Lawson Perdue - The Voice You Need To Stop Agreeing With

December 4, 2025 | 27:29

Join Pastor Lawson Perdue in his engaging broadcast where he shares foundational truths to help believers move into God's plan and purpose. Covering topics such as the difference between believers and unbelievers, accepting the truth in Jesus, putting off the old man, renewing the mind, and putting on the new man, Pastor Lawson guides listeners through a transformative journey of spiritual growth and empowerment. Through personal anecdotes, biblical teachings, and practical applications, he inspires listeners to live by divine design, embrace their identity in Christ, and walk in the victory and abundance that God has prepared for them.

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Grace for Today with Lawson Perdue | Lawson Perdue - The Voice You Need To Stop Agreeing With | December 4, 2025

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- welcome friend to the broadcast.
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I'm so glad that you've tuned in.
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We're gonna be talking about how you can receive
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All that god has for you.
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And many believers are living far short of
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What god ultimately intends for them.
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We're gonna share some foundational things
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That many people have never moved into
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In their relationship with god.
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So stay tuned.
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I believe this will help you move into god's plan
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And purpose.
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(upbeat music)
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We go through these scriptures.
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We're gonna talk about four points.
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Number one, i don't want you to live like unbelievers.
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Number two, you need to accept the truth
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That is in jesus, the truth of in the embodiment
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Of jesus, his person,
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And the truth of the word of god, the truth
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Of the word of jesus.
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Number three, you need to put off the old man,
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And there's two aspects of the old man,
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The unregenerated person, the one who's not been born again,
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And the one with the unrenewed mind, both aspects.
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Then you need to be renewed.
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Actually, there's five points in the spirit of your mind.
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That word spirit in that connotation
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Is not talking about your spirit,
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It's talking about the attitude.
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One meaning for spirit is like school spirit,
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Like that you gotta change your mental attitude.
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You gotta change the way that you see things, right?
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And be renewed means this to put on a new, to take on a new,
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To have a absolute renovation of your mind.
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So two changes must take place if you're gonna walk in the
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Victory that god has for you,
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If you're gonna live by divine design.
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Number one, you must be born again.
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And number two, you must renew your mind.
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And there's a lot of people that are saved and very stuck.
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And god doesn't want you to stay like you've always stayed.
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You know, if you think what you always thought,
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You're gonna say what you always said.
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If you say what you always said, you're gonna do
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What you've always done,
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And you're gonna have what you've always had.
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So if you want to change it,
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You gotta begin at the thinking level.
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You gotta change your thinking, change your believing.
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If you change your believing, then you change your speaking.
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You change your acting, and you change your results.
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A changed life begins with a changed mind.
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You gotta change your mind and believe on jesus
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And change your mind and believe on the word.
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The fifth point is you must put on jesus.
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He says this in verse 24, put on the new man, which
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After god or in the likeness of god,
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Is created in righteousness, right standing with god
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And true holiness.
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True holiness isn't about what you do to the outward man.
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True holiness is not about how long your hair is,
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Your dress is, how much makeup you put on,
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How much makeup you don't put on.
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It may affect some of those things,
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But true holiness is about a condition in the spirit of man.
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And when you understand the change
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That has taken place in your spirit
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And you begin to renew your mind to it,
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You're gonna change on the outside.
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On barbara and i's first anniversary, we went
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To a very small town, a church that used
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To be a pentecostal holiness church.
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My pastor sent us there.
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He was over 10 different churches in the assemblies of god.
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I was ordained or licensed with the assemblies of god at
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That point in time.
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And so we went to preach at this church,
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And my pastor told me
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Before i went, he said,
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Now don't wear a short sleeved shirt
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Because if you wear a short sleeve shirt, larry,
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They will not hear a word that you have to say.
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So my pastor knew
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That i often wore short sleeved shirts, so he just told me.
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Anyway, we went to that church
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To preach on our first anniversary,
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May 19th, 1985.
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We drove about 70 miles to this small town to preach,
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And they had sunday school upstairs,
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And then they had children church somewhere else.
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I don't know exactly where it was,
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But i went in the basement.
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And while they were upstairs having sunday school,
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Barbara was actually up there in the sunday school class
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With them, and i was down in the basement
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And i was praying in tongues, praying in the holy spirit.
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She said, while they were in sunday school,
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They had all these questions.
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One of the questions was, is it god's will to heal today?
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I answered that question in my preaching.
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She said, you answered every question
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That they asked in sunday school, and i wasn't even there.
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I didn't even know the questions.
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But everybody say the holy ghost.
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- [congregants] the holy ghost.
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- the holy ghost knows.
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That's why you need to know the holy ghost,
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Because the holy ghost knows, amen.
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And actually the doctrine, it was at that point in time
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An assembly of god's church
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And their doctrine at that point in time was this.
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Taken from pc nelson's book on divine healing is
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That we believe that divine healing is
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Provided in the atonement, and it is the privilege
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And the will of god for every believer.
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I believe that divine healing is
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Provided for in the atonement, and it is the privilege
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And the will of god for every believer.
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Now, just because it's god's will doesn't mean
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That you receive it.
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There's a lot of things sometimes
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Between believing and receiving, amen.
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But you gotta start by believing, okay?
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So i don't know what they believe now,
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I don't know if they hold to that doctrine,
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But i'm gonna tell you that is a bible doctrine
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And i believe it and it works.
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Amen. praise the lord.
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So there are these five points.
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We wanna begin with the first one.
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The first one is you need to know the difference
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Between an unbeliever and a believer.
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Many people, even though they're in the church,
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Don't understand the difference
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Between a believer and an unbeliever.
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Let's go back and look at verse 17 to verse 19.
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He said, i don't want you to walk like other gentiles walk,
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In verse 17, in the vanity, in the emptiness,
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In the futility of your mind.
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In other words, as a believer, you can direct your mind.
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And if you as a believer will direct your mind,
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Your mind will direct your life.
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So he says, don't walk in the emptiness, in the futility,
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In the vanity of your mind.
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He says, and this is a really good definition,
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Biblical definition in verse 18 of spiritual death,
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They have their understanding darkened,
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And they are alienated or separated from the life of god
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Because of the ignorance that is in them,
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Because of the blindness of their heart.
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That is a biblical definition of spiritual death.
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Second corinthians chapter four, verse four says
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That the god of this world has blinded the minds of those
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Who believe not, listen, any time the light
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Of the glorious gospel of christ should shine unto them.
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It goes on to say in verse six, that god
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Who commanded the light
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To shine in this darkness has shined in our heart
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To give the light of the knowledge of jesus christ.
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Then in verse seven, it says this,
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We have this treasure in earthen vessels
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That the excellency of the power may be
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Of god and not of us.
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Amen, so when you got born again,
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Everything in your spirit changed
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And you became a new creation in christ.
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2 corinthians 5:17, everything on the inside of you
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In your spirit was created in the image of god.
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All things are of god,
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The scripture says there in 2 corinthians, chapter five,
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Who reconciled us to himself, restored us
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To write relationship with him himself and made right
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And gave unto us the ministry of reconciliation.
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It goes on to say this in verse 21, for god made him, jesus,
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To be sin for us who knew no sin,
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That we might be made the righteousness of god in him.
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So the first thing you gotta do is you gotta understand
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That there was a major change that happened the moment
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That you believed on jesus.
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Now go ahead and put up that graphic.
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Okay, tell me when that graphic comes up. praise the lord.
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Is it up there yet? alright, it's there.
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So when i first started out in bible study,
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After i first got baptized in the holy spirit
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In lamar, colorado, one week when andrew wommack was gone,
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He had a guest teacher teaching our bible study.
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And so he taught spirits, soul,
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And body like the center picture.
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So first thessalonians chapter five, verse 23 says,
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I pray god, he says, the very god of peace sanctify you
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Wholly, w-h-o-l-l-y.
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And i pray, god, that your whole spirit and soul
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And body be preserved, blameless unto the coming
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Of our lord jesus christ.
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And this person came and taught spirit, soul,
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And body, just like that center picture is.
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So, okay, so everybody say this with me. i am a spirit.
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- [congregants] i am a spirit.
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- i possess a soul.
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- [congregants] i possess a soul
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- and i live in a body.
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- [congregants] i live in a body.
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- now, the difference between an unbeliever
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And a believer is like the difference
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Between the one on the left
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And the one on the right.
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So notice an unbeliever, the spirit is dark.
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Jesus said this in mark chapter seven,
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Out of the heart precedes evil thoughts, fornication,
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Adulteries, all these evil things.
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It comes from the inside out.
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So that's why jesus said in john chapter three,
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You must be born again.
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He says, marvel, not that i said unto you,
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You must be born again
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Because that which is of the flesh, is of the flesh.
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But that which is of the spirit is of the spirit.
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There is a natural birth,
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And that's when you were born in the flesh
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And there is a spiritual rebirth,
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And that's when you're born again.
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So when you get born again, the believer on the right side,
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Notice the spirit is light.
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God, 2 corinthians 4:6,
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Who commanded the light to shine in the darkness
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Has shined in our heart, in our spirit, in that case, right?
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To give the light of the knowledge of the glory
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Of god in the face of jesus christ.
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And verse seven, we have this treasure in earth
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And vessels that the excellency of the power may be of god
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And not of us.
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Did you know what?
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It is not hard to live the christian life without christ.
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It is impossible to live the christian life
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Without the christ life.
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(upbeat music)
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God doesn't hear you because you bombard heaven
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With your prayers.
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God doesn't hear us because we get 1000 people praying,
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Or 2000 people praying, or 10,000 people praying.
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In fact, when jesus was in a tight situation,
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He didn't call a bunch of people to pray.
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He brought up a whole bunch of people out.
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And then jesus took three of his top guys, peter, james,
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And john in with him, and said, let's get this job done.
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So the moment that you get born again,
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Everything in your spirit changed.
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In your spirit you have the life of god,
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The light of god, the love of god.
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In your spirit, you have all the fruit of the spirit.
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The fruit of the spirit is love, joy, peace, long suffering,
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Gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness and temperance.
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If you hear me teach very much on faith,
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You will hear me say this, as a believer,
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You do not have a faith problem.
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And the reason you do not have a faith problem is
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Because in your spirit,
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You have the exact same spirit of faith
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That jesus had.
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Second corinthians four, verse 13 says,
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We then have the same spirit of faith,
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According as it is written, i believed,
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And therefore have i spoken.
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We also believe, and therefore we speak.
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You do not have a faith problem.
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You have the exact same faith as jesus.
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Galatians two verse 20 says, i am 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 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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So you don't have a faith problem.
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What you have is an unbelief problem.
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So the unbelief has to do with the realm of the soul, right?
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And so if you begin to deal with the soul.
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Now, dr. lester sumrall taught that the spirit,
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That's where christ lives, that's where you become
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A new creation in the realm of the spirit.
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He said, the spirit has to do with intuition,
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Communion, and conscience.
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That's the function of the spirit.
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It's talking about your relationship with god, communion
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With god, consciousness of god, consciousness
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Of the good things of god.
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Communion, right, intuition.
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There is a spirit in man,
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And the inspiration of the almighty gives him understanding.
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That's job 32 verse eight, amen.
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Proverbs 20:27. i think it's the right verse.
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It might be the wrong verse,
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But the bible says this improper,
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The spirit of man is the candle of the lord,
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The lamp of the lord, the light of the lord
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Lighting all the inward parts of the belly.
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In your spirit, you already have everything you need
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To succeed, amen.
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Whosoever is born of god, overcomes this world,
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And this is the victory that overcomes the world,
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Even our faith.
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Who is he that overcomes the world,
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But he that believes that jesus is the son of god.
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That's first john five, verse four and five.
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First john four, verse four says, greater is he
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Who is in you than he that is in the world.
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Colossians chapter one, verse 27 says, christ in you,
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The hope of glory.
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Amen so your spirit, once you're born again,
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Your spirit is not the problem.
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Amen, your spirit has been transformed,
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Your spirit has been made new.
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You have everything you need to succeed in your spirit.
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Philippians 2:13 says, it is god who works in you both
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To will and to do his good pleasure.
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He's working in your spirit to will in your soul,
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And to do in your body his good pleasure.
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That is spirit, soul, and body. amen.
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The soul has been defined by dr. lester sumrall,
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By oral roberts, by many other great leaders
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In the full gospel realm, as the mind, the will,
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And the emotions.
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So once you're born again, what you need
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To do is go another step and renew your mind, amen?
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And so there are a lot of people
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That have been born again,
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And their spirit has been changed,
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But they've not renewed their mind.
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Guess what?
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If you as a believer are born again,
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But you have not renewed your mind, you look a lot on the
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Outside, maybe exactly like an unbeliever,
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Because the unrenewed mind will on the outside,
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Even though your spirit has the life of god,
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The love of god, the light of god, the joy of god,
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The peace of god, the faith of god,
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The of god is on the inside of you.
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If you don't have a renewed mind,
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You just gonna look just like the world.
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But when you begin to renew your mind to
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Who you are in christ, it will literally transform you.
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We're gonna be talking about this next week.
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The bible says in romans 12:2, do not be conformed
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To this world, but be transformed by the renewing
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Of your mind, amen?
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So you need to understand there's a difference
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Between the believer and the unbeliever.
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Point number two, after you understand that's
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The difference between darkness and light, amen.
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Once you understand that, then you must accept the truth
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That is in jesus.
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Notice we go back here to ephesians chapter four,
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Verse, where am i at?
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Verse 20, in verse 21, he says, you haven't learned
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To live like the devil in christ.
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If so, be some people in christ,
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But they live like the devil.
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If so, be that you have heard him
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And been taught by him.
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The truth is, in jesus.
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Point number two is you must accept the truth
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That is in jesus, the truth in the embodiment of jesus.
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Jesus said in john 14:6 he said, i am the way,
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I am the truth, and i am the life.
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No man comes to the father except by me.
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He said in john 1:14, the word was made flesh
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And dwelt among us, right?
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And we beheld his glory, the glory of the only begotten
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Of the father, full of grace and truth.
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The truth of the embodiment of jesus is this,
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I believe this.
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I believe that jesus christ is the son of god.
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I believe that christ jesus died for our sins.
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I believe that god raised jesus from the dead
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On the third day and made him, lord.
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That is the truth of the embodiment, the person of jesus.
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And if you don't believe that, you're not gonna make heaven.
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So we must first accept the truth that is in the person
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Of jesus, but secondly, we must accept the truth
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That is in the word of god.
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Jesus said this in john 17:17
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He said, sanctify them, set them apart,
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Through thy truth, thy word is truth.
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So the bible says this in 1 peter 2:2,
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As newborn babes, once you believe on jesus,
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He says, receive the sincere or desire the sincere milk
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Of the word of god that you might grow thereby, amen.
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So point number one, you gotta know the difference
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Between being saved and not saved or born again.
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Jesus said, you must be born again.
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You have an outward man, you have a physical man,
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You have a spiritual man, right?
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You have a body, outward man,
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And you have a spirit, inward man.
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So that's why jesus said you must be born again.
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It's point number two.
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You must accept the truth that is in jesus.
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Point number three, he says, you must put off the old man.
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Look at this in verse 22,
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The former conversation,
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That word conversation is talking about lifestyle, right?
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Another, it's an old english word.
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One way it's translated is citizenship.
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Citizens of a certain country will behave in a certain
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Way because of their culture.
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Let me give you an example from about 25 years ago,
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A little longer than that, barbara
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And i went to south texas to a very large church to preach.
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When i preached there, one of the ladies
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Who was in leadership in that church asked me a question.
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She said, what do you think about a woman
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Wearing a dress on the platform, a pants suit?
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What do you think about a woman wearing a pantsuit
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On the platform?
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Because this is about 1990s.
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Well, this is 35, well known, close, closer to 2000.
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So about a little over 25 years ago.
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Now, this is a very large church, right?
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If you looked out there, you would thought the church was
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80% white and 20% hispanic.
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But the church actually was 88% hispanic and 12% white.
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They gave us all the statistics. amen?
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So, she was a hispanic lady.
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She was in leadership in the church.
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She asked me this question.
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She became a very good friend to me
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Because she loved it, that i said,
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I don't think it's any problem for a woman
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To wear a pants suit on the platform.
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You know why she was relieved
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Because that it was a hispanic church on
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The border of mexico, mission, macallan, texas, right?
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And mexico has a lot of legalistic religion.
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And so it was in the mexican culture, right?
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Not acceptable for a woman
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To wear a pants suit on the platform.
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I say, there's no problem
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With a woman wearing a pantsuit on the platform,
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As long as it's modest.
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I believe that modesty, everybody, some of you,
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A clap in your hand is a good policy.
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Amen. hallelujah.
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So, what it says here, put off that lifestyle,
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That old way of living.
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Did you know we are citizens of heaven
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On loan to the earth from god?
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And when you begin to understand this, you have the culture
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Of heaven on the inside of you.
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So your life on the outside should be a demonstration
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Of heaven.
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We came to show heaven to earth.
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Amen. hallelujah.
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So he says, put off the former lifestyle the old man,
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Which is corrupt according to the deceitful lust.
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Now, turn with me to romans chapter eight,
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And let's read in romans chapter eight,
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Beginning in verse five.
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Notice what paul says in romans 8:5,
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For they who are after the flesh, outward man,
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Do mind the things of the flesh, the outward man,
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But they that are after the spirit, inward man,
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The things of the spirit.
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Notice verse six, for to be carnally minded,
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To be minded according to the flesh,
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According to the outward man is death.
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But to be spiritually minded, to be minded according
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To the inward man, or the word of god, is life and peace.
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Notice verse seven, because the carnal man,
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The carnal man, is an enemy of god.
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Lawson Perdue - The Voice You Need To Stop Agreeing With

December 4, 2025 | 27:29

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