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Jesus Generation Conference 2025 William Hinn Podcast 97 Parte 1
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Thank you for always listening to our podcast.
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We hope they are a blessing to your life. Okay.
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And as you're going there, let's just put your
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Bible up in the air. Come on. Just put it up
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in the air. Tonight, Holy Spirit, pierce us with
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your word. Forgive us for not rightly honoring
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your word. Pierce us until we become... In Jesus'
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name. I want to encourage you. There's no greater
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supernatural encounter. I'm probably a little
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loud by the way. I'm gonna start screaming and
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it's gonna get crazy. Okay, just wanted to warn
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you. Sometimes I think we want to just come and
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get zapped. We like falling over. And I love
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that. We love the power. We love the anointing.
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But I believe that the greatest purest and most
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supernatural encounter is when the very words
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of Christ pierce our hearts to such a degree
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that we actually become like Him. God doesn't
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want to just give us a one night touch. Listen,
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he's not that cheap. He wants to form himself
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inside of a people until we start shining. So
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often times, we got the spirit over here, and
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we got the word over here, and there's no such
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thing as separation. In 1947, Smith Wigglesworth
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prophesied that the next great awakening in the
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world would come when the church rightly honors
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the spirit And the word. Because they are one.
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So we're not approaching the Bible tonight. We're
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approaching the Lamb. He's the volume of the
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book. We don't want to know the Bible. We want
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to know Jesus. And He gave us 66 books to discover
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who He is. So it shouldn't just sit on our shelf.
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I open it when Pastor Daniel teaches me. We shouldn't
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want falling over more than we want His Word.
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We should say, Jesus, I want you to come into
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me. And if I'm going to go down, I better come
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up more like Jesus. Or we just had a show tonight.
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And you know I love you, right? And just so you
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know, if I say something that offends you, he
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didn't say it. And he didn't say it. So you don't
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have to leave their churches. Because I'm going
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to get on a plane and I'm going to go back to
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Florida. So if you don't like me, I'm not your
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pastor. Your pastors are sweet. Okay, but I'm
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not here to entertain you tonight. I'm not here
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to please you tonight. Our job is not to entertain
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you. Our job is to equip you. So even if it feels
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like a sword going in, just know that this is
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how the Spirit of God works. He's a sword that
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pierces. It says the word separates bone from
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marrow. It deals with your lies. Anyone ever
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been reading the Bible? And you just went there
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to read. But then all of a sudden you're crying.
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And it's reading you. And you're like, I didn't
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realize how many things I needed. to heal in
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my heart. It's the only book in the world that's
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alive. And I think that we've had an apostasy
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that's taken away from the Word. And we've settled
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for services. We don't need services. The world
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would have been saved a long time ago if it was
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up to services. Jesus would have come back in
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a Catherine Coleman meeting, I promise. There's
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more power. powerful services to go to. It's
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not until a group of people begin to see who
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they are that the cry of creation, the groan
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of creation that's crying out for change, it's
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going to come through the manifestation of the
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sons of God. So we got to learn some stuff. Amen,
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amen, amen. Thanks Noah. Alright, go to Isaiah
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6. I'm not going to get there anytime soon. I
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just want you to go there and stay there. Just
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so you can have your Bible open. And then I'm
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going to work my way there. And it will come
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together in Isaiah 6. But I'm going to start
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in Hebrews 6. I don't want anybody to turn to
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it. I want you to pay attention. Just keep your
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Bible open. open in Isaiah 6. The point of this
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conference has been unveiled, right? In Isaiah
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chapter, I'm sorry, Hebrews, Hebrews chapter
Hebrews 6 chapter mention
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6, there's this profound revelation that the
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writer of Hebrews brings us into When he's talking
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about an oath that God made with Abraham, and
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God comes to Abraham, and he says when he looked
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at Abraham, he wanted to make a covenant with
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this natural man. This natural man, Abraham,
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wasn't strong enough to carry his side of the
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covenant. Okay? As amazing as Abraham was, God
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had it in his heart. I want to make him some
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promises. I want to make him a covenant. But
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if I'm going to be on this side, Abraham is not
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strong enough to be on this side. So what he
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does, according to Hebrews 6, is when he wanted
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to make an oath with Abraham, it says that God
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made an oath with himself. And he made this oath
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with himself. Hebrews 6 tells us to show the
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character of who He is. And this oath and covenant
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God made with Himself about Abraham, it says
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is the anchor of our soul in the Most Holy Place.
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Here's the picture. You're the Christian in the
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middle. That's weak. struggles, you cannot hold
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up the other side of the covenant. So what God
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did, and now let's just say I'm in the most holy
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place, because that's where we are, by the way.
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He's standing in the middle, humanity in the
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middle, and God is standing on one side, and
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God made a covenant with himself, and God standing
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on the other side. And God's covenant with Himself
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keeps you in proximity to Him. You have no power,
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no strength within yourself. Listen, to keep
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yourself close. Only by what God did with Himself.
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You had nothing to do with it. We were full of
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sin, full of shame, full of guilt. We were like
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the woman in John 8. Caught in the act of adultery.
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Jesus is preaching in the temple. And what did
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the religious Pharisees do? They brought the
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sinner to church to expose her. Religion doesn't
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want you whole. It just wants to expose your
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sin. Right? So they bring her to church. They
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expose Those are in front of everybody. Check
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this out, she wasn't even looking for repentance.
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She wasn't even looking for forgiveness. She
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was just caught. And this is who God is. He stoops
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down into the dirt. And he begins to write in
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the sand. I think people have this idea that
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maybe he was writing their sins. I just don't
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think that God would combat shame with shame.
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My personal conviction is I think he was writing
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things like Hosea 2 in the sand. That talks about
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people who were once a bride. who prostituted
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their bridal ship. And the kindness of God says,
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we will allure her into the wilderness and win
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her back. They caught a woman prostituting herself.
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And I think the Lord was saying, this is why
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I came. His kindness draws men to repent. Just
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so you know, I don't care if you grew up in church.
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Just so you know, we were all the women in John
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8. And God stooped down for every single one
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of us. But then you go to church long enough.
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And there was nothing of your strength that brought
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you to Him. The scriptures say, Jesus says, if
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I be lifted up, I'm going to draw all men unto
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myself. You know what the word draw means in
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Greek? It means I'm going to drag you. Like you
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think you made a good decision. You have drag
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marks behind you. He came and He found you when
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you smelled like pigs, when you were worthless,
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and He kissed you. And he said, I want you. And
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somehow you found your way to some altar somewhere,
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or on the floor in your bedroom, while you were
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still a drug addict, while you were still an
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alcoholic, while you were still a hypocrite,
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and he said, I want you. Okay, not one of us
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believes for a second that we were worthy of
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any of that. But at some point in church we start
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thinking that we have to hold up the other side
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of the covenant. Now listen, I know that this
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is offensive because everybody thinks your behavior
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is everything. I'll teach you tonight how to
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fix your behavior. Because the gospel is not
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behavior modification. The gospel is you were
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crucified when he was crucified. You died when
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he died. You were buried when he was buried.
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This is all in the Bible by the way. You were
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raised when he was raised. And you were seated
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in heavenly places when he was seated in heavenly
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places. And again, you did nothing to earn it.
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It's unbelievable. Like absolutely zero. God
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doesn't come and clean you. He kills you. And
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then He raises you up again. And you relate to
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the old person again. Okay, so is anybody married
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in here? Okay, now listen. If I had to walk around.
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I'm married, happily married. I have four beautiful
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children. If I had to walk around with my wedding
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vows in my back pocket, the legal certificate
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document, the law. and I'd have it in my back
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pocket, that every time I met a female, I had
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to pull out the law, just tell her to keep a
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safe distance, and read the law. So I don't commit
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adultery. I would have a problem. I would need
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pastoral counsel if I'm that tempted that I constantly
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have to go back to the law. Right? Like if I
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went to the grocery store and I needed my brother
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to be there with me, when I walk down the checkout
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counter and tell him, listen, now before we walk
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down that counter, I need you to hold both my
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arms back because I love stealing Snickers. I
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know it's silly, but this is what we do in church.
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This is how pathetic we are. So we want the law
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because we are going to fight our arm to not
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steal the Snickers. Or, you just aren't a thief.
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And I don't know about you, but when I go to
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the grocery store, I'm literally never thinking
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about stealing. Anybody think about stealing?
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Don't raise your hand. I mean, hopefully you're
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not walking around so uncontrolled in your members.
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Listen, do you know that I'm just, now just hear
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me out. If the Lord came to me and it just became
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okay to all of a sudden commit adultery, do you
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know I still wouldn't? Someone asked me why.
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Why? Because I love my wife. Love is stronger
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than the law. So listen, rather than telling
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a generation to come get right with God and behave,
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we should teach them about love. And listen,
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not your love for Him, because that's not good
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enough. And it'll never be good enough. But what's
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His love for you? Listen, I wasn't planning on
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going into all this, but... We have a lot of
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preachers that are yelling at people, love God
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more. But we never tell them why they should
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love God more. You see the gospel is not that
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Jesus died for Jesus. We got to be careful with
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this narrative that we're not really a part of
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this in any way, that none of it's about us.
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It sounds humble, but it's deceptive. Because
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Jesus The whole storyline is that He wanted you.
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The whole Gospel is that He died for you. So
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if you never come into a revelation of the love
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of God, you'll never love Him. I actually believe
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the secret to zeal People are always like, oh
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man, another message on the love of the Father.
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When are we going to have a holiness movement?
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Ever hear that stuff? I struggle with that stuff.
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Because we don't even understand holiness. What
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do you mean when you say a holiness movement?
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A movement of really well -behaved people? Like,
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do you realize holy means altogether separate?
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It's like a whole new identity? Righteousness
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bears fruit onto you're separate now? So hear
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me out. We're doing a lot of stuff in church.
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Trying to hold up our side of the bargain. Just
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like the Galatians. Paul comes to them in Galatians
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3. And he says, you foolish Galatians. Who has
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bewitched you? That. Who has bewitched you? You're
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doing incredible. You gotta say it in Spanish,
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that you're doing incredible. Come on, don't
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have false humility. Tell them. Let's go. I love
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it. Says, who has bewitched you, you who started
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in the spirit, have now gone to works. You came
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weak, but you got too strong. And the gospel
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is stay weak. I boldly proclaim, That I will
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forever be a needy Christian. And I know that's
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not popular. But I've got a need for God. And
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without having a need for God, we're too strong.
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So from the beginning, God's covenant with Himself,
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the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, had
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a conversation. You're going to be made in the
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image, the likeness and receive the righteousness
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of God. And you weren't even invited to the meeting.
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He didn't ask for your opinion. And God's covenant
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with Himself anchors you in His proximity. Okay,
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so then that takes it further. So then we don't
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go in and out of God's presence anymore. Jesus
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actually tells us to abide in His presence. We
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don't worship to get in His presence. We don't
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dance and shout to get into His presence. I know
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we love quoting the verses. I'm sorry that I'm
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gonna say this. But you realize entering his
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courts with praise, I love that. But after the
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blood of Christ. I'm in His courts. I live in
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God. Not because of what I've done, but because
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of what He's done. So now my praise changes.
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I'm not praising my way to Him. I'm praising
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because dirty me is with Him. You've got to see
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this. I don't worship to get to Him. I worship
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because I'm in Him. Like we have something to
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be thankful for. Right? Intercession. We've made
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intercession reaching for God. What are you reaching
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for? God reached for you. Listen, intercession
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is you're standing in a gap. Between what? What's
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the gap? Like, could you be a bridge between
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God and the world? Rather than intercession being
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reaching? Right, we like the word travail, right?
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Travail. Travail is the pain of giving birth.
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Intercession is about giving birth. birth to
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something that's in you. If we never find the
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God within, we will live our whole life on a
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wrong pilgrimage. We're on a journey that is
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deceptive. We're looking, we quote Isaiah 64,
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oh, that you would rend the heavens and come
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down. It's great for preaching. It moves rooms,
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but we never keep reading. Because as you keep
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reading in Isaiah 64, He says, when I did rend
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the heavens and come down, no one was paying
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attention. And then you get to Isaiah 65, and
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it says, like a father I've held out my hands,
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come to me all you who are weary. We can't move
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on just yet. You can't go in and out of a temple
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when you are the temple.