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Creflo Dollar - Sin Consciousness vs. Innocence Consciousness (Part 3)

September 23, 2025 | 28:52

Creflo Dollar - Sin Consciousness vs. Innocence Consciousness (Part 3)
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Creflo Dollar | Creflo Dollar - Sin Consciousness vs. Innocence Consciousness (Part 3) | September 23, 2025
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  • Creflo dollar: hallelujah, so when sin consciousness starts
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  • Telling you that you're no longer righteous no more because
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  • Of what you did, just tell it, "hold up, devil.
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  • Jesus, everything all right?"
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  • "yes, all right, you?"
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  • "yes, all right.
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  • Get out of here, devil.
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  • I'm still the righteousness of god."
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  • Creflo: hopefully, you're gonna choose to let heaven determine
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  • Your thinking because whatever choice you make, then that's
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  • Gonna be your mentality for the day.
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  • Creflo: can you say that he's a way-maker?
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  • Yes!
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  • Can you say that he's a god that sits high and looks low?
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  • Yes!
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  • Creflo: if you have your bibles, go with me, for our text this
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  • Morning, to two scriptures.
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  • 1 corinthians chapter 15 and verse 34, 1 corinthians 15:34,
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  • And romans chapter 13:11.
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  • We're talking about sin consciousness or sin awareness,
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  • The fact that when you are so aware of sin and the shame and
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  • The guilt that comes from the knowledge of the law.
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  • Versus innocence consciousness, where jesus has made you
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  • Righteous, redeemed you, but you're not conscious of that,
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  • You're not aware of those things.
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  • So there's an issue that takes place in the life of an
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  • Individual who is more sin conscious than he is
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  • Innocence conscious.
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  • And so i want you to listen to this carefully because you will
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  • Never experience the freedom of grace walking around with sin
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  • Consciousness or sin awareness.
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  • So in 1 corinthians 15:34, he says, "awake to righteousness."
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  • Now, if you're gonna awake to something, that means it must
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  • Already be there, okay?
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  • So, "awake to righteousness," and he says, "sin not."
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  • So they go together.
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  • If you wake up to righteousness, the sin not part will come
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  • In, okay?
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  • So--but you have to awake to righteousness.
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  • You have to start recognizing that i am the righteousness of
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  • God, that's who i am, and who i am will determine how i behave.
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  • We've had it the other way around, we've allowed our
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  • Behavior to try to determine our identity, but our identity is,
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  • I'm the righteousness of god.
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  • The day you believe you're righteous is the day you're
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  • Gonna start doing right.
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  • So he says, wake up to righteousness, "awake to
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  • Righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of
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  • God," okay, because they're not conscious of the innocence that
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  • God has given them.
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  • He says, "but i speak this to your shame."
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  • And now look at the next one, romans 13:11.
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  • He says, "and that, knowing the time, that now it is high time
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  • To awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than
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  • When we believed."
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  • And so a couple of times, we see this going towards being asleep
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  • In something.
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  • We are asleep, and he says, wake up to righteousness because
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  • You're in sin consciousness, which means you are asleep
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  • To righteousness.
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  • You are asleep to innocence.
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  • You are asleep to that which jesus has done for you so that
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  • You can live, and he says, wake up, okay?
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  • And so let's give a quick definition again for sin
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  • Consciousness and innocence consciousness.
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  • So like i said before, when i deal with consciousness, i'm
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  • Talking about your awareness of a thing.
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  • And so, sin consciousness is an ongoing awareness of guilt or
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  • Focus on sin, where a believer constantly sees themselves as
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  • Unworthy or condemned because of their failure.
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  • Sin consciousness is an ongoing awareness.
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  • It's just--you're just consciously aware of this all
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  • The time.
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  • You are aware of the guilt that you have.
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  • You are aware of the focus that you put on sin.
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  • You--you're so focused on sin, you get up and you start
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  • Praying: lord, forgive me for the sins i hadn't committed yet.
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  • You are so aware of these things, and you're constantly
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  • Seeing yourself as unworthy, you constantly see yourself as
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  • Condemned because of the failures in your life.
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  • And you shouldn't see yourself as condemned because of
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  • The failures.
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  • When you fail, you should see that as an opportunity to
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  • Operate in the grace of god, but sin consciousness won't let you
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  • Do that.
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  • So instead of living in the freedom of christ, when you're
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  • Sin conscious you will remain trapped in the mindset of
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  • Self-examination, in the mindset of shame, in the mindset of
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  • Striving to be right with god through your performance.
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  • So when you're sin conscious, you're always thinking about,
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  • Well, this is what i need to do in order for god to do this.
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  • I got to be good in order for god to be good.
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  • I gotta examine myself and i've got--and i got all this shame in
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  • My life, and i'm striving to be right.
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  • I'm trying to get to heaven.
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  • I'm trying to make heaven my home, and what do you do to
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  • Accomplish that?
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  • You try to come up with a way to perform your way into those
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  • Objectives, and so the attitude is: i gotta do something for
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  • God in order to get something from god.
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  • You're conscious of sin because the sin consciousness and the
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  • Sin awareness is pushing you to, i gotta do this,
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  • I'm striving for righteousness.
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  • And you don't have to strive for righteousness, all you gotta do
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  • Is receive it.
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  • I'm striving to be redeemed.
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  • You ain't got to strive to be redeemed, all you got to do is
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  • Realize it and receive it.
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  • But what happens with sin consciousness, sin consciousness
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  • Wants to make it a work, you gotta work for these things.
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  • You gotta work to make heaven your home.
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  • You gotta work to be healed.
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  • You gotta work to be or to receive everything that jesus
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  • Has given to you.
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  • That's all based in sin consciousness.
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  • All right, that now versus innocence consciousness.
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  • What is innocence consciousness?
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  • Innocence consciousness is just awareness or it is about seeing
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  • Yourself as righteous and blameless in christ.
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  • When you have a consciousness and an awareness of your
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  • Innocence, when you are aware that your sins have been
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  • Forgiven, when you are aware that you have been declared
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  • Innocent by god, when you are aware that you have been
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  • Pardoned, when you are aware that sin is no longer a part of
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  • The agenda.
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  • When you are aware of that, you are innocent in your
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  • Consciousness and you are more aware of what jesus has done for
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  • You versus the sin.
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  • And so the new testament, especially paul's writings, they
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  • Began to emphasize moving from sin consciousness under the law
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  • To innocence consciousness under grace.
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  • So i think the number one weapon of the devil is: i got to keep
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  • Them conscious and aware of their sins so they wake up in
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  • The morning thinking about their sins.
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  • And then they join a church and they'll--and the guy'll preach
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  • About your sins.
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  • And you'll even go to some bible studies and they'll tell you,
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  • "you ought to be ashamed of yourself."
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  • So now you're being shamed at church.
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  • You're being made guilty at church.
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  • You're being made aware of sin at church because there's this
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  • Idea under religion that you got to preach about sin in order to
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  • Be balanced, and people can't be accountable if you don't preach
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  • About sin.
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  • You're supposed to be more accountable to what jesus has
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  • Given you and your righteousness and not accountable to all the
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  • Other stuff.
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  • So what happens when you're hearing sin--see,
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  • Whatever you focus on the most, that's what you're going
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  • To become.
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  • And so far at church, i mean, i don't have to tell you this.
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  • All of us, me included, we spent our time going to church and you
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  • Know what the secret sauce was?
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  • If i can make them feel fearful about going to heaven--i mean,
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  • Going to hell, if i can make them--if i can make people think
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  • That if you don't do this, you're going to hell, then
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  • That'll make them live right.
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  • No, it won't, it'll just make them stop coming.
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  • I ain't got to hear this because i already know i got sin.
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  • I already know i'm sinful.
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  • I already know i ain't no good.
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  • I don't need to come to a church, where i'm coming to look
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  • For answers, for you to add on to it.
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  • What is that doing?
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  • I already know i'm a no good-for-nothing, hell-raising,
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  • Reefer-smoking, lying, no-good dude.
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  • I already know that, why do i need a preacher to tell me what
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  • I already know?
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  • "you're going to hell." i know.
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  • I need somebody to tell me something other than what i
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  • Already know.
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  • Tell me what jesus did.
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  • If all this stuff is still true, then why are y'all talking about
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  • Jesus so much?
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  • Why do you want me to make jesus the lord of my life and if i get
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  • Saved, you're telling me i'm still a sinner saved by grace?
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  • Why would i get saved if i'm still a sinner?
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  • Just stay a sinner.
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  • It doesn't make sense.
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  • And over the years, and you spend 10, 20 years in this, 30
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  • Years in this, 40 years in this, you get tired.
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  • I didn't say tired, you get ti'ed because it seems that no
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  • Matter what you do or no matter what you think of, you're
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  • Still stuck.
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  • But you're really stuck in sin consciousness, you're really
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  • Stuck in being aware of sin.
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  • What would have happened if all of us would have grown up at age
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  • Three hearing about righteousness, hearing about--oh
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  • My god, hearing about we're redeemed, hearing about that sin
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  • Is no longer part of the agenda, hearing about the mercies
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  • Of god?
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  • Hearing about the grace of god--wow.
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  • And some of this younger generation, some of you guys,
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  • You showed up right on time.
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  • You got in the grace message and all the stuff everybody else
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  • Struggling with, you're trying to figure out what you--why
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  • Y'all struggling?
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  • Because you're hearing it right, we heard it wrong, and we got to
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  • Spend time unlearning some of the mess we got.
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  • And so when i preach grace, people are saying, "well, that's
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  • Just too good to be true," well, that's the definition of grace.
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  • It's the almost too good to be true news.
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  • If grace doesn't sound too good--if i'm preaching grace and
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  • It doesn't sound too good to be true, it's not grace.
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  • It's not grace.
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  • Grace is the almost too good to be true news about jesus christ
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  • And what he has done for us, amen?
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  • Now, does everybody get that?
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  • We're good, everybody on the bus, right?
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  • All right, now, there are four foundational scriptures i want
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  • To go over.
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  • Now, we're going somewhere with this, but i got to--i gotta make
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  • Sure you're on the bus.
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  • You're going for that--there's a certain
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  • Portion of this scripture i wrote down because it was too
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  • Important for me to mess up because i didn't know how to
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  • Articulate it, so i wrote it down and i'm gonna read it
  • 00:12:51.550 --> 00:12:55.754
  • 'cause i don't wanna mess it up.
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  • It--i feel like it's a good way to say it, but before i do that,
  • 00:12:57.122 --> 00:13:00.559
  • I want to show you these four basic scriptures that deal with
  • 00:13:00.559 --> 00:13:03.729
  • This subject, and the first one we wanna look at is romans
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  • Chapter 3:20.
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  • Romans chapter 3:20 in the nlt, and then in the
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  • Mirror translation.
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  • Now, i want you to look at this, and i want you to just go
  • 00:13:13.772 --> 00:13:17.343
  • With me.
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  • I want you to see what the word has to say about this.
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  • All right, romans 3:20, he says, "for no one can ever be made
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  • Right with god by doing what the law commands.
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  • The law simply shows us how sinful we are," wow.
  • 00:13:30.155 --> 00:13:36.729
  • So he says, there is no holiness in the law.
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  • You can't be holy by living by the law.
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  • You can't be righteous by living by the law.
  • 00:13:43.702 --> 00:13:45.638
  • In fact, under the law, he says, "there is none righteous, no,
  • 00:13:45.638 --> 00:13:48.073
  • Not one."
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  • The only thing the law does is to show you how sinful you are.
  • 00:13:50.676 --> 00:13:58.651
  • The law of moses is just like medical dye.
  • 00:13:58.651 --> 00:14:05.491
  • Medical dye is not the cure for anything.
  • 00:14:05.491 --> 00:14:08.560
  • Medical dye is used to try to show you what's wrong with you,
  • 00:14:08.560 --> 00:14:13.632
  • If there's anything wrong with you.
  • 00:14:13.632 --> 00:14:15.434
  • That's all it does.
  • 00:14:15.434 --> 00:14:17.403
  • No one can ever be made right by doing what the law says.
  • 00:14:17.403 --> 00:14:21.307
  • There's no righteousness in doing what the law says, wow.
  • 00:14:21.307 --> 00:14:27.446
  • Now, look at this in the mirror translation, romans chapter 3,
  • 00:14:27.446 --> 00:14:31.383
  • Verse 20 in the mirror translation.
  • 00:14:31.383 --> 00:14:36.221
  • He says, "the law proves all of us--" he says, "the law proves
  • 00:14:36.221 --> 00:14:40.693
  • All of mankind equally guilty and confirms that their most
  • 00:14:40.693 --> 00:14:46.665
  • Sincere duty-driven decisions and 'self-help' programs within
  • 00:14:46.665 --> 00:14:52.871
  • The confines of the flesh could not give them any sense of
  • 00:14:52.871 --> 00:14:57.609
  • Improved confidence in their standing before god."
  • 00:14:57.609 --> 00:15:02.815
  • What is it saying?
  • 00:15:02.815 --> 00:15:04.149
  • All the stuff that you think you do in the context of religion
  • 00:15:04.149 --> 00:15:08.487
  • And going to church still won't improve your standings because
  • 00:15:08.487 --> 00:15:12.725
  • The law ain't gonna do that, it only shows you what's wrong
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  • With you.
  • 00:15:19.932 --> 00:15:22.735
  • So in romans 3:20, the law proves that mankind is in the
  • 00:15:22.735 --> 00:15:27.806
  • Sense--or that mankind, that all of us are in the
  • 00:15:27.806 --> 00:15:31.410
  • Same predicament.
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  • It announces the fact that we have fallen short and it does
  • 00:15:34.413 --> 00:15:39.318
  • Not provide a cure.
  • 00:15:39.318 --> 00:15:40.652
  • Isn't that something?
  • 00:15:40.652 --> 00:15:42.021
  • The law does not provide a cure.
  • 00:15:42.021 --> 00:15:45.891
  • In romans 3:20, this shows how the law reveals the issue of
  • 00:15:45.891 --> 00:15:50.462
  • Sin, but doesn't offer a solution.
  • 00:15:50.462 --> 00:15:53.699
  • It only highlights the problem, keeping us conscious of sin
  • 00:15:53.699 --> 00:15:58.003
  • Without providing a way out.
  • 00:15:58.003 --> 00:16:01.673
  • So everyone that's decided, i'm gonna live by the law of moses,
  • 00:16:01.673 --> 00:16:05.744
  • And i'm gonna live by performance-based christianity,
  • 00:16:05.744 --> 00:16:10.282
  • It is only gonna show you what's wrong with you.
  • 00:16:10.282 --> 00:16:12.684
  • And if you try to keep the law, you're just gonna keep doing and
  • 00:16:12.684 --> 00:16:16.221
  • Revealing what's wrong with you.
  • 00:16:16.221 --> 00:16:18.023
  • The law doesn't provide a way out of your sin situation.
  • 00:16:18.023 --> 00:16:24.329
  • You will sin more under the law.
  • 00:16:24.329 --> 00:16:29.568
  • What does the bible say?
  • 00:16:29.568 --> 00:16:30.903
  • That the law is the strength of sin.
  • 00:16:30.903 --> 00:16:34.039
  • You're supposed to sin more under the law.
  • 00:16:34.039 --> 00:16:35.541
  • And romans 6 says you're not under the law anymore, you're
  • 00:16:35.541 --> 00:16:38.811
  • Under grace.
  • 00:16:38.811 --> 00:16:41.280
  • But there's still people coming to church defending the law, i'm
  • 00:16:41.280 --> 00:16:47.052
  • Gonna live by the law of moses.
  • 00:16:47.052 --> 00:16:49.088
  • I'm just gonna live by it, because why?
  • 00:16:49.088 --> 00:16:51.123
  • 'cause that's all you ever heard.
  • 00:16:51.123 --> 00:16:55.327
  • But there is no cure to living under the law, romans 3:20.
  • 00:16:55.327 --> 00:17:01.900
  • All right, let's go to the next scripture, 2 corinthians 5:21.
  • 00:17:01.900 --> 00:17:07.206
  • 2 corinthians 5:21, let's look at it in king james and in
  • 00:17:07.206 --> 00:17:09.975
  • The mirror.
  • 00:17:09.975 --> 00:17:12.311
  • 2 corinthians 5:21 tells us that we are no longer defined by sin,
  • 00:17:12.311 --> 00:17:16.315
  • But we're now defined by righteousness.
  • 00:17:16.315 --> 00:17:18.183
  • Look what he says, "for he hath made him to be sin for us," so
  • 00:17:18.183 --> 00:17:22.554
  • Jesus was made to be sin for us, "who knew no sin."
  • 00:17:22.554 --> 00:17:25.724
  • So jesus, the only man ever, he's--he has no sin, has never
  • 00:17:25.724 --> 00:17:30.629
  • Sinned, not one little bit.
  • 00:17:30.629 --> 00:17:32.798
  • "who knew no sin," but he was made sin.
  • 00:17:32.798 --> 00:17:34.766
  • He had to be made that way 'cause he couldn't become that
  • 00:17:34.766 --> 00:17:37.136
  • Way because he had no sin.
  • 00:17:37.136 --> 00:17:39.638
  • So there was a great exchange that took place.
  • 00:17:39.638 --> 00:17:42.040
  • He who knew no sin became sin, was made sin, why?
  • 00:17:42.040 --> 00:17:46.311
  • Why was he made sin?
  • 00:17:46.311 --> 00:17:48.046
  • "that we might be made the righteousness of god in him."
  • 00:17:48.046 --> 00:17:51.984
  • So what happened was, he took all of our mess so he--so we
  • 00:17:51.984 --> 00:17:56.121
  • Could take all of his righteousness, the great
  • 00:17:56.121 --> 00:17:58.090
  • Exchange that took place.
  • 00:17:58.090 --> 00:17:59.958
  • He couldn't do nothing to be a sinner and we couldn't do
  • 00:17:59.958 --> 00:18:03.929
  • Nothing to be righteous, and the only way this was gonna happen
  • 00:18:03.929 --> 00:18:07.733
  • Was he had to take off his coat of righteousness in exchange for
  • 00:18:07.733 --> 00:18:11.436
  • Our coat of sin.
  • 00:18:11.436 --> 00:18:13.005
  • And now you are righteous not because of what you have done or
  • 00:18:13.005 --> 00:18:16.041
  • What you performed, you are righteous 'cause jesus gave you
  • 00:18:16.041 --> 00:18:19.378
  • The coat of righteousness, that's it.
  • 00:18:19.378 --> 00:18:21.613
  • So we're no longer defined by sin, we're defined
  • 00:18:21.613 --> 00:18:25.851
  • By righteousness.
  • 00:18:25.851 --> 00:18:29.154
  • You are no longer defined by sin, and we still in the church
  • 00:18:29.154 --> 00:18:35.027
  • Say we ain't nothing but sinners.
  • 00:18:35.027 --> 00:18:36.695
  • We are not defined by sin, we are defined by righteousness.
  • 00:18:36.695 --> 00:18:41.800
  • The bible says you are now saints, yeah.
  • 00:18:41.800 --> 00:18:46.972
  • Turn to your neighbor and say, "hello, saint."
  • 00:18:46.972 --> 00:18:52.144
  • "no, i'm a sinner," no, you used to be a sinner.
  • 00:18:52.144 --> 00:18:55.013
  • But because of jesus and what he gave you freely, you are now the
  • 00:18:55.013 --> 00:19:00.385
  • Righteousness of god.
  • 00:19:00.385 --> 00:19:04.122
  • [speaking in tongues]
  • 00:19:04.122 --> 00:19:05.457
  • Now, a sin-conscious man can't receive that because he's like,
  • 00:19:05.457 --> 00:19:09.728
  • "but wait a minute, but wait a minute, but i sin,
  • 00:19:09.728 --> 00:19:12.130
  • But i do that."
  • 00:19:12.130 --> 00:19:13.498
  • Yeah, for right now you do, but if you'll go ahead and receive
  • 00:19:13.498 --> 00:19:16.401
  • Who you really are, the day you really believe you've been made
  • 00:19:16.401 --> 00:19:19.771
  • Righteous and you receive this coat of righteous he gave you,
  • 00:19:19.771 --> 00:19:22.808
  • Your behavior will line up with your identity.
  • 00:19:22.808 --> 00:19:27.446
  • But you're so busy worrying about what you did and how
  • 00:19:27.446 --> 00:19:29.615
  • You did.
  • 00:19:29.615 --> 00:19:30.949
  • All that's gonna be taken care of by your realizing and
  • 00:19:30.949 --> 00:19:33.685
  • Receiving who you now are because of jesus christ.
  • 00:19:33.685 --> 00:19:38.824
  • Look at this in the mirror, in the mirror translation.
  • 00:19:38.824 --> 00:19:44.663
  • Oh, jesus.
  • 00:19:44.663 --> 00:19:46.865
  • I wanted to wear some jeans with the hole--with holes in it,
  • 00:19:46.865 --> 00:19:49.234
  • And t-shirt.
  • 00:19:49.234 --> 00:19:51.503
  • I didn't wanna embarrass my wife.
  • 00:19:51.503 --> 00:19:55.907
  • I ain't gonna embarrass you.
  • 00:19:55.907 --> 00:19:57.809
  • Can i wear some jeans and a t-shirt?
  • 00:19:57.809 --> 00:20:00.078
  • I'mma wear some holed jeans.
  • 00:20:00.078 --> 00:20:02.047
  • I'm gonna make sure i put lotion on my knees and holed jeans and
  • 00:20:02.047 --> 00:20:06.018
  • T-shirt and put a fake tattoo on so you can judge me.
  • 00:20:06.018 --> 00:20:15.060
  • 'cause none of them holey jeans are gonna make me unrighteous.
  • 00:20:15.060 --> 00:20:19.765
  • Oh my god, i gotta say something right here.
  • 00:20:19.765 --> 00:20:21.767
  • Hold it, hold it, hold it, hold it, hold it, hold it, hold it.
  • 00:20:21.767 --> 00:20:24.369
  • So if jesus made you righteous--mm, i've been scared
  • 00:20:24.369 --> 00:20:28.974
  • For years to say this--he made you righteous and you didn't do
  • 00:20:28.974 --> 00:20:31.543
  • Nothing to become righteous except to realize righteous, the
  • 00:20:31.543 --> 00:20:34.413
  • Only way you disqualify you from being righteous again is jesus
  • 00:20:34.413 --> 00:20:38.984
  • Has to somehow become unrighteous.
  • 00:20:38.984 --> 00:20:48.593
  • He got to somehow become unrighteous in order for us to
  • 00:20:48.593 --> 00:20:51.596
  • Become unrighteous 'cause we is what he is, eh, hallelujah.
  • 00:20:51.596 --> 00:20:57.135
  • So when sin consciousness starts telling you that you're no
  • 00:20:57.135 --> 00:20:59.938
  • Longer righteous no more because of what you did, just tell it,
  • 00:20:59.938 --> 00:21:03.275
  • "hold up, devil.
  • 00:21:03.275 --> 00:21:04.609
  • Jesus, everything all right?"
  • 00:21:04.609 --> 00:21:06.645
  • "yes, all right. you?"
  • 00:21:06.645 --> 00:21:08.714
  • "yes, all right.
  • 00:21:08.714 --> 00:21:10.048
  • Get out of here, devil.
  • 00:21:10.048 --> 00:21:11.416
  • I'm still the righteousness of god."
  • 00:21:11.416 --> 00:21:17.723
  • I've been so scared all these years to say what i'm--i ain't
  • 00:21:17.723 --> 00:21:20.625
  • Said what i want to say right now.
  • 00:21:20.625 --> 00:21:22.160
  • I've been so scared all these years to say what i'm getting
  • 00:21:22.160 --> 00:21:24.162
  • Ready to say, what i'm finally getting ready to say.
  • 00:21:24.162 --> 00:21:27.432
  • Finally getting ready to say. [speaking in tongues]
  • 00:21:27.432 --> 00:21:30.635
  • The day jesus saved me through that divine exchange, i will
  • 00:21:30.635 --> 00:21:34.973
  • Always be like that.
  • 00:21:34.973 --> 00:21:38.944
  • There is no action on my part that can undo what jesus did.
  • 00:21:38.944 --> 00:21:48.820
  • I know you're gonna say that, "well, you trying to say you
  • 00:21:48.820 --> 00:21:50.889
  • Once saved, always saved?"
  • 00:21:50.889 --> 00:21:52.257
  • I thought i just said it.
  • 00:21:52.257 --> 00:21:57.496
  • For you to say that that's not possible because of your sinful
  • 00:21:57.496 --> 00:22:01.566
  • Behavior is for you to exalt your sinful behavior above
  • 00:22:01.566 --> 00:22:05.370
  • His righteousness.
  • 00:22:05.370 --> 00:22:12.210
  • Turn to your neighbor and say, "my pastor free."
  • 00:22:12.210 --> 00:22:21.219
  • I'm saved, sure enough saved right now.
  • 00:22:21.219 --> 00:22:23.722
  • Now, sometimes it might not look like it, it might not sound like
  • 00:22:23.722 --> 00:22:26.158
  • It, but i'm on a journey, glory to god.
  • 00:22:26.158 --> 00:22:28.393
  • And on this journey, he is working on me, hallelujah.
  • 00:22:28.393 --> 00:22:31.730
  • On this journey, he's giving me the power and the desire to do
  • 00:22:31.730 --> 00:22:35.400
  • What pleases him.
  • 00:22:35.400 --> 00:22:36.768
  • Now, watch how you judge me because one day you gonna look
  • 00:22:36.768 --> 00:22:39.404
  • Up and i'm not gonna be walking like i used to walk.
  • 00:22:39.404 --> 00:22:42.607
  • One day you're gonna look up and i'm not gonna be talking like i
  • 00:22:42.607 --> 00:22:45.243
  • Used to talk.
  • 00:22:45.243 --> 00:22:46.611
  • Give it a little time, glory to god, even instant oatmeal take a
  • 00:22:46.611 --> 00:22:50.682
  • Little time in order for it to get finished.
  • 00:22:50.682 --> 00:22:54.920
  • Announcer: are you trapped in guilt and shame, trying to earn
  • 00:22:59.124 --> 00:23:01.993
  • God's approval?
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  • You are innocent, forgiven, and righteous.
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  • Creflo: it's not because of our performance that i'm holy.
  • 00:23:20.545 --> 00:23:22.581
  • It's not because of my performance that i'm righteous.
  • 00:23:22.581 --> 00:23:24.916
  • It is because of what christ has done for me.
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  • God sees you as holy.
  • 00:23:29.221 --> 00:23:30.822
  • This is god saying, "my mind is made up where you're concerned.
  • 00:23:30.822 --> 00:23:33.425
  • You're in jesus, you're righteous, you're holy,
  • 00:23:33.425 --> 00:23:35.460
  • You're everything he is.
  • 00:23:35.460 --> 00:23:37.496
  • And i already made my mind up about you, you are
  • 00:23:37.496 --> 00:23:39.965
  • His reflection."
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  • You live by the faith of the son of god.
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  • Creflo: we must respond to the spiritual laws of god.
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  • A proven principle taffi and i have operated in for many, many
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  • Years is the law of sowing and reaping.
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  • Now, when you sow into this ministry, you are sowing into
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  • Good ground, why?
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  • You see, your seed is not wasted.
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  • In fact, your seed is a twice-sown seed, meaning that
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  • It'll work in different places at the same time.
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  • Your financial seed goes toward helping hurting people, both
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  • Globally and within our local communities.
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  • We thank god for your support.
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  • Announcer: you may support creflo dollar ministries
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  • Outreach missions by calling us or visiting our website.
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  • You enrich lives in ways you can't begin to imagine.
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  • God bless you.
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  • Creflo: as we wrap up today's broadcast, i'd like to take a
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  • Moment to pray for you.
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  • I don't ever want to take for granted that you have received
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  • Jesus christ as your personal lord and savior.
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  • There's no better way to embark upon a new stage in your life
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  • Than to enter into a personal relationship with christ.
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  • So if you want to become born again and begin an exciting
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  • Intimate relationship with jesus, pray this prayer with
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  • Me now.
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  • Heavenly father, come into my heart, save me.
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  • I receive you now by faith and i declare in jesus's name that
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  • I am saved.
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  • Thank you, lord, for saving me, amen.
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  • Well, if you prayed that prayer with me, i wanna welcome you to
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  • The kingdom of god.
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  • Announcer: thank you, partners and friends, your love and
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  • Financial support makes it possible to bring this message
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  • Into millions of homes all across the globe.
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  • The preceding program was brought to you, in part, by the
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  • Partners and friends of creflo dollar ministries.
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