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That All May Know - The Lord JESUS CHRIST & His Love Through Me | Olivia Leong
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You're listening to a message to go from ext Church.
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We hope this message will light up your day.
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Today's word, right, we'll just go straight to it.
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Today's title for the Word of God for us today
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is that all may know the Lord Jesus Christ and
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his love true Me.
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All right. So just to let us all know, especially
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those of us who are new here the church.
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Here in ext Church, we have our senior Pastor, our
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senior minister, our founding senior pastor has declared the theme
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for this church this year, which is that all may know. Okay.
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We want to see the world. We want to see
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everyone know the Lord Jesus Christ.
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Okay.
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And today's word will be founded on John chapter fourteen.
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All right.
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So I have also today, even as today is family,
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I would like to invite different ones from different age
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groups to come and read a portion of scripture from
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John chapter fourteen with their physical bibles, if possible.
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All right, So I would.
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Like to invite Timore to come and read for us
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from verse one to verse six. And also I s
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I so different ones please come up. Tim More Isesa, Magdalen,
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Ezra Os Ezra Ezra and Stephanie.
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And Johann come come, hey, is s I s here first?
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Very good? Okay, Timo, come come forward, Stephanie, yes, yeah,
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get get your physical bibles, come come come okay, okay,
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So first one is Timo.
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Timo, come first, Timo come first?
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All right?
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Okay?
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Are we all ready? So is Timo? Is Sa? Magdalen
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after A Sa is Magdalene, Magdalen Ezra after Magdalene is
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Ezra then Stephanie and Johann Johan is final there yeah,
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all right, okay, all right. So Timo will read from
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verse one to verse six. Okay, ah, yes, I will
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be reading from verse seven to eleven. Magdalen will be
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reading from verse twelve to fourteen, Ezra will be reading
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from verse fifteen to eighteen, Stephanie will be reading from
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verse nineteen to twenty four, and Johann will be reading
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from verse twenty five to thirty one. All right, we'll
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pass the mic as we go. Thank you guys. All right,
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So whenever you're al ready, may begin.
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Yeah, John Chapter fourteen, verse one to six. Let not
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your heart be troubled. You believe in God, believe also
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in me in my father's how so many mentions. If
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it were not so, I would have told you I
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go to prepare a place for you. And if I
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go and prepare a place for you, I will come
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again and receive you to myself. That way I am
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there you may be also. And where I go, you know?
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And the way you know? Terman say to him, Lord,
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we do not know where you are going. And how
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can we know the way? Jesus said to him, I
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am the Way, the truth, and the life. No one
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comes to the Father except to me.
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Amen. All right, just pause there for a moment. Yeah,
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thank you Timo for reading. Yes, So just pausing there
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for a moment. I'm supposed to let us know the
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background of a verse chapter fourteen.
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Yes, So this scripture of the entire chapter.
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Fourteen is when Jesus is having his last supper with
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his disciples. He's going to be, yeah, taken away from
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his disciples, and his disciples are.
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Very close to him.
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It's like it's like my children and me, we are
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going to be separated. But so these are his last
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words before they are before Jesus is taken away.
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So yeah, these are the words.
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All right, So continue on from verse seven Ayesa, Yeah,
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verse seven to verse eleven.
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If you really know me, you will know my Father
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as well from now on. You do know him and
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have seen him. Blip said, Lord, show us the Father,
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and that will be enough for us. Jesus answered, don't
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you know me, Philip, even after I've been among you
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such a long time. Anyone who has seen me has
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seen the Father. How can you say, show us the Father?
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Don't you believe that I am in the Father and
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that the Father is in me? The words I say
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to you, I do not speak on my authority. Rather,
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it is the Father living in me who is doing
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his work. Believe me when I say that I am
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in the Father and the Father is in me, or
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at least believe on the evidence of the works themselves.
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Hey man, thank you Ayesa. Now Magdalene will read from
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verse twelve to fourteen.
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I tell you the truth. He who believes in me
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will do the greater things than these. Because I ask
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for anything in my name, If I will do it
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for you, then the Father's glory will be shown the same.
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If you ask me for anything in my name, I
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will do it.
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Amen, Thank you, Thank you.
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Magdalen. And Ezra will read verse fifteen to verse eighteen.
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If you love me, you will do the things that
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I command you. I will ask the Father and he
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will give you another helper. He will give you this
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helper to be with you forever. The helper is the
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spirit of true. The world cannot accept him because it
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does not see him or know him.
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But you know him.
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He lives with you, and he will be in you.
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I will not leave you all alone like orphans. I
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will come back to you.
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Amen.
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Thank you, Ezra.
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All right. So that's verse eighteen, verse nineteen to verse
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twenty four.
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Stephanie, thank you a.
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Little while longer, and the world will see me no more,
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but you will see me, because I leave, you will
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also live.
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At that day.
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You will know that I am in my Father, and
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you in me, and I in you. He who has
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my commanments and keeps them, it is he who loves me.
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And he who loves me will be loved by my
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father Man, and I will love him and manifest myself
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to him. Man Judas, not his carriot, said to him, Lord,
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how is it that you will manifest yourself to us
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and not to the world. Jesus answered and said to him,
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if anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and
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my Father will love him. And we will come to
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him and make our home with him. He who does
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not love me does not keep my words. And the
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word which you hear is not mine, but the Father
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who sent me.
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Amen.
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Thank you, Stephanie. And last portion verse twenty five to
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thirty one Johannes, Yeah, okay.
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Verse twenty five to thirty one.
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Today I am telling I'm telling you these things now
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while I'm still with you. But when, but when the
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Father sends the Advocate as my representative, that is the
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Holy Spirit, He will teach you everything and will remind
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you of everything I have told you. Verse twenty seven.
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I'm leaving you with a gift peace of mind and heart, Imen.
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And the piece I give is a gift the world
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cannot give, Imen. So don't be trouble or afraid. Remember
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what I told you. I'm going away, but I but
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I will come back again to see you. If you
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really loved me, you would be happy that I am
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going to the Father who is greater than I am.
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I have told you these things before they happen, so
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that when they do happen, you will believe. Verse thirty.
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I don't have much more time to talk to you
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because the Ruler of this world approaches. He has no
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power over me, but I will do what the Father
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requires of me so that the world will know that
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I love the Father. Come, let's be going.
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Yep, thank you, Thank you. Give a hand to everyone
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who read the word of God.
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Amen.
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God bless the reading of his word.
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Amen. So beautiful to hear the voices of different ones
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reading the word of God. Amen. All right, So very quickly,
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and children remember to write notes. Okay, Right, So I'm
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going to place the slides very quickly. On the first point. Okay,
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I really believe even as I was preparing this word
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for us today, God's word for us today.
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All right.
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The first point here says in verse fifteen about the
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word of God, very clearly, Jesus commands his disciples.
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Two, if you love me, keep my commandments.
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All right. So this is first point, everybody, first point.
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We love God by keeping observing and obeying his words.
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So you know, when the Word of God says love
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here in this scripture, verse fifteen, if you love me,
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this love means agapal means love that is like full right,
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a person's love towards a person to welcome, to entertain,
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to be fond of to love dearly. If you love
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Jesus dearly, if you love God dearly, keep God's commandment
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when this word keep also means ethereal. Okay, ethereal means
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to guard, to keep one in state in which he is.
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And to observe, okay, means to keep not just to
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put in the back, but to observe it, to obey,
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to do it. All right. If you love me, keep it.
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So to keep here means to observe, to obey all right? Okay,
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am I going too fast? Very easy? Right? Yes? Okay,
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so all right, So that is from verse verse fifteen. Okay,
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in the same point next night, Okay, God will reveal
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himself to us. This is God's promise. Okay in verse
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twenty one. Allow me to read this again, all right,
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verse twenty one. If you have your Bibles, you can
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flip to it. In John chapter fourteen, verse twenty one says,
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he who has my commandments and keeps them means to
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observe them. It is he who loves me, and he
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who loves me will be loved by my father, and
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I will love him and manifest myself to him.
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Here in verse.
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Twenty one says that God will reveal himself to us
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when we love him by having his word and observing, obeying,
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and living God's word out very clear, okay, in verse
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twenty one. All right, So if we love God and
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we obey him, God promises to reveal himself to us
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if anyone of us here amongst us here, or anyone
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can hear the sound of my voice. Because this is
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also called that, you know, if you are really seeking
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the Lord God, the Living God. The Bible says the word,
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the Living Word says, keep his word, you know, keep
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his word, obey his word, and God will reveal himself
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to us a man. All right. And also the next light,
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this is two point one very clearly, it says in
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verse twenty three. Okay, in verse twenty three, allow me
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to read here from John chapter fourteen, Verse twenty three.
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Jesus answered and said to him, if anyone loves me,
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he will keep my word, and my father will love him,
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and we will come to him and make our home
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with him. Wow. Isn't that awesome? God, the Living God,
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the creator of the heavens and the earth, making his
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home with us.
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Wow. So God will be with us.
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God promises to be with us when we love him
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by having his word and observing it.
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Wow, this is powerful. Right.
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How do you know that God is with you? Yes,
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you know the Bible says, yes, God is with us.
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But how do you know when we love him, when
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we keep his word, when we obey and live it out,
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know that He is with you? Sometimes you feel like, yeah,
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I've done everything. How do I know God is still
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with us? His promises is here, believe it, believe it right,
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believe it right, and God is with you. Yeah, this
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is his promise. His promises are yes an amen? Right? Okay, yes,
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so this is point one right and making his home.
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You know in the Old Testament time when God makes
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his home in the tabernacle, right, the tabernacle that the
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Israelites made, right, his presence come down. He made his
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home with his people. When when the word of God says,
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when Jesus says here that he will make his home
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with him, means he will choose to dwell, choose to
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hang out, choose to leper you know a Malaysian language, Yeah,
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choose to dwell, choose to yes.
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Hang around? Okay in.
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Younger language, okay, okay, make our home to dwell, Okay,
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stay abide right, those those kind of words. Yes, he
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choose to dwell. Okay, So this is his promise for us. Okay,
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this is already point one that when we keep God's word,
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God will reveal himself to us, and he will choose
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to dwell with us.
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Okay, he will be with us. Okay, Okay, children.
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Okay, poor number two, Poor number two. Holy Spirit, we're
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gonna talk about the Holy Spirit. Here. The Jesus telling
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his disciples, for he leaves. Okay, don't worry, don't worry. Okay.
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As we read in verse one or so, he says,
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let not your heart be troubled. Don't worry. Believe in God,
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believe in me. Don't worry. You know you will not
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be alone.
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Okay.
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In verse sixteen to verse eighteen, allow me to read that. Also,
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Verse sixteen to verse eighteen of John chapter fourteen says.
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Jesus says, and I will pray the Father, and he.
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Will give you another helper that he may abide with
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you forever. The Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot
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receive because it neither sees him nor knows him.
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But you know him talking to the disciples.
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You know him, for he dwells with you and will
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be with you. And verse eighteen says, I will not
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leave you as Ofthans, I will come to you. While
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you know Jesus he calls, affirms, and promises his disciples.
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Don't worry. You will not be alone. I will come
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to you. You know, you know, be comforted. Brothers and sisters.
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If you feel alone throughout your journey this week or
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around this season, know that God is with you. He
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is with you, all right. So this is His word
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for you today. And yes, so holy Spirit is from
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the Father. Yeah, the Holy Spirit is from the Father.
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It's not from It's not man made. It's not something
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somebody think up something or some holy spirit. No, this
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is from the Father, the creator of the heavens and
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the earth.
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He is. Holy Spirit is from the Father.
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Okay. And next light, holy Spirit is also the helper,
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another helper if you read, if you read from verse
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verse sixteen, right, and I will pray the Father and
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he the Father will give you and another helper. If
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you read that another helper is it means the same
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kind of Jesus, Jesus speaking to his disciples.
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Don't worry.
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There is someone like me coming to help you. Okay, Yes,
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another helple, the same kind of Jesus. Okay, he is
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the He is from the from the from the Father.
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He is the helper. Okay. So you might be wondering
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what help can he give? Okay, So what help can
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he give? Here? Next light?
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Right?
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He is also the Holy Spirit abides with you forever.
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Here also promises God is with you. You know, sometimes
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there are times when we go through our journey and
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we feel like, wow, even like to.
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Share the word of God. You're going to share God's
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love with someone?
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Right?
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How how how do we know that?
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You know?
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God is with us?
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He promises us again and again and again. We cannot
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believe you.
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You have to believe because it's speak.
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To it again and again and again. And this is
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what he says. Holy Spirit says, Holy Spirit.
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Abides with us.
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Jesus says, yeah, okay, that he may abide with you forever.
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His promises is here okay, and next light Holy Spirit
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also he is the spirit of truth right now out
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there in the world. It's just a mess. Okay, it's
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a mess. You don't even know what is truth, what
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is lie? What is white? And what is black? It's
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so great out there, okay about so many concepts and
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so many beliefs.
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Know that the Holy Spirit is the spirit of truth.
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Okay, as Jesus says, he is the Way, the Truth,
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and the Life. The Holy Spirit is the same kind
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of Jesus. He is the spirit of truth.
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Okay.
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Yes, next, light, Holy Spirit also teaches us all things
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right In that same verse from verse John, let's read
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John chapter fourteen, verse twenty six.
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Verse twenty six says, but the.
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Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in
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my name, he will teach you all things, all things,
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all things that's correct, and the'sn all things. Holy Spirit
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will teach us all things and bring to remembrance all
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things that I said to you. Wow. Wow, we do
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not know something. I like Ella's testimony. Ella, thank you
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for sharing your testimony today. It was so hard to
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do mathematics, she prayed, God, help me with my mathematics.
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Wow, and she scored excellently. Praise God.
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Congratulations again, Ella, And it is so good that we
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are reminded today. Holy Spirit is with us and he
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can teach us all things because he creates the heavens
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and earth.
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What does he not know?
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He knows everything right, So yes, it's good to go
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to him, very important to go to him, all right. Next, light,
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he is also Holy Spirit that brings, brings to remembrance
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things from his word. Okay, he reminds us of his word.
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Sometimes we may forget. But thank you God, Holy Spirit
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that he reminds us daily his word.
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But of course we must read his word.
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If not, how to remind right, How to remind something
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that you don't don't know?
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Okay, you get what I mean?
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Right, yeah, you get You don't input something you cannot
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have output, right okay, Like like you deposit something in
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the bag you can withdraw. You cannot withdraw something that
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you cannot you didn't deposit, right, So Holy Spirit cannot
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remind you.
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Okay, you need to pick the Bible right, read the Bible.
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Man. Holy Spirit can remind you, not how to remind you.
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Okay, very good, okay, very very good.
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Reminder. This is number two about Holy Spirit. Okay, everybody,
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very good. Next?
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Next, is there a point number three?
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Next life? Yes? Okay, and this is point number three.
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We're gonna talk about Jesus. John chapter fourteen, verse six.
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John fourteen, verse six says Jesus said, I am the Way,
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the Truth, and the life. No one comes to the
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Father except true me. All right. It's a good verse
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to also memorize. Actually, all the verses here can memorize,
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okay if you can. And I just want you know,
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when I was preparing this, I was like, oh no,
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Pussa Jack ready shed this word in early May on
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this portion. It's really good if you can get this
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message on Spotify. It's from verse one to verse six. Okay, Spotify,
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pussa Jack shed a very powerful message, a very clear
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and very powerful message.
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On this you can get it.
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Yeah. I will not at to preach this part, but yes,
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you know, just know that Jesus he is the Way,
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the Truth, and the life, and no one comes to
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God the Father except true Jesus. All right, this one
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everybody know, kids, God the notes now right now on
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the same point of number three.
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Okay, this may shake everyone's I don't know.
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Theological believes or what, but allow me to say this
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to us. Okay, God's word for us today, all right? Okay,
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next life. Also in John chapter fourteen, verse seventeen, allow
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me to read versa before we go crazy, John chapter fourteen,
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verse seventeen. The word of God says, okay, the Holy
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Spirit is the spirit of truth whom the world cannot receive.
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So Jesus is telling his disciples the Holy Spirit is
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the spirit of truth whom the world cannot receive. But
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it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him,
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you know the Holy Spirit. Jesus is saying to his disciples,
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you know him, for he dwells with you and will
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be with you. Meaning to say, from what I understand
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are the world cannot understand the Holy Spirit. The world
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cannot see him, cannot comprehend. In fact, when we try
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to share God's love to them about the Holy Spirit
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or who God, amazing God is, they just cannot understand
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because they think that all that we say, all that
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we believe, is foolishness unto men. All right, it's just foolish.
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It's how can you believe in something and just believe it? Yeah,
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and that's it, you know, and you know, inviting Jesus
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in your heart and believe it and that's it. Yeah.
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So the world, the world.
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Cannot seize it.
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The world cannot understand it.
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That's why all of us who have the Holy Spirit
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with us, we are the only way for our friends,
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our family, our neighbors, our colleagues, our classmate, everyone, our niece,
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our nephews, our cousins. We are the only way to
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the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen, this may shake a lot
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of our Like, hey, ken man, you know, of course
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God can use every other thing in his own creation,
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but he chooses to use you and I.
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Right, So we are the only way to Jesus Christ.
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Right as how, Jesus Christ is the only way, the
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truth and the life to God the Father. Right. Even
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as I was putting this point right, I'm like thinking
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many times I was studying the word of God. God,
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am I going to preach something like, you know, a
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crooked But God assure me, just speak the truth and
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know that we are you and I tell you you
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are the only way to Jesus Christ. Okay, So we
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are the only way that someone among our circle of friends,
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someone that are related to us, knows Jesus Christ. Okay, right,
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So and just allow me to also share my testimony. Okay,
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So two weeks ago, Andrew and I we went to Bali.
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All right, it's for an opportunity. It's an opportunity and
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also an invitation that was given to us by Andrew's cousins.
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Andrew cousins.
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Okay, so Andrew's cousin is like the eldest how do
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you say, the eldest big sister. Okay, we caught that, Yeah, yes,
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correct that. Yeah, Andrew's cousin's side, right.
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So and she.
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Has been very helpful to Andrew, especially during his campus
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days when we when he came from Johor, Okay, from
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not a very big city to a very big city.
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So that yeah, her name is Alice. Okay, So Alice
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was so kind to you know, just host Andrew, bring
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him and maybe get his essentials like bucket, slah, you know,
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hangers you know when you first go into campus, right,
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and so you need all these essential things, you know,
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and got all that and then she drove Andrew in
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his in her small car, go all the way to
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the campus and drop him at the hostel, you know,
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get him settled down. And even every weekend, you know,
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ask how is he doing? Bring him out macca, you know,
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at least a family member, just comforting. So this this
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start yere, this Alicetier is very kind, has been so
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kind I mean from his campus is I mean, I'm
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sure even before that as well. So she has been
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so kind and even throughout his life and even me
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getting to know her as well and I joined the family,
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you know, she has been so kind to all of us,
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very very kind. And yeah, so now she is she's
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not young anymore, but now she's finally getting married yay.
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So we're so happy for her. And she invited both
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of us for this wedding and we said, yes, we
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must be there for her, love, because she's been there
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for Andrew for almost most of his significant milestone days. Right,
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So while we were there, So the wedding was at Bali.
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So this picture I took it. It's not from Google. Okay,
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it's nice, right, It's just it's a picture taken from Bali. Okay.
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We were at sun Or if anyone has been to Bali,
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we were at sun Or Snor It's at the south
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southeast side of the island. So it's the sunrise kind
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of seaside.
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Okay.
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So that's why this is evening time, so you don't
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get the sunset, so it's not so hot.
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It's actually very nice.
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So this was about like evening time already, like five
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five something, five something six, right, So yeah, so we had.
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We had actually the reception at the garden and then
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the dinner was at the beach, so wind was blowing
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so nice. Yeah, So we were at Bali, uh and
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and Andrew and I were thinking, maybe we can also
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take this opportunity to tour the island of Bali for
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our post wedding anniversary. Right so, Andrew and I has
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been married for now eleven years already, we haven't done
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any big outing lass, so we were like, okay, just
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go out for a few hours, no makama. But now
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this time we thought like, okay, so since we can
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come out, why don't think the opportunity go traveler? Okay,
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so go Bali. So that's that's what we did. And
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we went to Bali. And yeah, so because we haven't
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gone out for more than seven years out of the
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country already together without the kids. Right so, and even
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as we were out there, right where we were traveling out,
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just before we travel out, I remember Anderson was praying
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for us.
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Say, Anderson was praying that.
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God that you will help mommy and daddy to share
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God's love to everyone.
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That our pressure and pressure sun.
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Preyer prayer like okay, okay, God, damn message, good reminder. Okay, yeah,
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that all may know, right, yes, so I'm like good reminder. Okay.
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So while we were there at Bali, so we had
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a driver to bring us around. Okay, a tour is
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easier to get to know the place around us. So
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Andrew and I had a driver to drive us around.
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So next night there's this man. He's so that's this photo, right,
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the man decided Andrew. His name is Spartan. He's the
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driver is Yeah, his name is Spartan. Okay, yeah, okay,
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we call it the nickname. His name is very long,
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so his name is Spartan. So he's a driver. He
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drives us around Bali for a couple of days, okay.
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And he is a very devout Hindu. So in Bali,
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the majority people believes is a Hindu religion, okay, about
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eighty six point nine as at twenty twenty. Majority of
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them are Hindu and uh yes, and it's a different
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kind of Hindu compared to the Hindu in Malaysia and
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in India. Okay. And they have temples everywhere, temples, temples in.
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Their shops, temples at home.
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At home also got a few temples, so and everywhere
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on the street is temple everywhere you see. I'm thinking like,
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oh God, if we can convert this, if the whole
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nation is converted, what would they do. I mean, they
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will have churches everywhere, streets, cornered church, even in schools,
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even in their houses. Their houses are built in such
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a way it's like a temple itself. So it's like, wow,
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so amazing, crazy. Yeah. And you know, Spartan himself, he's
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a devout Hindu. He really believes in his belief, Okay.
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He and while he was touring around, touring us around,
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he also shared briefly about his belief, his culture and
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his practices, his background. He's like preaching to us, you know,
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like they're like okay, yeah, you know, was sharing with
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us every day. Of course because as a tour guide
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he has to explain why is this and why is that?
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But of course at the same time he has to
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help us understand the belief site so that when we
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see something, ah, we understand it. Okay. So yes, so yeah,
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so he brought us around, Okay. So just also because
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we went on Thursday Thursday until the next Wednesday, we
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were in Bali, right, so in between on Sunday we
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visited a church. So next light, so we visited a
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church on Sunday. It's called Maranatha Maranatha Ministry, Bali Church
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on Sunday. And you know what, God's presence was really evident.
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It's like it's like x Hyberjaya. But it was in
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a small shot lot, okay, as you can see the
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pictures there, all right, And yeah, God's presence was really evident.
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And even though in the small congregation, and they're also
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very welcoming, very friendly. They were so passionate in their
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worship even though it's just a small band, and there
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was a powerful word spoken as well. I remember that
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this lady he was she was preaching from Jesus' temptations
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and how she reminded us that God's word is really important.
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God's word should always be in our mouths and we
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must be careful in what we speak. So yes, she
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was preaching the word of God about the word of God.
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So I thought that, yes, Holy Spirit is reminding me
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also to bring this word to us today, that the
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word of God is very important, all right. And oh yeah,
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and did you know also they actually have a big
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kitchen all right just outside there the entrance of the church.
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So as you can see, I know, it's a bit
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small Andrews. Andrew and I were standing on the on
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the picture on the left bottom right, just in front
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of the entrance is actually their kitchen. So in that
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kitchen they prepare actually like things to eat after service,
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like a big fish for everyone. Unfortunately we can't stay
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back after service to Macan with them.
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Yeah, but yeah, we sent our regards to them.
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Yeah, and we've got some photos and yeah, as the
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big picture, as you can see on the right, the
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lady next to me is actually one of the leaders.
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She actually preaches the word of God also, and the
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others are very faithful believers. And Andrew was saying that
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it's also amazing to see many men in the church
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that day. Okay, so sorry that this picture doesn't doesn't
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paint a proper picture of many men, you know, in
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the congregsion.
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But yes, there's actually a lot of men serving. So
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it's really good. It's really good.
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So the church is faithfully doing their part despite them
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just being the minority in the whole country, in the
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whole island. Okay, right, So just just a briefing, just
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to let your own know about what I did on
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that Sunday, and I was away okay, I was at
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church worshiping God as well, all right, so yeah, okay.
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So while we were touring, so after service were the
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Spartan brought us around Bali. So and one of the
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many things that I had observed along the roads of
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Bali in most places, was that the front doors of
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the houses are usually open, and that there is a
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symbol of a white cross in front of every door
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post of the entrance. You may change to the next light, okay,
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can you spot okay, so as you can see, these
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are how do you say, their front entrance of their
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yeah houses oay, it's like their gate, you know, their gate.
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So for example, like this house, they actually have their
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front doors actually opened, and they have a cross, a
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white cross. Every every house has it. And as if
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you can see, also, the the structure are very temple like. Yeah,
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they build their houses like a temple itself, right, and
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they have crosses everywhere. So I like every house.
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There's just so many.
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I wanted to click everything, but yeah, I cannot click
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so many. But yes, so many along the roads everywhere
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we go, we see this light, right, And and I
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asked Spartan and Spartan, why do the people have crosses
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in front of their houses?
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You know what what does that mean?
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Oh? Then Spartan explains, Oh, it's because this is just
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as we enter the house, we want to be reminded
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that we need to have a good relationship with God
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and also a good relationship with men. I'm like, wow,
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really and then yes, and and and I also research
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a bit about this white cross thing on their doors.
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It also symbolizes that they they have this symbol means
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they have completed some rituals. They have completed some rituals
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already in the house, like when they dedicate their house
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or something like that. So it's like a mark of completion, right.
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And it also talks about like protection and purity. Yeah,
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so for the house. So I'm thinking for myself, wow, God.
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If only they knew.
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So I explained to Spartan, Spartan, did you know that
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for as Christians we believe about the cross. It talks
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about the love of God and how God came down.
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So I took that opportunity to tell Spartan about why
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Jesus came and he said like, yeah, anyways, this Spartan, right,
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he before he became a tour driver. He was actually
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he was actually on a cruise. He works on a
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cruise that goes around the world, so he has visited
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many countries. And he says that he has never heard
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about Jesus the way that he has heard from me.
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He says so detailed, like wow, okay. So I'm so
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glad that I had the opportunity to share it spartan
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about Jesus and his love and how even he has
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completed it all by conquering since Sittan and that. Yeah,
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though Andrew, Andrew actually was sitting in front, I was
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sitting behind. So as I was explaining, Andrew said, yeah,
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he saw him yawning. I was trying to explain something.
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Hopefully he heard something. Wow, okay, okay, But nevertheless, right,
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no matter what the reaction is it from the receiver.
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And know that our role is just to share God's word. Okay,
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that is what God has commented us to do, right.
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And yeah, so there were many traffic jams, you know,
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I also took the opportunity to also share. So actually,
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on our we went to a few places around Bali,
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and our last place was a hotel in Somnia in Bali,
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and there is a hotel called Plugny Hotel. Then I
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told I thought the opportunity also Spartan, did you know
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there is a story about Plangny Plugny in Bahassa is
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the rainbow? Okay? So I told him, do you know
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that we actually have a story about the rainbow and
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the Bible? I say, he didn't know. Okay, there, I
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tell you stories. I told him story it's or traffic
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jam all the way right, So like yeah, so yeah,
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told him about Noah and how how Jesus is like
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that the art is like no like Jesus, you know,
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trying to save us from our sins and all that. Yeah,
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so of course, yeah, a long story. But yes, that's
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what Andrew was saying, like, ha, so long story, Like okay,
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it's okay, but we we we took the opportunity to
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do that because men, they were this could be only
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their chance of hearing the word. Right. So that's why
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that last point when I shed just now we are
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the only way to the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. All right,
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So in conclusion, extreme can come up already. In conclusion,
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here is the summary, so in case if you miss
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any notes. So this is the summary. Okay.
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First point, always.
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Remember to read the word of God and keep observe
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and obey them because God promises that he will be
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with us and he will reveal himself to us.
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Okay.
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Second point, Holy Spirit is our helper from the Father.
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He is from the Father.
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He is the spirit of Truth.
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He abides in us forever, and he reminds.
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Us his word.
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Okay. And see, the Holy Spirit doesn't the Holy Spirit
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doesn't read the word of God for you. He reminds you. Okay,
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he reminds you. And our job is to read the
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word of God. Okay, all right, Poet Tree, Jesus Christ
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is the way, the truth and the life, the only
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way to the Father. And we are the only way
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to Jesus Christ. All right. That's poet Tree, okay, all right.
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And that is you may refer our John chapter fourteen,
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verse seventeen. The more slight for that.
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Is there another slide for that, Frederick? That's all okay?
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Yeah, So poetry, Jesus Christ is the Way, the truth
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and the life, the only way to the Father. We
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are the only way to Jesus Christ. John chapter fourteen,
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verse seventeen. Amen, we hope you've been blessed by this message.
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