Andrew Wommack: Gospel Truth

Andrew Wommack - True Nature of God

July 28, 2025 | S25 E153 | 29:0

Andrew teaches about God’s true nature through what we see in both the Old and New Testaments.

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Andrew Wommack: Gospel Truth | Andrew Wommack - True Nature of God | July 28, 2025

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>> welcome to gospel truth with
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Andrew wommack. celebrating
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25 years of sharing god's
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Unconditional love and
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Grace on television.
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>> well andrew, i want to say
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Thank you. thank you for being
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Faithfull. everything that,
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That we see, you know, the bible
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School and the conferences is
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Because of your faithfulness and
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How you purposed yourself to
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Hear god, and to follow threw
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With it. and thank you very
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Much, because it's impacted my
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Life and the people around me.
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>> and now here's andrew.
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>> welcome to our monday's
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Broadcast of the gospel truth.
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Today i'm continuing a teaching
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That i started last week talking
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About the true nature of god.
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This is really important
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You have to understand
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Who god is at his core.
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You know here's a verse
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That i referred to a number
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That i referred to a number of times, but i don't think i've
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Of times, but i don't think i've turned over and read it. so let
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Turned over and read it. so let me just read this to you.
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In philippians, chapter 1,
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In philippians, chapter 1, verse 9, paul said, i pray
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Verse 9, paul said, i pray that your love may abound
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That your love may abound more and more in knowledge
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More and more in knowledge and in all judgment. there's
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A lot in that one verse.
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A lot in that one verse. but this shows that there are
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But this shows that there are varying degrees of love. you
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Varying degrees of love. you could even compare this with
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Could even compare this with ephesians, chapter 3, where he
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Ephesians, chapter 3, where he says that he prayed that you
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Says that he prayed that you would receive... understand the
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Would receive... understand the height, the depth, the length,
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Height, the depth, the length, and the breadth of a love of god
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And the breadth of a love of god so that you might be filled with
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So that you might be filled with all the fullness of god. it's
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All the fullness of god. it's one thing to say that, oh yeah,
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One thing to say that, oh yeah, god loves me. but then you turn
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God loves me. but then you turn around and think, well god put
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Around and think, well god put this sickness on me to teach
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This sickness on me to teach me something. god killed
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Me something. god killed this person because they did
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This person because they did something. and, you know if...
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Something. and, you know if... if that's the way that you think
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If that's the way that you think that love is, then you don't
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That love is, then you don't understand the height, the
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Understand the height, the depth, and the length, and the
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Depth, and the length, and the breadth, and you don't un...
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Breadth, and you don't un... your love hasn't abounded
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Your love hasn't abounded more and more. and it says
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More and more. and it says that this love increases. you
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That this love increases. you can have more love from god.
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Can have more love from god. actually it's not god all of a
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Actually it's not god all of a sudden giving you more love,
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Sudden giving you more love, but you can understand
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But you can understand and receive more love,
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Because it says that, your
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Because it says that, your love abounds more and more in
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Love abounds more and more in knowledge and in all judgment.
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So you've got to understand some
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So you've got to understand some things. and misunderstanding
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Things. and misunderstanding about god has allowed satan to
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About god has allowed satan to cause many people who have
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Cause many people who have prayed and have received
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Prayed and have received salvation, but they haven't
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Salvation, but they haven't received a real revelation of
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Received a real revelation of the fullness of god's love, and
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The fullness of god's love, and because of it they just aren't
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Because of it they just aren't enjoying the presence of god the
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Enjoying the presence of god the way that they should. you know
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The scripture says in psalms,
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The scripture says in psalms, chapter 16, verse 11, in the
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Chapter 16, verse 11, in the presence of the lord there
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Presence of the lord there is fulness of joy; at his right
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Is fulness of joy; at his right hand are pleasures for evermore.
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If you don't have fullness of
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If you don't have fullness of joy, if you don't have pleasures
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Joy, if you don't have pleasures forevermore, you aren't really
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Forevermore, you aren't really dwelling in his presence. you
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Dwelling in his presence. you aren't receiving what god
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Aren't receiving what god has for you. it's not that god
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Has for you. it's not that god doesn't love you, it's just that
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Doesn't love you, it's just that you don't know how much god
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You don't know how much god loves you, and you've got to
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Loves you, and you've got to understand the true nature and
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Understand the true nature and the character of god or satan
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The character of god or satan is going to misrepresent things
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Is going to misrepresent things and have you live under guilt
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And have you live under guilt and condemnation. so
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And condemnation. so last week i was sharing
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Out of romans, chapter
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Out of romans, chapter 5, and verse 12. it says,
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5, and verse 12. it says, wherefore, as by one man sin
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Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and
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Entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death
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Death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that
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Passed upon all men, for that all have sinned: for until the
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All have sinned: for until the law sin was in the world:
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Law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed
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But sin is not imputed when there is no law.
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And i spent two or three days
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And i spent two or three days last week going back to the
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Last week going back to the book of genesis and showing that
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Book of genesis and showing that when god drove adam and eve
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When god drove adam and eve out of the garden, it wasn't
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Out of the garden, it wasn't punishment, it wasn't rejection,
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Punishment, it wasn't rejection, it was actually an act of mercy
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It was actually an act of mercy and love, because he wanted to
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And love, because he wanted to separate them from the tree of
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Separate them from the tree of life. he didn't want them living
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Life. he didn't want them living forever in a sinful body. and
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Forever in a sinful body. and you can see in the 4th chapter
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You can see in the 4th chapter of the book of genesis, that god
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Of the book of genesis, that god was still walking and talking
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Was still walking and talking with adam and eve and cain and
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With adam and eve and cain and abel. the very first murderer
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Abel. the very first murderer on the face of the earth, cain,
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On the face of the earth, cain, who killed his brother, abel,
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Who killed his brother, abel, instead of god punishing him...
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Instead of god punishing him... and there were consequences.
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And there were consequences. i'm not saying that god approved
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I'm not saying that god approved of it and acted like nothing
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Of it and acted like nothing was happening. no, there were
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Was happening. no, there were consequences. but god protected
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Consequences. but god protected the first murderer on the face
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The first murderer on the face of the earth and actually placed
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Of the earth and actually placed a mark upon him and protected
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A mark upon him and protected him so that nobody else would
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Him so that nobody else would kill him in punishment for this.
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Kill him in punishment for this. did you know in genesis, chapter
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Did you know in genesis, chapter 9, i believe it is, after the
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9, i believe it is, after the flood, the lord instituted a law
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Flood, the lord instituted a law that says, any time that some
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That says, any time that some man sheds the blood of another
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Man sheds the blood of another man his blood has to be shed. he
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Man his blood has to be shed. he instituted capitol punishment
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Instituted capitol punishment in genesis, chapter 9. but in
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In genesis, chapter 9. but in genesis, chapter 4, he protected
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Genesis, chapter 4, he protected the first murderer because that
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The first murderer because that is his nature. he wanted to
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Is his nature. he wanted to operate in mercy. but people
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Operate in mercy. but people began to take god's lack of
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Began to take god's lack of punishment for sin as approval
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Punishment for sin as approval of sin. and you can see that in
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Of sin. and you can see that in the 4th chapter, because lamech,
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The 4th chapter, because lamech, cain's great, great, great
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Cain's great, great, great grandson comes along and kills a
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Grandson comes along and kills a man in self-defense, and he felt
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Man in self-defense, and he felt much more justified than what
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Much more justified than what cain was in his murder, and so
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Cain was in his murder, and so he said, if god had avenged cain
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He said, if god had avenged cain sevenfold, he'll avenge lamech
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Sevenfold, he'll avenge lamech seventy and sevenfold. in other
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Seventy and sevenfold. in other words, he was making a relative
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Words, he was making a relative comparison. and if cain got by
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Comparison. and if cain got by with murder, well then certainly
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With murder, well then certainly lamech was going to get by with
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Lamech was going to get by with murder. but you know what was
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Murder. but you know what was wrong with that? that god
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Wrong with that? that god didn't say that. lamech just
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Didn't say that. lamech just assumed. people... you know,
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Assumed. people... you know, they make this mistake.
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I think it's 2 corinthians,
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I think it's 2 corinthians, it says, but they comparing
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It says, but they comparing themselves among themselves,
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Themselves among themselves, and measuring themselves by
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And measuring themselves by themselves, are not wise.
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Themselves, are not wise. and this is what people
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And this is what people do all of the time.
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You'll hear people say things
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You'll hear people say things like, if the old hypocrites down
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Like, if the old hypocrites down there at church make it, i'll
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There at church make it, i'll make it. and so they've seen
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Make it. and so they've seen somebody who professes to be a
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Somebody who professes to be a christian and yet they're going
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Christian and yet they're going to the bar, they're doing the
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To the bar, they're doing the exact same things that the
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Exact same things that the non-christians are doing, and so
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Non-christians are doing, and so they just... they just discount
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They just... they just discount the whole thing and say, if
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The whole thing and say, if those old hypocrites at church
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Those old hypocrites at church make it, i'm going to make it.
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Make it, i'm going to make it. the problem with that way of
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The problem with that way of thinking is that the hypocrites
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Thinking is that the hypocrites at church aren't going to make
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At church aren't going to make it. there's a lot of people that
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It. there's a lot of people that profess to be a christian that
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Profess to be a christian that don't possess true christianity.
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Don't possess true christianity. you aren't supposed to compare
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You aren't supposed to compare yourself with other people.
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It says in romans, chapter
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It says in romans, chapter 3, verse 23, that all have
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3, verse 23, that all have sinned, and come short of
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Sinned, and come short of the glory of god. and
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Hebrews, chapter 1, verse 3
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Hebrews, chapter 1, verse 3 says, jesus is the brightness of
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Says, jesus is the brightness of his glory. so the glory of god
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His glory. so the glory of god is jesus. all of us have come
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Is jesus. all of us have come short of jesus, and that's the
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Short of jesus, and that's the standard that we're going to be
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Standard that we're going to be held to, not the old hypocrites
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Held to, not the old hypocrites down there at church. and so,
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Down there at church. and so, it doesn't matter... you know,
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It doesn't matter... you know, comparing yourself with other
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Comparing yourself with other people, and because they look
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People, and because they look like they're getting by, you're
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Like they're getting by, you're going to get by, that's the
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Going to get by, that's the wrong way to do it. you need to
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Wrong way to do it. you need to measure yourself against jesus.
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Measure yourself against jesus. and compared to jesus, the
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And compared to jesus, the glory of god, the brightness
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Glory of god, the brightness of his glory, the perfect
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Of his glory, the perfect representation of god, all of
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Representation of god, all of us have sinned and come short
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Us have sinned and come short of that glory, and we need a
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Of that glory, and we need a savior. and so people began to
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Savior. and so people began to make this mistake, like lamech
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Make this mistake, like lamech comparing themselves with cain
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Comparing themselves with cain and thinking, i'm going to get
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And thinking, i'm going to get by with it. and what happened
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By with it. and what happened was people just began to start
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Was people just began to start letting sin run rampant on
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Letting sin run rampant on the earth because god wasn't
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The earth because god wasn't executing his wrath and his
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Executing his wrath and his judgment upon sin. adam and
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Judgment upon sin. adam and eve lived to be 930 years old.
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And if you read the account
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And if you read the account of the genealogies of people
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Of the genealogies of people over in genesis, chapter 5,
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Over in genesis, chapter 5, methuselah lived to
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Methuselah lived to be 969 years old.
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People didn't even start
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People didn't even start having a family until they were
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Having a family until they were 2 and 300 years old having
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2 and 300 years old having children. they were living long
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Children. they were living long lives. and it looked like that
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Lives. and it looked like that people were getting by with
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People were getting by with things, and they just began to
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Things, and they just began to start losing their perspective
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Start losing their perspective on the fact that they needed a
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On the fact that they needed a savior. and they were thinking,
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Savior. and they were thinking, well these other people are
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Well these other people are doing fine, i'm doing fine. and
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Doing fine, i'm doing fine. and they just allowed sin to
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They just allowed sin to come in. now here's a really
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Come in. now here's a really important point, and i pray that
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Important point, and i pray that you can get this. i just read in
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You can get this. i just read in romans, chapter 5, how god
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Romans, chapter 5, how god wasn't imputing their sins unto
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Wasn't imputing their sins unto them. let me compare that with
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2 corinthians, chapter 5, and in
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2 corinthians, chapter 5, and in verse 17. it says, therefore if
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Verse 17. it says, therefore if any man be in christ, he is a
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Any man be in christ, he is a new creature: old things are
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New creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things
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Passed away; behold, all things are become new. and in verse 18,
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Are become new. and in verse 18, it says, and all things are of
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It says, and all things are of god, who hath reconciled us unto
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God, who hath reconciled us unto himself by jesus christ, and
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Himself by jesus christ, and hath given to us the ministry of
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Hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation. and what is that
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Reconciliation. and what is that ministry of reconciliation? the
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Ministry of reconciliation? the next verse says, that god was in
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Next verse says, that god was in christ, reconciling the world
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Christ, reconciling the world unto himself. how did he
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Unto himself. how did he do that? not imputing
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Do that? not imputing their trespasses unto them.
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Impute is a word that we don't
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Impute is a word that we don't use a lot today. but it just
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Use a lot today. but it just literally means to hold against
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Literally means to hold against a person, to record against
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A person, to record against them. you know, when you use
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Them. you know, when you use a credit card, you don't really
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A credit card, you don't really pay for something with a credit
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Pay for something with a credit card. what you do, that credit
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Card. what you do, that credit card has information on there,
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Card has information on there, your information, and at the end
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Your information, and at the end of the month the credit card
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Of the month the credit card company will send you a bill,
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Company will send you a bill, and what they've done, they
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And what they've done, they imputed that sale unto
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Imputed that sale unto you. it's been recorded, it's
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You. it's been recorded, it's been held against you, but
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Been held against you, but you hadn't paid for it until
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You hadn't paid for it until you pay your credit card
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You pay your credit card bill. and if you don't think
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Bill. and if you don't think that that's true, if you...
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That that's true, if you... if you tell the credit card
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If you tell the credit card people, hey i already gave my
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People, hey i already gave my credit card to these people and
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Credit card to these people and i don't have to pay this bill, i
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I don't have to pay this bill, i guarantee that's not how it
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Guarantee that's not how it works. you didn't pay for it,
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Works. you didn't pay for it, you just had it imputed unto
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You just had it imputed unto you, and if you don't pay that
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You, and if you don't pay that bill, they'll come after you,
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Bill, they'll come after you, they'll turn you over to a
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They'll turn you over to a collection agency. so that's
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Collection agency. so that's what the word impute is
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What the word impute is referring to. and it says that
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Referring to. and it says that god did not impute men's sins
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God did not impute men's sins unto them until the time that
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Unto them until the time that the law was given. now in the
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The law was given. now in the new covenant, god is not
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New covenant, god is not imputing our sins unto us
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Imputing our sins unto us because he imputed them to
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Because he imputed them to jesus. he made jesus pay for our
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Jesus. he made jesus pay for our sins, and that's the way that
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Sins, and that's the way that we've been reconciled. the word
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We've been reconciled. the word reconciled means to make
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Reconciled means to make friendly, to bring back into
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Friendly, to bring back into harmony. we've been made friends
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Harmony. we've been made friends again with god. see even though
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Again with god. see even though god was not wanting to impute
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God was not wanting to impute people's sins unto them, he's
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People's sins unto them, he's just, he's holy. man, i don't
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Just, he's holy. man, i don't know how to get this across. it
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Know how to get this across. it takes meditation on these things
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Takes meditation on these things to really get the full impact of
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To really get the full impact of it. but god is love, but he's
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It. but god is love, but he's also just. he's also righteous.
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Also just. he's also righteous. he's also holy. god would have
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He's also holy. god would have been unjust, unrighteous, and
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Been unjust, unrighteous, and unholy to just say, well, i love
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Unholy to just say, well, i love you in spite of the fact that
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You in spite of the fact that you've sinned, and i'm just not
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You've sinned, and i'm just not going to hold sin against you.
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Going to hold sin against you. that would have been against his
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That would have been against his very nature. god is love, but
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Very nature. god is love, but he's also just and holy. sin
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He's also just and holy. sin has to have a payment.
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The bible says romans
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The bible says romans 6:23, the wages of
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6:23, the wages of sin is death. god
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Can't just look the other
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Can't just look the other way and say, well, you know
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Way and say, well, you know what, i'm going to change,
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What, i'm going to change, and now i'm not angry at sin
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And now i'm not angry at sin anymore. can't... god can't
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Anymore. can't... god can't do that. god cannot change.
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He says in malachi, chapter 3,
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He says in malachi, chapter 3, verse 6, i am the lord, i change
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Verse 6, i am the lord, i change not. god cannot lie. it's
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Not. god cannot lie. it's impossible for god to
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Impossible for god to lie, and he said, the
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Lie, and he said, the wages of sin is death.
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Sin had to be judged, but
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Sin had to be judged, but god didn't want to judge us, he
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God didn't want to judge us, he was merciful to us. and so for
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Was merciful to us. and so for the first 2000 years, after the
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The first 2000 years, after the transgression of adam and eve,
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Transgression of adam and eve, he was not imputing people's
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He was not imputing people's sins. he wasn't holding it
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Sins. he wasn't holding it against them. there were
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Against them. there were consequences. here's one way of
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Consequences. here's one way of trying to express it, that there
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Trying to express it, that there was a vertical and a horizontal
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Was a vertical and a horizontal effect of sin. there was a
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Effect of sin. there was a twofold effect of sin. the
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Twofold effect of sin. the vertical effect was god's
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Vertical effect was god's judgment. and for the first 2000
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Judgment. and for the first 2000 years after the transgression of
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Years after the transgression of adam and eve, god refrained his
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Adam and eve, god refrained his judgment and did not pour his
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Judgment and did not pour his wrath out upon individuals.
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Wrath out upon individuals. he was being merciful.
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Just like it says in romans,
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Just like it says in romans, chapter 5, verse 13, for until
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Chapter 5, verse 13, for until the law sin was in the world:
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The law sin was in the world: but god wasn't imputing
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But god wasn't imputing men's sins unto them.
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So the vertical effect of sin
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So the vertical effect of sin was not being demonstrated.
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Was not being demonstrated. it was there, but not in a... in
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It was there, but not in a... in a harsh, judgmental way. god was
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A harsh, judgmental way. god was wanting to show mercy towards
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Wanting to show mercy towards his people. but, there was this
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His people. but, there was this horizontal effect of sin. even
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Horizontal effect of sin. even though god wasn't pouring his
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Though god wasn't pouring his wrath out upon men's sins,
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It says in romans, chapter
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It says in romans, chapter 6, verse 16, know ye not,
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6, verse 16, know ye not, that to whom ye yield
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That to whom ye yield yourselves servants to
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Yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to
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Obey, his servants ye are to whom you obey; whether of sin
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Whom you obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience
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Unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness? so even
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If god didn't bring his vertical
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If god didn't bring his vertical judgment upon sin, satan was
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Judgment upon sin, satan was taking advantage of sin,
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Taking advantage of sin, and satan was coming in and
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And satan was coming in and destroying people's lives.
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Destroying people's lives. murder was... was running
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Murder was... was running rampant. there was multiple
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Rampant. there was multiple wives. people were having
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Wives. people were having all kinds of sexual immorality.
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All kinds of sexual immorality. satan was destroying the human
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Satan was destroying the human race. even though god wasn't
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Race. even though god wasn't bringing his judgment, satan was
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Bringing his judgment, satan was taking advantage of sin, so much
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Taking advantage of sin, so much so that the lifespan went from
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So that the lifespan went from 969 years for methuselah down
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969 years for methuselah down to the time of abraham. abraham
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To the time of abraham. abraham lived to be 175 years old, and
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Lived to be 175 years old, and that was an ancient man by that
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That was an ancient man by that time. and so the lifespan of man
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Time. and so the lifespan of man was decreasing, not because
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Was decreasing, not because god was doing it, but sin was
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God was doing it, but sin was destroying the human race. sin
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Destroying the human race. sin is a direct inroad of satan into
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Is a direct inroad of satan into your life. and so even though
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Your life. and so even though god did not want to start
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God did not want to start judging harshly his sin, the sin
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Judging harshly his sin, the sin of mankind, he was waiting
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Of mankind, he was waiting on jesus to come, but jesus
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On jesus to come, but jesus couldn't come until certain
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Couldn't come until certain things happened. man, i'm saying
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Things happened. man, i'm saying some things right here that i've
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Some things right here that i've actually got about six hours
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Actually got about six hours worth of teaching explaining
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Worth of teaching explaining something here that i'm going
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Something here that i'm going to try and say in less than a
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To try and say in less than a minute. but it took 4000 years
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Minute. but it took 4000 years for god to speak jesus into
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For god to speak jesus into existence. he spoke the
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Existence. he spoke the original adam into existence.
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He spoke and said, let us
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He spoke and said, let us make man in our image. and
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The second adam is what
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The second adam is what he... what jesus is called
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He... what jesus is called in 1 chron... corinthians,
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In 1 chron... corinthians, chapter 15. the second adam had
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Chapter 15. the second adam had to be spoken into existence, but
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To be spoken into existence, but now god wasn't in direct control
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Now god wasn't in direct control of the earth, he had given
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Of the earth, he had given that control over to people,
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That control over to people, so he had to speak jesus into
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So he had to speak jesus into existence through people. and it
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Existence through people. and it took 4000 years for god to speak
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Took 4000 years for god to speak everything that needed to be
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Everything that needed to be said about, he would be born of
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Said about, he would be born of a virgin, he would be born in
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A virgin, he would be born in bethlehem, he would bear our
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Bethlehem, he would bear our sins and iniquities, and by his
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Sins and iniquities, and by his stripes we are healed. it took
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Stripes we are healed. it took 4000 years for god to find
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4000 years for god to find people that would be receptive
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People that would be receptive to him so that he could speak
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To him so that he could speak these things. and then when the
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These things. and then when the angel appeared unto mary, and
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Angel appeared unto mary, and mary accepted the proposal
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Mary accepted the proposal to become the mother of jesus,
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She said, so be it unto me
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She said, so be it unto me according to thy word. and
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The holy spirit took those
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The holy spirit took those prophecies, those words that
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Prophecies, those words that had been spoken, and the word
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Had been spoken, and the word entered into mary's womb,
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And just like it says in john,
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And just like it says in john, chapter 1, the word became
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Chapter 1, the word became flesh and dwelt among us.
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It took 4000 years. and so
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It took 4000 years. and so god was wanting to just deal
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God was wanting to just deal with the... mankind in mercy
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With the... mankind in mercy until the time that jesus could
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Until the time that jesus could come and could make the
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Come and could make the sacrifice and pay the debt so
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Sacrifice and pay the debt so that we could experience the
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That we could experience the goodness and the grace of god
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Goodness and the grace of god the way we do under this new
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The way we do under this new covenant. but before jesus could
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Covenant. but before jesus could come, the earth was becoming so
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Come, the earth was becoming so corrupt, that if god hadn't have
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Corrupt, that if god hadn't have done something to limit the
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Done something to limit the amount of sin that was in the
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Amount of sin that was in the earth, that satan was taking
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Earth, that satan was taking advantage of their sins, there
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Advantage of their sins, there wouldn't have been a virgin left
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Wouldn't have been a virgin left on this planet for jesus to have
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On this planet for jesus to have come into this earth through.
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Come into this earth through. and that's not an exaggeration.
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And that's not an exaggeration. i mean things were corrupt. it
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I mean things were corrupt. it was terrible. matter of fact,
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Was terrible. matter of fact, you can read in the 6th chapter
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You can read in the 6th chapter of the book of genesis, that...
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Of the book of genesis, that... that jesus came and he said that
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That jesus came and he said that the thoughts of the intents of
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The thoughts of the intents of people's hearts was only evil
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People's hearts was only evil continually, and it says that it
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Continually, and it says that it repented god that he had made
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Repented god that he had made man on the earth. you know, to
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Man on the earth. you know, to me, that's one of the saddest
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Me, that's one of the saddest verses in the entire bible.
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God created us for his pleasure,
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God created us for his pleasure, revelation, says, we were and
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Revelation, says, we were and are created for his pleasure.
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God created us to be objects
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God created us to be objects of his love, and yet
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Of his love, and yet mankind had become so
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Mankind had become so corrupt that it act... god
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Corrupt that it act... god actually repented that he had
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Actually repented that he had made man on this earth. i've
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Made man on this earth. i've never read that verse; i can't
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Never read that verse; i can't even talk about that verse
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Even talk about that verse without just feeling sorrow in
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Without just feeling sorrow in my heart, that god... we were...
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My heart, that god... we were... you know it's like you have a
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You know it's like you have a child, and you love this child,
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Child, and you love this child, you brought this child into the
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You brought this child into the world, and man, you just have
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World, and man, you just have nothing but good dreams for
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Nothing but good dreams for this child. and then that child,
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This child. and then that child, sometimes they go off the rails
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Sometimes they go off the rails and they go do things and they
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And they go do things and they just break your heart. and man,
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Just break your heart. and man, that is just a small comparison
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That is just a small comparison of what god felt. and that's how
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Of what god felt. and that's how bad things were. it was so bad
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Bad things were. it was so bad that god literally had to wipe
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That god literally had to wipe out the entire human race except
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Out the entire human race except eight people. and again, some
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Eight people. and again, some people may think, well boy, it
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People may think, well boy, it sounds like he was imputing
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Sounds like he was imputing people's sins unto them then.
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People's sins unto them then. did you know god as creator, he
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Did you know god as creator, he would have been just to have
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Would have been just to have wiped out the entire human race
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Wiped out the entire human race the moment adam and eve sinned.
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The moment adam and eve sinned. he wouldn't have been unjust.
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He wouldn't have been unjust. they deserved it. we deserve it.
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They deserved it. we deserve it. and he wasn't unjust during the
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And he wasn't unjust during the time of noah's flood to wipe out
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Time of noah's flood to wipe out all but eight people. but if you
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All but eight people. but if you look at it from the... as a
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Look at it from the... as a whole, this actually was an
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Whole, this actually was an act of mercy. it was an act of
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Act of mercy. it was an act of judgment upon those individuals,
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Judgment upon those individuals, and he was just to do it. he
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And he was just to do it. he could have called all of our
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Could have called all of our accounts due at any time. but it
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Accounts due at any time. but it was actually an act of mercy
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Was actually an act of mercy upon the human race as a whole,
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Upon the human race as a whole, because the earth was so
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Because the earth was so corrupt, that if god hadn't have
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Corrupt, that if god hadn't have restrained the amount of sin,
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Restrained the amount of sin, then like i said, there wouldn't
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Then like i said, there wouldn't have been a virgin left for
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Have been a virgin left for jesus to come into this earth
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Jesus to come into this earth through. and that was absolutely
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Through. and that was absolutely essential. for god's plan of
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Essential. for god's plan of redemption and for jesus to come
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Redemption and for jesus to come and redeem us back to himself,
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And redeem us back to himself, god had to wipe out... that it
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God had to wipe out... that it was like a cancer. it was
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Was like a cancer. it was like a... an infected limb or
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Like a... an infected limb or something. and we actually will
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Something. and we actually will cut off a leg or an arm because
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Cut off a leg or an arm because it's got infection in it. and
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It's got infection in it. and it's terrible judgment on that
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It's terrible judgment on that hand or leg or arm, but on the
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Hand or leg or arm, but on the body as a whole it's an act of
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Body as a whole it's an act of mercy. and so when god brought
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Mercy. and so when god brought judgment upon the earth during
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Judgment upon the earth during the time of noah, it was an act
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The time of noah, it was an act of judgment upon those
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Of judgment upon those individuals, but it was an act
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Individuals, but it was an act of love and mercy upon the
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Of love and mercy upon the human race as a whole.
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And you can see this
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And you can see this because jesus said, that as
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Because jesus said, that as it was in the days of noah,
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It was in the days of noah, it will be at the end times.
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We are now over 6000
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We are now over 6000 years after the fall of
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Years after the fall of adam, and things are just now
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Adam, and things are just now beginning to get as corrupt and
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Beginning to get as corrupt and as bad as they were in the days
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As bad as they were in the days of noah. so when the law came,
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Of noah. so when the law came, it made a difference. i mean in
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It made a difference. i mean in 1656 years the earth had become
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1656 years the earth had become so corrupt that god had to
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So corrupt that god had to destroy all but eight people.
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Destroy all but eight people. now it's been about 4000 years
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Now it's been about 4000 years since then, over 4000 years, and
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Since then, over 4000 years, and we are just now beginning to
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We are just now beginning to approach that same level of
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Approach that same level of corruption in the earth.
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Corruption in the earth. something radical happened that
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Something radical happened that changed the way that people
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Changed the way that people viewed sin. and you know what it
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Viewed sin. and you know what it was? it was the law. the... god
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Was? it was the law. the... god gave the law that was harsh, it
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Gave the law that was harsh, it brought punishment, it put fear
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Brought punishment, it put fear in people. it's like, you know,
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In people. it's like, you know, you see these commercials
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You see these commercials on television, and they'll
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On television, and they'll say, take this pill for your
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Say, take this pill for your headache. but then they put the
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Headache. but then they put the disclaimer, it can cause death,
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Disclaimer, it can cause death, it can cause incompetence,
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It can cause incompetence, it... i mean, incontinence or
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It... i mean, incontinence or incompetence, either one. and
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Incompetence, either one. and it can do all of these things,
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It can do all of these things, and it'll tell you these side
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And it'll tell you these side effects. well the law did
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Effects. well the law did something. the law limited the
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Something. the law limited the amount of sin because of fear.
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Amount of sin because of fear. people feared god and they
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People feared god and they feared his judgment, and so
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Feared his judgment, and so because of it they quit living
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Because of it they quit living in as much sin. but there were
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In as much sin. but there were side effects to it. and it gave
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Side effects to it. and it gave us a wrong impression of god,
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Us a wrong impression of god, and people thought that god
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And people thought that god was this mean, angry god.
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Was this mean, angry god. i'm going to be explaining
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I'm going to be explaining this more. i'm running out
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This more. i'm running out of time today. but i'm going
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Of time today. but i'm going to be sharing with you a lot
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To be sharing with you a lot of scriptures showing you that
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Of scriptures showing you that the law wasn't given to be
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The law wasn't given to be a really wonderful thing. it...
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A really wonderful thing. it... it accomplished a good goal.
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It accomplished a good goal. just like when you spank a
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Just like when you spank a child, that's... that's painful,
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Child, that's... that's painful, and the child hates it. and
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And the child hates it. and sometimes the par... the child
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Sometimes the par... the child thinks that the parent hates
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Thinks that the parent hates them. but if you're doing it
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Them. but if you're doing it correctly, you're actually doing
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Correctly, you're actually doing it for that child's benefit.
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It for that child's benefit. you're giving them just a little
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You're giving them just a little bit of pain to save them a lot
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Bit of pain to save them a lot of pain later in their life. and
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Of pain later in their life. and so in a sense, the law was like
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So in a sense, the law was like that. the law was something that
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That. the law was something that was harsh, painful, judgmental,
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Was harsh, painful, judgmental, but it made us turn from sin
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But it made us turn from sin because we saw the punishment
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Because we saw the punishment that was awaiting us if we
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That was awaiting us if we committed sin. and the law had
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Committed sin. and the law had a purpose, and it did limit our
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A purpose, and it did limit our submission to the devil. it
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Submission to the devil. it limited satan's access to us
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Limited satan's access to us because we quit living in as
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Because we quit living in as much sin, and it allowed the
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Much sin, and it allowed the plan of god to continue until
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Plan of god to continue until jesus could come. now that
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Jesus could come. now that jesus has come, we aren't
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Jesus has come, we aren't under the law anymore.
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>> i was using so much
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Cocaine that i was really
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Completely out of myself.
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I had a few times i put a gun
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Against my head and i just
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Wanted to blow my brains out.
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I said, god, if you really,
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Really exist, if you are really,
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Really god, you need to help
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Me because i'm going to die.
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>> as the number one ecstasy
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Dealer in portugal, johan had
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It all. money, power, a family,
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Everything that the world
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Says will make you happy. and
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Yet, he hated himself. to numb
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This self rejection, johan
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Buried himself in cocaine,
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And one day found himself
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In a portugal prison where,
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At the lowest point in his
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Life, god reached out to him.
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>> one night i was sitting on
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My bed and suddenly, out of
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Nothing, an image came where i
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Heard my mom, and the pain on
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The face of my mom shocked me.
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And now i saw it and i felt it.
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And then another image came into
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My mind, and another image came
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Into my mind. and of all the
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People that i heard, it was like
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A thousand kilos was pushing me
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Down. i couldn't get up from the
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Floor. and then suddenly my cell
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Was filled with a light that was
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So bright it looked like the sun
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Was shining in my cell. i was
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Screaming, forgive me, god,
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Forgive me, please forgive me.
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Forgive me, father. forgive me.
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I don't... i don't know why i
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Become that person. i don't want
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That person any- i don't want to
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Be that person anymore. please
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Forgive me, forgive me, forgive
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Me. but he just hushed me. he
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Just hushed me. he says, you're
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Already forgiven. and i just
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Had an ocean of love overflowing
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Me. i mean, a tsunami of love
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And grace overflowing me.
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And i was washed from the inside
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Out and from the outside in.
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>> after serving ten years in
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Prison, johan was released
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Back to his wife brenda in
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Holland, and while searching
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To know more about the god
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He met in captivity, the holy
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Spirit led him to bible
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Teacher, andrew wommack.
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>> suddenly, i was thrown back
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Into the same freedom that i
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Had when i was receiving jesus
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In my prison cell. then the
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Bible became more alive, and
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I started praying in a different
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Way, and i see all these
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Things changing in my life.
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This year's healing is here.
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It's going to be on august the
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5th through the 8th, and we will
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Have all of our usual speakers,
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Carlie terradez, daniel amstutz,
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Carrie pickett, audrey mack,
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Barry bennett and i'll be
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Ministering. but our special
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Guest this year is bill johnson
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From bethel out in california.
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And i tell you, bill has become
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A great friend and i'm just so
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Impressed with him. i know
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You're going to be blessed, so
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Make plans to join us august
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The 5th through the 8th in
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Woodland park for our
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Healing is here conference.
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Andrew Wommack - True Nature of God

July 28, 2025 | S25 E153 | 29:0

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