Andrew Wommack: Gospel Truth

Andrew Wommack - True Nature of God

August 12, 2025 | S25 E164 | 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 12, 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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>> andrew, i'd like to thank
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You from the bottom of my
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Heart for your teachings
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Because we cherish your
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Teachings and they've become
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A big part of our life.
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>> my wife and i are so thankful
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Your steadfastness, you
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Commitment to the work of god.
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>> i thank you so much for
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All your teachings, all your
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Love. he's doing a good work.
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>> and now, here's andrew.
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>> welcome to our tuesday's
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Broadcast of the gospel truth.
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Today i'm into my fourth week of
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Teaching through a series that
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I've entitled the true nature of
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God. what this is doing is
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Revealing the real heart and
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Nature of god, and you know
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There's conflicting things
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In the word of god.
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You will see jesus extending
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You will see jesus extending mercy towards a woman taken in
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Mercy towards a woman taken in the very act of adultery. he
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The very act of adultery. he will wind up touching people
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Will wind up touching people that according to the law were
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That according to the law were unclean. but in the old covenant
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Unclean. but in the old covenant you saw punishment and wrath and
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You saw punishment and wrath and rejection, and it sometimes
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Rejection, and it sometimes gives people a schizophrenic
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Gives people a schizophrenic impression of god, and they just
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Impression of god, and they just don't really understand, and
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Don't really understand, and they're afraid to get close to
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They're afraid to get close to him because man, he might be the
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Him because man, he might be the one that's going to smite you
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One that's going to smite you with some sickness like job to
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With some sickness like job to teach you something. now that's
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Teach you something. now that's a total misinterpretation of the
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A total misinterpretation of the book of job, but anyway, i'm not
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Book of job, but anyway, i'm not going to go there and explain
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Going to go there and explain all of that, but there's people
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All of that, but there's people that through these things, they
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That through these things, they get these wrong impressions of
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Get these wrong impressions of god. and you cannot have a good
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God. and you cannot have a good relationship with a person if
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Relationship with a person if you don't understand what
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You don't understand what they're like. you know, i've got
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They're like. you know, i've got some friends that because of our
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Some friends that because of our relationship and because we know
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Relationship and because we know each other, if you were to come
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Each other, if you were to come and tell me that, man, behind
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And tell me that, man, behind your back they've been doing
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Your back they've been doing this and this and this, i would
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This and this and this, i would say, you're a liar because i
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Say, you're a liar because i know them and they wouldn't do
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Know them and they wouldn't do that. or if it's somebody who i
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That. or if it's somebody who i don't know, then you could come
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Don't know, then you could come and impugn a person's character,
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And impugn a person's character, and it would make me resistant
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And it would make me resistant to them. it would make me on
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To them. it would make me on guard when i'm talking to them.
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Guard when i'm talking to them. i couldn't let down my guard, i
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I couldn't let down my guard, i couldn't relax around them. and
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Couldn't relax around them. and see, because we don't truly know
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See, because we don't truly know what god is like, we've accepted
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What god is like, we've accepted some of these things that
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Some of these things that have been said about god
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Have been said about god that he's doing these things
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That he's doing these things to us, and it's not true.
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So what i'm doing is trying to
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Harmonize these things and to
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Show you the true nature of god.
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And there is wrath and there is
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And there is wrath and there is punishment under the old
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Punishment under the old testament law, but that was
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Testament law, but that was because the law was given as
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Because the law was given as only a temporary measure. let me
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Only a temporary measure. let me just turn over and read this.
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Just turn over and read this. i've quoted this or i've
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I've quoted this or i've referred to it a number of
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Referred to it a number of times, but i haven't read it. so
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Times, but i haven't read it. so let me just read this to you. in
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Let me just read this to you. in galatians chapter, 3, it says...
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In verse 21, if you were with me
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In verse 21, if you were with me yesterday in our program, we
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Yesterday in our program, we ended in romans, chapter 7,
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Where it says in verse 7, what
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Where it says in verse 7, what shall we say then? is the law
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Shall we say then? is the law sin? and i was explaining that.
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Sin? and i was explaining that. well, here we are in galatians,
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Well, here we are in galatians, chapter 3, and it says the same
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Chapter 3, and it says the same thing. in verse 21, it says, is
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Thing. in verse 21, it says, is the law then against the
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The law then against the promises of god? god forbid: for
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Promises of god? god forbid: for if there had been a law given,
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If there had been a law given, which could have given
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Which could have given life, verily righteousness
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Life, verily righteousness should have been by the law. but
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Should have been by the law. but the scripture hath concluded all
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The scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by
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Under sin, that the promise by faith of jesus christ might be
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Faith of jesus christ might be given to them that believe. but
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Given to them that believe. but before faith came, we were kept
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Before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the
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Under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be
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Faith which should afterwards be revealed. wherefore the law was
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Revealed. wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us
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Our schoolmaster to bring us unto christ, that we might be
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Unto christ, that we might be justified by faith. but after
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Justified by faith. but after that faith is come, we are no
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That faith is come, we are no longer under the schoolmaster.
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Boy, these are powerful,
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Boy, these are powerful, powerful statements. the law was
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Powerful statements. the law was something that taught us and
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Something that taught us and pointed us towards god and
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Pointed us towards god and towards the forgiveness that
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Towards the forgiveness that came only through jesus. but the
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Came only through jesus. but the law was incapable of ever
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Law was incapable of ever changing us. the law... all the
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Changing us. the law... all the law could do was show you your
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Law could do was show you your sin, bind you, condemn you,
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Sin, bind you, condemn you, and... and get you out of this
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And... and get you out of this trusting in yourself. and that
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Trusting in yourself. and that was necessary, but it was
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Was necessary, but it was incapable, it was impotent to
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Incapable, it was impotent to ever give us relationship with
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Ever give us relationship with god. and if you came to the lord
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God. and if you came to the lord and received salvation through
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And received salvation through jesus, but then you still have a
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Jesus, but then you still have a law mentality, it's going to
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Law mentality, it's going to hinder your relationship with
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Hinder your relationship with god. because it's going to make
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God. because it's going to make you feel god's pleasure when
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You feel god's pleasure when you've done everything
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You've done everything perfectly, which is very seldom,
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Perfectly, which is very seldom, and it will make you feel god's
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And it will make you feel god's rejection. it's not really god's
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Rejection. it's not really god's rejection, it's you condemning
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Rejection, it's you condemning yourself, it's your own
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Yourself, it's your own conscience condemning you.
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Conscience condemning you. and you will be condemned
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When the truth is there is no
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When the truth is there is no condemnation to them who
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Condemnation to them who are in christ jesus.
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And this is where the average
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And this is where the average christian today lives. they
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Christian today lives. they aren't living in the freedom
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Aren't living in the freedom that jesus provided because they
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That jesus provided because they are mixing the old testament law
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Are mixing the old testament law and performance with the new
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And performance with the new testament grace. but the law was
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Testament grace. but the law was only a schoolmaster to point us
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Only a schoolmaster to point us in the right direction, but now
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In the right direction, but now that faith has come in jesus, we
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That faith has come in jesus, we aren't under that schoolmaster
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Aren't under that schoolmaster anymore. boy, this is really,
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Anymore. boy, this is really, really, really important that
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Really, really important that you understand what we're
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You understand what we're saying. and this is at the root
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Saying. and this is at the root of why most people are not
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Of why most people are not experiencing the total freedom
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Experiencing the total freedom that the bible promises to those
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That the bible promises to those who believe. it's because they
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Who believe. it's because they are mixing it with the old
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Are mixing it with the old testament law. so let me go
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Back to romans, chapter 7, and
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Back to romans, chapter 7, and in verse 7, what shall we say
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In verse 7, what shall we say then? is the law sin? god
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Then? is the law sin? god forbid. i had not known sin, but
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Forbid. i had not known sin, but by the law: for i had not known
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By the law: for i had not known lust, except the law had said,
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Lust, except the law had said, thou shalt not covet. look
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Thou shalt not covet. look at this in verse 8, but sin,
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At this in verse 8, but sin, taking occasion by the
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Taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me
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Commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence.
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You know, we don't use this word
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You know, we don't use this word concupiscence very much, but it
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Concupiscence very much, but it just means excessive, or strong
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Just means excessive, or strong passion, lust, is what it's
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Passion, lust, is what it's talking about. feelings are
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Talking about. feelings are something that god gave us.
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Something that god gave us. feelings aren't good or bad,
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Feelings aren't good or bad, they're just a natural thing.
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They're just a natural thing. but when you get into
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But when you get into concupiscence, that's where your
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Concupiscence, that's where your feelings are way out of control
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Feelings are way out of control and they are dominating you and
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And they are dominating you and controlling you. and
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Controlling you. and concupiscence is nearly always
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Concupiscence is nearly always referring to some kind of a
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Referring to some kind of a sinful desire or emotion.
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So it says, but sin, taking
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So it says, but sin, taking occasion by the commandment,
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Occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner
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Wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. in other
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Of concupiscence. in other words, it made our lust
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Words, it made our lust just go through the roof.
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Did you know i've got one person
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Did you know i've got one person on staff here who says that they
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On staff here who says that they hate chocolate. they've never
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Hate chocolate. they've never liked chocolate. that makes me
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Liked chocolate. that makes me question their integrity. no, i
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Question their integrity. no, i really believe that. i believe
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Really believe that. i believe that they don't like chocolate,
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That they don't like chocolate, but that's certainly not my
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But that's certainly not my deal. it's not most people's
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Deal. it's not most people's thing. but let's say that you
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Thing. but let's say that you didn't even like chocolate. if i
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Didn't even like chocolate. if i said, i'm going to give you a
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Said, i'm going to give you a million dollars if you can go
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Million dollars if you can go one year without any chocolate.
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One year without any chocolate. somebody might say, well, man,
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Somebody might say, well, man, that's a no-brainer for me. i
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That's a no-brainer for me. i can do it. but if i said, thou
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Can do it. but if i said, thou shalt not have any chocolate,
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Shalt not have any chocolate, and not only can you not eat it,
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And not only can you not eat it, you can't think about it, you
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You can't think about it, you can't desire it. and if i had
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Can't desire it. and if i had the ability to know what you
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The ability to know what you were thinking and what you were
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Were thinking and what you were desiring, and if you thought
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Desiring, and if you thought about chocolate, if you even
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About chocolate, if you even desired chocolate, it voided it.
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Desired chocolate, it voided it. you didn't get the million
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You didn't get the million dollars. did you know, even if
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Dollars. did you know, even if you didn't like chocolate, but
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You didn't like chocolate, but if i said, thou shalt not have
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If i said, thou shalt not have any chocolate for one year, it
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Any chocolate for one year, it would cause you to start wanting
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Would cause you to start wanting to have chocolate. you would
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To have chocolate. you would want what you could not have.
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Want what you could not have. it's just the way that people
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It's just the way that people are. we hate being ruled over
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Are. we hate being ruled over and told we can't do things. and
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And told we can't do things. and the moment somebody tells you,
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The moment somebody tells you, you can't do it, something says,
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You can't do it, something says, bless god, i shall do it. and so
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Bless god, i shall do it. and so this is what this is talking
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This is what this is talking about. sin took occasion by the
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About. sin took occasion by the commandment, and wrought
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Commandment, and wrought in me this excessive desire,
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In me this excessive desire, this lust, this desire for
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This lust, this desire for something that you didn't
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Something that you didn't even want before then.
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It says in the last part of
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It says in the last part of that verse,...for without
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That verse,...for without the law sin was dead. man,
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The law sin was dead. man, that's a strong statement.
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That is a strong statement. i
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That is a strong statement. i could spend a lot of time trying
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Could spend a lot of time trying to explain this but let me again
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To explain this but let me again go back to my own personal
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Go back to my own personal testimony that i was raised in a
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Testimony that i was raised in a very, very strict religion to
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Very, very strict religion to where, i mean, you couldn't do
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Where, i mean, you couldn't do anything. you couldn't dance.
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Anything. you couldn't dance. i've tried to dance one time in
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I've tried to dance one time in my life, and i got so convicted
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My life, and i got so convicted that i stopped and left the
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That i stopped and left the dance, called my brother. this
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Dance, called my brother. this is before i could even drive. my
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Is before i could even drive. my brother picked me up and i was
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Brother picked me up and i was at church before the church
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At church before the church service was over. i have never
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Service was over. i have never danced. we couldn't go swimming
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Danced. we couldn't go swimming we... in a public place where
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We... in a public place where there was men and... boys and
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There was men and... boys and girls together. they called it
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Girls together. they called it mixed bathing. that made it
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Mixed bathing. that made it sound worse than mixed swimming.
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Sound worse than mixed swimming. amen. and so, i... i did break
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Amen. and so, i... i did break that one a few times, but i
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That one a few times, but i felt terrible about it. but
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Felt terrible about it. but as a whole i wouldn't even
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As a whole i wouldn't even go swimming if there were
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Go swimming if there were girls present and stuff like
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Girls present and stuff like that. i've lived a separated
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That. i've lived a separated life. i've never smoked a
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Life. i've never smoked a cigarette. i've never taken
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Cigarette. i've never taken a drink of liquor. i've
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A drink of liquor. i've lived a super holy life.
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But it says,...without the law
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But it says,...without the law sin was dead. did you know that
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There are some of you that
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There are some of you that weren't under the legalistic
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Weren't under the legalistic rules and regulations that i
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Rules and regulations that i grew up under, and because of
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Grew up under, and because of it, you smoked, you drank, you
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It, you smoked, you drank, you danced, you did everything that
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Danced, you did everything that i was talking that i didn't do.
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I was talking that i didn't do. and you know what? you were
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And you know what? you were probably more free than i was.
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Probably more free than i was. because i would even see
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Because i would even see profanity scribbled in a
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Profanity scribbled in a bathroom, a public bathroom
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Bathroom, a public bathroom someplace, and i didn't have
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Someplace, and i didn't have anything to do with scribbling
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Anything to do with scribbling that there, and yet just because
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That there, and yet just because i saw the words i would feel
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I saw the words i would feel condemned and dirty for days,
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Condemned and dirty for days, and i asked god to forgive me
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And i asked god to forgive me for seeing it. i didn't write
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For seeing it. i didn't write it. i'm telling you i was messed
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It. i'm telling you i was messed up. and some of you think, boy,
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Up. and some of you think, boy, you were really messed up. well,
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You were really messed up. well, i was. that's what religion will
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I was. that's what religion will do to you. and you know what? it
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Do to you. and you know what? it kept me from going out and doing
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Kept me from going out and doing some of the things that you did,
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Some of the things that you did, but many of you didn't have near
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But many of you didn't have near the condemnation in your life
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The condemnation in your life that i did. some of you were the
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That i did. some of you were the ones that wrote those words on
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Ones that wrote those words on the stalls in the bathroom, and
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The stalls in the bathroom, and you didn't feel bad about it. i
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You didn't feel bad about it. i didn't write it, i just saw it
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Didn't write it, i just saw it and i got condemned over it.
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And i got condemned over it. see, that's what religion will
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See, that's what religion will do to you. the law will cause
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Do to you. the law will cause you not to go out and do certain
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You not to go out and do certain things, but it doesn't give you
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Things, but it doesn't give you freedom. it just makes you feel
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Freedom. it just makes you feel condemned and things like that.
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Condemned and things like that. and...without the law sin was
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And...without the law sin was dead. some of you that weren't
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Dead. some of you that weren't raised with the same law
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Raised with the same law and condemnation that i
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And condemnation that i was, probably experienced
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Was, probably experienced more freedom than i did as
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More freedom than i did as a young man because i was
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A young man because i was under this religious law.
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And then in verse 9, it says, i
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And then in verse 9, it says, i was alive without
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Was alive without the law once: but when the
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The law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived,
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Commandment came, sin revived, and i died. boy, there's
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A lot in these verses. i hadn't
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A lot in these verses. i hadn't got time to explain all of this.
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Got time to explain all of this. but let me just first of all
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But let me just first of all say that it didn't say that
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Say that it didn't say that sin came when the law came.
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Sin came when the law came. no, sin was already there.
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It says in psalms, chapter
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It says in psalms, chapter 51,...in sin did my mother
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51,...in sin did my mother conceive me. and david
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Wasn't talking about that
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Wasn't talking about that his mother conceived him
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His mother conceived him outside of wedlock. it was just
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Outside of wedlock. it was just talking about that every
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Talking about that every one of us were conceived
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One of us were conceived by sinful parents and we
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By sinful parents and we inherited a sinful nature.
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In ephesians, chapter 2,
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In ephesians, chapter 2, it says that we were by
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It says that we were by nature the children of
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Nature the children of wrath, even as others.
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You were born a sinner, and
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You were born a sinner, and the fact that you acted out
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The fact that you acted out that sin was not really the
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That sin was not really the problem. it was that sin
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Problem. it was that sin nature that was the problem.
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That's what this is talking
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That's what this is talking about. i was alive without
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About. i was alive without the law once: but when the
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The law once: but when the commandment came, sin
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Commandment came, sin revived. it didn't say sin came.
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Revived. it didn't say sin came. sin was already present.
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And here's another thing, i
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And here's another thing, i hadn't got time to go into great
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Hadn't got time to go into great detail on this. but did you know
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Detail on this. but did you know out of all of the times that the
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Out of all of the times that the word sin is used in the book of
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Word sin is used in the book of romans, i forget the exact
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Romans, i forget the exact number, i think it's 38 times,
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Number, i think it's 38 times, something like that. there's
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Something like that. there's only two times that it's talking
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Only two times that it's talking about something you do. it was a
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About something you do. it was a verb only two times. the other
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Verb only two times. the other times out of 38, like 36 times
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Times out of 38, like 36 times or whatever, it was a noun. now
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Or whatever, it was a noun. now the significance of that is, a
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The significance of that is, a noun describes a person, place,
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Noun describes a person, place, or thing. a verb is something
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Or thing. a verb is something that a person, place, or thing
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That a person, place, or thing does. so, when you say that only
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Does. so, when you say that only two times is sin referring... is
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Two times is sin referring... is sin a verb that is referring to
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Sin a verb that is referring to something we do, that's talking
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Something we do, that's talking about an action of sin. but the
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About an action of sin. but the majority of time when the word
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Majority of time when the word sin is used in the book of
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Sin is used in the book of romans, it's not talking about
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Romans, it's not talking about what you do, it's talking about
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What you do, it's talking about the sin nature. it's talking
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The sin nature. it's talking about we were born in sin. we
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About we were born in sin. we were born separated from god
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Were born separated from god with a sin nature. and it's our
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With a sin nature. and it's our sin nature that separated us
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Sin nature that separated us from god, not the things that
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From god, not the things that that sin nature caused us to do.
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That's huge what i just said.
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That's huge what i just said. that has two main applications.
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That has two main applications. one is that if you understand
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One is that if you understand what i just said, then those who
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What i just said, then those who are living a relatively holy
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Are living a relatively holy life, and they think that if you
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Life, and they think that if you do mostly good, that if your
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Do mostly good, that if your good outweighs your bad, well
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Good outweighs your bad, well then, you will get accepted into
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Then, you will get accepted into heaven. it... it kills that kind
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Heaven. it... it kills that kind of thought because you were born
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Of thought because you were born with a sin nature, and if you
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With a sin nature, and if you only do a tiny bit of actions of
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Only do a tiny bit of actions of sin, it still means that you
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Sin, it still means that you have a sin nature, and it's the
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Have a sin nature, and it's the sin nature that separated us
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Sin nature that separated us from god. and that sin nature
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From god. and that sin nature from a... for a good person who
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From a... for a good person who didn't act it out as much as
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Didn't act it out as much as somebody else, that nature is
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Somebody else, that nature is still just as corrupt. and you
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Still just as corrupt. and you would split hell wide open even
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Would split hell wide open even if you lived a morally good
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If you lived a morally good life, but if you don't get born
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Life, but if you don't get born again and get rid of that sinful
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Again and get rid of that sinful nature and get a new nature,
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Nature and get a new nature, you're going to split hell wide
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You're going to split hell wide open. so that's one application.
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Open. so that's one application. for those who think that they're
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For those who think that they're pretty good now, this does away
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Pretty good now, this does away with all of your goodness, and
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With all of your goodness, and it shows you that that core sin
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It shows you that that core sin nature has to be dealt with....
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And another application of this
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And another application of this is, that if you are a terrible
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Is, that if you are a terrible person who's acted out terribly,
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Person who's acted out terribly, and if you understand what i'm
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And if you understand what i'm saying, it's not your actions
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Saying, it's not your actions that are the problem. it doesn't
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That are the problem. it doesn't matter how bad they are, god is
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Matter how bad they are, god is not looking at your actions.
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Not looking at your actions. those actions are just a
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Those actions are just a byproduct, the results of the
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Byproduct, the results of the sin nature that you had. when
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Sin nature that you had. when jesus died for you, he died
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Jesus died for you, he died for that sinful nature.
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And that's what this is
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And that's what this is referring to. it says, but
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Referring to. it says, but sin,... notice it didn't
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Sin,... notice it didn't say sins, plural. this
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Say sins, plural. this is talking about sin,
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Is talking about sin, that sin nature,...taking
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That sin nature,...taking occasion by the commandment,
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Occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of
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Wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. for without
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Concupiscence. for without the law, sin... that sin
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The law, sin... that sin nature, wasn't really
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Nature, wasn't really dominating and controlling.
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Now it was still there, and if
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Now it was still there, and if you hadn't of gotten born again,
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You hadn't of gotten born again, you would've gone to hell
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You would've gone to hell without being born again. but
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Without being born again. but that sin nature doesn't have the
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That sin nature doesn't have the same power when the law isn't
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Same power when the law isn't given. one of those first
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Given. one of those first verses that i used last week,
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1 corinthians 15:56, the law
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1 corinthians 15:56, the law strengthened sin. the law made
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Strengthened sin. the law made sin come alive. and so it says
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Sin come alive. and so it says in verse 9, i was alive without
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In verse 9, i was alive without the law once: but when the
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The law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived,
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Commandment came, sin revived, and i died. sin didn't come,
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It was already there, but now it
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It was already there, but now it revived, it came alive, and it
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Revived, it came alive, and it killed us. you know what this is
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Killed us. you know what this is talking about is that when we
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Talking about is that when we are born, a little baby, we talk
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Are born, a little baby, we talk about a little baby being
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About a little baby being innocent. and it's innocent
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Innocent. and it's innocent relative to maybe an adult that
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Relative to maybe an adult that goes out and murders and kills
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Goes out and murders and kills and rapes and steals and lies
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And rapes and steals and lies and things like that. there is
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And things like that. there is an innocency with a little
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An innocency with a little child. but at its core, that
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Child. but at its core, that little child is a sinner. and
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Little child is a sinner. and that little child has a fallen
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That little child has a fallen nature on the inside of it. you
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Nature on the inside of it. you don't have to teach children to
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Don't have to teach children to be selfish. they are born that
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Be selfish. they are born that way. you have to teach people to
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Way. you have to teach people to deny themself and to live a holy
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Deny themself and to live a holy life. but i... if you leave
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Life. but i... if you leave people to themself, they have a
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People to themself, they have a sinful nature. and even though a
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Sinful nature. and even though a little child we look at that and
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Little child we look at that and think that this is an innocent
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Think that this is an innocent little child, did you know that
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Little child, did you know that that child was born with a sin
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That child was born with a sin nature, and i guarantee you they
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Nature, and i guarantee you they will be selfish. they will take
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Will be selfish. they will take things from other people. you
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Things from other people. you have to train them against those
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Have to train them against those kind of things. you know, when i
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Kind of things. you know, when i was in school, they made us read
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Was in school, they made us read this book called the lord of the
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This book called the lord of the flies. and i protested, and i
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Flies. and i protested, and i didn't want to read it, but
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Didn't want to read it, but anyway, they made me read it.
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Anyway, they made me read it. and just an overview of it was a
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And just an overview of it was a bunch of kids got stuck on an
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Bunch of kids got stuck on an island, and they were there. and
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Island, and they were there. and they were kids, and did you know
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They were kids, and did you know that they didn't have the same
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That they didn't have the same knowledge and experience that
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Knowledge and experience that grownups and stuff did, but
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Grownups and stuff did, but within a very short period of
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Within a very short period of time, there were certain
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Time, there were certain children that ran to be the head
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Children that ran to be the head and started oppressing another
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And started oppressing another and they started putting laws
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And they started putting laws and rules and regulations and
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And rules and regulations and even to the point of killing
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Even to the point of killing some of the other kids. and
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Some of the other kids. and these innocent little kids left
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These innocent little kids left to themself manifested this
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To themself manifested this sinful nature that was on the
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Sinful nature that was on the inside of them. every one of us
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Inside of them. every one of us was born with that, but there
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Was born with that, but there was a time when sin is not
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Was a time when sin is not imputed unto us. if you back up
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Imputed unto us. if you back up into the 5th chapter of romans,
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And verse 13, it says, for until
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And verse 13, it says, for until the law sin was in the world:
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The law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed
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But sin is not imputed where there is no law.
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When a child is born, they are
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When a child is born, they are born with this sinful nature,
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Born with this sinful nature, but god doesn't impute it unto
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But god doesn't impute it unto them. that means he doesn't hold
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Them. that means he doesn't hold it against them. he is not
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It against them. he is not dealing with them based on that
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Dealing with them based on that sinful nature. if a child was to
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Sinful nature. if a child was to die, a little baby dies, did you
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Die, a little baby dies, did you know it goes directly into the
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Know it goes directly into the presence of the lord. you can
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Presence of the lord. you can see that in a 2 samuel, chapter
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See that in a 2 samuel, chapter 12, where david's child died,
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12, where david's child died, and he said, i will go to him,
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And he said, i will go to him, but he will not return to me.
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But he will not return to me. and i guarantee you david knew
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And i guarantee you david knew the lord. david went into the
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The lord. david went into the presence of the lord. and so
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Presence of the lord. and so this wasn't talking about that
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This wasn't talking about that that child went to hell. every
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That child went to hell. every person that is born was born
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Person that is born was born with a sinful nature, but it's
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With a sinful nature, but it's not imputed unto us until the
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Not imputed unto us until the law comes. this is what religion
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Law comes. this is what religion calls the age of accountability.
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And i hate to use that term
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And i hate to use that term because that's not a biblical
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Because that's not a biblical term and it somewhat is
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Term and it somewhat is conformed to certain religious
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Conformed to certain religious standards. and there are some
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Standards. and there are some people that say that when you
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People that say that when you have a confirmation, you know,
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Have a confirmation, you know, and you're 12 or 13, that this
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And you're 12 or 13, that this is when you have the law come to
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Is when you have the law come to you and this is when you are
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You and this is when you are held accountable for your sins.
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Held accountable for your sins. i don't think that you can just
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I don't think that you can just put a date on it, a... a certain
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Put a date on it, a... a certain age. for instance, there are
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Age. for instance, there are some people that because of
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Some people that because of mental problems or something
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Mental problems or something like that, they may never reach
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Like that, they may never reach an age of accountability to
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An age of accountability to where they are responsible for
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Where they are responsible for their actions. there are other
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Their actions. there are other people that it could be 3 or 4
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People that it could be 3 or 4 or 5 years old. i was 8 years
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Or 5 years old. i was 8 years old when i mean, i knew that i
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Old when i mean, i knew that i knew that i knew that i had
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Knew that i knew that i had sinned against god and not just
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Sinned against god and not just against my parents. now, i'm not
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Against my parents. now, i'm not saying that's the first time i'd
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Saying that's the first time i'd ever sinned, but that's the
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Ever sinned, but that's the first time i had sinned with the
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First time i had sinned with the law, knowing that what i was
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Law, knowing that what i was doing was wrong. and i got born
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Doing was wrong. and i got born again the very next day. i got
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Again the very next day. i got convicted and i changed, and i
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Convicted and i changed, and i received my salvation the very
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Received my salvation the very next day. so what this is saying
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Next day. so what this is saying is that every one of us were
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Is that every one of us were born with a sin nature, but we
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Born with a sin nature, but we were alive until the law came,
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Were alive until the law came, until we consciously realized
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Until we consciously realized that i am not just sinning
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That i am not just sinning against my parents. i'm not just
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Against my parents. i'm not just doing something contrary to what
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Doing something contrary to what my teacher told me to do. i'm
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My teacher told me to do. i'm sinning against god. and when
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Sinning against god. and when that knowledge comes, that's
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That knowledge comes, that's when the law comes, and that sin
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When the law comes, and that sin nature that was not imputed unto
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Nature that was not imputed unto you, it was not held against you
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You, it was not held against you until the time that the law
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Until the time that the law came, when that knowledge of the
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Came, when that knowledge of the law comes, all of a sudden...sin
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Law comes, all of a sudden...sin revives, and you die. from that
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Revives, and you die. from that time on, if you were to die
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Time on, if you were to die after that time that you know
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After that time that you know what you're doing is wrong, not
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What you're doing is wrong, not only in the sight of some
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Only in the sight of some person, but in the sight of god,
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Person, but in the sight of god, you have sinned against god.
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You have sinned against god. from that time on, you are held
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From that time on, you are held accountable for that sin nature.
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Accountable for that sin nature. and unless you repent and
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And unless you repent and receive salvation, you would
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Receive salvation, you would die and go to hell, whether
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Die and go to hell, whether you had committed a lot
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You had committed a lot of sin or just a little sin.
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That's what this is talking
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That's what this is talking about. i was alive without the
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About. i was alive without the law once... when you were
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Law once... when you were innocent as a little
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Innocent as a little child....but when the
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Child....but when the commandment came... when you
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Commandment came... when you finally understood that you were
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Finally understood that you were violating god's law, not just
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Violating god's law, not just men's law,...sin revived, and
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Men's law,...sin revived, and you died. and the commandment,
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You died. and the commandment, which was ordained to life, i
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Which was ordained to life, i found to be unto death.
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Again, this is still talking
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Again, this is still talking about what the purpose of
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About what the purpose of the law was. the law was
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The law was. the law was to work death in you.
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Again, 2 corinthians,
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Again, 2 corinthians, chapter 3, verse 7, says,...the
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Chapter 3, verse 7, says,...the ministration of death,
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Ministration of death, which was written and
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Which was written and engraven in stones...
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Engraven in stones... that's talking about the ten
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That's talking about the ten commandments, it ministered
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Commandments, it ministered death. it didn't minister life.
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In some ways, it was necessary
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In some ways, it was necessary to show us that we were in death
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To show us that we were in death so that we would turn from the
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So that we would turn from the way we were living and call out
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Way we were living and call out to god. so there was a good
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To god. so there was a good purpose of the law, but the
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Purpose of the law, but the law itself ministered death.
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Law itself ministered death. and so this is what it says.
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It says, and the commandment,
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It says, and the commandment, which was ordained to life, i
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Which was ordained to life, i found to be unto death. for sin,
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Found to be unto death. for sin, taking occasion by the
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Taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by
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Commandment, deceived me, and by it slew me. wherefore the law is
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It slew me. wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy,
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Holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good. was then
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And just, and good. was then that which is good made death
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That which is good made death unto me? god forbid. but sin,
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Unto me? god forbid. but sin, that it might appear sin,
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That it might appear sin, working death in me by that
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Working death in me by that which is good; that sin by
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Which is good; that sin by the commandment might
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The commandment might become exceedingly sinful.
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So this is giving you the
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So this is giving you the purpose of the law. it made sin
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Purpose of the law. it made sin come alive. it gave sin an
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Come alive. it gave sin an occasion against you. it caused
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Occasion against you. it caused concupiscence to abound. it
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Concupiscence to abound. it showed you sin so that you might
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Showed you sin so that you might recognize by the law how
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Recognize by the law how exceedingly sinful you were, and
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Exceedingly sinful you were, and you would turn from trying to
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You would turn from trying to earn salvation based on your
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Earn salvation based on your performance and you would
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Performance and you would just receive it as a gift.
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You know, romans, chapter 6,
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You know, romans, chapter 6, verse 23, says, the wages of
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Verse 23, says, the wages of sin is death; but the gift
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Sin is death; but the gift of god is eternal life...
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A gift is something that can't
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A gift is something that can't be paid for. if... if you can
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Be paid for. if... if you can pay for it, it's not a gift.
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Pay for it, it's not a gift. it's a gift....the gift of god
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It's a gift....the gift of god is eternal life. the only thing
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Is eternal life. the only thing you've got to do is just receive
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You've got to do is just receive it. you can't earn it, you can't
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It. you can't earn it, you can't buy it, you don't deserve it,
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Buy it, you don't deserve it, you just have to learn to
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You just have to learn to receive it. and that is what
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Receive it. and that is what the law was given for, is to
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The law was given for, is to bring you to the end of
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Bring you to the end of yourself where you could
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Yourself where you could find the beginning of god.
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>> hello, i'm andrew wommack
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And i want to let you know that
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We are now broadcasting in
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Spanish on tbn station in
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Enlace. and it is a broadcast
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That i've been giving in 22
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Years in english, but this is
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Our first foray into the spanish
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Network, and i really believe
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It's going to make a difference.
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We'll be broadcasting at 3:30 pm
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Eastern time, monday through
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Friday on tbn enlace.
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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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Andrew Wommack - True Nature of God

August 12, 2025 | S25 E164 | 29:0

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