Andrew Wommack - The True Nature of God (Part 4)

July 25, 2025 | 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 - The True Nature of God (Part 4) | July 25, 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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  • >> i'm glad about andrew and his
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  • Ministry, because he unscrewed
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  • The religious top off my head
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  • With his words and how he
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  • Teaches the word of god. so, i'm
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  • Grateful that andrew didn't give
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  • Up years ago when that man
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  • Hugged him and said hold on.
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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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  • This week i've started teaching
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  • On the true nature of god, and
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  • I tell you this is just awesome.
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  • This is one of the foundational
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  • Things that god has used in
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  • My life. i started teaching
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  • This way back in 1980, is
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  • When i... i actually had a
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  • Series that was entitled
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  • The law is not of faith. and
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  • That's incorporated into
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  • This, but i've just expanded it
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  • To talk about the true nature
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  • Of god. and i tell you this is
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  • Just elementary christianity.
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  • If you don't understand who god
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  • Really is, then satan is able to
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  • Accuse him and misrepresent
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  • Him and lie about him.
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  • You know, i know my wife.
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  • You know, i know my wife. we've been married now for
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  • We've been married now for 52, going on 53 years, and i
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  • 52, going on 53 years, and i know jamie. and if you were to
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  • Know jamie. and if you were to come to me and start maligning
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  • Come to me and start maligning her and saying something, i
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  • Her and saying something, i could tell you whether that is
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  • Could tell you whether that is consistent with who she is or
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  • Consistent with who she is or whether it isn't. and if you
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  • Whether it isn't. and if you were to just bring out some
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  • Were to just bring out some outlandish lie against her, i
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  • Outlandish lie against her, i could immediately reject the
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  • Could immediately reject the thing, because i know her and i
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  • Thing, because i know her and i know what she's capable of. but
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  • Know what she's capable of. but did you know that most people
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  • Did you know that most people don't really have an intimate
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  • Don't really have an intimate knowledge of who god is, and
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  • Knowledge of who god is, and because of that, the devil can
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  • Because of that, the devil can come and say, oh yeah, god may
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  • Come and say, oh yeah, god may do something for andrew and
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  • Do something for andrew and maybe he healed people in the
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  • Maybe he healed people in the bible and maybe this, but he
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  • Bible and maybe this, but he won't do it for you, and you
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  • Won't do it for you, and you just, you let that doubt, that
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  • Just, you let that doubt, that criticism of god resonate in you
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  • Criticism of god resonate in you because you don't truly know
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  • Because you don't truly know god. you know there was an
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  • God. you know there was an instant... and... and let me
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  • Instant... and... and let me also say it this way. that you
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  • Also say it this way. that you don't just come to know god
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  • Don't just come to know god perfectly all at once. it's a
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  • Perfectly all at once. it's a growth process. so even
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  • Growth process. so even after i began to understand
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  • After i began to understand some of the things that
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  • Some of the things that i'm sharing right here, did
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  • I'm sharing right here, did you know i had to grow in it.
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  • You know i had to grow in it. and it seems like that you take
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  • And it seems like that you take two steps forward and one step
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  • Two steps forward and one step back. and then, you know, you're
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  • Back. and then, you know, you're progressing but it's not just
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  • Progressing but it's not just perfect. you're... you waver,
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  • Perfect. you're... you waver, and you have to grow and get
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  • And you have to grow and get stronger in it. and so even
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  • Stronger in it. and so even after i began to see some
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  • After i began to see some of these things, i was in a
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  • Of these things, i was in a situation where right after
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  • Situation where right after jamie and i got married, i was
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  • Jamie and i got married, i was wrong thinking that if i was
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  • Wrong thinking that if i was called to the ministry, that i
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  • Called to the ministry, that i was sinning against god if i
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  • Was sinning against god if i worked a secular job, because
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  • Worked a secular job, because he had called me to the ministry
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  • He had called me to the ministry and i was going to devote myself
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  • And i was going to devote myself fully to the ministry, so i
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  • Fully to the ministry, so i didn't work, and because of it,
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  • Didn't work, and because of it, jamie and i were struggling
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  • Jamie and i were struggling financially. and it wasn't god's
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  • Financially. and it wasn't god's fault, it wasn't god that wasn't
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  • Fault, it wasn't god that wasn't providing, it was me that wasn't
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  • Providing, it was me that wasn't doing the right thing. the
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  • Doing the right thing. the scripture says, if you don't
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  • Scripture says, if you don't work, don't eat. and i wasn't
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  • Work, don't eat. and i wasn't working, and so we were
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  • Working, and so we were struggling to eat, and we were
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  • Struggling to eat, and we were really having a hard time. and
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  • Really having a hard time. and so there was a time right after
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  • So there was a time right after jamie and i first got married
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  • That we had no food. we hadn't
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  • That we had no food. we hadn't eaten in days. and i mean, we
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  • Eaten in days. and i mean, we had nothing. you know, sometimes
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  • Had nothing. you know, sometimes when people talk about having
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  • When people talk about having nothing, they mean that they've
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  • Nothing, they mean that they've got canned goods, they may have
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  • Got canned goods, they may have something frozen. we had
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  • Something frozen. we had nothing. we had a little
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  • Nothing. we had a little container of salt that we kept
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  • Container of salt that we kept in the fridge, because in texas
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  • In the fridge, because in texas where we lived, it was humid,
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  • Where we lived, it was humid, and it would clump up the salt
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  • And it would clump up the salt and so we kept the fr... salt in
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  • And so we kept the fr... salt in the fridge. you open up the
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  • The fridge. you open up the fridge, that's it. there wasn't
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  • Fridge, that's it. there wasn't any ketchup, there wasn't
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  • Any ketchup, there wasn't anything. there was one little
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  • Anything. there was one little container of salt in our fridge,
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  • Container of salt in our fridge, and we had been days without
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  • And we had been days without eating. and so, jamie took some
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  • Eating. and so, jamie took some clothes to go wash. she went
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  • Clothes to go wash. she went to the washateria. it was in the
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  • To the washateria. it was in the same apartment complex we lived
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  • Same apartment complex we lived in. but because she didn't want
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  • In. but because she didn't want to carry all of those clothes,
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  • To carry all of those clothes, she put them in the car and
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  • She put them in the car and drove over there. and so while
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  • Drove over there. and so while she was gone washing clothes, i
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  • She was gone washing clothes, i was praying, and i was... i was
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  • Was praying, and i was... i was feeling terrible about not
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  • Feeling terrible about not providing for jamie. we had just
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  • Providing for jamie. we had just been married a short period
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  • Been married a short period of time, and we had been days
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  • Of time, and we had been days without eating, and you know
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  • Without eating, and you know praise god for jamie. she never
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  • Praise god for jamie. she never one time complained. now i think
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  • One time complained. now i think she complained to god. and i
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  • She complained to god. and i heard her one time praying, and
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  • Heard her one time praying, and she said, i don't care what he
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  • She said, i don't care what he says, but if our baby ever goes
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  • Says, but if our baby ever goes without food, i'll go get a job.
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  • Without food, i'll go get a job. i heard her say that, but she
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  • I heard her say that, but she didn't say it to me, she was
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  • Didn't say it to me, she was talking to the lord. but anyway,
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  • Talking to the lord. but anyway, this is before we had a child.
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  • This is before we had a child. and i was... we were struggling,
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  • And i was... we were struggling, and i was just praying and
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  • And i was just praying and saying, god, this isn't right,
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  • Saying, god, this isn't right, what's... what's wrong? and i
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  • What's... what's wrong? and i actually got to doubting god.
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  • Actually got to doubting god. and i... i was saying, god,
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  • And i... i was saying, god, you... you aren't coming
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  • You... you aren't coming through. what's wrong?
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  • Through. what's wrong? you said you called me
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  • You said you called me into the ministry, you said
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  • Into the ministry, you said you'd provide my needs. and
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  • You'd provide my needs. and i was totally wrong in the
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  • I was totally wrong in the attitude i had. but i was just
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  • Attitude i had. but i was just venting and saying all of these
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  • Venting and saying all of these negative things to the lord.
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  • Negative things to the lord. and in the process of this, i
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  • And in the process of this, i actually said, god, i'd give my
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  • Actually said, god, i'd give my right arm to feed jamie. and
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  • Right arm to feed jamie. and as soon as i said that the lord
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  • As soon as i said that the lord spoke to me, and he says, i gave
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  • Spoke to me, and he says, i gave my son to supply your needs. and
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  • My son to supply your needs. and i mean all... i mean, it was god
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  • I mean all... i mean, it was god speaking to me. and all of a
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  • Speaking to me. and all of a sudden i realized that i was
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  • Sudden i realized that i was impugning god's character saying
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  • Impugning god's character saying that i loved jamie more than god
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  • That i loved jamie more than god loved me and jamie. and that i
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  • Loved me and jamie. and that i was saying that god was just
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  • Was saying that god was just like there with his arms folded
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  • Like there with his arms folded and he was disconnected and
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  • And he was disconnected and didn't care about our needs.
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  • Didn't care about our needs. and when i saw that, man, i
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  • And when i saw that, man, i repented. and i said, god, i'm
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  • Repented. and i said, god, i'm sorry. and the lord spoke
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  • Sorry. and the lord spoke to me this verse out of
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  • Luke, chapter 12, it says,
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  • Luke, chapter 12, it says, fear not, little flock; for
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  • Fear not, little flock; for it's your father's good pleasure
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  • It's your father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.
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  • And i mean, all of a sudden,
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  • And i mean, all of a sudden, i just felt the love of god,
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  • I just felt the love of god, and i knew that god wasn't
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  • And i knew that god wasn't the one that was holding out on
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  • The one that was holding out on us. at that time, i didn't know
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  • Us. at that time, i didn't know that i was the problem. i didn't
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  • That i was the problem. i didn't know where the problem was,
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  • Know where the problem was, but i knew it wasn't god. and
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  • But i knew it wasn't god. and i mean my faith just went
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  • I mean my faith just went through the roof. it says
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  • In galatians, chapter 5, verse
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  • In galatians, chapter 5, verse 6, the latter part of that
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  • 6, the latter part of that verse, faith works by
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  • Verse, faith works by love. and when i saw
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  • How much god loved me,
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  • How much god loved me, i got a little glimpse of
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  • I got a little glimpse of his love, he just revealed
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  • His love, he just revealed to me his love, and when
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  • To me his love, and when i did, my faith went through
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  • I did, my faith went through the roof. so when jamie got
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  • The roof. so when jamie got back from washing clothes,
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  • Back from washing clothes, i told her, i said, we are going
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  • I told her, i said, we are going to eat today. god loves us and
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  • To eat today. god loves us and god is... i don't know what the
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  • God is... i don't know what the problem is, but god is going
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  • Problem is, but god is going to supply us with food today.
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  • To supply us with food today. and so for lunch, we didn't eat
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  • And so for lunch, we didn't eat anything. for supper, we didn't
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  • Anything. for supper, we didn't eat anything. we had nothing.
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  • Eat anything. we had nothing. and then we went to church that
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  • And then we went to church that night, and a man came up to me,
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  • Night, and a man came up to me, and he says, would you all like
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  • And he says, would you all like to come over to my apartment
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  • To come over to my apartment after church tonight? and i
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  • After church tonight? and i said, yeah, and they lived in
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  • Said, yeah, and they lived in the same apartment complex
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  • The same apartment complex we did. and so we went over
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  • We did. and so we went over there thinking, praise god,
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  • There thinking, praise god, maybe they're going to give us
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  • Maybe they're going to give us something to eat. now we didn't
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  • Something to eat. now we didn't mention it and we didn't act
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  • Mention it and we didn't act hungry, but we were hoping that
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  • Hungry, but we were hoping that they would give us something
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  • They would give us something to eat. anyway, we visited for
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  • To eat. anyway, we visited for about an hour. they didn't say
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  • About an hour. they didn't say anything. they didn't even offer
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  • Anything. they didn't even offer us anything to drink. and so we
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  • Us anything to drink. and so we said, well we got to go, and so
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  • Said, well we got to go, and so we were getting ready to head
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  • We were getting ready to head home. and as we left, he says,
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  • Home. and as we left, he says, oh, i came over to your
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  • Oh, i came over to your apartment today, and he said, i
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  • Apartment today, and he said, i caught all of these fish, and he
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  • Caught all of these fish, and he gave me a box like this big of
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  • Gave me a box like this big of nothing but fish that he had
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  • Nothing but fish that he had caught. and he says, i brought
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  • Caught. and he says, i brought those over to your house today,
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  • Those over to your house today, but your car wasn't there, we
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  • But your car wasn't there, we knew that you weren't there, so
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  • Knew that you weren't there, so i thought i'd just wait and give
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  • I thought i'd just wait and give them to you tonight. did you
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  • Them to you tonight. did you know the only time that that car
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  • Know the only time that that car was gone all day long was when i
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  • Was gone all day long was when i was praying and god showed me,
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  • Fear not, little flock;
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  • Fear not, little flock; it's your father's good
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  • It's your father's good pleasure to give you the
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  • Pleasure to give you the kingdom. and he showed
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  • Me how much he loved me,
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  • Me how much he loved me, and all of a sudden my faith
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  • And all of a sudden my faith welled up. at that exact moment,
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  • Welled up. at that exact moment, god was meeting our need, but
  • 00:07:55.331 --> 00:07:57.266
  • God was meeting our need, but the person he was using to
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  • The person he was using to supply that need didn't think we
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  • Supply that need didn't think we were home, and so he waited
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  • Were home, and so he waited until we were over at his house
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  • Until we were over at his house to give us that food. and, we
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  • To give us that food. and, we must have had, i don't know
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  • Must have had, i don't know exactly. we didn't say anything.
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  • Exactly. we didn't say anything. we did... we never told anybody
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  • We did... we never told anybody what our needs were, but
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  • What our needs were, but apparently, we acted so excited
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  • Apparently, we acted so excited about getting this food that he
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  • About getting this food that he says, oh well here, let me give
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  • Says, oh well here, let me give you some other stuff to go with
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  • You some other stuff to go with it, and he gave us some beans
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  • It, and he gave us some beans and some other things. and
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  • And some other things. and anyway, we rushed home, and
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  • Anyway, we rushed home, and jamie cooked it up, and right
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  • Jamie cooked it up, and right before midnight we sat down and
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  • Before midnight we sat down and had a meal. and then the next
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  • Had a meal. and then the next day was my birthday, and a woman
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  • Day was my birthday, and a woman from the church gave me a whole
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  • From the church gave me a whole cardboard box full of
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  • Cardboard box full of porterhouse steaks. there must
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  • Porterhouse steaks. there must have been 30 or 40 of them, and
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  • Have been 30 or 40 of them, and we went from having nothing
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  • We went from having nothing to eat for days to eating steak
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  • To eat for days to eating steak and all these kind of things.
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  • And all these kind of things. and it was all because i...
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  • And it was all because i... i understood the true nature
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  • I understood the true nature of god that he loved me,
  • 00:08:49.552 --> 00:08:50.720
  • Of god that he loved me, and when i understood
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  • And when i understood his love, my faith abound
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  • His love, my faith abound and it broke the hindrance,
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  • And it broke the hindrance, and god's supply came through.
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  • And god's supply came through. i can promise you that if you're
  • 00:08:58.361 --> 00:08:59.629
  • I can promise you that if you're struggling to receive healing,
  • 00:08:59.695 --> 00:09:01.564
  • Struggling to receive healing, prosperity, victory over some
  • 00:09:01.631 --> 00:09:04.033
  • Prosperity, victory over some emotional problem, hurt, pain,
  • 00:09:04.100 --> 00:09:06.636
  • Emotional problem, hurt, pain, anything that you're dealing
  • 00:09:06.702 --> 00:09:07.970
  • Anything that you're dealing with, if you don't understand
  • 00:09:08.037 --> 00:09:10.206
  • With, if you don't understand the true nature of god, then
  • 00:09:10.272 --> 00:09:12.475
  • The true nature of god, then satan will be able to lie to
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  • Satan will be able to lie to you and tell you that, oh yeah,
  • 00:09:14.443 --> 00:09:16.479
  • You and tell you that, oh yeah, god's good for andrew and for
  • 00:09:16.545 --> 00:09:18.147
  • God's good for andrew and for somebody else, but man, he's
  • 00:09:18.214 --> 00:09:20.416
  • Somebody else, but man, he's displeased with you, he's not
  • 00:09:20.483 --> 00:09:22.284
  • Displeased with you, he's not going to bless you, he won't
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  • Going to bless you, he won't answer your prayer. those
  • 00:09:23.586 --> 00:09:24.787
  • Answer your prayer. those are all lies. and to be able to
  • 00:09:24.854 --> 00:09:27.857
  • Are all lies. and to be able to reject those lies, there's so
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  • Reject those lies, there's so many different ways that satan
  • 00:09:29.625 --> 00:09:31.160
  • Many different ways that satan can lie and impugn god's
  • 00:09:31.227 --> 00:09:32.795
  • Can lie and impugn god's character that you can't deal
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  • Character that you can't deal with every individual lie. what
  • 00:09:35.097 --> 00:09:36.699
  • With every individual lie. what you need to do is just come
  • 00:09:36.766 --> 00:09:37.967
  • You need to do is just come to realize the goodness of
  • 00:09:38.034 --> 00:09:39.702
  • To realize the goodness of god, and once you understand
  • 00:09:39.769 --> 00:09:41.037
  • That god is love, 1 john
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  • That god is love, 1 john 4:8 and 16, and that's
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  • Not just one of his
  • 00:09:45.541 --> 00:09:46.409
  • Not just one of his characteristics, that's his core
  • 00:09:46.475 --> 00:09:48.210
  • Characteristics, that's his core nature. everything he does is
  • 00:09:48.277 --> 00:09:50.379
  • Nature. everything he does is motivated by love. and if you
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  • Motivated by love. and if you can understand that, then you
  • 00:09:52.815 --> 00:09:54.450
  • Can understand that, then you will be able to reject the lies
  • 00:09:54.517 --> 00:09:56.886
  • Will be able to reject the lies that satan is throwing at you
  • 00:09:56.952 --> 00:09:59.288
  • That satan is throwing at you against the nature of god.
  • 00:09:59.355 --> 00:10:01.691
  • Against the nature of god. so yesterday i was sharing
  • 00:10:01.757 --> 00:10:04.460
  • Out of romans, chapter 5, that
  • 00:10:04.527 --> 00:10:06.328
  • Out of romans, chapter 5, that until the law sin was in the
  • 00:10:06.395 --> 00:10:07.830
  • Until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed
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  • World: but sin is not imputed when there is no law. and
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  • I went back to the book
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  • I went back to the book of genesis, and showed
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  • Of genesis, and showed you that when god drove
  • 00:10:15.237 --> 00:10:16.706
  • You that when god drove adam and eve out of the garden,
  • 00:10:16.772 --> 00:10:19.341
  • Adam and eve out of the garden, it wasn't rejection, it wasn't
  • 00:10:19.408 --> 00:10:21.377
  • It wasn't rejection, it wasn't wrath, it wasn't punishment. it
  • 00:10:21.444 --> 00:10:24.213
  • Wrath, it wasn't punishment. it was mercy and it was actually
  • 00:10:24.280 --> 00:10:25.815
  • Was mercy and it was actually an act of love. and i know, if
  • 00:10:25.881 --> 00:10:28.317
  • An act of love. and i know, if you hadn't heard what i said
  • 00:10:28.384 --> 00:10:29.719
  • You hadn't heard what i said yesterday, that may come as a
  • 00:10:29.785 --> 00:10:31.087
  • Yesterday, that may come as a total shock because people just
  • 00:10:31.153 --> 00:10:32.855
  • Total shock because people just immediately take god driving
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  • Immediately take god driving adam and eve out of the
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  • Adam and eve out of the garden as punishment and
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  • Garden as punishment and as rejection. but no, it was
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  • As rejection. but no, it was an act of love. and it says
  • 00:10:41.263 --> 00:10:42.398
  • In genesis, chapter 3, and in
  • 00:10:42.865 --> 00:10:45.034
  • In genesis, chapter 3, and in verse 23, it says, therefore the
  • 00:10:45.101 --> 00:10:47.236
  • Verse 23, it says, therefore the lord god sent him forth from
  • 00:10:47.303 --> 00:10:48.804
  • Lord god sent him forth from the garden of eden, to till
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  • The garden of eden, to till the ground. the reason he
  • 00:10:50.106 --> 00:10:51.640
  • Drove adam and eve out
  • 00:10:51.707 --> 00:10:52.708
  • Drove adam and eve out of the garden wasn't to
  • 00:10:52.775 --> 00:10:53.909
  • Of the garden wasn't to reject them or to punish
  • 00:10:53.976 --> 00:10:55.311
  • Reject them or to punish them. it was to keep them from
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  • Them. it was to keep them from eating of the tree of life, and
  • 00:10:57.313 --> 00:10:58.748
  • Eating of the tree of life, and living forever. and some people
  • 00:10:58.814 --> 00:11:00.616
  • Living forever. and some people may think, well that was a
  • 00:11:00.683 --> 00:11:01.650
  • May think, well that was a negative thing. no, it was
  • 00:11:01.717 --> 00:11:02.885
  • Negative thing. no, it was actually a positive thing.
  • 00:11:02.952 --> 00:11:04.620
  • Actually a positive thing. because once sin and corruption
  • 00:11:04.687 --> 00:11:06.722
  • Because once sin and corruption entered into this physical
  • 00:11:06.789 --> 00:11:08.090
  • Entered into this physical world, the entire physical world
  • 00:11:08.157 --> 00:11:10.526
  • World, the entire physical world has been corrupted. it is...
  • 00:11:10.593 --> 00:11:12.394
  • Has been corrupted. it is... even though you look at
  • 00:11:12.461 --> 00:11:13.896
  • Even though you look at nature and you think, this
  • 00:11:13.963 --> 00:11:15.264
  • Nature and you think, this is beautiful and this is
  • 00:11:15.331 --> 00:11:16.732
  • Is beautiful and this is awesome, it is not near as
  • 00:11:16.799 --> 00:11:19.301
  • Awesome, it is not near as awesome as it was before the
  • 00:11:19.368 --> 00:11:21.137
  • Awesome as it was before the fall. and, all of the sin and
  • 00:11:21.203 --> 00:11:23.973
  • Fall. and, all of the sin and the hatred and the anger and
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  • The hatred and the anger and the bitterness, the rape, the
  • 00:11:25.608 --> 00:11:26.976
  • The bitterness, the rape, the murder, the terrible things that
  • 00:11:27.042 --> 00:11:28.978
  • Murder, the terrible things that are going on, that's not the way
  • 00:11:29.044 --> 00:11:30.112
  • Are going on, that's not the way that god made it. someday this
  • 00:11:30.179 --> 00:11:31.614
  • That god made it. someday this world is going to pass away and
  • 00:11:31.680 --> 00:11:33.149
  • World is going to pass away and he's going to recreate a perfect
  • 00:11:33.215 --> 00:11:35.451
  • He's going to recreate a perfect world that isn't stained by sin.
  • 00:11:35.518 --> 00:11:37.853
  • World that isn't stained by sin. and not only things out there,
  • 00:11:37.920 --> 00:11:39.455
  • And not only things out there, but us. we are susceptible now
  • 00:11:39.522 --> 00:11:42.024
  • But us. we are susceptible now to sickness, to poverty, to
  • 00:11:42.091 --> 00:11:43.793
  • To sickness, to poverty, to depression, discouragement,
  • 00:11:43.859 --> 00:11:45.561
  • Depression, discouragement, pain, all kinds of things. there
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  • Pain, all kinds of things. there are people that have deformities
  • 00:11:47.696 --> 00:11:50.065
  • Are people that have deformities and all of this. if adam and eve
  • 00:11:50.132 --> 00:11:52.334
  • And all of this. if adam and eve had eaten of the tree of life,
  • 00:11:52.401 --> 00:11:54.403
  • Had eaten of the tree of life, they would've lived forever in a
  • 00:11:54.470 --> 00:11:56.939
  • They would've lived forever in a body that would've been subject
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  • Body that would've been subject to, you know, all kinds of
  • 00:11:58.741 --> 00:12:01.010
  • To, you know, all kinds of deformities, all kinds of pain,
  • 00:12:01.076 --> 00:12:03.412
  • Deformities, all kinds of pain, all kinds of you know limbs that
  • 00:12:03.479 --> 00:12:06.282
  • All kinds of you know limbs that have been amputated, and they
  • 00:12:06.348 --> 00:12:08.083
  • Have been amputated, and they would have just limped through
  • 00:12:08.150 --> 00:12:09.552
  • Would have just limped through eternity in this physical body.
  • 00:12:09.618 --> 00:12:12.822
  • Eternity in this physical body. god provided something better.
  • 00:12:12.888 --> 00:12:15.257
  • God provided something better. and so when he drove adam and
  • 00:12:15.324 --> 00:12:16.659
  • And so when he drove adam and eve, it says, therefore. this is
  • 00:12:16.725 --> 00:12:18.227
  • Eve, it says, therefore. this is the reason he drove them out, is
  • 00:12:18.294 --> 00:12:20.062
  • The reason he drove them out, is because he loved us so much, he
  • 00:12:20.129 --> 00:12:22.331
  • Because he loved us so much, he had already provided a new body
  • 00:12:22.398 --> 00:12:25.601
  • Had already provided a new body for us, a glorified body, a new
  • 00:12:25.668 --> 00:12:28.103
  • For us, a glorified body, a new heaven and earth, and for anyone
  • 00:12:28.170 --> 00:12:30.506
  • Heaven and earth, and for anyone who will accept the salvation
  • 00:12:30.573 --> 00:12:33.108
  • Who will accept the salvation that is offered through making
  • 00:12:33.175 --> 00:12:35.044
  • That is offered through making jesus your lord, there is
  • 00:12:35.110 --> 00:12:37.012
  • Jesus your lord, there is something much better than this
  • 00:12:37.079 --> 00:12:38.714
  • Something much better than this earth and this body and this
  • 00:12:38.781 --> 00:12:41.183
  • Earth and this body and this life. and god drove them out so
  • 00:12:41.250 --> 00:12:43.485
  • Life. and god drove them out so that they wouldn't eat of that
  • 00:12:43.552 --> 00:12:44.887
  • That they wouldn't eat of that tree of life and be trapped in
  • 00:12:44.954 --> 00:12:47.223
  • Tree of life and be trapped in this physical body forever. boy
  • 00:12:47.289 --> 00:12:50.759
  • This physical body forever. boy that is a brand new way of
  • 00:12:50.826 --> 00:12:52.261
  • That is a brand new way of looking at things for most
  • 00:12:52.328 --> 00:12:53.495
  • Looking at things for most people. but that's exactly what
  • 00:12:53.562 --> 00:12:55.197
  • People. but that's exactly what happened, and you can see that,
  • 00:12:55.264 --> 00:12:56.332
  • Happened, and you can see that, because in the 4th chapter of
  • 00:12:56.398 --> 00:12:59.301
  • Because in the 4th chapter of the book of genesis, right after
  • 00:12:59.368 --> 00:13:00.736
  • The book of genesis, right after he drove adam and eve out of the
  • 00:13:00.803 --> 00:13:02.338
  • He drove adam and eve out of the garden, it talks about adam and
  • 00:13:02.404 --> 00:13:03.806
  • Garden, it talks about adam and eve had children. the first
  • 00:13:03.873 --> 00:13:05.574
  • Eve had children. the first two children they had were
  • 00:13:05.641 --> 00:13:07.076
  • Two children they had were cain and abel. and it says
  • 00:13:07.142 --> 00:13:09.645
  • In verse 3, it says, in
  • 00:13:09.712 --> 00:13:11.747
  • In verse 3, it says, in process of time it came to
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  • Process of time it came to pass, that cain brought of
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  • Pass, that cain brought of the fruit of the ground an
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  • The fruit of the ground an offering unto the lord. and
  • 00:13:16.685 --> 00:13:17.786
  • Offering unto the lord. and abel, he also brought of the
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  • Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of the flock
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  • Firstlings of the flock and of the fact thereof. and the
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  • And of the fact thereof. and the lord had respect unto abel and
  • 00:13:23.292 --> 00:13:25.427
  • Lord had respect unto abel and to his offering: but unto cain
  • 00:13:25.494 --> 00:13:27.029
  • To his offering: but unto cain and to his offering he had not
  • 00:13:27.096 --> 00:13:29.098
  • And to his offering he had not respect. and cain was very
  • 00:13:29.164 --> 00:13:31.300
  • Respect. and cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.
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  • Without me going into a lot of
  • 00:13:33.969 --> 00:13:35.170
  • Without me going into a lot of detail, you would have to just
  • 00:13:35.237 --> 00:13:36.405
  • Detail, you would have to just think about this for a few
  • 00:13:36.472 --> 00:13:37.573
  • Think about this for a few moments, but how did he
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  • Moments, but how did he show acceptance for abel and
  • 00:13:38.741 --> 00:13:41.577
  • Show acceptance for abel and rejection for cain? it doesn't
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  • Rejection for cain? it doesn't say exactly, but right after
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  • Say exactly, but right after this, cain rose up and killed
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  • This, cain rose up and killed abel, his brother, and god was
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  • Abel, his brother, and god was speaking to him in an audible
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  • Speaking to him in an audible voice. so, at... if he was
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  • Voice. so, at... if he was speaking to cain in an audible
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  • Speaking to cain in an audible voice after he killed abel, it's
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  • Voice after he killed abel, it's probable that he was talking
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  • Probable that he was talking to cain and abel about these
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  • To cain and abel about these sacrifices. how did they know
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  • Sacrifices. how did they know you were supposed to bring your
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  • You were supposed to bring your firstfruits offering, like cain
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  • Firstfruits offering, like cain did? how did they know that you
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  • Did? how did they know that you were supposed to have an animal
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  • Were supposed to have an animal sacrifice? this isn't stuff that
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  • Sacrifice? this isn't stuff that god was just high... hardwired
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  • God was just high... hardwired into them. apparently he was
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  • Into them. apparently he was still walking and talking with
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  • Still walking and talking with cain and abel, the descendants
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  • Cain and abel, the descendants of adam and eve. he was still
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  • Of adam and eve. he was still fellowshipping with them. there
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  • Fellowshipping with them. there were consequences to what they
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  • Were consequences to what they did, and god drove them out of
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  • Did, and god drove them out of the garden because he didn't
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  • The garden because he didn't want them living forever in that
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  • Want them living forever in that sinful state, but he was still
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  • Sinful state, but he was still blessing them, he was still
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  • Blessing them, he was still fellowshipping with them.
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  • Fellowshipping with them. he was still walking and
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  • He was still walking and talking with them. now again,
  • 00:14:37.866 --> 00:14:40.569
  • Talking with them. now again, see this showed... this shows
  • 00:14:40.636 --> 00:14:42.004
  • See this showed... this shows a different nature of god than
  • 00:14:42.071 --> 00:14:44.807
  • A different nature of god than what religion has presented.
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  • What religion has presented. basically religion has
  • 00:14:46.608 --> 00:14:48.110
  • Basically religion has presented that the moment
  • 00:14:48.177 --> 00:14:49.278
  • Presented that the moment adam and eve sinned, they fell
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  • Adam and eve sinned, they fell from this place of holiness, and
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  • From this place of holiness, and here was holy god, and he could
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  • Here was holy god, and he could have nothing to do with unholy
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  • Have nothing to do with unholy man, and he rejected them,
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  • Man, and he rejected them, kicked them out of his presence,
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  • Kicked them out of his presence, and wouldn't have anything to do
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  • And wouldn't have anything to do with them. the scriptures show
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  • With them. the scriptures show that that's wrong. he was still
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  • That that's wrong. he was still walking and talking with adam
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  • Walking and talking with adam and eve. he was still talking to
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  • And eve. he was still talking to their children, cain and abel.
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  • Their children, cain and abel. and when cain wound up killing
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  • And when cain wound up killing abel, god spoke to him. and
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  • Abel, god spoke to him. and contrast this. the very first
  • 00:15:15.704 --> 00:15:18.240
  • Contrast this. the very first murderer on the face of the
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  • Murderer on the face of the earth was cain. he killed his
  • 00:15:19.742 --> 00:15:21.176
  • Earth was cain. he killed his brother. the very first time
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  • Brother. the very first time that a person murdered somebody,
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  • That a person murdered somebody, how did god respond? he
  • 00:15:26.315 --> 00:15:28.584
  • How did god respond? he certainly didn't like it. he
  • 00:15:28.650 --> 00:15:30.185
  • Certainly didn't like it. he told him it was wrong. and cain,
  • 00:15:30.252 --> 00:15:32.755
  • Told him it was wrong. and cain, he became fearful. he says,
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  • He became fearful. he says, everybody who hears about what
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  • Everybody who hears about what i've done, they're going to seek
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  • I've done, they're going to seek to kill me. and so, how did god
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  • To kill me. and so, how did god respond? he put a mark on cain.
  • 00:15:40.129 --> 00:15:43.198
  • Respond? he put a mark on cain. the scripture doesn't say what
  • 00:15:43.265 --> 00:15:44.500
  • The scripture doesn't say what it was, but there was some kind
  • 00:15:44.566 --> 00:15:46.568
  • It was, but there was some kind of a visible mark that god put
  • 00:15:46.635 --> 00:15:49.571
  • Of a visible mark that god put on cain, and he said, if anybody
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  • On cain, and he said, if anybody kills cain, i'll avenge his
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  • Kills cain, i'll avenge his death sevenfold. now that wasn't
  • 00:15:55.277 --> 00:15:58.447
  • Death sevenfold. now that wasn't god saying that murder was okay.
  • 00:15:58.514 --> 00:16:01.617
  • God saying that murder was okay. it wasn't him approving of what
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  • It wasn't him approving of what cain did, but he protected the
  • 00:16:03.318 --> 00:16:05.687
  • Cain did, but he protected the first murderer on the face of
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  • First murderer on the face of the earth. now contrast this
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  • The earth. now contrast this with once the law came.
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  • With once the law came. if you'll go back and
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  • If you'll go back and remember, i was reading
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  • Out of romans, chapter 5,
  • 00:16:14.329 --> 00:16:15.764
  • Out of romans, chapter 5, and it says, until the law
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  • And it says, until the law sin was in the world: but
  • 00:16:17.533 --> 00:16:19.034
  • Sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when
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  • Sin is not imputed when there is no law. it's not held
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  • Against, it's not recorded, it's
  • 00:16:22.905 --> 00:16:24.373
  • Against, it's not recorded, it's not... people weren't punished
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  • Not... people weren't punished until the law came. before
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  • Until the law came. before the law, when cain killed his
  • 00:16:29.411 --> 00:16:31.480
  • The law, when cain killed his brother abel, god protected him.
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  • Brother abel, god protected him. he didn't approve of it, but he
  • 00:16:33.682 --> 00:16:35.284
  • He didn't approve of it, but he protected the first murderer and
  • 00:16:35.350 --> 00:16:37.786
  • Protected the first murderer and extended mercy and protection
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  • Extended mercy and protection towards him. in contrast to
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  • Towards him. in contrast to that, the very first person
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  • That, the very first person who violated the law of
  • 00:16:43.926 --> 00:16:46.028
  • Who violated the law of god in the... i think it was
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  • God in the... i think it was the 16th chapter of exodus,
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  • The 16th chapter of exodus, again, i'd have to look
  • 00:16:52.968 --> 00:16:53.869
  • Again, i'd have to look these things up, but our
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  • These things up, but our crew will put the exact
  • 00:16:55.337 --> 00:16:56.405
  • Crew will put the exact reference up there. the very
  • 00:16:56.472 --> 00:16:58.073
  • Reference up there. the very first law that was given was
  • 00:16:58.140 --> 00:16:59.842
  • First law that was given was that on the day that... of the
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  • That on the day that... of the sabbath day, manna would not
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  • Sabbath day, manna would not fall on the sabbath day, and
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  • Fall on the sabbath day, and that you couldn't go out and do
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  • That you couldn't go out and do any work and things like that.
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  • Any work and things like that. you had to make preparations
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  • You had to make preparations on the sixth day, and on the
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  • On the sixth day, and on the seventh day you had to totally
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  • Seventh day you had to totally take a day off. the very first
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  • Take a day off. the very first person who broke that law, he
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  • Person who broke that law, he went out and picked up sticks
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  • Went out and picked up sticks so he could make a fire on the
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  • So he could make a fire on the sabbath day. and so he had
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  • Sabbath day. and so he had broken the law of god. and moses
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  • Broken the law of god. and moses knew that he had broken the law,
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  • Knew that he had broken the law, but he didn't know what the
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  • But he didn't know what the punishment should be, so they
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  • Punishment should be, so they shut him up until moses was able
  • 00:17:32.541 --> 00:17:35.144
  • Shut him up until moses was able to talk to god, and god spoke to
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  • To talk to god, and god spoke to moses in an audible voice and
  • 00:17:37.146 --> 00:17:38.747
  • Moses in an audible voice and said, show him no mercy, stone
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  • Said, show him no mercy, stone him to death. and they brought
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  • Him to death. and they brought him out to the edge of the camp,
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  • Him out to the edge of the camp, and the people stoned a man to
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  • And the people stoned a man to death for picking up sticks so
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  • Death for picking up sticks so he could make a fire on the
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  • He could make a fire on the sabbath day. now if you compare
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  • Sabbath day. now if you compare that to cain killing his brother
  • 00:17:52.394 --> 00:17:54.796
  • That to cain killing his brother abel, man, i guarantee you
  • 00:17:54.863 --> 00:17:58.367
  • Abel, man, i guarantee you one is... they ont... don't even
  • 00:17:58.433 --> 00:18:00.435
  • One is... they ont... don't even compare. and yet the judgment
  • 00:18:00.502 --> 00:18:04.540
  • Compare. and yet the judgment that was on the man who picked
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  • That was on the man who picked up sticks to make a fire was so
  • 00:18:05.908 --> 00:18:08.110
  • Up sticks to make a fire was so much worse than what happened
  • 00:18:08.177 --> 00:18:10.012
  • Much worse than what happened to cain. god actually protected
  • 00:18:10.078 --> 00:18:11.713
  • To cain. god actually protected the very first murderer, but the
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  • The very first murderer, but the very first person to break the
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  • Very first person to break the law, he gave him no mercy
  • 00:18:16.151 --> 00:18:17.986
  • Law, he gave him no mercy whatsoever, kill him, stone
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  • Whatsoever, kill him, stone him to death. can you see the
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  • Him to death. can you see the difference that the law made?
  • 00:18:21.356 --> 00:18:23.058
  • Prior to the law, it's just like
  • 00:18:25.260 --> 00:18:26.795
  • Prior to the law, it's just like it says, there was sin, people
  • 00:18:26.862 --> 00:18:28.664
  • It says, there was sin, people were doing the wrong things,
  • 00:18:28.730 --> 00:18:29.831
  • Were doing the wrong things, but god wasn't bringing the
  • 00:18:29.898 --> 00:18:31.733
  • But god wasn't bringing the punishment upon them until the
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  • Punishment upon them until the law came. when the law came, all
  • 00:18:34.336 --> 00:18:36.872
  • Law came. when the law came, all of a sudden god's wrath began
  • 00:18:36.939 --> 00:18:39.107
  • Of a sudden god's wrath began to be poured out. and here's
  • 00:18:39.174 --> 00:18:40.776
  • To be poured out. and here's another point for you to
  • 00:18:40.842 --> 00:18:42.044
  • Another point for you to recognize. if this would've just
  • 00:18:42.110 --> 00:18:44.646
  • Recognize. if this would've just been the nature of god to start
  • 00:18:44.713 --> 00:18:46.782
  • Been the nature of god to start punishing sin and showing such
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  • Punishing sin and showing such harshness and punishment upon
  • 00:18:48.850 --> 00:18:51.153
  • Harshness and punishment upon people when they sinned, why did
  • 00:18:51.220 --> 00:18:53.121
  • People when they sinned, why did he wait 2000 years until the law
  • 00:18:53.188 --> 00:18:55.591
  • He wait 2000 years until the law came? why didn't he start right
  • 00:18:55.657 --> 00:18:57.726
  • Came? why didn't he start right off with adam and eve and cain
  • 00:18:57.793 --> 00:19:00.529
  • Off with adam and eve and cain and abel? but no, we see that
  • 00:19:00.596 --> 00:19:02.965
  • And abel? but no, we see that adam and eve, the reason he
  • 00:19:03.031 --> 00:19:04.066
  • Adam and eve, the reason he drove them out of the garden was
  • 00:19:04.132 --> 00:19:05.534
  • Drove them out of the garden was so that they wouldn't eat of the
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  • So that they wouldn't eat of the tree of life and live forever.
  • 00:19:06.868 --> 00:19:08.203
  • Tree of life and live forever. that was actually mercy and
  • 00:19:08.270 --> 00:19:09.605
  • That was actually mercy and judgment. and he protected the
  • 00:19:09.671 --> 00:19:11.940
  • Judgment. and he protected the very first murderer on the face
  • 00:19:12.007 --> 00:19:14.009
  • Very first murderer on the face of the earth. if it was just
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  • Of the earth. if it was just god's nature to vent his wrath
  • 00:19:15.744 --> 00:19:18.113
  • God's nature to vent his wrath and to punish people who
  • 00:19:18.180 --> 00:19:19.715
  • And to punish people who violated it, well then why did
  • 00:19:19.781 --> 00:19:22.217
  • Violated it, well then why did he wait 2000 years to start
  • 00:19:22.284 --> 00:19:25.220
  • He wait 2000 years to start doing that? why didn't he do it
  • 00:19:25.287 --> 00:19:27.022
  • Doing that? why didn't he do it just from the get-go? because
  • 00:19:27.089 --> 00:19:29.725
  • Just from the get-go? because that's not his nature. he
  • 00:19:29.791 --> 00:19:32.027
  • That's not his nature. he actually extended mercy towards
  • 00:19:32.094 --> 00:19:34.062
  • Actually extended mercy towards us. he didn't want us to know
  • 00:19:34.129 --> 00:19:36.198
  • Us. he didn't want us to know how bad everything was. did you
  • 00:19:36.265 --> 00:19:38.400
  • How bad everything was. did you know if the lord wanted to, he
  • 00:19:38.467 --> 00:19:39.801
  • Know if the lord wanted to, he could've told adam and eve. the
  • 00:19:39.868 --> 00:19:42.104
  • Could've told adam and eve. the only thing that they understood
  • 00:19:42.170 --> 00:19:44.373
  • Only thing that they understood in genesis, chapter 3, it says
  • 00:19:44.439 --> 00:19:46.775
  • In genesis, chapter 3, it says that they realized that they
  • 00:19:46.842 --> 00:19:47.843
  • That they realized that they were naked and they went and
  • 00:19:47.909 --> 00:19:49.044
  • Were naked and they went and made fig leaves to cover their
  • 00:19:49.111 --> 00:19:50.879
  • Made fig leaves to cover their nakedness. that's the extent of
  • 00:19:50.946 --> 00:19:53.348
  • Nakedness. that's the extent of knowing how bad their sin was at
  • 00:19:53.415 --> 00:19:55.917
  • Knowing how bad their sin was at that moment. you know the
  • 00:19:55.984 --> 00:19:57.886
  • That moment. you know the lord could've sat them
  • 00:19:57.953 --> 00:19:59.054
  • Lord could've sat them down and he could've
  • 00:19:59.121 --> 00:20:00.255
  • Down and he could've shown them all of the...
  • 00:20:00.322 --> 00:20:02.324
  • Shown them all of the... i mean, the ungodliness that
  • 00:20:02.391 --> 00:20:04.893
  • I mean, the ungodliness that would happen in the world for
  • 00:20:04.960 --> 00:20:07.496
  • Would happen in the world for all of the thousands of years to
  • 00:20:07.562 --> 00:20:09.631
  • All of the thousands of years to come. he could've shown them
  • 00:20:09.698 --> 00:20:11.066
  • Come. he could've shown them what pharaoh was going to do to
  • 00:20:11.133 --> 00:20:12.768
  • What pharaoh was going to do to some of their descendants. he
  • 00:20:12.834 --> 00:20:13.935
  • Some of their descendants. he could've shown all of these
  • 00:20:14.002 --> 00:20:15.637
  • Could've shown all of these things. he could've shown
  • 00:20:15.704 --> 00:20:16.605
  • Things. he could've shown hitler killing and burning
  • 00:20:16.672 --> 00:20:18.940
  • Hitler killing and burning bodies. he could have
  • 00:20:19.007 --> 00:20:19.775
  • Bodies. he could have shown stalin killing over
  • 00:20:19.841 --> 00:20:22.110
  • Shown stalin killing over 60 million russians and on...
  • 00:20:22.177 --> 00:20:24.613
  • 60 million russians and on... he could've shown them so much
  • 00:20:24.680 --> 00:20:27.115
  • He could've shown them so much what their sin had done. but i
  • 00:20:27.182 --> 00:20:28.884
  • What their sin had done. but i believe it would've overwhelmed
  • 00:20:28.950 --> 00:20:30.185
  • Believe it would've overwhelmed them. it would've been
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  • Them. it would've been impossible for adam and eve to
  • 00:20:31.386 --> 00:20:33.288
  • Impossible for adam and eve to have lived with themself. they
  • 00:20:33.355 --> 00:20:34.523
  • Have lived with themself. they could not have survived knowing
  • 00:20:34.589 --> 00:20:36.558
  • Could not have survived knowing the full extent of what they had
  • 00:20:36.625 --> 00:20:37.826
  • The full extent of what they had done. so god didn't reveal all
  • 00:20:37.893 --> 00:20:39.628
  • Done. so god didn't reveal all of those things to them. it was
  • 00:20:39.695 --> 00:20:41.863
  • Of those things to them. it was 2000 years later before god
  • 00:20:41.930 --> 00:20:44.399
  • 2000 years later before god began to start revealing exactly
  • 00:20:44.466 --> 00:20:47.169
  • Began to start revealing exactly how deadly sin was. and it was
  • 00:20:47.235 --> 00:20:49.538
  • How deadly sin was. and it was because he loved us, and he was
  • 00:20:49.604 --> 00:20:51.340
  • Because he loved us, and he was willing to extend mercy towards
  • 00:20:51.406 --> 00:20:53.141
  • Willing to extend mercy towards us. but did you know that people
  • 00:20:53.208 --> 00:20:54.643
  • Us. but did you know that people began to take god's lack of
  • 00:20:54.710 --> 00:20:56.645
  • Began to take god's lack of punishment upon sin as approval
  • 00:20:56.712 --> 00:21:00.282
  • Punishment upon sin as approval of sin. and right here in the
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  • Of sin. and right here in the 4th chapter of genesis, you can
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  • 4th chapter of genesis, you can find lamech, who was cain's
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  • Find lamech, who was cain's great, great, great grandson,
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  • Great, great, great grandson, and lamech killed a man. and in
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  • And lamech killed a man. and in the king james, it's awkward
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  • The king james, it's awkward the way it's said, but what
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  • The way it's said, but what it means is that he killed
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  • It means is that he killed a man in self-defense.
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  • A man in self-defense. and so because his
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  • And so because his was in self-defense,
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  • He said, if... if cain shall be
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  • He said, if... if cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly
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  • Avenged sevenfold, truly lamech seventy and sevenfold.
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  • Did you know god didn't
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  • Did you know god didn't say that? lamech said
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  • Say that? lamech said that. lamech looked at
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  • That. lamech looked at cain, and basically cain
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  • Cain, and basically cain got by with murder,
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  • Got by with murder, and so... and his was a...
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  • And so... and his was a... a murder of just passion and
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  • A murder of just passion and rage. there was no justification
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  • Rage. there was no justification for it. lamech killed a man in
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  • For it. lamech killed a man in self-defense, and so relative to
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  • Self-defense, and so relative to cain, he thought his was much
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  • Cain, he thought his was much more excusable. and he said, if
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  • More excusable. and he said, if cain can get by with murder, and
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  • Cain can get by with murder, and he will be avenged sevenfold,
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  • He will be avenged sevenfold, well then lamech will be avenged
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  • Well then lamech will be avenged seventy and sevenfold. and
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  • Seventy and sevenfold. and see this is the problem that
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  • See this is the problem that happened. when god didn't
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  • Happened. when god didn't immediately punish sin and judge
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  • Immediately punish sin and judge sin, people took god's lack of
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  • Sin, people took god's lack of punishment and judgment as
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  • Punishment and judgment as approval of sin. and just like
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  • Approval of sin. and just like lamech, they began to start
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  • Lamech, they began to start saying, well cain got by with
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  • Saying, well cain got by with murder, i'll get by with murder.
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  • Murder, i'll get by with murder. people began to compare
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  • People began to compare themselves, and they began to
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  • Themselves, and they began to start losing their hatred of
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  • Start losing their hatred of sin, their knowledge of sin, and
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  • Sin, their knowledge of sin, and they began to compare themself
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  • They began to compare themself and thinking, well, here's adam
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  • And thinking, well, here's adam and eve and they lived to be 930
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  • And eve and they lived to be 930 years old, and yet they rebelled
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  • Years old, and yet they rebelled at god, and they're getting by
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  • At god, and they're getting by with it, and they just began to
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  • With it, and they just began to lose their understanding of how
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  • Lose their understanding of how deadly sin was. not because god
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  • Deadly sin was. not because god didn't hate sin, but because he
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  • Didn't hate sin, but because he was willing to extend mercy
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  • Was willing to extend mercy towards them. that's the true
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  • Towards them. that's the true heart and nature and character
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  • Heart and nature and character of god. so he extended mercy,
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  • Of god. so he extended mercy, but people were taking his lack
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  • But people were taking his lack of judgment as approval, and so
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  • Of judgment as approval, and so eventually god brought judgment
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  • Eventually god brought judgment in a way that nobody could
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  • In a way that nobody could misunderstand so that people
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