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Thanks for checking out the 
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from St. 
Augustine, FL. 

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Now enjoy this message. 
Well, let's turn over to Mark 

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chapter one. 
Mark chapter one, And I sense 

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that some of those things I was 
saying were not just by me 

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saying it's unction of the 
Spirit. 

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I did not say thus sayeth the 
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Just as much a function by the 
Spirit, more of a word of 

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knowledge, because some of you 
are like, yeah, that's me. 

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Which means the Lord, through 
His word and knowledge, wanted 

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me to encourage you along those 
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Amen. 
Some of you I could call out 

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some very specific things 
because I just happen to know. 

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And let me just say this, thank 
you, Lord, because the Lord just

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trying to deal with this church 
often. 

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Does the Lord know everything? 
Right. 

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So why is it that Saints get so 
impressed by a minister that 

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doesn't know you, but by the 
spirit of God can tell you about

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what's going on in your life, 
then give you the words you need

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to overcome it? 
And we would rather receive it 

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from that person than someone 
that God's placed in your life. 

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Like your pastor who happens to 
know what's going on cause you 

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told them but then told you the 
same word by the scripture that 

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you need to overcome. 
But we want to get it from a 

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stranger, because you're not 
getting a more sure word of 

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scripture of how to overcome 
from someone who just didn't 

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happen to know your problem. 
That doesn't make it more 

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spiritual. 
In fact, I would even submit to 

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you this way. 
The reason why some of those 

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gifts are actually in operation 
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people to actually be under 
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And it's God again, trying to 
get your attention because why 

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in the world are you way over 
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Yeah, it's good preaching. 
It's not popular. 

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But I'm not here for popularity 
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I'm just here to do the word of 
the King. 

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Hey man, John the Baptist wasn't
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Neither was Jesus. 
Jesus said y'all, I'll go to the

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house, right? 
Because at the end of the day 

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I'm just going to do the will of
my Father, Amen. 

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And that's the best place of 
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the father March after one verse
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And now after John had been 
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into Galilee preaching the 
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time is fulfilled and the 
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Repent. 
And believe in the gospel. 

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So these two verses here, if you
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time would be really awesome. 
Is that Jesus is literally 

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communicating what the gospel 
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Just in case we don't because 
you know that way we got to go 

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preach the gospel. 
Jesus tells us the gospel 

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because it says Jesus came into 
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God. 
Verse 15 tells us what it is 

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saying. 
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The time is fulfilled and the 
Kingdom of God is at hand. 

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That's the gospel. 
The Kingdom of God is at hand. 

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The Kingdom of God is at hand. 
The Kingdom of God is at hand. 

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That's the gospel. 
The good news is that the 

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Kingdom of God is at hand. 
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That includes being born again 
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Kingdom. 
Unless you're born again, you 

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can't enter the Kingdom unless 
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But the good news is not the 
Death Bear on resurrection of 

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Jesus. 
The good news is the Kingdom of 

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God. 
The Death Bear on resurrection 

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of Jesus is what was the 
required payment so that we 

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could be forgiven of our treason
and the debt associated with our

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life. 
Because again, God's ready to 

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forgive man in Genesis chapter 
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No issue when Adam eats the 
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garden and then he eventually 
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I'll bring my seed through the 
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In essence, I want to forgive 
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forgiveness until the debts 
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He can't enter into life until 
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That's why everyone prior to 
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paradise. 
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They cannot go and be present 
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payment is not there. 
They're waiting on payment. 

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Now forgiveness obviously is in 
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separate place than those that 
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However, it does not give them 
access to God yet or they cannot

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be present It be in His 
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consistently are eternal until 
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So Jesus is telling us the good 
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Is the Kingdom My work, Jesus 
says, is to pay the price so you

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can have the Kingdom back. 
So he says, listen, the time is 

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fulfilled. 
In essence I've come to make 

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payment. 
So the good news in this 

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particular dispensation we're 
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that when we die, we don't go to
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We get to be present before the 
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right hand of the Father. 
And so we'll go to heaven and be

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with him until he returns, and 
then we'll be with him when he 

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returns. 
But it says the time is 

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fulfilled. 
The Kingdom of God is at hand. 

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That is the gospel. 
Then he goes on and says this. 

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Now the gospel is the Kingdom of
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But there's a there's something 
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gospel. 
Two things are required. 

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Say two things. 
Two things are required. 

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Say two things. 
Two things are required. 

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Say two things. 
Two things. 

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The first thing is repent. 
And repent is not a religious 

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word. 
It means change your thinking. 

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So you repent and believe. 
Repent and believe in the in 

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what? 
What is the gospel? 

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The Kingdom of God. 
Amen. 

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So the gospel is the Kingdom of 
God of which Jesus is the King 

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of the Kingdom. 
That's why the Bible says all 

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who call on the name of the Lord
cause Lord is supreme and 

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authority. 
It's not a religious word. 

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It means Jesus is the king of 
the Kingdom and for you to get 

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in the Kingdom then you must 
believe that the payment Jesus 

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paid. 
For your treason against the 

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crown of the Father was made, 
and you're going to make him 

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your supreme in authority. 
You're you are crucifying your 

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life, your purpose, your will, 
your intent, your way of doing 

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everything to submit fully and 
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And in order to do that, you're 
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Because to change your thinking.
And then you believe in his 

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finished work. 
In his finished work. 

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I don't have to die in order to 
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I have to die to myself. 
But I have to die to myself and 

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receive the blood that he shed 
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He made the payment. 
I could not get there on my own 

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initiative. 
Are you hearing me? 

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So repent is a big deal, I said.
It's a big deal. 

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It's not the gospel without 
repentance. 

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It's not the new birth without 
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Going to say that again, it's 
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repentance. 
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I mean, they don't know anything
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separated from they have to 
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They have to change their 
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with God without God, without 
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So someone who calls on the name
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died on the cross and rose from 
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their thinking that they can get
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So they actually did a natural 
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When I say natural, I'm saying 
they decided to take that 

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thought. 
Now I understand the thought 

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comes by revealing by the 
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So again, no man goes after God.
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But once the Holy Spirit reveals
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way and you know that you know 
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Now I can't do it my way. 
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and you then with your heart, 
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with, I mean honestly, your 
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At the moment you know you're 
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But that event, through the 
revealing of the spirit, that 

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you can call on the name of the 
Lord to be saved, it will cause 

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the spirit of the man that's 
dead to be evicted from this 

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skin suit and you'll get a new 
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Are you hearing me? 
So repentance is key. 

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Unfortunately, we think 
repentance is only a one time 

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shot. 
Yet we'll see that that's not 

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true. 
And that's chapter 17, verse 30.

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It says this, these are the 
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fulfilling the Great Commission.
And it says therefore, having 

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overlooked the times of 
ignorance, God is now declaring 

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to all men that all people 
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Repent repents a big deal. 
Got the gods. 

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Word translation says that this 
way God overlooked the times 

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when people didn't know any 
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everyone everywhere to turn to 
him and change the way they 

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think and act and act. 
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But declaring but but kept 
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Damascus first. 
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throughout all the region of 
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that they should what repent, 
turn to God, performing deeds 

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appropriate to repentance, 
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Another word for deeds is works.
Yep, the old dirty word in the 

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church. 
Which is not a dirty word 

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because doctrines of demons. 
Have attacked the church with 

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the word work when the reality 
is just keep reading Ephesians 

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210, where everyone says it's 
not a work any less any man. 

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It's not a man's work 
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That's what it means. 
But we are born again for the 

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purpose of having good works, 
which means a lifestyle that now

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is in keeping. 
With repentance, the God's Word 

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translation says that this way 
of Acts 2620, both groups were 

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expected to change the way they 
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God. 
I told them to do things that 

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prove they have changed their 
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We have reduced being born again
to a God only event and there is

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no man side. 
And that once we're born again, 

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we still do nothing. 
Which is not a true statement 

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because the Bible doesn't 
support it, and the early church

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knew this very well, of which 
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I said Jesus himself understood 
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Jesus never expected for us to 
be born again and never change 

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the way we think. 
So that our thinking would be in

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line with this new spirit that 
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Are you hearing me? 
So again, the problem is, is 

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that you and I have already been
instructed by the Holy Ghost. 

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So this is in our advantage and 
and you need to understand it's 

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to your advantage because 
there's many places that are 

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only dealing with the Spirit 
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What I mean by that is that what
Jesus could only do. 

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And then put in you at your 
confession, which is a new 

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creature in Christ. 
Your spirit is perfect, but 

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you're not just a spirit. 
And so anytime you take the 

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Bible and only deal and try to 
take the spiritual thing that 

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has taken place in us and apply 
it to our soul realm, you're 

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going to get off. 
And apply it to your body realm.

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You're going to get off. 
No one would believe that your 

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body now is eternal. 
None of us believe that. 

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Nobody believes that you're 
going to live forever. 

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Yet in the spirit you do right 
in our spirit, like our spirits 

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alive will always be with the 
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Yeah, but your body's not. 
You're going to get a glorified 

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body, and that is an accepted 
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But what's not accepted is 
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Because many are attaching the 
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the soul are one and they're not
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I said they're not one. 
The Bible clearly communicates 

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there is a difference between 
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Now in the Old Testament, you're
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You're not going to have that 
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So again, they go back into the 
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the heart. 
It's the heart. 

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It's talking about the spirit of
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The spirit of the man was dead 
in the old covenant, which means

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it only listened to the soul. 
And it did everything from a 

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soul perspective because that's 
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When Adam ate the fruit, he was 
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he tried to worship God the best
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It was only those that had 
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though their spirit man was 
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Are you hearing me? 
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It was possible for man to be 
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was dead in that dispensation, 
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In the new one, it lets us know 
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once we got born again, it did 
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That's right, didn't change our 
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Just like it did not make us put
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That is a future event. 
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we have the responsibility. 
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said very clearly. 
I'm going to apply to us all, he

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said. 
You know, parents, it's God's 

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responsibility to save your 
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It's your responsibility to help
save their soul. 

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Well, that applies individually 
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God saved our spirit. 
He's responsible for saving our 

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spirit. 
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our soul. 
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saving of the soul. 
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that doesn't mean our mind's 
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continue to be wrong and he's OK
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Really, what the gospel tells us
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thinking, you'll be able to 
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So I'm going to put in you a 
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with God and right standing with
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Then I'll put him in there as 
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who's going to teach you Kingdom
stuff so that now your mind can 

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think and respond like the King 
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And you have that responsibility
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that lives on the inside and 
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He would illuminate. 
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will that now you actually have 
the power to say soul, you're 

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going to change the way you 
think about this. 

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You're fixing to change the way 
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You don't control me anymore. 
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soul realm controlled man. 
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That is a sense in the soul 
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But now we're not led by our 
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We're led by faith or the word 
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We have something happening on 
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that We come back up to our soul
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we're going to respond. 
Now are you hearing me? 

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So we know. 
And 1st Thessalonia is 523. 

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I'm just going to quote him for 
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He said that that man would to 
be blameless until the return of

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Jesus in his spirit, soul and 
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So first that's alone is 523. 
You can write that down South. 

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You can study this for yourself.
Or remind yourself that we are a

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spirit, we have a soul and we 
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Then in Hebrews chapter 4 verse 
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living in active sharper than 
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between joint and marrow soul 
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So the only thing that can can 
let you know what is a feeling 

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and what is spirit is the word 
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Which tells us that there are 
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but if they're not in the word, 
they can still be led by their 

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soul and not the spirit, because
you have to learn of the spirit 

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in order to be led by the 
Spirit, and the spirit don't 

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care how you feel. 
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like he's insensitive. 
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I'm just saying if he gives you 
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natural it may cause many people
to be fearful, it may cause many

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people to want to cry. 
I mean I, you know, I don't know

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what the situation is. 
I'm just throwing out some 

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examples. 
In essence, he's like you just 

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need to follow this and don't go
based upon the way you feel 

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because my word works. 
And you can change. 

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Say, well, I'm, I'm not going to
feel that way. 

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I'm going to feel the way the 
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And a lot of times he'll have 
you feel joy. 

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Another thing he'll do is have 
you feel peace. 

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Are you hearing me? 
And so you'll you'll sense peace

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in your spirit, and you'll put 
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well, I'm going to walk in this 
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So did Jesus know this word 
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Well again we opened up in Mark 
one that it says after John was 

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put into prison, Jesus came 
preaching. 

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Well what did John preach? 
John the Baptist? 

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Well it's in Matthew chapter 3. 
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John the Baptist preached repent
for the Kingdom of heaven is at 

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hand. 
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It's the gospel. 
Thank you. 

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One person's got it. 
We've we left the scripture and 

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we've already forgotten what the
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Let's change our thinking. 
The gospel is not Jesus Christ 

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out on the cross and rose from 
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That is the way into the gospel.
It's the way into the gospel. 

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You know, cause honestly, it's 
not good news that Jesus died. 

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You know, we called it Good 
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wasn't a good day. 
It wasn't a good day. 

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I mean, it was a it was a 
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It was sorrowful for the Father.
I mean, it was it was painful 

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for Jesus. 
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mindset because the Bible tells 
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before him, he endured the 
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So when he looked at the cross, 
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experience, although his body 
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Are you hearing me? 
So by all rights, it's not good 

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to die. 
But he had to die so that we 

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could get into the good place. 
Because if I had never eaten a 

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fruit, we wouldn't have this 
problem, right? 

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And if we hadn't send ourselves,
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But we did. 
And so Jesus pays the price so 

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that we can come in. 
So repent, Mitch means change. 

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Your thinking is what John 
priests. 

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And did John know what he was 
saying when he said repent? 

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Yes, jump down to verse 8. 
And if you don't think Jesus was

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around hearing this or knowing 
this, then you would be mistaken

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because you understand John is 
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And where do you think John got 
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Jesus called John the greatest 
prophet. 

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He said he was the greatest. 
No miracles are having it. 

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He's the greatest preacher got a
prophet. 

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Why? 
Well, he's announcing the king. 

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He's anowing. 
This is the fulfillment of the 

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fulfillment of time. 
This is where the good news is 

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finally made available for 
people to access back in the 

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planet that you don't have to 
wait to go to heaven. 

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This is what God was always 
wanting. 

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He's wanting to get it back and 
he's getting it back to us. 

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Still not in Eric as it 
originally was, because our soul

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and our body's going to be 
perfect as well. 

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But he's definitely getting 
where he's among men, because 

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Jesus means Emmanuel, God with 
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God wanted to come to us, He 
wanted to be in us. 

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And he don't want to wait for 
you to go to heaven to have a 

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relationship. 
He wants to come and have his 

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abode with you now, and he's not
concerned that you're in a 

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simple world still, because once
you get right with him, that 

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stuff don't have anything to do 
with you. 

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He's delivered you from that. 
He's, he's taking you out of the

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law of sin and death. 
He's redeemed you. 

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He's put a spirit in you that 
has that doesn't want to sin or 

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be rebellious to the Father ever
again. 

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And then he puts the Holy Ghost 
in you that says, now let's get 

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your mind right so that you can 
act and have the Kingdom 

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functioning in your life all the
time because it's really not 

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about when you go to heaven. 
Heaven came to you. 

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Hallelujah, man. 
That's good news, such good 

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news. 
And so he knew that if we 

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repented, then there's going to 
be a evidence that's going to 

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follow. 
And he says, John says this 

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therefore bear fruit in keeping 
with repentance. 

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Now, he was obviously talking to
some religious people that knew 

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the Word. 
They had access to the Word, and

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yet they were manipulating the 
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way of living. 
Instead, this is how we're going

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to use God's word so that this 
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We're going to manipulate God's 
Word to justify our lifestyle 

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and say we're right with God. 
I'm telling you, this is worse 

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than a unbeliever not even 
knowing scripture, trying to 

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live right for God. 
It's not working. 

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But you know, they don't even 
have the excuse of knowing the 

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Word. 
These guys here, they knew the 

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Word, they had access to it and 
and they were in the environment

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where the Spirit of God would 
come upon the priest in order to

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rightly divide it and see it 
with clarity. 

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And yet they were rejecting 
that, so that they could 

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maintain fruit that was not from
the Kingdom. 

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But John calls them out. 
On this he calls them out, he 

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said, Now, therefore bear fruit,
in keeping with a change of 

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thinking. 
Are you hearing me so the 

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passion of this verse, Matthew 
38, says it this way. 

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You must prove your repentance 
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Amen. 
Now, just for the sake of 

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record, I'm not saying that the 
minute you get born again, 

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you're going to do everything 
right. 

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Obviously you're not. 
You're going to be a babe in 

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Christ and you're going to make 
mistake. 

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But you know even a baby will 
keep coming to milk. 

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That's what babies do. 
They come to milk. 

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They keep coming to milk. 
They're not going to reject 

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milk. 
Now, if you get born again and 

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then you never come to milk, 
well, then you're probably not 

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born again, which means you had 
a confession with your mouth, 

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but your heart was far from it. 
Because you can't tell me you're

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right with God if I'm begging 
you to get to milk, right? 

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I mean, honestly, I love what 
Pastor Darryl Huffman says. 

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He says I got born again for 
life. 

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This wasn't like until the first
problem came, until the first 

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issue took place. 
And I wasn't trying him. 

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You know what He's No one's 
begging him. 

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No one begged him. 
I mean, many of you, you're not.

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No one's begging you. 
You're just like this is what I 

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do, cause I'm alive to God. 
And that is what babes do. 

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Babes know somebody that is with
me now who has begotten me has 

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got some milk somewhere. 
And get me to the milk. 

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Hallelujah. 
The contemporary English version

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says this. 
Do something to show that you 

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have really given up your sins. 
Do something. 

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Hallelujah. 
The God God's word says it this 

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way to do those things that 
prove you have turned to God and

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have changed the way you think 
and act again. 

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A righteous man may fall, but he
gets up. 

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I said he gets up at the end of 
the day, may fall 7th, but he 

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gets up nowhere. 
Am I preaching perfection? 

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What I'm preaching is develop 
maturity. 

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You know what's what's amazing 
to me is that people will make 

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all kind of excuses not. 
To be with God and act like 

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they're still with God, it's 
just amazing. 

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Why? 
Because have they really 

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repented? 
You know, again, when we sell 

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Jesus as you couldn't do 
anything and just ask him to 

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come into your heart and save 
you. 

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Then when you die, you know 
you're going to go to heaven 

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because it doesn't really matter
what you do after that, God 

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loves you anyway. 
In essence, we're endorsing 

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something other than what Jesus 
called the gospel. 

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You know, if someone ever said, 
well, I just want to come to 

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church, you know, because I want
to come, You know, I don't want 

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to have to be made, you know, 
because you know, one thing that

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we do here at Anchor a church, 
if you're going to partner with 

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a vision, again, we have 40 
people lined up for supportive 

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ministry and they're going to 
be, they're assigned now 

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somewhere. 
Part of the responsibility of 

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serving is that you actually 
have to attend church. 

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You don't serve and then don't 
come to church, right. 

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So again, well, you know, I I 
want to come just because I want

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to come. 
I don't want to come because I 

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have to serve. 
Well, first of all, you 

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obviously don't know Jesus 
because Jesus would ask you to 

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serve. 
So serving should come out of 

454
00:29:24,580 --> 00:29:26,020
your heart. 
So if you already felt like 

455
00:29:26,020 --> 00:29:28,540
you're being made, then I'm 
asking the question, are you 

456
00:29:28,540 --> 00:29:35,780
right with God? 
Because if we only can show up 

457
00:29:35,780 --> 00:29:38,260
when we're scheduled, then 
you've made it work. 

458
00:29:38,260 --> 00:29:40,260
Not me. 
I mean, I say we're a job, let's

459
00:29:40,260 --> 00:29:41,620
put it out. 
You made it a job. 

460
00:29:41,860 --> 00:29:44,540
You know, everybody goes to A to
a job when they're scheduled. 

461
00:29:46,780 --> 00:29:48,700
And you know how many people go 
to a job and they don't want to 

462
00:29:48,700 --> 00:29:50,300
go? 
And then they'll say, well, you 

463
00:29:50,300 --> 00:29:52,420
know, I want to go to church 
when I want to because I don't 

464
00:29:52,420 --> 00:29:54,900
feel like I have to. 
Well, you have to go to job and 

465
00:29:54,900 --> 00:30:03,140
you go to job and the job didn't
die for you, the job didn't. 

466
00:30:03,140 --> 00:30:06,780
The money you're making from the
job will not save your life from

467
00:30:06,820 --> 00:30:09,660
eternal damnation. 
It will not heal your body. 

468
00:30:09,660 --> 00:30:13,260
I don't care how good your 
insurance is, the insurance you 

469
00:30:13,260 --> 00:30:16,380
have does not cover every 
condition. 

470
00:30:16,780 --> 00:30:19,740
Even if you're going through 
cancer, it can't heal cancer. 

471
00:30:21,020 --> 00:30:26,820
It can just pay for the 
treatments and your retirement. 

472
00:30:27,340 --> 00:30:31,300
I mean, I'm glad you got this 
great 401K, but at the end of 

473
00:30:31,300 --> 00:30:34,860
the day, what's going to happen?
Yeah. 

474
00:30:34,860 --> 00:30:38,940
You know, I mean, many people go
to jobs they don't want to go 

475
00:30:38,940 --> 00:30:43,100
to. 
Well, yeah, you should come to 

476
00:30:43,100 --> 00:30:46,060
church because you want to, 
which is pretty simple. 

477
00:30:46,940 --> 00:30:51,700
I mean, it's an easy overflow. 
Hallelujah. 

478
00:30:52,540 --> 00:30:56,530
Thank you, Jesus. 
That's why you know the hired 

479
00:30:56,530 --> 00:31:00,770
employees that we have here. 
I mean that's like no brainer. 

480
00:31:02,810 --> 00:31:05,770
I mean you're hired because your
vision partner and you come to 

481
00:31:05,770 --> 00:31:12,130
church and if you don't want to 
come to church but you do want 

482
00:31:12,130 --> 00:31:14,410
to come to work, there's a 
problem. 

483
00:31:14,890 --> 00:31:16,890
I mean, that's like just a 
natural overflow. 

484
00:31:18,050 --> 00:31:25,470
It's not a forcing, it's an 
overflow of a heart to serve a 

485
00:31:25,470 --> 00:31:28,630
vision. 
And then God pays you as well to

486
00:31:28,630 --> 00:31:31,390
do a part of it. 
I mean, how exciting is that, 

487
00:31:32,310 --> 00:31:33,590
right? 
Yeah. 

488
00:31:33,590 --> 00:31:37,630
It's like, wow, this is amazing.
Amen. 

489
00:31:37,830 --> 00:31:40,630
Well, I feel like I have to go. 
That's that's your problem. 

490
00:31:41,110 --> 00:31:42,150
It's not. 
It's not. 

491
00:31:42,470 --> 00:31:45,670
It's not my problem. 
I love to do what God wants to 

492
00:31:45,670 --> 00:31:47,350
do. 
I love to be in His presence. 

493
00:31:47,350 --> 00:31:51,790
I love to serve His church. 
I love to serve Him because I 

494
00:31:51,790 --> 00:31:56,230
have a lifestyle in keeping with
repentance. 

495
00:31:57,950 --> 00:32:01,630
Did I do God's word already? 
OK, let's do amplified. 

496
00:32:01,910 --> 00:32:03,870
Amplified. 
Matthew 38 says it this way. 

497
00:32:03,870 --> 00:32:07,190
So produce fruit that is 
consistent with repentance, 

498
00:32:07,190 --> 00:32:12,430
demonstrating new behavior that 
proves a change of heart and a 

499
00:32:12,430 --> 00:32:15,110
conscious decision to turn away 
from sin. 

500
00:32:20,600 --> 00:32:26,800
Why would Jesus call us into his
Kingdom and then keep us in a 

501
00:32:26,800 --> 00:32:30,040
position where we have we lack 
power of community? 

502
00:32:32,520 --> 00:32:45,330
I mean, there's nowhere in 
Scripture that individuality or 

503
00:32:45,330 --> 00:32:49,330
let's put independence is what 
God was looking for. 

504
00:32:50,410 --> 00:32:53,410
Let me just say it this way. 
There's actually no in scripture

505
00:32:53,690 --> 00:32:59,560
that literally constitutes A 
singular thinking of personal 

506
00:32:59,560 --> 00:33:07,760
Savior. 
God never intended to have one 

507
00:33:07,760 --> 00:33:11,200
son. 
God was never gonna have one. 

508
00:33:14,760 --> 00:33:17,760
Never. 
And it's from the first pages. 

509
00:33:18,000 --> 00:33:22,150
Let us make man in our image 
according to our likeness. 

510
00:33:22,230 --> 00:33:25,670
I'm gonna pull out of that man 
or woman, and then they gonna 

511
00:33:25,790 --> 00:33:29,430
multiply. 
They're gonna produce God's 

512
00:33:29,430 --> 00:33:32,910
seeds. 
Kingly seeds the whole race. 

513
00:33:35,110 --> 00:33:38,710
When Adam falls from dominion, 
the Lord's likes the seed. 

514
00:33:38,710 --> 00:33:42,230
A man's corrupt now, so I got to
get a different seed in the 

515
00:33:42,230 --> 00:33:45,430
woman because I'm looking for a 
community. 

516
00:33:45,430 --> 00:33:47,150
I'm not looking for one person 
here. 

517
00:33:50,380 --> 00:33:53,340
So when he gets into covenant 
with Abram, what's he say? 

518
00:33:53,820 --> 00:33:56,020
He says. 
Abram, I'm gonna make a covenant

519
00:33:56,020 --> 00:34:02,820
with you, and I'm gonna call you
Abra Ham, which is known as the 

520
00:34:02,820 --> 00:34:09,260
father of of what many nations 
not I just want. 

521
00:34:09,260 --> 00:34:13,260
Through you to get Jesus. 
So I could personally be with 

522
00:34:13,260 --> 00:34:19,780
people individually. 
I don't want them to know each 

523
00:34:19,780 --> 00:34:22,900
other and interact with one 
another. 

524
00:34:23,420 --> 00:34:24,699
I don't even want them to get 
along. 

525
00:34:26,020 --> 00:34:28,219
I want them for me and me alone.
So what I'm going to do in 

526
00:34:28,219 --> 00:34:29,860
eternity. 
I'm going to line them up and 

527
00:34:29,860 --> 00:34:32,739
I'm just going to have one dance
before me and sings praises to 

528
00:34:32,739 --> 00:34:34,340
me, You know tell me how awesome
I am. 

529
00:34:34,340 --> 00:34:36,139
You know I'm tired of hearing 
their voice. 

530
00:34:36,139 --> 00:34:37,540
I'll send them out and I'll 
bring the other one. 

531
00:34:37,540 --> 00:34:39,659
They won't know each other 
because eternity's big. 

532
00:34:39,659 --> 00:34:41,460
You understand that you've I'm 
letting you know with the 

533
00:34:41,460 --> 00:34:43,739
universe is really large and I 
can put y'all in different 

534
00:34:43,739 --> 00:34:45,620
places. 
That you never have to be around

535
00:34:45,620 --> 00:34:54,540
anyone. 
That's not the case. 

536
00:34:57,260 --> 00:35:01,580
The only reason why people don't
want to connect is because they 

537
00:35:01,580 --> 00:35:03,140
don't want to change their 
thinking. 

538
00:35:09,340 --> 00:35:17,100
Hallelujah. 
No repentance means all right, 

539
00:35:17,100 --> 00:35:21,380
I'll just follow God completely 
however he wants and what that 

540
00:35:21,380 --> 00:35:23,740
looks like. 
Amen. 

541
00:35:24,530 --> 00:35:27,250
And I realized the brother to my
left and the sister to my right,

542
00:35:27,250 --> 00:35:30,130
they're working things out. 
They're growing. 

543
00:35:30,810 --> 00:35:33,930
They're having to change their 
thinking constantly so that 

544
00:35:33,930 --> 00:35:37,170
their behavior will be 
reflective of not a person who 

545
00:35:37,170 --> 00:35:39,330
sins. 
And I realized sometimes they're

546
00:35:39,330 --> 00:35:42,130
not going to make it, but I'm 
going to be there to encourage 

547
00:35:42,130 --> 00:35:45,570
them, strengthen them, tell them
let's go get on up. 

548
00:35:45,570 --> 00:35:48,170
I'm not going to say, you know 
what, I couldn't do it either. 

549
00:35:48,170 --> 00:35:49,570
Let's go back and live like we 
used to. 

550
00:35:57,170 --> 00:36:00,130
I mean, honestly, the world's 
really wanting you to 

551
00:36:00,130 --> 00:36:02,170
demonstrate it. 
When I say that, you just live 

552
00:36:02,170 --> 00:36:03,170
it. 
And they're like, why you go to 

553
00:36:03,170 --> 00:36:05,490
church all the time? 
Why are you reading the Bible 

554
00:36:05,490 --> 00:36:06,970
all the time? 
Why are you praying? 

555
00:36:06,970 --> 00:36:08,810
I'm going to say all the time. 
It's not literally all the time,

556
00:36:08,810 --> 00:36:12,330
but you understand so much so 
that they notice, Are you 

557
00:36:12,330 --> 00:36:15,450
hearing me that they associate 
you with that? 

558
00:36:15,650 --> 00:36:17,610
You know, I I never hear you 
cuss. 

559
00:36:18,130 --> 00:36:20,090
I you never talk about anybody 
at work. 

560
00:36:24,130 --> 00:36:26,410
Are you hearing me? 
Amen. 

561
00:36:27,010 --> 00:36:32,290
That this behavior becomes so 
different because they're like, 

562
00:36:32,290 --> 00:36:34,090
yeah, well, you know my 
relationship with Jesus. 

563
00:36:34,090 --> 00:36:35,890
Well, I know plenty of people 
who have said they have a 

564
00:36:35,890 --> 00:36:37,770
relationship with Jesus, but 
they live like I do. 

565
00:36:38,370 --> 00:36:40,970
Well, I don't believe that's 
what God intended. 

566
00:36:41,930 --> 00:36:45,570
Because again, as we said in 
prayer, God never intended us to

567
00:36:45,570 --> 00:36:49,450
be relevant to the world. 
They expected us to be different

568
00:36:51,010 --> 00:36:52,970
because they're in darkness. 
And when we're different, we'll 

569
00:36:52,970 --> 00:36:55,410
actually be in light, and 
they'll be drawn to the light, 

570
00:36:55,770 --> 00:37:01,050
not to our sameness. 
God changed me. 

571
00:37:01,050 --> 00:37:03,010
Repent means to change one's 
mind. 

572
00:37:03,370 --> 00:37:05,490
It means to change one's mind 
for the better. 

573
00:37:07,250 --> 00:37:10,570
I mean, when your spirit man 
wasn't better before, God 

574
00:37:10,570 --> 00:37:13,330
Correct. 
So why when we get born again, 

575
00:37:13,330 --> 00:37:19,670
we think our minds better just 
because he's in us now, It's not

576
00:37:19,670 --> 00:37:22,750
better because we can still 
think the same way. 

577
00:37:23,230 --> 00:37:28,870
And you see many people that are
born again get mad cuss, you 

578
00:37:28,870 --> 00:37:34,710
know, back, bite, lie. 
Even still fornicate. 

579
00:37:35,590 --> 00:37:39,560
Still fornicate. 
It's mind blowing. 

580
00:37:39,920 --> 00:37:42,920
Well, you know, I just believe 
the Lord wants me to be around 

581
00:37:42,920 --> 00:37:45,080
them because he's going to use 
me to get them right. 

582
00:37:45,080 --> 00:37:47,400
So you sleep with them on the 
weekend and then bring them to 

583
00:37:47,400 --> 00:37:49,560
church. 
I don't understand this. 

584
00:37:54,880 --> 00:37:56,480
You don't understand. 
We're online. 

585
00:37:56,480 --> 00:37:58,520
So I got to talk about outside 
this house. 

586
00:38:05,000 --> 00:38:09,070
I mean, it's amazing how many 
people will justify when the 

587
00:38:09,070 --> 00:38:13,950
Holy Ghost will have 
conversation and it's like, hey,

588
00:38:13,950 --> 00:38:16,470
let's change our thinking about 
how this relationship goes. 

589
00:38:16,590 --> 00:38:20,830
Because guess what, the Holy 
Spirit who happens to know the 

590
00:38:20,830 --> 00:38:24,510
beginning from the end could 
literally say. 

591
00:38:25,550 --> 00:38:28,790
Man, I'm sure glad you're in the
Kingdom now, but you're going to

592
00:38:28,790 --> 00:38:31,150
let this one go. 
What? 

593
00:38:32,230 --> 00:38:33,910
Yeah, you're gonna need to let 
them go. 

594
00:38:33,910 --> 00:38:35,550
This is not the relationship for
you. 

595
00:38:36,090 --> 00:38:37,250
I've been with him for five 
years. 

596
00:38:37,250 --> 00:38:39,730
I love. 
Yeah, you lusted after them. 

597
00:38:40,050 --> 00:38:42,410
It's really what was going on. 
You were led by your emotions 

598
00:38:42,410 --> 00:38:45,930
here, but now you're alive. 
I know this is hard to your 

599
00:38:45,930 --> 00:38:49,730
emotions, but put on my piece is
going to be all right. 

600
00:38:50,090 --> 00:38:53,010
I got somebody better. 
And how many people married the 

601
00:38:53,010 --> 00:38:59,370
wrong person because they won't 
renew their mind and let God 

602
00:38:59,370 --> 00:39:05,240
bring the right person? 
Joseph Benson, who's the 

603
00:39:05,240 --> 00:39:09,160
commentary for Scripture, says 
this for repentance not only 

604
00:39:09,160 --> 00:39:15,600
implies sorrow for sin or 
sincerely wishing it undone, but

605
00:39:15,600 --> 00:39:20,200
a change of mind and a 
reformation of life. 

606
00:39:21,320 --> 00:39:26,040
So again, repent. 
Never meant to not actually 

607
00:39:26,040 --> 00:39:32,970
change the way you live now. 
It did not mean I feel sorry for

608
00:39:32,970 --> 00:39:35,050
my sin. 
Come into my heart and save me. 

609
00:39:35,050 --> 00:39:38,970
I can't do anything better and 
I'm never going to be great. 

610
00:39:39,370 --> 00:39:41,290
I'm never do it. 
I'm never going to be perfect. 

611
00:39:41,450 --> 00:39:42,930
The Bible never asked you to be 
perfect. 

612
00:39:42,930 --> 00:39:46,290
It asked you to be mature. 
And you can be mature. 

613
00:39:47,450 --> 00:39:51,010
And a mature person will not 
willfully sin or make excuses 

614
00:39:51,010 --> 00:39:54,130
for sinning, nor make excuses to
stay offended. 

615
00:39:55,610 --> 00:39:57,810
Won't do that. 
Aren't you glad that you don't 

616
00:39:57,810 --> 00:39:59,730
do that? 
Aren't you glad that you don't 

617
00:39:59,730 --> 00:40:02,460
do that? 
I was hoping to be a little bit 

618
00:40:02,460 --> 00:40:04,580
louder. 
Aren't you glad you don't do 

619
00:40:04,580 --> 00:40:07,180
that? 
OK, say it in faith then. 

620
00:40:09,980 --> 00:40:13,580
God has empowered us with the 
greater one, and I don't have to

621
00:40:13,580 --> 00:40:17,740
do that. 
I get to resist sin. 

622
00:40:18,060 --> 00:40:20,980
I get to put it down. 
I get to take every thought 

623
00:40:20,980 --> 00:40:24,300
captive. 
I actually have control of what 

624
00:40:24,460 --> 00:40:27,820
I'm thinking about. 
This is awesome. 

625
00:40:31,680 --> 00:40:35,000
Hallelujah. 
So Romans 12/2 says it this way.

626
00:40:35,000 --> 00:40:40,360
And do not be conformed to this 
world, but be transformed by the

627
00:40:40,360 --> 00:40:43,920
renewing of your mind, so that 
you may prove what the will of 

628
00:40:43,920 --> 00:40:45,960
God is, that which is good, 
acceptable and perfect. 

629
00:40:45,960 --> 00:40:48,280
The Bible and basic English says
it this way. 

630
00:40:48,840 --> 00:40:53,800
And let not your behavior be 
like that of this world, but be 

631
00:40:53,800 --> 00:40:58,760
changed and made new in mind, so
that by experience you may have 

632
00:40:58,760 --> 00:41:02,040
knowledge of the good and 
pleasing and complete purpose of

633
00:41:02,040 --> 00:41:06,120
God. 
Now notice Romans is directly 

634
00:41:06,120 --> 00:41:10,440
saying if your mind's being 
renewed, it's your 

635
00:41:10,440 --> 00:41:15,760
responsibility now it's not 
without God's help. 

636
00:41:16,240 --> 00:41:19,170
I'm not saying that. 
I'm not saying you're getting 

637
00:41:19,170 --> 00:41:21,770
this on your own. 
I'm saying as you're reading and

638
00:41:21,770 --> 00:41:24,770
studying the word, because 
again, Jesus said go and make 

639
00:41:24,930 --> 00:41:27,610
disciples. 
So again, when we're selling the

640
00:41:27,610 --> 00:41:30,850
good news, when we are preaching
the good news, when we're 

641
00:41:30,970 --> 00:41:34,170
communicating the good news, 
when we're trying to convince 

642
00:41:34,170 --> 00:41:39,010
people about the good news and 
the good news is the Kingdom. 

643
00:41:41,370 --> 00:41:46,010
OK, what we're saying to them is
that, hey, there's a whole 

644
00:41:46,010 --> 00:41:53,550
nother way to live, whole 
another way to live, and you 

645
00:41:53,550 --> 00:41:57,110
can't get in it by yourself. 
You're going to have to believe 

646
00:41:57,110 --> 00:41:59,430
on the finished work of Jesus. 
But once you're in, then he's 

647
00:41:59,430 --> 00:42:03,270
going to deposit in you a spirit
that wants to obey dad and put 

648
00:42:03,270 --> 00:42:05,990
his own spirit in you so that 
you can be taught. 

649
00:42:06,390 --> 00:42:09,390
And then he's going to reveal 
scripture to you to help clean 

650
00:42:09,390 --> 00:42:13,550
your mind up. 
So you'll quit thinking like 

651
00:42:13,550 --> 00:42:17,370
you're thinking this is really 
awesome. 

652
00:42:17,970 --> 00:42:21,650
We have a personal tutor. 
Amen. 

653
00:42:21,850 --> 00:42:25,490
Now a tutor comes alongside 
things that are already teaching

654
00:42:25,490 --> 00:42:28,210
us. 
So the Holy Ghost does two 

655
00:42:28,210 --> 00:42:30,290
things. 
Number one, he is the great 

656
00:42:30,290 --> 00:42:33,370
teacher, don't get me wrong. 
But what I mean by that is he 

657
00:42:33,370 --> 00:42:37,130
does allow, because God wanted 
it this way, the fivefold 

658
00:42:37,130 --> 00:42:41,410
ministry to equip the Saints, 
and through the fivefold 

659
00:42:41,410 --> 00:42:44,450
ministry, who are actually being
led by the spirit and not 

660
00:42:44,450 --> 00:42:48,830
popularity and preaching what 
God wants to be preached. 

661
00:42:48,870 --> 00:42:52,710
OK, then when you're hearing 
that truth, then your spirit 

662
00:42:52,710 --> 00:42:54,550
will say, now that's what I'm 
talking about. 

663
00:42:55,630 --> 00:42:58,350
And you're receiving it not as 
the word of men, but what it 

664
00:42:58,350 --> 00:43:02,350
really is, the word of God. 
You just happen to hear it 

665
00:43:02,350 --> 00:43:05,790
through the voice of the gift, 
that's all. 

666
00:43:06,910 --> 00:43:09,670
You understand what I'm saying 
and there are many things the 

667
00:43:09,670 --> 00:43:12,070
Holy Spirit wants to teach you 
through the gift. 

668
00:43:12,070 --> 00:43:14,110
Why? 
Because he never wanted you to 

669
00:43:14,110 --> 00:43:17,430
have a personal assignment with 
him alone. 

670
00:43:22,110 --> 00:43:25,390
Because when the Scripture says 
in Hebrews you don't need man to

671
00:43:25,390 --> 00:43:28,670
teach you anymore, that has. 
That's in reference to how the 

672
00:43:28,710 --> 00:43:34,200
old covenant was, is that you 
could only learn through those 

673
00:43:34,200 --> 00:43:37,360
that had the anointing on, but 
now you have an anointing and 

674
00:43:37,360 --> 00:43:39,400
that anointing now will actually
let. 

675
00:43:39,400 --> 00:43:42,480
You're not only subject to what 
they say because they say it, 

676
00:43:42,800 --> 00:43:47,080
you actually, I will actually 
verify that what they're saying 

677
00:43:47,080 --> 00:43:50,760
is true. 
So truth is being spoken. 

678
00:43:50,760 --> 00:43:53,200
And you know what's funny about 
those individuals that actually 

679
00:43:53,320 --> 00:43:56,360
grab that scripture? 
And I'm kind of complain about 

680
00:43:56,360 --> 00:44:00,480
that position, you know? 
Or you know, they're like, I 

681
00:44:00,480 --> 00:44:03,280
don't need anyone to teach me, 
but they always want somebody to

682
00:44:03,280 --> 00:44:07,520
listen to them. 
They're the ones that are on 

683
00:44:07,520 --> 00:44:09,720
social media trying to teach 
everybody. 

684
00:44:12,880 --> 00:44:15,320
Wait a minute, you said it. 
Why are you even talking? 

685
00:44:15,880 --> 00:44:17,920
Since you learned this truth 
that you don't need anybody to 

686
00:44:17,920 --> 00:44:19,320
teach you, you should just be 
quiet. 

687
00:44:20,520 --> 00:44:24,040
You should cease to be heard. 
Why are you violating your own 

688
00:44:24,040 --> 00:44:26,680
belief by trying to teach 
somebody that? 

689
00:44:27,620 --> 00:44:29,980
Why are you trying to teach 
somebody that the Holy Ghost, to

690
00:44:29,980 --> 00:44:31,620
teach them that so he doesn't 
need you? 

691
00:44:36,100 --> 00:44:43,020
Since we're thinking, Amen. 
I'm just so thankful for the 

692
00:44:43,020 --> 00:44:45,220
Holy Ghost. 
You know, because he does. 

693
00:44:45,220 --> 00:44:45,860
He. 
He's. 

694
00:44:46,140 --> 00:44:49,300
He won't let you get duped up. 
He won't let you get, you know, 

695
00:44:49,700 --> 00:44:51,900
drug along. 
I mean, at the end of the day, 

696
00:44:51,900 --> 00:44:54,620
he will help you out along the 
way. 

697
00:44:54,620 --> 00:44:56,790
Amen. 
Thank you, Jesus. 

698
00:44:56,790 --> 00:45:02,550
All right, so Romans 12/2. 
In the complete contemporary 

699
00:45:02,550 --> 00:45:04,750
English version, it says don't 
be like the people of this 

700
00:45:04,750 --> 00:45:06,950
world, but let God change the 
way you think. 

701
00:45:07,670 --> 00:45:10,670
Then you will know how to do 
everything that is good and 

702
00:45:10,670 --> 00:45:13,790
pleasing to him. 
The Good News Bible says this, 

703
00:45:13,790 --> 00:45:16,870
says it this way. 
Do not conform yourself to the 

704
00:45:16,870 --> 00:45:21,710
standards of this world, but let
God transform you inwardly by a 

705
00:45:21,710 --> 00:45:25,020
complete change of your mind. 
Then you will be able to know 

706
00:45:25,020 --> 00:45:28,540
the will of God, what is good 
and pleasing to him and it's 

707
00:45:28,540 --> 00:45:30,220
perfect. 
Now every one of these 

708
00:45:30,220 --> 00:45:35,820
scriptures so far they are 
saying if you don't let God 

709
00:45:35,820 --> 00:45:39,500
renew your mind, it's impossible
for you to be in his will. 

710
00:45:41,220 --> 00:45:43,580
Now you can be born again and be
completely out of the will of 

711
00:45:43,580 --> 00:45:53,060
God. 
So being born again is access to

712
00:45:53,060 --> 00:45:55,740
the will of God. 
It is God's will that all would 

713
00:45:55,740 --> 00:45:58,420
repent. 
That all would what? 

714
00:46:03,580 --> 00:46:05,260
Where's that at? 
Somebody looked that. 

715
00:46:05,260 --> 00:46:08,220
Script real quick for me and 
tell me where it's at. 

716
00:46:08,740 --> 00:46:13,700
Well, I don't know all y'all 
shouting at me, but you know 

717
00:46:13,700 --> 00:46:16,420
what it is. 
The one where Jesus the Lord 

718
00:46:16,420 --> 00:46:19,900
says you know the Father desires
that none would perish, but that

719
00:46:19,900 --> 00:46:23,240
all would repent. 
Second what? 

720
00:46:24,960 --> 00:46:27,320
OK, yeah, I still didn't hear 
it. 

721
00:46:27,320 --> 00:46:30,600
Hold on second. 
What? 

722
00:46:31,200 --> 00:46:32,840
Peter? 
Second Peter, let me get. 

723
00:46:32,840 --> 00:46:44,720
There where you at OK 3 niner. 
It's military. 

724
00:46:46,400 --> 00:46:49,640
The Lord is slow, is not slow 
about his promises. 

725
00:46:50,350 --> 00:46:54,150
As some counts slowness, but is 
patient towards you, not wishing

726
00:46:54,310 --> 00:46:58,390
for any to perish but for all to
come to salvation. 

727
00:47:00,630 --> 00:47:04,190
No, doesn't say that, does it? 
And that. 

728
00:47:04,190 --> 00:47:08,110
Interesting. 
So this scripture is not a 

729
00:47:08,110 --> 00:47:12,550
scripture, only about being born
again. 

730
00:47:13,510 --> 00:47:16,110
We use this all the time just as
a born again scripture. 

731
00:47:16,470 --> 00:47:19,270
What God desires at known would 
perish, right? 

732
00:47:19,510 --> 00:47:21,550
But look what He says. 
The Lord is not slow about his 

733
00:47:21,550 --> 00:47:24,590
What now? 
Who in the world has access to 

734
00:47:24,590 --> 00:47:30,750
the promises of God? 
Only the covenant kids, as some 

735
00:47:30,750 --> 00:47:33,430
count slowness, but is patient 
towards you. 

736
00:47:33,710 --> 00:47:37,030
My goodness, are you hearing 
what I'm saying right now? 

737
00:47:39,290 --> 00:47:43,290
So again, we believe in God. 
He's not slow on his promises, 

738
00:47:43,290 --> 00:47:46,410
but he's patient towards us, not
wishing to any what that none of

739
00:47:46,410 --> 00:47:49,770
us would perish. 
My people perish due to lack of 

740
00:47:49,770 --> 00:47:52,970
knowledge. 
They're covenant people that are

741
00:47:52,970 --> 00:47:57,570
perishing are not receiving what
God has for them, and it's 

742
00:47:57,570 --> 00:48:01,370
because they don't change their 
thinking in order to receive it.

743
00:48:01,530 --> 00:48:04,290
They're living like the world 
who doesn't have access to it. 

744
00:48:06,550 --> 00:48:10,390
So God doesn't want any of us to
perish or not have the promises 

745
00:48:10,710 --> 00:48:13,790
through to the lack of not 
renewing our minds. 

746
00:48:15,910 --> 00:48:18,870
Now anyone could access. 
Can I move this over to a lost 

747
00:48:18,870 --> 00:48:19,710
person? 
Sure. 

748
00:48:19,750 --> 00:48:23,790
Because in order to get born 
again you have to 1st repent and

749
00:48:23,790 --> 00:48:26,550
believe the gospel. 
Or that Jesus is king of the 

750
00:48:26,550 --> 00:48:31,950
Kingdom, he is Lord, he is 
ruler, and his death Baron 

751
00:48:31,950 --> 00:48:34,670
Resurrection was the payment for
you to get in. 

752
00:48:36,140 --> 00:48:38,900
But then once you're in then 
he's always wanting to renew 

753
00:48:38,900 --> 00:48:40,980
your mind. 
Change your thinking, change 

754
00:48:40,980 --> 00:48:43,620
your thinking, change your 
thinking, change your thinking, 

755
00:48:43,820 --> 00:48:46,460
change your about every 
situation that's going on in 

756
00:48:46,460 --> 00:48:52,380
life. 
He wants to change your 

757
00:48:52,380 --> 00:48:55,740
thinking. 
And some of the worst thinking 

758
00:48:55,740 --> 00:48:57,780
to change is the religious. 
And I get it. 

759
00:48:57,780 --> 00:49:04,060
I mean it's all in there. 
Hallelujah. 

760
00:49:05,090 --> 00:49:08,130
But if you're willing to 
actually take time to go 

761
00:49:08,130 --> 00:49:14,730
through, you'll find yourself 
adjusting, and you won't allow 

762
00:49:14,730 --> 00:49:23,010
the accepted majority to be your
response, even if it comes from 

763
00:49:23,010 --> 00:49:25,850
whole denominations. 
Amen. 

764
00:49:27,290 --> 00:49:31,050
Hallelujah, the message says. 
Don't become so well adjusted to

765
00:49:31,050 --> 00:49:39,450
your culture that you fit into 
it without even thinking what. 

766
00:49:42,570 --> 00:49:46,930
Let me just say this. 
You may walk in the place and 

767
00:49:46,930 --> 00:49:53,410
you look the same as a human, 
but when they get around you, it

768
00:49:53,410 --> 00:49:57,530
shouldn't be long for them to 
realize you are not the same. 

769
00:49:57,530 --> 00:50:04,130
And let me just say this, if 
you're doing it right, then you 

770
00:50:04,130 --> 00:50:07,530
know what? 
Even the lost will talk to you. 

771
00:50:07,530 --> 00:50:11,690
Now, some won't. 
Because if if they get convicted

772
00:50:12,490 --> 00:50:16,850
by your presence and you're 
living and you're talking, well,

773
00:50:16,850 --> 00:50:18,730
then they will isolate 
themselves from you. 

774
00:50:18,730 --> 00:50:20,330
There's nothing you can do about
because they're doing that to 

775
00:50:20,410 --> 00:50:25,890
Jesus, are you hearing me? 
But on the other side, there are

776
00:50:25,890 --> 00:50:29,410
others that their lifestyles 
completely off and they will 

777
00:50:29,410 --> 00:50:35,260
still talk to you. 
There's not a person nowhere I 

778
00:50:35,260 --> 00:50:38,980
go that I cannot engage in 
conversation, period. 

779
00:50:39,340 --> 00:50:42,380
If they personally ask me my 
belief, I will personally tell 

780
00:50:42,380 --> 00:50:44,940
them and that doesn't hinder my 
ability to talk to them. 

781
00:50:45,820 --> 00:50:48,340
Now it may hinder their ability 
to talk to me, but it won't 

782
00:50:48,340 --> 00:50:51,860
hinder me because you're sin, 
especially the world. 

783
00:50:51,860 --> 00:50:54,060
The world's going to send nobody
that's in. 

784
00:50:54,140 --> 00:50:57,180
I mean, I you're sin and I I 
can't stop it. 

785
00:50:58,070 --> 00:51:00,310
So there's really no reason for 
me to harp on you about 

786
00:51:00,510 --> 00:51:02,750
changing. 
I just might as well live this 

787
00:51:02,750 --> 00:51:05,390
life so that you will want this 
life. 

788
00:51:05,510 --> 00:51:08,230
And then I'll say, you know, 
you'll have to change your life.

789
00:51:09,270 --> 00:51:12,110
Now. 
It's easy God to help you first 

790
00:51:12,110 --> 00:51:14,910
spiritually and then boom, we'll
get it through the renewing of 

791
00:51:14,910 --> 00:51:18,470
mine after that. 
Pretty simple. 

792
00:51:20,150 --> 00:51:24,070
So the things that I preach in 
church are a lot different than 

793
00:51:24,070 --> 00:51:29,460
when I'm in front of the world, 
right? 

794
00:51:30,820 --> 00:51:33,580
So if you're sitting here 
assuming that if I go to a 

795
00:51:33,580 --> 00:51:36,620
restaurant and then I'm telling 
people about their sin and 

796
00:51:36,620 --> 00:51:40,660
calling it out, I'm not doing 
that, none of us should do that.

797
00:51:46,100 --> 00:51:50,100
I mean, I actually have waiters 
and waitresses that are in 

798
00:51:52,290 --> 00:51:56,450
fornication relationships, 
adulterous relationships, 

799
00:51:56,690 --> 00:52:02,850
homosexual relationships, and I 
tip them really great because 

800
00:52:02,850 --> 00:52:08,450
I'm not appealing to their sin. 
I'm showing them the goodness of

801
00:52:08,450 --> 00:52:11,570
God. 
They can't help it. 

802
00:52:12,650 --> 00:52:15,130
I mean, when Christian like, oh,
I can't believe you're doing, 

803
00:52:15,250 --> 00:52:16,210
you know what? 
I'm not going to. 

804
00:52:16,290 --> 00:52:18,890
That's so silly. 
God died for that. 

805
00:52:19,440 --> 00:52:22,560
Now if you tell me you're a 
brother and you're sleeping with

806
00:52:22,560 --> 00:52:26,640
somebody, I'll still tip you 
good and tell you you need to 

807
00:52:26,640 --> 00:52:29,560
get out of relationship cause 
you know better. 

808
00:52:30,680 --> 00:52:34,550
It's a different conversation, 
but what do people do? 

809
00:52:34,710 --> 00:52:38,870
They want to take the everyone's
lost mentality and apply it all 

810
00:52:38,870 --> 00:52:41,590
the way across the board to 
where we don't even hold our own

811
00:52:42,390 --> 00:52:45,990
brethren accountable when Jesus 
says I'll judge the house first,

812
00:52:46,110 --> 00:52:47,750
he said. 
You can judge your brother, 

813
00:52:47,910 --> 00:52:49,630
you're definitely going to look 
at their fruit. 

814
00:52:49,790 --> 00:52:52,070
You're definitely going to have 
to live up to a standard because

815
00:52:52,070 --> 00:52:55,750
if you've repented then there's 
a lifestyle that I make a demand

816
00:52:55,750 --> 00:52:57,990
to happen and the reason why, 
John said. 

817
00:52:57,990 --> 00:53:00,790
Why don't you have a lifestyle 
in keeping with repentance? 

818
00:53:00,910 --> 00:53:06,070
Since you're acting like you 
know God and that's what he's 

819
00:53:06,070 --> 00:53:08,270
saying. 
He sure didn't say it to 

820
00:53:08,310 --> 00:53:11,310
everyone else. 
John never told another person. 

821
00:53:11,430 --> 00:53:13,470
Why don't you have a lifestyle 
keeping with offensives? 

822
00:53:13,470 --> 00:53:15,350
You know why? 
Because when those people got 

823
00:53:15,350 --> 00:53:24,110
right, they lived right. 
Wow, they lived right. 

824
00:53:28,230 --> 00:53:30,230
Who did Jesus have conflict 
with? 

825
00:53:31,370 --> 00:53:34,530
He sure wasn't walking around 
telling, you know, everyone that

826
00:53:34,530 --> 00:53:37,290
was all out and sin. 
I mean, now he talked about it. 

827
00:53:37,290 --> 00:53:39,290
The Kingdom of God is like he's 
letting them know. 

828
00:53:41,290 --> 00:53:45,090
I mean, he's having 
conversations, but he's not in 

829
00:53:45,090 --> 00:53:47,370
the dispensation of his church. 
But don't think the head of the 

830
00:53:47,370 --> 00:53:49,970
church isn't conversing. 
I mean, the woman at the well is

831
00:53:49,970 --> 00:53:53,050
a great example. 
Don't think he let that go. 

832
00:53:53,050 --> 00:53:55,330
Nor did he let the woman go. 
Called an adultery. 

833
00:53:58,010 --> 00:54:04,450
He didn't let that go. 
And and and many, we don't even 

834
00:54:04,450 --> 00:54:08,330
know their sin. 
But once he healed them, he's go

835
00:54:08,330 --> 00:54:13,850
in sin no more. 
We just don't know the details 

836
00:54:13,850 --> 00:54:16,850
of what they were doing. 
But he sure was an advocate for 

837
00:54:16,850 --> 00:54:19,170
it. 
But now the people who say they 

838
00:54:19,170 --> 00:54:22,050
knew him, that conversation 
sounded different. 

839
00:54:22,590 --> 00:54:25,910
So you, I can't sit here and you
and again let me just say it 

840
00:54:25,910 --> 00:54:27,830
this way. 
If you're bringing a guest that 

841
00:54:27,830 --> 00:54:31,310
you know is not born again, you 
need to let them know, man, our 

842
00:54:31,310 --> 00:54:34,390
pastor, now he talks to us as 
believer so that we stay, right.

843
00:54:36,470 --> 00:54:38,790
You know, cause God wants us to 
live this life, right. 

844
00:54:38,790 --> 00:54:41,590
So you're going to hear some 
things that that you know unless

845
00:54:41,590 --> 00:54:43,790
you're born again, you just 
can't even do that. 

846
00:54:45,070 --> 00:54:52,230
At least be wise enough to 
inform them, because at the end 

847
00:54:52,230 --> 00:54:54,070
of the day, I'm. 
I'm not supposed to be the 

848
00:54:54,070 --> 00:55:01,710
greatest evangelist you are. 
Your life should be getting them

849
00:55:01,710 --> 00:55:04,270
born again at work. 
Which means then once they come 

850
00:55:04,270 --> 00:55:08,070
in and they'll want the milk, 
they'll be like like many of you

851
00:55:08,070 --> 00:55:10,270
have done. 
Wow, this is so good. 

852
00:55:10,350 --> 00:55:12,750
It's life changing. 
I've never heard anything like 

853
00:55:12,750 --> 00:55:17,280
that because your spirit man is 
hungry for it. 

854
00:55:17,360 --> 00:55:19,760
The Holy Spirit saying is truth 
and you start renewing your 

855
00:55:19,760 --> 00:55:21,240
mind. 
I just told to someone during 

856
00:55:21,240 --> 00:55:24,280
prayer that was like I was in a 
place a pastor was preaching. 

857
00:55:24,400 --> 00:55:26,600
They said now repeat this. 
And when they repeated me and 

858
00:55:26,600 --> 00:55:28,720
the other person looked at each 
other like we can't say that 

859
00:55:29,040 --> 00:55:34,720
because it's not biblical. 
How do they know that? 

860
00:55:34,720 --> 00:55:36,640
Because the Holy Ghost says you 
can't say that. 

861
00:55:38,000 --> 00:55:40,360
That's not even scriptural. 
I don't care if the preacher 

862
00:55:40,360 --> 00:55:44,930
saying it and can I just say 
this. 

863
00:55:45,250 --> 00:55:48,130
I have preached for almost. 
I have preached almost 3 

864
00:55:48,130 --> 00:55:49,690
decades. 
I have preached a lot of 

865
00:55:49,690 --> 00:55:51,410
messages. 
I would love to tell you that I 

866
00:55:51,410 --> 00:55:55,690
never failed to say a word right
when I preach. 

867
00:55:55,690 --> 00:55:58,290
Sometimes I do. 
Sometimes the word comes out and

868
00:55:58,290 --> 00:56:01,450
it wasn't the right word and I 
don't catch it till later. 

869
00:56:02,090 --> 00:56:06,090
I mean, if you know the person's
character and you're believing 

870
00:56:06,090 --> 00:56:08,880
the best, then you're not 
looking for one word to fail. 

871
00:56:08,880 --> 00:56:10,600
Basic. 
You know who was looking for one

872
00:56:10,600 --> 00:56:12,600
word of a failure? 
The Pharisees. 

873
00:56:12,760 --> 00:56:14,880
All the Pharisees waiting to 
hear give me just getting to say

874
00:56:14,880 --> 00:56:16,760
one thing so I can discredit 
everything he does. 

875
00:56:16,760 --> 00:56:19,480
And we kill him, kill him. 
We don't kill him. 

876
00:56:20,200 --> 00:56:22,840
So don't be coming up in here 
looking for one word so that you

877
00:56:22,840 --> 00:56:31,200
can try to justify. 
So funny. 

878
00:56:32,600 --> 00:56:38,310
Just walk in love, man. 
Thank you, Jesus Okay. 

879
00:56:38,310 --> 00:56:40,630
Let me go back to the message 
because we have communion today,

880
00:56:44,150 --> 00:56:47,430
because communion reminds me 
that I'm different. 

881
00:56:49,630 --> 00:56:55,190
He changed me and I just. 
I just want us to be a community

882
00:56:55,190 --> 00:56:57,630
of believers that actually live 
heaven on earth. 

883
00:56:58,630 --> 00:57:04,550
Is that Is that wrong? 
Is that such a lofty goal? 

884
00:57:05,950 --> 00:57:09,030
That you would just desire that 
everyone who says that Jesus's 

885
00:57:09,030 --> 00:57:12,550
Lord is that we would actually 
really love one another as the 

886
00:57:12,550 --> 00:57:17,750
word says, not as we say. 
That we really forgive each 

887
00:57:17,750 --> 00:57:20,070
other as the word says, not as 
we say. 

888
00:57:24,670 --> 00:57:30,550
Is it too much to ask? 
It's not. 

889
00:57:31,720 --> 00:57:34,640
It's only too much to ask. 
If you don't want to change your

890
00:57:34,640 --> 00:57:37,680
behavior but go to heaven, then 
it's too much. 

891
00:57:37,680 --> 00:57:40,320
To ask, and I get it, and this 
is not your church. 

892
00:57:42,600 --> 00:57:45,360
This is not your church, because
that's not his church. 

893
00:57:50,160 --> 00:57:53,880
But it's definitely for those 
who want what's on the inside to

894
00:57:53,880 --> 00:57:58,240
come out in the way they think 
and behave and talk. 

895
00:57:59,790 --> 00:58:07,030
Because it's your king. 
He knew you couldn't get to him 

896
00:58:07,030 --> 00:58:09,990
anyway, and despite all that, he
still died for you. 

897
00:58:10,670 --> 00:58:13,590
And then he says, now let me 
help clean up your mind, because

898
00:58:13,590 --> 00:58:16,790
it was really a mess in there. 
And we're like, don't touch my 

899
00:58:16,790 --> 00:58:21,270
mind, just Remember Me when I 
die because I like what I was 

900
00:58:21,270 --> 00:58:25,990
doing. 
No message. 

901
00:58:25,990 --> 00:58:28,220
Don't. 
Become so well adjusted to your 

902
00:58:28,220 --> 00:58:30,860
culture that you fit into it 
without even thinking. 

903
00:58:31,220 --> 00:58:32,940
Instead, fix your attention on 
God. 

904
00:58:33,340 --> 00:58:36,500
You'll be changed from the 
inside out, readily recognized 

905
00:58:36,500 --> 00:58:41,980
that he wants what he wants from
you, and quickly respond to it. 

906
00:58:41,980 --> 00:58:45,300
Unlike the culture around you, 
always dragging you down to its 

907
00:58:45,300 --> 00:58:50,580
level of immaturity, God brings 
the best out of you, develops 

908
00:58:50,580 --> 00:58:54,260
well formed maturity in you. 
Wow. 

909
00:58:55,220 --> 00:58:58,100
How powerful is that? 
The passion says it this way. 

910
00:58:58,100 --> 00:59:01,020
Stop imitating the ideals and 
opinions of the cultural around 

911
00:59:01,020 --> 00:59:04,500
you, but be inwardly. 
Transformed by the Holy Spirit 

912
00:59:04,500 --> 00:59:07,140
through a total reformation of 
how you think. 

913
00:59:07,700 --> 00:59:11,620
This will empower you to discern
God's will as you live a 

914
00:59:11,620 --> 00:59:14,420
beautiful life, satisfying and 
perfect in His eyes. 

915
00:59:14,420 --> 00:59:17,180
Last Scripture I'm going to turn
you to as an Ephesians chapter 

916
00:59:17,180 --> 00:59:20,300
4. 
Again, we need to think again, 

917
00:59:20,700 --> 00:59:23,660
God. 
Caused us to become children of 

918
00:59:23,660 --> 00:59:26,460
God, our children of the king, 
so that we could think again 

919
00:59:26,460 --> 00:59:30,580
like kings. 
Because God gave us our dominion

920
00:59:30,580 --> 00:59:34,020
back. 
He never gave us a salvation 

921
00:59:34,020 --> 00:59:38,220
that we're holding on and just 
stuck living like everybody else

922
00:59:38,220 --> 00:59:41,660
and subject to all the passions 
and temptations and. 

923
00:59:41,990 --> 00:59:45,310
And handling the situation is 
just like everybody else, you 

924
00:59:45,310 --> 00:59:46,710
know. 
And at the end, if we just hold 

925
00:59:46,710 --> 00:59:49,390
on good enough, you know, at the
end of the day, we're going to 

926
00:59:49,390 --> 00:59:51,430
go and it's going to be way 
better there. 

927
00:59:51,430 --> 00:59:54,870
That was never God's intent. 
His intent was to get you born 

928
00:59:54,870 --> 00:59:58,110
again, so that you could become,
have dominion, so you could 

929
00:59:58,110 --> 01:00:01,390
function as a king, so that he 
could bring heaven to you, in 

930
01:00:01,790 --> 01:00:06,550
and through in you and through 
you, and then change your whole 

931
01:00:06,550 --> 01:00:09,590
system of thinking of how to 
operate. 

932
01:00:10,620 --> 01:00:15,140
How to handle everything in life
so that then the world would be 

933
01:00:15,420 --> 01:00:20,220
drawn to you because they would 
truly, clearly see you're not of

934
01:00:20,220 --> 01:00:23,900
this world. 
Wow, We're not of this world. 

935
01:00:24,540 --> 01:00:27,660
We're not. 
Subject to it anymore, but it 

936
01:00:27,660 --> 01:00:30,860
takes our effort to change. 
If he's in chapter 4, verse 22 

937
01:00:30,860 --> 01:00:34,580
to 24, is this that in reference
to your former manner of life, 

938
01:00:34,860 --> 01:00:38,340
you lay aside the old self? 
Which is being corrupted in 

939
01:00:38,340 --> 01:00:41,700
accordance with the lust of this
of deceit, and that you be 

940
01:00:41,700 --> 01:00:44,700
renewed in the spirit of your 
mind, and put on the new. 

941
01:00:44,700 --> 01:00:48,060
Self which is in the likeness of
God, and has been created in 

942
01:00:48,060 --> 01:00:49,620
righteousness and holiness and 
truth. 

943
01:00:49,620 --> 01:00:53,580
The Passion says it this way. 
And he has taught you to let go 

944
01:00:53,580 --> 01:00:57,140
of the lifestyle of the ancient 
man, the old self life which was

945
01:00:57,140 --> 01:01:01,060
corrupted by sinful and 
deceitful desires that spring 

946
01:01:01,060 --> 01:01:05,920
from delusions. 
Now it's time to be made new by 

947
01:01:05,920 --> 01:01:08,960
every revelation that's been 
given to you, and to be 

948
01:01:08,960 --> 01:01:14,640
transformed as you embrace the 
glorious Christ within, as you 

949
01:01:14,680 --> 01:01:17,520
as your new life, and live in 
union with him. 

950
01:01:17,760 --> 01:01:21,240
For God has recreated you all 
over again in his perfect 

951
01:01:21,240 --> 01:01:25,880
righteousness, and now, and you 
now belong to him in the realm 

952
01:01:25,880 --> 01:01:28,680
of true holiness. 
Well, that should be lived out 

953
01:01:28,680 --> 01:01:31,520
in our lifestyle. 
And here's the thing. 

954
01:01:32,070 --> 01:01:35,910
There's no excuse for it to not,
since our spirit man is that 

955
01:01:35,910 --> 01:01:42,430
right with God is that alive to 
God is is not wanting to sin. 

956
01:01:42,470 --> 01:01:47,990
Ever, ever. 
It never choose it. 

957
01:01:47,990 --> 01:01:52,790
Our spirit never chooses sin. 
Our spirit never chooses sin. 

958
01:01:53,550 --> 01:01:57,150
It's never its choice. 
It's never its choice to respond

959
01:01:57,150 --> 01:01:58,990
in the flesh. 
It's never its choice. 

960
01:01:59,950 --> 01:02:07,150
And as you train your mind, your
soul to hear in your spirit, in 

961
01:02:07,150 --> 01:02:15,190
your inner man, then you can 
always side with the spirit of 

962
01:02:15,190 --> 01:02:20,590
God in every situation and 
produce that fruit every time. 

963
01:02:21,030 --> 01:02:24,670
And that amazing the message 
says it this way. 

964
01:02:25,350 --> 01:02:28,990
But that's no life for you. 
You learn Christ. 

965
01:02:28,990 --> 01:02:32,990
My assumption is that you paid 
careful attention to him, then 

966
01:02:32,990 --> 01:02:36,230
well instructed in the truth 
precisely as we have it in 

967
01:02:36,350 --> 01:02:38,750
Jesus. 
Since then we do not, do not 

968
01:02:38,750 --> 01:02:43,750
have the excuse of ignorance. 
Everything, and I do mean 

969
01:02:44,270 --> 01:02:48,910
everything connected with that 
old way of life has to go. 

970
01:02:50,070 --> 01:02:54,430
It's rotten through and through.
Get rid of it, and even take on 

971
01:02:54,430 --> 01:02:59,030
an entirely new way of life, a 
godfashioned life, a life 

972
01:02:59,030 --> 01:03:04,710
renewed from the inside, working
itself into your conduct as God 

973
01:03:04,750 --> 01:03:08,670
accurately reproduces his 
character in you. 

974
01:03:08,670 --> 01:03:12,830
Say I have the character of God.
Say I have the character of God.

975
01:03:13,110 --> 01:03:17,990
Say I have the character of God.
Because the spirit in you is 

976
01:03:17,990 --> 01:03:21,470
going to change your thinking. 
If you allow it. 

977
01:03:28,620 --> 01:03:30,740
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978
01:03:30,820 --> 01:03:34,180
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981
01:03:38,980 --> 01:03:40,660
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