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This is living. 
Waters of Grace, the teaching 

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ministry of Lewis Harold, 
assistant pastor of Calvary 

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Chapel of Westmoreland County in
Greensburg, PA. 

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Now here's Pastor Lewis as he 
continues teaching through God's

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Word. 
Those who don't believe and 

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those who do not obey the gospel
of Jesus Christ or unbelievers, 

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false teachers, the only thing 
they have to look forward to is 

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His judgment. 
We are the preserved in Jesus 

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Christ, those who are believers 
or the preserved in Jesus 

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Christ. 
So for Him we will experience 

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His mercy to escape the wrath to
calm. 

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We're going to experience His. 
His mercy to be kept from the 

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hour of trial. 
Mercy to receive salvation and 

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not judgement and hope of 
eternal life. 

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When you look at the Bible as a 
whole, it tells a complete 

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story, one that reflects the 
history of what God has done out

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of his love for you. 
Because God loves you, he 

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doesn't leave you in uncertainty
as you wait for his return. 

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Instead, He reveals exactly what
will happen. 

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In today's message, Pastor Lewis
wants to encourage you by 

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reminding you that God is coming
back for his family. 

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One day, God will restore 
everything to its intended 

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state, a world without sin, 
pain, sorrow, or death, but 

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filled with joy by his side. 
Now here's Pastor Lewis in the 

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book of Jude chapter 1 as he 
continues his message building 

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up yourselves and others. 
It will cause divisions, It will

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go against what the Word of God 
teaches, and it will cause 

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divisions among the people. 
And then the last four words 

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says this, not having the 
Spirit. 

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And that's what tells us these 
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They're not saved. 
They professed it. 

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They try to make us believe it. 
They try to act like it. 

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They talk like it. 
I was with this guy for I don't 

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know how long, you know, 
watching him worshipping God, 

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watching him read his Bible and 
talking about, I was about for 

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how long? 
And now you really get a chance 

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to hear what's in his heart. 
And there's no spirit not saved,

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not saved. 
That's why our prayer is that we

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be unified here, that we be 
unified so that we would be able

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to watch after each other, to be
able to hang with each other, 

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spend time with each other and 
be able to hear what's going on 

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in each other's hearts as we 
pray together. 

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Not allow the enemy to come and 
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catch us isolated and try to 
overtake us. 

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But in order to get to my 
brother here, you got to go 

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through me because I'm going to 
be I'm going to be ministering 

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to him and praying for him and 
in to get to her. 

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You got to go through me because
I'm going to be ministering to 

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her and praying for her. 
We pray for each other as 

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brothers and sisters. 
We minister to each other's 

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brothers and sisters and we 
build each other up. 

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And it's a lot harder for Satan 
to come in and bring these lies 

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when we are being reminded of 
the word of God. 

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Verse 20 says, but you OK, he 
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the ones who were not saved, 
right, Because they said that. 

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And verse 19 says these are 
sensual persons who cause 

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divisions, not having the 
spirit. 

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These people aren't saved but 
you, beloved, but you, the ones 

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that he said back in chapter 1 
who are called because you're 

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the church, you're the called, 
you're the beloved, or you're 

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the sanctified and you are the 
preserved or you're the ones 

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that's kept in Christ Jesus. 
That's what he told us back in 

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verse 1 of this very same book. 
You are the called, you are the 

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beloved, you are the sanctified,
you are the ones who are kept by

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Jesus Christ. 
But you, you love it. 

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Building yourselves up on your 
most holy faith, praying in the 

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Holy Spirit, keep yourselves in 
the love of God, looking for the

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mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ 
unto eternal life. 

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He's now giving instruction. 
This is why I like books like 

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this or letters like this, 
because it gives us some 

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practical instructions on how we
can avoid these things and not 

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just saying, you know, he's not 
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They look, watch out for those 
false seizures and leaving it 

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there. 
He's given us instruction on how

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we watch out for these, for how 
we prepare ourselves and we 

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protect ourselves from heresy. 
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He says, building yourselves up 
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What does that mean? 
That means studying the word of 

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God, reading the word of God. 
And we're on our on a frequent 

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basis continually to keep the 
truth in front of you, in front 

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of you. 
Somebody once asked Kobe Bryant,

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why do you do the same drills 
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Kobe Bryant used to do drills 
where he would come into the gym

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sometimes at 3:00 or 4:00 in the
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He would come into the gym and 
it may be almost an hour before 

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he ever touches a basketball 
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fundamentals, footwork, setting 
screens and all this is without 

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a ball and without anybody else 
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And he's going through these 
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again. 
They're fundamentals. 

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One of the greatest players, 
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players that we've ever seen in 
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And he does the same things over
and over and over again because 

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it's the building blocks of 
everything else that he does. 

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So we get up in the morning and 
we read our Bibles or whenever 

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it is that we get a chance to 
read our Bibles and we go in and

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we read it with the intention to
hear from God. 

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When you come here, we do it 
with the intention to hear from 

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God. 
We build ourselves up on our 

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most holy faith, most holy 
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And in doing that we we are 
constantly keeping the word of 

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God before us. 
David said Your word have I hid 

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in my heart, so I won't send 
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Your word that I keep before me 
all times, even on my right 

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hand, so I won't send against 
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Having the word of God as a 
constant reminder in our lives 

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helps us to not be deceived by 
false teachers. 

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It will help us to know it right
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The red flags will go up 
immediately because we're in the

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Word of God and the Holy Spirit 
is revealing truth to us 

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constantly. 
So we're building up ourselves 

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on a most holy faith. 
That's exactly what they did in 

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the old church back in Acts 
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That's what they did back in 
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It says that steadfastly. 
They continued steadfastly and 

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the apostles doctrine 
steadfastly, continuously, 

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frequently in the apostles 
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They weren't reading magazines 
and things coming from that 

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place and things coming from 
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They were in the apostles 
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They kept that before them all 
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And not only were they in the 
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they were also fellowshipping 
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So now I'm taking what I learned
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you and I are talking about this
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You're showing me how it applies
to your life. 

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I'm showing you how it applies 
to my life. 

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And we're building each other up
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Not only that, but they also 
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You get a lot done over a meal. 
You get a lot done over a good 

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meal. 
That's why we like to eat. 

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We don't mind church going. 
Folks don't mind eating. 

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It's spiritual to eat. 
And I'm just joking. 

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I'm not I'm that's not in the 
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That is not in the word, but 
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fellowship with each other over 
food and break bread. 

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They did it on a consistent 
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And of course, the other thing 
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pray. 
They were an apostle doctrine. 

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They fellowship with one 
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They broke bread with one 
another and they prayed with one

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another. 
That's why it was very difficult

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for somebody to bring in a 
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And just like it should be here,
very difficult for somebody to 

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bring in a heresy. 
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Building ourselves up in our 
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And not only do we build 
ourselves up as we, as we study 

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the central word of God, but we 
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Peter said We don't just be 
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we're saved, but while we are 
saved, we continue to grow in 

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our faith and we add to our 
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In second Peter chapter 1, 
starting at verse 5, he says add

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to your faith, add virtue, that 
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your faith and then you add 
knowledge. 

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Learn more about this God that 
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Learn more about it. 
Add that to your faith. 

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Add self-control. 
Learn how to control yourself. 

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Control those fleshly urges. 
Learn how to control those 

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things. 
Control our temper, control our 

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attitudes, control those things 
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self-control He's to add 
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You know, you got to be able to 
endure because it's going to get

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rough. 
The circumstances are going to 

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be tough. 
The enemy's going to throw 

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different things before you and 
try to stumble you, but you got 

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to endure with perseverance, 
perseverance after perseverance.

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You got to add godliness, 
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We got to walk this thing out 
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He does obey the word of God, 
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of it. 
And as we do that, we begin to 

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become godly. 
As opposed to what he says here,

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they were walking to a according
to their ungodliness because God

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wasn't in there. 
He wasn't in their speech, He 

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wasn't in their hearts, She 
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But we add godliness. 
So godliness comes out of our 

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conversation. 
Godliness comes out of our out 

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of our heart and the things that
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godly actions. 
Our thoughts are more godly 

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thoughts. 
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We need the Holy Spirit to help 
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These are things we can do on 
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But then he also says to the 
godliness, you got to add 

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brotherly kindness. 
We got to care about each other 

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and treat each other kind, treat
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And when we don't treat each 
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us know that. 
Let's go back immediately and 

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make it right. 
Brother, I'm sorry. 

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I said something to you the 
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to my attention that it was 
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Or if he comes to me and tell 
me, you know what, man, you said

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something to me the other day 
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I'm sorry, brother, I'm sorry. 
Let's take care of those things 

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immediately. 
Let's not let them fester. 

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We need brotherly kindness. 
We got to treat each other kind,

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treat each other kind with 
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He said by loving kindness have 
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And then we add to our brotherly
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That is the big foundation, the 
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else comes. 
If I love you, I am not going to

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hurt you. 
Not purposely. 

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Not purposely doesn't mean that 
I want to offend you. 

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Because there may be things that
I do or say that may offend you,

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and I'm not even aware of it. 
That's why you got to love me 

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enough to let me know it. 
Speak the truth to me in love. 

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Don't come and snatch me up, you
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Hey, looks, I got something to 
say to you, brother, You know, 

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you know, let's be kind, Let's 
be kind. 

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Let's love one another so we add
to our faith and that helps us 

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to be built up in our most holy 
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But then he tells us, he says 
praying in the Holy Spirit, that

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praying in the Holy Spirit be 
means being LED, being LED in 

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prayer by the Spirit. 
Be led by the Spirit. 

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Sometimes that could come in 
moans and groans that you can't 

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even utter. 
I mean, you don't even know what

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you're saying. 
You just moaning and groaning. 

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You know, you, you, you know, 
you have a heart for God, but 

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you just can't put it in the 
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him. 
And the only thing you can do is

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just lay on your on your face or
on your knees and you just moan 

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and groan. 
But the Holy Spirit searches all

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things, even the deep things of 
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He knows because your spirit 
bears witness with his Spirit. 

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He knows what's being said and 
then sometimes it could be 

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praying in tongues. 
Now I know that that gets abused

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and people don't like to talk 
about praying in tongues, but 

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tongues is a legitimate gift. 
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Then people that are in the in 
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teaching, they don't run away 
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but it is done decently and in 
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If I'm in the church service 
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going to stand up here and start
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going to confuse most of you, 
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I won't even know what I'm 
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And without an interpreter, it's
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But if I'm praying by myself in 
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in tongues as much as I feel the
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Paul said, hey, listen, there's 
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tongues, He said however, but to
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prophesying just simply means 
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it's that's better because 
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knowledge. 
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We couldn't understand what's 
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being said, Paul said. 
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words with understanding than 
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You can find that over in First 
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He talks all about speaking in 
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gift and it should not be 
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However, we do all things 
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And then he says looking for the
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unto eternal life. 
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of Jesus Christ coming back and 
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You see, we as God's people, 
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comes back, we're looking for 
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going to get mercy when He comes
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Those who don't believe and 
those who do not obey the gospel

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of Jesus Christ or unbelievers, 
false teachers, the only thing 

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they have to look forward to is 
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We are the preserved in Jesus 
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Those who are believers are the 
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So for Him, we will experience 
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come. 
We're going to experience his, 

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His mercy to be kept from the 
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salvation and not judgement and 
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And that's why I pray that there
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false teacher or those who may 
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in their hearts they know that 
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We can still repent. 
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for God's salvation, ask for 
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we're caught in them. 
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Once we humble ourselves and we 
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our need for Him, which is 
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confessing our need for Him. 
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So now we go on 22 and on. 
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distinction, but on others saved
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the fire, hating even the 
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Christians. 
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says that they, you know, 
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that means that they're 
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doubting what they believed for 
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believe this. 
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church is full of different 
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in the church, they mature 
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So with those who may need a 
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they're wavering in their faith,
because they've been deceived or

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because they're now doubting, we
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them. 
Have compassion. 

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Not just judge them, not just be
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compassion and lovingly and 
patiently walk them through the 

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Word of God, disciple them, but 
not make them feel like they're 

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already judged and condemned. 
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out with fear, and maybe these 
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back into sin and they're now 
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You know, with those we have to 
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a burning building and snatching
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want to come out. 
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angels came to lot to take him 
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and Gomorrah, God was ready to 
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tiptoeing around, oh, wait a 
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Wait, I got to go do this. 
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get your get out of here. 
It's time to move. 

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It's time to go now. 
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see that they're on that path 
because they've now been sinking

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into sin and they're on that 
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Sometime we have to be like the 
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those firemen and just basically
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We got to be more aggressive 
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really just give them truth. 
Look, this is leading you into 

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judgement, man. 
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loving, hating even the garment.
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That means that we do it with 
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we do it cautiously because you 
might have some people that's 

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caught up in a sin that may be a
sin that you used to be caught 

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up in, a sin that you may have 
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So when you go to rescue them, 
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cautious that you yourself don't
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Or as the Word of God said, when
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meekness. 
But considering yourself, unless

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you get caught up in that sin. 
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you know, don't go to somebody 
and sit in the bar with them and

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try to talk to him about about 
the word. 

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If you if you're into sexual 
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strip club and sit down and want
to talk to him about the word of

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God. 
If somebody is is into gossiping

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and you weak the gossiping, you 
know, don't sit around at the at

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the table and then listen to 
them gossip for an hour and 

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didn't want to talk to him about
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We have to be able. 
To be cautious when we pull them

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out of the fire and then we come
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him who was able to keep you 
from stumbling. 

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He's not only able to keep you 
from falling, he's able to keep 

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you from even stumbling. 
You know, we listen to some of 

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these things and and and and 
people get deceived and they 

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start to stumble and to move 
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But he says, look, I'm even able
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Not even falling, but just from 
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Praise and worship team, please 
come forward. 

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Proverbs 323 says you will walk 
safely in your way if you listen

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to wisdom and knowledge and your
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He able to keep us from 
stumbling and present you 

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faultless before the presence of
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What a beautiful picture that 
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What a beautiful picture that is
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chapter 5, he talks about how 
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presents the church faultless 
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God, you know, when he's when 
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the, the head of his household 
as the man of God, we present 

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our wives faultless, blameless 
before Christ. 

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And we do that with the washing 
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not with the beating and the, 
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the word, the washing, the 
cleansing and the sanctifying of

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the Word. 
And here he, he gives that 

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picture that Jesus himself is 
able to present you faultless 

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before the presence of his 
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Are we faultless? 
No. 

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Are we blameless? 
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But because we're covered by the
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at us, he sees us as being 
faultless. 

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Blameless just as he did with 
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Passover. 
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but because of the blood that 
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Bible says the death Angel went 
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covered with the blood. 
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So are we. 
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Jesus. 
What a blessing that is. 

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And he does that with joy to God
our Savior. 

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And in the Hebrew, or I'm sorry,
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our Savior or the true God, who 
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Be glory and majesty be glory. 
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everything God is and all that 
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It's glorious. 
It's glorious. 

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I know in my life when I look at
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been glorious. 
The things in here that He's 

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done has been glorious. 
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things that He's done in your 
lives has been glorious. 

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And it says the majesty that 
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magnificence there is none 
greater than He is none greater.

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And dominion, that's His 
sovereign rule over all things. 

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His rule over all things because
of how small or large they are. 

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He's ruled over heaven and earth
and everything in them. 

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There's nothing that he doesn't 
have rule over. 

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He has authority over 
everything. 

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He can speak a word and whatever
He wants to be done is done. 

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And power, that's his authority 
and the right to use his power. 

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He has the right always to use 
His power, both now and forever.

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Amen. 
You've been listening to Living 

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Waters of Grace with Pastor 
Lewis Harrell at Calvary Chapel 

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Westmoreland in Greensburg, PA. 
As Pastor Lewis continues to 

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preach through the book of Jude,
he wants you to realize that you

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can't be a part time Christian. 
You're going to follow Jesus. 

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He is going to ask for your 
undivided loyalty. 

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If you try to serve your own 
interests while following Jesus,

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you find that you can't do 
either one successfully. 

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But if you run after Jesus with 
everything you have, you'll be 

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amazed at how He provides for 
you and sustains you on the 

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journey, even when you have no 
idea of where your provision 

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will come from. 
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