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In the name of the glorious 
Trinity, Father and Son and Holy

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Spirit, forever Amen. 
Glory be to the everlasting 

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mercies which sent you to us, O 
Christ, the light of the world 

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and the life of all. 
Give us wisdom by your law and 

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enlighten our impulses by Your 
knowledge. 

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Sanctify our souls by Your truth
and grant that we may be 

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obedient to Your words and may 
fulfil Your commandments at 

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every hour. 
O You who enlightens the 

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rational with the knowledge of 
Your greatness, do enlight, O my

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Lord, our thoughts, that we may 
meditate upon Your holy and 

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divine Scriptures at all times. 
O Lord of all, Father and Son 

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and Holy Spirit, forever. 
Amen. 

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We're going to continue our 
reading, our study from the book

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of the Acts, chapter 13. 
We left off at verse 30 last 

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episode. 
Just a recap. 

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St. 
Paul is preaching in Antioch. 

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His first sermon. 
He rebukes a little, but what he

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says is quite amazing and you 
know, awe inspiring. 

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I believe those audience, his 
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we'll see that. 
We'll see that when, when they 

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want to leave, not so much the 
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tell him to come back and stay. 
Can you come back next week, 

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please, and continue these 
amazing words? 

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Obviously they're not the Saint 
Paul's words, but they are words

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inspired by the Holy Spirit. 
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prophecies regardless of being 
positive or negative prophecies.

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St. 
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Gentiles and he introduced a new
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And we as Christians should be 
honoured to have Christ's 

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fulfilment of his prophecies and
his warnings and his 

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commandments in US. 
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and Saint Paul also talks about 
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crucified because the Jews would
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why would the Messiah be 
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Because in Deuteronomy it says 
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that's hanging on the cross is 
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So how can the Messiah be 
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Well then there was a 
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Yes, you crucified him and he is
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But the greatest fulfilment we 
we ascertained is not what 

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happened to Christ or what what 
what is happening to fellow 

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Christians today, but what's 
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Christ's suffering and the cross
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whom Christ's words and warnings
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and statues are being fulfilled.
Verse 30 God raised him from the

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dead, but God raised him from 
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And there's the glory, beloved, 
we're reading Psalm, chapter 

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145, Psalm 145, verse 14. 
The Lord upholds all who fall 

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and rises up all who are bowed 
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So if we've fallen because of 
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rejection of the world, because 
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that we're trying to live, 
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sanctification and holiness and 
we have been bowed down and we, 

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we, we're, we're crooked. 
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hunchback they call. 
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up some, God will lift us up and
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amazing day when the Lord 
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Let's continue from verse 31. 
And Saint Paul continues. 

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And for many days he that is 
Jesus was seen by them who had 

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come up with him from Galilee to
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witnesses to the people. 
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Who are them? 
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Remember in verse 1, chapter 8 
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read that Jesus, right? 
Jesus commands and Jesus 

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instructs that when the Spirit 
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Spirit comes upon you, he says 
you shall receive power, you're 

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going to be empowered, and then 
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You're going to be my witnesses.
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me in Jerusalem and in all Judea
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and onto the borders of the 
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So there's a fulfillment of 
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commandment at the same time 
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be to his name say, I mean, 
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Thank you, Stephen high on the 
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Before he was born, there were 
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When he was conceived, his 
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mother's womb, his his 
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prophecies. 
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It's life. 
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is life. 
He is fulfilling prophecies. 

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By his birth, he fulfilled 
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During His three ministry was 
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When he was captured, he 
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When He was crucified, when he 
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prophecies. 
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fulfilled prophecies when he was
buried, he fulfilled prophecies.

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When he resurrected, he 
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earth for 40 days. 
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remember, we celebrated the 
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We have 40 days of of 
celebration because Christ is on

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earth. 
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scriptures, when after he died, 
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in his ascension. 
He is filling fulfilling 

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prophecies and from his 
ascension to his return, his 

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prophecies are being fulfilled 
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What a glory. 
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Say, I mean, I will hear it's 
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Thank you. 
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was on earth. 
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read those to whom also he 
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Not peekaboo, He showed himself.
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saw him. 
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way, not a spirit hovering in 
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A and a image in a cloud. 
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didn't. 
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had suffered by many signs. 
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when he was appearing to them 
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of God. 
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He wasn't hanging out and, and 
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you know, glorifying himself 
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about himself. 
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he would have told them what 
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That's why Saint Peter writes 
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So for 40 days, he's telling his
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apostles, about the Kingdom of 
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And this is the first mission of
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The mission of the church is to 
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the world about the Kingdom of 
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Life in himself is a is a 
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that awaits you and I and all 
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Christ. 
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stolen, right? 
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So much for his body being 
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Wow so if his body was stolen, 
why for 40 days he was appearing

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and they were seeing him? 
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John chapter 20 verse 7 seals 
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This seals the ridiculous notion
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Jesus body was stolen and a 
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A grave cloth which had been 
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the linens, not with a shroud, 
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the side in one place. 
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or maybe let's say not the 
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and stole his body, why then 
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really nice, fold it nicely and 
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No, no they didn't. 
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entered, that is John, who came 
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enter. 
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and he stared and he believed. 
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the apostles for their spectism,
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Thank you. 
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inquisitiveness. 
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inspired. 
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doubting. 
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Yes, you Miss Norman the 
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No. 
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all these evidence now. 
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that were at times skeptics, 
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thoughts and minds, doubts, and 
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You you wanted to know. 
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Because through that I know 
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that the Lord and Savior Jesus 
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resurrected. 
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And behold, not that not only we
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him preach to you that that very
promise which was made to our 

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fathers, we're preaching to you 
this promise. 

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Now, what did God preach through
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By the way, the prophets weren't
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he's talking to them saying, 
listen, all those prophets that 

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your forefathers were prophesied
to, hey, they weren't frauds. 

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Some of them you stoned as Jesus
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Some of them you persecuted, you
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But they weren't frauds. 
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They were true, they were 
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And what did God promised their 
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Not wealth, not property, not 
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No, he didn't. 
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through Jesus Christ. 
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rising through Jesus Christ. 
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Jesus Christ through his death, 
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Jesus has also promised us 
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life, a humble and peaceful 
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Find me in the scriptures, in 
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in the liturgy, liturgy of the 
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Christianity have been promised 
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Spiritually, yes. 
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course, I mean, not on earth. 
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We spoke about this. 
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The glory is that we, through 
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poverty, we die in Christ. 
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newness of life in Him and we 
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in the resurrection from the 
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That's what the God promised the
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that your forefathers did, all 
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all fulfilled in Jesus Christ. 
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have a new life in Jesus Christ 
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life with him. 
And he goes on to quote 

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scriptures now evidence, you 
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when, when we talk God, when we 
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want to, you know, bring people 
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Christ. 
We need to, we need to have an 

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idea of the scriptures. 
You know, sometimes people quote

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from the scriptures that 
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It's not even there. 
Now you search, you think maybe 

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I've missed it and you Google it
and there's no such words. 

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Now paraphrasing is different, 
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paraphrasing must also be, you 
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Scripture actually is verbatim, 
right? 

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But it is so distant even from 
paraphrasing. 

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So when we want to speak Jesus 
Christ and we want to teach 

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people what Jesus has told us or
commanded us or what God has 

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said, we must be careful. 
So here are some quotes Saint 

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Paul gives to the Jews and the 
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And for many days he was seen by
them who had come up with him 

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from Galilee to Jerusalem, and 
they are now his witnesses to 

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the people. 
And behold, we also preach to 

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you that that very promise which
was made to our fathers, behold,

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God has fulfilled it. 
The promise has fulfilled it to 

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us, to us, their children, the 
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For He has raised up Jesus, just
as it is written in the second 

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Psalm. 
You are my Son. 

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This day I have begotten you 
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God, and God raised him from the
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No more to return to corruption,
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I will give you the sure mercies
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And again he said in another 
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Holy One to see corruption, or 
you shall not leave your holy 

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One to see corruption. 
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that God was talking to Isaiah, 
the two prophecies were from the

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book of Psalms and the prophet 
prophecy of Isaiah, chapter 55, 

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verse 3, so that we don't remain
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talking about Isaiah, he's 
talking about David. 

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No, this is not talking about 
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or those who do not accept the 
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Well, let's continue for David 
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generation according to that 
will of God. 

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So David was on earth according 
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him to be on earth. 
He served his generation. 

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He lived his life on earth. 
He died though he was a greater 

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man than his father's, yet he 
saw corruption. 

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So David died and was corrupted.
His body was corrupted. 

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Isaiah died and his body was 
corrupted. 

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But Jesus Christ, his body was 
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resurrected and he was seen, He 
was seen by many for 40 days. 

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He was with his disciples. 
But be it known to you, He 

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continues verse 38. 
Be it known to you therefore, 

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brethren, that through this very
one is that is Jesus Christ 

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through this very one is 
preached to you. 

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The forgiveness of sins through 
Jesus Christ, through Jesus 

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sacrificial body and blood. 
This is what they were 

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preaching. 
The purification that Moses's 

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law didn't bring, Jesus did. 
Through his death, burial and 

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resurrection. 
Everything was new, renewed. 

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The promises were fulfilled. 
The atonement had been 

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graciously given to mankind. 
Remember in the Old Testament, 

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the sin offerings, the guilt 
offerings, you know, they 

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brought so many offerings of 
sins and guilts. 

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And by the way, the sin guilt 
offerings were goats, right? 

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In Deuteronomy, goats were 
offered. 

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The priest would lay his hands 
on the goats and he would pray. 

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And then all the sins, all the 
prophecy of Jesus Christ. 

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So Jesus was called the Lamb of 
God, but he became a goat, 

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right? 
He became a goat. 

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He took on our sins, the, the, 
the sin offerings. 

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All the priest would place his 
hand on the goat and all the 

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sins would be transferred to the
goat and the goat would be 

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released into the wilderness 
because they wouldn't hold it, 

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they wouldn't sacrifice that 
goat. 

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The goat would be released in 
the wilderness, which was 

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associated with demons. 
It was bare right? 

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Wild animals. 
That's why Jesus went to the 

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wilderness to confront the 
accuser, Satan. 

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He he went there to confront the
one who caused sin to enter 

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through man's disobedience, 
obviously, right and once a year

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the high priest would go to then
purify the Tabernacle, the tent,

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because I was saying it was so 
many, so much sin in here, 

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right? 
We got to clear this. 

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That was all concluded by the 
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blood of Christ. 
No more blood offerings, no more

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no. 
And then he closes off verse 41 

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with a quote. 
Beware of 40, sorry. 

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Beware, therefore, lest that 
which is written in the prophets

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may come up upon you. 
Verse 41. 

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Be careful, O you despises. 
This was a prophecy of Habakkuk.

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Be careful of O you despises, 
for you shall wander and perish.

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For I will do a great work in 
your day which you will not 

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believe, even if a man tell it 
to you believe he's telling the 

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Jews and the Gentiles leave. 
But verse 40, let's close it off

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with verse 40. 
Beware, therefore, lest that 

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which is written in the prophets
may come upon you. 

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Let's leave the prophets. 
Let's talk about Jesus Christ, 

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the prophecies of Jesus Christ, 
the warnings of Jesus Christ, 

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the gospel of our Lord, now 
Savior Jesus Christ. 

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Look at these warnings as we 
leave, awaiting for the Lord to 

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return. 
Be aware that these warnings 

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Jesus has given us, and I'm 
going to read them, don't come 

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upon us when he returns because 
there's not a second chance. 

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Beloved Luke 624 to 26 in 
contrast to the to the 

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Beatitudes in Matthew chapter 5 
and 6. 

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But woe, Jesus is speaking 
Jesus. 

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Woe to you rich men. 
Yes, woe to those who are 

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physically rich, earthly rich. 
Yeah. 

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Don't go and squander your money
on on roulettes and bet 25,050 

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thousand 100,000. 
I was talking about the, the 

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video I see. 
I don't know if it's true or if 

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it's fake. 
Let me know. 

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There's a machine where you know
that there's this big steel that

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pushes back and forth and 
there's all these gambling 

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chips, roulette chips, whatever 
you call them, and each 100,000 

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or 10,000, what have you, right?
And then you need to go and buy 

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coins to put in. 
You can't use your own coins, so

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you buy coins and each pop is 
5,000,010 million. 20 million, 

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bro, as they say, as Steven 
says, bro, if you have 50 

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million, why are you doing 
gambling? 

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If you can bet 50 million, what 
are you doing? 

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Gambling. 
OK, let's not go to that extent.

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It could be fake, it could be 
false. 

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What about today we know of 
people that God is blessed with 

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wealth. 
Go to casinos and pop 10,015 

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thousand 20,000. 
Are you serious? 

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Is this what God gave you the 
wealth to do with to to do with 

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to do with your wealth. 
And when you ask for a donation,

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they frown upon you. 
You're always asking me for 

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money, not me. 
I'm not asking you for me when I

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come and say listen, can you pay
my loan off housing loan off 

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Yeah, you know frown upon me. 
But when I say. 

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Help the House of God, help 
those who are in need. 

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The children who are starving, 
they're homeless, right? 

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There's always that rolling of 
the now. 

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Not all are like that, right? 
But let's talk spiritual because

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this is all spiritual. 
But woe to you, rich man that is

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rich in spirit, that is proud. 
You're so proud of yourself as 

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Adam was. 
Adam aspired to become like God.

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He was proud. 
Adam was proud and brought 

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death. 
Jesus Christ was humble and 

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raised us. 
Adam through his pride caused 

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men to fall. 
Jesus through his humility 

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raised humanity. 
Jesus goes on to say, for you 

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have received your comfort, you 
want to live in this lavish 

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style, you know prayer, be proud
of yourself. 

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Great. 
Don't expect comfort. 

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Woe to you. 
Satisfied ones satisfied in 

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unrighteousness, impurity, 
immorality, evil, despicability.

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These are all from Galatians 
Chapter 5. 

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Fornication, impurity, whoredom 
whoredoms means prostitutions or

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another unrestraining sexual 
activity. 

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Woe to you who are satisfied in 
this, the worship of idols, 

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witchcraft, hate, contention, 
rivalry, that is enmity, rage, 

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disrespect, dissensions, that is
quarrels, divisions, envy, 

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murder, drunkenness, reveling, 
rave parties, right Galatians 5.

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Woe to you who are satisfied 
with this now temporary, for you

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shall hunger eternally, because 
you will not see the face of 

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God, you will not enter the 
Kingdom of heaven. 

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Woe to you who are laughing now,
right now. 

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Maybe you're laughing yet. 
Here we go. 

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That's a case. 
That's all he speaks about. 

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That's all he speaks about. 
I will speak about that until 

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the Lord returns. 
I will speak about that. 

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I will toot that horn. 
I will beat that drum. 

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I will continually hammer and 
hammer that message. 

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I'll hammer it and I'll do it 
again. 

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Woe to you who are satisfied in 
unrighteousness, immorality, 

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evil, despicability, 
fornication, impurity, whoredom,

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prostitution or other 
unrestrained sexual activity, 

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the worship of the worship of 
idols, witchcraft, hate, 

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contention, rivalry, enmity, 
rage, disrespect, dissensions, 

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quarrels, divisions, envy, 
murder, drunkenness, revelling, 

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that is, rave parties. 
Woe to you, for you shall hunger

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eternally. 
Woe to you who are laughing now,

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for you shall weep, and you 
shall wail. 

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Why? 
Matthew chapter 13, verse 42. 

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They will cast them into the 
essence of fire. 

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Let's be careful. 
I'm going to read verse 40 

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again. 
Acts 13. 

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Beware therefore, lest that 
which is written in the Gospels 

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may come upon you. 
Woe to you when men shall say 

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wonderful things about you, For 
so were their fathers doing to 

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the false prophets, right? 
Isaiah chapter 4-5, verse 20. 

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Woe to you who call your evil. 
Woe to you who call your evil 

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good and your good evil. 
And you take pride in that, as 

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opposed to saying away from me, 
Satan. 

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No, my evil cannot be justified.
My evil will not be accepted 

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before the Lord. 
My good I will be rewarded for. 

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So beware. 
Be aware, therefore, lest that 

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is written in the Gospels. 
Come upon us, beloved. 

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What was written in the Old 
Testament came upon those who 

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didn't accept Jesus, came upon 
those who didn't accept God's 

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prophets. 
They were prophesying. 

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Let's not be in the same place 
as they are now or where they 

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will be in eternity. 
Praise and glory be this Jesus 

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name now and that all times and 
forever. 

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Amen. 
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