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Episode 79: John Epistles - Part 6 · End-Time Revival Ministries, USA

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Father, we thank you for this glorious, beautiful, wonderful, magnificence and
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splendid day that you have made and allowed us to see and to be partakers
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of the breath of life that comes from you. Thank you for all of
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your blessings, your benefits that you've bestowed upon us. We take now the
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cup of salvation to call upon the name of the Lord. Thank you,
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Lord for being our refuge and strength, our of every present help in trouble.
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Lord, we have a hiding place in You. We have a man
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confidence and strength, a man that comes from you boldness, a man to
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stand in such a time as this to speak the truth and love, a
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man to speak the word of God plainly and without equivocation. Thank you for
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all of your blessings. Thank you for the peace of God that surpasses all
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understanding. Thank You for the hope that we have in Christ Jesus. Bless
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now your people today. Lord, open our eyes and ears and hearts or
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God to here to see and to be obedient to the word of the Living
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God. Bless us and we shall be blessed. Keep us in. We
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shall be kept by the mighty power Amen of God. We give you honor,
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praise, and thanksgiving in all things. Amen and Amen. All right,
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God bless you again once more. Ladies and gentlemen, we welcome you
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to this edition of End Time Revival Ministries USA Broadcasting Podcasts. I am your
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host, Pastor al Zachary, and today we are continuing in our study of
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the John Epistles, the John Epistles, and certainly we invite you to go
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with us in the Word of God to the Amen first Epistle of John.
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And we're going to be today in chapter number five, so we'll get there
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in just a few minutes. Amen. But first and foremost, we want
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to a man inform you though of you who have been listening to us by
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eighteen years I've been broadcasting from Love eight sixty AM and Atlanta, and the
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to the Word of the Lord. The first epistle of John, chapter number
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five, and today we're going to cover the first thirteen verses one John chapter
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number five, verses one through thirteen, verse number one. If you have
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your bibles, Amen, the word of the Lord is recorded. Whoever believes
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that Jesus is the Christ, he is born of God. And everyone who
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loves Him who begot also loves Him who is begotten of Him. By this
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we know that we love the children of God when we love God and keep
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his commandments. For this is the love of God that we keep his commandments,
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and his commandments are not burdensome. Amen. Now, first and foremost,
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I mean pause, There the first three verses. Amen of this a
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man. Fifth chapter of first John, Amen again, the apostle who sat
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at the feet of Jesus, who was a man daily with Jesus in and
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out, Amen, for three and a half years at the cross, at
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the death of Jesus, at the Amen many gatherings of the disciples, as
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an eyewitness of the risen Savior. Amen. And also a man at the
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amen exit, if you will, of Jesus, as he a man departed
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on that cloud in the Book of the Acts, chapter number one, went
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back to glory from whence he came. John, this apostle, this disciple
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of Jesus, was there Amen. He was one of the inner circle who
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also saw Amen, the at the mount of transfiguration. He saw the transfiguration
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of Jesus as his visage, as his image, as his bodily human body
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was transformed right before their eyes. Amen. John the Apostle, one of
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those in the inner circle, a man who saw the glory, the majesty,
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the splendor of Jesus. He was also a man given the express privilege
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of being taken, a man up into glory, into the future events of
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things yet to come, shown a man the revelation of Jesus the Christ.
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Amen. As he was exiled to the Isle of Patments. God has a
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purpose in everything that happens in our lives, as it was with the Apostle
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Paul, who was thrown into prison, a man. He considered not himself
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a man to be a prisoner of this world, but a prisoner of Jesus
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Christ. Amen. While in prison, as you know, the apostle wrote
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several letters to the churches. So John being exiled a man to the Isle
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of Patments for the testimony of Jesus Christ. Amen. While he was there,
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God had purpose for him, a man, and he was taken up,
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as it were, into the future, to see things that are yet
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to calm. Amen. And we are the recipients of this a man magnificent
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disciples, a man presence with Jesus, a man his faith in Jesus,
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a man his witness of what he heard and saw during the earthly ministry of
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Jesus and beyond. And so we are receiving from this man first hand,
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a man eyewitness testimony again of the majesty, splendor a man and excellency of
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Jesus the Christ. And that's why he writes Amen. To the Church.
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Amen, to the people of God, to the saints of God. Amen,
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So that we can have this same like faith a man trust and confidence
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in Jesus, a man as the Savior, as the Redeemer, as the
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a man hope of glory. And that's why he writes, whoever believes that
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Jesus is the Christ, Amen, is born of God, and everyone who
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loves him will be good. That is, everyone who loves God loves him
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Jesus, who is begotten of God. And by this we know that we
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love the children of God when we love God and keep his commandments. Don't
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miss that, when we love God and keep his commandments. For this is
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the love of God that we keep his commandments, and his commandments are not
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burdensome or grievous as it were. Amen, Amen, listen, listen,
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listen. The Bible clearly teaches here about the amen the necessity of believing in
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Jesus, and we cannot overemphasize this. And John A certainly certainly did not
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come short and emphasizing, Amen, the deity of Jesus, the necessity of
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believing the testimony of Jesus. And he writes again, whoever believes that Jesus
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is the Christ. This is not just a confession of the mouth, by
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the way, Amen, this is not simply a confession. This is not
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simple lip service. As Jesus said of those in the Old Testament, and
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also it was repeated by Jesus of course from the Old Testament. These people
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honor me with their lips, Amen, but their heart is far from me.
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Amen. So this, this is not a simple confession of the mouth.
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This is not lip service. But it is the confession and the condition
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of the heart, of the soul of the person who has heard the Gospel,
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a man who has believed the Gospel, and who has obeyed the gospel.
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We have to hear, we have to believe, and we have to
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obey. That's why he said, this is the love of God. Don't
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say this. You love God and you don't obey him. Jesus said,
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he that loves me is the one who keeps my commandments. Amen. He
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that keeps my commandments is the one who loves me. Amen. Love and
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obedience are hand in hand. A man with the Lord Amen, and his
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commandments the Bible teaches is not or are not burdensen or grievous to us.
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Amen. And the more we love God, the more we want to a
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man obey and to please him. Amen. So again, a man believed.
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Believing is not again just a mental exercise a man, nor just a
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confession of the mouth, confession of the lips, giving lip service. But
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believing that Jesus is the Christ is believing that he is the one and the
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only true savior of all men. It is believing that he is the promised
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Redeemer. It is believing that he is the Messiah, he is the hope
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of eternal life. Amen. Believing that Jesus is the Christ is believing that
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Jesus came to this earth bodily Amen, through the virgin birth. I might
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add, Amen, a man according to the promises of the scriptures, and
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that Jesus the Christ fulfill all of that which was written concerning him in his
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incarnation, in his bodily presence, in his earthly ministry, and he did
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it for our salvation a man. That's what believing that Jesus is the Christ
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entails. Believing that Jesus is the Christ is believing that he is the King
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of Israel, He's the king of the Jews, He's the king of all
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kings and he is Lord over all. That's what believing that Jesus is the
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Christ is. And whoever believes these things concerning Jesus the Christ, and all
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that the Word has spoken concerning him. Amen. The Bible teaches. This
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is what John says. He who believes, Amen, is born of God.
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Because listen what the Bible teaches also that no man can say that Jesus
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is Lord but by the Holy Ghost. And then it is the Holy Spirit
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that bears witness and testifies of Jesus and glorify his majesty. That's what the
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Holy Spirit does. This is Jesus says the comforter, the Holy Spirit,
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that I'm going to send. He said, he will testify of me.
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The Holy Spirit testifies of Jesus, his majesty, who he is, his
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deity, his lordship, his kingship. Amen. This is what separates those
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who are truly born again from those who are not. Those who are truly
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born again, No, Amen, they confess they have this assurance in them
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that Jesus alone, Jesus only, is the salvation of God for all men,
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any man, Amen, Everyone who believes a man he alone. Amen.
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No man can say that he loves God and at the same time minimize
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and reject the lordship and kingship and deity of Jesus. Let me say that
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again, no man can say that he loves God while minimizing and rejecting the
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lordship, kingship and deity of Jesus. He who loves God who begot the
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Son, John writes, he who loves God, who begot the Son of
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God, loves the Son who is begotten of God. No one again,
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can truly love God without loving Jesus. You can't. You can't separate them
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because they are inseparable. I and my Father are one, Thomas. Have
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I been so long time with you? Have you not known me? He
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who has seen me has seen the far know you not? That I am
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in the Father and the Father is in me. Amen, you can't say
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that you love God while rejecting Jesus. People professing to love God must have
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a good reason for loving him. The biblical reason, Amen, for man
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loving God is Let me just use this one word. I call it redemption.
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And this is what Jesus was talking about when he said, for God
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so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son. It's because he
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redeemed. He came down to save us from first. And I did a
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whole series on this, Amen, talking about what the Lord has saved us
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from. And I repeated these things over and over again. Of course,
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first and foremost, he saves us from ourselves, Amen. And certainly from
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the power saying, the power of saving the power of the darkness. Amen,
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from this world. Amen, from the wrath of God that is to
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come. Listen. This is what this salvation entails. And this is the
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gift of God. And this is why we love in the Bible says,
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we've already covered this in this epistle of John. Amen. We love him
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because he first loved us. We were enemies of God, haters of God,
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running away from him. Amen. And that's why we have a good
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reason, solid biblical reason for loving God. And it is because he first
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loved us, and he has redeemed us. He's redeemed us from all iniquity.
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The Bible says, as far as the east is from the west,
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so far as he removed our transgressions from us, as a father pitieth his
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children, so the Lord pities them that fear him. Amen. This is
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the redemption. He's our kinsman. Redeemer. And the redemption comes to us
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by a redeemer. And this redeemer is Jesus the Christ. Amen. And
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again we love him because he first loved us. And it is in sending
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his son, Jesus Christ down to us which culminates I I and this is
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this, this is the this is this. I believe this is I'm speaking
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from an earthly perspective, Amen, the culmination of God's love towards us,
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our redemption, our salvation. And and it's all encompassed in Jesus taking the
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penalty of our guilt, Amen, bearing the wrath of God that should have
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been on us, that that that that that was appointing to us as it
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were. Amen, he took it. He took our guilt, He took
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the wrath, He took the punishment that was due to us. He died
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the death that we deserve to die, Amen, the wrath of God for
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sin, for transgressions, for iniquities. Amen. And and and he did
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it because you know why he did it, Because we could not satisfactorily pay
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the price that we owed in the death of a guilty sinner. There is
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only wages due that is paid, but there is no atonement. Jesus died
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the death of guilty sinners as the one and only sinless one who could atone
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for their guilt while simultaneously paying the wages of their sins that was due.
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And now he did this, Ladies and gentlemen, Church of the Living God,
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don't ever forget this. He did this in his substitutionary role. He
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was the substitute we were as the scapegoat. He was the lamb slain ay
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man. He took our place. Don't ever forget that. You remember when
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Jesus was there on the cross, between the two thieves, the two malefactors,
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the two guilty men, one of them railed on Jesus, along with
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those who were standing nearby. Yeah, if you are the Christ, if
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you are the save us, save us too. Come down, save yourself
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and save us too. But what did the other thief, the other guilty
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sinner say? Amen, he confessed his guilt. He knew that he was
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he knew that he deserved death. He said, we have sin. This
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man has done nothing worthy of death. But we are guilty. We deserve
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to be here. We deserve the penalty that's due to us. And this
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is what you have to understand if you're ever going to be saved, if
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you're lost right now and you need to be saved, this is what you
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must understand. That you deserve death. But Jesus has come to give you
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life, and he died the death of guilty sinners as the one and the
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only sinless sacrifice that could atone that could pay the price, that could satisfy
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the wrath of God. Amen, in paying the price that we the debt
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that we owed. Amen, he who knew no sin, the Bible teaches,
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became sin. Amen. Now, who could despise such a great sacrifice?
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Who could not love such a messiah, a redeemer, a mediator,
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a priest, a sacrifice such as this? Who who who would refuse such
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an atonement for their guilt and the penalty that they owe? That is,
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who would refuse such a sacrifice. Who would say that he loves the Father
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who sent Jesus to pay this price, but yet reject precisely the purpose of
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the love in Jesus being sent on their behalf. Who can say that they
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love God but they don't love the god man who paid the price. If
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God indeed so love that he gave his only begotten Son. Then who can
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say that they love God and not appreciate the gift of God's love. That's
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who Jesus is. Jesus is the gift of God's love. He's the pinnacle,
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as it were, He's the very epitome of God's love toward us.
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Here are the witness of John the Baptist, John chapter three, Verses thirty
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four to thirty six. For he whom God has since speaks the words of
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God. For God does not give the spirit by measure the Father. Listen
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what John the Baptist. This is a testimony. This is the witness of
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him. The Father loves the Son and has given all things into his hand.
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He who believes in the Son, verse thirty six, John chapter three,
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The Gospel of John Chapter three, verse thirty six. He who believes
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in the Son has everlasting life. And he who does not believe the Son
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shall not see life, but the wrath of God abide on him. Ladies
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and gentlemen. That's crystal clear. He who believes in the Son has everlasting
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life. He who does not believe the Son. If you don't believe Jesus,
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if you don't believes Jesus said to the Jews. If you don't believe
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that I am He, You're going to die in your sins. You will
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perish, and you will have to pay eternally. That's why it is eternal.
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Ladies and gentlemen, do you know why death? Do you know why
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the lake of fire? You do you know why hell is eternal? Because
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you can never ever satisfactorily pay the penalty for your sins. Never. You
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don't have it. We don't have it. And that's why if you reject
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what God has given to us to pay, you will have to forever be
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paying. Would never be able to pay the penalty for your guilt. And
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the Bible says very clearly that the wrath of God is on everyone who rejects
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Jesus the Christ as the Savior. No one who rejects Jesus loves God,
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no one. No one who dismisses the testimony of Jesus the Christ loves God.
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No one. No one who disobeys, dis annulls, rejects, spurns,
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sets it naught. The Gospel of Jesus Christ loves God no one.
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The Bible teachers that the Gospel of Jesus Christ is the power of God.
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Unto salvation to everyone that believes. No one who rejects the Gospel loves God.
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No one who rejects the teachings of Jesus the Christ loves God. No
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one, no one who rejects Jesus who rejects his sacrifice, who rejects what
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he has done for sinners. The one who, again, who knew no
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sin, he became sin. He took on our sins, He took our
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place, transferred our guilt to him, and transferred his righteousness to us.
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If you reject, if you neglect so great how can the Bible teachers Hebrews,
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how can we escape? If we neglect so great aus salvation? You
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have no escape. Don't tell me that you love God, that you worship
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God, and you reject Jesus, who is the salvation of God, the
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gift of God, the love of God. God demonstrated his love in sending
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Jesus the Christ. John has made that crystal clear. And again, as
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Paul wrote to the Corinthian Church First Corinthians twelve and three, if you want
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to take note of this, he said, therefore, I make known to
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you that no one speaking by the spirit of God calls Jesus accursed, and
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no one can say that Jesus is Lord except by the Holy Spirit. If
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you don't have the Holy Spirit, it is no wonder that you cannot say
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that you are confused, that you are misled, that you are following idolatry
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and false religions and false teachings, false prophets. It is no wonder because
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only by the spirit of the Living God, only by the Holy Ghost,
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can anyone say, I'm talking about from the heart, that Jesus is Lord,
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that Jesus is the Christ, that Jesus is the Messiah. Islam will
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not, Buddhism will not, Hinduism will not. There is no other religion
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that will say unequivocally, without any ambiguity, that Jesus is Lord, that
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Jesus is God manifested in the flesh, that Jesus is the one and only
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Way, the Truth, and the life. None of them will say it
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because it is contrary to their false doctrine, to their false teaching, to
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their error. They cannot say that Jesus is Lord, and they'll never say
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it unless and until they receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. And in
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order to receive the gift of the Holy Ghost, guess who you must come
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to. You must come to Jesus. Every need must bow, every tongue
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must confess that he is the Lord. And that's why those of us who
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have been redeemed, we are overcomers, We are over commerce. Now again,
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I'm gonna make this, and I'm gonna make this crystal clear, because
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the Bible makes chrystal clear. It is not of our own, ladies and
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gentlemen. This is what the Bible teaches. First John again back to chapter
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five, verse number four. For whatever is born of God overcomes the world.
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And this is the victory that has overcome the world our faith. He
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this is what the Bible says. I'm sorry, verse number five. Who
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is he who overcomes the world but he who believes that Jesus is the son
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of God? Who is he? There is no one else who can overcome
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the world, but only those who believe that Jesus is the son of God.
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And the Bible says, this is the victory that has overcome the world
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our faith. Now, the overcomer, listen, this is what the Bible
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teaches. The overcomer is the only truly saved. The only overcomers are those
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who are truly saved. All who are truly saved, a lot of people
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professing now again overcome the world, just as Jesus overcame this world. All
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who are truly saved overcome the world, just as Jesus overcame this world.
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Now again, this is what I'm giving you. You just read it,
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you just heard it. How is it that we overcome this world? Faith?
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It is our faith, and it begins with Oh, by the way,
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let me say this first and foremost, because before you can be born
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again, you have to have saving faith. And that saving faith comes by
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hearing hearing the word of God. The Bible says he who comes to God
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must believe that he is, that He's a reward of them that diligently seek
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him. Because faith comes by hearing, hearing by the word of God.
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How can they hear without a preacher? How can they preach except they be
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sent? God sends the preacher. God sends the word. God sends the
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gift of faith into the hearts of everyone who hears the word, believes the
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word, and will obey the word. Amen. So how is it that
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we overcome this world? It begins with being born again. Anyone in Christ
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Jesus, the Bible says, becomes a new creation. The oldest passed away,
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and behold, all things become new. That's what born again is.
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Amen. You have a new Oh. You put off the old, and
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you put the old man is crucified. Amen, the old man is put
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to death. Amen. Listen what the Bible teaches. Let me take you
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back one chapter to First John chapter four, verses four through six. First
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John chapter four. I'm sorry, I'm just gonna read one verse, Amen,
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Just one verse, just verse number four here, First John chapter four.
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Amen. I want you to see this, hear this, hear this.
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This is the word. This is the same apostle. And we we
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we've we've already talked about this. Amen. First John, chapter four,
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verse four. Mark this in your bible. Listen what the Bible says you
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are of God? Now? Who is he talking to the people of God,
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the Saints of God, the Church of the Living God, those who
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have been born again, those who believe that Jesus is the Christ, the
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Way, the Truth, the Life, the redeemer of the Savior, the
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only mediator between all of those things that the Bible teaches. You are of
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God, little children, And listen what the Bible says. And he says,
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listen, and have overcome them. Who are them? Man? Who
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are them? Who them? They? All that is in the world,
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the demonic, the satanic, the darkness, Amen, the spiritual, wickedness,
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all of that. Amen. You are of God, little children,
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and have overcome them, false prophets, false teachers. Amen, all of
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that because he who is in you. That's not because of my strength,
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my knowledge, my ability, my savvy Amen, my my you know my
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ability to discern none, no, no, no, no, no no.
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It is all because of him who is in me, the Holy Ghost,
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the Holy Spirit, the Spirit of the God, the spirit of living
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God. That's what the Bible teaches. First John again, First John,
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highlight this in your bible. First John four. And for you are of
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God, little children, children of God, and have overcome them. How
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do you become an overcomer? How do you overcome the world? How do
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you overcome the things of this world? Oh? He already told us first
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and foremost to love not the world, neither the things that are in the
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world. Because all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh,
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the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not
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of the Father. This world is passing away. All that is in this
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world is going to pass away. But he that does the will of God
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will abide forever. And if you are of God, if you are truly
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born of God, you love Him far more farther passing than the things,
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the temporal things of this world, which are passing away again. So you
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are of God, little children, and have overcome them because He the Holy
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Spirit, who is in you, the Bible teaches Romans eight and nine.
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He who does not have the Spirit of God, the Spirit of Christ,
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does not belong to him the Holy Spirit. If the Holy Spirit is in
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you. If you again, I did the whole series on this, are
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you saved? Amen? And the Bible teaches there are against so many Amen,
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things that the Bible teaches in the New Testament and even in the Old
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a man concerning the assurances of our salvation, and the Bible teaches in Romans
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chapter number eight. By the way that, Amen, there is the witness
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of the Holy Spirit. The Spirit bears witness with our spirit that we are
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the children of God. If you have the Holy Spirit, the Spirit bears
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witness inside of you, giving you the assurance, Amen, that you belong
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to him. Amen. And so this is what Johnny's He who is in
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you, the Holy Spirit, who is in you, is greater than he
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the devil and all that is associated with him who is in the world.
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We have the greater One. We have the greater One in us, God
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in you, the hope of glory Christ in you, the hope of glory,
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the Holy Spirit in you, the hope of salvation and glory, and
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power, the power to overcome. We overcome because He who is in us
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is greater than he who is in the world. Again, this speaks to
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the status, to the power of those who have been born again of God
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by his Holy Spirit. Baptism. That's what john the Baptists again spoke of
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Jesus. He's going to baptize you with the Holy ghosts and fire. I'm
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only baptizing you with water unto repentance. That's what the Church does. The
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Church baptizes in water for repentance. Unto repentance. But only Jesus can baptize
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you with the Holy Ghost, with the fire, with the purging that is
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necessary to crucify the old man. Amen. The Holy Spirit comes to take
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up residence in us to lead us and to guide us into truth and to
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victory. We do not lose. We are overcomers, We are victorious.
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We are more than conquerors. The Bible teaches. The victory in overcoming this
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world is our faith. Now, what does our faith consist of? The
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true believer's faith is rooted in these And I'm just giving a few of these
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things. First and foremost, that Jesus is the Christ, the Savior,
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the Redeemer. I've said it over and now I'm gonna keep saying it,
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because if you don't believe that Jesus is the Christ, you are not born
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again. If you don't believe that he's the Savior, the only Savior,
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the Way, the Truth, then you're calling him a liar. Number two,
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you gotta believe that Jesus is the Way, the Truth, and the
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life. Number three, Jesus is the resurrection and the hope of glory,
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of salvation of life. If you don't believe that, you're not saved.
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Number four, You've got to look to Jesus and for Jesus to them that
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look for him, shall he appear the second time without sining unto salvation,
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the Bible teaches. And then, of course we are. Our faith consists
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of our hearing and obeying the word of God. Now, don't say you
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believe God. Don't say you love God, and you don't hear, and
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you don't obey him. My sheep hear my voice, and a stranger,
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they will not follow. Jesus say we overcome because of the blood of the
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lamp. And the Bible teaches by our testimony, and this is our testimony
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that it is Jesus who has saved us by God's gift of grace through faith.
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It is not of ourselves, It is not of our own works.
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The Bible teaches, lest any of us should boast, it is the gift
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of God. It is he who conquered all of our enemies. That's Jesus.
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Again, as I mentioned beforehand, Death held the grave, Amen,
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the flesh, the world. Jesus already conquered all of those things, all
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of our enemies. Now the last enemy that's going to be destroyed has already
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been defeated is Death. Amen. But He's conquered all of them, and
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he graciously has given to all of us the victory. That's how and that's
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why we are overcomers. He has declared us to be because we are in
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him, we are with him, and He is for us. And if
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God before us, who can be against us? No weapon that is form
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can prosper. Get That's why you're an overcomer, because of what He's done
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for you. And this is the word of confidence. By the same word
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of confidence, I want to take you the old time. I'll neven show
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you him very quick, quick before I move on. Same kind of confidence,
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word of confidence that the Lord spoke to his young prophet Jeremiah in the
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very first chapter when he appointed him, annointed him, called him to be
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a prophet to the nations. Look at verse number seventeen to verse nineteen.
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Now he speaks to Jeremiah directly, and good, up the lowans, your
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lorns, and arise and speak to them all which I command you. Do
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not be dismayed before them, or I will dismay you before them. Don't
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be afraid, don't live in fear. Don't speak the word, speak the
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truth and love. Speak with boldness and confidence and assurance. Amen, know
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that what God has spoken, his word is going forth out of his mouth,
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that it shall not return unto him void. God keeps his word.
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He watches over his word, and we can speak the word of God with
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boldness and confidence and assurance. So he says to Jeremiah, do not be
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dismayed before them, or I will dismay you before them. Now behold,
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listen what he says to Jeremiah verse eighteen. I have made you. See,
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that's already done. When God says I've done, it's already done.
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So he speaks to Jeremiah, I have made you today as a fortified city,
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and as a pillar of iron and a and as walls of bronze against
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the whole land. One with God is with the majority. Jeremiah stood alone,
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Amen, as many of the prophets did, stood alone, Amen,
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against the powers that be, against the king, against the kings, against
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the nations, against the peoples. He stood alone, literally alone. Amen.
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I have made you today as a fortified city and as a pillar of
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iron, and as walls of bruns against the whole land, to the kings
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of Judah, to its princess, to its priests, and to the people
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of the land. I got you, Jeremiah, you by yourself, against
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all of these who will be against you. Don't worry, don't be dismayed.
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And listen what the Lord tells him. Now, they will fight against
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you. But that's okay. We know that, we know the world is
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against us. And it's not that they're so much against us, they're against
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God. And since they can't get to God, of course, as it
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was with that same spirit of Cain, that's what they have, the spirit
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of Cain. So they fight against those who represent who will stand with the
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truth, who will stand with the word of God. So Jeremiah, he
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says in verse nineteen, they will against you, but listen to this,
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but they will not overcome you, for I am with you to deliver you,
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declares the Lord. They're gonna fight against you, but they will not
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overcome. They will not win. Why because God has already given to us
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victory. He's already won it for us. This is he vers TIXX back
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to verse John chapter five. This is he. That's Jesus who came by
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water and blood. Jesus Christ, not only by water, but by water
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and blood. And it is the spirit who bears witness, because the spirit
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is truth. That's the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit bears witness of Jesus.
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And Jesus told us this that he the comforter, the Spirit of called
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him the Spirit of truth, and he bears witness of Jesus. For there
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are three that bear Verse number seven. There are three that bear witness in
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heaven. The Bible teaches the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit.
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And these three are one, one Lord, one faith, one baptism,
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one God trying God, the Father, the Word, that's Jesus.
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In the beginning, was the Word works with God. Word was God's work
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was made manifest. Word was made flesh among us. That's Jesus, the
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Father, the Son, the Holy Spirit, one one God. Amen.
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There are three that bear witness on earth, the Spirit, the Water,
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and the Blood. And these three agree in one. Jesus came bodily in
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a human body. He took on human flesh in order to pay the penalty
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by blood. Without the shedding of blood, there's no remission of sins.
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Amen. The blood to be shed. God is spirit. God does not
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have blood. Therefore he came manifested in the flesh, in the person,
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in the work of Jesus Christ. The body was prepared to offer the blood
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atonement without the shed the life of your body, the life of all of
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us, is in the blood, and blood had to be shed Amen.
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Innocent blood Amen. And so the water Jesus was baptized, Amen. And
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the blood, the blood that he shed, the spirit that bears witness.
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These three agree as one. If we receive the witness of man. John
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writes verse number nine, the witness of God is greater, for this is
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the witness of God which he has testified of his son. Listen to this.
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He who believes in the Son of God has the witness in himself.
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He who does not believe God has made him a liar. This is so
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preposterous that you a mere, mortal man who knows nothing when you're born.
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You don't even know when you All you know is that somebody told you you
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were born. You don't remember, you don't know, you know nothing.
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You come in this world with nothing, You know nothing. You learn a
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little bit here, you learn a little bit there, and now you know
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so much that you want to call the eternal God who created you a liar.
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You're calling God a liar. That's what Johnny is saying here. He
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who does not believe God is calling God a liar because he has not believed
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the testimony that God has given of his son at the baptism of Jesus.
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By the way, you're a voice from heaven. This is my beloved son,
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in whom I am well pleased. Hear ye him, God, who
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has somety times and in divers manners. The Book of Hebrews Rites spoke to
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the fathers by the prophets, has in these last days spoken to us by
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his son. And if you don't believe that Jesus is the Christ, that
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he is the Son of God, that he is the Savior, that he's
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the Messiah, that he's the redeemer, that he is the mediator the only
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way truth in life, you're calling God a liar. You're disdaining, disannulling,
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you are rejecting his love, his sacrificial love, because that's what his
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sacrificial love is, Jesus. And this is the testimony. John writes,
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I'm telling you what the Bible says. Listen, read it right in your
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Bible. This is the testimony of God verse eleven. That God has given
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us eternal life, and this life is in his son. It's the only
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way you can have life. He who has the Son verse twelve has life,
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and he who does not have the Son of God does not have life.
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These things John writes verse thirteen. I have written to you who believe
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in the name of the Son of God, that you may know, that's
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what we call assurance, ladies and gentlemen, that you have eternal life,
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and that you may continue to believe in the name of the Son of God.
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Again, ladies and gentlemen, the crystal clear teachings of the Bible of
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this disciple, Apostle John, of Jesus Christ himself in his earthly ministry,
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they all declare plainly, without any ambiguity, without any equivocation, with no
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room for error or confusion, that the one and the only way of salvation
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for any and for all men is through Jesus the Christ. He who believes
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and is baptized shall be saved. He that believes not shall be damned.
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Jesus again says, if you don't believe that I am He, you will
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die in your sins. Now he has come to give you life. That's
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what he said. I have come that you might have life, and if
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you will have it more abundantly. He who has the Son has life.
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He who does not have the Son does not have life. No matter what
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profession they make, no matter what confession they make no matter what religion they
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follow, no matter what their beliefs, no matter how the high a level
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of their sincerity is. If you don't have Jesus, you don't have life.
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Father helps someone to day, open someone's eyes, to open someone's heart
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today, to believe, to know, to come to see and to experience
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that you are the true of the living God. And there is only one
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way of salvation, and that is through Jesus to Christ, whom you have
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sent into the world. For all them that believe God, be glorified today
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in your people everywhere. We thank you, we praise you, we bless
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you in Jesus' name. Amen and Amen.