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Life Conference 2022 (1st service) - Bishop Tony Kemp (February 13, 2022) | Life Bible Church
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the King Jesus to the Holy Spirit. Let's give
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God Almighty a big hand clap. We just love your
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pastor and his precious wife and all the kids
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too. Let's give them a big hand clap. We're very
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honored. We always look forward to being with
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you. There's such a... a presence, a glory, and
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a freedom that lives in this place. And if the
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truth be told, sometimes we just really don't
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know what we have. Sometimes we don't know. And
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so I'm going to teach In the second service,
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we'll probably do some personal ministry because
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we'll have time. The ministry that we'll do now
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will be in the Word. And so, you know, this weekend
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we've been talking about the Spirit of Revelation,
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you know, being able to see in the Holy Spirit,
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hear in the Holy Spirit, sense no things by the
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Holy Spirit. And it's possible that some people
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may... may associate all of that with just church
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or gatherings or, you know, God's people coming
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together. But it's much more than that. In fact,
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if whoever controls the screen, if you'll put
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the book of John up, chapter 10, verse 27, pick
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a version, whatever you prefer. Whatever they
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put up, essentially it's Jesus talking. Look
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at somebody and say, you know, you might want
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to listen to Jesus just a little bit. Jesus says,
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my sheep hear my voice. I know them and they
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follow me. So I've been married to Deborah who
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will probably be here the next service. She was
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resting and I let her rest. I mean, after all,
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she runs around with me all over the United States.
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We'll be home one day and then we go to Houston
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to do a firestorm conference. I like fire. Anyway,
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I'll try to behave. So we've been married 42
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years. And when I saw her, the Holy Spirit said,
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that's going to be your wife. This is why you
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need to hear the voice of God. And it was the
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only woman that the Lord told me, the only one,
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you know, because other people, you know, would
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ever look good. So, knowing Jesus and following
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Jesus can really be a blessing to you. You know,
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to see in the spirit, to hear in the spirit,
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to sense things in the spirit. Let me just ask
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this. How many people are not married here this
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morning? Raise your hands. Okay, I want the unmarried
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people to stand to your feet. I want to pray
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for you unmarried people. Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
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If you don't want to get married again, sit down.
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No, no, no, listen, listen, listen, listen. I'm
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a teacher in a minute, but this is just like
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too much fun. Anyway, and I'm not, don't ask
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me the angel's name because I'm not going to
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tell you. But there is a category of angels that
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actually bring people together. Really. Look
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at somebody and say, I'm starting to like this
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service already. And I'm going to leave that
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alone. I'm just not. Okay, so if you're seated,
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let's pray for the people who are standing because
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they'll probably be a lot happier if they got
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a mate. And if they're happier, look at somebody
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and say, you'll be happier too. Okay, so bow
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your heads. So Holy Father, I want you to release
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an angel for everybody who is standing who wants
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a mate. Lord Isaiah 34, 16 says, none shall lack
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a mate. And so Holy Father talks about the Holy
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Spirit gathering. people together. And so Lord,
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as people follow your son Jesus and hear your
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voice, let people meet at the right place at
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the right time, providentially. And I thank you,
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Father, that you're doing it, that your angels
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are being released, that you're bringing people
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together in Jesus' name. Can we take about 20
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seconds to give the Lord a big hand clap? Amen.
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You may be seated. And, you know, all you women
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that are married, you should really pray for
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your husbands. No, I really mean for you to.
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So, you know, Deborah and I decided we wanted
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to get a house. And so she decided she wanted
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this one house. It was Victorian style house.
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I didn't like it and I didn't want it. Not my
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style. So this is why you sisters should pray.
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So she takes me to this house. And I'm looking
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at this house. And then all of a sudden, I see
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this really big angel on the right and the left.
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Big angels, chiseled, muscular. And all of a
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sudden, I'm reading the sign. You get in this
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house. Apparently, apparently, father loves her.
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More than me. This is why you sisters should
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pray the brother can see in the spirit. Y 'all
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think I'm joking, but I was serious as eternal
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life. So why do you want to hear God's voice?
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Well. Somehow Debra and I decided we wanted to
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get a new vehicle. And so we go looking and we
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get in this SUV. And as soon as we're in the
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SUV, all of a sudden I had the feeling, just
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came out of nowhere, that if we buy this SUV,
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we're going to have an accident. And then Debra
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said, you know what? I feel like if we get this,
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we're going to have an accident. We ain't getting
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this. Look at somebody and say, it can help you
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find a spouse. Everybody say the voice. It can
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help you find a spouse. Find the right vehicle.
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And get the house. Look at somebody and say,
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you need to know Jesus. Because this is what
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people do. Sometimes people look at the gifts
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of the Holy Spirit as something for the gatherings.
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And the grace of God can save your life. I was
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in college, and we were going to go to a collegiate
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basketball game. I was in Bible College. And
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I showed a dollar, so I went to Tom Hufty, and
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I said, borrow the dollar. And I was going with
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Joel and another friend of ours. Her name was
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Dawn. And I go up to Joel's room, and he's looking
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for his keys. And all of a sudden, I go into
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a vision. And in the vision, I see the spirit
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of death walk up behind me. Immediately, I became
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sick. And then... I had a vision, and in the
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vision, we had already been to the game and we
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were returning, and Joel and I were in the front.
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And Joel was going to pass late, and I told him
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not to, but he was going to be stubborn and do
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it anyway. And we were going to crash, and they
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were going to survive, and I was going to die.
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So I'm standing there, and all of a sudden I'm
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sick. I sit on the bed. And I turned to Joel,
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and I said, hey, you got any problems with your
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driving? To which he says, yeah, sometimes I
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pass late. I said, we ain't going. Now, Dawn,
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who was not spirit -filled, thought I was nuts.
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I don't care. My life. We go back to the student
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union. Tom Hufty, who is a Baptist. A traditional
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Baptist says, Tony, I have a feeling you shouldn't
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go to that gang. Even the Baptist can hear God.
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No, no, please understand, I got saved in the
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Baptist church. I went to a Baptist Bible college.
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You know, I understand. You know, they believe
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stuff I don't necessarily believe. You know,
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like I don't believe once saved, always saved.
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I think you got to follow Jesus to the end. At
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least that's what the Bible says. He that endure
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to the end. Okay. But anyway, this Baptist brother
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heard God. Look at somebody say, that's why you
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need to know the voice of God. It's very practical.
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Okay. So now. Let me mess with you before I teach,
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just because, I don't know, I'm in the mood.
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So, one of the persons I saw in heaven was Noah.
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Can I drop a little something on you concerning
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Noah? Okay. What if I was to say to you... That
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all the animals on the earth, not all of them
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happen to be living where Noah was. What if I
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said to you that God would translate the chosen
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animals, the two by twos and the little ones,
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the sevens, right in front of the ark? What if
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I was to say to you, God's temporarily manifested
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Eden and all the animals became obedient to Noah
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and went into the ark? What if I was to say to
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you that as soon as each one came in, even the
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creeping things, that each one, when they got
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in their place, that God put them into a supernatural
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hibernation? What if I was to tell you that Noah,
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once he got in his place, he and his wife and
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his whole family went into supernatural hibernation?
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and they were all frozen in place. God shuts
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the door. The rain falls, the water comes up,
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and the ship rolls. Haven't you ever wondered
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how Noah would stand the noise? Have you ever
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wondered, how is Noah going to feed all these
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animals? Have you ever wondered, where is the
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waste going to go? Look at somebody and say,
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the Lord took care of all of that. So when everything
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rests, and then you got motion, the whole thing
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of motion. So then when everything rests, the
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Lord wakes Noah up, and then there's a raven.
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And listen to me. Here's my point. The assignment
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of the raven was to go out and find land and
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return. You know, the raven did not fulfill its
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assignment. Look at somebody that said, don't
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be a raven. The dove goes out and comes back.
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Look at somebody that said, be a part of God's
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dove company. Because when Jesus gets baptized,
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at the waters of baptism, he lives, he dies,
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he's resurrected. And at the waters of baptism,
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you have the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Heaven
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opens, Spirit falls, Father speaks, you're the
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Son in whom I find pleasure. When the Holy Spirit
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falls, he appears in the form of a dove. Look
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at somebody and say, are you part of God's dove
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company? You can be if you follow Jesus in John
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10. 27, my sheep hear my voice. I know them.
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I know we say stuff like I know the Lord, but
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yeah, but does he know you? They follow me. So
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then the Lord wakes everybody up. All the animals
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walk out and they get translated to their various
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places. Look at somebody and say, very interesting.
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Anyway, that's enough of that. Doesn't matter
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whether you believe it when you get to heaven,
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you'll find out. Noah was, let me see if I can
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see a guy who looks similar to Noah. Do we have
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any tall guys here? Wave your hand if you've
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got tall guys. How tall are you? You're tall.
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Stand up. Noah was similar to you, but he was,
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He had a really, really long beard. Yes, I'm
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sorry. Sit down. Let's give that brother a big
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hand clap. So anyway, that was fun. You know,
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some of you, your wheels are still turning. It's
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okay. So let me teach my lesson. I got about
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40 minutes, 30 minutes. you'll get the abbreviated
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version. Turn to the book of John chapter, nah,
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I'll start with 20. Verse 30. Chapter 20, verse
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30. And truly, Jesus did many other signs in
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the presence of his disciples. Look, somebody
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say, the signs of Jesus. Jesus did many other
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signs in the presence of the disciples which
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are not written in this book, but the purpose
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of the signs, but these are written, verse 31,
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that you might believe Jesus is the Christ, the
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Son of God, and that believing you might have
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life through his name. Look at somebody say,
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signs, Jesus, eternal life. Now, signs, signs
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show you where you're not. Signs show you where
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you are. Signs show you where you don't want
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to go. Signs show you where you do want to go.
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Signs set up boundaries. Signs say no admission
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or you have permission. Signs point to something
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else in the future. Signs tell you what's beyond.
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Okay. Okay, you ready? Look at somebody and say,
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are you sure you're ready? Okay. Signs point
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to Jesus. So where does Jesus stand in relationship
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to you? He stands outside of the edge of your
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present. to call you into the future he has for
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you. Where does Jesus stand in relationship to
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you? He stands just outside the border of your
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present. And so from the future, he calls you
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into the future he has for you. Look at somebody
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and say, Jesus is in your future. And he's calling
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you into the future with him. I like how Kim
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Clement said it. He said, somewhere in the future,
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you look a whole lot better than you do right
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now. Let's see if this is true. I like John.
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I'm not going to tell you about that. You're
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still trying to get over Noah. John chapter 2.
John 2 chapter mention
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Verse 1. And by the way, I'm not going to be
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able to finish the message. I may be able to
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finish it in the second service. Maybe. I never
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get done. On the third day, there was a wedding
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at Cana of Galilee. Very interesting. Third day.
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Now, if you really look, you should look at third
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day scriptures, particularly in the Old Covenant,
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and see that there are signs sometimes that point
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to Jesus, sometimes in ways that are quite obscure.
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That's for the theologians. And the mother of
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Jesus was there. Look out, somebody say, Mama
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of Jesus. Okay. The mother of Jesus was there.
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Verse 2, and both Jesus was called and his disciples
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to the marriage. And when they wanted wine, the
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mother of Jesus says to him, they don't have
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any wine. Look at somebody, say, Mama's in action.
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Now, Context determines meaning. In that culture,
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you know, you had your best wine out and you
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want to make sure you had enough wine for all
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of your guests. And if you didn't have enough
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wine for all of your guests, it resulted in public
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embarrassment for the father of the bride in
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the community. And so the mother of Jesus saw
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what was coming and she went to Jesus and said,
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hey, you got to fix this. So, well, his mama
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was something. See, I think, look at somebody
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and say, you need to believe in the Virgin Mary.
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I'm going to tell you why you should later. You
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ought to deal with Catholics sometime and say,
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do you believe in the Virgin Mary? You really
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believe in the Virgin Mary? Do you pray to the
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Virgin Mary? I pray to the one the Virgin Mary
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prayed to. Just thought I'd pass it along. So
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Jesus says, watch this, woman, why are you involving
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me? And by the way, it was a term of endearment.
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In fact, Before the female was called Eve, she
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was called woman. Do you know that sin dehumanizes
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you? And the only way that you could be fully
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is by knowing Jesus through the word and by the
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spirit? Maybe John was telling us something when
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Pilate brought out Jesus and said, Ecco homo,
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behold the man. What if Jesus was saying, woman,
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referring back to a state before the fall where
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God could be perceived. He was giving his mother
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a compliment because you see what's really going
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on now. Did you know that in Hebrew history,
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When the Messiah would come, one of the signs
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of the Messiah was to turn water into wine. Jewish
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history. But I'm not really camping on that.
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He said, my hour's not yet come. You know, it's
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funny how your mama can get ahead of you. His
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mother was ahead of him. Says to the servants,
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verse five, whatever he says to you, do it. Okay.
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So if you want to move in supernatural signs,
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here's your first step. Look at somebody and
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say, whatever Jesus tells you to do, do it. My
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sheep, hear my voice. I know them. and they follow
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me. Repeat after me. Whatever Jesus tells you
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to do, do it. Next verse. There were set there
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six water pots of water. Now, the purpose of
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the six water pots was when the people came in,
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they washed their hands. And there were six.
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Everybody say the number of man. It was to purify,
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but obviously these 20 or 30 gallons apiece,
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great, that's the right thing. But Jesus can
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repurpose your pot so that the dirt that's come
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in, look at somebody say, he can remove it. Look
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at somebody say, from dirt to deliverance. Now
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Jesus repurposes, repurposes the water pots and
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says, fill the water pots with water and they
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filled them up. Let me just make this comment.
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Have you ever considered that when Nathaniel,
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okay, let me back up. There's no way, I'm not
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even gonna get halfway through this message.
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It's all right though. We got a second shot.
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Philip meets Jesus. Philip goes to Nathaniel.
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Nathaniel says to Philip, can any good thing
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come out of Nazareth? Philip's smart enough.
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He said, come and see. So Jesus sees Nathaniel
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coming to him and said, this is a true Israeli
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in whom there's no falsehood. And Nathaniel's
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response is very interesting. He says, how do
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you know me? And Jesus says, sign. When you were
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under the fig tree, before Philip called you,
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I saw you. Because rabbis taught their disciples
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under a tree. And so it's a sign that Nathan
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was under a tree. Nathanael was under a tree
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saying, God, where's my rabbi? That's why Nathanael
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responds and says, you're the rabbi. You're the
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son of God. You're the king of Israel. And then
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Jesus says, you think that's something? Wait
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till you see the angels of God ascending and
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descending upon the Son of Man. From that moment,
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read the book of John and find out how many times
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it says, up and down. I'm going to leave you
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alone. Fill the waters. pots with water, and
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they filled them. There's an ascending. Just
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to make you think. Just look, just reread the
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book. Reread the book. He says, draw out now,
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and whoever's in charge of the feast, take it
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to the person. What do you call those, the director,
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the person who's, come on, what are they called?
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The wedding director. Wedding coordinator, there
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you go. Take it to the wedding coordinator. I
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try not to do any weddings. I got tired of weddings
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and funerals. So I even forgot what it was called.
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Somebody else can do that, I'm just. When the
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ruler of the feast tasted the water that had
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been made wine, didn't know where it was, but
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the servants which drew the water knew, the governor
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of the feast called the bridegroom and said,
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Hey, every man at the beginning says forth good
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wine, men are well drunk, and that which is worse,
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you've kept the best wine or the good wine till
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when? Now, we usually say last, but look at somebody
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and say, but the good wine is for right now.
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Okay, so before we go any further, I don't drink
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wine. Because you know where people go. I worked
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with too many people who were alcoholics and
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drug addicts. Okay? You know, and when I did
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drink, you know, I could go a little too far.
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A little too far. Did I say too far? So, I don't
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need to drink any. Okay? Right. Just thought
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I'd tell you because, you know, sometimes people
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say, you know. Look at somebody say, I'm heavenly
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wine. Here's the point. This beginning of signs,
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Jesus did at Cana of Galilee and manifested his
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what? Everybody say his glory and his disciples'
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belief. Now notice you got this in chapter two
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and John references it in chapter 20. So now
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he's talking about signs. Everybody say signs.
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But the key word here is beginning. It's where
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we get the word archaic. Now this is really,
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really important. Everybody say archaic. Where
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we get archetype and we also get archaic. What
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it is, it's the original pattern. Everybody say
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the original pattern from which copies are made.
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So once you understand the original pattern,
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you have insight. into how Jesus does signs,
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wonders, and miracles. Because he makes a point.
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He uses the language. It's the starting point.
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Everything proceeds from there. So if you want
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signs and wonders, you got to understand the
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archetype, the archaic, the original pattern,
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the archaic. And he actually tells you, he actually
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tells you what the first step is. You ready?
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Everybody quote, say it after me. Whatever Jesus
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tells you to do, do it. That's a step. So now,
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John, through his book, he's going to show you
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this theme. Speaking of up, in chapter 2, verse
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19, Jesus says, destroy this temple, and in three
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days I will raise it. What do you mean, three?
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Three. Third day, three days. Hmm. He's a prophetic
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apostle. Hmm. Hmm. Hmm. So, let's go further.
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Let's go further. So, now, John is making a point.
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So, let's go to chapter 5. Now, let's do chapter
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4. Chapter 4, we'll go with verse 46. Chapter
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4, verse 36. Here's John, the Holy Spirit. I
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just, go, go, go. No, no, go back, go back, go
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back. Did I do something wrong? I said 46. Right?
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446? Yeah, that's it, that's it. So Jesus came
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again to Cana of Galilee. Look at what the Holy
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Spirit's doing here, where he made the water
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wine. He's making a point. And there was a certain
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nobleman whose son was sick at Capernaum. This
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is where the prophet Nahum said, glad tidings.
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Next verse. And when this nobleman heard that
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Jesus had come out of Judea into Galilee, he
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went to him and implored him, come where? Where
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my son is sick. And heal his son, for he's at
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the point of death. He's dying. Then Jesus says
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this. Next verse. Unless you see signs and wonders,
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you will by no means believe. Signs. Believing.
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Everybody say sinners. Signs. The Son of God.
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Jesus Christ. The noble man said, come down before
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my child dies. Next verse. Jesus says, watch
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this, go your way, your son lives. So the man
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believed the word that Jesus spoke to him and
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went his way. Next verse. As he was going down,
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his servants met him and said, your son lives.
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Next verse. Then he inquired of them when his
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son began to amend. Amend. Let's see, amend.
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Yale, may I? Yale, may I healing is when you
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get better and better until you're completely
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well. At the seventh hour, the fever left him.
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Next verse. So the father knew it was the same
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hour that Jesus said to him, your son lives,
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and he believed in his whole household. Verse
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54, next verse. This, again, is the second what?
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The Holy Spirit's making a point. Jesus did when
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he came out of Judea into Galilee. So what's
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the meaning of the second sign? Because you look
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beyond the miracle to see the message. Look at
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somebody and say, look beyond the miracle and
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see the message. Sign number one, key. Whatever
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Jesus tells you to do, do it. Sign number two,
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do what you can do. when Jesus tells you to do
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it. Whatever Jesus tells you to do, do it. Do
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what you can do when Jesus tells you to do it.
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Many years ago, the Lord talked to me about what
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he called, this is his phrase, he called it the
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sign gifted ministry. And so, I've seen Jesus
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do all kinds of incredible, miraculous signs.
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Body parts were, there were none. The dead being
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raised a number of times. All kinds of weather
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signs. I mean, all kinds of signs. I most of
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the time don't talk about it. Because for some
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people, they'll get so caught up in the sign
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and the wonder, they won't look at the word.
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And that's a problem. Okay? So I have a tendency,
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unless the Holy Spirit makes me, to sacrifice
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signs and wonders and miracles to point people
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to this Word. But when the Holy Spirit makes
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me, I go, oh, okay, I can move in that now. But
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I always want to establish the Word first. Everybody
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say, establish the Word first. Okay? So whatever
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Jesus tells you to do, do it. Do what you can
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do when Jesus tells you to do it. Chapter 5.
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Verse one. How many of you are enjoying the word?
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Verse one. This is crazy. After this, there was
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a feast. And Jesus did what? Look at somebody
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say, something's fixing to happen now. Because
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the nobleman said, come down, but Jesus healed
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him and raised him up. I think I perceive a theme.
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What if the ministry of seeing in the Spirit
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is to see what God is saying and doing in the
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Word? See, I know we want to see angels, we want
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to see demons, and there's a time and a place
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for that. We want to see Jesus, there's a time
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and a place for that. But from the standpoint
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of the ministry as a prophet and a seer, your
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first seeing is the revelation of the word. And
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so if you'll notice, I have deliberately not
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did personal ministry because I wanted to give
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you a sign. I let honor do it. And only when
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I got pulled into it last night did I participate
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because, see, I know what happens. People will
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go, I want visions, revelations, visitations.
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and all that. But mostly what I did was, everybody
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say, the word. See, because with this whole thing
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of revelation, you can get out of balance. And
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it's all about, and so God, listen, so see, so
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God hasn't showed up in the service until something
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miraculous happens. Look at something I said,
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but it's about Jesus. So, verse 2. There is at
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Jerusalem by the sheep market, which is called
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in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, five porches,
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portigos, and these lay a great multitude of
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impotent folk. They wanted to put them all right
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there because there's something about invalids
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we don't want to see them. Blind heart withered,
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waiting for the moving. For an angel did what?
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Where the people were suffering, the angel was
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sent down. at a certain season into the pool
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and troubled the water. And whoever first, after
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the troubling of the water, stepped in was made
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whole of whatever disease they had. So there's
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an angel that has a calling from God to heal
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whatever disease. A certain man was there, which
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had an infirmity, 38 years. And when Jesus saw
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him lie, knew he had been there a long time,
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he says, will you make a choice to be made whole?
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And the impotent man, paralyzed man said, I don't
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have anybody. When the water's troubled to put
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me into the pool. Wait a minute. Where's your
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brother? Where are your cousins? Where are your
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family? Where are your friends? He says, I have
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no one. So we got a man who's paralyzed by abandonment.
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Paralyzed by rejection. Paralyzed. Paralyzed.
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I had a dream once about spiritual, mental, emotional.
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and various kinds of paralysis. And so, then
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he says, when I'm coming, another steps what?
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Down before me. You know what he's saying? I've
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been here for 38 years. You've only been here
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for 28. Wait your turn. Everybody say resentment.
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Resentment. Bitterness, anger, frustration. So
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now, when we look at this scripture, And Jesus
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says to him, verse 8, rise, take up your bed,
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and what? Immediately the man was made whole,
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took up. Everybody say up. Take up. And he walks.
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Wait a minute. Jesus is saying, okay, it's time
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for you to rise up out of your bitterness, your
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unforgiveness, your frustration, your anger.
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It's time for you to rise up out of your rejection,
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your hurt, your pain. It's time for you to rise
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up out of your paralysis. It's time for your
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spirit to rise up, your mind to rise up, your
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emotions to rise up, and get your body up. What
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is the meaning of this sign? Whatever Jesus tells
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you to do, do it. Do what you can do when Jesus
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tells you to do it. But here's the amazing thing.
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You can do what you couldn't do when Jesus tells
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you to do it. Because the very fact that Jesus
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said it now empowers you to do what you couldn't
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do before. Everybody say, read the sign. Here's
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the thing. Here's the thing. When water turned
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to wine, Jesus was outside the border of the
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present calling water into wine, the future.
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And it was between 120 and 180 gallons. So all
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of a sudden, these poor people became very, very
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wealthy. Look at somebody say, Jesus is the God
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of more than enough. Now look at somebody say,
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whatever you do, do what Jesus says. Look at
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somebody say, it could lead to more than enough.
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Do what you can do when Jesus tells you to do
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it. Why? Because it creates a miracle in your
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family. Let's go further. Chapter six. I'm going
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to do this one. Look at somebody and say, you
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may have to come to the next service to get the
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rest of the story. I don't know. Is that permitted
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here? Okay, we're good. Because I'm not going
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to tell it. I'm going to obey leadership. And
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I'm going to stop. But how many have I given
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you thus far? Three? Okay. In fact. I just may
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be bad and stop to make you return. How many
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of you never saw that that way before? Raise
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your hands. You never saw it that way before.
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Oh, it's a key. Look at somebody say, it's a
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key. And there are more. Look at somebody say,
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and there's a whole lot more. So you're saying,
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I want to see God's signs and wonders in my life.
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Now listen, it isn't that I don't have anything
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to say. It's that when you're speaking, you have
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to repeat. Right? You have to repeat. So, whatever
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Jesus tells you to do, do it. Do what you can
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do when Jesus tells you to do it. You can do
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what you couldn't do. When Jesus tells you to
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do it. And it results in a sign that manifests
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Jesus and gives God glory. Now you need to hear
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me. This is why the enemy fights your obedience.
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In the little things. Because we always think
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about big steps cause big results. But here,
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it's always a series of little steps that cause
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big results. Okay. I've been talking about habits.
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Ready? You don't focus on your goals, you focus
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on your habits. You don't focus on results. You
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focus on your habits. Because next to every negative
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result, cause and effect is a negative habit.
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I'm not talking about trials. I'm not talking
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about struggles. I'm talking about cause and
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effect. Okay? Next to positive, biblical, scriptural,
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obedient habits to God's Word are big results.
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It's right there. It's right there. So, the way
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I change the results is I change my habits. So,
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if I fix my system, my belief system, my thinking,
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talking, and behavior, the results fixes itself.
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If I fix my belief system according to the word
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of God, I don't have to concern myself with the
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results because when I operate in the word of
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God and I fix my belief system, the results fix
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itself. So, so, your results determine where
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you... Your habits determine where you're going.
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So if you don't like where you've been, change
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your habits so you can change where you're going.
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Okay. Stand to your feet if you would, please.
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What I want you to think about, See, we cry for
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the glory of God, but the glory of God always
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demands change. We are changed from what? Glory
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to what? You can't have glory without change.
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And so while we do want celebration of the presence
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and the person of God, one of the reasons for
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the celebration is to empower us into what? Change.
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And so I'm giving you keys to change that will
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increase the glory. Let's take a couple of minutes.
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Lift up your hands if you can. And let's just
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give the Lord praise and go ahead and process
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the word that you've heard. If you are interested
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in hearing other podcasts or contacting Life
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Bible Church, go to www .lifebiblechurch .org
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