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Episode 74: The John Epistles - Part I · End-Time Revival Ministries, USA

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Great is your mercy toward us or God. Great is your faithfulness. Great
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is your love toward us that you demonstrated when you sent Jesus Christ into the
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world to be the atoning sacrifice for our sins. Love, We thank you
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today because you have made us kings and priests to reign with you forevermore.
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Now we are the sons of God. It doth not yet appear what we
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shall be, but we know that when you shall appear, we shall be
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like you. And we're going to see you as you are in all of
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your glory, splendor and majesty. Help us Lord this day to a man
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running this race with patience, as our eyes are set up on thee,
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the author and the finisher of our faith, Keep us and we shall be
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kept direct our way. In you, o Lord, our strength and our
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redeemer. We thank you now in advance, a man and a man all
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right. Blessings to each and every one of you. We thank God again
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for Amen again another day that he has allowed us, to a man,
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partake first and foremost in the very breath of life that comes from Him,
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and to be partakers of this great salvation that was brought down to us by
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Jesus Christ. He made himself of no reputation to come upon him. The
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form of a servant was found in the likeness of men. Humbled himself and
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became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross a man. Where
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would we be without that blood atonement for our sins. Without the shedding of
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blood, there is no remission of sins. Amen. So we're saved today,
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we are redeemed. Today, we are set free. Today, we
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are a man rejoicing in the God of our salvation. Today calls of what
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Jesus the Christ of Nazareth did on our behalf or by grace. The Apostle
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Paul wrote to the church at Ephesus, Are you saved through faith? That
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not of yourselves, not of works, lest anyone should boast. It is
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the gift of God. Thank God for his unspeakable gift. Amen again,
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and excuse my voice. On today we welcome you, Amen to this another
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edition of d Time Revival Ministry's USA broadcasting podcasts. I am your host,
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Pastor al Zachary, and today we're going to begin a new series teaching series
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in the Letters the Epistles of John the Apostle. John, So if you
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have your bibles, you can go with us to the first chapter of the
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First Epistle of John. Amen. Again. This broadcast can be heard by
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execute as God gives us the strength, that is our endeavor, that is
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our goal, that is our mission to faithfully Amen execute in this mission that
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God has given to us. Amen. All right again, thank you for
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and financially support to work of this ministry. We thank God for each and
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every one of you. Amen. All Right to our session on the Gospel,
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or rather the letters of John that we have on today, and by
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our introduction, we're just gonna talk a little bit about this apostle John Uh.
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He was, by the way UH of course, a a uh uh
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disciple of Jesus, one of the first of the disciples called by Jesus.
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He had an older brother by the name of James, and they were the
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sons of Zebedee and Jesus. By the way, he referred to them as
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the sons of Thunder. John was one of the UH three disciples of Jesus,
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a man who UH comprised what we referred to as the inner circle of
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the group of the Twelve. He, along with Peter and James, a
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man had a man uh additional uh eyewitness encounters of the Majesty of Jesus,
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particularly uh the transfiguration of Jesus on the Mount, a man that none of
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the other disciples a man had access to at that particular time. So John,
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this apostle John, was one of those three. He was an eyewitness
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two and also participated in all of Jesus's earthly ministry. For those three and
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a half year period of Jesus' ministry, the apostle John was right there.
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And as a member of this inner circle, again he had access to and
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witnessed a man exclusive events, a man in the life and ministry of Jesus.
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And and and and in addition to these three epistles that he wrote that
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we're going to be looking at, he also, of course is the author
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of the Gospel of John, which is named after him. And of course
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he is the author of the Book of the Revelation of Jesus Christ a man.
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So this apostle John was a close, close, close, if you
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will, confidant disciple follower of Jesus. And it was his personal testimony that
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he described of himself as the disciple whom Jesus loved. And if you read
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the Gospel of John, of course you you see how much and how often
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he uses the word love in his a man descriptive, A man dissertation,
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if you will, of the Gospel of John, that he a man wrote
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concerning Jesus the Christ, a man. He was the one who was sitting
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next to Jesus, one of the ones who was sitting next to Jesus at
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the Last Supper and leaning on the breast of Jesus. He also a man
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UH when he wrote the Book of Revelation in his late late, late latterly
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years, was exiled a man because of his testimony, because of his uh
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apostleship, because of his steadfast, steadfastness to the faith, as it was
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with almost all of the apostles, the disciples, the earlier disciples of the
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Church. He was exiled as punishment to the isle of patments. But there
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was again, being a close a man and and well beloved disciple and follower
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and apostle of Jesus, he was given again special insight a man that no
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other of the other apostles who were in that circle, if you will,
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who were among the twelve, got a man. This last a book of
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the Bible, the Revelation of Jesus Christ a man, contains exclusive a man
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and exclusive, if you will insight, look into Amen, future events that
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are some yet to come to pass. And again, there is no other
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disciple who had more exposure to the earthly ministry of Jesus than John did.
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Even again with Peter and James, yes they were in the inner Circle,
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but they didn't have any more exposure than John did. John was again among
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the first of the disciples to be called by Jesus, and he was also
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present prominently at the crucifixion of Jesus. Amen. He heard the last words
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of Jesus at that most pivotal moment in redemptive history. And he was an
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eyewitness of the Savior being risen, being raised from the dead. Amen,
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as he, amongst the other disciples ate with Jesus a man, spoke with
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Jesus as Jesus gave them his final commands before he ascended back up into Heaven.
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And John was there Amen, also again witnessing that ascension that you can
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find in the book of the Acts Amen, chapter one. Amen, that
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ascension of Jesus being taken up on a cloud back to Heaven. And so
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these epistles that we're going to be examining here first second and third John.
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They were written by John to the Church, a man, and of course,
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as we're going to see and should understand, that they are not from
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a second hand account or source, but rather from a man who had an
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intimate relationship Amen with the Lord himself, as he followed Jesus faithfully until the
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very end of his days on this earth. Amen, soul. Now we
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will take you again. If you have your bibles, you can go with
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us to first John, First John, chapter number one, and I'm going
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to read the first few. Well, i'm gonna read. There's ten verses
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there, so I'm gonna read that first, and then we're gonna go back
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into some exposition of the word of the Lord. Here all right, First
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John, chapter one, beginning at verse number one. Listen to the word
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of the Lord. Amen. Again, follow along with us if you have
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your Bible with you. Amen, that which was from the beginning, which
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we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have
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looked upon and our hands have handled, concerning the Word of life, for
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the life was manifested, and we have seen it and bear witness and showing
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to you that eternal life which was with the Father and was manifested unto us
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that which we have seen and heard. Declare we unto you that ye also
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may have fellowship with us. And truly our fellowship is with the Father and
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with his son, Jesus Christ. Amen. And these things, amen,
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we write unto you. This is what he says, that your joy may
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be full. John said, we see purpose already these things. We write
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unto you, that your joy may be full. Amen. All right?
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Verse five. This then, is the message which we have heard from him,
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and declare unto you that God is light, and in him is no
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darkness at all. If we say that we have fellowship with Him and walk
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in darkness, we lie and do not the truth. But if we walk
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in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship one with
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another, and the blood of Jesus Christ, his son, cleanseth us from
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all sin. If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves,
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and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins,
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he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from
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all unrighteousness. If we say that we have not sinned, we make him
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a liar, and his word is not in us. Amen. First John,
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Chapter one, verses one through ten, we have read in your hearing.
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Excuse me, now listen carefully, because the Gospel of John that we
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are about to just look at a verse, a couple of verses. They
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are the Gospel of John. You see this same approach that John uses in
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this letter, Amen, this epistle that he writes to the church. Amen,
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that which was from the beginning. Now, when he says from the
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beginning, what or who is he referring to that which was from the beginning
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Jesus. Of course he is referring to who is the eternal logos, Amen,
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the Alpha, the Omega, who is the beginning and the end,
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the first and the last, the Almighty. Amen. That's who John is
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referring to. He is the I Am. And that's why he said to
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the Jews, and they understood very well what he was saying before Abraham was
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I Am. Amen. He has no beginning of days nor end of life.
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He is life. Amen. He's the source of life. The Bible
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lets us know it is in him that we live and move and have our
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very existence. In his gospel, John does not include the human genealogy of
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Jesus. As you will find in Matthew Amen, and also in the Gospel
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of Luke. But rather John takes his readers back to the beginning, before
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all that exists existed. Amen. Look, let me just's very quickly go
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to John chapter number one, the Gospel of John, verses one through four.
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The Bible records these words, Amen, in the beginning, was the
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Word in the beginning, Amen, It didn't begin with Mary and Joseph.
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No, no, no, Amen. Jesus was the son of David,
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the son of Joseph, according to the flesh a man. But before Abraham
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was he is, He is the I Am. He has again no beginning
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of days nor end of life. In the beginning was the Word, and
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the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was
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in the beginning with God. All things were made by him, and without
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him was not anything made. That was made in him was life, and
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that life was the light of men. And later on John tells us,
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of course, the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld
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his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full
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of grace and truth. John testifies here a man that we have heard him,
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We have seen him with our eyes. We have looked upon him,
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and our hands have handled him, asked old doubting Thomas, a man,
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about handling Jesus, because he didn't believe that Jesus had risen from the dead.
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He didn't believe the testimony of the other apostles and all of the others
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who had seen Jesus. The women had gone first amen to the grave sight
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a man and didn't find the body of Jesus. They came back and told
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the apostles. Peter and John ran to the tomb and found it empty.
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Thomas was not with them the first time. Jesus appeared to the disciples,
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who told him we have seen the Lord Amen. And Thomas said, unless
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I put my hand in his side, unless I behold the prince in his
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hand and see what they did. I saw them where they pierced him,
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they nailed him to the cross hand and eat. Unless I see those scars,
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the marks amen of him being crucified, I will not believe. And
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of course Jesus appeared to the disciples again. This time Thomas was present,
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and Jesus told him invited him to come, Thomas, touch, Come Thomas,
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see, Come, come behold put your hand, put your hand,
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put your hand in my side where they pierced me through. Amen. So
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John was also again amongst the disciples who ate with Jesus, who talked with
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Jesus, a man who communed with Jesus. Amen. Witnessed his resurrected body,
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glorified body. Amen, after Amen, he was raised from the dead.
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Amen. Amen. So he is the very Amen, God of creation.
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Amen. Without him, the Bible tells us John right, was not
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anything made that was made. Amen. In him is life, Amen.
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And that life is the light of men. Amen. So the very word
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of life himself descended down from above in order to be with us. Amen,
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to be for us, Amen, to be in us, and of
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course to save us, not only from ourselves, but of course Matthew's Gospel
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tells us, Amen, she shall bring forth the sun. Now shall call
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his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins. Jesus
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came to save us from our sins, from our guilt, Amen, from
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a debt that we owe that we cannot repay. A man. So John
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again was an eye witness. Amen. And these testifies here. Amen.
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This is firsthand eyewitness testimony, not only somebody who saw Jesus, but was
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with Jesus, who touched Jesus, who heard Jesus, who spoke with Jesus.
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Amen. And and and he says, our hands have handled him.
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Amen. First number two, Listen what he says. For the life was
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manifested. What life Jesus? Amen, His life was manifested. And we
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have seen it. Amen. And we bear witness and show unto you that
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eternal life. What eternal life, Jesus, Jesus is eternal life. That's
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why he said the resurrection of Lazarus A mean he that believes in me never
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dies. Amen. I am the resurrection and the life. Amen. That
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life which was with the Father and was manifested unto us, Amen, it
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was manifested to us. And the Bible tells us also a man Jesus was
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manifested to take away our sins. Amen. First Timothy, chapter three,
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verse sixteen. The Bible tells us, without controversy, great is the mystery
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of godliness. God was manifested in the flesh, justified in the spirit,
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seen by angels, preached among the gentiles, believed on in the world,
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received up in glory. John was an eye witness of all of these things.
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Amen, the manifestation a man of God in the flesh, in the
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person of Jesus Christ, called the Son of God. Amen. He was
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justified in the spirit, he was seen by angels, he was preached among
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the gentiles, believed on in the world, and received up in glory back
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from where he came. Jesus is the manifestation of God in human flesh.
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He was both God and man. This is the predetermined plan of the Godhead
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in eternity passed. Long before that was an Atom, a man who was
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created in the image and likeness of God. Long before that, Atom and
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his wife Eve sinned against God. Long before that, Amen, the lamb
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of God was slain from the foundation of the world. The plan of God
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a man was to redeem, is to redeem. And that's who he is.
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He's our kinsman, redeemer. Do you see understand this God is spirit.
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That's what Jesus said. Gospel of John again, chapter number four.
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Amen, and his encounter with the woman that where God is spirit, and
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day that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth, a spirit
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does not have a body, a physical body. God does not have a
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physical body, and he does not have blood. Amen. But in order
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to atone a man for our sins, and because we needed life, and
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life is in the blood, it was necessary in the plan of God to
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bring forth that body. Remember what the Bible tells us, because Hebrews a
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body thou hast prepared for me. Burnt offerings, Amen, blood of bulls
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and ghosts couldn't do it. None of those things could atone for a man
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for our sins, our guilt, a man. So it was necessary that
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a body be prepared. Amen. And this body that was prepared was not
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again having an origin, did not have an origin in the room of Mary.
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Amen. But because it was necessary for the shedding of blood Amen,
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to do away with our sins. Amen. God, in his infinite wisdom
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and his predetermined plan of redemption before the foundation of the world. Amen,
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the lamb of God, Amen, that takes away the sins of the world,
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the lamb the John the Baptist. And behold the lamb of God who
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takes away the sins of the world. He saw him, Amen, he
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witnessed it. Amen. So God, Amen, sent forth Jesus Christ into
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the world, a man God manifested in the flesh, the God that man
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Amen, Amen, to give life to that which had now died. We
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us man, we are dead in our trespasses and sins. We have no
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life. We have no hope, we have no future, we have no
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resurrection, We have no victory unless it is brought to us from an outside
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source. And that source is Jesus himself. To say, and this is
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what John is talking about. He was manifested. Amen. He came into
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the world, and we were eyewitnesses. We've seen this, we've we've witnessed
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this, and we show unto you that eternal life which was with the Father.
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Amen. He was if with God. He is from God, he
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is God. Amen. And again the Jews well understood with Jesus making his
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claims of deity. They well understood because they accused him of making himself equal
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with God. And remember when Thomas says, show us the Father and it
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will suffice us. Jesus said, I I've been so a long time with
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you, Thomas, and you have not known me. He that hath seen
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me, hath seen the Father. God was in Christ. The Bible tells
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us not reconciling. Amen, They're are not imputing whether they're transpassers to us.
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A man, He's not rewarded us according to what we deserve. Certainly
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the Bible tells us. Amen. But he imputed to himself. He took
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up on himself our sins and imputed his righteousness to us. Amen. And
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this is of course again why he was manifested. And John said, we
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saw the manifestation. We were there, We were eye witnesses of all of
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this. Amen. First number three, he says, that which we have
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seen and heard, declare we unto you that ye also may have fellowship with
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us. And truly I'm were. Fellowship is with the Father and with his
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son, Jesus Christ. Now what is the purpose of John writing this?
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What is the purpose of him? Amen? Giving his testimony of the lordship,
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the deity, Amen, the the the person, the work of Jesus
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Christ. It is so that you, the reader, amen, of his
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eyewitness testimony, that you will also have fellowship. John says, with us,
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and our fellowship, he says, is with the Father, God,
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the Father, and with his son, Jesus the Christ, the Messiah,
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the Savior, the Redeemer, the First, the Last, the Alpha,
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the Omega, the I Am, the Word that was made flesh, the
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beginning. Amen. He said, I'm the first and the last, and
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beside me there's no other. Amen. So this is the purpose of John,
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a man, writing this to us, so that we can have fellowship
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also. Amen. That's what was broken. That was that is what was
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lost with Adam. Amen. Before Adam sin Amen. That was fellowship between
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God and man and the cool of the day. The Lord would come Amen,
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to have fellowship with them. But immediately in the aftermath of Adam disobeying
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God and falling into a man's sin. Amen, when the Lord came,
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Adam, where are you? Where are you? Amen, he was hiding.
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And that's what we do now we run away from God. We are
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hiding from him, seeking to cover up. Amen. But as we're going
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to see a man, God is light. A man in the light shines
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in the darkness. There's nothing that we can do, nothing that we can
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say, Amen, nothing that we can participate in that God is not aware
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of that God does not see. Amen. Amen. Listen what the Bible
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tells us, and these things. Verse number four we write to you.
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John says that your joy may be full. I like that. I like
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that. I love that. Amen. These things right We unto you that
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your joy may be full. Amen. I don't want just a little bit
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of joy, partial joy. I mean joy that comes and goes. Amen.
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We know that weeping happens, the sorrows happen, troubles, trials,
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tribulation. The Bible tells us weeping may endure but a fortnight, but joy
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comes in the morning. Amen. Amen. We will have trouble, we
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have trials and testing in all of that in this world. But be of
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good cheer. Jesus told his disciples I have overcome the world. Amen.
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Listen what the Bible says. These things right. We to you that your
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joy may be full, joyless, joyless, no joy. Christianity is not
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what Jesus has provided for his people. Amen. We are to be a
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people of joy. Jesus came to bring joy, and not a fact that
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was Was that not the announcement Amen of the angels. Amen. When Jesus
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came into the world, Joy to the world. We sing it every year.
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Amen, those that still sing real Christmas songs, Joy to the world.
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The Lord has come. Amen. And so Jesus came to bring joy
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to this world of darkness, of doom, of despair. Amen. And
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even in his high priestly prayer that you find in the Gospel of John again,
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chapter seventeen. I just want to read a couple of verses there.
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In verses twelve and thirteen, Jesus Amen is praying these words, and we
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have them recorded for us. While he says, I was with them in
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the world, speaking of the disciples. While I was with them in the
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world, I kept them in your name. Those whom you gave me I
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have kept. And none of them is lost except the son of tradition,
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that the scripture might be fulfilled. But verse thirteen is why don't want you
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to hear? But now I come to you, and these things I speak
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in the world. Jesus came and spoke words. Amen, Oh my God
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Us, so everything comfort, joy, peace, contentment. Amen. Jesus
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spoke these kinds of words. So he said, these things I speak in
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the world, that they, whoever his disciples are, will be amen.
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Every true child of God, Amen, every true follower of Jesus. They
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may have my joy fulfilled in themselves. That's what the Lord has for us.
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Joy. The Bible even tells us even though Jesus was a man of
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sorrows and acquainted with grief, grief, the Bible says, who for the
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joy that was set before him, he endured the cross and despised the shame.
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Amen. Joy, Joy, Joy, Amen. John says, this
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is why we write this to you, that your joy may be full.
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Amen. And again Jesus said, be of good cheer. Amen. I've
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overcome the world. Amen. No weapon, I've said it often. I
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keep saying it. No weapon formed against you will prospered. Amen. Every
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lying tongue and judgment God will condemn. Amen. This is a heritage of
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the Saints. Amen. We don't have anything to be sorrow for about.
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Amen. In this world. Amen, especially as it pertains to Amen.
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This great salvation in which we have been and we made partakers. It is
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a way of joy. Amen. Of peace. Amen. That's what the
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fruit of the Spirit is all about. Amen. Love, joy, peace.
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Amen. Ah. Yeah. The joy of the Lord, the Bible
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tells us, by the way, also is our strength. It gives us
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strength. Amen. Rejoice in the Lord. Paul war right to the Philippian
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Church. I believe it is rejoice in the Lord always and again I say
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rejoice, rejoice. Amen. So John writes, this is one of the
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purposes of my writing to you, that your joy may be full. Verse
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five. This, then, is the message which we have heard from him.
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What is the message that we have heard from him? Listen, John
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is recording for us. John is relaying to us. John is simply transferring
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to us faithfully what was taught to him. This is the message, John
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says, which we have heard from him, And declare unto you, what's
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the message John? That God is light and in him is no darkness at
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all. You understand that darkness flees at the very presence of God. Amen,
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go back to the Book of the Beginnings. As a matter of fact,
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when there was darkness upon the face of the deep, and the spirit
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of God moved upon the face of the waters, and Bible says God said,
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let excuse me, Let there be light. And there was light,
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right, Excuse me. God is light and in him is no darkness at
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all. Excuse me. He not only dispels the darkness. It is impossible
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for darkness to coexist. Excuse me. Oh, it's cough, suddenly hit
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me. It is it is. It is impossible for darkness to coexist in
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and around him. So the message we proclaim is all about the light.
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Amen. Excuse me, all who come to the light. Come into the
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light. We'll have the darkness of this world dispelled from them. There again,
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is no coexistence of the light and the darkness together. There no coexisting
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of light and darkness together. Those who are in Christ Jesus are in the
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light. Are to be walking in the light. Amen, living in the
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light. Light, Paul rights to the Church. We are of the day,
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not of the night. Amen. Let us walk Amen in the light,
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in the day. Amen. Those who are again in Christ Jesus are
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in the light, and those who are not in Him are in the darkness.
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And listen. That's that's that's I mean, I think that's just crystal
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clear. I don't think there's any ambiguity there at all. Amen. Darkness
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and light cannot coexist together. Amen. And if we say verse number six,
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we have fellowship with Him and we walk in darkness, John says,
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we lie l I E liar l I A R and do not the truth.
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You're not speaking the truth and you're certainly not living the truth. And
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the Bible tells us all liars shall have their part in the lake of fire.
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Amen. So everyone who names the name of Christ must walk in the
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light exclusively. There's an old question in the Old Testament. By the way,
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I believe in the Book of aim Us, how can two walk together
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except they be agreed? Amen? And Jesus put it this way. No
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man can serve two masters. You can't serve Jesus and darkness. Jesus is
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light. Amen. He is the light of Word. That's one of his
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seven I am sayings. By the way again from the Gospel of John,
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I am the light of the world. Amen. If any man follow me,
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come after me. Amen, he will have light. Amen, he
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will have direction. Amen, he will have illumination. And remember what Jesus
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said. By the way again in the Gospel of John. I believe in
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that conversation that he had with Nicodemus, he says, forgot. You know,
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there's very infamous, one of the most famous verses of the all the
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scriptures, John three sixteen. For God so loved the world that he gave
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Amen, his only begotten son. That whosoever believes in him believe it believes.
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It's a continuation, Amen, not some one time urge or feeling or
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confession. This is a continual of your faith. If we continue a man,
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continue in the faith, continue in the Word of God. And so
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and so. What what uh John writes is that a man uh in this
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conversation that that Jesus had with Nicodemus, a man that God so loved the
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world that he gave his only begotten son, that whosoever believes in him would
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have eternal life. A man Uh. God did not send his son into
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the world to condemn the world, but that the world through him might be
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saved. He listen what he says verse eighteen. He who believes in him,
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that is in Jesus, is not condemned. But he who does not
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believe is condemned already because he has not believed in the name of the only
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begotten Son of God. And this is the condemnation. Watch what Jesus says.
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This is the condemnation. That light has come into the world. What
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is Jesus talking about? The sun, the moon, the stars, street
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lights, lamp lights, candle light. No, him. He is the
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light of the world. He has come into the world. That's what he's
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talking about. Light has come into the world. And men loved darkness rather
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than light because their deeds were evil. Everyone practicing evil hates the light and
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does not come to the light lest his deeds should be exposed. But he
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who does the truth. Ah, yeah, we're gonna talk about that.
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And just man true. See, you can't let God be true and every
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man a liar. Amen. Let God be true and every man a liar.
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He who does the truth, practice the truth, lives the truth,
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walks in the truth. Amen. Comes to the light. Jesus says that
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his deeds may be clearly seen. Everything in the light is exposed. There's
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exposure in the light. Amen, that they have been done in God.
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Amen. There's no cover up in the light. Amen. There's no hiding
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in the light. Amen. And that's why it's important a man that we
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understand that God is light and in him. John writes verse No. Five
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Again, there is no darkness at all. Done, and Jesus is the
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light of the world. Amen. He's come, Amen, to shine in
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our hearts. And that's what the Bible tells us. By the way,
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God, who commanded the light to shine out of the darkness, has shone
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into our hearts. Amen, with the glorious Gospel of Jesus Christ. And
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if we say that we have fellowship with Jesus and we are walking in darkness.
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John right, John rights here in verse six. We are liars.
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We are liars, and we're not speaking the truth and we're not living the
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truth. Amen. No one can serve two masters. Again, Jesus said,
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we can't eat at the Lord's table at the table of devils. Amen.
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So we're either in the light or we're in the darkness. Amen.
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You're either in the light or you're in the darkness. You're either in Jesus
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or you're not. You're either with him or you are against him. That's
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what Jesus said. He that is not with me is against me. First
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number seven tells us. But if we walk in the light, Amen,
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that's where we ought to be, and that's where we must be. Amen,
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as true disciples of Jesus. This is what the Bible says. But
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if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have
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fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ, his Son,
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cleanseth us from all sin. Man. Or men, you men, you
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understand how how much you need, dire need you are, all of your
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sins being forgiven, all of them. Amen. And that's what he does
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all sin. Amen. Of the people of God, of the children of
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God, of those who have been redeemed. Amen. Those who have come,
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Amen boldly to the throne of Grace to obtain mercy. Those who have
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been baptized in Him by his spirit. By his spirit, we are baptized,
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and Bible tell us into one body, you and gentile, bond and
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free, rich and poor. Amen. The blood of Jesus, not any
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works, not any goodness of our own. Amen, Nothing that we have
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to offer without the shedding of blood. Remember, there is no remission of
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sins. There is no removing, there is no forgiving. Amen. There
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is no atonement. Amen. But if we walk in the light, the
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Bible says as Jesus, Amen, as he is in the light, we
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have fellowship one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ, his Son,
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cleanses us from us from all sin. Now let me say this, Saints
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of God, Amen, Children of God, people of God, Amen,
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who are walking in the light of this great salvation, we have fellowship with
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like minded saints of God, the people of God, Amen. And true
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Saints of the Lord. Do not forsake the assembling of themselves of the Church,
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coming together in worship, coming together for praise, coming together in prayers,
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coming together in giving of thanks, coming together a man in exhorting and
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also encouraging one another. For example, please understand that a part, a
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part of our cleansing, a part of our sanctification, comes through intercession,
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the intercession the prayers of other saints. Amen. What Paul says in Galatians
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six, for example, Galatians six, in verse number one, Brethren,
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if a man is overtaken in any trespass, Now he's not talking about just
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an ordinary person outside or you know, person on the streets, or if
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you will, outside of the faith, outside of the ark of safety.
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No, he's talking about somebody in the church. If a man is overtaken.
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Now again, if he's talking about just a normal rank and file center,
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a man who has never been redeemed, never yet been saved, he
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would not speak in the language of a person being overtaken. Amen, Because
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anyone who is not yet coming to the knowledge of the truth, coming to
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the light, walking in the light, living in the darkness, they already
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are overtaken in sins a man. Their sins are a man all over them
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and in control of them. But if a man, rather, he's speaking
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of again, someone in the church, in the body of Christ, is
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overtaken in any trespass. In other words, he sins and all short of
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the glory of God, which we all do. Amen. We're gonna get
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to that. Also, this is what the bodyle says, you who are
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spiritual, You who are spiritual, restore such a one in a spirit of
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gentleness, considering yourself, lest you also be tempted if a man is overtaken
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in any trespass, You who are spiritual, we have the responsibility of restoring
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brothers, sisters, Amen, whose sin and falls short of the glory of
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God. Amen. That's why it's so important, a mean for all of
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us to be in fellowship with one another a man. This is the importance
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of fellowship. And I'm gonna show you what James has to say by the
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way, Amen, in his letter. Amen. How we are to pray
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one for another and all of that, because this is a part of our
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fellowship with each other. We are to exhort each other, we are to
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encourage each other. We are to pray together. We are to give thanks,
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we are to worship together. We are to praise, Amen, and
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glorify God, seeing his praises, seeing his worth. Amen. This is
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all a part of the fellowship of the saints. What do you think it's
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going to be happening in heaven? Amen? You wanna you don't want to
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be with the assembling of the saints now, but you want to go to
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heaven. Amen. What you're gonna live in isolation in your mansion? Amen?
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No, Amen, forsake not the assembling of yourself together, as the
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manner of psomia is the Bible tells us. But do it the more as
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you see the day approaching. Amen. And this is what Johnny's also allude
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to. Hear a man about this fellowship, A man if you can't have
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fellowship that this church and the church when it was established, they came together
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as like minded individuals, a man who had been saved and redeemed Amen,
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by the blood of Jesus. They came together in prayer, a man in
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breaking the bread and fellowship with one another. Amen. And there was great
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joy Amen. With the church. Also, look at what James has to
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say, excuse me again in chapter number five, beginning at verse fourteen.
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For contextual purposes, he writes, is anyone among you sick, let him
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call for the elders of the church and let them pray over him. Anointing
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him with oil in the name of the Lord. And the prayer of faith
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will save the sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if
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he has committed sins, he will be forgiven. And oh watch this though
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verse sixteen. Confess your trespasses, your faults, your iniquities, your sins,
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amen, your shortcomings, whatever or whatever name you want to use.
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It may confess your trespasses to one another and pray for one another that you
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may be healed. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.
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Now, I don't believe that this is speaking strictly to physical healing.
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Amen. There are spiritual a man infirmities that a man that can certainly a
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man plague the life of anyone in the church who has unconfessed sins. David
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wrote about this. Amen. He didn't have any joy, he didn't have
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any rest, he couldn't sleep. Amen. The handle of the Lord was
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heavy upon him. Why because he was trying to cover his sins. Amen.
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And the Bible tells us he that covereth his sins will not prosper Amen,
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and soul the fellowship of the saints. Amen. This is all a
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part of walking in the light, not walking in darkness, not pretending a
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man that you have not sinned a man, that you a man, are
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an island to yourself a man, and you don't want to have fellowship,
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but the people to be funneling to me. How anyone who is truly saved
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do not want to have fellowship with the people of God. Amen. The
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Bible tells us if we walk in the light, are you in the light?
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You claim to be in the light. Amen. You claim to be
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a Christian, you claim to be saved. Amen. If we walk in
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the light as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another.
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That is crystal crystal clear, ladies and gentlemen, crystal crystal clear.
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And the blood of Jesus Christ, his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
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Amen. And again part of that Amen comps with us. Amen, being
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together, worshiping together, strengthening one another, encouraging one another. Amen.
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Yes, I know there are gonna be times when we're gonna have situations and
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circumstances in the church where we're gonna have disappointment, you know, uh,
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disagreements and that kind of things, and and and sometimes even breaches in the
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fellowship. But that doesn't mean we quit the church. Amen. We don't
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quit. Amen, the Church of Jesus Christ. You're gonna quit. Jesus
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is coming back for a church a bride, the bride that has made herself
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ready. Amen. And so this is our responsibility and duty one to another,
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as children of God, as those who have been forgiven, we forgive
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as we forgive others, as we have been forgiven. That's what the Bible
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tells us. And let me move on very quickly, verse number eight.
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If we say that we have no sin, that is what the Bible says,
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we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we
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say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not
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in us. If we confess our sins verse number nine. And we just
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talked about that, confessing your sins, that you may be healed in all
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that effectual prayer of the righteous. The brotherness overtaken a man, those that
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are spiritual to restore such a one. If we confess our sins, the
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Bible says he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse
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us from all unrighteousness. Nor verse him attend. If we say that we
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have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not
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in us, Ladies and gentlemen. If his word is not in us,
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and of course that means the truth is not in us. If his word
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is not in us, that means his Holy Spirit is not in us.
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That means that Jesus is not in us. Amen. If his word is
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not in us, that's what the Bible says. If we say that we
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have not sinned, we're calling God a liar, and therefore his word is
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not in us. If we deny our sins in irreverence of what Jesus has
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done on our behalf. Amen. He is faithful in us to forgive us.
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That's what you said, Amen, and decleanse us from all unrighteousness.
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It's don't let pride get in the way. Amen, that's a trick of
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the devil. Amen. Do not let pride get in the way, because
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the Bible says if we deny it, I mean we are deceiving ourselves.
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And furthermore, again, we may God a liar and his truth is not
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in us. And God has already declared in his word. Let God be
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true and every man a liar. And we want to be faithful. Amen.
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We want to be found faithful. Amen to the amen. Calling to
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a God is Amen, appointing for each and every one of us. So,
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Father, help us today to walk worthy of this vocation, to speak
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the truth in our hearts. Lord, help us to walk Amen, circumspect,
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like to walk in the light as you are in the light. Amen,
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and thank you. Lord. We'll thank you again for the forgive this
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of our sins, for taking away all of our iniquities, for bearing them
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in your body on the cross through your blood that you may gave for us.
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We thank you now for your blessings upon your people today. Keep us,
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guide us and direct us, and protect us as only you can.
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In your name we bring your thanks. Amen and Amen.