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071 You Must Be Born Again
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Do you know the Bible is God's Holy Word? Do you know it is
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draweth nigh. Welcome, Ladies and gentlemen, Welcome to the program. I
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am your host, Matthew Miller. It's good to be with you today,
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this monumentous day. For when night falls tonight, March the twenty fourth,
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twenty twenty four, it is the Lord's passover. Tonight is the penumeral eclipse
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of the moon. So we even have a blood moon to boot on the
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Lord's Passover, which if you didn't know, I'll tell you up front.
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I firmly hope that we have entered the birth Pains and this may very well
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be our very first passover in the birth Pains. You also need to be
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aware of this that if you look on your calendars, you're going to be
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confused because everybody else says that the passovers not till next month in April.
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Well, just take note that not only astronomically speaking, because astronomically speaking,
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passover is the first full moon after the spring equinox agriculturally speaking, it's also
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Passover. So we have two witnesses, both the astronomical and the agricultural.
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And by agricultural, you need to know this. Yes, the barley harvest
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in Israel is right and ready to harvest her. The care wright Jews,
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what does that mean? What's a k write Jew? A care write Jew
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believes in the Bible alone. They completely reject all that the Rabbi say,
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all the many Now there's I mean, thousands upon thousands of laws they've heaped
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upon the Jews. The careright Jews alone reject all that, and they just
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go off the Bible. So both the astronomical witness and the agricultural witnesses prove
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that the Judaizers are lying to you. Passover is sundown tonight. That's when
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Passover is. My first message that I gave publicly that I broadcast across the
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airwaves was called the Black Wave, and it detailed the effects that happened in
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the black blizzards back in the Great Depression as a harbinger of what's to come
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during the Great Tribulation. This message I'm giving you tonight is infinitely more important
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than this. I would say, as far as any Christian who has been
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saved from their sins. This is the most important message I could ever give
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to you, because the message tonight is to you those people that have been
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saved from their sins through faith, Lord Jesus Christ. You need to know
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this. You must be born again. You must be born again. This
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is resoundingly proved out in John chapter three. You must be born again.
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You must be born again. In John chapter three. There are three who
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narrate this chapter. The Lord Jesus Christ gives the backbone. The two other
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people who give narration in this chapter is Nicodemus and John the Baptist. It's
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Nicodemus that puts forth the riddles, and in this chapter the riddles are many
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ladies and gentlemen, because five questions are asking this chapter. If you bring
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up this chapter using an electronic program, just do a search for the question
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mark it's it's It comes up repeatedly in this chapter. Not only that,
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we can go one step further because the Greek word for question is also in
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here. Zitsis in Greek. Zitsis in Greek. That's G twenty two fourteen.
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It's in verse twenty five. So not only are there five questions in
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here. The Greek word for question or debate is in here too, making
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a total of six. Now we all know this that the Lord worked for
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six days and on the seventh day he stopped. He's Sabbath. That's something
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you also need to know. The Greek word for Sabbath is different than the
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he the Hebrew word for Sabbath. Everybody thinks that and they want it to
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mean sabbath, and that's okay. The root word for that means stop to
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cease, because God stopped working on that day. If you're new to the
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program, you need to know this. You need to bring something to write
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with and something to write on if you're going to participate in Marianatha ministries,
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because I've got a lot of information to relate to on. And if you've
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been saved from your sins, it's paramount that you received this message from the
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Lord Jesus Christ, straight from John chapter seven or John chapter three. You
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must be born again. You must be born again. He emphatically says this.
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He declared, this is a proclamation of the Lord Jesus Christ. You
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must be born again. And he gives you example so you'll know what he's
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talking about what that means. So let's take it from the top. This
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time we're switching it up. This time we're going to use for this Bible
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study, for this Bible lesson. This is a Bible lesson. I know
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that this generation calls it a teaching. This isn't a teaching. This is
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a Bible lesson. Because the Bible is the most important reference text book.
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Then you can add that you could ever purchase, and as a matter of
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fact, it is the most widely purchased reference book text book in all of
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history. Look it up for yourself. It's been the world's best seller for
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so many decades in a row. No book could ever possibly rival the net
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sales for the Bible, God's Holy Word. It is a textbook. It
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is the greatest reference book that has ever been produced by the inspiration of the
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Holy Spirit. Tonight we're using the revised Geneva translation for this Bible lesson,
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starting from verse one John chapter three. Now, there was a man of
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the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. This man came to
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Jesus by night and said to him, Rabbi, we know that you are
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a teacher from God, for no one could do these miracles that you do
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except God were with him. Here comes the very first introduction. We get
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that this is a teacher rabbi. We have both of these phrases as she's
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here. In the Greek, Nicodemus calls Jesus rabbi. He calls him rabbi
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in Greek. That is G. Forty four sixty one. Then he says
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that you are a teacher diodescalos diodescalos in Greek. That's G. Thirteen twenty.
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Very important. Rabbi is going to be used again. But here Nicodemus
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is declaring that the only one in this chapter that's going to teach anything is
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the Lord Jesus Christ. Verse three. The Lord gives his reply. Jesus
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answered and said to him, truly, truly, I say to you,
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unless one is born again, he cannot see the Kingdom of God. Now
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this is a startling statement to make to somebody who is a pharisee and ruler
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of the Jews. Jesus is coming right out and telling him, and I
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appreciate your pharisee, and I appreciate your leader of the Jews, but you're
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not in the kingdom of heaven and you're not going to enter it. You
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must be born again. This sends a shockwave through this well, This high
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and mighty Pharisee sends a shockwave through Wait a minute, Wait a minute,
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what are you talking about? What are you talking about? Nicodemus? Verse
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four. Nicodemus said to him, how can a man be born? Who
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is old? Can he entered to his mother room again and be born?
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Here? It is questions one and two. It's like a double barrel shotgun.
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He pulls both triggers at once. Now, this is a very strange
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thing that Jesus has said to him, because in the Greek he says born
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again. These are two Greek words. The first one, born is G
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ten eighty ganah oh, it's kanah to be born. And then he says
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a very strange Greek word in conjunction with it, it's G five oh nine.
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It's an o thin an oh thin. Who where does that come?
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For ladies and gentlemen, this Pharisee knows exactly where that word comes from.
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It doesn't mean again, that's not what it means. Even though every Bible
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translation you get a hold of it will say that you must be born again.
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That's not what Anthon means. It means from above. You must be
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born from above. Now, how can we prove this utilizing the Greek text?
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It's easy. Just go to exit this chapter twenty five. It's in
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verses twenty one twenty two. Exodus chapter twenty five, verses twenty one and
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twenty two. I'm going to read it from the Thompson translation of the Sebtuligen.
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It says, and thou shalt put the propitiatory upon the arc, and
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into the arc, thou shalt put the testimonies which I give THEE. And
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there I will make myself known to THEE and speak to THEE from above the
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propitiatory, and from between the two cherubs, which are on the arc of
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the testimony, touching all that I give THEE in charge to the children of
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Israel. Now, this is a very strange word, this propeciatory. What
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is that? A lot of translations say the mercy seat. This is above,
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it is above the ark of the covenant. Here in the Greek,
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I don't think that's what it is. That's what it is in Greek.
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I don't think it is above. You must be born from above. That's
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what Jesus is saying here, And of course this pharisee knew exactly what Jesus
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was referencing. Well, how can you be born? How can you be
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born from above? How can you be born from above? So that's why
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he rapids fires both these questions at once. He just pools both triggers on
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this double barreled question. Jesus answer is as follows. Jesus answered, truly,
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truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and
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of the spirit, he cannot enter the Kingdom of God. That which is
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born of flesh is flesh, and that which is born of spirit is spirit.
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Do not marvel that I said to you you must be born again.
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Here we go again, same exact phrase in Greek, same exact word in
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Greek. G ten eighty plus G five oh nine. Again, I hope
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anton born from above. But take note, he is telling Nicodemus this comes
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in two phases. When you are saved, you can be baptized with water.
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Jesus is saying, that's fine and dandy. You must be born again.
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You must be born again. So he is telling Nicodemus point blank,
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you can repent, you can believe in me. And that's exactly what Nicodemus
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was doing. He was performing and Denomian free grace. He was just believing
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in the Lord Jesus Christ. That's what his initial statements declared. Jesus Christ
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is declaring, you must be born again into the Kingdom of Heaven. But
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Nicodemus came to Jesus declaring that, hey, I believe in you. Now.
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To take note, this is the very chapter wherein the Lord Jesus Christ
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gives the most famous verses of verses right John three point sixteen. We're not
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there yet, but Jesus here is saying believing is not enough. Even the
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demons believe and shutter. You know that Versus in a New Testament. Don't
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you Believing is not enough. Let's go back up to where Nicodemus declared that
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he believed in Jesus. He says, and I quote Rabbi, we know
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you are a teacher from God, for no one can do these miracles that
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you do except God. Well with him. He believed Jesus was from God,
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and he was the teacher from God. And he knew that because of
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the miracles Jesus performed, you would call this believism. Today, many many
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anti Nomian free grace heretics think they can ahore their way into the Kingdom of
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Heaven. They think they don't have to tell the truth. They can steal,
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they can lie. Even though even the Book of Revelation itself says that
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no liar will enter the Kingdom of Heaven, they still believe all they have
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to do is believe that Jesus is the Son of God, and they get
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a free ride into heaven. They think that if you believe Jesus is the
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son of God, God gives you a license to sin. Jesus just shot
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that down. He just shot it down. Jesus said Nicodemus, I don't
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care if you believe in me or not. You must be born again.
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That's what this is saying. That's what this is trying to relate to you.
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Verse eight. Jesus expands on this. He says, the wind blows
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where it will, and you hear the sound thereof, but cannot hell from
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where it comes and where it goes. So is every man who is born
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of the spirit. Nicodemus answered and said to him, this is riddle number
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three. How can these things be? Jesus answered and said to him.
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Now, Jesus says that Nicodemus is the Diodascalos. That's right, Nicodemus,
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he called Jesus Diodascalos up in verse two. Now Jesus turns right around and
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calls Nicodemus the Diodescalos, the teacher. Are you a teacher of Israel?
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And no, not these things. Here's the fourth riddle and it's purported by
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the Lord Jesus Christ. He begins to riddle Nicodemus. Now I'm asking you
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a question, and you're the teacher. Jesus is saying, you teach me.
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You don't understand these things. This Pharisee knew exactly that it was the
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Chakaina glory that was above the Ark of the Covenant. He knew exactly where
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I know Finn was used in the Septulogen because that's what he was using and
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writing from and reading from. Yes, he was. We have absolute one
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percent proof of this. Nicodemus was in no way, shape or form familiar
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with the Masoretic texts. The Masoretic text wasn't invented until seven hundred AD.
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That's seven hundred years later than this conversation. What was used in the synagogue.
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That's why the New Testament repeatedly quotes from the Septulogen. That's why.
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And this pharisee knew exactly what Jesus was saying. You must be born from
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above. You mean, you must be born from the Chicaina glory the spirit.
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That's why Jesus said this to him. You must be born of the
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rulac in a Hebrew. Did I catch your attention, ladies and gentlemen.
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He's saying that you must be born of the spirit. You must be born
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of the spirit. That usually gets people attention when you inform them that.
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Well, that's why Jesus said verse eight. Because in the Greek there in
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verse eight, the wind is nom that's G. Forty one fifty one.
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In Hebrew, there's is ruloc wind spirit. You can interchangeably, ladies and
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gentlemen, swap out this word for wind and spirit. It's the same thing.
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And this is why he says. That's why bring up any translation.
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It says the wind that's G. Forty one fifty one. It begins with
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numa and it ends with numa. Yes it does, but in order to
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see it, you have to be looking the Greek, this verse begins with
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numa and ends with numa. But in English you're getting tripped up because you're
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seeing with your eyes. You're thinking that spirit and wind are two different things,
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because in most translations that's what happens. The first word in verse eight
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is wind and the last word is spirit. No, in Greek, it's
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the same thing. In Hebrew. If you consult the Hebraka, you'll see
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it. Do you not know what the Hebraka is? It is the much
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New Testament coupled with the Masoretic Oald Testament. That's the same thing here,
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same word. And Nicodemus knows exactly what he's talking about. And he knows
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better than to counter the Lord Jesus Christ, because the Lord Jesus Christ riddled
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him. He said, no, no, no, no, no,
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Nicodemus, you are the adascolous, you are the teacher. Riddle me,
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and it it knit back Pharisee in the bud. He knew better than to
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open his mouth. You're believing in the Lord Jesus Christ. Are not enough.
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The Lord Jesus is saying to Nicodemus, you must be born of the
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rule. You must be born of the numa, You must be born from
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the breath of life that comes out of God's nostrils. Do you know that
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phraseology from the Testament? Are you familiar with the Bible enough that you realize
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that God says that that the breath of life is from God's nostrils. That's
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the numa in Greek, it's the ruak in Hebrew. So as soon as
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the Lord Jesus Christ himself interjects the fourth riddle in verse ten, nips Nicodemus
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in the butt. He don't ever say another thing. And with that he
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says, I'm gonna put the period at the end of this sentence. So
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the Lord Jesus Christ expands on it. Now he's left Nicodemus speechless, continuing
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on verse eleven. Truly, truly, I say to you, we speak
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that we know, and testify that we have seen, but you do not
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receive our witness. If I tell you of earthly things, you do not
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believe. How shall I How shall you believe if I tell you of heavenly
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things? For no one ascends to heaven except he who descended from heaven,
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the Son of Man who is in heaven. Stop the bust ladies and gentlemen,
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we all know that the Son of Man is the Lord Jesus Christ.
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And he's not in heaven right now, is he? How can he be
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in heaven if he's sitting here talking to Nicodemus. He is speaking maximum prophetic
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right here, be speaking maximum prophetic here Verse thirteen. For no one ascends
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up to heaven except he who descended from heaven, the Son of Man,
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who is in heaven. And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness,
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so much son of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in him
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should not perish, but have eternal life. For God so loves the world
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that he has given his only begotten son, that who soever believes in him
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should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God did not send his
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son into the world that he should condemn the world, but that the world
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through him might be saved. Take note, might be saved. Verse eighteen.
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The one who believes in him is not condemned, but the one who
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does not believe is condemned a wrecky because he has not believed in the name
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of the begotten Son of God, the only begotten Son of God. And
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this is the judgment that the light came into the world, and man loved
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the darkness rather than light, because their deeds are or were evil. For
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everyone who does evil hates the light and does not come to the light lest
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his deeds should be exposed. But the one who practices truth comes to the
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light that his works done according to God might be made visible. What is
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the Lord Jesus Christ declaring here? We've already figured out that. He's saying
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that believing is not enough. If you continue to practice the deeds of darkness,
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you have not been born again. He's telling Nicodemus, I know that
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you follow all the law, the YadA, YadA, YadA. Most of
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you don't even know how many laws are in what the Judaizers call the krah
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or six hundred and thirteen. Now, of course the rabbis have on I
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don't know six hundred and thirteen thousand by this time. I mean, my
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goodness, they have it. So you can't even carry keys in your pocket.
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That's working. No, No, that's ridiculous. The Lord Jesus Christ
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hears. He's saying to Nicodemus, you practice deeds of darkness, you are
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not born again. It's your deeds ladies and gentlemen, if you continue in
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your sins, you can believe in the Lord Jesus Christ all you want to,
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just like the demons do. He is emphatically saying here that Nicodemus just
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practices believism. He just believes he believes, and he continue visiting prostitutes and
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being addicted to heroine, and lying and stealing like a kleptomaniac and selling the
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stolen goods on eBay. Look, the Lord Jesus Christ is declaring what the
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proof is for being born again. I'm gonna read it again. He's very
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thorough, very clear. Believing in Greek is different than it's what you believe.
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It is. To believe is to put your trust in that. It
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means a whole lot more than just believe. It means to trust him.
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To put your confidence in verse eighteen, you very well could have been saved
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and been baptized in water. The Lord Jesus Christ is saying you to do
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this verse eighteen. The one who believes in him is not condemned, but
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the one who does not believe is condemned already because he is not believed in
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the name of the only Son of God. And this is the judgment.
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What's the judgment, ladies and gentlemen. Do you believe in the Lord Jesus
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Christ, but you continue in your deeds. Let's just go ahead and read
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it. And this is the judgment that the light came into the world,
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and man loved the darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
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For everyone who does evil hates the light and does not come to the light
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lest his deeds should be exposed. But the one who practices truth comes to
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light that his works done according to God might be made visible. What is
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this talking about, ladies and gentlemen. He's talking to a pharisee. And
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the pharisee knows exactly where I know. Fin is used in the Septuagin,
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especially in Exodus Chat. Twenty five. That's the Chicaina glory. That's the
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light, the light that shone above the cropitiatory, as the Thompson translation put
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it, the mercy seat, the Chicano glory. If you continue stealing,
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if you continue lying, ladies and gentlemen, you have not been born again.
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You have not been born again. You're practicing believism, your antinomian What
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does that mean? It means you are without law. It means you think
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that the free grace of the Lord Jesus Christ is a license from God to
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continue sinning. Jesus Christ is diometrically opposed to that, and he saying this
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in the perfect way that Nicodemus will understand it. It is the perfect way
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that Nicodemus will understand it. Only somebody, a pharisee who there's no debating
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that he did not know the Bible, God's holy word. Jesus himself called
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him a teacher. Remember, there is no taking this back. There's no
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taking it back. Of course, that's what Jesus was talking about. She
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knew exactly what this pharisee knew. They knew exactly what was going on.
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This pharisee knew exactly what was taking place. Ladies and gentlemen, you must
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be born again. When you get saved and make a proclamation of belief and
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confidence in the Lord Jesus Christ as you're savior, you'll get baptized. You
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need to have an experience with the Lord Jesus Christ. This will trigger you
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being born again. You must turn from your sins. That's why the rest
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of this chapter is incorporated into John's final testimony. Johny himself comes right out
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here and says it again. He literally says it a different way. He
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says it a different way than Jesus just put it that you must be born
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again. Making a public statement that you have put your confidence into Lord Jesus
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Christ as the Son of God is not enough, Ladies and gentlemen. Let's
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go to John's last testimony. Let's read this last little bit. Listen to
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what John is saying. After these things, Jesus and his disciples came into
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the land of Judea and stayed there with them and baptized. Okay, so
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you need to understand this up front. The Lord Jesus Christ is baptizing on
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one side of the river, and John the Baptist is baptizing on the other.
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They're both baptizing at the exact same time Verse twenty three. And John
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also baptized in Anon near Salem, because there was much water there, and
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they came and were baptized, for John was not yet cast into prison.
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Then there arose a question zatishas in Greek, this is riddled. This is
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question or debate between John's disciples and the Jews about purification think about this,
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ladies and gentlemen. Does water baptize water baptism does it purify your body or
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your soul? Or do you need to do both. This is a very
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important verse here. Let me read it again. There arose a question between
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John's disciples and the Jews about purification. When are we When are we pure?
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Jesus already told you you must be born again verse twenty six. And
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they came to John and said to him, Rabbi, here we go again.
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G. Forty four to sixty one. Rabbi, he who was with
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you beyond the Jordan, to whom you have borne witness. Behold, he
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baptizes and all come to him. Now listen, ladies, gentlemen. Verse
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twenty five give you the context the reason why the Jews asked him this question,
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because it was about purification. Which baptism purifies us, Your baptism or
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Jesus's baptism. That's what's being stated here. John answered and said, in
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verse twenty seven, a man can receive nothing except it be given to him
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from Heaven that you give to the Lord Jesus Christ. Your pledge of allegiance
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is not enough. You must receive from the Lord Jesus Christ. You must
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be born again. You must be filled with the dwelling of the Holy Spirit.
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This is when you're born again. Verse twenty eight. You yourselves are
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my witnesses that I said I am not the Christ, but that I am
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sent before him. What is he saying. He's saying, you must first
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believe in the Lord Jesus Christ and be baptized with water. Then the Lord
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Jesus Christ must fill you with the Holy Spirit, with the dwelling of the
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Holy Spirit, and you become born again. This is what John is categorically
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telling these pharisees. My baptism cannot purify you. Only Jesus' baptizer baptism can
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purify you. Verse thirty or verse twenty nine. The one who has the
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bride is the bridegroom. But the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and
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hears him, rejoices greatly because of the bridegroom's voice. Therefore my joy is
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fulfilled. He must increase, but I must decrease. The one who has
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come from on high is above all. The one who is of the earth,
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is from the earth, and speaks from the earth. The one who
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has come from a from heaven is above all, and what has what he
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has seen and heard that he testifies, but no one receives his testimony.
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The one who has received his testimony has sealed that God is true. What
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ladies and gentlemen, when your body has sealed that what God says is true.
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It's when you've rejected your own carnal nature. You will cease and desist
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from doing what benefits you. You will start being drawn to do that which
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benefits the body of the Lord Jesus Christ. That's what John just said.
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Your deeds, your actions will testify that what God says is true. Thou
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shalt not lie, Thou shalt not steal, that shall not commit abortions.
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Let me say that a different way, Thou shalt not murder. That's what
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John is saying here emphatically verse thirty four. For he whom God has sinned
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speaks the words of God. For God does not give the spirit by measure.
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The Father loved the Son and has given all things into his hands.
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The one who believes in the Son has everlasting life, and the one who
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does not obey the Son shall not see life, But the wrath of God
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abides on him. John is telling you very clearly here. If you continue
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to act in lawlessness, you are not a born again believer. That's what
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he's saying. If you do not obey the Sun, you are not a
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born to give believer. Because if you've just been saved and believe in the
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Lord Jesus Christ yet continue in the darkness, the wrath of God abides on
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you. This is the message of John chapter three. There is no getting
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around it, neither any Hebrew or Greek. You have not been born again
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if you continue committing lawless deeds of darkness. It's been said so many different
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ways. Here it's redundant. You must be born again. You must be
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born again. Ladies and gentlemen, getting saved and getting a wild er baptism
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is not enough. You will continue in your deeds of darkness. This is
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what is being stated here. Let me read verse thirty six again. The
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one who believes in the Son of God has everlasting life, and the one
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who does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of
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God abides on him. So this is talking about someone who believes on the
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Lord Jesus Christ yet that does not obey him. On what planet would God
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ever tell you to lie to your boss. On what planet would the Lord
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Jesus Christ tell you to steal from your employer? On what planet would the
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Lord Jesus Christ instruct you to abort your baby? Let me read that one
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more time. I don't think many of you you have become so indoctrinated by
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the doctrines of demons. You're rejecting this because you're so you so want to
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cling on to your carnal nature. You love your sins, don't you.
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You love your sins more than the Lord Jesus Christ. I'm gonna read verse
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thirty six for you again. The one who believes in the Son has eternal
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life, and the one who does not obey the Son will not see life,
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but the wrath of God abides on him. This is a reiteration of
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what the Lord Jesus Christ has already said. This is how the Lord Jesus
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Christ puts that very same thing. John said, the one who believes in
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him YadA YadA, YadA, But the one who does not obey him YadA,
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YadA, YadA. Jesus Christ is going to say the exact same thing
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in a different way. Listen, and this is the judgment that the light
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came into the world and man loved darkness rather than night because they're what not
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there thinking, it says, because their deeds were evil, says to the
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Lord Jesus Christ. For everyone who does evil hates the lights and does not
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come to the light lest his deeds should be exposed. But the one who
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practices truth comes to the light that his work done according to God might be
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made visible. The Lord Jesus Christ said in three verses what John said in
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verse thirty six. Believism, don't cut it. Once saved, always saved
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war. You must be born again, and the only way to do that
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is via the dwelling of the Holy Spirit. That's it. And if you
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have the in dwelling of the Holy Spirit, you will not break the ten
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Commandments. And the last thing on earth you're going to do is violate the
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beatitudes. That's what the Lord Jesus Christ just said. The John and Baptist
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just said. Just because you're a believer does not mean you're born again.
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Even the demons are believers. Oh you think that Satan after tempting the Lord
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Jesus Christ for forty days, do you think that the devil doesn't believe that
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the Lord Jesus Christ is God the Son. Of course, the devil's a
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believer. It being bad, you must be born again to enter the Kingdom
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of Heaven. You can only do so through the dwelling of the Holy Spirit.
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What this will do is it will take your instincts and Carnalden desires and
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completely eradicate them and transform them. No longer will you want to feed your
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big fat belly. All of a sudden, if you see somebody that's hungry
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and in need, you will have this insatiable desire to go buy them food
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and bring it to them so they can eat. It won't make any sense
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to you. I'm gonna give you examples, gonna blow your mind because this
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has happened to me extremely recently. I don't steal from my employer. When
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my employer needs something that I can provide, I'll do it. For example,
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there is a piece of equipment at where I work that needed some stainless
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steel bolts. I went to God and myself. I have done this numerous
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times over my past lifetime. Many employers. If it was something that I
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could get that I had the money and get, I would go ahead and
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get it and supply the need. It's the opposite of stealing. You think
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in your minds if you're just a believer, you think I'm crazy. And
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I'm going to tell you why you feel that way. Because you've loved the
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darkness more than the light. That's what the Lord Jesus Christ said. So
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you continue, And what did he made sure that you knew what it was?
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He says, deeds, he says, deeds of darkness. That's what
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the Lord Jesus Christ said, deeds, you know. He says it multiple
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times. The first deen he says, because their deeds were evil, verse
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twenty, lest his deeds should be exposed. You can't get around these words
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in Greek. Don't even try it. And don't try thinking you can switch
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over the Hebraica and get away with it that way. Either. It's not
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gonna work out too well for you. I'm just letting you know, Ladies
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and gentlemen, believing is not enough. Once saved, always saved won't work
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for you. You must turn from your evil deeds, says the Lord Jesus
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Christ. You must be born again. Your carnal desires have to be put
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to death, your urge to steal, you're urged to lie, You're urged
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to cheat on your spouse. All those things have to die. They have
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to die in the darkness. You must come into the light, and when
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you do, you will be filled with the Holy Spirit, and your desires
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will be changed to heavenly desires. I'm telling you the truth. I don't
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care if you were baptized into your denomination and accepted into the ranks of members
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of your church when you were born. I don't care. That's cool.
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I'm cool with that. I'm just telling you to your faith, not only
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the Lord Jesus Christ, but his witness from heaven. John the Baptist says
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you must be born again because Christianity is experiential. You must experience Christianity via
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the and dwelling of the Holy Spirit. What I'm telling you is true.
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I am trying to save your life. I am trying, ladies and gentlemen,
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who save you. I'm trying to get you to enter the Kingdom of
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Heaven. You know, ladies and gentlemen, what is this word for deeds
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in the Greek? It is G twenty forty one er gone err gone to
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work. Ladies and gentlemen and act. It is your actions. You cannot
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act like the darkness and presume to purport that you are a child of light.
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I want to say this again. Both the Lord Jesus Christ and his
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fatherly approved witness John the Baptist said it the same thing in the same chapter.
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You must be be born again. And here's proof that your hell bound.
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Here is proof that God's wrath abides on you. If you continue emitting
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deeds of lawlessness and darkness, you must be born again. You must be
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born again. It's that simple. You must be born again. Ladies and
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gentlemen, you must be born again. I know what I'm telling you is
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it's a shock to your system if you've been raised in a once saved,
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always saved denomination, or a free Grace denomination, or an Antinomian denomination.
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I understand, believe me, I do I understand. But I am here
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to tell you you must fight off these doctrines of demons. You must be
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born again, saith the Lord Jesus Christ himself. And if you are not
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born again, you have the wrath of God abiding on you. You must
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be born again. Is this the only time the Bible speaks of This?
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Is just Is this just a one horse show and I've got good news for
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you. No, it's not. The New Testament comes out again in an
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entire chapter and says the same exact thing. This is not the only time
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this message is given. What I have spoken to you is true. This
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is truth, indeed, ladies and gentlemen, it's truth. Indeed. You
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know, where does this come from? Where does this come from? That
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people think that you have eternal security, however you want to put it.
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I mean, ladies and gentlemen, does God ever say that you have a
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license to sin? Really? Where does that come from? Do you know,
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ladies and gentlemen, have you ever read the Book of Jude. I
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think it's a little stretch if you've not read the Book of Jude and proclaim
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yourself to be a Christian, because, ladies and gentlemen, the entire book
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is only twenty five verses long. It's not that long. But yet in
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it it comes right out and says that there is no such thing is a
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license to sin. It doesn't exist. There is no license to sin Jude
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verses three and four. You all need to look at this. I'll just
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read for you verse four. It's the point This is from the New American
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Standard Bible. For certain persons have crept unnoticed, those who were long beforehand
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marked out for this condemnation of godly persons who turned the grace of our God
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into lisciviousness and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ. What is
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this strange word here? Some versions say different things. It means a license
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to sin. That's where it comes from. And this verse is condemning you
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if you think that there's such a thing as eternal security, and you keep
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right on in your deeds of darkness, if you could just keep right on
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committing lawlessness. I understand that you look in the different translations. This word
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is extremely it's even hard to pronounce. But get something to write with and
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something to write on. It's G seven six six in the Strongs Concords.
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G. Seven six six. You need to know it. You need to
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look it up, you need to study it. And I'm being very serious
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with you. Let's read this in the New King James version. What does
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it say, for certain men have crept in unnoticed, who long ago were
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marked out for this condemnation ungodlymen who turn the grace of our God into lewdness
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and deny the Only Lord God and our Lord Jesus Christ. How many different
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ways can I put it to you, Ladies and gentlemen, you must be
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born again. You cannot continue in your sins. You can't. Even the
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devil himself knows better. The revised Geneva translation puts it like this, For
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some men have crept in who were long ago pre ordained to this condemnation,
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ungodly men who turn the grace of our God into wantonness and deny God,
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the Only Lord and our Lord Jesus Christ. Ladies and gentlemen, if you
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believe in eternal salvation or eternal security food, the wrath of God abides on
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you. That's what John chapter three said. This is also what the Book
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of Jude said. You've denied God and his Messiah. You must be born
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again. You must be born again. This is part one, Part two.
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The Greek does some amazing things. It puts this phrase into one word.
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It only appears in one chapter in the whole Bible. It's when you
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take born again and combine it into a compound word. It's absolutely beautiful and
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wonderful to look at. Ladies and gentlemen, come to grips with what the
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Lord Jesus Christ declared to Nicodemus, and John the Baptist witnessed and certified what
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the Lord Jesus Christ had said was true to the rest of the Pharisees.
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You see risk, go back to John chapter three and look at that one
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more time. What actually happened? What's going on here? Okay? Now
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there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews,
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ladies and gentlemen, verse twenty five. Then there arose a question between
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John's disciples and the Jews about purification, which Jews the Pharisees, ladies and
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gentlemen. Nicodemus went back and told the Pharisees. So the Pharisees conjured up
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a posse and went to go lynch. And that's what the clergy's doing to
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you right now. If they have you convinced an eternal security, you can
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just continue chapter one, verse four. You better memorize it and figure out
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what it says. Expect to part two. Part two of course, will
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be you must be reborn Until next time, ladies and gentlemen, God bless,
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godspeed, Thank you for listening to Marinath the Ministries with Matthew Miller.
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the Bible, God's holy word. I will make it a lamp unto my
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feet and a light and to my path. It's yours, while I hide
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in my heart that I might not sin against God