Andrew Wommack: Gospel Truth

Andrew Wommack - True Nature of God

August 1, 2025 | S25 E157 | 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 | August 1, 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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>> oh, andrew wommack has been--
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Been such as inspiration for me.
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And i've been awesome, and i've
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Grown so much and wouldn't
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Be where i am today
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Without the teaching.
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>> and now, here's andrew.
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>> welcome to our friday's
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Broadcast of the gospel truth.
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I've been teaching on a subject
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That i've entitled the true
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Nature of god, and that today is
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The end of my second week, and
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I'm going to continue to teach
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This on my television programs
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Even into next week. there is
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Just so much that i've said that
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I can't go back and summarize it
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I can't go back and summarize it all. i would love to because i
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All. i would love to because i know that not everybody watches
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Know that not everybody watches every day and... and what i'm
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Every day and... and what i'm going to be teaching now and
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Going to be teaching now and into next week, it's built upon
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Into next week, it's built upon everything that i've already
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Everything that i've already said. and just a really brief
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Said. and just a really brief summary is that there's a
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Summary is that there's a difference between the new
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Difference between the new covenant and the old covenant.
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Covenant and the old covenant. that's the reason that they have
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That's the reason that they have different names, new versus old.
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Different names, new versus old. you know, in hebrews, chapter 8,
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You know, in hebrews, chapter 8, let me turn over and read this
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Let me turn over and read this passage, and this will come as
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Passage, and this will come as a shock to a lot of people.
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They don't think this way,
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But hebrews, chapter 8, and
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But hebrews, chapter 8, and verse 6, says, but now he hath
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Verse 6, says, but now he hath obtained, talking about jesus,
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Obtained, talking about jesus, hath obtained a more excellent
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Hath obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also
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Ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better
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He is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established
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Covenant, which was established upon better promises.
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Now this is not saying that the
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Now this is not saying that the old covenant was wrong. it just
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Old covenant was wrong. it just was not complete. it only used
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Was not complete. it only used animal sacrifices that were
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Animal sacrifices that were pictures and shadows of
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Pictures and shadows of things that were to come,
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Things that were to come, but it couldn't actually
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But it couldn't actually do anything. for instance,
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If you go into the 9th
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If you go into the 9th chapter, it says in verse 8,
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Chapter, it says in verse 8, it says, the holy ghost this
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It says, the holy ghost this signifying, that the way into
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Signifying, that the way into the holiest,... talking about
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The holiest,... talking about the holy of holies in the
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The holy of holies in the tabernacle or in the temple, it
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Tabernacle or in the temple, it was not yet made manifest, while
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Was not yet made manifest, while as yet the first tabernacle was
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As yet the first tabernacle was yet standing: which was a figure
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Yet standing: which was a figure for the time then present, in
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For the time then present, in which were offered both gifts
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Which were offered both gifts and sacrifices, that could not
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And sacrifices, that could not make him that did the service
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Make him that did the service perfect, as pertaining to the
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Perfect, as pertaining to the conscience; which stood only
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Conscience; which stood only in meats and drinks, and divers
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In meats and drinks, and divers washings, and carnal ordinances,
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Washings, and carnal ordinances, imposed upon them until
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Imposed upon them until the time of reformation.
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Boy, this word reformation,
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Boy, this word reformation, if you study it out, this
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If you study it out, this is a powerful word, and
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Is a powerful word, and it's basically saying that all
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It's basically saying that all of the old covenant stuff
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Of the old covenant stuff was only temporary, and
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Was only temporary, and it pictured and shadowed
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It pictured and shadowed the reality of what was
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The reality of what was to come in jesus.
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But then it goes on to say,
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But then it goes on to say, but christ being come an
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But christ being come an high priest of good things to
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High priest of good things to come, by a greater and more
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Come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made
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Perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say,
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With hands, that is to say, not with... of this building;
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Not with... of this building; neither by the blood of goats
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Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood
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And calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy
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He entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal
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Place, having obtained eternal redemption for us. for if the
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Redemption for us. for if the blood of bulls and goats,
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Blood of bulls and goats, and the ashes of an heifer
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And the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean,
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Sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of
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Sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh: how much more shall
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The flesh: how much more shall the blood of christ, who through
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The blood of christ, who through the eternal spirit offered
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The eternal spirit offered himself without spot to god,
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Himself without spot to god, purge your conscience from dead
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Purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living god?
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Man, there is a lot in that. i'm
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Man, there is a lot in that. i'm going to have to come back
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Going to have to come back to this later in this series
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To this later in this series because there are some things
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Because there are some things here that it would literally
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Here that it would literally take me days to explain. but
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Take me days to explain. but what this is doing is showing
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What this is doing is showing you that the first covenant, the
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You that the first covenant, the old covenant, was not in error.
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Old covenant, was not in error. there was a reason for it, and
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I've been saying what that
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Reason was during these two
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Weeks. i hadn't got time to go
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Back through that. but it wasn't
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For the purpose of bringing us
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For the purpose of bringing us into the relationship with god.
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Into the relationship with god. it was incapable of producing
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It was incapable of producing justification. here's another
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Justification. here's another verse that says this same thing
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Verse that says this same thing nearly in those exact words.
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In romans, chapter 3, it says,
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In romans, chapter 3, it says, now we know that what things
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Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith
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Soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the
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To them who are under the law: that every mouth may be
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Law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may
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Stopped, and all the world may become guilty before god.
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That was the purpose of
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That was the purpose of the law, was to make you
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The law, was to make you guilty. it wasn't to make you
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Guilty. it wasn't to make you righteous. it wasn't to make you
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Righteous. it wasn't to make you free. the law was given to bind
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Free. the law was given to bind you. the law was given to make
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You. the law was given to make sin come alive. i'm going to
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Sin come alive. i'm going to share this... these other
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Share this... these other verses with you out of
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Verses with you out of romans, chapter 7,
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And in 1 corinthians 15:56,
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And in 1 corinthians 15:56, the strength of sin is the law.
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The law was given to make sin
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The law was given to make sin come alive on the inside of
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Come alive on the inside of you and show you your guilt. it
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You and show you your guilt. it couldn't show you your freedom.
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Couldn't show you your freedom. it was given to drive you to the
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It was given to drive you to the end of yourself so that you
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End of yourself so that you would quit going that way.
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You know over in the book of
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You know over in the book of galatians, chapter 3, it says,
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Galatians, chapter 3, it says, we were shut up under the law,
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We were shut up under the law, unto the faith that should
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Unto the faith that should afterwards be revealed.
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And to me, that's just a word
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And to me, that's just a word picture that say for instance
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Picture that say for instance you had been doing something
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You had been doing something wrong, that you had had a
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Wrong, that you had had a alcohol problem, and so
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Alcohol problem, and so you put a, you know, you
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You put a, you know, you say, all right, i'm never going
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Say, all right, i'm never going to do this again. i am free. i'm
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To do this again. i am free. i'm overcoming alcoholism. well, the
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Overcoming alcoholism. well, the law just was there to show you
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Law just was there to show you that, man, you might overcome
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That, man, you might overcome that, but there's something
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That, but there's something else. it would put a wall there.
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Else. it would put a wall there. so you go in a different
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So you go in a different direction. all right, i'm going
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Direction. all right, i'm going to overcome this. and well
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To overcome this. and well here's another command that just
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Here's another command that just shuts you in. and after a while,
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Shuts you in. and after a while, it's like you're just totally
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It's like you're just totally walled in. you are shut up, so
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Walled in. you are shut up, so the only way you can look
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The only way you can look is up and say, oh, god, i can't
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Is up and say, oh, god, i can't overcome anything on my own. god
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Overcome anything on my own. god have mercy on me. that was the
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Have mercy on me. that was the purpose of the law. that's what
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Purpose of the law. that's what it was for. you know, i've used
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It was for. you know, i've used this little joke before, but i
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This little joke before, but i heard a story about a guy that
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Heard a story about a guy that went to heaven, and at the gates
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Went to heaven, and at the gates of heaven peter met him and
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Of heaven peter met him and said, you've got to take a test
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Said, you've got to take a test to see if you're qualified to
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To see if you're qualified to come into heaven. and this guy
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Come into heaven. and this guy says, no problem, man, i've been
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Says, no problem, man, i've been serving god my whole life. and
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Serving god my whole life. and so the angel starts giving this
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So the angel starts giving this test and says, did you go to
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Test and says, did you go to church? he says, you've got to
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Church? he says, you've got to have 100 points to get into
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Have 100 points to get into heaven. so, the first question
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Heaven. so, the first question is, did you go to church? and
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Is, did you go to church? and he shows him his... all of his
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He shows him his... all of his church attendance pins, you
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Church attendance pins, you know, that he had and that he
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Know, that he had and that he had gotten, and he says, man, i
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Had gotten, and he says, man, i never missed a service. and the
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Never missed a service. and the angel says, that's worth half
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Angel says, that's worth half a point. and he goes, half a
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A point. and he goes, half a point? and then he says, did you
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Point? and then he says, did you tithe? oh yeah, i tithed. and
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Tithe? oh yeah, i tithed. and here's my giving record. well,
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Here's my giving record. well, that's worth half a point. and
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That's worth half a point. and did you... were you faithful to
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Did you... were you faithful to your wife? oh yeah, i've never
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Your wife? oh yeah, i've never cheated on my wife. i loved my
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Cheated on my wife. i loved my wife with all my heart. well,
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Wife with all my heart. well, that's worth one point. and
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That's worth one point. and anyway, after a dozen questions,
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Anyway, after a dozen questions, he had five points. and... and
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He had five points. and... and he just panicked, and he says,
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He just panicked, and he says, my god, if this is the way
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My god, if this is the way you're grading me, have mercy
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You're grading me, have mercy on me. and the angel says, come
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On me. and the angel says, come right on in. amen. see, that was
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Right on in. amen. see, that was the purpose of the law. for
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The purpose of the law. for those of you that thought you
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Those of you that thought you were doing something good, and i
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Were doing something good, and i can pass this test, the law just
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Can pass this test, the law just raised the standard so high that
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Raised the standard so high that the purpose of the law was
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The purpose of the law was to make you say, man, if this is
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To make you say, man, if this is what god demands, have mercy on
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What god demands, have mercy on me. and he says, that's it, come
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Me. and he says, that's it, come right on in. the law wasn't to
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Right on in. the law wasn't to give you freedom. it was to
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Give you freedom. it was to show you how incapable of ever
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Show you how incapable of ever obtaining relationship with
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Obtaining relationship with god based on your own good
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God based on your own good works was, so that you'd
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Works was, so that you'd quit trusting in yourself
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Quit trusting in yourself and you'd trust in a savior.
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And so, it goes on to say
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And so, it goes on to say here in romans, chapter 3,
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Here in romans, chapter 3, in verse 20, it says, therefore
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In verse 20, it says, therefore by the deeds of the law there
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By the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in
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Shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is
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His sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin. this
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Is the purpose of the law. it
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Is the purpose of the law. it was to give you knowledge
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Was to give you knowledge of your sin. it was not to
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Of your sin. it was not to justify you. now there was
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Justify you. now there was a purpose to the law. and
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A purpose to the law. and i've used that verse already
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Out of 1 timothy, chapter 1,
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Out of 1 timothy, chapter 1, where it says that the law is
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Where it says that the law is good if a man use it lawfully;
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Good if a man use it lawfully; knowing this, that the law is
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Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man.
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Once you get born again and
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Once you get born again and become the righteousness of god
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Become the righteousness of god through what jesus has done in
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Through what jesus has done in your life, you are not supposed
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Your life, you are not supposed to be relating to the lord based
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To be relating to the lord based on the law because the law gives
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On the law because the law gives you a knowledge of sin. it makes
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You a knowledge of sin. it makes you guilty before god. it brings
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You guilty before god. it brings condemnation. you aren't going
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Condemnation. you aren't going to have the freedom and the
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To have the freedom and the liberty that jesus came to
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Liberty that jesus came to give you if you are still living
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Give you if you are still living under the law. that is not the
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Under the law. that is not the purpose of the law. the law
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Purpose of the law. the law wasn't given to set you free.
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Wasn't given to set you free. it was given to show you your
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It was given to show you your need for god. you know, i held
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Need for god. you know, i held a meeting one time in houston,
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A meeting one time in houston, texas, and this is back in the
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Texas, and this is back in the beginning of our ministry, and
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Beginning of our ministry, and i was in a holiday inn, and we
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I was in a holiday inn, and we only had 2 or 300 people in this
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Only had 2 or 300 people in this meeting, so we were using the
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Meeting, so we were using the holiday inn. and anyway, the
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Holiday inn. and anyway, the doors at the back were open,
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Doors at the back were open, and as i was ministering, i saw
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And as i was ministering, i saw a guy walk by, and then he came
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A guy walk by, and then he came back, and he stood there and
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Back, and he stood there and listened for a while. he finally
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Listened for a while. he finally walked inside, and he actually
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Walked inside, and he actually interrupted me, and i... as i
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Interrupted me, and i... as i was preaching, and he started
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Was preaching, and he started yelling some things at me, and
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Yelling some things at me, and the guy obviously was drunk or
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The guy obviously was drunk or high on something. and anyway,
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High on something. and anyway, i tried to answer his questions,
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I tried to answer his questions, and he was incoherent, and he
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And he was incoherent, and he wasn't listening to me, and he
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Wasn't listening to me, and he was disturbing the meeting, and
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Was disturbing the meeting, and so i just said, i command you to
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So i just said, i command you to sit down and shut up in jesus'
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Sit down and shut up in jesus' name. and this guy just sat
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Name. and this guy just sat right down, and i went ahead
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Right down, and i went ahead and finished the service. and at
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And finished the service. and at the end of the service, this guy
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The end of the service, this guy came down front. and you know
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Came down front. and you know what? i started telling him
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What? i started telling him about the goodness of god and
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About the goodness of god and i said, look, god loves you. i
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I said, look, god loves you. i don't know what your problem...
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Don't know what your problem... i don't know what you're dealing
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I don't know what you're dealing with, but god loves you. god can
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With, but god loves you. god can set you free. god wants to move
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Set you free. god wants to move in your life. and this guy, he
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In your life. and this guy, he just looked at me and he says,
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Just looked at me and he says, i don't need god. he says, i am
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I don't need god. he says, i am god. he says, i am god. and
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God. he says, i am god. and he's... and anyway, he went
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He's... and anyway, he went off on this tangent. and see, i
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Off on this tangent. and see, i started telling him about the
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Started telling him about the goodness and the grace of god.
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Goodness and the grace of god. but when he... he was under some
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But when he... he was under some demonic deception that somehow
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Demonic deception that somehow or another he was god and that
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Or another he was god and that he didn't need god. you know
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He didn't need god. you know what i did? i used the law on
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What i did? i used the law on him. i turned from telling him
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Him. i turned from telling him about the goodness of god and
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About the goodness of god and i said, you sorry thing, you're
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I said, you sorry thing, you're a stink in the nostrils of god.
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A stink in the nostrils of god. and i used the law to just show
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And i used the law to just show him that he hadn't overcome
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Him that he hadn't overcome anything. he was high on
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Anything. he was high on something, and i was... i just
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Something, and i was... i just used the law to whittle this guy
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Used the law to whittle this guy down and to show him his need
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Down and to show him his need for god. and in just a couple
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For god. and in just a couple of minutes, this guy who was
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Of minutes, this guy who was proclaiming that he was god and
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Proclaiming that he was god and that he was sinless, he was just
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That he was sinless, he was just crying like a baby, o god, have
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Crying like a baby, o god, have mercy on me. did you know that's
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Mercy on me. did you know that's the purpose of the law. now that
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The purpose of the law. now that can't bring you to salvation. it
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Can't bring you to salvation. it can show you your need for
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Can show you your need for salvation, but it can't fulfill
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Salvation, but it can't fulfill that need, and this is the
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That need, and this is the relationship between the old
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Relationship between the old testament law. god originally
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Testament law. god originally started dealing with mankind in
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Started dealing with mankind in mercy for the first 2000 years,
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Mercy for the first 2000 years, not imputing their sins unto
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Not imputing their sins unto them, romans, chapter 5, verse
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Them, romans, chapter 5, verse 13. but when they began to
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13. but when they began to take his lack of punishment as
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Take his lack of punishment as approval, or either indifference
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Approval, or either indifference towards sin, and they just
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Towards sin, and they just started going out and living
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Started going out and living in sin, it gave satan an inroad
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In sin, it gave satan an inroad into their life. it was not only
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Into their life. it was not only destroying individuals. it was
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Destroying individuals. it was destroying the human race. and
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Destroying the human race. and god had to do something to limit
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God had to do something to limit the proliferation of sin on the
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The proliferation of sin on the earth, or there couldn't have
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Earth, or there couldn't have been a virgin left for jesus to
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Been a virgin left for jesus to be born through. so that's why
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Be born through. so that's why he gave the law, and the law
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He gave the law, and the law was a revelation of his perfect
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Was a revelation of his perfect standard. and it did a couple
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Standard. and it did a couple of things. it put fear in them
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Of things. it put fear in them because they realized that they
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Because they realized that they were not going to be held to
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Were not going to be held to just their own standard and
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Just their own standard and maybe living as good as somebody
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Maybe living as good as somebody else. they were going to be held
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Else. they were going to be held to this standard of perfection,
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To this standard of perfection, and nobody could measure
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And nobody could measure up to it. and so it made
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Up to it. and so it made fear come upon them.
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And through the fear
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And through the fear of the lord, men depart from
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Of the lord, men depart from evil, proverbs 16:6. and
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So they... it... it limited
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So they... it... it limited satan's access to them
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Satan's access to them because they quit living
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Because they quit living in sin because they were
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In sin because they were afraid of punishment for it. a
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Afraid of punishment for it. a second benefit of that was, for
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Second benefit of that was, for those who were trusting in their
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Those who were trusting in their goodness and thinking that they
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Goodness and thinking that they were better than other people,
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Were better than other people, it showed them that you might be
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It showed them that you might be better than somebody else, but
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Better than somebody else, but who wants to be the best sinner
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Who wants to be the best sinner that ever went to hell? they
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That ever went to hell? they needed a savior. and it took
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Needed a savior. and it took those self-righteous people, and
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Those self-righteous people, and it cut them down to where they
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It cut them down to where they had to just put faith in jesus.
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Had to just put faith in jesus. i've heard somebody express it
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I've heard somebody express it this way, that all the ground is
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This way, that all the ground is level at the foot of the cross.
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Level at the foot of the cross. it's not like some people are
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It's not like some people are closer to god and have a
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Closer to god and have a step up on other people.
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Step up on other people. when it comes to jesus,
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All of us have sinned,
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All of us have sinned, and come short of the
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And come short of the glory of god, and we
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All need a savior. and that
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All need a savior. and that was the purpose of the law
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Was the purpose of the law was to bring us to the end of
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Was to bring us to the end of ourself. and if you use the law
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Ourself. and if you use the law for that purpose, well then
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For that purpose, well then it's fine. that's good. and see,
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It's fine. that's good. and see, if you understand all of this,
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If you understand all of this, here's... i'm going to get into
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Here's... i'm going to get into more detail on this next week
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More detail on this next week when... on my programs, but if
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When... on my programs, but if you understand what i've said
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You understand what i've said up to this point, it gives you a
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Up to this point, it gives you a revelation of why there was such
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Revelation of why there was such anger and wrath and punishment
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Anger and wrath and punishment under the old testament. it
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Under the old testament. it wasn't god's first reaction. for
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Wasn't god's first reaction. for 2000 years, he did not impute
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2000 years, he did not impute people's sins unto them. he took
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People's sins unto them. he took abraham, he took jacob, he took
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Abraham, he took jacob, he took a number of people that if they
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A number of people that if they would've lived under the law,
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Would've lived under the law, they would've been stoned to
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They would've been stoned to death for breaking leviticus,
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Death for breaking leviticus, chapter 18. but prior to the
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Chapter 18. but prior to the law, he was dealing in mercy
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Law, he was dealing in mercy with people, not giving them
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With people, not giving them what they deserved. but the
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What they deserved. but the people were misunderstanding and
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People were misunderstanding and taking advantage of his grace
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Taking advantage of his grace and mercy, and so finally, god
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And mercy, and so finally, god brought the law, and it did stop
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Brought the law, and it did stop this misconception about sin
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This misconception about sin isn't so bad. everybody seems
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Isn't so bad. everybody seems to sin, and yet we're all doing
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To sin, and yet we're all doing good. no, the law showed you
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Good. no, the law showed you the wrath of god. if you didn't
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The wrath of god. if you didn't experience it in this life,
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Experience it in this life, someday you were going to stand
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Someday you were going to stand before god and be judged for
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Before god and be judged for those sins. and it also took
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Those sins. and it also took away self-righteousness. so
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Away self-righteousness. so the law did a good thing, but
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The law did a good thing, but it also had some negative side
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It also had some negative side effects. and those negative side
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Effects. and those negative side effects were condemnation and
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Effects were condemnation and feeling unworthy. god, how could
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Feeling unworthy. god, how could you ever love me? and people
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You ever love me? and people might come to god and offer the
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Might come to god and offer the sacrifices that were required,
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Sacrifices that were required, but they couldn't have boldness
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But they couldn't have boldness and access into the holiest. you
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And access into the holiest. you know i read some of these verses
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Know i read some of these verses in hebrews, chapter 8, and i'm
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In hebrews, chapter 8, and i'm going to get into more detail
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Going to get into more detail on this. but the old testament
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On this. but the old testament tabernacle was a symbolism of
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Tabernacle was a symbolism of how we approach god. you first
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How we approach god. you first of all had to have an altar
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Of all had to have an altar where the blood was spilt.
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Where the blood was spilt. that's where your sins are
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That's where your sins are forgiven. and then you entered
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Forgiven. and then you entered into the inner court, the holy
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Into the inner court, the holy place, and that's where there
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Place, and that's where there were so many things, the
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Were so many things, the showbread, the candlestick, and
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Showbread, the candlestick, and things like this, things that
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Things like this, things that related to god. but to enter
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Related to god. but to enter into the very presence of
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Into the very presence of god, the holiest of holies, you
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God, the holiest of holies, you couldn't do it. there was a veil
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Couldn't do it. there was a veil that separated between the two,
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That separated between the two, and the high priest was the only
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And the high priest was the only one who was allowed to go into
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One who was allowed to go into that holy of holies once a year.
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That holy of holies once a year. and he had to go through an
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And he had to go through an extreme cleansing before he
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Extreme cleansing before he could do that, and so that
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Could do that, and so that showed that you just couldn't
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Showed that you just couldn't enter into the presence of god
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Enter into the presence of god under the old covenant. it
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Under the old covenant. it was... it had symbolism. it
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Was... it had symbolism. it had steps towards god. you
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Had steps towards god. you could have some degree of
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Could have some degree of relationship, but you could
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Relationship, but you could never enter into just the holy
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Never enter into just the holy of holies with god. and yet
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Of holies with god. and yet hebrews, chapter 8, and chapter
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Hebrews, chapter 8, and chapter 9, and chapter 10, show you that
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9, and chapter 10, show you that now through jesus, we have
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Now through jesus, we have boldness to enter into the very
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Boldness to enter into the very holy of holies through the veil,
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Holy of holies through the veil, that is jesus' flesh that was
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That is jesus' flesh that was separated for us, and we now
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Separated for us, and we now have access to god that no old
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Have access to god that no old testament person ever had. you
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Testament person ever had. you can look at moses, who was a
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Can look at moses, who was a powerful man of god, and spent
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Powerful man of god, and spent 80 days up on mount sinai and
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80 days up on mount sinai and was in the presence of god so
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Was in the presence of god so much so that his face shone, and
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Much so that his face shone, and he heard the audible voice of
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He heard the audible voice of god, and he did all of these
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God, and he did all of these great things. and yet it says in
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Great things. and yet it says in matthew, chapter 11, that john
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Matthew, chapter 11, that john the baptist was greater than
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The baptist was greater than moses or any old testament
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Moses or any old testament prophet. and if you are the
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Prophet. and if you are the least in the kingdom of heaven,
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Least in the kingdom of heaven, you're greater than john the
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You're greater than john the baptist, therefore greater than
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Baptist, therefore greater than moses, greater than elijah,
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Moses, greater than elijah, greater than david. what you
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Greater than david. what you have is infinitely greater than
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Have is infinitely greater than what any person had under
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What any person had under the old testament and again
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The old testament and again symbolized in the tabernacle.
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Symbolized in the tabernacle. they could come and offer a
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They could come and offer a sacrifice they could have a
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Sacrifice they could have a priest enter in to the holy
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Priest enter in to the holy place. but to go into the very
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Place. but to go into the very presence of god, you couldn't do
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Presence of god, you couldn't do that. now we have direct access
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That. now we have direct access to god. you don't have to have
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To god. you don't have to have somebody with their collar
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Somebody with their collar turned around backwards to
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Turned around backwards to stand between you and god and
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Stand between you and god and intercede and pray for you. you
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Intercede and pray for you. you are a king and a priest unto
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Are a king and a priest unto god, if you've been born again,
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God, if you've been born again, if you've made jesus your lord.
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If you've made jesus your lord. and the new testament has just
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And the new testament has just opened up relationship with
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Opened up relationship with god that people under the
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God that people under the old testament couldn't
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Old testament couldn't have even dreamed of.
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It says that the people, they
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It says that the people, they longed, they searched
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Longed, they searched earnestly what kind of day
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Earnestly what kind of day they were prophesying about.
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They had god reveal to them that
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They had god reveal to them that there was something better
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There was something better coming, and they prophesied
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Coming, and they prophesied about it. david prophesied a lot
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About it. david prophesied a lot of great things about jesus and
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Of great things about jesus and how that he would not only take
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How that he would not only take away the sins we had committed,
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Away the sins we had committed, but he would never impute sin to
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But he would never impute sin to us in the future. he prophesied
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Us in the future. he prophesied that, but he didn't experience
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That, but he didn't experience it himself. they talked about
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It himself. they talked about it, and it says that they longed
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It, and it says that they longed for what you and i have. what we
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For what you and i have. what we have is far greater than them,
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Have is far greater than them, and yet sad to say, the average
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And yet sad to say, the average christian today isn't receiving
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Christian today isn't receiving the full benefit of what
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The full benefit of what jesus did for us. the average
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Jesus did for us. the average christian today is still living
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Christian today is still living with an old testament mindset.
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With an old testament mindset. that every time you sin, you got
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That every time you sin, you got to go offer a sacrifice for that
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To go offer a sacrifice for that sin. that's the way it was
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Sin. that's the way it was under the old covenant.
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Under the old covenant. but in the new covenant,
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It says in hebrews, chapter 10,
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It says in hebrews, chapter 10, verse 12, that jesus offered
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Verse 12, that jesus offered one sacrifice for sins for ever.
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One sacrifice. you don't... you
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One sacrifice. you don't... you don't lose your right standing
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Don't lose your right standing with god when you fail and come
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With god when you fail and come short. now, i know some of the
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Short. now, i know some of the things i'm saying right here are
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Things i'm saying right here are just so contrary to religious
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Just so contrary to religious teaching today that people are
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Teaching today that people are choking on this. you know this
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Choking on this. you know this is what makes this hard what i'm
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Is what makes this hard what i'm sharing. it's really not hard.
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Sharing. it's really not hard. it's really simple if you
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It's really simple if you understand these truths, but it
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Understand these truths, but it is so contrary to the way we've
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Is so contrary to the way we've been programmed through
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Been programmed through religion. people have not
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Religion. people have not understood the clear distinction
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Understood the clear distinction of why there was the old
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Of why there was the old testament law, why he waited
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Testament law, why he waited 2000 years, and now how it is
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2000 years, and now how it is complete for those who have
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Complete for those who have accepted jesus, and we aren't
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Accepted jesus, and we aren't under the law. the average
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Under the law. the average christian today is still trying
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Christian today is still trying to please god by keeping the old
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To please god by keeping the old testament law and they haven't
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Testament law and they haven't entered into this fullness of
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Entered into this fullness of the new covenant. and that's
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The new covenant. and that's what makes this hard. it's not
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What makes this hard. it's not hard unless you've had religious
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Hard unless you've had religious traditions and doctrines of men
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Traditions and doctrines of men that make the word of god of
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That make the word of god of none effect. but because we've
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None effect. but because we've had so little teaching on the
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Had so little teaching on the new covenant and the difference
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New covenant and the difference between the new covenant and the
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Between the new covenant and the old covenant, most people just
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Old covenant, most people just struggle with this. but i'm
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Struggle with this. but i'm asking you to stay with
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Asking you to stay with me. i'm asking... if you
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Me. i'm asking... if you will stay with me,
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If you will get these materials
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And study this, if you can
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Ever understand the points
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That i'm making in here,
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I guarantee you this
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Will revolutionize your
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Relationship with god. it'll
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Bring you into a freedom
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And into a liberty with god
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To where sin will not have
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To where sin will not have dominion over you: for you are
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Dominion over you: for you are not under the law, but you are
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Not under the law, but you are under grace. that's a scripture
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Under grace. that's a scripture from romans, chapter 6, and in
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From romans, chapter 6, and in verse 14, for sin shall not have
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Verse 14, for sin shall not have dominion over you: for you
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Dominion over you: for you are not under the law,
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Are not under the law, but under grace.
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You can turn it around
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You can turn it around and say it this way. that if sin
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And say it this way. that if sin is having dominion over you, you
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Is having dominion over you, you are under the law and not under
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Are under the law and not under grace. you aren't relating to
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Grace. you aren't relating to god based on what jesus did
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God based on what jesus did and your faith in him. you are
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And your faith in him. you are trying to relate to god based on
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Trying to relate to god based on your own performance. but when
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Your own performance. but when you get out from under the law
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You get out from under the law and you quit trying to perform
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And you quit trying to perform and earn the blessing of god,
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And earn the blessing of god, then the grace of god will
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Then the grace of god will abound towards you, and you'll
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Abound towards you, and you'll be able to overcome any sin.
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Be able to overcome any sin. you'll be able to overcome
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You'll be able to overcome anything that is coming
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Anything that is coming against you. and if you aren't
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Against you. and if you aren't victorious, it's because
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Victorious, it's because you don't understand
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You don't understand the grace of god.
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Romans, chapter 1, says
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Romans, chapter 1, says that he is not ashamed of the
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That he is not ashamed of the gospel, for it, the gospel, is
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Gospel, for it, the gospel, is the power of god unto salvation.
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The power of god unto salvation. and gospel right there is
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And gospel right there is talking about the grace of god,
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The nearly-too-good-to-be-true
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The nearly-too-good-to-be-true news. if you don't have power
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News. if you don't have power in your life to be able to
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In your life to be able to overcome, it's because you
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Overcome, it's because you aren't truly understanding the
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Aren't truly understanding the gospel of the new testament.
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Gospel of the new testament. you are mixing it with the old
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You are mixing it with the old testament law. and paul made it
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Testament law. and paul made it very clear in galatians, chapter
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Very clear in galatians, chapter 1, that if you try and mix law
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1, that if you try and mix law and grace, that that is an
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And grace, that that is an abomination to god. they
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Abomination to god. they don't mix. the law brought you
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Don't mix. the law brought you to grace, it introduced you
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To grace, it introduced you to grace, but once you're
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To grace, but once you're introduced to grace, you can't
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Introduced to grace, you can't live by the law. that's like
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Live by the law. that's like having a friend bring you to
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Having a friend bring you to your husband. but when you marry
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Your husband. but when you marry that husband, you... you don't
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That husband, you... you don't cling to that friend. you cling
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Cling to that friend. you cling to that husband now. you can't
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To that husband now. you can't have both of them. that's
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Have both of them. that's bigamy. you can't live under the
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Bigamy. you can't live under the law and under grace at the
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Law and under grace at the same time. they don't mix.
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I'm going to continue
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>> as a nurse and nutritionist,
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Vonya's faith was in the medical
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Community. like the gospels
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Account of the woman with the
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Issue of blood, vonya would
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Suffer many things from
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Many physicians until she
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Had the faith to reach out
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To jesus for her healing.
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>> we went through that
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Procedure and i just went
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To the follow-up alone, and
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He sat next to me because
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These are my friends. and he
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Said, you have cancer. and
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He goes, i'm so sorry.
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On the way home, i just
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Said, out loud in my car, you
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Made me smart, god. i'm gonna
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Get out of this on my own.
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>> months passed, and vonya's
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Condition was only getting
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Worse. knowing her days were
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Numbered, she was desperate to
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Try anything. and in the middle
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Of a detox session, researched
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Bentonite clay at the suggestion
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Of a doctor. it was in this
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Search that she would find the
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Key to her healing. just not in
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The way she had ever imagined.
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>> i'm laying on the floor, so
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I, sideways, i hit the wrong
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Button and nikki osinski pops up
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On my screen. she's, you know,
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Oh, she's so happy and she's
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So perky. and i'm thinking,
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When is she going to
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Start talking about clay?
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>> vonya looked up andrew
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Wommack and discovered a
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Ministry full of resources and
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Dozens of healing testimonies.
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As she renewed her mind with
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Scripture, vonya saw radical
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Improvements. she took her
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Family to colorado, where
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She met andrew.
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>> andrew point blanked her
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And said, are you healed?
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>> i just go, yes, i am.
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And, man, if i could have, like,
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Pulled those words back or
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Slapped myself, i would have.
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But i knew it was true.
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>> today, vonya is walking in
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Her complete healing and is
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Continuing in the word. her
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Entire family is experiencing
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God's love like never before.
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>> i want to let all of you who
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Andrew Wommack - True Nature of God

August 1, 2025 | S25 E157 | 29:0

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