Sermon
Who Do Men Say That I Am? (28.05.2023)
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As we gather, me your spirit work within us. As we gather,
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May we glow, we fire your name, knowing well that as our hearts
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speakin to uship, that will be blessed because we came. We will be
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blessed because we came. We are learning the song together. So just read
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it on the screen. As we goad the me or spirit work within us.
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As we gather, as we God the mame, we glow, refine
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your name, knowing well, no go wing well than as she again to
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rush, We'll be blessed because we came, be blessed because we came.
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We'll be blessed because we came, will be blessed because we can. We
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do it for the last time as we gathered in your presence, Lord,
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as we God, may your spirit work within us. A sweet gather as
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we got the man we worry wild by name, knowing well, knowing well,
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knowing well that us so hard she again to ushha, that will be
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blessed because we can be blessed because we came. We'll be last because we
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can. You'll be blast because we came. I many know about the step
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first love of the Lord, the step last love the Lord. Never see
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merciesus, my seas man, come to an They knew every morning, low
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every morning. Where is thy faith forness, Oh Lord, where is thy
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far? For they knew every morning new every morning. Wayies I face forness,
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Oh Lord, wayni dayfulness. With your right hand lifted, say Father
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this morning, thank you for loving me with a great love. Say thank
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you for favoring me. Say thank you for showing me great mercies in Jesus's
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mighty name. Amen, please be seated in the presence of the Lord,
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and let's clap our hands and celebrate Jesus this morning for his goodness towards us.
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Amen. Father, in the name of Jesus, we thank you from
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the depths of our hearts because you have shown us great mercies. We pray
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that as your word comes, the Bible says, the entrance of your word
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brings light, and it brings understanding. Let light and our hearts enlighten the
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eyes of our understanding, that we may walk with you in revelation in jesus
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precious name. Let the heavens hear your loudest Amen, and please tell your
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neighbor to the left and to the right that you are welcome to church this
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morning. Please tell someone it's good to see you in church the Sunday morning.
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Tell someone I'm glad and exceedingly glad that you are in church today a
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man. We bless the Lord for favoring us a man, and blessing us
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with another Sunday a man. So you are specially welcome to church on behalf
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of our Father in the Lord, the Archbishop Nicolas Duncan Williams. You are
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welcome to church this morning. Amen. The first service group had a surprise
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visits by the Archbishop a man, and so perhaps you might also have a
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surprise visay one of these days. Amen. But God bless you richly for
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coming to church this morning. Amen. In the month of May we've been
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I've been teaching you on the subject how to be how to become a strong
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Christian, or what it means to become a strong Christian. Amen. Today,
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being the last Sunday of the month of May, I want to round
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it up for you, Amen, so that you leave with something that will
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be a great blessing to you. Amen. And so today, by the
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grace of God, I want to speak to you on the subject who do
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men say that I am? Who do men say that I am. The
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Lord kept prompting me about this message about two weeks ago. He always kept
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coming to me. And on Wednesday or was it Friday evening or was it
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last week Sunday as well, when Papa was preaching, he kept mentioning,
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who do men say I am? So then I got my confirmation that it
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is what God wants you to know. Amen. And so please take notes
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a man and pay rapt attention, because this is what you need in this
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season to help you grow and become a strong Christian. Amen would take our
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foundation. Scripture from Matthew chapter sixteen was thirteen to twenty. Matthew Chapter sixteen
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was thirteen to twenty. Amen. And the Bible says and Jesus. When
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Jesus came into the region of Cesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying,
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who do men say that I the son of Man am? They said,
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some say John the Baptist, some Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one
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of the prophets. He said to them, but who do you say that
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I am? Simon? Peter answered and said, you are the Christ,
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the son of the Living God. Jesus answered and said to him, blessed
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are you Simon Barjonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you,
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but my father, who is in heaven. And I also say to
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you that you are Peter. And on this rock I will build my church,
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and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it. Next verse,
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then he commanded his disciples that they should tell no one that he was Jesus
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the Christ Amen. And so this passage can also be found in Mark chapter
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eight, verse twenty seven to twenty nine, and look chapter nine, verse
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eighteen. And it is an interesting passage because after all that Jesus had done
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for people, after all the healings he had done, after all the miracles
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he had done. You know, when Jesus asked his disciples that, yes,
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you know the people what they say about me? Who do they say
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that I am? The answers he was expecting probably were not the answers he
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got. Because how many of you know that Jesus walked on water? He
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walked on the sea. So if I was Jesus, I would expect that
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they would tell me that the man who walked on the sea. How many
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know that Jesus turned fish and bread into plenty, that people ate, and
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there was supplus of twelve big baskets. If I was Jesus, I would
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expect that it would say, oh, the man that gave us plenty fish
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and bread to eat. But to the amazement of Jesus, they said that
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Jesus is John the Baptist. Just imagine, I know your name, and
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you ask me what your name is, and I tell you that, oh,
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your name is Kamin Abdu. They said his name is John the Baptist.
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Somebody said his name is Elijah. He said he is Elijah. Meanwhile,
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Elijah had died over two hundred years ago. But they said, Jesus,
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it is Elijah. Some said his name was Jeremiah. Says said is
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Jeremiah. They said he is one of the prophets. So, after all
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the miracles that Jesus are done, they didn't have a revelation of who he
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was. So then Jesus turned to his disciples and said, okay, so
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they got it wrong, But how about you. What do you say?
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Who do you say that I am? And out of the twelve disciples of
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Jesus Christ, only one person had the answer. Only Peter had the answer,
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and he said that you are the Christ. The Son of the Living
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God. Amen. So if anyone asks you who is Jesus, what do
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you say, Sorry, Jesus the or Jesus the Killer really sell somebody said
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Jesus is he a politician? Simon said, you are the Christ, the
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son of the Living God. Amen. And so Simon had a revelation of
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who Jesus is. And so when it came to identifying the nature of God,
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the Son of God, he didn't mince words. He said it as
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it was. Amen. To know God requires revelation. To walk with God
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requires revelation. Amen. You cannot just be called a Christian who has no
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revelation of who your Lord is. How many disciples of Jesus Christ do we
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have here? Give the Lord a wave? And so you see the same
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way Jesus asked, who do men say that I am? That they were
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calling him Elijah, it means they didn't have a revelation of who he is.
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But as disciples of Jesus Christ, we need to have a revelation of
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who he is so that we can walk with him in understanding. Amen.
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And so today we are speaking about who do men say that I am?
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Amen? And so Jesus when he started his ministry did so many fantastic miracles.
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So many miracles were wrought by him. He did so many miracles.
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He raised the dead, He healed a leper, he healed the sick,
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he healed the blind, the death dam could speak and hear. He raised
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the dead. He raised so many dead people that I'm sure if anyone hears
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him coming, go and bring their dead grandmother's for him to raise them up.
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Jesus did all this, but the people who enjoyed the blessings of Jesus
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and the miracles thereof had no revelation of him. Amen. And so God
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is telling you that in this season you need to walk by revelation. And
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the starting point of walking by revelation is knowing who Christ Jesus is. And
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Peter has helped us without answer that Jesus is the Christ, the son of
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the Living God. Amen. Oh, I said, Amen, are you
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in church? Amen? And so Jesus asked this very important question because a
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mistaken idea identity is very dangerous, and mistaken identity is very dangerous. Just
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imagine you are their minding your own business, you are walking mind your own
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business, and somebody stretches his son and say Hey, and not that boy.
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He's the one who came to steal the iPhone from the shop yesterday.
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And then all the boys in the neighborhood will get up, Hey, Uli
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thief, and they will come and beat him up. Well. Well,
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mistaken identity, Amen, mistaken identity is dangerous. So the people who enjoyed,
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I was expecting the five thousand people who ate the bread and the fish
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and drank water on top, and they were satisfied. I was expecting them
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to say that Jesus is God, because it is only God who can multiply
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bread and fish for me to eat him before four. But they didn't know
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who he was. Amen. And so out of the disciples of Jesus,
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the twelve disciples, it was only Peter, only one man, Amen.
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Only one man caught the revelation of who Jesus is. So it is possible
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to be in church and to be numbered among youth church members and yet not
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have a revelation of who Jesus is. It is very possible. Because the
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disciples that walked with Jesus, they act with him, they slept in the
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same space. They did not know who he was. Only one man had
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the revelation so please tell your neighbor for free. It is time to catch
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a revelation of who Jesus is. Amen. Please say to your other neighbor
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amen. And so it's very important when you study this passage. There are
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benefits in this passage for having a revelation of who Jesus is now. Revelation
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can come in two ways. You can study to have a revelation about someone.
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How many of you have heard about doctor kom and Chroma? How many
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of you were alive when he was president? Who was there when he was
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building? The term a motorway or Terma haabor or the you know all the
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other places? Please anybody, do we have a new z here? Who
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was there? There's no z here? So how do you know about doctor
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Kom and Chroma? It's revelation you've gotten through studying history. So by studying
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your Bible, you can catch a revelation of who God is. There is
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also the revelation that comes through experience. I was selling the first service people
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that when I was between eight years and thirteen years old, I used to
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struggle a lot with health issues. I used to be sick all the time.
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Every month. I being a hospital, I was even surprised how I
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used to pass my exams because every month I was in a hospital I was
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sick. I was sick. They'll take me, They'll put stuff for me,
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just to check what's wrong with the guy. I was very sick.
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It wasn't until I asked a lot to heal me that God healed me completely.
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That over twenty eight years or so. Since then, I've never been
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on a hospital bed before. Amen. So, by revelation, I know
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that God is a healer. By revelation, I know Jesus is a he
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By revelation, you might know God to be a provider. There's a story
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I heard about a single mother with four children who was struggling to get food
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for her children to eat. They just decided to stay home and praise God
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and thank God the power of thanksgiving. I'll teach you on that. One
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of these days, they thank God and praise God and club and worship God
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in the house, and before they knew there was someone knocking at the door.
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When they went to open the door, there was a big basket of
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food and goodies in there. There was no one there, but the food
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was there for them to eat. So by that experience, you know God
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to be a provider. If you have not been in a situation where you
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need to trust God to provide for you, you don't have that revelation.
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Amen, if you have not been to that point where you need to surrender
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or to God and say that God, if I look at the whole wide
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world, there is nobody who can help me, only you, Only you
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can save. Until you come to that point in your life, you have
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not caught the revelation of God being a helper. When the woman with the
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issue of blood, go and look for that scripture and study it. It
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will help you greatly. When she heard Jesus was passing, it was based
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on her revelation of who Jesus is as a healer, because perhaps she might
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have heard that Jesus had healed so many people at the time, and so
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she decided that, yes, there's a big crowd, but I will fight
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my way through the crowd. I don't need him to even stretch out his
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hand to touch me, because by revelation, I know that he is mighty
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enough that if I touched the hem of his garment, I'll be healed.
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And so by revelation, she fought her way through the crowd and touched the
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hem of the garment of Jesus. And guess what she was healed. So
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by revelation and by experience, she had a better understanding and a great benefit
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from Christ Jesus. There's a man in the Bible is called blind Batimius.
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He was very blind. He couldn't see no code. And in those days
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they used to sit by the pool of Bethesda, where an angel will come
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and stare the water up once a year, and the first person to jump
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into the pool will be healed. I was wondering why he wasn't. He
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wasn't at the tip of the pool, because he had been sitting there for
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thirty years, and he wasn't me healed. If it was me, I
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won't put my leg inside the pool, so that the moment the angel touches
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the water, I'm healed already. But he wasn't. I know, I
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can't. I can't think far for him, but he had. Jesus was
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passing and he said, this is my last chance. He started to shout,
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Jesus, Jesus, Jesus, son of David, help me save me.
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He was there, was my friend. Keep quiet. This is a
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diplomatic mission. He said, hey, by you, you don't know.
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He even shouted at them all, and Jesus heard him, and Jesus came
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to him. And by the time Jesus was done with him, his eyes
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were open. Amen. Oh, I thought you cloud for Jesus. By
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the time the Lord was done with him, his eyes were open. So
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by revelation, he knew that he's the only one who can help me in
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this situation. He's the only one who can save me in this situation.
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Amen. And so by revelation, many people in the Bible dealt with God
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based on the revelation of him. Amen. About eleven years ago, I
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used to be in the choir in the main church, FYI revelation for those
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of you who don't know. I used to sing in the choir. That
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was very powerful. I am so powerful. Amen. So one of the
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days we came to church and we're leading present worship, and our present was
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powerful. In those days, Sunday evening church people who come from all over.
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The whole place was full. But on this particular day, realized that
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the people there were some way somewhere sitting down somewhere pressing your phone. I'm
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sure they were doing sports beds and all those things and checking Instagram. So
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the situation troubled me a lot. So on my way home, I was
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just thinking to myself, how is it that we, the children of God,
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we come to church and we are some way And I was just thinking
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in my head, and then suddenly God spoke to me, and God said,
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your revelation of who God is determines your worship. You understand your revelation
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of who God is? How well you know God will determine your worship.
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So if we come to church and you are ministering powerfully here, don't let
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how the people are food at their arms determine your worship because you you know
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God on a different level. Those who don't know God, let them be
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the way they are. We who know God will worship God. Amen.
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So by revelation you can save God. Well, by revelation you can walk
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with God. Will. Can I hear you a louder Samen? Amen?
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So today I want to share with you three fantastic benefits of walking in revelation.
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Walking in revelation, and we're going to use Peter as an example.
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So a revelation or revelation simply means a surprising and previously known fact that has
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been disclosed to others. It is many of you, did you know?
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It used to be in the choir. So that's his revelation. So now
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it will change your outlook towards me. So when you are singing and you
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are banning the song, I can hear, and I know, and I
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can see the peasant who is banning the song. So if I come to
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you and I say, oh, Jack, you give me the mic,
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you should understand because by revelation, you are now aware that I know what
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you are trying to do. Amen. If I tell you that, oh,
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do you know that my favorite color is gray? Many of you don't
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know. So it's revelation. It is new information. It is something that
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has been disclosed to you. If I tell you that, or do you
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know I can eat banco and across to you seven days a week because it
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is my favorite food, it is a revelation. You understand. It is
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a revelation. Before me telling you, now you didn't know. So it
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is a revelation. So a revelation is a surprising and previously unknown fact or
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truth that has been disclosed to others. Amen. So the first benefit of
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walking in revelation is identity change. Identity change. Please tell your neighbor identity
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change. Amen. By walking in revelation, God changes your identity First Chapter
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two, verse nine, First Peach, Chapter two, verst. Number nine,
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and the Bible says that, but you are a chosen generation. You
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are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation. You are
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a holy nation, a people belonging to God. That you may declare the
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praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His wonderful and marvelous light.
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That is your identity now. And so by serving God with revelation,
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you receive an identity change. Amen. For many of us, if we
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trace our backgrounds, we realize that even if we go to the fourth and
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fifth generation, realize that the people that were there, they didn't like God,
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they didn't like Church, they didn't like anything they had to do with
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God, the mention of Jesus. They didn't like They like to boost,
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they like to funny kids. They like to commit adultery, they like to
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do idol worship, they like to do all the bad things under the sun.
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But because now by the grace of God, we have come to know
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Jesus, God has changed our identity, and that now He has made us
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a chosen people, a chosen generation. That God has chosen us out of
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our families as a generation that he can use as a generation that he himself
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has chosen. God said that Jacob, I love is so I hate.
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God loves us, and there is nothing anyone can do about it. And
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because we are chosen people, God has also made us a royal priesthood.
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And so you can come and stand here and saying great are you low?
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You are exercising your priesthood prowess because God has made you a priest and a
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king unto himself. Amen. And so God has made you a special person
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to him. So your identity in the spirit has changed. Please tell your
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neighbor for free, your identity has changed. Please tell your other neighbor your
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identity has changed. Amen. And so you see, like Jesus asked,
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who do men say that I am? He wanted to find out what identity
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they knew him by. And so if you were called Cofee the thief,
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by coming to Christ Jesus, you are no longer confit the thief. By
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you are cold Fee, the beloved of the most High God, Amen,
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that it doesn't matter how your life started. It is where you are going
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that is more important. Amen, it is where you are going that is
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more importance. So there are many people in the Bible that God physically changed
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their names because the old names they had had to do with where they were
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coming from. That name would not pass where He's taking them too. So
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when God called Abraham, his name was not Abraham. His name was Abrahm.
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But because of the purpose of God and where God was taking him to,
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he changed his name from Abraham to Abraham, and Abraham meant barrenness.
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Nothing was moving. He was wakened abrego. Nothing was moving. But the
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moment God changed his name to Abraham, he said that you will be a
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father of many nations. And God made him a father of many nations.
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Amen. His wife was called sarahi barrenness. Nothing was moving. After the
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day they started their honeymoon child, nothing happened. But when God changed her
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name to Sarah, she became the mother of many nations. Amen. And
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fast forward when he got to Isaac and Jacob and Esaul, Oh my God,
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God changed Jacob's name from Jacob the swindler, the four one nine guy
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the fore one nine, the Yahoo plus plus guy. God changed his name
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to Israel Amen. When he came to Saul, Saul of Tarsus, who
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was a murderer, he was the accuser of the brethren. He used to
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beat Christians. If he catches you that you're a Christian, he will lock
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you up to give you lashes, flog you. When he encountered Jesus and
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he had revelation, his name changed to Paul. That he became an apostle
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of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles that in one of his letters he said that
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I might know you and the power of your resurrection, to the point that
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he desired more revelation about God. When he came to Peter in Matthew sixteen,
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Let's go back to the scripture when he came to Peter. After Peter
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had said to Jesus that you are the Christ, the son of the Living
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God. Where's the scripture? Not fast Peter. Let's go back to Matthew.
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Here, when he said you are the son of the Living God,
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Jesus said to him, blessed are you so? Before Peter got that revelation,
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he was not blessed. He was an angry fisherman with a sword.
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If you play the who you cut your ear, you beat you my yibonque
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he will beat you. Well. Well, he was not blessed. But
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the moment he caught that revelation of who Jesus is, Jesus called him blessed.
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He said, blessed are you, Simon by Jonah. Blessed are you
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Simon, son of Jonah. For flesh and blood has not revealed this to
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you, But my Father, who is in heaven. Look at the next
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verse and it says, and I also say to you that you are Peter.
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Identity change that you are Peter, and Peter means a rock or stone.
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Identity change. The moment he caught a revelation of Christ Jesus is,
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identity changed. He changed from being a fisherman to being a rock. And
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God's Jesus said, I will build my church on you, and the gates
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of hell will not prevail against it. That day his life changed from being
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a fisherman Simon bar Jonah fisherman Simon Barjonah. His name changed to Peter Hey,
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Peter the Rock, Peter the Rock. So the first benefit of revelation
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of who Jesus is is that God changes your identity. Can I hear you?
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Amen? God changes your identity. My name, the name I was
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born with, I was named when I was born, is Renato Chiarelli.
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It's an Italian name. If you go to it, I say, I'll
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be there. Yes, wayn go to Italy. You here day. That
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was the name I was given when I was born. That was the name
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my father. That's the name my father has. My father has the same
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name. That is the name my father's father had. But you see in
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the Italian bloodline, they like women. They play around and full around.
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But when I surrendered my life to God, God said, you cannot be
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called Renato Kiarebi. God said your name is Ron. So I change my
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name from Renato to Ron. You'll be calling me. You think that Italian
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man with my name. God has changed my name to Ron. And the
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meaning of my name is a wise ruler who rules with counsel. Joanna stand
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so by revelation of who Jesus is, God will change your identity. Amen,
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God would change some of you. You still maintain your name. Your
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name is wat You'll still be could Watting. But in the spirit God will
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change your identity. You will not be there because you're watching in the spirit
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anymore. Amen, Because identity change comes when you have a revelation of who
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God is. Can I hear? Amen? Amen? So let's look at
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the second benefit that we get from having a revelation of who Jesus is.
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The second benefit we have is a change of purpose. A change of purpose,
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your purpose changes. A wise man once said that where purpose is not
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known, abuse is inevitable. Where purpose is not known, abuse is inevitable.
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If you don't know the purpose of this pulpit, you will come and
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hang your denty clothes on it. You come and put your wet towel on
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it. When you are making garisoking, you come and make it here because
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you don't know the purpose of this Where purpose is not known, abuse is
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inevitable. For our young ladies. When you don't know your purpose, the
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purpose of your body as a vessel of God, where the Spirit of God
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dwells, you will let foolish boys abuse you. But may it be far
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from you. Lift your hand, I said, may it be far from
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you that some foolish boy will abuse you the mighty name of Jesus. For
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our brothers, where purpose is not known, the Bible says that the heart
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of a man is full of foolishness. Foolishness will erupt, but may it
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be far from you, a man, that you're a child of God,
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and foolishness will be found in your heart a man. And so the second
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change, the second benefit is that we receive a change of purpose. We
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received a change of purpose. We become someone that God can use. See,
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God doesn't use just anybody. We become someone that God can use.
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Your purpose now becomes God's purpose. And because of that, he calls you
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blessed so that you can be a blessing to others. Can I hear your
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amen? Amen? And so in Matthew chapter sixteen, verse eighteen, Jesus
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said, I tell you you are Peter, and on this rock I will
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build my church. Peter's purpose in life changed when he caught a revelation of
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who Jesus is. So to Peter, all he knew was fishing. All
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he knew was fishing. He didn't know anything about winning men for God.
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But when he caught the revelation Jesus said, on you, I will build
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my church. His purpose changed. Now he wasn't interested in going to catch
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tuna or Paula or herrings. It wasn't his cup of tea anymore. His
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purpose now was to fulfill the purpose of God. And in the Book of
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Acts, on the day of Penticles, when the Holy Ghost came after Peter
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stood and preached and three thousand men gave their lives to Christ. That is
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what God can do with a fisherman. So you that you're not a fisherman,
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just imagine what God can do with your life. Just imagine what God
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can do with your life. So having a revelation of who God is will
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change your purpose in life. So your whole purpose will be driven by the
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purpose of God. So you can be a doctor. Yes, you can
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be any of your doctor's salary by your whole purpos what drives you is to
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save God and to be useful to God's kingdom. You can be an engineer,
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but what drives you is God's purpose and fulfilling God's assignment your on earth.
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When you come to that place of revelation where God can use you to
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do his will and his deed and his papos, you become a purpose for
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fair person. So then your papos in life now changes because you have caught
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a revelation of who God is Moses, who are said of Moses, Brada
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Moses, Brada Moses was born in Egypt in a difficult time. Bradamoses.
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They didn't have classmates where his agemates, because they killed all of them.
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He was adopted to become the son of the daughter of Pharaoh in Egypt.
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So Bradha Moses now assumed the role of a prince. So in the morning
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he eat cuscus, the afternoon he eats spaghetti Alfredo, and on and on
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and on. He was enjoying life until he killed somebody, and because he
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feared for his life, he ran away. So for forty years of Moses'
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life he was a prince in Egypt. But when he ran away to Midian,
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he had to go and learn all that he had known. For another
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forty years, And while shepherding God and sheep May on the mountain of the
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Lord, he encountered God, and God revealed himself to him. And you
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see that day God revealed himself to him. God revealed himself to him that
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I am that I am. By revelation, Moses's purpose in life changed.
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He was no longer a follower of sheep May his purpose now was to deliver
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God's people who are in Egypt. And so by revelation God will change your
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purpose in life. Please tell your neighbor for free. By revelation, God
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will change your purpose in life. Amen. The third point or benefit of
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having a revelation of Jesus Christ is that you receive the keys to the Kingdom
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of God. You receive access in the Kingdom of God. I have my
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car keys here with me. If for any reason I lose these car keys,
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that car is going nowhere, I will walk home or take an uber.
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You have house keys. If you lose your keys, you will be
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struck outside. The rain will fall. It will be to you because you
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don't have access. Yes, in the Kingdom of God, there are gates
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in the Kingdom of God that has keys. And because Peter had a revelation
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of who Christ is, Jesus said, I will give you the keys of
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the Kingdom of God. And whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in
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heaven. Whatever you lose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. And so
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there are people who have keys who can say to the rain, hold your
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peace, the rain will stop, it won't fall again. They can say
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to the rain, rain fall, The rain will fall a few years back.
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Who heard about that? I think you guys are young. You remember
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Atomic There was a gas explosion at Atomic. My wife I think it's about
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five years Yeah, my wife was about eight months pregnant. Were home watching
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the STV. Yes, chilasin, you know, and then we had boom.
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So we came out and we saw a fireball, big fireball like Hiroshima
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Nagasaki atomic bomb. And people were running away. Somebody came and say,
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oh, an't you running away. We are going to the mountain. The
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fire is coming. You should hear the cars. The Holy Spirit stared me
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up and I went to stand outside and I just started praying. Cleared that
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to scrubber taskel. Let the rain of God fall, Let the rain of
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God fall, Let the rain of God. I pray for thirty minutes,
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and the Lord said, pray, let the limits be lifted. I said,
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limits be lifted, open, let it rain. Thirty five minutes the
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rain started falling, heavy rain. I said this one. I'm not even
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going inside. I stood in the rain. I prayed some more. I
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said, the keys of the Kingdom of God. When you have the keys
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of the kingdom. When somebody is dying, they'll come to your door.
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You pray, come back to like, you'll get up because you have keys
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of the kingdom. And it is based on revelation, Amen, It is
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based on revelation. So the third one, Jesus said, I will give
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you the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven and whatever you bind on earth the
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keys. A sister gave a testimony. She's actually prayed for how many minutes?
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Five minutes, and what's called if she gets ninety four, those are
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called keys. You know, some people are praying three hours, they go
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they boom, boom. No keys. They have no revelation because they think
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it is magic. Seven. God, revelation has benefits, Amen. And
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when you walk with God in benefits, God will give you keys. There
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are certain accesses God will give to you because of the revelation you have about
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Him. Amen. So it will be well with you all the time.
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Can I hear your amen? Amen? And So they are keys, and
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they are gates both on earth and in heaven, and it requires keys to
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unlock them. Amen. But if you have a revelation of God, you're
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seven. With revelation Christ, Jesus will give you the keys to these gates,
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both on heaven and in earth. So Jesus is asking you this morning,
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who do you say that I am? Who do you say that I
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am? So he asked the disciples, who do you say? He said,
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who do men say that I am? They got it wrong, He
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asked his disciples. Out of twelve disciples, only one person had the revelation.
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So Jesus is asking you today, who do you say that I am?
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Can you bow down your heads? Just briefly? Who do you say
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that I am? Paul in his letter to the church in philipp I,
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said that I might. I might. I mean know you the power of
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his resurrection and the fellowship of his suffering being made conformable to his death,
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if by any means that I may attain onto the resurrection of the dead.
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Who do men say that I am? Who do you say that I am?
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Jesus said that I'm coming soon. He says, I stand at the
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door of your heart, and I knock. If anyone will hear my voice
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and open the door, I'll come in and dine with him. So you
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are here. You don't know, Jesus, if you want to open the
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gate of your heart for Jesus to coming this morning. Just left your hand.
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Wherever you are. Let's say a short prayer that God will have mercy
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and draft you into the newness of life. Anyone here who wants Jesus?
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Is there anyone here who wants Jesus? Or you're born again? But you're
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born again is only a title. You are not living like a born again
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believer. You want to rededicate your life to Jesus. Just give the Lord
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a wave wherever you are and let's say a short prayer together. Jesus wants
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disciples that walk with him in revelation. Jesus needs disciples that walk with him
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in revelation. So Father, we give you thanks, We give your praise.
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Please be on your feet, Please be on your feet and say this
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prayer with me. Say Lord, Jesus, I thank you for dying on
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the cross for me. I thank you that you left your throne in heaven
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and came just for me. I thank you that when you died, you
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didn't remain dead, but that you rose again just for me. Say Lord,
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Jesus, I submit my will to yours. I submit my purpose to
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yours. Say have your way in my life, rule over me. As
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my Lord, Rule over me as my savior. Rule over my heart,
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Rule over the content of my heart, Rule over my desires, rule over
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my will. Oh God, and help me to be a good disciple that
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is eagerly anticipate in your coming. We bless your name, and we give
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your praise in Jesus Mighty name. Can I hear your loud and say,
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man, and please be seated a man in heavenly places while we work