Sermon
"Christ and His Anointed People" (Heidelberg Catechism Lord's Day 12)
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It's about design. Good afternoon.
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Very good for our boy. So don't even say yeah, with
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Ireland coming on and we'll have and we are coming on and
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preaching that we will be hearing today.
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This afternoon is for is originally written and preached
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by Reverend Martin at the table. I preach first Evangelical
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Reformed Church, so Singapore and this was originally reached
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last two thousand 2120214. Those who worship Christ are
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called Christians at that point. I think that would be 1 of
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Christians people though initially for 11/19 11:19 the
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scripture in your new original and distinctions adding China,
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India again again within our Christians during the times of
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the apostles. Actually the early believers
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were not initially called as Christians but rather they were
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called disciples or specifically the disciples of the way into
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power. But as time passed and as
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Christianity became famous like even upon they are already
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starting to call them Christians as we know it.
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They were called Christians not for the sake of acknowledgement
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alone or not question our sign of respect towards those
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Christians, but rather detonated.
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It is part of how they ridicule those people, how they show
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insult by naming them Christians as it was named after Christ
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whom they worship. Who made the Manians Manoranjan
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in our million Christians as an insult?
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People who believe in Christ. They were for 1st called
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Christians in Antioch Yeah ask Chapter 11 and a good 12 years
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ago 12 years for Hindi one year after resurrection.
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Indeed five years after the resurrection of Christ, but
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rather a good 12 years after Christ's resurrection doing
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paramedic Simula that they now axilla not Christians.
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It was 12 years after his resurrection so he wouldn't
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start until dieting. However panels in the garage.
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Now Christians you know believers, but you another
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question is can and simulating. However, can you singers in
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Jesus Christ, if you if you may ask, when was the time when
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Jesus was already distinguished or cold as Christ?
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It was actually during his ministry he gathered 441 and
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this was when he was already casting out demons in which some
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verse 41 Michigan at Indigo. It says that and Dimas also came
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out of many of that person crying.
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You are the Son of God. That was the confession of those
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demons who were being passed out by Christ.
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But here's it says that Christ rebuked them and would not allow
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them to speak because they know that he was the Christ and only
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after this great Galilean ministry did his disciples
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acknowledge this and it was a very remarkable acknowledgement
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from the disciples were in they are starting to acknowledge that
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Christ or Jesus of Nazareth was indeed the Christ and that's why
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that is our sermon this afternoon.
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The title is Christ and his anointed people become
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tightening wedding ceremony now happened to and from her passage
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Matthew 16 have been fascinating.
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Kanina, we will examine 3 remarkable truths you bring
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argument appoints happily though first I remarkably confession
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made. That's the first point.
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Second, a remarkable Kingdom and vision and 3rd are remarkable
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condition realised. But before we proceed any
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further, want to let us go above our heads and pray before our
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God. Heavenly Father own word be are
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here to acknowledge the glory of your name and the truthfulness
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of your word in the scriptures that we have.
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We pray OHH God that by your Holy Spirit that you allow us to
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be able to be nurished, to fully appreciate and I just
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appreciate, but to have that delight to be fully transformed
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by your word when you establish us more with virtues, make us
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fail to make our faith grow stronger by hearing your work
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and they continue to surrender or steps to you.
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OHH God. Thank you for this afternoon all
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God and they speak to us and we we ask all have mercy on us all
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and speak to ourselves for we are in need of you more than
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anything else. So in coming before you over
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with reverence and fear and this we pray in this in Jesus name,
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Amen and Amen. So information first point.
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First point is our remarkable confession made.
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Do you think Karina Jesus had already finished his great
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Galilean ministry? Kakapo Slamannan.
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Ministerial or human running as a guiding and for context that
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joining the early parts of his ministry, Sobrang Daming Telecom
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thought we had even ridiculous rain.
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It's not just hundreds of people, but rather thousands of
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people. Even the point of 5000 men,
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women and children were already following him.
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But eventually, after time goes by as I see his medicine
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continued. But I mean indeed to, Malloy
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said. Anything even a funding pointing
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around United are nothing. The followers near the fire.
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This is even said in in terms of what he's doing in terms of his
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ministry. The pharmacist said that he cast
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of Beyoncé not by the power of God, not by the power of Christ
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himself, but they proclaim or confessed that he is casting
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demons by the power of the devil.
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Venkat indeed you you you my buddy said ohh so so it was
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clear here to Jesus that the gospel seed were not always fall
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on good soil and that the Kingdom would be mix of wheat
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and theirs is how we could see it.
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So this is the time when he took the remaining disciples Simon
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come here and took them from Galilee to teach them these
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things when I cinnamony you might decide that since the fire
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and see them then you wouldn't then afternoon said the
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capitalists. And now here he does assessoria
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Filippi with signalling Abbasi in Matthew 16.
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It was in this Pagan lands that they saw that the Gentiles also
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are starting to believe in him. I think in Somalia, and we would
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miss animal disciple in there, that genitals are starting to
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believe in Christ more than the Jews do.
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So the table successfully appealed by detonating, throwing
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you might be simple again. And I think if I didn't do
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nothing go on having a toy thing to run anything people of view
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or in as they are being taught by Christ, they could see on the
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background Mount Hermon into Omaha kidnapping Nito Aladdin's
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accessory. Philippine, not Herman was the
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tallest and the largest mountain in Israel.
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That's their view while they are in this city, Varanasi.
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Take it back, look at the view and the island.
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Cesaria Philippi. I know I've been Storia meron
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dito Sanlucar necessary time passionate community certified
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by the soil or you look God. Typically the irony here Philip
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the second it eventually sorry open on the beginning of
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paramedics and left so sorry don't see Sharia Philippi
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actually Indian and it has already existed even before even
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the time of Abraham. The game exists and it is
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originally lined. Laish Union Panala and Roger
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Neto checking pastor currently few Sundays ago.
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Related interdisciplinary panel on your story and acronym Guerra
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between Kings Sakina and Unique going to battle against king on
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those place eventually the medics appointment even sailor
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Shinagami Hari but nothing that and that was in 11 Abraham told
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us how we could remember it as well from rescue and another guy
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sorry and then he he brought with him to fight against those
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kings and we all know the story that eventually they were able
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to successfully rescue love so you like ish you Laish now look
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at that area is somewhere within that larger in region which sign
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Nangyari installation. It is within this area judges in
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the book of judges specifically, surprisingly, dying Americans.
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You don't time and now he and Paris and eventually they
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travelled N to conquer that land which is called Laish Simon
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exceptionally long city don't seem like set up a stronghold
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bang so that's when we call it now the CP of Dan in a basement.
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It's all testament first need to city of thank you know Ireland
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please you upon Moses to join us and join us and he just said Dan
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nice to see that membership number ideas.
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That's what happened there. You missing Apple emojis running
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out of people. Fast forward in joining the
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Times of the Kings during the time of King Jeroboam long time
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ago published Calorie thing Jerod Bohemian power in an
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influence the Madam Sharp and you know what it's like
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establish now idle worship specifically for worship them,
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though not golden calf establishes a belonger is some
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longer is something established and new Paolo Lugar is Saddam.
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The reason is that parenting about Albanian Jerusalem, and
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instead, Ryan said Dan said Basil then preserve you power,
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your influence. But because of that desire we
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all know that it led to idolatry that ultimately destroyed that
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whole nation. Okay Jackson eventually during
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this city during the Greek times contained move forward patio.
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We displaces became well known for its worship of the Greek God
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made bang familiar. Dubai Don campaign Sipahi you
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Greek God were in on the children is around half human
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half kabayo without nothing take Valium, she finally surrender
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half human compass another one Bahyo aparam combing papers
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mention horns or medicine. Zoom in the parent company good
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they made my images and enjoying now we know worship and even in
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this place. The surrounding caves were
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commonly thought thought to be the entrance to hates you nobody
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will and like you know, Greek version Inanam Hill Now then, so
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gonna put in the young story the Irish at Vernon idolatry and
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paraguana solo varnado successfully defended by.
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So this was indeed a very significant city in that sense
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of those things that had happened on that place.
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It symbolised the vanity of man, his political and earthly
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ambition. And it also reflected the
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superstitions of man in terms of the spirituality and the beliefs
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of men. And here we could see the desire
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of man to be great for someone that to build a Kingdom for
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their own. And others wanted to have this
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strong religious influence in this place and this place called
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Syria. Philippi.
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Peter. Peter.
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Miss Moore, my love. It's a banana with Doctor Mount
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Hermon, something I know. Mama Disciples.
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Yeah, I know about at least no. And then we have read there that
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the design was heard that others believe that he was Elijah or
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jump to the Baptist or even Jeremiah or one of the prophets.
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But when he asked them who they thought he was, Peter answered
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in 1st 16. You are the Christ, the Son of
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the living God impressed with the having confession he Apostle
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Peter, Apostle Pedro and this was indeed a very remarkable
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confession. Imagine, I don't, I don't know,
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I don't even understand the Conservancy 18 damaging impact.
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Yes, Cortana on how he did his ministry and how he healed the
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sick, how he created miracles and how he breached and caused
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people towards her attendance and faith.
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And also they have seen here how his works became controversial
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among the religious peoples of those times, those religious
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lives of their time. And they also saw here how Zen
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parents are starting to believe in him.
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That's why something is already brewing in them.
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They saw in Jesus those characteristics of that very
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person they hope for in the Scriptures that even if not
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everyone is believing that he is, the price they are starting
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today believe that he is that person.
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And so they confessed that he was this Christ, the Son of the
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living God. And actually in Peter's answers,
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Aboriginal language, the pronoun you that is actually in an in
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fact the world because it made the Indian because I've been in
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a new people and apparently you are the Christ.
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I don't know. Maybe it's being a confession
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and I don't even sipping knocking manifestly people Sarah
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Mashad and Christo looks having Christ when we talk about Christ
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and when we hear the word Christ.
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This is actually the Greek equivalent of the name or the
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title Messiah. You you even said you know world
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Christ. Even Sabina is the anointed 1
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the anointed some of the events Helical Solana Galaxy,
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Pentecostal grounds. But I need to know anything and
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knowing that grabbing take it the anointing and commitment.
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Though most of the time it was taken in around direction and we
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were made, we were made to believe it in a different sense
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rather than what it really means in the Old Testament persona.
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Because thing. Annoying thing to anoint someone
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was to appoint them to a very special and very specific job.
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You know images of impacting are being annoying thing or to be
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anointed. You know, the cement times,
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priests were anointed with oil for them to become priests.
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Kings were also anointed with oil during their coronation as
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they are to become kings. And prophets were also anointed
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with oil to do the work of preaching or for them to start
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speaking the words of God. But here there was one person
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and that the people anticipated who went through all these three
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things, all these three roles in the Old Testament and that is
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the anointed one that is the Messiah that this Christ 13 have
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been acting Christ the pushpin legal united finances and Jesus
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Christ. You push a surname.
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It is a title that has this meaning has this defiance.
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But knowing that one, the Messiah, the Christ Moses spoke
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of him in Jahanam 18 were in God himself told mostly spoke of it
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that God himself will race up a prophet.
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That the Israeli airlines will listen to this having emotions
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and to Eli the negligent priest Sabitha prophet said to him in
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first somewhere to that God will raise up for himself a faithful
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priest that will obey God. And it's okay, Ella and God said
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that David in second son was 7, but he would raise up a king in
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David's household to be a king forever.
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We know that that's not someone he didn't live forever, but
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rather there is someone who would become a king and a king
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forever. We also met, She said that he
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was a priest and he was also a king, but he was not a prophet.
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We know someone, he was a priest and also a prophet, but he was
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not a king and we know so well as a king, the king soul.
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But when he tried to offer a sacrifice, he was judged because
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of what he did. And while Iran was indeed
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anointed as priest, when he tried to take over Moses role as
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a leader to leave Israel, he was reprimanded because of it.
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But there was one who would be all three.
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For no one was able to do all these three things in the Old
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Testament times. So for this disciples, Jesus was
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the chosen one, Jesus was the Christ.
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Jesus was that Messiah, Messiah that they saw in him, a person
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whom the prophets spoke about. He was the prophet, priest and
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king who would rescue them from their enemies.
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And that's not how we they see it.
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And this is seen in some chapter 2 in a Barcelona beginning in
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our in our scripture reading where the sum is say that the
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world is against God and not just against God, but against
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God and his anointed. And she lavished songs to that
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those people, the world itself come together and rebel against
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God and not just in God, but also in his Christ.
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But here we could see the reaction of God Ohh against
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those people. He just laughed at them.
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You know why I didn't No, no, I didn't come in on and I happen
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again. I go on 11 though, because we
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know that no one can stop him and his group, and so he sent to
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his anointed, who he called Son, the Son of God.
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I will give you the whole earth to rule.
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It means not just the Jews but also the Jantas and the whole
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earth is commanded by God to power themselves to the Son of
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God who is the anointed. So he portrays a king with a
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Kingdom that even the agendas are part of it.
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It's not anymore just a single nation, for in they would have
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punished. There is a king, but it's a team
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that would represent all his people around the world was
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going back by using the word Christ in the confession of
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Peter. Peter attributed to Jesus all
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the hopes, all the promises, all the prophecies and all the
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honour and the scriptures about this matter, about this
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position, how about this calling and this title of the Messiah of
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Christ Jesus for them was not just a prophet who could do
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miracles, but was the Son of God, the King that would rule
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all the world from Zion. That's why Jesus told them or
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told him specifically some verse 17 Sabina I think again only so
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still beat Peter. Blessed are you Simon Barjona
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for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my
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Father who is in heaven. In other words, to regard Jesus
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as Christ. It is something that natural at
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all. It is something unnatural.
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It is something supernatural because it is only God who could
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reveal it to him. It is only seen God that it was
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revealed to him that Jesus is Christ.
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That is why the gender speed even though they were not, they
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were as ignorant as they are about that Christ that the Jews
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were talking about or that looking they're looking forward
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for that Messiah. Yet the Chantas believe because
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God revealed to them and that is also why the Pharisees rejected
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it, because they are hardened in their hearts and they were not
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able to see Jesus Christ because God Himself did not reveal to
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them. And that's the reason why they
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even said that the Americas of Christ are not from God but from
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Satan himself. They don't get indeed human
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blindness in the material if not because the work of God and his
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revealing work about Christ. I think that there are people
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who will indeed believe that Jesus is the Christ and also
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there are those who will not no matter what kind of presentation
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and going motor and preached at any pastor landscaping and it's
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not on the how they presented in a sense that would interest
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them. We're convinced them, but rather
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it depends purely on how God reveals Christ to them.
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The tapas dito satiate and issues because here to those who
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believe that Jesus is that Christ they will be part of our
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remarkable Kingdom that is envisioned and that is
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proclaimed in the Scriptures. But in point adding second point
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where I I think second remarkable truth about this
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matter in verse 18 and 19, Jesus said, and I tell you, you are
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Peter and on this rock I will build my church and the gates of
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hell shall not prevail against it.
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I will give you the keys of the Kingdom of heaven.
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You know inside you. It was okay Peter.
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And here we could see that Jesus is now giving us that vision or
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he is already envisioning a growing Kingdom in this world,
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which he called his church young Kingdom and church here is
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synonymous that and it will grow that not even the gates of Hades
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can stop this onward March of the Kingdom of God.
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So the Kingdom is expanding and will conquer the Kingdom of
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Satan. And of course, this is very
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significant because of where Jesus was speaking.
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This things, Nico said. Bongo, this is Syria, Philippi
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Sing. The kingdoms of the genitals,
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they're probably earthly kingdoms.
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It is within that area that Christ is proclaiming these
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things and with their with with all their religious
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superstitions and with all the works and reins of Satan in the
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midst of this Pagan world. But we all know that all of them
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would be pushed back by the Kingdom of God.
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So how would this be achieved? I know about an individual and
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I've been planning on packing this out in the scriptures.
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How will the Kingdom grow? Grow in Kingdom now it will grow
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by the gospel of God. It would grow by the gospel
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through the keys of the Kingdom Christ Christ give gave the keys
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to Peter to open or close up the Kingdom of God in a pregnant and
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Sabina. Now this is somehow of
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controversial passage to say 11 position of Roman Catholics for
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the things about genital is that Christ will build the church on
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him on Peter genuinely clean my Catholic.
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But the thing Vito unclean Mila, is that Peter is the Bishop or
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was the Bishop of Rome, and that the acidic church, the Roman
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Catholic Church of Reno, seeing that their claim is they are the
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only true Church of God. You wouldn't claim that.
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But The thing is the position for and it is true that the
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Kingdom of God that the keys of the Kingdom according to this
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passage are given to Peter context.
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I think I need to because the pronoun used there was the word
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you are thou in which it is in second person singular so
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singularly become world leading depot.
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So in this particular passage, Christ is not addressing the
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other disciples action, but rather it is from to Peter and
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him was given the keys to open the Kingdom of heaven.
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So in one sense, yes, this is true and it also reflected in
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church history by for example, Peter preached in Acts chapter
Acts 2 chapter mention
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2. He preached the gospel and the
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Jews really believed in the gospel that he reach Peter and
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John went down to Samaria after Philip preached and they prayed
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that the Samaritans would receive the Holy Spirit.
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And what happened? They did receive the Holy
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Spirit. Peter was also necessary here.
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He preached the gospel to Cornelius and Cornelius believed
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and was feared by the Holy Spirit.
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He preached the gospel to Jerusalem, Judaea to Samaria,
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into the uppermost part of the earth.
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And this was being done and Peter was exemplifying it as
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this as key events, and he opened the Kingdom for these
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people. But here we are to be reminded
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that Peter was not the only one with the keys of the Kingdom,
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because we know that Philip also preach.
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We also know that Paul himself preached the gospel, Stephen
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preached the gospel, and all others with the gospel had the
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keys towards the Kingdom, and the Kingdom of God grew.
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And while the disciples loose and unlocks the doors of the
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Kingdom of God by the gospel of Christ, the pharmacies on the
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other hand bound and locked the doors to God's Kingdom by their
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gospel. Not of Christ, not of God, but
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their gospel of legalism. Belonging contrast, not going
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out, but I say you Home Depot. That's why Jesus Christ them in
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Matthew 23 verse 13. But who do you scribes and
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viruses hypocrites for you shutdown the Kingdom of heaven
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in people's faces. For you neither enter yourselves
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nor allow those who would enter to go in.
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Gonna be cutting the pronouncement you are indeed a
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pizza Kingdom sleepy girl in your party.
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Cutting the curse now you know and this principle because of
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what they are teaching that is not from God.
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Think about it in detail and contrast the pronouncement of
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panorama discipulo at the same time we pronouncement and the
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curse of God towards the fire dishes.
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So you will be upon this confession my friends that this
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gospel the the Christ is Jesus himself, but Jesus is not Christ
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that they're talking about that he would build his Kingdom.
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It is through the gospel of Christ and against the
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background and I think you mount Hermon.
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It was a big rock. It was a rock.
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It is a bedrock, and that's the word used by God appeared when
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he talked about the Gospel foundation in which he would
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build his Kingdom, the rock. But on the other hand, I know
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how busy Peter, what was Peter actually?
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He was a bad boy. I gotta look, leaving now would
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be the beeper. So greed and panelling is agreed
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I petros, which means a small paper money took my son.
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They can get the second bid number structure damage, and so
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that the citizens of that Kingdom would be built up on the
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rock. And that's rockets, Christiana
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Peter. So first Peter 2 verse 5 to 6
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call Pedro clarified that specify one other meetings to be
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into services said first Peter 2/5 to six you yourselves like
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livingstones are being built up as a spiritual house to be a
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holy priesthood to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable
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to God through Jesus Christ. For instance, in Scripture,
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Behold, I am laying in Zionist stone a cornerstone chosen and
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precious, and whoever believes in him will not be put to shame.
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And we know that that's not the third The driving that is Christ
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Jesus as the Christ is that cornerstone, that bedrock.
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We who believe the gospel are like that.
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Stones built on him. Anything I think you know if I
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don't need to either. So verse 9 and suddenly the
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repeater. But you are a chosen race, a
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royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession,
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that you may proclaim the excellences of him who called
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you out of the darkness into his marvelous light.
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We are people. We are kings and priests, my
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friends, because we are our royal priesthood.
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You're kings and priests, and we are prophets, for we are to show
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forth or proclaim the excellencies of Him or the
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praises of Him in this world. And we also know that the Church
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has officers that function as prophets.
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Singapore. There are those who preach the
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word of God towards His people. There are also kings, the elders
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who ruled not by themselves, not by their own authority, not by
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their own power, but according only through the Word of God.
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And you have priests, the deacons, who show mercy to
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exemplify the Word of God through ministry.
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Acts of service and mercy usher us in worship, but every
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Christian is also called to teach one another.
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Nilama pastoral mendapat natural the time is my dad encourage
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stability. So we are all supposed to pray
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for one another and we are also called to hold one another
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accountable. It's because we are cold for
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that purpose, my friends. But there is a condition
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required for every profit, there is a condition required for
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every priest and also there is every penny, all a condition
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required for every king. And that's the third
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acknowledgement. And I think that young people
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are remarkable condition realised, then going back home
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they decide was only wanted Jesus to be Christ.
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We all know that the League also want that to be for him to be
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the answer to all their problems.
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But anyway, he would come and teach the people about God,
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about his ways to destroy the enemies of the world of the
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destroy the enemies of God. And these are blink for him to
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be that access for him to be that way towards God like all
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their heroes of the past 12 in the Moses, Elijah that David,
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but here he is all in one in Christ.
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And when I hear someone to you my no I didn't buy any issues
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and Crystal Mashallah and hiring in the head and we are looking
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position and thing establishment Kingdom.
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They could have thought of it that way.
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I mean subscriptions. Ohh.
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I continue as they were always arguing about who would be the
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first in the Kingdom. Pennsylvania is a whole though
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idea. Oh, oh, are you devastated?
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People breathing, speculating, being busy.
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Judas something been kati wala compare Russia and Treasurer
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Martin Bhasha passing by the acid jeans back acid Peter Jones
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Cortana the Hacienda plowing nandun supposition.
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That's the reason why I think would argue about these things.
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It would be the first in the Kingdom of God.
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Even the disciples themselves are really arguing about this.
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They're going to pull out 1000 to have this self-centered
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tendency even in the presence of God.
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And this was what Caesarea Philippi his significant signify
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that all men aspire to greatness.
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All men inspire this great glory in this world.
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Incidentally, they tried to do it through conquering or through
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wrong means like deceit or theft.
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For one's own sake or one's own glory, but here Christ revealed
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a very important point to them. So the bassinet is scripture
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after they left Cesaria Philippi verse 21 Jesus began to show his
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disciples that he had to go to Jerusalem and to suffer many
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things and that he would be killed and eventually be
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resurrected. Now what do you think would
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there would be their response to this.
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Remember they really always also want to be little kings like in
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them of God and Peter said in verse 2248 be from you Lord.
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This will never happen to you. What we waiting people?
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What kind of person? One thing that people didn't
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understand was that as like Christ being pulled by Christ,
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before he would drain and have his Kingdom, he needed to
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perform the role of a priest to offer up a sacrifice for his
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people. But the sacrifice here is not
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another animal, not another sheep or cafe or anything, but
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rather the sacrifice his overall was himself as prophesied in the
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scriptures. Before he would train, he had to
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die. And therefore Peter's denial of
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this was truly satanic in a sense that this remark is
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totally against the will of God and the redemptive plan of God.
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And as the first country says, For you are not sending your
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mind on the things of God, but on the things of man.
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And that is a problem if we set our minds and the things of this
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world, of the things that would take gold and entities, our
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desires. This was the pattern of Caesarea
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Philippi that they think that they have left behind, but
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actually they have nothing left it at all.
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Ohh, no anyone or anyone in the garden again.
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And then Akisha Soto me when you're looking for dancing, you
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know the masala when I seen the Buchan Umalis, actually they
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desire some gardening in the money and open appointment.
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They struggled to see the things of God and focus on the things
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of this world. But here we are being reminded
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that if Christ is to reign, he had to die.
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And this was the lesson for this Christians of this time.
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This was the lesson for those disciples who are with Christ,
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the followers of Jesus. And these are also lessons for
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all of us. And verse 12 Jesus told his
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disciples, If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself
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and take up his cross, and follow me, not for your sake,
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but for Christ. Because as Jesus died for sin,
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we are to die to sin. And as Jesus denied himself the
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honour due to him for others, we are to serve others and become
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servants. For the first would be the last
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and the last would be the first, and whoever wishes to be the
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first should be the servant of all.
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And as Jesus took off his cross, we are to take up that shame as
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how he did. And when we do so, Christ
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rewards us openly to 11 inside the vaccination.
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So verse 27 that he will come back and he will repay each
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person according to what he has done.
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And the wonderful thing is this really belonged, that we are
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exactly the disciples in this picture.
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You have all of those tendencies as well.
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Even in this place of worship, we can still have our sinful
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tendencies and selfishness. Selfishness, Italy, Buhari
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meeting Pala Pala away there and I think my attitude about even
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talking about, but at 9% sure we have this self-serving attitude.
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We have this tendency to be proud to be selfish.
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We have the sinful mindset. That is why, my friends, we need
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Christ, someone to teach us our need of salvation, someone to
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subdue our sinful hearts, and someone to save us from the
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wrath of God. And as Christians, we need Him
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to as a prophet to teach us how to live to him and to holy
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lives, our King. We must serve in a priest who
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will pray for us daily because we are weak.
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That's right, your complication. Never forget that Jesus calls us
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his church. He said on this rock I will
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build my church, but I'm running sound from outside and and we
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are his Nina Pattaya Nabubuhay Palace.
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Now my diet. Like Arlene and Rohingya Parasa,
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I've been Nanjan Samahan. I think that the island that I'm
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lagging boy Nina and Pakistan and Christians as Christians to
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one another. We who are limping along in this
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life. We need to teach one another how
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wonderfully Christ is. Let's continue with this one
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another. How wonderful He is if it's
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faithful to one another and show mercy.
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Let us bear each other's burdens, my friends, and let us
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keep one another close to God, but not in hand.
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Me when I did nothing on competing, that guy, nothing at
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all. Nothing is of spending in this
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election meeting that they have been.
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So let us never forget that we are the anointed people of God
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only in the Lord Jesus Christ. Going to the one.
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I mean. I mean because of bothering
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hints, you know, I mean just when I'm Donato.
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But divided better than them in the family from Manhattan
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yesterday, no doubt. Then tablets.
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Anyway, Super League naming Neelam Salahaddin this evening.
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Things that he did, but only we'll see.
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Valley Lahan in India that you are king and you will always be
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there for us, but you will be our peace and you will always be
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the way for us towards God and you are a prophet.
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It would continuously guide us and teach us the marvel.
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Come, we are lost without you. We deserve him, if not because
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of you. That's why we thank you and we
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worship you today and may you be pleased with the worshippers of
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your sins. And then you transform our lives
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and protect us as we continue our days and we look forward
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again for another week that we will be with you in our people.
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And this we pray in Jesus name, Amen.