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| Philip Anthony Mitchell: Christ the Redeemer | The Character of God | June 1, 2026
- Humankind has been infected
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- By sin and has infected every single part of the human race.
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- And as a result of that, it has created a bridge, a gap
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- Between god and man.
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- But god, in his love for us, not wanting you and i to perish,
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- He sent the lord jesus christ into the world,
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- Who died a sacrificial death
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- For you and me.
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- Are you doing?
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- Tbn family.
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- I want to take a moment to just talk to you about christ
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- The redeemer.
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- I was raised in queens, new york.
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- In a city that everyone does not have pools.
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- It is very different from the place i live in right now.
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- In the south.
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- When i was young, my mother sent me to a camp,
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- In new york city, and i did not know how to swim.
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- When i got to that camp.
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- I remember that day they lined everybody up
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- Along the edge of a pool from the shortest person
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- All the way to the tallest person.
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- And of course, i ended up at the front of that line.
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- I'll never forget the instructor said, today,
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- You're going to learn your very first lesson in swimming.
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- And they're talking as they're walking down the line.
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- When instructor got behind me.
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- He showed me into the deep end of the pool.
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- And because i could not swim, i sank straight to the bottom of
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- That pool.
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- I remember being at the bottom of that pool,
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- And i could not get to the top.
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- It does not matter what i did.
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- I could not swim back to the top.
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- I could not float back to the top.
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- I was trapped at the bottom of that pool.
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- I remember feeling the water rushing up my nose.
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- And i remember feeling my head was starting to swell,
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- And i started thinking to myself, i'm going to die
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- At the bottom of this pool
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- Out of nowhere.
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- Suddenly, i started
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- Feeling this pull, poking me in the side of my head,
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- And while the water is filling my head,
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- This pole is also poking me at my head.
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- And after a few pokes,
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- I had enough common sense to grab that pole,
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- And somebody pulled me from the bottom of that pole.
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- And then the news went out.
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- Around the camp that day, a little black boy was saved
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- From drowning. that day.
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- That story that happened in my life is all of our story.
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- Every single person, all of you.
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- We were all born at the bottom of the pool.
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- That according
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- To the scriptures, we were born separated from god almighty.
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- Our good deeds does not earn us a spot in heaven.
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- Our righteousness does not earn us a spot in heaven.
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- Our church attendance does not earn a spot in heaven.
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- Morality does not earn a spot in heaven.
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- But according to god's word, you and i were born
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- Sinners, separated from god.
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- And now we.
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- Not only were we born sinners, but we have committed sins
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- Which have separated from god.
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- The evidence of this
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- Is that no matter what our skin color
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- Or where we live right now in the world,
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- We all are struggling with the same infection.
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- Humankind has been infected by sin and has infected
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- Every single part of the human race.
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- And as a result of that, it has created a bridge, a gap
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- Between god and man.
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- But god, in his love for us, not wanting you and i to perish,
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- He sent the lord jesus christ into the world,
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- Who died a sacrificial death for you and me.
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- That by anyone feeling the
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- Conviction of the holy spirit, the poking of the holy spirit
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- Will bring you to turn towards the father.
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- If we have enough sense to grab hold of that pork
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- And repent of our sins, turn from our wicked ways, and place
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- Our faith in the lord jesus christ,
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- The scripture promises that we could be made brand new.
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- We could come from darkness into the light.
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- We can be made sons and daughters of christ.
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- And i just want to remind all of us about christ
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- The redeemer.
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- For the one who was watching or far away.
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- You can call on god and be saved.
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- You can confess your sins
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- And place your faith in the lord jesus christ.
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- And for those of us who are already saved here
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- In this message, this is a reminder to us
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- That nothing in our own strength earned us salvation.
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- But we were saved by grace through faith alone.
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- And if god does not do another thing for you and i,
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- The fact that you are saved,
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- That your name has been recorded in the lamb's book of life,
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- The fact that you can pillow your head
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- Tonight and rest assured that if you die tonight,
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- You would wake up in the loving arms of your savior.
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- That is enough to give jesus
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- Thanks and praise for for the rest of your life.
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- So to the unbeliever.
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- Place your faith in the lord jesus christ.
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- Time is running out and tomorrow's not promised to you.
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- Today is the day of salvation that you would know
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- Christ to redeem and to the brother and sister.
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- Let us never take for granted
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- That we have received the greatest gift
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- A human being will ever receive.
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- We have been saved by the faith of christ
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- Jesus alone, and for that he is worthy of praise.
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- And may we always be thankful
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- That we are sons and daughters of the kingdom.
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- This is the beauty of christ the redeemer.
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