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Grace for Today with Lawson Perdue | Lawson Perdue - Grace Is Alive | April 25, 2025
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- - friends, did you know the prince of this world,
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- The devil thought he had won
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- When jesus was crucified.
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- But sunday is coming.
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- And thank god i'm gonna tell you
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- About something that's changed everything.
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- It's the death, burial, and resurrection
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- Of jesus christ
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- And the sending of the holy spirit.
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- If you don't know jesus,
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- You need to get to know jesus.
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- And if you've never received the holy spirit,
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- Receive him today.
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- If you have your bible,
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- Open to john chapter 20.
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- I'm gonna be talking about grace is alive.
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- - amen. - of course you know
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- That jesus is the embodiment of grace.
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- I'll begin hearing john chapter 20,
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- Verse 1 through verse 10.
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- It said, "the first day of the week,
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- Came mary magdalene early,
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- When it was still dark to the sepulchre,
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- Seeing the stone taken away from the sepulchre.
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- She ran and came to simon peter,
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- And to the other disciple whom jesus loved,
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- And said to them:
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- They have taken away the lord out of the tomb
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- And we know not where they've laid him.
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- Peter therefore went forth,
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- And that other disciple came to the sepulchre.
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- So they both ran together,
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- And the other disciple did outrun peter,
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- And came first to the tomb.
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- So he stooping down,
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- Looked in and saw the linen clothes lying;
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- And yet he went not in.
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- Then came simon peter,
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- Following him into the tomb
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- And seized the linen clothes lie,
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- And the napkin that was about his head,
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- Not lying with the linen clothes,
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- But wrapped in a place by itself.
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- They went in that other disciple
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- Who came first to the tomb,
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- And he saw and believed.
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- For as they yet knew not the scripture,
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- That he must rise again from the dead.
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- Then the disciples went away again to their own home."
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- Now, to have a little bit more clarity,
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- I wanna go to mark chapter 16
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- And read the first nine verses,
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- Which gives more clarity into this same instance.
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- "when the sabbath was past, mary magdalene,
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- And mary the mother of james and salome,
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- Had brought sweet spices
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- That they might come and anoint him.
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- And very early in the morning,
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- The first day of the week,
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- They came to the sepulchre at the rising of the sun.
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- And they said among themselves,
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- 'who shall roll away the stone
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- From the door of the tomb?'
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- And when they looked,
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- They saw the stone was rolled away
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- For it was very great.
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- And entering into the tomb,
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- They saw a young man sitting on the right side,
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- Clothed in a long white garment and they were afraid.
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- And he said, 'be not afraid;
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- You seek jesus of nazareth who was crucified,
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- He has risen, he is not here.
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- Behold the place where they laid him.'
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- But go your way and tell his disciples
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- And peter that he goes before you into galilee.
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- There you will see him as he said to you.
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- And they went out quickly
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- And fled from the tomb
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- For they trembled and were amazed.
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- Neither said they anything to any man
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- For they were afraid.
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- Now, jesus was risen early on the first day of the week
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- And he appeared first to mary magdalene,
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- Out of whom he cast seven devils."
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- Grace is alive.
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- Now, when we look at this,
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- There's a number of things that stand out to me,
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- A number of firsts.
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- The first thing was who was the first witness
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- Really of the resurrection of jesus?
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- Mary magdalene, out of whom he cast seven devils.
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- So you know, she certainly had suffered
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- From severe emotional trauma,
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- From severe emotional disorders,
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- Different things being associated
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- With this demonic attack.
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- And jesus had delivered her.
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- And when she comes the tomb,
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- She finds that jesus is not there.
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- And then she hears this message from the angel,
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- "go tell my disciples and peter," specifically peter.
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- Well, why peter?
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- Well, peter was the one who was so bold and so outspoken.
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- And you know, many times people criticize peter,
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- But i love peter.
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- Because praise god, peter ought, you know,
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- He had enough faith to get out of the boat.
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- Praise god, he had enough faith
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- To say some things sometimes.
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- But anyway, i love peter so much.
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- I named my son peter, praise god.
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- And i love this example.
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- But it tells us in if we go to matthew chapter 26,
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- We can read just before jesus went
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- And was crucified about peter
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- And the rest of the disciples in verse 31 to verse 35,
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- "then jesus said to them,
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- This was at the last supper:
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- 'all of you will be offended
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- Because of me this night.
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- For its written: i will smite the shepherd
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- And the sheep of the flock will be scattered abroad.
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- But after i'm risen again,
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- I will go before you into galilee.'
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- And peter answered and said to him:
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- 'though all men shall be offended because of you,
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- Yet i will never be offended.'
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- Jesus said, 'verily, verily i say unto you
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- This night before the cock crows,
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- You will deny me three times.'
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- And peter said unto him, 'though i would die with you,
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- Yet i will not deny you.
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- Likewise, all the disciples.'"
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- So not only peter said that he would not deny him,
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- But all of the disciples said
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- They would not deny him.
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- And so sometimes how quick we are to change
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- When we're under pressure,
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- When we're under persecution,
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- Different threats, different things happening.
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- But you know, the first thing
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- That really stands out to me
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- When we're talking about grace is who is the first?
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- Who is the first witness of this resurrection?
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- The first witness of this resurrection
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- Is mary magdalene,
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- Out of whom he casts seven devils.
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- Not like unlike one of the first witnesses of eternal life
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- And salvation in john chapter four,
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- The woman at the well.
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- And jesus meets this samaritan woman at the well,
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- And the jews considered the samaritan's dogs,
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- Women in that society where many times looked down upon.
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- And jesus meets her and he speaks to her,
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- Asks for a drink.
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- And she says, "well, who are you to ask me
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- A samaritan, you know, of a drink?"
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- And jesus said, "well, if you knew
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- Who was speaking to you,"
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- In john chapter 4, "you would ask me
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- And i would give you, you know, living water
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- And you would never thirst again."
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- She said, "you know, lord, give me that water
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- That i may never thirst again."
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- And he said, well, "first go and tell your husband."
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- And she says, "well, lord, i have no husband."
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- And jesus said, "well, that's right.
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- Really, you don't have a husband,
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- You've had five before.
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- Now the marriage deal hasn't really working out
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- Very well for you,
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- And now the man you're living with is not your husband."
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- She goes, and she not only gets her husband,
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- She tells the whole city,
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- And she brings the whole city to christ.
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- Praise god?
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- You know, some people think that women
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- Can't be preachers of the gospel,
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- But here the first witness of the resurrection is a woman
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- Who jesus cast out seven devils.
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- One of the first witnesses of salvation is a woman,
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- You know, who was living with a man
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- And now, you know, had been married five times
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- And just had a lot of struggles.
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- But she goes and shares the message of eternal life.
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- She shares the message of jesus.
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- Many times, you know,
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- Liberals look at conservatives
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- And say, you know, they're against freedom for women.
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- They're against equality for women.
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- I want you to know that jesus christ
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- Has done more to elevate the position
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- Of a woman than any other man on earth, praise god?
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- And it is only really in christian nations
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- That women are honored like they are, praise god?
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- And so we see that.
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- We see not only, you know, that mary magdalene,
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- Out of whom jesus cast seven devils,
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- Is a witness of the resurrection.
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- We see one of the first people to receive.
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- You know, the angel says, "go and tell my disciples
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- And specifically peter."
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- And so they go tell peter,
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- I'm sure it was john with him.
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- John ran on ahead of peter.
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- John gets there, and then they go into the tomb
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- And they are witnesses of the resurrection of jesus.
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- But what does this mean?
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- What does that grace is alive,
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- That jesus is alive really mean to us?
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- Well, the first thing i believe
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- Is that jesus calls us into intimacy.
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- So i wanna go a little bit farther
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- In this story into john chapter 20
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- And read verse 11 through verse 18.
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- It says, "mary stood outside at the tomb weeping
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- And she wept and she stooped down
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- And looked into the tomb.
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- And she saw two angels in white,
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- One sitting at the head,
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- The other sitting at the feet,
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- And where the body of jesus had laid.
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- And when they said to her woman, 'why do you weep?'"
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- They asked her this question.
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- Why are you weeping?
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- No doubt that she was suffering.
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- Jesus meant so much to her.
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- Jesus meant really everything to her.
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- She struggled with, you know, demonic oppression,
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- Demonic possession, psychosomatic trauma,
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- Emotional pain, like maybe almost no one in her time.
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- And jesus had cast the devil out of her and freed her.
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- And now she feels like she's lost this one.
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- This one, she was so close to this one,
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- Jesus who meant so much to her.
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- "'why are you weeping?'
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- 'because they've taken away my lord;
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- I don't know where they put him.'
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- When she said this,
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- She turned herself back and saw jesus standing;
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- And she didn't know that it was jesus.'"
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- I asked you this question,
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- How many times are we suffering?
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- Are we struggling?
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- Are we dealing with the issue?
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- Are we dealing with loss?
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- Are we dealing with difficulty?
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- And yet jesus is right there beside us
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- When we don't even know it.
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- - amen. - amen.
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- - you know, jesus said to this woman,
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- He says to her woman, "why are you weeping?"
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- He asked her this same quick question,
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- "who are you seeking?"
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- Praise god, why are you weeping?
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- You see, the bible says
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- That he will never leave us or forsake us.
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- And many times we may feel like we're alone.
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- We may feel like, you know,
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- That we're really suffering from this loss.
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- And yet we don't recognize that jesus is right there.
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- - amen. - amen.
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- - he's right there beside us.
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- He's right there to help us.
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- He's right there to heal us.
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- She supposes him to be the gardener in verse 15.
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- "and she says unto him, 'sir,
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- If you have taken him from here,
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- Tell me where you have laid him
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- And i will take him away.'
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- And jesus says to her, mary,"
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- When he says to her mary,
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- She all of a sudden recognizes his voice.
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- She recognizes that he's there with her,
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- That he hasn't left her, that he's there.
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- And he's speaking to her.
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- "and she says unto him, 'rabboni,
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- Which is to say unto him, master.'"
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- She recognizes this one.
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- This one who's freed her.
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- This one who's healed her.
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- This one who's helped her.
- 00:12:00.462 --> 00:12:02.764
- "jesus says unto her," in verse 17,
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- "'touch me not
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- For i'm not yet ascended to my father.
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- But i go to my brethren and i say to them,
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- And i'm ascending to the father and your father,
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- To my god and to your god.'"
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- Touch me not, do not cling to me.
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- I've gotta yet ascend.
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- Now what what's jesus gonna do when he ascends?
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- (slow bright music)
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- Friends, we've been sharing on unspeakable joy.
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- I trust that you've been enjoying the broadcast,
- 00:12:33.795 --> 00:12:37.098
- But we have a lot more to share about this subject
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- And many others.
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- Actually, we have downloadable audio,
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- Downloadable video on our website
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- At charischristiancenter.com.
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- Absolutely free of charge.
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- So go there and be blessed.
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- (light bright music)
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- Learn to listen to the holy ghost
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- And listen to the, i love what barbara said
- 00:13:04.125 --> 00:13:06.228
- When she came up today.
- 00:13:06.228 --> 00:13:07.495
- Turn up the word and turn down the news.
- 00:13:07.495 --> 00:13:10.465
- Start believing what the word says about you.
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- And if you start believing it,
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- You might start and you better watch
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- What you're believing.
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- You better watch what you're saying.
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- You might get it.
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- (light bright music)
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- So the first thing the resurrection means to me
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- Is that we have a right to intimacy with god.
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- You know, we have a right to a relationship with god
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- Because of what jesus has done.
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- The second thing that the blood of jesus
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- And that his resurrection means to me
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- Is that jesus has secured
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- For us a place of peace before the father.
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- Verse 19, as we read through verse 21,
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- "the same day at evening,
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- Being the first day of the week,
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- When the doors were shut
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- And when the disciples were assembled
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- For fear of the jews
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- Came jesus and stood in the midst
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- And said unto them,
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- 'peace be unto you.'"
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- Praise god.
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- The blood means to me, praise god.
- 00:14:18.400 --> 00:14:21.569
- Jesus resurrection means to me
- 00:14:21.569 --> 00:14:23.571
- That we can be at peace with god.
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- "and when he had so said, he showed to them,
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- His hands and his side.
- 00:14:30.812 --> 00:14:32.781
- And then were the disciples glad when they saw the lord.
- 00:14:32.781 --> 00:14:37.319
- And jesus said to them, 'again, peace be unto you.
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- As my father has sent me even so send i you.'"
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- Now when we look at this,
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- This gives us a little glimpse
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- Into the resurrection of jesus.
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- Jesus, you know, the disciples are there together
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- At this first meeting when jesus comes to be with them.
- 00:14:55.670 --> 00:14:59.107
- And they have the doors closed, praise god?
- 00:14:59.107 --> 00:15:02.644
- And jesus walks in, praise god?
- 00:15:02.644 --> 00:15:06.147
- And jesus said, "peace to you."
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- Jesus has been raised from the dead.
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- And jesus not only is raised from the dead
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- In a physical body,
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- But he's raised from the dead in a glorified body.
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- Praise god, i remember this story from r. w. schambach.
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- R. w. used to have this saying when he was on the radio,
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- Great preacher of faith years ago.
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- And he'd say, you know, "at the end of his program,
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- You don't have any problem.
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- All you need is faith in god."
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- - [congregation] amen.
- 00:15:37.145 --> 00:15:38.113
- - and you know, we all think,
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- "well, how'd you get that r. w.?"
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- We all face problems.
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- We all face difficulties.
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- We, you know, and sometimes we're so overwhelmed,
- 00:15:44.252 --> 00:15:47.822
- But r. w. used to have great healing crusades
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- And he had a tent
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- That would actually hold thousands of people.
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- And it took, you know, a hundred people
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- At least just to run his team.
- 00:15:56.698 --> 00:15:58.199
- And he told this story about how he got that saying.
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- He was in new york and he was holding a crusade.
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- And there was a man that said, "listen,
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- Now when you come and you have your crusade."
- 00:16:07.208 --> 00:16:09.444
- He said, "i wanna take care of the team.
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- I wanna provide all the food for them every day.
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- I want to take care of them."
- 00:16:14.182 --> 00:16:15.250
- Now, it was a lot of work
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- Because they'd have these crusades
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- That would go on for a week or two weeks
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- And they would literally have many, many people healed
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- And saved and filled with the holy spirit.
- 00:16:23.324 --> 00:16:25.960
- And this man just said, "no, i really wanna do this."
- 00:16:25.960 --> 00:16:29.264
- Probably cost him, you know, a lot of money.
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- And so this man happened to tell r. w. his story.
- 00:16:31.966 --> 00:16:36.604
- He said, "you know, i was a catholic."
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- And he said, "i was lying in the hospital
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- And i was dying.
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- And they said i would be dead before daybreak.
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- And the priest came in black
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- To give me my last rights."
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- And he said, "that priest came in black
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- And he walked out after he gave me my last rights."
- 00:16:54.089 --> 00:16:57.525
- And then he said, "another priest walked in.
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- He was dressed in white."
- 00:16:59.694 --> 00:17:01.296
- And he said, "r. w. you don't have any problem.
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- All you need is faith in god."
- 00:17:03.765 --> 00:17:06.501
- He said, "you get up and you shave yourself
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- And you dress yourself."
- 00:17:08.970 --> 00:17:10.438
- And he said that, "i shave myself and i dress myself
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- And i walked out of that hospital healed," praise god?
- 00:17:14.509 --> 00:17:18.480
- And so many times people would give r. w. a problem
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- About saying that, you know, talking about how, you know,
- 00:17:20.982 --> 00:17:24.953
- Saying this saying, "you don't have any problem.
- 00:17:24.953 --> 00:17:28.456
- All you need is faith in god."
- 00:17:28.456 --> 00:17:30.191
- But he told how jesus walked through the wall
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- And raised him up really from the dead.
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- And told him that, and praise god.
- 00:17:35.196 --> 00:17:37.065
- Now he's telling many people this story.
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- You don't need have any problem.
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- All you need is faith in god.
- 00:17:40.802 --> 00:17:43.605
- And you need to realize
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- That jesus is resurrected from the dead, amen.
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- You need to realize that jesus is alive.
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- You need to realize that jesus
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- Is greater than any problem that you have,
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- That jesus is greater than any difficulty that you have,
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- That jesus is greater than any sin that you have.
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- That jesus is greater.
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- That jesus christ is alive today.
- 00:18:04.192 --> 00:18:07.629
- And because jesus is alive,
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- His life gives us hope today.
- 00:18:09.697 --> 00:18:12.133
- But not only does jesus life give us hope today,
- 00:18:12.133 --> 00:18:15.170
- Jesus life gives us hope throughout eternity, praise god?
- 00:18:15.170 --> 00:18:20.475
- And so jesus is not only resurrected
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- In a glorified body,
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- But he's also resurrected in a physical body.
- 00:18:24.979 --> 00:18:28.483
- And when jesus comes in the presence of his disciples,
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- He shows them his hand.
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- He shows them his side.
- 00:18:33.288 --> 00:18:35.056
- Thomas wasn't with them.
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- Later, jesus comes in,
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- They're meeting again later in this same chapter,
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- And thomas is there.
- 00:18:41.095 --> 00:18:42.697
- And thomas says, "well, i won't believe
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- Unless i see the print in his hand
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- And i see, you know, the hole in his side."
- 00:18:46.768 --> 00:18:50.605
- And pete, jesus comes in and says,
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- "thomas, put your thumb in my hand
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- And put your hand in my side
- 00:18:55.310 --> 00:18:57.045
- And don't be faithless but believing," praise god?
- 00:18:57.045 --> 00:19:01.182
- And he says, "thomas, blessed are those
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- Who've seen and believe,
- 00:19:03.651 --> 00:19:05.019
- But much more blessed are those who have not seen
- 00:19:05.019 --> 00:19:07.922
- And who've yet believed," praise god?
- 00:19:07.922 --> 00:19:10.258
- Thank god today that we believe
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- In the resurrection of jesus.
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- That we believe in what jesus did for us.
- 00:19:14.229 --> 00:19:17.298
- But jesus tells 'em twice in this portion of scripture,
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- Peace be unto you.
- 00:19:20.568 --> 00:19:23.371
- And i believe today that we can have peace
- 00:19:23.371 --> 00:19:26.174
- Because jesus has shed his blood.
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- Because jesus' blood has made peace between god and man.
- 00:19:29.244 --> 00:19:33.715
- And i wanna go to the book of ephesians chapter 2,
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- And i wanna read a couple of scriptures
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- In ephesians chapter 2,
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- Beginning in verse 12 on down through verse 14.
- 00:19:40.388 --> 00:19:45.159
- "we can be at peace with god
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- Because of what jesus has done for us."
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- Notice what it says.
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- He says in verse 12 through verse 14
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- Of ephesians chapter 2,
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- "at that time talking about before we came to know christ,
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- You were without christ.
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- You were aliens from the commonwealth of israel.
- 00:20:02.543 --> 00:20:06.881
- You were alienated from the people of god."
- 00:20:06.881 --> 00:20:10.018
- He said, "you were strangers
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- From the covenants of promise."
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- We were estranged from the covenant of promise.
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- He said, "you had no hope
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- And you were without god in this world."
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- You know, many of you don't know me.
- 00:20:23.164 --> 00:20:24.799
- Before i really got filled with the holy spirit
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- And my life was really changed.
- 00:20:27.468 --> 00:20:30.305
- I was a young child and i was very, very honorary.
- 00:20:30.305 --> 00:20:34.042
- And my mom prayed to prayer to jesus.
- 00:20:34.042 --> 00:20:36.644
- And she said, "jesus, could you help me with lawson?
- 00:20:36.644 --> 00:20:39.614
- I can't do anything with him at all.
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- He is hopeless."
- 00:20:43.451 --> 00:20:45.453
- And my mom prayed for me.
- 00:20:45.453 --> 00:20:47.488
- But you know what?
- 00:20:47.488 --> 00:20:48.323
- My mom baited me.
- 00:20:48.323 --> 00:20:50.191
- You know, we lived way out in the country.
- 00:20:50.191 --> 00:20:51.659
- My mom baited me to go to a spirit filled meeting
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- Where andrew wommack was teaching in a bible study.
- 00:20:55.530 --> 00:20:59.100
- And she said, "if you'll go with me to this meeting,
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- I'll buy you some fish bait."
- 00:21:02.103 --> 00:21:04.238
- So you know, i was a good country kid.
- 00:21:04.238 --> 00:21:06.307
- That was a good deal.
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- My parents didn't have a lot of money.
- 00:21:07.542 --> 00:21:09.277
- We didn't spend a lot of money.
- 00:21:09.277 --> 00:21:10.845
- So my mom promised to buy me fish bait
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- If i'd go to a bible study with her.
- 00:21:12.980 --> 00:21:15.450
- So i went to this bible study, praise god?
- 00:21:15.450 --> 00:21:18.519
- And you know, she took me to kmart first
- 00:21:18.519 --> 00:21:21.022
- And she bought me some fish bait.
- 00:21:21.022 --> 00:21:22.724
- But then she took me to the bible study.
- 00:21:22.724 --> 00:21:25.059
- I still remember the time
- 00:21:25.059 --> 00:21:26.461
- I was sitting over in the corner
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- Of this little ranch style house
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- On oak street in lamar,
- 00:21:29.897 --> 00:21:31.699
- Bobby and jane apple's house.
- 00:21:31.699 --> 00:21:33.901
- And i was sitting over-
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- There was so many people,
- 00:21:35.269 --> 00:21:36.571
- You know, andrew was standing by the door.
- 00:21:36.571 --> 00:21:38.606
- There was a living room over here and a dining room.
- 00:21:38.606 --> 00:21:40.575
- I was sitting over here in the dining room.
- 00:21:40.575 --> 00:21:42.744
- Andrew, in those days, you know,
- 00:21:42.744 --> 00:21:45.046
- He was his own song leader.
- 00:21:45.046 --> 00:21:48.483
- And so he had a 12 string guitar
- 00:21:48.483 --> 00:21:50.385
- And he'd tell us, "turn to this scripture.
- 00:21:50.385 --> 00:21:51.919
- And we'd sing these little songs
- 00:21:51.919 --> 00:21:54.088
- Like 'thy loving kindness'.
- 00:21:54.088 --> 00:21:55.857
- And this is the day the lord has made."
- 00:21:55.857 --> 00:21:58.292
- That's from psalm 118 actually talking a prophecy
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- Of the resurrection of jesus.
- 00:22:01.362 --> 00:22:03.197
- We'd sing those songs.
- 00:22:03.197 --> 00:22:04.499
- But when he got done, he had a little mic,
- 00:22:04.499 --> 00:22:07.668
- And he plugged this mic
- 00:22:07.668 --> 00:22:08.836
- Into a single cassette deck.
- 00:22:08.836 --> 00:22:11.005
- You know, andrew's giving away millions
- 00:22:11.005 --> 00:22:13.074
- And millions of cassette tapes.
- 00:22:13.074 --> 00:22:15.410
- But you know how that started?
- 00:22:15.410 --> 00:22:17.011
- People started requesting these tapes,
- 00:22:17.011 --> 00:22:19.514
- And they would make 'em one to one at real time.
- 00:22:19.514 --> 00:22:23.818
- And then eventually, he got one that would make 'em
- 00:22:23.818 --> 00:22:25.987
- And make 'em fast speed.
- 00:22:25.987 --> 00:22:27.555
- But he was not only was his own sound leader,
- 00:22:27.555 --> 00:22:30.057
- Our own song leader,
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- He was his own sound person.
- 00:22:31.325 --> 00:22:33.394
- But he started that cassette recording
- 00:22:33.394 --> 00:22:35.897
- And then he held his bible in his hound just like this.
- 00:22:35.897 --> 00:22:39.033
- And i was born again.
- 00:22:39.033 --> 00:22:40.334
- I wasn't baptized in the holy spirit yet,
- 00:22:40.334 --> 00:22:42.370
- But i was born again.
- 00:22:42.370 --> 00:22:43.938
- And i heard the holy spirit
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- Speak up to me on the inside.
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- "listen to this man.
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- He knows what he's talking about."
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- Well, that was 45 years ago
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- That i started listening to andrew wommack.
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- And i've been listening for 45 years,
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- And i'm here to tell you
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- That my life has gotten better and better and better.
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- The word of god is working.
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- We've had a few challenges,
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- But i started believing.
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- And you know, the lord just spoke to me in my spirit
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- And said, "you don't have to be sick
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- And you don't have to be poor
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- And you don't have to be defeated by the devil."
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- Now we had a lot of opportunity for failure.
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- My parents were struggling in their marriage.
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- They were struggling in their finances,
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- They were struggling in their health.
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- They were struggling in so many areas,
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- But we started believing god.
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- And if you'll start believing god,
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- I'm here to tell you
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- That the word of god will change your life.
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- I'm here to tell you that you don't have to be sick,
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- That you don't have to be poor,
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- That you don't have to be defeated by the devil.
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- I'm here to tell you that jesus is alive.
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- And he's the same yesterday, today and forever.
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- I'm here to tell you that the word of god works.
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- I'm here to tell you that the holy spirit is real.
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- When jesus died on the cross,
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- The veil in heaven was rent from the top to bottom.
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- God was saying, "listen,
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- You can come into my presence.
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- You can enjoy my presence.
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- You don't have to stay alienated.
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- You don't have to stay away,
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- But you could come into my presence.
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- You can live at peace with god."
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- He's saying number one, "you could come in;"
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- Number two, he is saying, "listen,
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- I don't wanna live here separated.
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- I want to go live in the hearts of man."
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- And that brings me to my third point.
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- Number one, intimacy with god is available
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- Because of the resurrection of jesus christ.
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- Number two, peace with god
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- Is available because of the death
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- And resurrection of jesus christ.
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- But number three,
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- Being born again is a living reality
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- Because of the death and resurrection of jesus.
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- Let's read on when we go into john chapter 20.
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- These last couple of verses here,
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- John chapter 20.
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- Jesus said this in verse 21,
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- "peace be unto you as my father sent me
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- Even so send i you.
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- When he said this,
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- He breathed on them
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- And said, 'receive ye the holy ghost.'"
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- I believe this is the first time
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- That people ever were born again.
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- I believe this is when those disciples
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- First received the holy spirit
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- When they were born of god.
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- And he makes this statement
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- And says, "whoever sins you remit,
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- They are remitted.
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- Whoever sins you're retained,
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- They are retained."
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- You see, i believe that jesus
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- Made a born again relationship with god a possibility.
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- Praise god in his resurrection.
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- Friend, thank god.
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- Jesus provided peace for our mind,
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- Healing for our body,
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- Restoration in fellowship with god,
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- And forgiveness for our sins.
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- It's already been done.
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- The work is already finished.
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- And i want to pray with you right now
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- If you need to walk in that at a new level.
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- So just pray with me.
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- Heavenly father,
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- I believe that jesus christ is your son.
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- I believe that he died for my sin
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- And you raised him from the dead and made him lord.
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- And right now, jesus,
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- I surrender my life to you.
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- Friend, i wanna invite you today,
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- If you don't have a church to go to,
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- To check us out on youtube this sunday
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- For easter service, blessings.
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- - and we here at charis christian center
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