Lawson Perdue - The Compassion of Jesus (Part 2)

May 1, 2025 | S25:E1705

Pastor Lawson Perdue from the Charis Christian Center outreach speaks to viewers across the globe about the practical message of Jesus Christ.

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Grace for Today with Lawson Perdue | Lawson Perdue - The Compassion of Jesus (Part 2) | May 1, 2025

(upbeat music)
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- praise the lord, friends,
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And welcome to the broadcast.
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You know, when we read the gospel,
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We find that jesus was moved with compassion
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And he ministered the grace of god to the people
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Through first of all, the word of god,
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But secondly, through the power of the holy spirit
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In ministering, healing to all those who needed heal.
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Jesus is the same yesterday, today, and forever.
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And we're gonna share a testimony about that.
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(upbeat music)
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Today, i wanna look a little bit farther
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Into the life of jesus,
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And i specifically want to look into the book
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Of the gospel of john.
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And i wanna begin in john chapter 8, verse 1 through 12.
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And this is where jesus
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Ministers to a woman caught in adultery.
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It says in verse one,
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"jesus went about to the mound of olives
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And early in the morning he came to the temple
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And all the people came to him
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And he sat down and taught them.
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And the scribes and pharisees brought unto him
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A woman taken in adultery.
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And when they sat her in the midst, they said unto him,
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"master this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act."
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Now, moses in the law commanded that such should be stoned.
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But what do you say?
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What do you say about this situation?
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Verse six tells us the motivation of the heart.
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"this they said,
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Tempting him that they might have to accuse him,
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But jesus stooped down
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And with his finger wrote on the ground
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As though he heard them not."
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He acted like he ignored them.
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Now, if there is one thing
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That will make a religious person mad,
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It's when you act like you ignore them.
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Now, what was jesus writing in the dirt?
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One person said, "well, maybe he was writing
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Their name and then their sin."
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(pastor laughing)
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Which i'm sure he knew that,
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But i'm sure he was not doing that,
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Because jesus is not our accuser.
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"so when they continued asking him,
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They kept pressing the issue.
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He lifted up himself and said unto them,
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"he that is without sin among you
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Let him first cast a stone at her."
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And he stooped down and wrote on the ground.
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Aaron said, maybe he was writing this.
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In deuteronomy chapter 17, the second law,
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The reiteration of the law,
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The fifth book of moses of the torah.
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In chapter 17, verse 8 through 10,
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It talks about if you have a issue
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That's too hard for you to judge,
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You bring it to the temple.
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Jesus was in the temple.
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And you bring it to the priest in the temple.
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Jesus is the great high priest of this new covenant
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And you let him make a judgment.
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Not only that, jesus is the judge.
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John chapter five says,
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"because he is the son of man,
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God has given him the ability to be the judge."
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So, he's the judge and he's the priest.
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And you let that priest make a judgment,
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And when he makes a judgment,
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If you don't abide by it, then you will be put to death.
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So, he's writing in the ground.
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"and they who heard it,
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Being convicted by their own conscious,"
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They were very aware of the law.
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The bible says in romans chapter 3 verse 20,
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That by the law is the knowledge of sin.
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So, being very aware of their sin and of the law, right?
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They knew that they really could not stand in judgment.
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They knew that they had sinned.
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"so they went out one by one beginning at the eldest
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Even to the last, and jesus was left alone
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And the woman standing in the midst."
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To me, this is a picture of judgment.
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There's two main future judgments
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That i want to talk to you about really briefly.
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One is the judgment seat of christ.
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The bible talks about it in romans 14
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Verse 7 through verse 11,
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And second corinthians chapter 5, verse 8 through 10.
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The judgment seed of christ to me
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Is a judgment of believers.
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It happens sometime after jesus comes to receive his church
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And believers are judged
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For what they have done with jesus.
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It's only believers,
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And one day we're gonna stand before jesus as believers,
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As those who have been born of god,
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And we're gonna give account
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Of what we've done with jesus.
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But it's really a reward seat.
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There's another future judgment,
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It's called the great white throne judgment.
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The bible talks about it in revelation chapter 20,
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Verse 11 through verse 15.
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It's a judgment of unbelievers.
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Everyone at that judgment
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Is judged for their works apart from christ.
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Everyone at that judgment is cast into the lake of fire.
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The bible says this is the second death.
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It specifically says, when you read revelation 20,
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Verse 11 through verse 15,
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Not only were there books
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And these people were judged by their works,
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It says there was another book which was the "book of life".
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It's not talking about people in the "book of life",
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It's talking about they missed out
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Because they didn't believe on jesus.
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If i'm correct, this judgment occurs
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At least 1000 years after the judgment seat of christ.
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If you read closely in revelation 20,
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Verse 4 through verse 6,
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You'll see that there are two resurrections.
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There's a resurrection of the just
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And a resurrection of the unjust,
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And they are separated by 1000,
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At least 1000 years.
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There's one more judgment that i'll mention briefly
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Because if you don't understand it, you'll get mixed up.
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It's found in matthew chapter 25.
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It's the judgment of the nations.
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And nations are judged for what they've done,
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First of all to the nation of israel
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And secondly to the church, the body of christ,
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The separation of the sheep and the goats.
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But those are, that's judgment.
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So here's this woman, and she's standing before jesus.
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She's standing before the only one
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Who can hold her accountable for her sin.
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She's standing before the only one
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Who can righteously judge her.
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Everyone else is gone. she's alone.
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Jesus lifted himself up and he saw none except the woman.
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And he said unto her, in verse 10,
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"woman, where are your accusers?
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Has no man condemned you?"
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She said, "no, man lord."
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And jesus said unto her, "neither do i condemn you.
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Go and sin no more."
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What marvelous freedom
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That forgiveness provides.
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What marvelous beauty.
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"neither do i condemn you."
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You know romans chapter eight, verse one says this,
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"there is therefore now no condemnation
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To those who are in christ jesus."
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The last part of that verse is
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"who walk not after the flesh, but after the spirit."
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Aaron, a couple of wednesday nights ago,
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Preached a message on romans chapter 8,
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Verse 1 through verse 17,
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And he talked a little bit about this verse,
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And he talked about there is no condemnation,
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There is no judgment against those
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Who are in christ jesus.
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What beautiful words.
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In christ jesus.
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That's just marvelous to know that you're in christ jesus.
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Second corinthians 5, verse 17 says,
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"therefore, if any person be in christ,
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They are a new creation.
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Old things have passed away and all things have become new."
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That's talking about your true spiritual condition.
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But in this teaching,
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Aaron not only talked about being in christ jesus,
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But he defined the flesh.
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And i've never ever heard in all my years
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This definition of the flesh.
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And i think this definition of the flesh
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Is the best definition
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That i have ever heard of the flesh.
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And it explains every connotation
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When the flesh is used in the new testament
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And there are different aspects of the flesh,
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But this is how aaron defined the flesh.
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Aaron defined the flesh as being
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Outside of christ jesus.
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Fantastic because there are really only two kinds of people
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In the world.
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There are those who are in christ jesus,
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And there are those who are outside of christ jesus.
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There are people who know god
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And people who don't know god.
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Paul says this about the flesh
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In romans seven, verse five.
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When we were in the flesh, the motions of sin,
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Which were by the law, brought forth fruit unto death.
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In romans seven, verse five,
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He is not talking about a saved person.
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He's talking about a person
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Who is outside of christ jesus.
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When you are in the flesh, romans 8:9 says,
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"you are not in the flesh but in the spirit,
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If so be that the spirit of christ dwells in you.
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And if you have not the spirit of christ,
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You are none of his."
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(upbeat music)
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Friend, i hope you've been enjoying this teaching.
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We are sharing all this week on "the power of thanksgiving"
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And the compassion of jesus.
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And when you understand the compassion of jesus,
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You're going to be a thankful person.
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I have a lot more teaching on this
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And many more subjects available free of charge
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On our website at charischristiancenter.com.
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(upbeat music)
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- there's so much power in the spoken blessing.
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Things happen in the spiritual realm
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When you speak the blessing.
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You might not see anything happening in the physical realm,
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But you need to speak the blessing
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Because things are happening in the spirit realm.
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There is a blessing in the congregation.
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(upbeat music)
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- now, jesus releases this woman from condemnation
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And he says, "i don't condemn you."
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He's the only one who's never sinned.
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He's the only one who has the absolute ability
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To justify her or to condemn her,
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To free her or to hold her captive.
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And he chooses free.
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Neither do i condemn you.
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Go your way and sin no more.
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Then he says in verse 12, "i am the light of the world.
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He that follows me shall not walk in darkness,
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But shall have the very light of life."
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This grace, this compassion, this love of jesus
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Freely grants forgiveness.
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But not only does he grant forgiveness.
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Let's go to john chapter nine.
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We're gonna read the first seven verses.
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"as jesus passed by,
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He saw a man which was blind from his birth
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And his disciples ask him saying, "master, who sinned?"
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(pastor chuckling) again, they're good jews.
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They've studied the law, they've studied the torah
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For their whole life.
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They're very focused
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Because by the law is the knowledge of sin,
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And not only by the law is the knowledge of sin,
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Romans 3:20, the law is the strength of sin,
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First corinthians 15, verse 56.
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"so they said, "who sinned?
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This man or his parents that he was born blind?"
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"who sinned?" "who sinned?"
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This man? he was born this way.
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He didn't sin to receive this or his parents.
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You know, religious people still talking about who sinned.
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They see a problem, "who sinned?"
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Are they focusing on jesus or focusing on sin?
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When barbara was about 13 years old,
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Her parents went through a really difficult time.
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Her father left her mother on her 13th birthday
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To be with another woman.
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They went through a really, really difficult period of time.
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They were going to a traditional church.
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People in the church told her mother,
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"maybe you weren't the right kind of wife for him."
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Others told barbara, "you just need a new dad."
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"well, i don't want another dad. that's my dad."
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Others told her mother, "maybe you need another husband."
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She said, "no, i want him."
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So barbara's mom went on a quest
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To believe jesus for her husband to come back.
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Saw some real miracles,
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They'd been married for over 20 years.
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Went to the judge to get a divorce.
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The judge said, "no, you've been married too long.
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I'm not giving you a divorce."
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Had plans the next day to get married.
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Got married, but it wasn't legal
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Because the judge didn't grant the divorce.
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In this period of time,
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Barbara's mom became a radical faith fanatic.
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She decided that they would go to a new church.
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They went to a church being held in a cattle sale barn.
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Barbara said, "i was so excited
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I had heard about this church."
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I heard how people were swinging from the chandeliers.
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(audience laughing)
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I heard how they were rolling on the floor.
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She said, "i just wanted to see this church."
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When she got to the sale barn, she was so disappointed
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Because there were no chandeliers for people to swing from,
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And there were no people rolling on the floor
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Like she heard.
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But there's one thing she saw.
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She saw this little man running around
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With a fire on his head,
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And she said, "he was full of the love of jesus christ."
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"he was full of the compassion of jesus."
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She said, "i saw the love of god
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And i was overwhelmed with the love of god."
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His name was dave dull.
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They were going through a hard time.
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They didn't have food,
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They didn't have personal items.
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But dave showed up at their house.
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They didn't tell dave where they lived.
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They didn't ask him for anything.
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He showed up at their house the next day
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With groceries and with money.
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And barbara's daddy,
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Barbara's mama kept believing.
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Well, guess what?
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After a couple years, her daddy came back.
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And when he came back, he told me the stories
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That he saw of the miracles of god in that church.
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And my father-in-law gave me some of the best advice
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That you could ever use in church.
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He said, "every church needs two things.
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Every church needs faith,
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And every church needs love."
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And that is the gospel.
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Every church needs faith (audience applauding)
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And every church needs grace.
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Their lives were dramatically changed
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As they begin to walk in this new life
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In christ jesus and through the holy spirit.
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But then barbara's mama got pregnant.
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She had a little girl. her name was beth.
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Beth was born with down syndrome.
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Now, people in the church said,
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"maybe somebody sinned."
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"maybe you sinned
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And that's why your baby was born with this challenge."
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Let me tell you friends, that's crazy.
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That's a lie.
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And i don't ever wanna hear of anybody
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From charis christian center
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Telling somebody that because they sinned,
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They're going through some kind of problem.
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It may be so, because sometimes they do.
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In fact, years ago we had a man, his name was marshall.
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He came to our church occasionally in kit carson.
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He was a catholic background. he was a great big guy.
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He was about six foot six or maybe taller,
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Weighed about 350 pounds.
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He was a truck driver.
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And marshall was one of these guys,
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He was gonna serve the devil till it was 11:59
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And then he was gonna get saved.
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(audience laughing)
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And you talk about sinning, marshall knew how to sin.
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I mean, drinking, drugging, womanizing mess.
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But guess what?
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Marshall got saved.
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Shortly after he got saved,
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He contracted some kind of disease.
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He couldn't eat, he couldn't keep food down.
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The doctor said it was incurable.
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He was losing about two pounds a day.
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And he called me up about two weeks into it,
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Maybe it was a little bit longer.
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I was in kit carson and he was in denver.
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And he said, "pastor lawson,
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Is it because i sinned that i..."
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Because he was a sinner now,
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"...that i contracted this disease?"
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And you know what i told him?
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I said, "no."
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I said, "you contracted this disease
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'cause the devil wants to kill you."
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And so he called, he said,
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"can i, can i come to kit carson?
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Will you pray for me?"
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He was in denver, 140 miles away.
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I said, "yes." he said, "i'll be there directly."
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So just a little over two hours,
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Marshall showed up at my office.
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I was praying in the holy ghost.
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I was getting ready.
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Hallelujah.
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And marshall came in,
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Great big man that he was and i reached around him
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And prayed for him.
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Glory to god.
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Prayed for him a few minutes and he left.
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Didn't know anything special really transpired.
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Then marshall went home
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And that evening he was going back to denver.
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He stopped at the loafing jug in hugo, colorado.
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It's 48 miles northwest to kit carson on the way to denver.
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When he stopped at the loafing jug,
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Kerry pickett, who's the director of charis bible college,
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Who grew up in my church,
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Was coming from denver to kit carson.
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She happened to stop there too.
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She said, "how you doing marshall?"
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He said, "i am doing great!
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I had this disease and i couldn't keep any food down.
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And so i called pastor and i went and had him pray for me.
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And i've ate six meals today and i've kept 'em all down."
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(audience cheering)
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Hallelujah.
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That's what happens when you tell people
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It's not god that made this disease.
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It's not your sin that caused this problem.
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It's the original sin in the garden
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And sickness is the work of the devil.
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Just like sin, just like anxiety, just like poverty.
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It's all the work of the devil.
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So you need to get rid of your judgment attitude,
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Your critical, religious, legalistic attitude,
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And quit being the accuser of the brethren
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And quit doing the devil's business!
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(audience cheering)
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And start preaching the grace of god
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Because if it wasn't for the grace of god,
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You would split hell wide open, and so would i.
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(audience cheering) (audience laughing)
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Jesus said, "no, it wasn't this man,
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It wasn't his parents."
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But the works of god should be manifest.
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What are the works of god?
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Healing, forgiveness, provision, peace.
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(upbeat music)
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Friends, after jesus christ was raised from the dead,
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The disciples went everywhere preaching the word of god
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With the power of the holy spirit.
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They saw sick people healed. they saw demoniacs delivered.
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They saw people set free by the power of god.
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But the reason they were able to do that is
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Because they were sharing the good news
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Of the grace of god.
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You see, i believe where great grace is preached,
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Great power is released.
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And when we share the full gospel today,
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We are seeing people set free by the power of god.
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I have trained prayer ministers that are here today
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And they're ready to minister to you.
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So i invite you to give us a call today
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And receive the power of god in your life.
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(upbeat music) - friend, i want you
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To get my book today, "absolute victory in christ".
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I believe it's god's plan for every person on the planet
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To have absolute victory through jesus christ.
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Number one, through believing on jesus christ
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As our lord and savior.
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Number two, through being baptized with the holy spirit
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And the evidence of speaking in tongues.
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And number three, through believing
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The promises of god's word.
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Get this book today.
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Lawson Perdue - The Compassion of Jesus (Part 2)

May 1, 2025 | S25:E1705

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