Lawson Perdue - Prayers of Paul (Part 1)

May 19, 2025 | S25:E2102

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

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Grace for Today with Lawson Perdue | Lawson Perdue - Prayers of Paul (Part 1) | May 19, 2025

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- friends, welcome to the broadcast.
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I'm so glad that you tuned in.
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We're gonna be sharing a powerful series this week
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On the prayers of paul.
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Paul prays totally differently way
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Than many prayers in the old testament,
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And it's because he has a true revelation
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Of what jesus did in his death, burial, and resurrection.
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So open your heart and receive the word of god today.
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Tell your friends about the broadcast.
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I believe you are going to be blessed.
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In this message, i'm talking about paul's prayers.
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There are four prayers that paul prayed.
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They're found in ephesians 1, ephesians 3,
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Philippians 1, and colossians 1.
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These are phenomenal examples of how we should pray
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As new testament believers.
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When paul prays, there is never a sense of lack.
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There is never a sense of fear.
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There is never a sense of need.
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There is never even a sense of crisis.
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In fact, when jesus prayed,
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I cannot find an instance where jesus prayed
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With a sense of crisis.
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The disciples prayed sometime with a sense of christ,
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And jesus said, "oh, ye of little faith.
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Where is your faith?"
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And i believe if you understand, number one, who god is;
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If you understand, number two, who christ is;
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If you understand, number three, who you are;
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If you understand, number four,
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What god has called you to do;
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And if you understand, number five,
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What god has invested in you
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To do what he's called you to do,
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You won't have to pray like the apostle paul,
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Like the lord jesus christ out of a sense of crisis,
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But you will pray out of a sense of authority.
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In fact, when jesus prayed, when jesus spoke,
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People marveled,
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And this is what they said about jesus
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When he prayed and when he spoke.
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What a man of authority, what words of authority.
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When he speaks, even the demons tremble.
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Hallelujah.
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And i believe if you understand your authority,
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If you understand who god is, who christ is,
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Who you are, what god has called you to do,
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And what god has invested in you in christ,
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It will change the way that you pray
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And it will also change the way that you live.
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So, we're going to begin this first one in ephesians 1,
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And we're gonna talk today about primarily three things
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That paul focused on in verse 17, 18, and 19.
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We'll be reading verse 15 to verse 23,
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The end of the chapter, this entire prayer.
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But in this, in verse 17, he says, number one,
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"i want you to be filled
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With the spirit of wisdom and revelation
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In the knowledge of jesus christ.
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I want you to know jesus."
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Guess what? on our wall, we have something out there.
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Number one, it says, "know jesus."
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Secondly, he says this in verse 18.
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"i want you to know the hope of his calling
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And the riches of his inheritance in the saint."
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So i want you to know jesus, number one.
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Number two, i want you to know what jesus called you to do
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And what he's invested in you to do that job.
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Number three, he says this,
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And i want you to know in verse 19,
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The exceeding greatness of his power
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To those of us who believe
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According to the working of his mighty power
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When he raised christ from the dead
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And set him at his own right hand.
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Know jesus, know what he called you to do,
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Know what he invested in you to do that.
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And number three, to know his power.
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So let's begin in ephesians 1 beginning in verse 15.
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Wherefore i also, after i heard of your faith
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In the lord jesus,
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And your love unto all the saints,
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Do not cease to give thanks for you,
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Making mention of you in my prayer.
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Paul said, "i am praying for you."
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Number one, this is what i'm praying,
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That the god of our lord jesus christ, the father of glory,
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May give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation
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In the knowledge of him.
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I want you to have the spirit of wisdom
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And the spirit of revelation in knowing jesus.
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If you ask pastor lawson for the last 30 years,
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Or probably the last 40,
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Pastor or before i was pastor, "what can i pray for you?"
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Most of the time, i will respond by saying,
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"pray for me to have wisdom.
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We need wisdom that comes from knowing jesus.
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We need wisdom from the holy spirit.
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We need wisdom that only god has and only christ can give.
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We need wisdom."
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Now, that wisdom, actually, when you look at that, he says,
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"i want you to know him, it's found in knowing him."
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That's not talking about knowing about him,
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That's talking about a personal,
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Intimate relationship with jesus.
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That is the absolute goal of the gospel,
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Is that we would know jesus.
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In fact, paul says this in philippians 3:10.
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He says that, "i may know him
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And the power of his resurrection
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Being made conformable to his death."
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So he said knowing him
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Is connected to identifying completely with him.
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In galatians 2:20, he says this.
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"i'm crucified with christ.
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Nevertheless i live, yet not i, but christ, lives in me,
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And the life which i now live in the flesh,
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I live by the faith of the son of god
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Who loved me and gave himself for me."
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The writer of hebrews says this in hebrews 8:11.
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"they all will know me from the least to the greatest,
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And they will not need another person to teach them,
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But they will have an intuitive knowledge of me."
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John says this in 1 john 2:20.
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"you have an unction from the holy one,
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And you know all things."
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Paul says this in romans 8:14.
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"as many as are led by the spirit of god,
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They are the children of god."
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He goes on and tells how the spirit of god
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Leads us into freedom
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And leads us into our dominion in christ,
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Into our divine rights and privileges
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As the children of god.
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Hallelujah.
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Now, about 25 plus years ago,
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In fact, it would've been about 31 years ago,
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Andrew wommack came to my church
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When i pastored in eastern colorado,
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And he asked me that same question.
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"pastor lawson, what could i pray with you about?"
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I said, "i want you to pray for me to have wisdom."
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Hallelujah.
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To which he responded, "do you know where wisdom is?"
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Being a smart person, i said, "no, sir,"
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(congregation laughing)
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Because i wanted to know what he had to say.
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And he said to me this.
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He said, "wisdom is in christ."
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In fact, the bible says this in colossians 2:3,
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That he is the head of wisdom.
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He is the head of knowledge.
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Jesus is the head.
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So he said, "wisdom is in christ."
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Then, he asked me this question.
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"now, where is jesus right now?
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Where is jesus?"
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I'm gonna ask you that same question.
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Where is jesus right now?
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He is in you.
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So you have everything that you need
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To do everything that god called you to do
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Because christ is living in you.
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And since he's living in you,
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You want to know him and know what he's called you to do.
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So not only he'll be living in you,
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But he'll be living through you.
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Amen? so this is spiritual revelation.
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He's not talking about natural thinking.
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He's not talking about natural understanding.
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He's not talking about natural revelation
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Or natural understanding.
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He's talking about spiritual understanding and revelation
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That comes from the holy spirit.
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I believe that we can have revelation
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That comes from the holy spirit, right?
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Revelation about who we are, what god's called us to do,
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Revelation about how to raise our family,
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Revelation about what we do in business, so on and so forth.
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I believe that god gives wisdom
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And out of his mouth comes understanding.
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Amen, supernatural revelation.
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So paul said, "the first thing i'm praying for you
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Is i'm praying that you might know jesus christ
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Personally and intimately,
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That you might be filled with the spirit,
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Spiritual wisdom of wisdom and revelation
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In the knowledge of him."
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Paul says this in romans 8:6.
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He says, "to be carnally minded,
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To be minded according to the outward man
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Or the physical man is death,
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But to be spiritually minded is life and peace."
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Number one, i want you to know him.
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Now, he goes on and says this in verse 18.
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He says that the eyes of your understanding
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Being enlightened,
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That you may know what is the hope of his calling.
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I want you to know what jesus called you to do
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And what jesus called you to be.
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- [congregation] amen. - i want you to know that.
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Know the hope of his calling.
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And he says this, "and what the riches of the glory
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Of his inheritance is in the saint."
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So i want you to know, by the spirit,
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What jesus called you to do and what jesus has given you
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So that you can do what he called you to do.
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I want you to...
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Now, when he uses this word, calling,
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This word calling in the greek is this word.
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I gotta look at it really quick.
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This word calling in the greek is the word klesis,
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And it means this, first of all, an invitation to the feast.
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So god has called every person on the planet, number one...
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He has called them to come into relationship with him.
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He's called us to the marriage supper of the lamb.
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He's called us to be saved.
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(bright upbeat music)
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Friend, we've been sharing on the prayers of paul.
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And when you get a revelation of what happened
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Through the death, burial, resurrection of jesus christ
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And the sending of the holy spirit,
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It will revolutionize your life.
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We have these teachings on the prayers of paul,
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Downloadable audio,
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Downloadable video on our website free of charge.
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So, check it out, blessings.
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(bright upbeat music)
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(uplifting music)
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Isaiah 5:13 says they're kept in bondage
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Because they have no knowledge.
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But when i found out the truth,
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I remember that i was so excited
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When i first heard the full gospel preached.
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When i found out i didn't have to be sick and poor
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And defeated by the devil,
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That i could believe god, that god had a better life,
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I remember i was so excited.
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(uplifting music)
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And the beginning of you understanding
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What god called you to do individually
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Is coming into a relationship,
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A personal, intimate relationship with jesus.
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That word klesis, number one,
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Means an invitation to the feast.
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Number two, it means this,
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Or god's called you into salvation.
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Number two, it means this.
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A vocation.
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Paul says this in ephesians 4:1.
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He says, "walk worthy of the vocation,
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Wherewith you are called."
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So not only has god called you into relationship with them
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Through jesus,
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God has called you
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To accomplish something here on this earth.
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God has called you for this, everyone into salvation.
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But he's called us each with individual purpose, right?
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Now, today, we shared a little bit about political things.
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Do you know some people in church realms believe
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That we should not say anything about politics whatsoever?
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Or one person has even said recently
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That believers should not be involved
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In politics whatsoever.
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Now, in the old testament,
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There were three main callings, right?
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Three main anointings for leadership in israel.
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Can you tell me what they were?
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Prophet, priest, and king.
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One of them was a governmental position.
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Now, in the new testament,
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There are different types of anointings, right?
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God has not called everyone
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To be in the fivefold ministry of preaching and teaching.
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He's called us all to share the gospel of jesus.
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If you're born again,
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You're called to share jesus with the world,
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But he's not called everyone
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To be an apostle, prophet, evangelist, pastor, or teacher.
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Right, or pastor and teacher, or teacher, right?
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Those are public preaching and teaching ministry gifts.
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However, i believe that god has called people
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In all kinds of different areas.
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For instance, there's not only a fivefold teacher.
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In romans 12, when paul talks about the motivational gift,
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One of those is called a teacher, i believe,
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Like i had a high school teacher.
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Guaranteed, the person had a gift to teach.
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Yet i don't even believe that teacher knew jesus,
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That they had a gift to teach.
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There are people who are called in business.
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It's called the gift of giving.
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They have a supernatural anointing in the area of business.
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There are people that are called to administrate.
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There are people that are called to serve.
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There are people that are called to encourage.
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There are all these different giftings,
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And i believe if you begin through knowing jesus
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And the holy spirit,
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You can begin to find out what god has called you to do.
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So i want you to turn with me to romans 8
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And we're gonna talk just a little bit
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About both of these callings.
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First of all, the calling that he's called everyone to,
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He says this in verse 29.
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"for whom he did foreknow,
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He also did predestinate
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To be conformed to the image of his son,
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That he might be the first born among many brethren."
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You're all called to be like jesus.
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If you're born again, jesus is the goal.
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The ultimate goal is to be like jesus, right,
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And let jesus live his life big in you.
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Now, he goes on and he says this.
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In verse 30, he says, "moreover, whom he did predestinate,
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Then he also called.
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And whom he called, he justified.
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And those he justified, he also glorified."
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Now, i'm gonna share with you something
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That it took me 25 years to learn,
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At least 25, more than 25, actually,
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As a believer.
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Right here in verse 30,
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This is god's plan for every person
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From the foundation of the world to eternity.
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Notice these four words.
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Number one, he says this in verse 30.
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Those who he did predestinate,
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I believe that god called everyone into salvation.
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I believe that everyone is predestined to salvation.
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However, there will be many people,
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Even though they're predestined to salvation,
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They will not receive salvation
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But condemnation or judgment.
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Now, paul talks about that, right?
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Paul talks about that in 2 timothy 1.
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He says this,
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If you want to turn there really quickly with me,
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2 timothy 1:7.
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He says, "for god has not given us a spirit of fear,
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But of power and love and a sound mind."
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Who's he talking to?
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He's talking to timothy.
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He's talking to timothy, and he said, "listen, timothy.
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God did not call you to have a chicken spirit."
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- [congregation] yes.
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- amen, that's what that word means.
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Spirit of intimidation, a spirit of fear.
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Because what was happening,
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Paul had been in prison for preaching the gospel,
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And timothy was being intimidated.
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Do you know what,
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God wants to take the chicken spirit right out of you.
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(congregation laughing)
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And that's one thing the holy ghost will do.
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If you really let the holy ghost have his way,
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He'd take the chicken spirit right out of you.
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(congregation laughing)
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But he has called us, notice this, to have...
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He's given us a spirit of power
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And a spirit of love and a sound mind.
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A mind that's well-instructed and corrected
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In the word of god.
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But then he goes on and encourages timothy.
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Notice what he says in verse 8.
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He says, "be not therefore ashamed
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Of the testimony of jesus.
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Don't back up, don't back down, keep preaching, jesus.
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Keep telling the truth.
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Keep doing what god called you to do."
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He says, he says,
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"nor of me, his prisoner,
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But be partakers of the afflictions of the gospel
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According to the power of god who had saved us."
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Look at verse 9, "and called us with a holy calling,
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Not according to our works,
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But according to his own purpose and grace,
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Which was given to us in christ jesus
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Before the world began."
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You had a good...
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God had a good plan for your life
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Before you ever showed up on this planet.
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Amen, praise god?
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You find out about it when you get to know jesus.
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Amen? those he predestinate.
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Notice this, if we go back to romans 8,
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What paul says in romans 8:30, he also called.
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Now, when were we called?
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Well, jesus said this in john 12:32.
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He said, "if i be lifted up from the earth,
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I will draw all men to myself."
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Now, if you study what that scripture really means,
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What it's taken, when i go to the cross, jesus said,
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I'm gonna take all judgment to myself.
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How many of you know that we have all been called
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Into a relationship with god when jesus died and rose again?
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Amen, the cross is the center of the scripture.
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Everybody in the old testament looking forward
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To redemption in the cross.
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Everybody in the new testament looks back
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To redemption in the cross,
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What christ accomplished in the cross.
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That's what paul's talking about. amen?
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So he says, "those he predestinated, he called."
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Where'd he call you? at the cross of jesus.
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Amen.
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Praise god, jesus.
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The bible says this in revelation 13:8.
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He was the lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
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Amen.
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Hallelujah, so he says he predestined
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Before the foundation of the world,
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He called you.
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Amen?
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Before the foundation of the world
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Into a relationship with him into salvation.
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Those he called, he justified.
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Now, when do you get justified?
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How do you get justified?
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You receive it by faith.
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Romans 5:1 says,
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"therefore, being justified by faith,
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We have peace with god through our lord jesus christ."
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Romans 5:9 says, "therefore being justified by his blood.
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Faith in the work of jesus on the cross."
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So he says, "those he predestinated, he called.
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Those he called, he justified."
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That's conditional on faith in jesus, on believing on jesus.
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"and those he justified, he also glorified."
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What's glorification talking about?
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When christ comes again,
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When you got a glorified body, right?
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So he goes from eternity past,
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Predestined before the foundation of the world.
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Amen?
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Called, hallelujah,
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Before the foundation of the world, right?
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Then he says, or called at the cross.
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When jesus died, he paid for all men's sin.
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But you've gotta receive it by faith.
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He says justified by faith, believe it on jesus.
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You just begin to enter the purpose of god for your life
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When you believe on jesus.
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And those he justified, he glorified.
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You get that glorified,
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Let's turn to 1 corinthians 15.
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Let's read here really quickly 1 corinthians 15,
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Beginning in verse 51.
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Paul says this, 1 corinthians 15:51,
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"behold i show you a mystery.
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We're not all gonna die,
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But we're all gonna be changed in a moment,
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In a twinkling of an eye at the last trump.
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For the trumpet will sound
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And the dead will be raised incorruptible,
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And we shall be changed.
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For this corruptible,
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This physical body must put on incorruption,
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And this mortal must put on immortality.
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So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption
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And this mortal shall have put on immortality,
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Then we'll be brought to pass the saying that is written:
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Death is swallowed up in victory."
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And i can hear paul shouting at the top of his voice,
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"oh, death, where is your sting?
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Oh, grave, where is your victory?"
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And he says the strength of sin is the law, right?
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What's he say here? let's read it.
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He says, "the sting of death is sin,
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The strength of sin is the law,
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But thanks be to god who gives us the victory
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Through our lord jesus christ."
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Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, be unmovable,
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Be always abounding in the work of the lord.
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We're gonna what? occupy till jesus come.
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Because of what jesus has already done for us
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This is reality for every believer.
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Lawson Perdue - Prayers of Paul (Part 1)

May 19, 2025 | S25:E2102

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