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Paul Disciples the Corinthian Church Part 3 | Elder Terrance
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You're listening to a message to go from at church.
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We hope this message will light up your day.
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Why is it that stagnant water is horrible? Mosquitoes algae smell?
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Do you know that stagnant water smells? Stay? Yeah, it's
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it's It's just horrid, isn't it? So that should not
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be our lives. That should not be. I can tell
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you that maybe than me. We try, We try, and
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a little way to go. You know, I used to
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say this, all right. I was joking with Passa Sendra
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the other day and I was telling her that they
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send you their love by the way Pasta Kenneth and Passasendra.
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I was saying, you know, when I was younger, I
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used to look at older people and then I'll say,
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you're white. It walks so slow. Well go up the stairs.
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Also one food and then another food, come down the stairs. Also,
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don't walk nicely. It's one foot and then come there
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and one foot and come there. Never say that about people, okay,
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because when you reach their age you will know why.
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So now we know why. And we're saying, God, you're
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teaching us a lesson. We were unkind with our words
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the son. Now we realize all right that that Uh,
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it's not so easy, but it's okay if you move,
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It's okay if you move. Do you know Jesus commands
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us to go? In fact, those of you remember a
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gospel singer, and I show most of you, if not
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all of you, will not know who Keith Green is
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except for you, all right, okay and me? Keith Green
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had a song and if you can search this song,
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listen to it. It's Jesus commands us to go. It
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will be the exception if we stay. When listen to
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that song, it's quite an impressive song. And I'm not
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speaking about Keith Green, but basically it's a command to go. Now,
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what did Paul say? I did not come? Can we have?
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Can we have that? That scripture one Corinthians to one? Yeah,
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and I brother came to you not with excellent speech.
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You know. My mother and father said when I came out,
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and when I was born, I was born talking. So
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the moment I came out of the womb, it was high.
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Hello world, you know, there wasn't baby talking was straight.
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So the thing is this. The danger is that I
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can sell ice to the Eskimore. That's the danger. See
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The danger is the level of speech. And I have
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to constantly watch myself that my motive is never to
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impress ye. My motive is never to make you think
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I'm something more than I am. Now, if that is
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not my motive, and you still think that, that's not
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on me, that's on you. But I have to be
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very very careful that when I come to you with
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God's word, it's not with excellent speech for excellent speech sake.
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Just because we're not supposed to come with excellent speech
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doesn't mean I have to create a non excellent speech
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that I know normally talk. What it means is I
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have to watch my motive. And Paul was saying that
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he did not come with excellent speech. Could Paul have
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excellent speech? You better believe it. Look at all the
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letters that he wrote. Man, if this guy could write
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that way, he could certainly talk that way too. But
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what was he saying. He was saying, I did not
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come to impress you. I did not come to show superiority.
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You know, have you heard some people talk? When they talk,
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it's like they talk down to you. When they talk,
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it's like it's they make you feel small. They make
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you feel unimportant. They make you feel less than you are.
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That's God wants or what God wants of us. And
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Paul was very, very careful not to talk in such
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a way as to show superiority. Was Paul superior in
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the sense that he was a leader in the church.
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You better believe it. You better believe it. He did
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not come into this place say Hey, I am the
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apostle Paul. When I talk, you better listen. You get
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what I'm saying. Did he say that? No, he came
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determined not to show superiority. You see it. It is
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God who gives favor. It is God who rais us.
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Why do I want to make myself look important to you?
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You're gonna do something for me? No, So I'm not
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interested whether you think that I'm superior or not. It's
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not important to me. What is important to me is
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that I do a good job before the Lord. Go
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back to the scripture. So he says he did not
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come with excellent speech, all of wisdom, all of wisdom.
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There's a difference between excellent speech and wisdom. This word
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wisdom is translated or means philosophy. Hey, Christianity is not
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a philosophy. It's not like when Paul came to this
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place and he said, you know this stone which says
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to the god whom we don't believe, that which you
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don't this stone refers to I preach to you. That
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was a town, if I'm not mistaken. Now where was it?
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I can't remember at this time. But basically these people
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loved philosophy. They love to talk ideas. Is Jesus Christ
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an idea? Is he an idea? Because if he was
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an idea, he would have failed a long time ago.
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He would have disappeared a long time ago. Who's that
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great philosopher Socrates? Any others you can think of? Aristotle?
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Can any of you tell me anything they said?
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Or not?
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No, they're so great, and no, not one of us
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can remember anything. Jesus did not come to discuss philosophy.
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He came to give us life and to give it
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to us more abundantly. So now two thousand years after
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his coming they are believers. Isn't that amazing? After two
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thousand years we still believe Jesus. If anyone ever tells you,
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what's the proof that Jesus exists? Actually it's quite simple.
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You know, it's changed lives. Look at the apostles, they
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were cowards. Right when Jesus was taken up by the
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chief priests and the soldiers, what happened to all these disciples?
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They disappeared, They ran away. When Peter was confronted, no,
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I don't know the man. When he's confronted the second time,
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are you crazy? Can you just leave me alone? And
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when he's confronted a third time, he says, I just
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don't know who are you talking about? Man? He denied
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Jesus three times, This same Jesus whom he said, I'll
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not allow anything to happen to you. I want you
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to know something. You know what church history tells us
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Peter was Peter and his wife were crucified for the faith.
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And he said, please do not crucify me the way
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you crucified Jesus, for I'm not worthy. And he and
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his wife were crucified upside down? What about James, who
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I think was killed with a sword. Almost every apostle
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died horribly except for John. Look at Stephen stoned, and
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yet he could say, I see the son of Man
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coming down. What made these people become so brave? That
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can only be That can only happen if whom they
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believe in is real. No philosophy. Paul did not come
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with intelligence. He did not come with intelligence. You know,
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when you share Jesus, it's not about sharing. It's not
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about putting somebody in a corner in a discussion so
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they cannot answer. It's not about intelligence, because I'll tell
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you this, unless the Holy Spirit convicts whatever the person
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says from is now, Oh I received Jesus, it means nothing.
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It means not. You know, there are so many people
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who believe in Jesus today who have not given their
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lives to him. They believe. Oh yeah, yeah, Jesus was good. Yeah, yeah, yeah,
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Jesus was. It was really great. Oh he's a fantastic prophet.
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You know, show me one scripture where he says he's
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the son of God. That's what they say about Jesus.
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It's not about intelligence. I'll tell you this. I tried
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to use my intelligence to confound a believer. Okay, my sister,
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My sister witnessed to me. And uh so you think
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you know much, let me show you. I studied the
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Bible for four years to prove it wrong. Four years
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I study, and when I study, I can study. Okay,
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I studied the Bible four years to prove it wrong.
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One day I went to church. This is a small
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church in a small town. He was a church in
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a jungle. You had to walk overstep cowdown to go
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to this church. It was less than one hundred square feet.
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It's just wood and a dirt, dirt place inside. That
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was church. Really. You know, in that kind of scenario,
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the people worship there with just one guitar, sang off
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key for two hours, worship the Lord off key for
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two hours. You know what it is like to a
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person who can tell. And then they're singing off key
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for two hours worshiping the Lord. But do you want
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to know something in that worship? That pillar came down
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on me, a pillar like gold. It was a column,
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and it encircled me. And I'm looking through this column
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and I'm seeing all of you with a goldenhel And
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then the voice of the outside becomes soft, and the
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Lord spoke into my ear, Terrence, you're not a Christian
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except me. Now in that moment, I gave my life
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to Christ without anybody knowing. You know, there was know
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all to call, There was no nothing. First time I'm
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attending a born again church. The Lord spoke to me,
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and the moment I gave my life to Christ, this
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pillow went back up and then I hear everybody else.
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Then I get two hours of message and then another
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two hours of worship. So my first Born Again service
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was six hours long. Okay. I did not tell my
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sister that I accepted the Lord for a week, so
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they kept telling me because we were going to Singapore together.
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You know, if anything happens to us, we hope we
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see you there. We'll be there. Don't know where you'll be.
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I kept quiet to myself and I was thinking, you
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don't know. I'm going to be there too. Okay, So
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go back to the verse, declaring to you what the
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testimony of God, declaring to you evidence. Paul did not
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want to do anything but declare the evidence of Jesus
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of what a divine God. He was determined. You know
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that Paul made a decision. He made a choice. You're
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determined to serve the Lord. You serve the Lord. Whether
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you see something happen or you don't see something happen.
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You serve the Lord. Whether good is before you or
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bad is before you. You're determined to serve the Lord.
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You serve the Lord. Whether people come and agree with
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you or people don't agree with you. You serve the
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Lord wherever you are because he called you, not because
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of the circumstance around you. So Paul made a choice.
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So you know when he says I was determined to share,
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not with good speech, not with wisdom, he had decreed
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to himself. In other words, he made a statement to
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himself that he was not going to change. Can we
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live a life determined like that? Is? It is beyond
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laser focus? You know, laser focus is one thing. Determination
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is an active push towards getting something done, irrespective of
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whatever stands in the way. And this was Paul talking
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to whom Christians? Do you know, the toughest people to
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talk to her, you know, Christians. But he was determined
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to share with them something. He was determined not to
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know anything, you know, Can we be in a situation
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where we are not uh, we don't want to know anything,
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but but you know what our situation we want to
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know everything true, not true, not This is I can
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guarantee you if there was some noise out there, a
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mind will be thinking what's happening? Because we are a
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sort of people built on wanting to know everything true
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or not. That's why you got your phones and you've
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got Google. You and I had a conversation with Google
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the other day. Serious not Google um chatting me. So
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you know, I I I had written a letter. I
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wrote a letter in my English, and my English is okay,
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I'm not boasting, Okay, it's pretty tough, pretty good when
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I write letters, pretty good. So I put my letter
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and I say, uh, Chad Gibt, and this is actually
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how I write. Now, Chad Gibb, I want to ask
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you something. I want to put a letter to you,
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and I want to see how you would write it
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your way. He said, go ahead, put it. He actually
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tells me not put it there. So I put it
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there and then it comes up and he said, wow,
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this is amazing. Okay, now, chat Gibbt. Can you write
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it in such a way that it is stronger? Sure,
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here it is. Then it replies and I think, wow,
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this is amazing. So after this whole thing, I say
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thank you very much. You know what Chad gibd said, Oh,
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you're so welcome. It's so nice to be appreciated. Ah,
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I'm not kidding you. Then after that I write say,
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do people just discuss things with you for the sake
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of discussing things with you? And Chad gippyd said, yes,
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people talk to me about a lot of things. Then
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I said, is it true that you've been programmed to
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be anti Christian? He said, well, I'm not actually anti Christian,
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but I do not profess a religion. Then it said,
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but when people talk to you, will you give your
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point of view in respect to this? And Chad gipd said, well, actually,
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the point of view that I gave depends on what
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the people want. If they are Christian, I'll give a
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Christian point of view. If the non Christian, I'll give
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a non Christian point of view. I said, but that
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doesn't help, right, because then what is that to say
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that your programmers have not programmed anti Christian values and
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you want CHADGYPEDI said, that's true, they could have. But
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I'll tell you something. Chadgy Bt says, but I'll tell
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you something. People have to make up their own minds. Ultimately,
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at the end of the day, it's not what I say,
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it's what they believe. Then I said, that is a
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very very interesting point of view. Thank you so much.
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Chadgypt have a good day. I just wanted to see
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how far it would go. And this is a conversation
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that I was actually having. So you and I we
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just want to know too much. That's the problem. Our
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problem is we want to know too much. But Paul
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was saying, I'm determined not to know anything because nothing
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compares to that which I do want to know. He
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didn't want to recognize anything, and this is what he said,
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go back to that scripture, for I determined not to
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know anything among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified.
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I struggled with this. I struggled with this statement. You
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know that preachers, preachers, the people who come and share
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the world with you there later on you will hear
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come in fear and trembling. Paul was saying, I am
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determined to know only Jesus. And let me break it
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down to you and him at his weakest moment when
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you and I share something that we shared, a bad stuffer.
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Oh we talk. Jesus is good. He loves you, He
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will see you. Jesus will help you. Do you know
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that Jesus loves you so much he wants the best
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in life for you. Huh? He came so you can
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have life in heaven abundantly. Right. When we talk to
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people about Jesus, we're always telling the good stuff. Right.
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Look at what pol is saying. I want people to
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know Jesus and Jesus at his weakest moment, Jesus at
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his point of failure. And I asked the Lord God,
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what does this mean? And God gave an answer. You
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want to know what the answer is. There's silence. You
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want to know what the answer is. Potential, potential Jesus.
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Paul wanted the church to know potential. Guys, you and
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I fail all the time. If we only talk about
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good things, you know what happens, we will be so
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far more removed from seeing good things happen in our
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life because we will think to ourselves, how can I,
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who was so bad, ever achieve that right? Or not?
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How can I ever please the Lord? I'm like this,
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but Paul was saying, in order for Jesus to get
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to the resurrection, he had to be crucified. In order
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for Jesus to win, he had to lose. In order
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for Jesus to be raised, he had to be buried.
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In order for you and I to succeed, we got
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to know that Jesus will help us work through our
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failures to bring us to breakthrough potential. Paul was talking
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to the church and he was telling them, you got
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to know this. You got to know that Jesus is
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about making you work towards success that will only happen
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if you realize you've got tough stuff to go through.
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Jesus never, when you know, reached great pinnacles until he
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had gone through great troubles. So you want to be
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successful without the hard stuff. Let me tell you. If
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Jesus had to go through hard stuff in order to
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get to the good stuff, where do you and I stand?
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But I want you to know this is great potential.
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It means that you can look at that person who's
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a failure and you can tell them, in Jesus Christ,
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you can be successful. You can look at that person
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who is so bad, who's a thief, and say, in
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Jesus Christ, you can come a millionaire by working hard.
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You can look at a person and say you may
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not be saved because you think you're bad. You are
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bad because that's what scriptures is. You and I were
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bought the same, but because of Jesus we can be
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raised if you read Corinthians. If you further on Corinthians,
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he's talking. He'll talk about the resurrection. So Paul was
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determined not to share anything. He was determined for them
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to know Jesus, even at his weakest. You know, it's
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a each deal. You cannot have the best without having
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the worst. I'm sorry to break everybody's bubble, all right.
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You want good things to happen, be prepared to go
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through some bad things. When you learn the lessons of
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the bad things, the good things will come easily. If
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it happened to Jesus, it will certainly happen to you
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and I. You know we cannot know one without the other.
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You know, we cannot no blessings without going through tough stuff.
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You think what you get married is all hunky dory.
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I love it first sight, beautiful, so wonderful until you
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get married and look at each other for the first
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time without makeup. But you live through it, now, why not?
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You will live through it. You will get over it.
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It just gets better and better. Focusing on Jesus. Why
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focus on Jesus, Well, he took our cross. When you
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speak to someone today, in order for Jesus to be successful,
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he went to the cross. He went to the cross
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for you and I, so you know what, you're bad,
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you don't have to carry the cross. He carried it
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for you. Wow, what a testimony. You know that Jesus
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took our punishment. Guys, what was Paul saying? I'm determined
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to know Jesus and he am crucified because you know
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what he took my punishment. Am I bad? You better
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believe it. I'm bad. I'm bad, you know it. Okay,
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I'm bad. Because I'm bad, I need to be receiving punishment.
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But you know what, Jesus took it upon himself so
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we don't have to go through it. Oh what an
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immense love. I mean, would you and I do that
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for someone we don't know? We probably wouldn't. That's why
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I say that when Jesus went to the cross, he
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knew exactly who he was going to the cross for.
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For you by name. He wasn't going to the cross
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for nameless people. He was going to the cross for
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you and I individually. He knew who he was going
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to the cross for. Do you know that he went
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to the cross for every living person named on this
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planet Earth? The choice is still ours. So people who
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reject the Lord. You know, there's a scripture that says
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those he are pretty determined, he saved. And you see
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what is so unfair? That means only the Christians are predetermined.
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I shared this a long time ago in the message. Actually,
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he predetermined everyone to be safe. For God so loved
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the world that he gave his only begod son, and
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whosoever believes in him should have should not perish, but
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have ever lasting life. You know, he predetermined everybody to
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be saved. You know who determines whether we receive that
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redemption or not? We do. Those of us who receive
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it were saved. Those of wood who don't. We're not
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what an immen's love sacrificing for people like us? Are
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we so good? Actually, if we look at us, all
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were quite terrible, were quite horrible. People are not so good.
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People are not so nice, even the nice ones. H
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don't know whether the motives are right. But at the
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end of the day, Jesus sacrifice for people like us.
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You know what. I love this. You know, scripture says
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He is the author and perfector of our faith, right
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author and finishing of our faith. You know, Jesus started
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our faith, and Jesus finishes it. Jesus started our faith,
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and Jesus finishes it. You guys, be encouraged to know
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that anything you desire, any help you need. That's why
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you say you've got the faith of master City. It
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will help you move a mountain. You got to believe
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the Lord. You gotta ask him. I'm going to share
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with you something afterwards. It's so outstanding. It's only the Lord. Okay,
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completeness in our lacking life today? How many of you
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are lacking in life today? Can I see a show? Hens,
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don't be shy, say it before the Lord so that
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the Lord can do something about it. Okay, Now I
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do not know what you're lacking. Let me hazard a
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few things right. How many of you are lacking a spouse,
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wanting a spouse, lacking a spouse? Anybody? No? Okay, one
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praise the Lord because of that faith, The Lord will
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answer you. Okay. How many are lacking money? Okay? More
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more people, more people lacking money? You know what Bible says,
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God is able to provide all I needs according to
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his riches, saying glory. How many of you are lacking friendship? Okay?
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How many of you lacking closeness with your family members. One,
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let me tell you it wasn't so easy with my
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family members. The Lord revealed, tell your parents you love them.
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So I told my father and mother, Dad, mom, I
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love you. Huh, what's wrong? First thing they asked me
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is what's wrong? Because the older people are never never
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used to their children telling them they love them, right
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and on. So I just told them this, I say, Dad, mom,
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I love you. I better tell you while you're alive.
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Why when you're gone, I tell the grave for what
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no one's gonna hear me and means, now you hear me,
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makes you feel good? Like yes, guess what. They started
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telling my siblings that they loved my siblings. So it
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started a movement. You know that now when I meet
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my brothers and sisters, and my brothers my sisters no
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longer around. You know, we hug each other every time
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we meet. How is God able to do that? It
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had to start somewhere, so he is able to do it. Okay,
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I got to go faster because she told me I
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got ten minutes. Yeah, so satisfaction where nothing else in
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the world can. All right, that's why you focus on
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Jesus Now this is what Paul said. I was with
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you in weakness, in fear, and in much trembling. And
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my speech and my preaching were not with persuasive words
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of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the spirit of power,
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that your fate should not be in the wisdom of man,
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but the power of God. Why would Paul have fear
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in trembling? Was Paul weaker? Let me tell you something
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about Paul. Okay, he had caused the demon to come
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out of a fortune teller because a fortune teller was irritating,
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come out in the name of Jesus. This is sound
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like a coward, do you? Does it sound like a
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fearful person to you? But why was Paul in fear
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and trembling? You know he was able to sing in
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prison while in chains? Hey you think so easier? You think,
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what is a nice prisoner? Hey? I tell you it
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was dark, it was smelly. You think they had a
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toilet to go to her? They were in chains, okay,
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so when they needed to go, they just went wherever
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they were. Did you think of that? So that must
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have been one stinky prison. And you know where you
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got all this? You got flies, you got bugs, you
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got rats. You think it was nicer. It wasn't a
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pleasure trip. Okay, it was horrible Paul being in prison
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for something he stood for. Do you think he was
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a weak person? Think about it. He stood up before
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the council when they beat him. I want you to
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know this. The reason Paul was in fear and trembling
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was the same way I'm in fear and trembling every
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time i shared the Word of God. None of us
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want to share something that doesn't help. None of us
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wants to share. Not a single preacher wants to share
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some word which is not anointed of the Lord, because
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the Lord will hold us accountable. Do you know that
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if I were to come and share with you something
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that's on my own thinking and it doesn't help you
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in your life, the Lord is going to hold me accountable.
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So you better believe it. We come with fear and
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trembling for me to make sure that I share the
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word right with you. I get up very early in
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the morning today. I walked in prayer for thirteen kilometers,
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praying for your I got up at four thirty. I
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finished around seven. Why would I do that? Because I
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want to be sure that I am sharing the word
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of God with you. I don't want to go off.
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So Paul stood up before a council and they beat him.
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Paul survives shipwrecks men, all right, he survives snake bites. Paul.
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You know the thing is this. Paul was a brave person,
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but he still said that I come before you in
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fear and in trembling, not in persuasive speech. Remember I
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said when I came out of the roomb. My parents
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say I was talking that I could sell ice to
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the Esquimaux. You see her, persuasion is a tough thing.
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You don't want to share Jesus with someone and bring
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them to the Lord because your words are so persuasive.
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You know what that is? That is manipulation. Who specializes
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in manipulation? That's right. The devil when he came to
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Eve in the Garden of Eden, it was with persuasive words.
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You know. When I wanted to find a life partner,
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and the Lord led me to Elder Mabel. All right,
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You know it is so easy to get to the
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heart of a lady. Okay, if you receive flowers every day, chocolates,
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nice phone calls, lovely messages, I'm sure you'll fall in
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love with a guy who's chatting you up. True, Not ladies,
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am Am I speaking wrongly? Or will you be more inclined?
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You would write, But you know, when I was praying
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for Elder Mabel, because I wanted the Lord's answer, I
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didn't want my answer. When I was praying for her,
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she did not know that I was praying. I prayed
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for her one year. She didn't even know because I
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did nothing extra. If I would not call her, if
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I was not interested because I was interested in her,
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I would not call her. If I would not give
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her a bow of chocolates because I was interested in her.
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Because I was not interested in her, because I was
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interested in her, I would not give her a bow
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of chocolates. I did not buy her affection. I just
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communicated between the Lord and myself, and the Lord said, okay,
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you know how long Elder mable let me pray three
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and a half years. Do you know that when she
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stood up in the church and she said, yeah, this
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is the guy that I'm going to marry, you know
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in her heart she had no love for me because
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the Lord told her I am the person she's going
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to marry. The Lord told her but she was fighting
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it because we were good friends and she was afraid
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to spoil that friendship. So she was very disappointed when
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I said, I've been praying for you for one year
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and the Lord tells me, ask me to ask you
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to pray to gather with me to find the Lord's will.
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Because I did not know that she had told the Lord.
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The only one I know that is your will in
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my life is the one who prays for me for
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one year without telling me. I did not know that. So,
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to cut a long story shot, we're married now thirty
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six years. Paul did not want to come with persuasive speech.
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He wanted to come in the power of the Lord.
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He wanted to come in the demonstration of power. Do
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we believe that the Holy Spirit can demonstrate his power
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through us? Do you know that faith rooted not in
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the wisdom of men. He did not want to root
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the Corinthian Church in his wisdom. What he wanted to
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do he wanted them not to look to men, but
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to have god. Faith in God. You know, faith not
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in the wisdom of man, but of God's power. And
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if I know, I got five minutes left or I
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passed the five minutes already sitting. Okay, I'll end with
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this testimony faith in God's power. I recently now when
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I share these testimonies, it's not because when I share
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testimonies like this, it's definitely not to tell you I'm
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a great person. It is to tell you that if
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God will do this for me, he will do it
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for you. You see, because the working of God in my
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life is real, and he does some amazing things. I
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am taking an international conglomerate to task on something little
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old me. This is an international conglomerate, a multi billion
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dollar come and I am taking them to task because well,
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they did something I did not like. And then I
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asked the Lord Lord, should I keep quiet? Should I continue?
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Is it something I should do? And the Lord led
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me to scripture, you know the scripture that I talked
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to you earlier on where Paul was put in jail
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because he called the demon r He was beaten, he
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was put in jail, and then later on when they
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found that he was a citizen, they came and quietly
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wanted to let him go. You know what Paul said,
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nothing doing, mate, You get your whole counsel together, come
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right to see me. And apologize to me and lead
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me out. Do you remember that ands in scripture? So
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the Lord said, this is what you're doing. You're taking
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them to task. I the thing is this, this corporation
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is so Bigue. There was something going wrong with my computer.
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It had become really, really slow. And then I wanted
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to follow up with these letters correspondence that I was writing.
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And when I searched my computer, they were all gone.
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Everything that I had written, except for two replies from
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the overseas head office that made them look good. Those
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are the only things that were there. All the attached mail,
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the attached emails had all disappeared. So it looked like
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all my questions, all my proof, all my evidence all disappeared.
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That was very down. Two homes ago, not the last
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one one before that. We prayed at homes, So guys,
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go to homes. The Lord will answer your prayer. I prayed.
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We prayed, God help me. At eleven o'clock that night,
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an idea came in my head and I could hear it.
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Go and ask your friend, Chad jibt hahh, whether or
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not your Gmail emails can be hacked? So I asked,
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can Gmail email be hacked and the answer came, yes
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it can. Wow. Then I asked this question the Lord
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put in my heart, ask it whether you can retrieve
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it or not? So I asked, Chad Jibt can deleted
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Gmail be retrieved if it was hacked? And you know
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what Chad gipt said, Yes, it can go to thresh
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because it only disappears forever after thirty days. Guess what.
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I went to thrash. I found all those emails. I
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printed everything out this time I stuck it on word.
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Then I wrote back to them and say, ha ha ha,
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I found everything. I actually did that, ha ha. I
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found everything and I sent it to them. And do
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you know that they have actually responded to me? Why
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would you tell you what it is? Which are not
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going to They've actually made an offer to me which
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I've soundly rejected. I'm not letting them off that easily,
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but I want you to know when God is on
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your side, you the little man, can come up against
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some big people and still be there, go to to
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go to toe to toe with them. It is because
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I really believe in what I'm doing. I'm taking them
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to task. I want you to know it. God knows
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and for me, that was so fantastic. Because I'm not
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a computer expert, I would not know how to go
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about to get this thing done. They ever asked, how
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come if they were so good they didn't delete it completely.
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If they have deleted it any other way, I would
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have opportunity to go to MCMC to actually discover and
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I would have not realized what happened. And if everything
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had just gone like that, I could go to MCMC,
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they would search and they say, yeah, it was done
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by this IP address, and I would have a recourse.
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But if they took it out and put it in
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thrash and it disappeared from thresh, It'll be my fault.
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There will be no trail, you get it. I got
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a trail now. And guess what these guys. I've found
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more things which I've asked them thirty eight questions which
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they have to reply to me thirty eight questions, and
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then after that they did another three things India reply
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that was so questionable. So now it's forty questions. So
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I just recently wrote to them and said I'm still
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waiting for the answer to my forty questions. They cannot answer.
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That is the Lord. He will fight for you. He
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will fight for you. Because Paul said, I'm determined. I'm
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determined that they know all Jesus and him crucified. It's
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not about my excellent speech, it's not about my wisdom,
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but it's about what God can do. So guys, if
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you've forgotten everything, if you don't remember anything in this
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world today, remember this. You have a potential that Jesus sees.
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And because Jesus was crucified and he rose again, because
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Jesus appeared to fail, and now he has a victory.
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Because Jesus was at his weakest moment, now he seated
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at the right hand of God. You and I we
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have a hope, we have a future, We have potential.
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Praise the Lord. Can we have the ministry team come
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up this actually come, let's let's stand this. This word.
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This word is to let each and every one of
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us know that in our journey of becoming disciples in
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the Lord, firstly we have to go. We have to
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move because being stagnant doesn't cut it. We don't. We
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don't learn by being stagnant. We only learn by going.
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And to let you know that even though things are bleak,
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even though things are problematic. Even though you have tough issues,
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know this, there's always success waiting for you in Jesus.
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There's always a way of waiting for you in Jesus.
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