All In with Jordan Easley

Jordan Easley - God Defined It: Truth

March 23, 2025 | S25:E13

Jordan Easley seeks to help people understand and apply God’s word to their lives.

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All In with Jordan Easley | Jordan Easley - God Defined It: Truth | March 23, 2025

Female announcer: this episode of "all in with pastor jordan"
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Easley has been made possible by the generous support of viewers
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Like you.
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Welcome to "all in with pastor jordan easley."
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Today's message is about to begin, and we invite you to
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Prepare your heart and mind to hear an inspiring message from
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God's word.
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We hope and pray for god to speak to you today, as you seek
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To live your life all in for jesus christ.
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And now, from first baptist church in cleveland, tennessee,
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Here's pastor jordan easley.
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Pastor jordan easley: hey, let me begin by asking a
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Simple question.
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How many of you currently have a bumper sticker on your car?
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It's like seven people that have a sticker on their cars.
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See, that's what i thought.
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When i think of bumper stickers, i usually think of them as being
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Something in the past, probably because when i was a kid, bumper
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Stickers were really popular.
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A lot of people had them.
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I read an article this week though that said, "right now in
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America the sticker industry is exploding."
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It said that the sticker industry is currently a $150
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Million dollar industry in our country.
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And that same article said that it projected it being a $200
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Million industry by the year 2028.
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Kind of blew my mind, but i started thinking about bumper
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Stickers, and i thought, you know, all of us have a favorite
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Bumper sticker.
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There've been a lot of popular ones throughout the years.
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Do a little search and come to find out: one of the most
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Popular is the one that said "baby on board."
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Has anybody ever had that bumper sticker on your car?
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Yeah, some of you, moms.
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One of my favorite ones on the list was one that said "student
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Driver #jesustakethewheel."
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All right, now, if you have a teenage driver, you get that.
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How about the stick figure family?
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Anybody wanna just admit that in church that you have that on
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Your car?
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Yep, okay, there you-- do you have the dogs and the cats stick
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Figure, yep, okay you got the whole thing.
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I'm not gonna tell the joke then.
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I'm not gonna talk about you right now.
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How about the one that says "honk if you love jesus?"
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Have you ever seen that one before?
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I like this one.
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"if you can read this, get off my tail."
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Tailgaters.
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Many years ago someone created a bumper sticker that really took
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Off in america, especially with the christian community.
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This is a bumper sticker that a lot of people had in the church,
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A lot of people, they claimed this phrase.
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It was a powerhouse phrase, and i wanna share this sticker with
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You today.
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It says this: "god said it, i believe it, that settles it."
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Have you ever seen this statement before?
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I'm talking about a lot of people in my church growing up
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Had this stuck on their bumper.
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They wanted everybody to know: this statement is true, and i
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Want you to hear it.
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God said it, i believe it, and that settles it.
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I grew up thinking that was awesome, and i'm sure that
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People putting that on their car had great intentions, but when
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You really wanna break it down, here's something we need
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To understand.
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If god said it, that settles it, whether you believe it or not.
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Whether you believe it or not, hey, don't buy into the lies
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About truth.
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If you're alive today, you're gonna hear people say there's no
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Such thing as absolute truth.
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You're gonna hear people in our culture say things like "truth
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Is relative," but the truth is you and i don't have the right
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To choose what we say is true and what's not true.
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There's no such thing as my truth and your truth.
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We can't just pick and choose what we believe in the moment.
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The truth is, god is truth.
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He's the one who defines it and he alone is the source of truth,
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And you know what?
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Throughout this series you're gonna hear this statement and
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That is "we don't have the right to redefine that which god has
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Clearly defined."
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Get this: if god said it, that settles it, whether you believe
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It or not.
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So the question today is what does god's word have to tell us
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About truth?"
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If you have your bible, we're gonna be in john chapter
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8 today.
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And in john chapter 8, we're gonna dive into a conversation
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That jesus is having with some people who needed to hear the
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Truth about truth, and this is what he says in verse 31.
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It says, "then jesus said to the jews who had believed him, 'if
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You continue in my word, you really are my disciples.
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You will know the truth, and the truth will set you free'."
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I want you to notice right off the bat that in this verse,
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Jesus draws a very clear line between "a truth" and
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"the truth."
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Listen carefully to what he just said.
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He said, "you will know the truth."
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Now notice, he doesn't say, "if you continue in my word and you
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Really are my disciples, you will know a truth."
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No, he said, "you will know the truth."
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So right here, he's talking about the truth that is absolute
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And unchanging.
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He's talking about the truth that is real and consistent, a
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Truth that you and i can know personally.
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And i'm not talking about some kind of social construct.
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It's not something that changes with the wind, at different
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Times, and in in in different ages and stages.
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Think about this: if ultimate truth comes from god, it can
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Never change.
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Why?
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Because god never changes.
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In hebrews chapter 13 verse 8, it says, "jesus christ is the
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Same yesterday, today and forever."
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You know what that tells us?
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The truth of god and the truth that god defines has always been
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True, since the very beginning, and the truth that god defines
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Will always be true.
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I believe jesus wants you to hear something today, you ready?
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You personally can know the truth, and that truth can set
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You free.
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You see, jesus is truth.
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According to the word of god-- the word of god, by the way,
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Is truth.
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And jesus has given us access to himself.
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He's given us access to his word.
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Why?
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Because in doing so, he gives us access to freedom.
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You may be wondering today: "how can the word of god set
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Me free?"
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Well, think about what you brought in here today.
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Maybe you walked in, you said, "man, right now i'm worried
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About my circumstances.
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I have worry in my heart."
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Well, you know what?
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The word of god, the truth of god's word addresses that.
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The truth says, "you don't have to worry about tomorrow."
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The word of god says, "don't be anxious about anything but
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Pursue the lord and and pray and be thankful.
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Know that god is with you and he's for you and he's listening
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To you."
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You see, god's truth promises to give you peace when you respond
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To the lord like that.
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That's good to know, right?
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It's good to have the truth of god's word to lean on.
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Maybe, "you say, man, i'm right now feeling the weight and
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Bondage from my sin."
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Well, god's truth says your sin doesn't have to crush you
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Any longer.
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You don't have to live your life as a prisoner to that
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Sin anymore.
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The bible says jesus can save you, he can forgive you, he can
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Redeem you, and he can do that once and for all.
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So the truth of god's word, it gives you hope when you
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Feel burdened.
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Maybe you're walking in here saying, "man, i live in fear.
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I live in fear knowing that there's gonna be a day where i
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Die and i step into eternity."
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You know what god's truth says?
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You don't have to fear death if you believe in jesus.
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And 1 john chapter 5, verse 12, it says, "the one who has the
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Son has life," and it's talking about life forever.
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So because you have the truth, you can cling on to that truth,
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And you can believe in that truth, and that truth is what
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Will ultimately give you hope and set you free.
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If you're taking notes, get this today.
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The foundation of our freedom is truth.
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The foundation under our feet, the foundation of our freedom
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Is truth.
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Have you ever wondered why there's so many people that are
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Walking through this life like prisoners in captivity?
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I'm talking about the people that you encounter on a day to
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Day basis, people that you work with, people you go to
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School with.
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And when you look at them, they're not living the abundant
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Life that jesus promised you or promised them, they're not
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Living with joy and satisfaction and freedom.
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Have you ever wondered why they're missing out on all that?
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I think this is it right here in galatians 5. in verse 1, it
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Says, "for freedom, christ set us free.
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For freedom, christ set us free.
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Stand firm, then, and don't submit again to a yoke
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Of slavery."
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In this in this verse, it gives us two different pictures of two
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Different kinds of people.
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It gives you a picture of a person that's free.
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And it also gives you a person that's a slave, and you know
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What i've noticed?
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Sometimes the slave doesn't even recognize his lack of freedom.
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Hey, remember what we just read in john chapter 8. this is
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Jesus talking.
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He said, "you will know the truth, and the truth will set
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You free," right?
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That word "free," it gives us a picture of a yoke being opened
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Up so that the person that was held in captivity is no longer
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Held in captivity, but now they're free to run.
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Have you ever continued reading that passage to see how the
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People responded to jesus in that day?
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Keep reading in that chapter, verse 33.
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They said, "we are descendants of abraham, and we have never
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Been enslaved to anyone.
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How could you say, jesus, 'you will become free'?
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And jesus responded, 'truly i tell you, everyone who commits
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Sin is a slave of sin.
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A slave does not remain in the household forever, but a son
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Does remain forever.
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So if the son sets you free, you really will be free.'"
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Maybe you're here today, and you're hearing about these two
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Different kinds of people and you'd say, "jordan, listen, i'm
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Not a slave.
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What are you talking about?
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I'm not in bondage.
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I don't feel like i've got a chain around my ankle."
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Let me ask you a question today.
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Can you point to a time in your life where the son of god set
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You free?
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That's a question every single one of us has to address
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Personally; no one can answer that for you.
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Has there been a time in your life when you went from slavery
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To freedom because jesus gave you the freedom that you now
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Live in?
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Because that's how jesus describes freedom.
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What does he say?
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"truth will set you free?"
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And the bible says, the son will set you free."
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Which means the son is truth.
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Actually jesus said that of himself in john 14:6.
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What did he say?
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"i am the way, i am the truth, and the life.
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No one comes to the father except through me."
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So what does that say to me as a believer today?
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What does it say to me as just a seeker today?
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Here's what it says: "jesus is the truth that sets us free."
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There's nothing else that can give you freedom.
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In galatians 5:1 we just read: "for freedom, christ set
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Us free.
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Stand firm, then, and don't submit again to a yoke
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Of slavery."
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So jesus tells us personally: you have two options today.
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You can live your life as a slave, or you can live your life
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In freedom.
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Let me ask you, which one would you choose?
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If you had to choose, which one are you going with today?
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Say it out loud.
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Freedom, duh, right?
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No one is raising their hand today saying, "man, i really
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Wanna be a slave," and yet, 100% of people would say, "i don't
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Wanna be a slave" and yet, so many people are currently
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Experiencing the bondage that this verse is talking about.
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There's no contradiction between the holy spirit and god's word.
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This truth is absolute.
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Can i give you a fourth one?
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This truth is also eternal.
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It's not temporary, it's forever.
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When i was a kid, i would disobey my parents from time to
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Time, and when i say time to time,
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I mean, like, a lot, every day.
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And i just got into a rhythm, and when i was a kid, i would
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Disobey my parents, i would reject their rules, and as a
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Result of that, i would suffer consequences personally.
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I would get a spanking a lot.
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Every single day i got a spanking.
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Anybody grow up in a house where they just whooped you?
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Listen, my parents whooped me, y'all, whooped me.
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I'm 44 years old.
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My parents would still whoop me if they could.
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They loved it.
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I don't know what it was.
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Now there were times when i would, i'd get sent to my room
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Or i'd get grounded, but 99% of the time they're just hitting,
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Just whooping me, you know, i mean they just-- it was bad, but
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It was good for me, right?
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So anyways, there were a lot of times where i would disobey my
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Parents knowing i'm gonna get a spanking, it's gonna hurt for a
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Minute, but then it's all good after that, especially if you
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Wear multiple pairs of underwear.
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Anybody else do that?
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I did that a lot.
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But i just knew it if i disobey my parents' rules, there's gonna
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Be a temporary consequence and then i can just get on with it.
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I think a lot of us grew up in environments like that, and let
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Me tell you that's dangerous when you try to bring that
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Thought process over to how you respond to the lord.
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See how you respond to your parents and their rules.
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It may result in temporary consequences.
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But here's what we read in this book.
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How you respond to god and his truth, will have
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Eternal results.
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Not temporary, but eternal.
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In john 3:36, it says, "the one who believes in the son, has
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Eternal life, but the one who rejects the son will not see
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Life; instead, the wrath of god remains on him."
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Did you catch that?
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He said, if you believe in the son, if you believe in the truth
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Of god's word, it's gonna lead to eternal life.
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But if you reject the son of god, if you reject his truth,
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It's gonna lead to eternal wrath.
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Your response to god's truth will have an eternal impact.
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The truth is eternal.
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It's also objective, it's universal, it's absolute.
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And number 5, truth is life-giving.
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The truth of god's word is life-giving.
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You know, christians are often criticized for claiming that
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Jesus is the only way to heaven.
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After all, there are billions of people around the world who
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Don't know christ, people around the world that aren't going to
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Heaven, and skeptics will say, "you know, it's pretty
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Narrow-minded for you to believe that all these people are gonna
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Be excluded from heaven just because they haven't been
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Exposed to the truth like you have.
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They've been in a different country or a different culture
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Where they taught a different kind of truth."
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And and a lot of people agree with that, even people who claim
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To be of the faith.
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In fact, i read an article written this week by a rabbi, of
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All people, that said this.
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He said, "i'm absolutely against any religion that says that one
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Faith is superior to another.
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I don't see how that's anything different than spiritual racism.
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It's a way of saying that we are closer to god than you and
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That's what leads to hatred."
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When people hear jesus say things like, "no one comes to
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The father except through me," many of them respond in a
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Similar way.
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They think, how could one man have a monopoly on truth?
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How could one man claim that he alone is the only path to god?
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And honestly, those who make these objections do have a point
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To some degree.
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If you see jesus as merely a man, if in your mind and heart
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Jesus is merely a a good teacher or an impressive rabbi or a
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Religious leader, if jesus is just one of many dudes who have
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Made this claim throughout time, then yeah, they're right.
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This claim that you're the only way, that would be
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Absolutely absurd.
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But the truth is jesus wasn't merely a man.
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Listen, there's one god and there's one mediator between god
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And man.
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There is one son of god, one messiah, and there's one path
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From us to him.
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John 1:12 says, "but to all who did receive him, he gave the
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Right to be children of god, to those who believed in his name."
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This says, if you want to be with god forever, you've got to
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Believe in the name of jesus, right?
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Hey, the name of jesus is different than any other name.
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You know why?
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Because jesus is different than any other man that's ever lived
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On the face of the earth.
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Other religious leaders were born.
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They lived, they died, they stayed dead.
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But jesus was born of a virgin.
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He lived a perfect and sinless life.
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He died on the cross of death.
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He didn't deserve, but you know what happened three days later.
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Come on, somebody.
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Hey, jesus rose from the grave, y'all, and he's still
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Alive today.
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And because jesus is alive, you and i get to experience eternal
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Life with him.
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You can't tell me that truth isn't life changing.
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That truth changed everything.
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But not only is truth life-changing, let me give you
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One more fact about truth.
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Are you ready?
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Truth is under attack.
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Chuck colson once said that it is the cultural crisis of
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Our time.
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John macarthur says it's a frontal assault on the very
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Person and character of god.
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Josh mcdowell says it's the last step on the road to anarchy.
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Pope john paul ii says it's undermining the very foundation
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Of all morality.
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You say, jordan, what are these prominent leaders talking about?
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Let me tell you.
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They're talking about how our evil world is attacking the
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Truth of god's word.
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Hey, you and i live in a day where political correctness
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Is king.
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And truth is being silenced by the muzzle of tolerance.
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Hey, the world's on a mission right now to teach tolerance to
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The people on planet earth.
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Do you believe that today?
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Shake your head if you agree.
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Hey, you look from elementary school classrooms to phd
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Seminars, and people are bombarding people with this idea
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Of tolerance.
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And they're bombarding our kids right now on youtube, on tiktok,
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Through liberal media outlets.
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I'm just telling you: there is an army of people that are
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Attacking our kids with this idea of tolerance, and if you
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Grow up like many of us do, you're being told right now
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Heterosexuals ought to be tolerant of homosexuality.
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You're being told that pro-lifers ought to be tolerant
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Of abortion.
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You're being told that christians ought to be tolerant
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Of all forms of immorality.
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And when we stand for the truth, what are we called?
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We're called ignorant, we're called intolerant, we're called
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Arrogant, we're called bigots and zealots and extremists,
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And why?
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Because we believe in the word of god.
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I want you to hear me say this today.
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I believe the greatest enemy of of truth is tolerance.
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The greatest enemy of truth is tolerance.
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Have you noticed that tolerance is only being pushed in areas
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Related to the bible?
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Culture is not coming after the areas that have nothing to do
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With the word of god, but if the word of god says it, it's in the
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Eye of the bull's eye.
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Hey, there's no room for tolerance in music.
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I mean, i think about it today.
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If someone in our orchestra earlier today decided that they
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Were gonna play the song at twice the tempo of everybody
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Else, you know what would have happened?
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Yeldell would have freaked.
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He would have called a time out and been like, "no, you can't do
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That, man; it's sheet music; we're all gonna play the same
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Notes, right?"
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He wouldn't try to convince the rest of the players to just
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Accept that person's interpretation of the tempo.
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He would have said, "no, no, no, we're in this together.
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This is what it says, this is what we are going to do."
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There's no room for tolerance and music.
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There's also no room for tolerance and things like math.
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I look around i see a math teacher in the room, but name
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Any form of math.
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You got geometry, you got calculus, you got trigonometry;
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All of them require exact accuracy.
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Any mathematical problem is either exactly right or it is
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Absolutely wrong.
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There is no room for tolerance in the area of math.
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There's no room for tolerance in the area of most things, and
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Yet, christians are being told when it comes to things like
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Morality and righteousness and personal holiness, that we ought
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To be the ones to compromise what we believe and be tolerant
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To the culture we find ourselves in.
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Well, i believe when it comes to things like heaven and hell and
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Homosexuality and marriage and abortion and pornography and
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Idolatry, and i go on and on and on.
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When it comes to making a distinction between right and
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Wrong, what we should believe and how we should think and what
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We should do and how we should live, i don't see this word of
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God being tolerant.
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I see the word of god being truth, and the truth that we
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Believe is under attack.
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The devil's working hard, y'all.
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And he's working hard to convince people like you, people
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That you love, that we ought to reject truth.
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You know why?
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Because if you reject the reality of truth, you in essence
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Are rejecting the reality of god.
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Think about it.
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If something is absolute, do you know what that means?
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It means it is free from error, it means it's flawless.
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It has no imperfection at all.
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So to say there are no absolutes is to say there is no god,
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Because god is the ultimate absolute.
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So to deny truth is to deny the person of god.
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You say, there's no such thing as truth.
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What you just said is there is no god, there's no perfection,
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There's no standard, and yet, he says, "i am truth."
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But not only that; to deny truth is to also deny the word of god.
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What did we just read?
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Your word is truth.
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So if you deny truth, you are denying the word of god.
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You're saying the word of god is not truth.
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But let me give you one more if you're paying attention today,
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And that is to deny truth, is to deny the son of god, the person
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Of god, the word of god, and yes, even the son of god.
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What did jesus say of himself?
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He said, i am the truth.
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I am the truth.
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Listen, today you will either believe him or you will--
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You declare once and for all that you won't.
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See, either jesus is 100% true, or jesus is 100% a liar.
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And let me just tell you what's going on right now.
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The devil spends his days sowing seeds of doubt.
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He spends his days sowing seeds of doubt in the hearts of
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People, hoping that you will deny christ.
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Hoping you will turn your back on his word, hoping that you
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Will reject his truth once and for all.
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The question i wanna ask is this: how will you personally
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Respond to the devil's attack on truth today?
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You will either be summoned by the truth or you'll be swayed
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By lies.
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This goes for every single one of us.
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Today, if you're listening to this message, you're gonna move
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One direction or the other.
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You will either be summoned by the truth, which means you're
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Moving towards jesus, moving towards his truth, believing in
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Your heart that this is the standard for life, or you'll be
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Swayed by lies, which means you're moving away from him.
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You're moving away from his truth.
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You believe you can determine your own truth and in doing so
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You're rejecting the truth of who god is and his son and
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His word.
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And my prayer is that every single one of us will move
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Towards jesus today, and we will move towards his truth today and
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Experience what true freedom is all about.
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But you know what?
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I can't make you believe that.
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Believe it or not, there are some people who will hear this
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Message and they will leave this place and they will put their
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Head right back in that yoke.
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And they will yoke themselves up to the sin in their life, and
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They will choose sin and slavery and bondage over jesus christ
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And the freedom he can give.
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But jesus said today that you don't have to choose that
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Life anymore.
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Today you can be freed up.
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Jesus alone has the ability to what?
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To open this yoke, to get your fat head out of that hole, and
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To allow you to run free once and for all.
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We can do that today.
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We can choose jesus today.
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And in choosing jesus and choosing his truth, we get to
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Experience the freedom that only jesus can give.
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Have you done that?
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Can you say that you're running free today?
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Have you not only met jesus?
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But have you given your whole life to jesus?
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If not, you can do that right now.
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Would you bow your heads and close your eyes?
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You say, "pastor, you're talking to me.
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I need it.
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I need to move in that direction.
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I'm being summoned by the truth today.
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I don't wanna be swayed by lies anymore."
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Would you just pray to the lord today and say, "jesus, i need to
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Be saved, and we both know it.
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And today, in the best way i know how, i turn my life to
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Jesus christ, and i'm asking you to forgive me of my sins, and to
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Become the lord and savior of my life.
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I'm holding nothing back, but i give you everything i have
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To give.
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Lord, i thank you for loving me.
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I thank you for not giving up on me, but for meeting me in this
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Moment and still offering me freedom that i don't deserve.
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Lord, i believe that you are alive today, and i believe you
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Can do a work in my heart, and i pray that you'll do that in
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This moment.
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May i never be ashamed, but may i stand on the truth of god's
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Word and live my life to make a difference for god's kingdom,
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Beginning right now in this moment.
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In jesus's name we pray, amen."
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♪♪♪
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Pastor jordan: before we wrap up this episode of "all in,"
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I'd like to pose an important question for you.
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Would you like to enrich your daily quiet time with the lord?
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You know i'm convinced the best way to grow in your relationship
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With christ is to spend daily time in his word.
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This conviction inspired me to create a brand-new devotional
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Book which i'm calling "going all in with jesus."
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This devotional offers concise, easy to read entries that begin
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With a passage from scripture and then conclude with a
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Gospel-centered commentary designed to inspire you every
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Single day, as you renew your faith in christ.
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To secure your copy,
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Please follow the instruction displayed on the screen,
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But please order as soon as possible because
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Availability for this devotional book is limited.
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As we wrap up this episode of "all in," please know that i am
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Praying for you and i eagerly anticipate reconnecting with you
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Right here each week, as we come together to learn more
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About jesus.
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Pastor jordan: hey, we never want to end our broadcast
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Without giving you the opportunity to know jesus as
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Your personal lord and savior.
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If you'd like to make the decision to trust jesus and
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Wanna know more about what it looks like to follow jesus, get
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In touch with me right now.
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Follow the instructions at the bottom of the screen, so that we
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Can pray for you and also put information in your hands
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Right away.
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Today we celebrate your decision and look forward to being a part
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Of your personal journey of going all in with jesus christ.
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Female announcer: this episode of "all in with pastor jordan
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Easley" has been made possible by the generous support of
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Viewers like you.
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We hope today's message encourages you as you strive to
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Live your life fully committed to jesus christ.
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♪♪♪
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Jordan Easley - God Defined It: Truth

March 23, 2025 | S25:E13

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