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Creflo Dollar - Sin Consciousness vs. Innocence Consciousness (Part 4)

September 26, 2025 | 28:55

Creflo Dollar - Sin Consciousness vs. Innocence Consciousness (Part 4)
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Creflo Dollar | Creflo Dollar - Sin Consciousness vs. Innocence Consciousness (Part 4) | September 26, 2025
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  • And everybody said amen.
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  • Praise the lord.
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  • If you have your bibles, go with me to the book of romans chapter
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  • 7, and verse 7 through 11.
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  • We'll start off in the nlt.
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  • We've been--this is, i think, the fourth week we've been
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  • Talking about sin consciousness versus innocence consciousness.
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  • So, what is that?
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  • Sin consciousness is when you are more aware of sin in your
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  • Life, you're more aware of the shame, the failure, you're more
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  • Aware of the condemnation and the guilt, than you are the
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  • Innocence and the freedom that jesus has bought you.
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  • To be innocent conscious, it just simply means you have an
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  • Awareness of the righteousness that you get in jesus christ.
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  • So, one of the things we understand is that we continue
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  • To be aware of sin consciousness, when in fact,
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  • Jesus has dealt with that.
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  • He's taken away the sin.
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  • You are forgiven.
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  • Say out loud, "i have been forgiven."
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  • He has dealt with the sin.
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  • Now, there's something interesting in the
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  • New testament.
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  • People say, "well, you know, your bad behavior," sinning,
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  • "your bad behavior," you follow me?
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  • We say that separates you from god.
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  • What really separates us from god is the sinful man, the sin
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  • Nature that jesus dealt with.
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  • It's the sin man that separates you from god.
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  • Now, anytime somebody wants to argue about that and say, "no,
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  • No, no, it's the behavior that separates you from god,"
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  • Well, you know, all you got to do is turn to him and say,
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  • "well, what--well, how's that working for you?"
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  • Because either you're telling me that it's not so in your life,
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  • And that you're never separated from god--
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  • If it's the behavior that separates you from god, i'm sure
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  • You have some challenges with your behavior
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  • Every now and then.
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  • You ain't mr. perfect or ms. perfect.
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  • You're growing, hopefully.
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  • But he never meant that in the first place.
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  • He speaks in romans 7, when he uses the word sin, it's a noun
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  • Which was referring to the man of sin, the person of sin, the
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  • Sin nature.
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  • And so, what jesus did is delivered you from the sin
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  • Nature and bought you and reconciled you back to god.
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  • So, you're delivered from the sin nature, which is the root of
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  • The sinful behavior.
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  • You're delivered from that.
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  • But somehow, sin consciousness gets you into thinking, every
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  • Time i don't operate perfectly according to jesus, i'm--
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  • I've separated myself from god."
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  • Honey, i know people who have come right out of a mess, come
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  • Into church and god healed them.
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  • You follow what i'm saying?
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  • So, i don't want us to just intellectualize this practical
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  • Understanding of grace.
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  • I need you to know that you have been set free from the
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  • Sin nature.
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  • You've been set free from the sinful man.
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  • Oh, there's a scripture for that.
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  • I probably need to show it to you.
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  • Go to romans 6, verse 6, 7, and 8.
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  • Just, we'll be back at romans 7 just for a moment.
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  • I didn't know i was gonna go this way, but it says, "we know
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  • That our old sinful selves," what happened to the old
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  • Sinful self?
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  • "it was crucified with christ so that sin might lose its power in
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  • Our lives.
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  • We are no longer slaves to that old sinful self."
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  • Verse 7, "for when we died with christ we were set free from the
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  • Power of that sin," okay.
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  • Now, go back to verse 6 and read it out of the king james just so
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  • You'll know where to locate it when we're talking.
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  • He says, "knowing this, that the old man," that's what he calls
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  • The sin nature, "the old man is--" what happened to
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  • The old man?
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  • "he is crucified with him, that the body of sin," that's the old
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  • Man, "might be," what, what?
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  • "destroyed, that henceforth you should not serve sin."
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  • That word sin is a noun referring to the old man,
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  • The body of sin.
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  • It's not talking about your behavior.
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  • He says that you will not serve that sinful man anymore.
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  • "for he that is dead," to that sinful man, your death
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  • Separated--you've been separated from the sinful man.
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  • You're now free from that sinful nature, that sinful man.
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  • So, you're delivered from the nature.
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  • That nature of sin you are now set free from.
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  • So that's why paul asked this question in the beginning.
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  • Look at romans 6, verse 1.
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  • This is why he asked this question in the very
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  • Beginning when he says, "what shall we say then?
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  • Shall we continue in the sin nature, that grace may abound?"
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  • I love the response.
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  • Verse 2 says this, "god forbid.
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  • How shall we, that are dead to the sin nature, live any longer
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  • In the sin nature?"
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  • Because it's over with.
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  • So, if the sin nature has been taken care of, then your sin
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  • Consciousness should also be taken care of.
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  • The only reason a person is still in sin consciousness is
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  • Because he hasn't received or believes that that sin nature
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  • Has been taken care of.
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  • Somebody says, "well, how do you do that?"
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  • You read that jesus has taken care of your sin.
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  • And when you read that jesus has taken care of your sin, you know
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  • How you respond?
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  • Amen!
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  • And now you walk without the consciousness of sin.
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  • You can now walk with innocence conscious because of what jesus
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  • Has freed me from.
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  • That makes sense?
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  • Okay, so what we're gonna talk about today is, like, the danger
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  • Of maintaining sin consciousness.
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  • What happens after four weeks of teaching this, and you're
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  • Thinking, "whatever, my bible tells me--there you go again.
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  • You just got out of baptism pool, still wetting the floor,
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  • And just got out of the water"?
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  • And i'm telling you, jesus has dealt with your sins.
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  • So, if he dealt with your sins, your sin conscious has been
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  • Dealt with.
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  • You have just got to come to a point where you recognize,
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  • Realize, and receive that, all right?
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  • So, let's dig in a little deeper.
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  • Let's expand on how the law creates sin consciousness.
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  • And that's where the real issue is.
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  • The issue is if you're still trying to live by the law of
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  • Moses, if you're still trying to live by the old testament, the
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  • Old agreement, then you're still gonna have problems with
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  • Sin consciousness.
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  • Now, somebody might be saying, "well, brother dollar, the bible
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  • Says that the things that were written aforetime were written
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  • For our learning."
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  • You're right, you're supposed to learn from it, not live by
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  • It, okay?
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  • All the stuff that was written in that old covenant, we can
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  • Learn some things from it, all right?
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  • We learn from it, we don't live by it.
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  • The problem is when you continue to try to live by the laws
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  • Of moses.
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  • All right, when you continue to try to live by the laws of moses
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  • After he says that the old testament is obsolete,
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  • No more use for that.
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  • So, i'm gonna give you a better covenant or testament better
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  • Than the old one.
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  • Well, if he took the time to die, shed his blood so you can
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  • Have a better covenant, what you think it look like from heaven?
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  • You're insisting on living by the old one when he gave you a
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  • Better one.
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  • It's like somebody in heaven like, "ah, these humans, man.
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  • Look at this guy," you know what i'm saying?
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  • Are y'all understanding what i'm saying here?
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  • So, how does the law create sin consciousness?
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  • The law shows the standard of righteousness, but it doesn't
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  • Provide the means to meet the standard.
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  • But the law is perfect.
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  • The law is flawless.
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  • The law represents the character of god.
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  • So, the law is not sinful.
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  • The problem is, man was not perfect.
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  • Man is sinful, trying to keep something that's flawless.
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  • And so, god said, "that ain't working, so we got to give you a
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  • Better covenant based on your condition."
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  • So, it's constantly--the law constantly reminds people of
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  • Their shortcomings and their sins 'cause when you who have
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  • Fallen short try to keep that which is perfect, you're gonna
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  • Continue in shortcomings, and you're gonna continue in sins,
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  • And it just stays in your head, your conscious.
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  • So, this leads to a mindset of guilt, a mindset of shame, a
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  • Mindset of condemnation.
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  • So, it's the mind.
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  • You're trapped in the mindset of the law.
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  • You're trapped in the mindset of condemnation.
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  • And so, this mindset is there because of your inability to
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  • Live up to god's perfect standard.
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  • And you keep trying to live up to god's perfect standard, and
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  • God know you ain't perfect, then you're gonna continue to be
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  • Trapped in the consciousness of sin.
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  • Let me show you what happens here in romans 7, verse 7
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  • Through 11.
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  • Let's look at the nlt and then the mirror.
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  • Paul speaks of how the law exposed sin in him and how it
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  • Led to death.
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  • So, here's the apostle paul, a pharisee.
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  • A pharisee who was educated in the law, a pharisee that was
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  • Very passionate about the law.
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  • That's one of the reasons he went around persecuting the
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  • Church, because of his passion for the law.
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  • And then jesus met him on the road to damascus, called him to
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  • The gospel, and he began to--in spite of all the things he had
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  • Understood about the law, he began to say, "there is a new
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  • And living way."
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  • And that's what he began to teach.
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  • Now, he lost a lot of his friends, they dogged him out,
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  • They tried to kill him, they threw him off stuff.
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  • They did all kinds of stuff, right?
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  • But here's what he had to say about his encounter with
  • 00:13:20.246 --> 00:13:22.681
  • The law.
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  • He said, "well then, am i suggesting that the law of god
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  • Is sinful?
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  • Of course not!"
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  • It's perfect, not sinful.
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  • The problem is not with the law.
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  • The problem is with fallen mankind who is imperfect, trying
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  • To keep something that is flawless, all right?
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  • And it's amazing how we go to churches and they're preaching
  • 00:13:47.506 --> 00:13:50.809
  • The law telling you, "you need to do this," and watch this,
  • 00:13:50.809 --> 00:13:54.880
  • "and if you don't, if you miss it in some areas, you're going
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  • To hell 'cause the man that sins shall go to hell."
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  • Remember, heaven's really not a destination, it's a journey.
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  • It's a journey.
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  • All right, now watch this, "of course not!
  • 00:14:09.695 --> 00:14:12.164
  • In fact, it was the law that showed me my sin."
  • 00:14:12.164 --> 00:14:16.802
  • All right, let's back up a little bit.
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  • There was a time when that cain and abel deal, and that genesis
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  • 6 deal with the angels and the women--there was no law at
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  • The time.
  • 00:14:28.147 --> 00:14:29.515
  • So, people--there was nothing that was right or wrong 'cause
  • 00:14:29.515 --> 00:14:34.687
  • There was no law prohibiting.
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  • So, they just did everything.
  • 00:14:37.222 --> 00:14:39.224
  • I mean, this boy killed his brother.
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  • And then god said, "and you better not touch him 'cause i'm
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  • Gonna put a mark on him to let you know that i'm for him," and
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  • I'm thinking, what's up there?
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  • He killed his brother.
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  • He says, "there was no law against murder,
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  • Not at that time."
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  • There was nothing prohibiting murder.
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  • It was the wild, wild west.
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  • So, god says, "i gotta do something temporarily until i
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  • Can get jesus in the earth."
  • 00:15:05.084 --> 00:15:07.419
  • So, moses moses, moses moses, come on.
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  • He's gonna institute the law to try to curb the sin actions.
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  • Does everybody see?
  • 00:15:16.195 --> 00:15:17.529
  • It wasn't supposed to be forever, it was just supposed to
  • 00:15:17.529 --> 00:15:19.631
  • Be temporary.
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  • Galatians says it's a schoolmaster until jesus
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  • Has come.
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  • He says, "the law is gonna be a shadow until the real has come,"
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  • Which is jesus, all right?
  • 00:15:30.409 --> 00:15:31.744
  • So, follow me here, "it was the law that showed me my sin."
  • 00:15:31.744 --> 00:15:35.647
  • Paul said, "i ain't know it was a sin until the law,
  • 00:15:35.647 --> 00:15:37.783
  • The law showed me my sin."
  • 00:15:37.783 --> 00:15:39.752
  • "i would never have known that coveting is wrong if the law had
  • 00:15:39.752 --> 00:15:45.090
  • Not said, 'you must not covet.'"
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  • You remember the illustration i gave you about the autobahn over
  • 00:15:48.327 --> 00:15:51.163
  • In germany?
  • 00:15:51.163 --> 00:15:52.498
  • The autobahn over in germany, there was no law on that
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  • Particular strip.
  • 00:15:55.501 --> 00:15:57.036
  • No speed limit, all right.
  • 00:15:57.036 --> 00:15:58.637
  • But i was limited in my mind because there's speed limits in
  • 00:15:58.637 --> 00:16:01.273
  • My country.
  • 00:16:01.273 --> 00:16:03.275
  • Limited in my mind, "oh my god, i'm gonna go 90 miles an hour,"
  • 00:16:03.275 --> 00:16:07.846
  • And i'm thinking--at 55, i'm looking for the popo.
  • 00:16:07.846 --> 00:16:13.385
  • You see that?
  • 00:16:13.385 --> 00:16:14.720
  • The law made me conscious of a speed limit, all right?
  • 00:16:14.720 --> 00:16:19.992
  • And so, he says, "i would have never known it was wrong if the
  • 00:16:19.992 --> 00:16:23.695
  • Law had not said, 'you must not covet.'"
  • 00:16:23.695 --> 00:16:25.898
  • Verse 8, "but sin used this commandment to arouse all kinds
  • 00:16:25.898 --> 00:16:34.673
  • Of covetous desires within me!"
  • 00:16:34.673 --> 00:16:38.110
  • So, when you live under the law, sin is gonna use the commandment
  • 00:16:38.110 --> 00:16:42.514
  • To arise this stuff on the inside of you.
  • 00:16:42.514 --> 00:16:44.283
  • You weren't even thinking about it until you thought on the law,
  • 00:16:44.283 --> 00:16:47.052
  • And then the sin takes advantage of it.
  • 00:16:47.052 --> 00:16:50.222
  • Are you following me?
  • 00:16:50.222 --> 00:16:53.125
  • He says, "to arouse all kinds of covetous desires within me!
  • 00:16:53.125 --> 00:16:56.361
  • If there were no law, sin would not have that power."
  • 00:16:56.361 --> 00:17:01.900
  • Who's walking around in sin conscious if there's no law?
  • 00:17:01.900 --> 00:17:04.837
  • There was no law back when cain did his job.
  • 00:17:04.837 --> 00:17:07.773
  • But he wasn't even conscious of the fact, he's just like, "nah,
  • 00:17:07.773 --> 00:17:10.943
  • What do you think about that?" you know.
  • 00:17:10.943 --> 00:17:14.046
  • Watch this, "but sin--but at one time i lived without
  • 00:17:14.046 --> 00:17:18.650
  • Understanding the law," yeah.
  • 00:17:18.650 --> 00:17:21.086
  • "but when i learned the commandment," a pharisee
  • 00:17:21.086 --> 00:17:24.289
  • Now, "when i learned the commandment not to covet, for
  • 00:17:24.289 --> 00:17:29.294
  • Instance, the power of sin came to life."
  • 00:17:29.294 --> 00:17:34.299
  • "it came to life in me when i learned the commandment."
  • 00:17:34.299 --> 00:17:36.401
  • He said, "and then i died.
  • 00:17:36.401 --> 00:17:38.437
  • So i discovered that the law's commands, which were supposed to
  • 00:17:38.437 --> 00:17:42.774
  • Bring life," everybody--all of us have been told that this was
  • 00:17:42.774 --> 00:17:47.346
  • Supposed to bring life, and freedom, and deliverance.
  • 00:17:47.346 --> 00:17:50.082
  • And if you do that, then that'll happen.
  • 00:17:50.082 --> 00:17:51.683
  • And if you do that, and then this will happen.
  • 00:17:51.683 --> 00:17:53.285
  • And then you do that, and then 30 years of your life are gone
  • 00:17:53.285 --> 00:17:56.188
  • And you're in worse condition than you've ever been before,
  • 00:17:56.188 --> 00:17:59.158
  • Depressed, down, "where is jesus?
  • 00:17:59.158 --> 00:18:01.827
  • Am i going to heaven?"
  • 00:18:01.827 --> 00:18:06.532
  • "which was supposed to bring life, it brought spiritual
  • 00:18:06.532 --> 00:18:09.768
  • Death instead."
  • 00:18:09.768 --> 00:18:12.304
  • Verse 11, "sin took advantage of those commands and deceived me;
  • 00:18:12.304 --> 00:18:17.676
  • It used the commands to kill me," or to kill life.
  • 00:18:17.676 --> 00:18:23.916
  • And now look at this in the--i was gonna say miracle
  • 00:18:23.916 --> 00:18:27.853
  • Translation, but the mirror translation.
  • 00:18:27.853 --> 00:18:30.489
  • And pray, it is a miracle that's--all right, now
  • 00:18:30.489 --> 00:18:33.458
  • Watch this now.
  • 00:18:33.458 --> 00:18:34.793
  • Does everybody understand?
  • 00:18:34.793 --> 00:18:36.161
  • You're on the bus now.
  • 00:18:36.161 --> 00:18:37.563
  • "the law in itself is not sinful; i am not suggesting that
  • 00:18:37.563 --> 00:18:42.067
  • At all.
  • 00:18:42.067 --> 00:18:43.435
  • Yet in pointing out sin, the law was in a sense the catalyst for
  • 00:18:43.435 --> 00:18:49.174
  • Sinful actions to manifest."
  • 00:18:49.174 --> 00:18:51.910
  • You see all the stuff that can be taken care of in your
  • 00:18:51.910 --> 00:18:53.879
  • Behavior, part of your life if you'll just do what jesus say,
  • 00:18:53.879 --> 00:18:57.482
  • And get free from sin consciousness, and then begin to
  • 00:18:57.482 --> 00:19:00.285
  • Walk in your innocence consciousness?
  • 00:19:00.285 --> 00:19:01.753
  • Look at all the stuff that happens to your behavior if you
  • 00:19:01.753 --> 00:19:03.789
  • Would just do what he tells you to do, instead of trying to
  • 00:19:03.789 --> 00:19:06.525
  • Modify your behavior because you feel like that's the only way
  • 00:19:06.525 --> 00:19:09.828
  • You can stop sinning.
  • 00:19:09.828 --> 00:19:13.198
  • He said, "had the law not said, thou shalt not come it, i would
  • 00:19:13.198 --> 00:19:16.134
  • Not have had a problem with lust."
  • 00:19:16.134 --> 00:19:19.071
  • He said, "look at where my problem came.
  • 00:19:19.071 --> 00:19:20.505
  • Had the law never said that, i wouldn't have no problem.
  • 00:19:20.505 --> 00:19:22.975
  • I wouldn't even think about it.
  • 00:19:22.975 --> 00:19:26.245
  • "but the commandment triggered sin into action."
  • 00:19:26.245 --> 00:19:31.617
  • The commandments, the laws are triggers.
  • 00:19:31.617 --> 00:19:37.122
  • It triggers sin into action.
  • 00:19:37.122 --> 00:19:39.124
  • "suddenly an array of sinful appetites were awakened in me.
  • 00:19:39.124 --> 00:19:42.995
  • The law broke sin's dormancy."
  • 00:19:42.995 --> 00:19:45.430
  • It was dormant, but it broke sin's dormancy.
  • 00:19:46.465 --> 00:19:51.270
  • "without the law i was alive; the law was introduced, sin
  • 00:19:51.270 --> 00:19:55.974
  • Revived and i died.
  • 00:19:55.974 --> 00:19:58.977
  • Instead of being my guide to life, the commandment proved to
  • 00:19:58.977 --> 00:20:04.349
  • Be a death sentence.
  • 00:20:04.349 --> 00:20:07.419
  • Sin took advantage of the law and employed the commandment to
  • 00:20:07.419 --> 00:20:13.492
  • Seduce and to murder me."
  • 00:20:13.492 --> 00:20:16.795
  • Are y'all seeing this?
  • 00:20:16.795 --> 00:20:18.196
  • So, the problem is, it's that sin consciousness, which comes
  • 00:20:18.196 --> 00:20:24.603
  • By the law.
  • 00:20:24.603 --> 00:20:26.238
  • It's sin consciousness that comes by the law.
  • 00:20:26.238 --> 00:20:31.843
  • Now, let's look at how grace restores innocence real quick.
  • 00:20:31.843 --> 00:20:39.284
  • Just compare it to while we're there.
  • 00:20:39.284 --> 00:20:42.321
  • Grace, on the other hand, completely redefines a
  • 00:20:42.321 --> 00:20:45.123
  • Believer's identity.
  • 00:20:45.123 --> 00:20:46.458
  • That's what it does.
  • 00:20:46.458 --> 00:20:47.793
  • It completely defines a believer's identity.
  • 00:20:47.793 --> 00:20:49.895
  • It doesn't just erase sin, but also restores a person to their
  • 00:20:49.895 --> 00:20:55.133
  • Original innocence before god.
  • 00:20:55.133 --> 00:20:59.237
  • Wow, that's powerful.
  • 00:20:59.237 --> 00:21:00.572
  • It restores us to our original innocence before god.
  • 00:21:00.572 --> 00:21:05.210
  • So, through christ's sacrifice, believers are now seen as
  • 00:21:05.210 --> 00:21:10.515
  • Righteous, blameless, and holy.
  • 00:21:10.515 --> 00:21:17.823
  • And those are the things christian people struggle with.
  • 00:21:17.823 --> 00:21:21.259
  • Your identity: you're seen as righteous, you are seen as
  • 00:21:21.259 --> 00:21:26.732
  • Blameless, you are seen as holy.
  • 00:21:26.732 --> 00:21:32.371
  • Isn't it something that those are the very things that they
  • 00:21:32.371 --> 00:21:34.773
  • Struggle with?
  • 00:21:34.773 --> 00:21:36.108
  • You go to a christian person and tell them, "you're holy."
  • 00:21:36.108 --> 00:21:38.610
  • They even have problems receiving that, "oh, no, no,"
  • 00:21:38.610 --> 00:21:41.413
  • Because the sin consciousness is saying, "ah-ah," but jesus came
  • 00:21:41.413 --> 00:21:45.150
  • And he says, "you're innocent.
  • 00:21:45.150 --> 00:21:46.518
  • And now i have been made righteous for you.
  • 00:21:46.518 --> 00:21:49.221
  • I have been made redemption for you.
  • 00:21:49.221 --> 00:21:51.857
  • I have been made holy for you.
  • 00:21:51.857 --> 00:21:54.493
  • I have been made sanctified for you.
  • 00:21:54.493 --> 00:21:57.162
  • If you say you receive me, then you've received everything i
  • 00:21:57.162 --> 00:22:00.665
  • Have been made.
  • 00:22:00.665 --> 00:22:02.033
  • And so, i need you to accept--realize all of that, and
  • 00:22:02.033 --> 00:22:07.038
  • You need to take on what you struggle to take on: holy,
  • 00:22:07.038 --> 00:22:13.445
  • Blameless, righteous."
  • 00:22:13.445 --> 00:22:16.915
  • That's what the grace of god has designed to do, and that's why
  • 00:22:16.915 --> 00:22:19.084
  • The devil fights us so much.
  • 00:22:19.084 --> 00:22:20.552
  • He can't afford for you to take on what grace has done for you
  • 00:22:20.552 --> 00:22:23.822
  • Because he ain't got no hold on you no mo'.
  • 00:22:23.822 --> 00:22:26.491
  • What is he gonna do if you're walking around talking about,
  • 00:22:26.491 --> 00:22:28.293
  • "i'm holy, i'm righteous, i'm redeemed"?
  • 00:22:28.293 --> 00:22:33.432
  • And then some old smart seminarian will come up, "well,
  • 00:22:33.432 --> 00:22:35.801
  • You know you got to do more than just say it."
  • 00:22:35.801 --> 00:22:42.574
  • Listen, that's where it starts.
  • 00:22:42.574 --> 00:22:43.942
  • Everything has a starting point.
  • 00:22:43.942 --> 00:22:45.977
  • You start, and i'm--i'll show you this in a moment, but you
  • 00:22:45.977 --> 00:22:47.846
  • Start off saying it, and then as you say it, you hear yourself
  • 00:22:47.846 --> 00:22:50.715
  • Saying it, and as you hear yourself saying it, you start
  • 00:22:50.715 --> 00:22:53.218
  • Thinking it, and god knows how you're designed.
  • 00:22:53.218 --> 00:22:56.254
  • God knows almost everything in your life starts with
  • 00:22:56.254 --> 00:22:59.257
  • Your mouth.
  • 00:22:59.257 --> 00:23:00.625
  • Male announcer: are you trapped in guilt and shame, trying to
  • 00:23:04.429 --> 00:23:06.898
  • Earn god's approval?
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  • Try, it's still not enough?
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  • You know that when people understand grace, they're
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  • Empowered to change their lives for the better.
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  • Thank you for supporting us with your financial donations.
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  • And every time you give, you're being used by god
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  • To stop misfortune in someone else's life.
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  • And for that, we say thank you.
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  • God bless you.
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  • Announcer: if you want to honor the lord by sowing financial
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  • Seeds into creflo dollar ministries, call the number on
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  • Your screen or log on to creflodollarministries.org.
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  • Creflo: i don't ever want to take for granted that you've
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  • Received jesus christ as your personal lord and savior.
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  • And there's no better way to embark upon a new stage in your
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  • Life than to enter into a personal relationship
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  • With jesus.
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  • So, if you want to become born again and begin an exciting
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  • Intimate relationship with jesus, i want you to pray this
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  • Prayer with me, and i'll say it so you can repeat after me.
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  • Repeat after me: heavenly father, i believe that jesus is
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  • The son of god and that he died, and was raised from the dead,
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  • And has forgiven all of my sins, and i receive him into my life
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  • Right now as my lord and personal savior.
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  • So by faith i declare that i am saved.
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  • Praise god.
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  • Now, that simple prayer changed your entire eternal destination
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  • And we want to welcome you to the family of god.
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  • Announcer: because of you creflo dollar ministries is providing a
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  • New understanding of grace and empowering change in the lives
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  • Of millions of people every day.
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  • Thank you, partners and friends.
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  • Your love and financial support makes it possible to bring this
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  • Message 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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