Andrew Wommack - True Nature of God

August 8, 2025 | S25 E162 | 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 8, 2025

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>> welcome to gospel truth with
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Andrew wommack. celebrating 25
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Years of sharing god's
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Unconditional love and
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Grace on television.
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>> that is the favorite
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Teaching. it was the lack of
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What i did not know that changed
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Me. knowing my authority,
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Knowing the power that i have is
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What totally grasped the heart
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And transformed me.
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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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Today is the end of my third
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Week teaching on a series that
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I've entitled the true nature of
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God. and i tell you this has
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Been powerful. you aren't going
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To hear these things that i'm
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Saying very often, and yet i'm
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Just nearly quoting scripture
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Straight. i mean i am using
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Dozens of scriptures to make
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These points, and yet it is so
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Contrary to what most people
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Think about god. most people
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Think that god is an angry god,
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Ticked off at us because of our
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Sin. and they may acknowledge
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That he exists, and they may
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Acknowledge that he made a way
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To get to heaven, and so they
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Pray and they receive salvation,
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But they don't enter into the
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Real benefits of our salvation
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Because they're just so sin
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Conscious. they're condemned.
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And that comes because of the
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Old testament law. so i've got
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This book entitled the true
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Nature of god that we're asking
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For a donation of any amount
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For. i'd encourage you to please
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Get this. this little booklet is
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A brief summary of that
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Teaching, and we will give that
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To you free and postpaid if you
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Desire it that way. and then
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Also we have cds, dvds, and a
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Usb. so let me just quickly
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Say that i've already this
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Say that i've already this week talked about 1 corinthians,
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Week talked about 1 corinthians, chapter 15, verse 56, that
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Chapter 15, verse 56, that the strength of sin is the
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The strength of sin is the law, which is a radical
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Law, which is a radical statement. most people think
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Statement. most people think that the law was given to beat
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That the law was given to beat sin, to destroy sin. no, the
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Sin, to destroy sin. no, the the law was given to
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The law was given to strengthen sin. and then in 2
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Strengthen sin. and then in 2 corinthians, chapter 3, verse 7,
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Corinthians, chapter 3, verse 7, it calls the law a ministration
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It calls the law a ministration of death, that was written and
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Of death, that was written and engraven in stones. and then
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Engraven in stones. and then in verse 9, it calls it a
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In verse 9, it calls it a ministration of condemnation.
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And yet, romans, chapter 8,
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And yet, romans, chapter 8, verse 1 says, that there is
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Verse 1 says, that there is therefore now no condemnation to
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Therefore now no condemnation to them who are in christ jesus. we
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Them who are in christ jesus. we shouldn't have any condemnation.
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Shouldn't have any condemnation. it says in hebrews, chapter 10,
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It says in hebrews, chapter 10, verse 2, the latter part of
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Verse 2, the latter part of that verse, we should not
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That verse, we should not have any conscience of sin.
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Man those are radical
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Man those are radical statements, and yet those are
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Statements, and yet those are all scriptures, and yet most
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All scriptures, and yet most people don't believe that,
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People don't believe that, and because of it they aren't
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And because of it they aren't enjoying the fullness
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Enjoying the fullness of what jesus purchased
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Of what jesus purchased for us. let me use some
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For us. let me use some other scriptures over
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Here in romans, chapter
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Here in romans, chapter 3, and in verse 19, it
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3, and in verse 19, it says, now we know that
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Says, now we know that what things soever the
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What things soever the law saith, it saith to them who
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Law saith, it saith to them who are under the law, and here's
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Are under the law, and here's the purpose of the law, that
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The purpose of the law, that every mouth may be stopped,
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Every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may
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And all the world may become guilty before god.
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Most people think that the law
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Most people think that the law was given...you know we were
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Was given...you know we were saying, oh god, what do i have
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Saying, oh god, what do i have to do to please you? and so god
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To do to please you? and so god says, all right, here, you do
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Says, all right, here, you do these things and you'll be
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These things and you'll be pleased, and we're supposed to
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Pleased, and we're supposed to say, oh thank you for showing
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Say, oh thank you for showing me step 1 through 500 and
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Me step 1 through 500 and whatever of things that
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Whatever of things that i must do. no, the law
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I must do. no, the law wasn't given to help you,
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It was given...right here it
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It was given...right here it says, that every mouth may be
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Says, 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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In other words, for those who
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In other words, for those who were thinking, that god, i'm
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Were thinking, that god, i'm really good and you were making
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Really good and you were making excuses, and you were saying,
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Excuses, and you were saying, the reason i did this is because
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The reason i did this is because i was abused when i was a child.
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I was abused when i was a child. because i had this, you know,
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Because i had this, you know, this is the reason that i've
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This is the reason that i've done this. it's the same thing
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Done this. it's the same thing that adam did when he sinned.
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That adam did when he sinned. god said, what have you done? he
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God said, what have you done? he said, it's that woman that you
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Said, it's that woman that you gave me. and he tried to pass
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Gave me. and he tried to pass the buck to eve and ultimately
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The buck to eve and ultimately blamed god. this is just fallen
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Blamed god. this is just fallen human nature. we're always
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Human nature. we're always wanting to blame somebody. the
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Wanting to blame somebody. the reason you are such a jerk is
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Reason you are such a jerk is because of the things that
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Because of the things that happened to you. now please
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Happened to you. now please don't misunderstand, i am not
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Don't misunderstand, i am not saying that things that happen
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Saying that things that happen to us don't influence us
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To us don't influence us and have a part, but what i
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And have a part, but what i am saying is that nobody
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Am saying is that nobody else can make you the way
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Else can make you the way you are. you have a choice.
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Deuteronomy, chapter 30, verse
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Deuteronomy, chapter 30, verse 19 says, behold, i call heaven
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19 says, behold, i call heaven and earth to record against you
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And earth to record against you this day, that i set before you
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This day, that i set before you life and death, blessing and
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Life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life,
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Cursing: therefore choose life, that you and your seed may live.
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God gave you the choice. i can
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God gave you the choice. i can show you people that have been
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Show you people that have been through things exactly as bad as
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Through things exactly as bad as you have or worse, and they came
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You have or worse, and they came out smelling like a rose. you
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Out smelling like a rose. you can take people; you can take
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Can take people; you can take identical twins that have the
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Identical twins that have the same gene pool and are so
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Same gene pool and are so identical, that you know, just
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Identical, that you know, just nearly their thoughts and
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Nearly their thoughts and everything are alike. and you
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Everything are alike. and you can take identical twins that
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Can take identical twins that came from an alcoholic home, and
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Came from an alcoholic home, and one will become an alcoholic,
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One will become an alcoholic, and the other one will see how
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And the other one will see how bad it is and go the other
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Bad it is and go the other direction and get to where they
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Direction and get to where they never drink. it's not just your
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Never drink. it's not just your environment that makes you the
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Environment that makes you the way you are. you have a choice
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Way you are. you have a choice whether you become bitter or
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Whether you become bitter or better. and i know that a lot of
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Better. and i know that a lot of people don't like what i'm
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People don't like what i'm saying right here, because it's
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Saying right here, because it's taking away your excuses. and
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Taking away your excuses. and this is what it's talking about.
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This is what it's talking about. the reason that the law was
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The reason that the law was given is to shut your mouth
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Given is to shut your mouth so that you wouldn't make
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So that you wouldn't make excuses and say, but you
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Excuses and say, but you don't understand, it's my
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Don't understand, it's my dysfunctional family, it's the
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Dysfunctional family, it's the abuse that i had. those things
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Abuse that i had. those things may be factors, they may have
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May be factors, they may have put more pressure on you than i
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Put more pressure on you than i had on me, but the law does not
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Had on me, but the law does not give you any exemption because
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Give you any exemption because you were treated badly,
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You were treated badly, therefore you can treat other
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Therefore you can treat other people badly. no, see the law
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People badly. no, see the law doesn't do that. our legal
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Doesn't do that. our legal system today, they have made all
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System today, they have made all kinds of allowances. they give
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Kinds of allowances. they give people, you know, you're guilty
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People, you know, you're guilty of murder, but it's...you'll...
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Of murder, but it's...you'll... you'll plead temporary insanity.
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You'll plead temporary insanity. or people will sit there and
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Or people will sit there and drink and then drive and commit
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Drink and then drive and commit murder and kill somebody, and
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Murder and kill somebody, and they think, but i wa...i wasn't
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They think, but i wa...i wasn't conscious, i wasn't aware of
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Conscious, i wasn't aware of what i was doing. i'd smoked
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What i was doing. i'd smoked some weed and i was high and i
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Some weed and i was high and i didn't know what i'm doing, and
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Didn't know what i'm doing, and so therefore have mercy on me.
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So therefore have mercy on me. you're the one who chose to
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You're the one who chose to smoke the weed, you're the one
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Smoke the weed, you're the one who chose to get drunk, and
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Who chose to get drunk, and the law doesn't give you an
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The law doesn't give you an exemption because you were drunk
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Exemption because you were drunk when you did it. if you get
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When you did it. if you get drunk, whatever you do while
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Drunk, whatever you do while you're drunk according to the
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You're drunk according to the law, you are liable for it. see
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Law, you are liable for it. see this is what the law was for.
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This is what the law was for. it's to take away your excuses,
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It's to take away your excuses, to stop your mouth from making
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To stop your mouth from making excuses, and to make you guilty
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Excuses, and to make you guilty before god. and there was a
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Before god. and there was a right purpose of that.
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It says that the law is good, if
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It says that the law is good, if a man use it lawfully; knowing
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A man use it lawfully; knowing this, that the law is not
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This, that the law is not made for a righteous man.
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And if you use the law to show a
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And if you use the law to show a person their sin and their need
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Person their sin and their need for god, well then that's right.
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For god, well then that's right. and this is the reason that god
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And this is the reason that god gave the law, was to shut your
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Gave the law, was to shut your mouth, to take away your
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Mouth, to take away your excuses, so you couldn't sit
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Excuses, so you couldn't sit there and say, but i'm not...
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There and say, but i'm not... i'm not really responsible for
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I'm not really responsible for my actions because this person
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My actions because this person did this to me. no, you are
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Did this to me. no, you are responsible for every single
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Responsible for every single thing you do, and the law
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Thing you do, and the law doesn't give you any mercy.
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Doesn't give you any mercy. there isn't mercy in the law.
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There isn't mercy in the law. now, the law had a prescription
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Now, the law had a prescription for receiving forgiveness
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For receiving forgiveness through an animal sacrifice that
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Through an animal sacrifice that was symbolic of jesus, and so
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Was symbolic of jesus, and so the law pictured that there
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The law pictured that there could be salvation, but it was
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Could be salvation, but it was off in the future, it was
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Off in the future, it was looking forward to the atonement
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Looking forward to the atonement of the lord jesus. but the law
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Of the lord jesus. but the law itself, it just showed you what
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Itself, it just showed you what was right and wrong, and
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Was right and wrong, and it took away your excuses,
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It took away your excuses, it shut your mouth, and it
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It shut your mouth, and it made you guilty before god.
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In the next verse, romans,
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In the next verse, romans, chapter 3, verse 20, it says,
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Chapter 3, verse 20, it says, therefore by the deeds of the
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Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be
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Law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by
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Justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.
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Nobody could ever be justified.
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Nobody could ever be justified. you know i used on one of my
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You know i used on one of my programs this week a little
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Programs this week a little layman's definition of justified
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Layman's definition of justified is just as if i'd never sinned.
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Is just as if i'd never sinned. that's justified. and you
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That's justified. and you can never be just as if you'd
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Can never be just as if you'd never sinned. you could never
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Never sinned. you could never be so that your sins are
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Be so that your sins are removed if you're trying
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Removed if you're trying to do it through the
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Law. no flesh could be
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Law. no flesh could be justified by the law,
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Justified by the law, for by the law is the
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For by the law is the knowledge of sin.
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The law didn't give you
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The law didn't give you knowledge of salvation, it
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Knowledge of salvation, it didn't give you knowledge of
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Didn't give you knowledge of mercy, it gave you knowledge of
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Mercy, it gave you knowledge of your sin. it actually separated
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Your sin. it actually separated you from god. the truth is we
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You from god. the truth is we were already separated, but some
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Were already separated, but some people didn't recognize it
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People didn't recognize it because they were relatively
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Because they were relatively good sinners compared to these
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Good sinners compared to these bad sinners over here, and
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Bad sinners over here, and so they just thought that
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So they just thought that they were okay and that
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They were okay and that god would accept them.
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But the truth is, all have
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But the truth is, all have sinned and come short of the
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Sinned and come short of the glory of god, romans 3:23. and
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Glory of god, romans 3:23. and if you break the law in one
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If you break the law in one point, james 2:10 says, if you
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Point, james 2:10 says, if you keep the whole law, and yet
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Keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, you
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Offend in one point, you become guilty of all.
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And so if you are a relatively
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And so if you are a relatively good person, but if you've ever
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Good person, but if you've ever done anything wrong in your
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Done anything wrong in your whole life, which is every
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Whole life, which is every single person watching this
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Single person watching this program, you have done that.
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Program, you have done that. well then you can't stand before
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Well then you can't stand before god based on your own goodness,
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God based on your own goodness, but not everybody was aware of
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But not everybody was aware of that. they were thought...they
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That. they were thought...they were thinking, well i'm better
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Were thinking, well i'm better than this person, and so i think
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Than this person, and so i think god must be pleased with
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God must be pleased with me. no, faith is the only
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Me. no, faith is the only thing that pleases god.
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Hebrews, chapter 11, verse 6,
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Hebrews, chapter 11, verse 6, without faith it's impossible
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Without faith it's impossible to please god. faith
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To please god. faith is what pleases god.
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Faith in what jesus did is what
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Faith in what jesus did is what pleases god, not faith in
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Pleases god, not faith in yourself. and so the law was
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Yourself. and so the law was given so that you would shut
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Given so that you would shut your mouth, so that you would
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Your mouth, so that you would become guilty before god, and it
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Become guilty before god, and it was to give you the knowledge of
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Was to give you the knowledge of sin. boy, these are radically
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Sin. boy, these are radically different than what most
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Different than what most people have thought.
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In verse 21 says, but now the
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In verse 21 says, but now the righteousness of god without
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Righteousness of god without the law is manifested.
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Again there are so many
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Again there are so many christians that think, you can't
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Christians that think, you can't have relationship with god if
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Have relationship with god if you don't keep a certain number
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You don't keep a certain number of these laws, unless you live
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Of these laws, unless you live up to a certain level. you may
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Up to a certain level. you may not have to be perfect, but you
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Not have to be perfect, but you have to at least do 80, 90%
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Have to at least do 80, 90% before god will accept you.
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Without the law is manifest,
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Without the law is manifest, being witnessed by the
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Being witnessed by the law and the prophets.
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In other words, it's saying that
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In other words, it's saying that it's not contrary to the old
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It's not contrary to the old testament law. the old testament
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Testament law. the old testament law prophesied an end to itself.
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Law prophesied an end to itself. it prophesied that there was
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It prophesied that there was coming an atonement, that there
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Coming an atonement, that there was coming a messiah who would
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Was coming a messiah who would be the lamb of god, who takes
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Be the lamb of god, who takes away the sins of the world. and
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Away the sins of the world. and the old testament law wasn't
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The old testament law wasn't sinful, it wasn't wrong, it was
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Sinful, it wasn't wrong, it was right. the problem was it was
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Right. the problem was it was too right, it was perfect, and
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Too right, it was perfect, and we aren't perfect. and to try
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We aren't perfect. and to try and get imperfect people to live
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And get imperfect people to live by a perfect standard is a
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By a perfect standard is a recipe for condemnation, guilt,
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Recipe for condemnation, guilt, and all of these kind of things
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And all of these kind of things that the average christian lives
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That the average christian lives under. so the law wit...
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Under. so the law wit... witnessed that there was coming
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Witnessed that there was coming a day when there was going to be
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A day when there was going to be a sacrifice made that would
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A sacrifice made that would totally atone for the sins of
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Totally atone for the sins of the whole world. so this is
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What it's saying. now the
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What it's saying. now the righteousness of god without the
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Righteousness of god without the law is manifested, being
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Law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and
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Witnessed by the law and the prophets; even the
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The prophets; even the righteousness, which is of god
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Righteousness, which is of god by faith of jesus christ up...
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By faith of jesus christ up... unto all and upon all them
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Unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no
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That believe: for there is no difference: for all have
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Difference: for all have sinned, and come short
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Sinned, and come short of the glory of god.
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Man, these are radical, radical
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Man, these are radical, radical statements. so going back to 1
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Statements. so going back to 1 corinthians 15:56, the law
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Corinthians 15:56, the law strengthens sin. 2 corinthians,
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Strengthens sin. 2 corinthians, chapter 3, verse 7, the law was
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Chapter 3, verse 7, the law was a ministration of death, written
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A ministration of death, written and engraven in stones. verse 9,
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And engraven in stones. verse 9, it was a ministration of
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It was a ministration of condemnation. romans, chapter 3,
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Condemnation. romans, chapter 3, verse 19, the law was given to
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Verse 19, the law was given to shut your mouth and to make you
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Shut your mouth and to make you guilty. nobody has ever been
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Guilty. nobody has ever been justified by the law, because by
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Justified by the law, because by the law is the knowledge of sin.
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The law is the knowledge of sin. and now righteousness without
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And now righteousness without keeping the law is manifest and
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Keeping the law is manifest and available unto anybody who will
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Available unto anybody who will accept jesus as their personal
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Accept jesus as their personal savior because all have sinned,
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Savior because all have sinned, and come short of the glory of
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And come short of the glory of god. we all in the same boat.
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People have taken when god
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Gave the law and it was
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Performance based, and they
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Have thought, this is what
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Have thought, this is what god demands. for us to be
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God demands. for us to be accepted by him, we've got
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Accepted by him, we've got to keep all of these laws.
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To keep all of these laws. actually, what the law was given
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Actually, what the law was given was to show you that you
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Was to show you that you couldn't ever keep enough laws.
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Couldn't ever keep enough laws. it gave such a standard of
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It gave such a standard of perfection, it was so high, that
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Perfection, it was so high, that it made people just despair,
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It made people just despair, that if this is what god
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That if this is what god demands, god have mercy on me a
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Demands, god have mercy on me a sinner. that was the purpose of
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Sinner. that was the purpose of the law, was to drive you to
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The law, was to drive you to mercy. it was to take away your
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Mercy. it was to take away your confidence in your own ability
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Confidence in your own ability to ever be good enough and you'd
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To ever be good enough and you'd just receive salvation as a
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Just receive salvation as a gift. and yet somehow religion
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Gift. and yet somehow religion has twisted this all around so
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Has twisted this all around so that it's actually instilled in
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That it's actually instilled in people that we've got to be
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People that we've got to be good. i've had people come up to
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Good. i've had people come up to me in prayer lines, i couldn't
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Me in prayer lines, i couldn't even tell you, but hundreds
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Even tell you, but hundreds of times, and that's no
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Of times, and that's no exaggeration. and they'll say
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Exaggeration. and they'll say something like, i just don't
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Something like, i just don't understand why god hadn't
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Understand why god hadn't answered my prayer. i pray, i
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Answered my prayer. i pray, i fast, i go to church, i pay my
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Fast, i go to church, i pay my tithes, i live holy, i read my
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Tithes, i live holy, i read my bible, i do this, this, and they
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Bible, i do this, this, and they say all these things. and they
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Say all these things. and they say, why hadn't god healed me?
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Say, why hadn't god healed me? and i'll say, you told me. and
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And i'll say, you told me. and they say, how's that? and i say,
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They say, how's that? and i say, because you didn't point to what
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Because you didn't point to what jesus did and your faith in him,
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Jesus did and your faith in him, you're pointing to yourself. and
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You're pointing to yourself. and you think that if you live holy
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You think that if you live holy and if you do these things, god
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And if you do these things, god owes you an answer to prayer.
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You know, i just recently
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You know, i just recently completed a series on healing on
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Completed a series on healing on our television program. if you
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Our television program. if you haven't seen that, you can go to
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Haven't seen that, you can go to our archives and you can see it.
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I remember interviewing
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Barry bennett, who was
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Healed miraculously of
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Cancer, and jeremiah klaas,
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Who was healed of multiple
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Sclerosis. and i mean he
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Was just a week or
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Two away from death. and
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Especially with jeremiah,
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Especially with jeremiah, jeremiah tried to do everything.
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Jeremiah tried to do everything. he came to school, he heard
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He came to school, he heard the truth, but he was trusting
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The truth, but he was trusting in him confessing the word,
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In him confessing the word, resisting the devil, he was
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Resisting the devil, he was trusting in these things.
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Trusting in these things. and finally it just got so bad
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And finally it just got so bad that he just said, i give up,
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That he just said, i give up, and basically threw himself on
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And basically threw himself on the mercy of god and said, god,
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The mercy of god and said, god, i can't do it, i'm just going to
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I can't do it, i'm just going to have to receive it by grace.
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Have to receive it by grace. mike hoesch was another one that
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Mike hoesch was another one that we interviewed. and mike hoesch
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We interviewed. and mike hoesch is the guy that had this huge
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Is the guy that had this huge cancer on his chest. and i mean
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Cancer on his chest. and i mean the thing grew tentacles around
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The thing grew tentacles around him, and for six years or
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Him, and for six years or something like that he dealt
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Something like that he dealt with it. and he confessed the
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With it. and he confessed the word and did everything he knew,
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Word and did everything he knew, but finally he just came to a
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But finally he just came to a place to where he realized he
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Place to where he realized he wasn't believing god. if he was
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Wasn't believing god. if he was believing, he would have had the
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Believing, he would have had the proper result. and so he quit
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Proper result. and so he quit trusting in his own faith, and
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Trusting in his own faith, and he just threw himself on the
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He just threw himself on the mercy of god, and boom, like
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Mercy of god, and boom, like that he got healed. i'm telling
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That he got healed. i'm telling you, it's not only sin that
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You, it's not only sin that people think separates them from
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People think separates them from god. the greatest sin of all is
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God. the greatest sin of all is the sin of self-righteousness,
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The sin of self-righteousness, thinking that you're good enough
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Thinking that you're good enough and that i deserve god moving in
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And that i deserve god moving in my life because i've done this,
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My life because i've done this, this and this. you know, for, i
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This and this. you know, for, i forget exactly how many years,
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Forget exactly how many years, but it was 32, 35 years,
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But it was 32, 35 years, something, 38 years, jamie and i
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Something, 38 years, jamie and i lived in a house that was
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Lived in a house that was $60,000. and when we built that
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$60,000. and when we built that house, i designed the house and
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House, i designed the house and built it. i mean i stretched
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Built it. i mean i stretched myself as far as i could go and
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Myself as far as i could go and it was only $60,000 for this
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It was only $60,000 for this house. now since that time, we
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House. now since that time, we had added some things to it and
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Had added some things to it and made it better and stuff, but i
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Made it better and stuff, but i mean, it was not a fancy house
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Mean, it was not a fancy house at all. and just three years
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At all. and just three years ago, the lord gave us a house. i
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Ago, the lord gave us a house. i don't own it anymore. the
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Don't own it anymore. the ministry owns it. but it is, i
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Ministry owns it. but it is, i don't know, 10 times, 100 times
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Don't know, 10 times, 100 times more than what we had. and
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More than what we had. and people come and see that. and
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People come and see that. and i've had some of my friends,
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I've had some of my friends, they look at this and they say,
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They look at this and they say, you deserve this. and you know,
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You deserve this. and you know, every time somebody said that to
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Every time somebody said that to me i've countered that, and i
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Me i've countered that, and i said, no, i don't deserve this.
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Said, no, i don't deserve this. it's not something i deserve. it
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It's not something i deserve. it is a grace thing. it is a mercy
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Is a grace thing. it is a mercy thing that god has given me. i
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Thing that god has given me. i don't get what i deserve, i get
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Don't get what i deserve, i get what i believe and receive by
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What i believe and receive by faith. and so god has blessed
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Faith. and so god has blessed me. but when people say things
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Me. but when people say things like, you deserve this, they
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Like, you deserve this, they don't understand the true nature
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Don't understand the true nature of god. god doesn't deal with
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Of god. god doesn't deal with any of us based on what we
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Any of us based on what we really deserve. if we got what
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Really deserve. if we got what we deserved, we would go to
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We deserved, we would go to hell, every single one of us.
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Hell, every single one of us. you know again, i...i'm glad
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You know again, i...i'm glad that god has called me to preach
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That god has called me to preach this message of grace, not only
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This message of grace, not only because it blesses me and frees
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Because it blesses me and frees me up, but if i was preaching
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Me up, but if i was preaching grace like this and not the old
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Grace like this and not the old testament law, and if i was
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Testament law, and if i was out living in sin, committing
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Out living in sin, committing adultery and lying and stealing
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Adultery and lying and stealing and...and you know doing things
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And...and you know doing things like this, then people would be
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Like this, then people would be able to say, well the reason you
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Able to say, well the reason you preach this is because you live
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Preach this is because you live such an unholy life and you have
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Such an unholy life and you have to receive things by grace. but
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To receive things by grace. but did you know i've lived a holier
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Did you know i've lived a holier life than probably most of you
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Life than probably most of you watching this? i'm now 76 years
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Watching this? i'm now 76 years old, i've never used a word of
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Old, i've never used a word of profanity in my entire life,
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Profanity in my entire life, i've never taken a drink of
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I've never taken a drink of liquor, i've never smoked a
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Liquor, i've never smoked a cigarette, i've never tasted
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Cigarette, i've never tasted coffee. i might have to adjust
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Coffee. i might have to adjust that because i ordered a steamer
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That because i ordered a steamer last week that is just hot milk
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Last week that is just hot milk with some flavoring in it, and
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With some flavoring in it, and somebody gave me, i think
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Somebody gave me, i think coffee, and so i could tell it
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Coffee, and so i could tell it wasn't what i ordered, and that
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Wasn't what i ordered, and that may have been coffee, but that's
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May have been coffee, but that's as close to drinking coffee as
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As close to drinking coffee as i've ever been. and somebody
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I've ever been. and somebody says, so are you against
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Says, so are you against drinking coffee? no, the
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Drinking coffee? no, the scripture says, you can drink
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Scripture says, you can drink any deadly thing and it shall
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Any deadly thing and it shall not harm you. so you got a
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Not harm you. so you got a scripture to stand on for
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Scripture to stand on for drinking coffee. i'm just saying
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Drinking coffee. i'm just saying i've lived a holier life than
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I've lived a holier life than just about any person watching
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Just about any person watching this program. i would...you
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This program. i would...you would be hard pressed to find a
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Would be hard pressed to find a person who has lived a holier,
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Person who has lived a holier, more separated life than i have.
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More separated life than i have. but who wants to be the best
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But who wants to be the best sinner that ever went to hell?
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Sinner that ever went to hell? if i got what i deserved...all
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If i got what i deserved...all have sinned, and come short of
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Have sinned, and come short of the glory of god. i don't
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The glory of god. i don't approach god on the basis of my
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Approach god on the basis of my holiness, and you shouldn't
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Holiness, and you shouldn't either. and some of you may not
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Either. and some of you may not even be doing it intentionally.
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Even be doing it intentionally. you may not even recognize what
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You may not even recognize what you're doing. but when you
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You're doing. but when you think, oh god, i've fasted and
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Think, oh god, i've fasted and i've prayed and i'm doing this,
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I've prayed and i'm doing this, now i know you're going to
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Now i know you're going to answer my prayer. you may not
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Answer my prayer. you may not phrase it this way, but what
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Phrase it this way, but what you're doing is putting faith in
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You're doing is putting faith in yourself and in your actions.
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Yourself and in your actions. did you know fasting and praying
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Did you know fasting and praying and studying the word and going
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And studying the word and going to church and doing the right
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To church and doing the right things, it doesn't change god's
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Things, it doesn't change god's heart towards you. it'll change
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Heart towards you. it'll change your heart towards god. and so
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Your heart towards god. and so it's good, and you do need to
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It's good, and you do need to live holy. living holy will also
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Live holy. living holy will also stop satan's inroad into your
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Stop satan's inroad into your life. if you go out and live an
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Life. if you go out and live an unholy life, if you go rob a
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Unholy life, if you go rob a bank because andrew's preaching
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Bank because andrew's preaching grace, and so you say, god's
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Grace, and so you say, god's going to love me even if i go
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Going to love me even if i go out and rob a bank. did you know
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Out and rob a bank. did you know it's absolutely true. and the
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It's absolutely true. and the whole time you're rotting in
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Whole time you're rotting in your cell in prison, you could
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Your cell in prison, you could just have a great relationship
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Just have a great relationship with god because he will relate
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With god because he will relate to you not based on your
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To you not based on your actions, but based on whether or
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Actions, but based on whether or not you've made jesus your
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Not you've made jesus your personal lord. and so if you
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Personal lord. and so if you were truly born again, even if
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Were truly born again, even if you go rob a bank, you could
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You go rob a bank, you could still have god...fellowship
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Still have god...fellowship with god in jail, but who wants
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With god in jail, but who wants that? there is good things that
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That? there is good things that come from living a holy life. i
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Come from living a holy life. i am not saying that you don't
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Am not saying that you don't live a holy life, but i am
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Live a holy life, but i am saying that if your faith is in
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Saying that if your faith is in your goodness, and if when you
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Your goodness, and if when you approach god, you say, god, i've
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Approach god, you say, god, i've been praying, i've been doing
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Been praying, i've been doing this, now would you answer my
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This, now would you answer my prayer? you aren't approaching
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Prayer? you aren't approaching god on the basis of grace.
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God on the basis of grace. you're under the old testament
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You're under the old testament law mentality, and according to
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Law mentality, and according to these verses i've used today,
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These verses i've used today, the law strengthens sin, the law
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The law strengthens sin, the law is a ministration of death, the
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Is a ministration of death, the law is a ministration of
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Law is a ministration of condemnation, the law stops your
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Condemnation, the law stops your mouth, it makes you guilty, and
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Mouth, it makes you guilty, and it gives you a knowledge of sin.
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It gives you a knowledge of sin. none of those things are
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None of those things are bringing you closer to god. all
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Bringing you closer to god. all it's doing is showing you your
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It's doing is showing you your need for god and amplifying your
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Need for god and amplifying your error. and one of the side
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Error. and one of the side effects of that is condemnation,
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Effects of that is condemnation, you feeling so unworthy as you
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You feeling so unworthy as you recognize what a mess you are.
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Recognize what a mess you are. but when you come to jesus and
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But when you come to jesus and you receive him as your savior,
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You receive him as your savior, he takes away all of that
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He takes away all of that condemnation. you no longer
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Condemnation. you no longer relate to god based on your
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Relate to god based on your performance and based on all of
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Performance and based on all of the things you're doing. you
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The things you're doing. you come to god totally on the basis
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Come to god totally on the basis of what jesus did for you. and
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Of what jesus did for you. and if you could understand the
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If you could understand the things that we're talking about
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Things that we're talking about right here, this would usher you
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Right here, this would usher you into a brand-new relationship
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Into a brand-new relationship with god. god is love, 1 john
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With god. god is love, 1 john 4:8 and 16. and he wants to deal
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4:8 and 16. and he wants to deal with you in mercy. and to do
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With you in mercy. and to do that, he sacrificed his son. his
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That, he sacrificed his son. his son paid the debt that you
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Son paid the debt that you couldn't owe...that you
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Couldn't owe...that you couldn't pay. and he provided
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Couldn't pay. and he provided everything for you, and now all
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Everything for you, and now all you've got to do is just receive
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You've got to do is just receive it. and if you receive it by
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It. and if you receive it by grace, then you are free from
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Grace, then you are free from this law of performance that was
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This law of performance that was under the old testament.
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>> the desert oasis of tucson,
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Arizona. here, mike and
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Caroline hoesch joined a
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Non-denominational church,
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Submitting themselves to a
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Strong willed pastor. in time,
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They became victims of religious
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Ideas as malignant as the
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Tumor that threatened to
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Consume both of their lives.
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>> i didn't know what was going
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On. i just knew that things in
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My body weren't working right.
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And then this thing that it was
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Growing, it grew off what-- i
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Call it a tentacle, or like this
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Arm i could see, like growing
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Out underneath my skin in there
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And spreading out. and it was
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Nasty, it was just like a
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Manifestation of, of the devil.
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He was just sucking my life out,
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He's stealing away my happiness
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And my joy. i do have to say,
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Though, that it was all by my
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Consent because i didn't take a
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Stand against him, you know.
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>> and at that point,
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Mike was so sick. i don't
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Know if i'm going to come
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Home and find him alive.
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>> for 8 years, mike hoesch
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Believed and prayed for his
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Healing with no results.
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In desperation, he finally
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Drew a line in the sand
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Between the word of god and
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His own unstable thinking.
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He chose to believe the word.
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>> it was gone. you know
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I'm healed. i don't care
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What it looks like on the
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Outside. by jesus stripes,
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I was healed. that's it.
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>> and the malignant tumor
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Disappeared in 7 months.
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>> you know, if you are in full
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Our global ministers conference.
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This is always the highlight of
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The year. i'll be ministering,
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And carrie pickett, greg mohr,
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Me for decades. and it's just a
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Great time of ministers getting
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Together. and ministers have
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Needs that aren't common to just
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Everybody, so we've got nothing
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But these ministers ministering
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To ministers. and i tell you,
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If this doesn't light your
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Fire, your wood's wet. so i
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Encourage you to come and
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Be a part of it. join us for our
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Global ministers conference.
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>> regardless of what you feel
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That god has called you to
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Do, you need to be prepared.
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I'm promising you, preparation
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Time is never wasted time.
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>> learn more at
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Charisbiblecollege.org
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>> we now have two of our
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Student dorms finished, one for
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Men, and one for women. and i
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Would like to encourage you, if
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You want to come and be a
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Part of charis bible college
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And live on campus, this is a
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Great way to do it. so we've got
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Information there on the screen.
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Please check it out and come
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Join us in one of our student
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Dorms for charis bible college.
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>> when i got diagnosed with
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The ms, my whole life at that
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Point changed. when you
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Suffer, then you suffer
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Some more, there's nothing
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Left, there's no will to live,
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Death actually looks great.
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That's where i was at.
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>> for years, jeremiah
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Fought multiple sclerosis,
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A chronic disease with
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Symptoms that include
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Pain, fatigue, difficulty
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Walking, and depression.
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>> years after i got diagnosed
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With ms, i ended up in a rehab
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And i got saved and set free
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From drugs and alcohol, but
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I still had this incurable
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Disease, multiple sclerosis. i
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Ended up in a nursing home.
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Everything that i used to be
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Able to do, i couldn't really do
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Anymore. they had put me on
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Disability because of the ms, so
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I had all the time in the world,
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And i was sitting in my...
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Sitting in my bedroom at night
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And i asked god, i said, i need
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A teacher. what teacher should
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I listen to? and he led me
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To andrew wommack. so i
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Started listening to all
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These different teachings.
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>> god has already provided
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Everything that you ever will
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Need, and you just rest
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In this, you trust him.
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>> i stayed so focused on jesus
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And his love for me that i
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Didn't realize my symptoms were
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Fading away. and when i just
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Quit and turned to god and
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Asked him for help, that's
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When my healing came.
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>> i want to let all of you who
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Are watching tbn inspire know
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That we've been broadcasting our
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Program, the gospel truth, there
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On our weekday programs for a
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Long time, but now you can hear
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Us on the weekend. we have the
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Information there on the screen,
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And these weekend programs
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Are going to be great. so
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Now you can hear us not
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Only on weekdays, but also
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On weekends on tbn inspire.
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Andrew Wommack - True Nature of God

August 8, 2025 | S25 E162 | 29:0

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