Lawson Perdue - Our Relationship with God (Part 2)

January 29, 2026 | 27:29

Join Pastor Lawson in this powerful broadcast as he delves into the keys of living an overcoming life as a believer. Drawing from 1 John, he explores the significance of our relationship with Jesus and His word, highlighting how we are already forgiven and have the light and love of Christ within us. Through personal anecdotes and biblical revelations, Pastor Lawson challenges listeners to embrace their identity in Christ and walk in victory over the darkness of this world. Tune in for a message of empowerment, faith, and triumph in the midst of life's challenges.

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Grace for Today with Lawson Perdue | Lawson Perdue - Our Relationship with God (Part 2) | January 29, 2026

(upbeat music)
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- praise the lord, friend, and welcome to the broadcast.
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I am so glad that you've tuned in.
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We're gonna be talking about living
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In victory as a believer.
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Did you know when you know jesus
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As your personal lord and savior,
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You have everything you need
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To overcome the darkness in this world.
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We need to remember what we've been given
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Through our relationship with jesus,
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And that's how we overcome.
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We're gonna talk about what we have in him.
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(upbeat music continues)
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Let's open the bible to 1 john chapter two,
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And we're gonna be talking about overcoming through christ.
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Last week we talked about fellowship with god,
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But we're starting 1 john chapter 2:6.
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It says, "he who says he abides in him
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Should himself walk even as he jesus walked."
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If you say that you are abiding in christ,
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You should always walk
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As jesus walked.
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How do we do that, how do we live the overcoming life?
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John knew how to overcome.
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In fact, this book is written about 90 ad little bit maybe
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After that most bible scholars believe.
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So john had been serving jesus for over 60 years.
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He had faced multiple problems, multiple difficulties,
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Challenges, different things coming against him,
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And yet he was still passionate about his relationship
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With jesus and he was living a victorious life.
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So the first way we do it is through our relationship
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With jesus and his word.
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Let's read the first six verses, "my little children,
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These things i write to you that you do not sin.
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If any man's sin, we have a friend with the father,
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Jesus christ, the righteous,
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And he is the propitiation for our sins, not only for ours,
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But also for the sins of the whole world.
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Hereby we know that we know him if we keep his commandments.
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He that says i know him
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And does not keep his commandments is a liar
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And the truth is not in him,
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But whoever keeps his word in him,
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Verily is the love of god perfected,
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Hereby we know that we are in him.
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He who says he abides in him should walk even as he walked."
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We overcome through our relationship with jesus
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And through our relationship with his word.
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He says, i'm writing to you that you don't sin,
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But if you sin, we have an advocate.
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We have a friend with the father, jesus christ,
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The righteous one, and he is the propitiation.
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He is the covering.
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He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins.
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Romans 3:25, speaking of jesus says, "whom god has set forth
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To be a propitiation, again, a covering,
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An atoning sacrifice for our sins
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Through faith in his blood,
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To declare at this time his righteousness
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For the remission of sins that are passed
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Through the forbearance of god."
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He is the covering for our sins.
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How many of you glad that the blood of jesus
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Has atone for, has paid for, has covered our sins?
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He says, not only for our sins,
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But also for the sins of the whole world.
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The sins of the whole world have already been paid for.
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When we share the gospel, we share the good news
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That god was in christ, not imputing, not totaling up,
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Not keeping account, not keeping a record of our sins.
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That's the good news, that's the truth of the gospel.
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They've already been paid for, they've already been covered.
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What does it mean to cover your sins?
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Years ago when i pastored in kit carson,
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One of my friends came and helped me grind hay that winter.
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We were grinding these giant,
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You know, one ton bales, we called it hay,
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But it there it's weeds and cane.
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And we'd mix two or three weed bales to one cane bale,
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Weed bales have a lot of protein.
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Cane bale makes it more palatable.
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And then we'd run water and it put some stuff
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To keep the cattle from getting lumps in their mouth.
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So we had cheap feed work, really good to grow cattle,
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And they actually like it once they get on to eating it.
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But anyway, my friend borrowed his friend's grinder.
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He had a grinder, but he is out in the country.
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His friends was just right down the road.
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So he just borrowed his friends to do the grinding.
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And when the winter was over, my friend,
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We used his tractor, his loader, right.
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But his friend's grinder, his friend came to me
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And demanded that i pay him,
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Not just the amount that it would cost to use the grinder,
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But the amount that it would cost to use my own tractor,
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My own, you know, his tractor, his loader, and his grinder
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And his fuel and the labor,
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What i could have done at custom.
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So i was really upset.
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So i called my friend and my friend said,
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I want you right now to come and see me.
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That did the grinding for him, i told him
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What his friend was demanding.
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So i went out to see him
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And he just wrote me a cheque for $2,000,
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Said, now it's been taken care of.
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It's been covered.
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Amen, i never even told his friend,
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I just went and deposited in my account.
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I wrote his friend a cheque for $2,000.
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Never said a word to him, but it was covered.
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It was taken care of, it didn't cost me 10 cents.
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Amen, and i don't think my friend
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Ever told his friend about it.
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(lawson laughs)
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Hallelujah, it is covered.
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See, jesus not only pay, he not only paid for our sins,
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He paid for the sins of the whole world.
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In this scripture, in romans 3:25, he was a propitiation
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Of payment, of covering through faith in his blood
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To declare his righteousness for the remission.
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That word remission means the absolute pardon of our sins
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As if they were never committed.
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How many of you glad when god looks at you, he sees you
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Through the blood of jesus, he doesn't see you as a sinner.
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He sees you as a saint.
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He sees you in your full potential in christ.
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Now, when you read that scripture, you say,
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But pastor, it says "the remission of sins that are passed."
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Well, to me, and i might have to get to heaven
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Before i know the absolute answer to this question,
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But to me, the past tense that this scripture reminds me
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Of is the past tense of the cross.
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Because jesus said three beautiful words
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On the cross in john 19:30, he said, "it is finished."
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In other words, jesus paid for all the sins of the world
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Of humanity, of all time.
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He paid for every sin from adam, the first man
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To armageddon, the end of time at one time
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On the cross, amen, in his death,
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He doesn't have to go again to the cross
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Because somebody sins it's already been paid for.
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It's already been covered, it's already been taken care of.
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Notice what he says, the remission of sins
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That are passed to me, that's the past tense of the cross
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Through the forbearance of god.
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In other words, god knew you would do it
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And forgave you anyway.
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Did you know what that is?
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That is the good news.
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That is the gospel.
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Jesus has already paid for our sins, not only for our sins,
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But the sins of the whole world.
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Now, if you're gonna receive it, you gotta believe it.
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Amen, only one condition you just have
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To believe to receive.
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Right, we call that the law of faith.
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Amen, so you've gotta believe jesus
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To receive forgiveness of sin, amen.
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You gotta believe jesus to receive the grace of god.
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So he said the remission of sin, so how do we overcome?
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Did you know the goal of christianity is not to overcome sin
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And overcome satan?
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The goal of christianity is to walk in a relationship
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With god because through your relationship
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With god in christ,
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You have already been made a world overcomer.
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That's why god sent jesus to do it for us,
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Because we couldn't do it on our own.
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Notice another thing as we look at this,
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He says "he is the propitiation.
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He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins,
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But not only for ours, for the sins of the whole world."
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The whole world sin has already been paid for,
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But they have to hear the gospel
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And believe it to receive it.
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Now, he goes on and says, "hereby we know him
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If we keep his word.
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He that says, i know him
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And doesn't keep his word is a liar.
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And the truth is not in him.
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Whoever keeps his word in him, verily is the love
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Of god perfected, hereby we know that we're in him."
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Well, how do we know that we're in him?
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Praise god, when you keep his word.
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Now, keeping his word doesn't put you in him,
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But because you're in him, it causes you to keep his word.
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He that says he abides in him should walk even
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As jesus walks.
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So number one, we overcome right, through our relationship
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With jesus and our relationship with the word.
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See, the moment that you believe on jesus,
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You are made a world overcomer.
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Whoever believes that jesus is the son
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Of god overcomes the world.
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Amen, so the moment that you believe in your spirit,
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You're made a world overcomer.
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And the way that you overcome
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In this life is you keep living by faith, right.
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But not only our relationship with jesus,
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Also our relationship with the word.
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James 1:18 says this, "of his own will he begat us
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Or we were born, of his own will we were born of god
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With the word of truth
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That we should be a kind of first fruit
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Of his creation."
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Guess what, god doesn't have any second fruit.
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He only has first fruit.
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God doesn't have any second class citizens, right?
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He only has first class, everybody say,
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I am a first class child
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Of the almighty god.
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Amen, praise lord, there's no second fruit, right?
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It's only first fruit.
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It's only first class children of the almighty god.
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All the promises of god in him are yes and amen
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To the glory of god by us.
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You see, my life changed not only when i believed on jesus
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And received him as my lord and savior,
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But my life changed when i got a revelation of
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Who i was in christ
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And i got a revelation of the promises
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Of god that were mine.
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I was born again, i received jesus as my savior
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When i was eight.
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But when i was 14 years old, i received the baptism
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Of the holy spirit with the evidence
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Of speaking in other tongues.
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And also when that happened,
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The word of god came alive to me.
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It's like it set me on fire.
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And i started believing god
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Like i had never believed god before.
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I started believing when i was 14, i can have a good family.
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I can provide well for my wife, i can have good,
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I can provide well for my children.
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I can live healthy, i can live strong.
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I can live a blessed life, do you know why i believe?
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Because in our family,
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My family struggled financially.
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My mom was a school teacher.
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My dad had a very debilitating disease
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Where he could only work on the farm.
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He couldn't work jobs outside of that.
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And my dad was brilliant in his mind, but he was limited
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Because of the disease that he had.
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So when i heard the full gospel preach that you can be free,
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You can be free from sin, you can be free from sickness,
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You can be free from poverty,
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You can be free from controlling habits, you can be free.
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I got so excited
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Because it was so real to me.
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(upbeat music)
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Hi, friend, i hope you've been enjoying this teaching
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On our relationship with god from 1 john.
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This is one of my favorite teachings of all times.
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And these truths will liberate you.
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We have made this teaching plus many others,
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Downloadable audio and downloadable video free
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I want you to check it out
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And tell your friends, thanks so much.
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You see what happens when you get born again,
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Is the light of god it's not only in jesus,
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But the light of god.
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His light is on the inside of you.
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You have his nature on the inside of you.
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Remember, we read the verse last week
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From 1 john 1:5.
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This is the message that we heard of him,
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And we declare to you that god is light
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And in him is no darkness at all.
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And then we read the verse in john 8:12,
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Where jesus said, "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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Guess what, light is stronger than the darkness, amen.
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When we came into this room today,
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We did not curse the darkness.
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We turned on the light, amen, guess what?
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Light is stronger than darkness, light overcomes darkness.
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You know i have a preacher friend, if i shared his name,
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Most of you'd know who he is.
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And i heard him talking about this present darkness.
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Well, i got something
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That's greater than this present darkness.
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It is that jesus is the light of the world,
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And jesus has taken up residence on the inside of me,
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And his light is greater than the darkness
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That is in this world, thank god.
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Amen, so i'm not talking about this present darkness.
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I understand there is darkness that is present in the world.
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It is everywhere, but i am not talking about the darkness.
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I'm not giving glory or honor to the darkness,
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I'm talking about jesus is the light of the world
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And he lives in me.
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And the light of jesus in me is greater
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Than the darkness in this world.
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And when you begin to understand that it changes
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How you live your life.
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Some people give the devil more glory than they give god.
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Quit giving the devil so much airtime.
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Amen, i know it's real, i know it's here.
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I know it's a mess, you don't have to.
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Doesn't take a rocket scientist figure that out.
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But i know that god on the inside of me is greater
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Than the darkness in this world.
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I know the light on the inside
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Of me is greater than the darkness in this world, amen.
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So jesus is living on the inside of me.
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I have his nature in me.
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Jesus went on to say this, turn with me
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To matthew chapter 5.
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Let's look in matthew 5:14-16.
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"he said, you're the light of the world."
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So not only did jesus say i'm the light of the world,
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He said, "you are the light of the world.
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A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden.
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Neither do men light a candle and put it under a bushel."
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You don't light a lamp
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And put a basket over it, put a barrel over it, right?
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He said, no, you don't light a light
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To put a barrel over it but you put it on a lampstand.
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Why, so it can bring light to the whole house.
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He goes on and says this, let your light so shine
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Before men that they may see your good works
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And glorify your father, which is in heaven.
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So you got the light of god in you,
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And the light of god in you is greater
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Than the darkness in this world.
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Not only do you have the light of god in you,
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But you have the love of god in you,
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And the love of god in you is greater than the hatred
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That is in this world.
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Let's read just a little bit farther.
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He says, "he that sayeth in verse nine,
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That he is in the light
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And hates his brother is in darkness even till now.
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He who loves his brother abides in the light.
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And there is no occasion of stumbling in him."
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Do you wanna be in a place where the devil can't touch you?
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Keep walking in love.
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Keep walking in light.
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Not only does the bible say that god is light,
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The bible says that god is love.
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1 john 4:7-8 says, "beloved, let us love one another,
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For love is of god.
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And everyone who loves is born of god and knows god.
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He who does not love does not know god
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Because god is love."
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Well, not only is god love,
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But the bible says in romans 5:5, "that the love
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Of god is shed abroad in our heart by the holy ghost
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That's given to us."
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I'm telling you some of the problems that we deal with.
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I do not feel like walking in love.
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I do not feel like responding in love.
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If i told you what i felt like
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Some of you wouldn't think i should be pastoring, okay?
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(congregation laughing)
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Before i got baptized in the holy spirit,
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I really had a bad cussing problem, right.
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So did my dad, i mean, we'd have cussing contests.
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I mean, it was rough.
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We'd cussed till the air turned purple.
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I mean it was bad, right.
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So, but when i got baptized in the holy spirit,
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The lord began to work on that.
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And when i got a revelation of grace, it's like, wow,
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I'm living in, now, it was 16 years
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After i got baptized in the holy spirit and called to preach
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Before i got a revelation of grace.
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I'd already been pastoring for six years
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When i got a revelation of grace.
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But when i got a revelation of grace,
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It revolutionized my life.
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Bible says, i'm not even like living with the same person,
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But i was joking one time, okay, it's okay if we joke.
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Okay, don't take yourself too serious.
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I was preaching in chicago
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And i said this, i said, you know,
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I hardly ever cuss anymore.
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But i said, i feel like cussing almost every week.
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And this lady got mad at me
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Because i said, i feel like cussing.
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I said, well, you know, i passed her a lot of sheep
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And there's a few goats.
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Hallelujah, praise the lord.
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And she got mad, now, i didn't say i was cussing.
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I said i felt like cussing,
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Some people just, they can't even take a joke.
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Praise the lord, amen.
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I'm still a human being, okay, i still have emotions.
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And contrary to some people's opinions,
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Your emotions aren't all bad.
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Jesus had some emotions too.
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If you read the new testament,
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And if you read the old testament,
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God has some emotions too.
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So you just need to reread your bible, amen.
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So emotions, you just gotta get your emotions
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Under the influence of the holy ghost.
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Everybody say the influence of the holy ghost.
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So i've got the love, i don't always feel
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Like loving people, but do you know what?
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I have the love of god in me.
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And because i have the love of god in me, i have the ability
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To love my brother.
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And guess what, love is greater than hatred.
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I don't talk about all the hatred.
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There's a lot of hatred in the world.
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There's a lot of crazy in the world.
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But i'm not talking about all the hatred in the world, why?
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Because the love of god in me is greater than the hatred
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That's in this world.
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Amen, sometimes people that are in the world,
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We'll see 'em different places
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And their spirit will just like (pastor clicks).
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It'll just rise up like a cat with a hair rubbed backwards.
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You know, the other day we were downtown taking care
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Of some business, aaron and heather and i,
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And this one girl came walking fast and she walked by me.
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And when she walked by me, she said a bunch of explicitives.
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Now, i didn't hear 'em, heather was closer to her.
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So heather heard what she said.
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Heather said something in her didn't like something in you.
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(lawson laughs)
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Well, the love got in me is greater than the hatred
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In this world.
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The light of god in me is greater
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Than the darkness in this world.
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I don't have to let the hatred that is in them control me.
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I don't have to let the darkness that is in them control me.
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I've got the light of god in me.
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I've got the love of god in me.
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And the love of god is shed brought in my heart.
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I gotta get it from my heart.
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Amen, by the holy ghost that's given to me.
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I have the ability to love my brother
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'cause god lives in me and god is love.
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So how do we overcome?
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We overcome, number one, through our relationship
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With jesus and his word.
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We overcome number two,
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Through the nature of jesus christ on the inside of us,
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We have the very same life
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That raised up jesus from the dead living in us.
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We have his light in us, we have his love in us,
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And we overcome because of his nature in us.
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Now, get this one verse 12 through verse 15.
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Let's read verse 12 through verse 14 actually.
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"i overcome through what god has given me
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Through what i already have in christ."
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Notice this in verse 12.
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"i write unto you little children,
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Because your sins are forgiven for his name's sake."
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He didn't say, i'm writing to you so you can be forgiven.
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He says, i'm writing to you because you are forgiven.
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Everybody say, i am forgiven.
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Do you know what it changes your relationship
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When you realize you are already forgiven.
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All right, now i'm gonna give you an example.
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Okay, so don't take this wrong,
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But barbara and i, we are very strong-willed people, okay?
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And sometimes barbara and i look at things differently.
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Amen, now, i will tell you
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That i am a little bit stronger willed than barbara,
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But not very much.
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You see her beautiful red hair.
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Hallelujah, she comes by that, honestly.
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But sometimes we don't agree on everything.
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And sometimes we look at things differently.
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And sometimes when we're communicating,
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We haven't been communicating the best.
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No, what i'm saying is like the other day,
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I was on the way back from a meeting.
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It was late in the evening.
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Barbara had been waiting for me all evening.
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She wanted to go on a walk with me, right?
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And we were, when i got in the truck to come home,
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It was about a 20-minute drive.
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I started talking to her on the phone.
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She said, when you're gotta, i said,
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I'll be here about this time.
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And then we were gonna go walking.
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Barbara and i were talking about the same exact thing.
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We both wanted the same exact thing.
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However, when i was talking to barbara,
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She did not understand what i was saying,
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And i did not understand what she was saying.
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So we had a little confrontation.
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(congregation laughing)
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Okay, and i got home
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And i had been on the phone with her a minute earlier,
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And i drove my truck in the garage and i went in
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And i realized she's already left on the walk
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Because of our confrontation.
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So i ran out the door and i caught up with her and we walked
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And we had a very good walk.
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(congregation applauding)
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And we had a very good discussion.
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But our relationship is secure
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Because i know i am already forgiven.
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(upbeat music)
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Friend, we've been talking about how to overcome through
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What we have in christ.
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His life is greater than death.
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His love is greater than hatred.
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His life is greater than the darkness of this world.
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And the truth of his word is greater
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Than any lie of the enemy.
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See you next time on grace for today.
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Lawson Perdue - Our Relationship with God (Part 2)

January 29, 2026 | 27:29

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