 1:15:08
  from who? So, The word of this man, what do we
• 1:15:14
  call it? Did you get what I'm trying to say?
• 1:15:21
  Be careful with me. Be careful. Pray for yourself.
• 1:15:26
  Pray for yourself. Listen to what Paul said in
• 1:15:33
  1 Corinthians. What did he do? Verse 16. Oh,
• 1:15:37
  talk with me. What did he do? 1 Corinthians 9
• 1:15:40
  verse 16. Let me read from Good News Translation.
• 1:15:44
  Good News Translation. He says, I have no right
• 1:15:55
  to boast just because I preach the gospel. After
• 1:15:58
  all, I am under orders to do so. It's an instruction
• 1:16:05
  to preach the gospel. I am under orders to do
• 1:16:09
  so. And how terrible it would be for me if I
• 1:16:13
  don't preach the gospel. In other words, war
• 1:16:17
  is me if I don't preach the gospel. Verse 17.
• 1:16:23
  If I did my work as a matter of free choice,
• 1:16:25
  then I could expect to be paid. But I do it as
• 1:16:30
  a matter of duty. Because God has entrusted me
• 1:16:35
  with what? With this tax. God has entrusted you
• 1:16:40
  with a tax. So war is you. War means trouble
• 1:16:44
  is you. With the disciples in what? With the
• 1:16:48
  disciples in where? In Damascus. Look at verse
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  23. Now after many days were passed, the Jews
• 1:16:56
  plotted to kill him. But their plot became known
• 1:17:00
  to who? To Saul. Glory unto Jesus. Father, we
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  find ourselves in your will and we do your will.
• 1:17:10
  Thank you, Holy Ghost. Thank you, Jesus. We're
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  thankful you joined us today. Don't forget to
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  subscribe so you're always connected to our latest
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  sermons. You can also explore more about NDCF
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  on our website. This man's life would have ended
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  here. We look forward to having you with us next
• 1:17:37
  time. God bless. This is what you cannot get
• 1:18:01
  from a distance. Even now, the way the world
• 1:18:05
  is connected. Do you get what I'm trying to say?
• 1:18:09
  If you are shouting, some people are following
• 1:18:11
  you. Is it your father from Nigeria or from Kenya?
• 1:18:14
  Or from Magadaska? Are we together? That will
• 1:18:24
  come. How will he come? But when you are planted
• 1:18:28
  in a local church, you're going to get help.
• 1:18:35
  So, again, God's church is God's wisdom of helping
• 1:18:42
  his family. God's church is God's wisdom of helping
• 1:18:49
  his family. It's God's provision. So God's church,
• 1:19:04
  or you can say God's people, is God's method.
• 1:19:08
  It's God's system. That's why neglect God's people
• 1:19:14
  at your own disadvantage. Impartation is part.
• 1:19:22
  Brother, you can't receive it from afar. Because
• 1:19:27
  I don't know how will you stretch the hand. You
• 1:19:37
  understand what I'm trying to say? Listen, laying
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  of our hands is not something you can replace.
• 1:19:43
  You will see it. That's why I said it's a doctrine.
• 1:19:47
  You don't say, okay, if we didn't do it, we can
• 1:19:49
  do another thing. It's just like you say, okay,
• 1:19:52
  no problem. We can substitute prayer. There's
• 1:19:56
  no need. We can substitute prayer with, you know.
• 1:19:58
  You know these days, they say when you are trying
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  to emphasize something, then you want to demarcate
• 1:20:02
  the other one. Maybe you must have heard some
• 1:20:05
  people where they say people should be hard working.
• 1:20:07
  Then they say, all this nonsense prayer you are
• 1:20:10
  praying. Why are you praying prayer? Stand up
• 1:20:12
  and go and walk. All this prayer, prayer, prayer,
• 1:20:15
  prayer. Is it prayer that will be you? You see
• 1:20:17
  that kind of a thing? Why won't you encourage
• 1:20:19
  the brother to go and walk? Why must you think
• 1:20:23
  that the problem is prayer? Seeth thou a man
• 1:20:37
  diligent in his business, he will appear before
• 1:20:39
  who? Kings, and not before men. Did you see a
• 1:20:44
  task there? He said, no, don't pray. No. So the
• 1:20:50
  point is that I'm trying to live with us as we
• 1:20:54
  move. At least two things. One, that laying of
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  our hands is a supernatural activity. That's
• 1:21:05
  the point I want you to go with. That your body
• 1:21:08
  is not ordinary. You have looked down upon it.
• 1:21:10
  Each time we talk about Christianity, we say,
• 1:21:12
  my spirit, my spirit. Bro, you will see. Your
• 1:21:19
  body is an extension in the sun. Osprey was telling
• 1:21:27
  us, when you say the image, which we taught already
• 1:21:30
  earlier on, the image means God becoming a man.
• 1:21:34
  The express image. Are we together? So the point
• 1:21:38
  is our body is important. It's very, very important.
• 1:21:45
  So let me just read these verses for us to know
• 1:21:49
  the second thing I want you to know. That physical
• 1:21:53
  meeting of believers is necessary. It cannot
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  be replaced. Because there are certain things
• 1:22:02
  that cannot be obtained except in a physical
• 1:22:06
  meeting. The rest of your life, you must hear
• 1:22:13
  this more than twice. David will say it, once
• 1:22:18
  have you spoken twice? You must hear it ten times.
• 1:22:23
  Hallelujah. Look at 2 John 12. Second John. Having
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  many things to write to you. Having many things.
• 1:22:43
  Having many things to write to you. I did not
• 1:22:48
  wish to do so with what? But I hope to come to
• 1:22:54
  you and speak. How? Face to face. That our joy
• 1:23:01
  will be what? That means there is a limitation
• 1:23:06
  of pen and paper. Yes, and zoom. That one, that
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  one, that one, that one took me. Hallelujah.
• 1:23:25
  Look at 3 John 2, verse 13. I had many things
• 1:23:30
  to write to you, but I do not wish to write to
• 1:23:33
  you with pen and paper. But I hope to see you
• 1:23:36
  shortly, and we shall speak face to face. Peace
• 1:23:40
  to you. Our friend greets you. Greet your friends
• 1:23:45
  by name. Greet the friends by name. That one
• 1:23:50
  is good, though. Don't be saying, hey, greet
• 1:23:52
  the friend by what? By name. Let me greet the
• 1:23:57
  last one. 1 Corinthians 11. 1 Corinthians 11.
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  Look at 34. Verse 34. He said, but if anyone
• 1:24:23
  is hungry, let him eat at home. Lest you come
• 1:24:29
  together for judgment. And the rest, I will set
• 1:24:36
  in order when I what? When I call. That means
• 1:24:41
  that one cannot be set in order from above. After
• 1:24:46
  instruction, you say, this one, I will set in
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  order when I call. There are some discussions,
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  you say, bro, just leave it. When I arrive, we
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  shall talk about it. In this family, there are
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  many things you can do it from above or all of
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  you scattered. One of it is what we are trying
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  to discuss is the laying of hands. And no is
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  a spiritual or supernatural activity. It's a
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  way we extend dominion. It's the way we manifest
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  the kingdom. It's the way we show that we are
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  in church. As by one man sin came by one. So
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  those that receive abundance of grace and the
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  gift of righteousness shall live in life even
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  by one Christ Jesus. That word reign means dominion.
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  You know what Psalm say? They that receive abundance
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  of grace and the gift of righteousness. Is that
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  person here with me? He made him who know no
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  sin to be sin. That we might become the righteousness
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  of God in him. Are we together? So they that
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  receive abundance of grace and the what? The
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  gift of what? Righteousness. Shall do what? Reign
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  in life. Even by one, Christ Jesus. It's a season
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  of dominion. It's a season of dominion. And God
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  wants to use your hand. God wants to use your
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  body. Are we together? Can you just begin to
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