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John Hagee - The Ark of the Covenant: The Mercy Seat

February 26, 2026 | 27:29

John Hagee - The Ark of the Covenant: The Mercy Seat
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Hagee Ministries | John Hagee - The Ark of the Covenant: The Mercy Seat | February 26, 2026
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  • Pastor john hagee: we all
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  • Pastor john hagee: we all love mercy,
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  • Love mercy, especially when we
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  • Especially when we are receiving it.
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  • Are receiving it. a highway patrolman
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  • A highway patrolman flashed his red lights
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  • Flashed his red lights for the car in front of him
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  • For the car in front of him to pull over and the car
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  • To pull over and the car drove on faster.
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  • Drove on faster. he flashed his lights again
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  • He flashed his lights again and the car sped even faster.
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  • And the car sped even faster. after a high speed chase
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  • After a high speed chase lasted for miles,
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  • Lasted for miles, the highway patrolman
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  • The highway patrolman finally pulled the car over
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  • Finally pulled the car over and as the driver rolled
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  • And as the driver rolled down the window,
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  • Down the window, he said, "i need mercy.
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  • He said, "i need mercy. i need mercy."
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  • I need mercy." the patrolman said,
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  • The patrolman said, "why do you need mercy?"
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  • "why do you need mercy?" and the driver said,
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  • And the driver said, "last week my wife ran off
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  • "last week my wife ran off with a highway patrolman
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  • With a highway patrolman and i thought you were
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  • And i thought you were trying bring her back."
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  • [laughter]
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  • [laughing]
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  • Don't raise your hand.
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  • Don't raise your hand. listen to the story
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  • Listen to the story of mercy in psalms 57.
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  • Of mercy in psalms 57. david is fleeing
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  • David is fleeing for his life from king saul.
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  • For his life from king saul. recognize the fact
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  • Recognize the fact that king saul hated
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  • That king saul hated david even though
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  • David even though he was anointed by samuel,
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  • He was anointed by samuel, the prophet,
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  • The prophet, because he knew david would
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  • Because he knew david would be the next king,
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  • Be the next king, but yet he wanted
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  • But yet he wanted to kill him to keep him
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  • To kill him to keep him from being that king.
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  • From being that king. he was hiding in a cave
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  • He was hiding in a cave in ein gedi on the western
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  • In ein gedi on the western shores of the dead sea.
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  • Shores of the dead sea. i have been there.
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  • I have been there. it's rugged country.
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  • It's rugged country. king saul was sure he
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  • King saul was sure he had david trapped because
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  • Had david trapped because he was surrounded by 3,000 men.
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  • He was surrounded by 3,000 men. in the morning,
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  • In the morning, david would be captured
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  • David would be captured and executed and the demons
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  • And executed and the demons of jealousy that drove
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  • Of jealousy that drove king saul would
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  • King saul would celebrate victory.
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  • Celebrate victory. saul and his royal guard
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  • Saul and his royal guard selected the cave in which
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  • Selected the cave in which to spend the night.
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  • To spend the night. what saul did not know
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  • What saul did not know is that david and his men
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  • Is that david and his men were asleep in that same cave
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  • Were asleep in that same cave in the darkest corner
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  • In the darkest corner of that cave hardly
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  • Of that cave hardly daring to breathe.
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  • Daring to breathe. finally, the campfire died
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  • Finally, the campfire died down and saul
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  • Down and saul and the royal guard
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  • And the royal guard went to sleep.
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  • Went to sleep. david's men whispered,
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  • David's men whispered, "now's your chance, david.
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  • "now's your chance, david. this man has been trying
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  • This man has been trying to kill you for years.
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  • To kill you for years. kill him and kill him now."
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  • Kill him and kill him now." not david.
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  • Not david. beckoning his men,
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  • Beckoning his men, they tiptoed out of the cave,
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  • They tiptoed out of the cave, and on the way past saul,
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  • And on the way past saul, david took saul's razor sharp
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  • David took saul's razor sharp spear and cut off
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  • Spear and cut off the skirt of saul's robe.
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  • The skirt of saul's robe. it was an act of absolute mercy.
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  • It was an act of absolute mercy. he could've cut his
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  • He could've cut his throat just as easy.
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  • Throat just as easy. what would you have done
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  • What would you have done to the man that,
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  • To the man that, for years,
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  • For years, had been trying to kill you?
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  • Had been trying to kill you? hmm.
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  • Hmm. i assure you,
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  • I assure you, i would not have been
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  • I would not have been trimming his skirt.
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  • [laughter]
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  • Point, the god of abraham,
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  • Point, the god of abraham, isaac, and jacob is
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  • Isaac, and jacob is a god of tender mercy.
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  • A god of tender mercy. our god is a god
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  • Our god is a god of tender mercy.
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  • [applause]
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  • The bible says
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  • The bible says in lamentations 3:22,
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  • In lamentations 3:22, "it is the lord's mercies
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  • "it is the lord's mercies that we are not consumed
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  • That we are not consumed because his compassions
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  • Because his compassions fail not."
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  • Fail not." listen, they are renewed
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  • Listen, they are renewed every morning.
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  • Every morning. every morning,
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  • Every morning, god gives you a clean
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  • God gives you a clean sheet and says, "here."
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  • [applause]
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  • And sometimes by noon,
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  • And sometimes by noon, you need another sheet.
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  • [laughter]
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  • Psalms 23:6,
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  • Psalms 23:6, david said, "surely,
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  • David said, "surely, surely goodness and mercy
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  • Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all
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  • Shall follow me all the days of my life."
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  • The days of my life." you can't escape god's goodness.
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  • You can't escape god's goodness. you cannot escape god's mercy.
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  • You cannot escape god's mercy. they follow you every
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  • They follow you every step that you take.
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  • [applause]
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  • James 5:11 says,
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  • James 5:11 says, "the lord is full
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  • "the lord is full of compassion and mercy."
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  • Of compassion and mercy." his mercy forgave you last week
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  • His mercy forgave you last week when you took his name in vain.
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  • When you took his name in vain. justice would have been
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  • Justice would have been for your heart to stop,
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  • For your heart to stop, and your tongue
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  • And your tongue to cleave to the roof
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  • To cleave to the roof of your mouth,
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  • Of your mouth, and your corpse drop dead
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  • And your corpse drop dead on the floor,
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  • On the floor, and your soul plunged
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  • And your soul plunged into the fires of hell.
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  • Into the fires of hell. "preacher, where do
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  • "preacher, where do you get that?"
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  • You get that?" the bible says,
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  • The bible says, "thou shall not use the name
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  • "thou shall not use the name of the lord thy god in vain."
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  • Of the lord thy god in vain." this is not a suggestion,
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  • This is not a suggestion, it's a command
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  • It's a command by god almighty.
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  • [applause]
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  • Mercy is given to you when
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  • Mercy is given to you when you met your lover
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  • You met your lover at a special rendezvous
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  • At a special rendezvous and broke your wedding vows.
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  • And broke your wedding vows. his mercies are renewed
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  • His mercies are renewed every morning.
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  • Every morning. if they weren't,
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  • If they weren't, humanity wouldn't last a week.
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  • Humanity wouldn't last a week. early in the scripture,
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  • Early in the scripture, god wanted a man
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  • God wanted a man to know of his mercy.
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  • To know of his mercy. he instructed moses
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  • He instructed moses in exodus 25:21, quote,
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  • In exodus 25:21, quote, "and you shall put
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  • "and you shall put the mercy seat on top
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  • The mercy seat on top of the ark,
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  • Of the ark, and in the ark,
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  • And in the ark, you shall put
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  • You shall put the ten commandments
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  • The ten commandments that i gave you."
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  • That i gave you." the mercy seat is a picture
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  • The mercy seat is a picture of christ's mercy in coming
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  • Of christ's mercy in coming to the earth and dying
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  • To the earth and dying at the cross.
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  • At the cross. it was the mercy of god that
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  • It was the mercy of god that jesus christ came to this earth
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  • Jesus christ came to this earth to redeem every person that's in
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  • To redeem every person that's in this room and every person
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  • This room and every person under the sound of my voice.
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  • Under the sound of my voice. when we all get to heaven,
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  • When we all get to heaven, it will not be because
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  • It will not be because of our merit,
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  • Of our merit, it will be because
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  • It will be because of the mercy of god himself.
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  • [applause]
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  • The mercy seat is a picture
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  • The mercy seat is a picture of christ's mercy coming
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  • Of christ's mercy coming to earth and dying on the cross.
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  • To earth and dying on the cross. the mercy seat was
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  • The mercy seat was made of pure gold.
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  • Made of pure gold. it was beaten.
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  • It was beaten. at his birth,
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  • At his birth, wise men brought gold
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  • Wise men brought gold to jesus in the manger.
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  • To jesus in the manger. gold is a symbol of royalty.
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  • Gold is a symbol of royalty. the message is the baby wrapped
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  • The message is the baby wrapped in swaddling
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  • In swaddling clothes was royalty.
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  • Clothes was royalty. he was already king of kings
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  • He was already king of kings and lord of lords.
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  • And lord of lords. he was then the prince of glory.
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  • He was then the prince of glory. he was then the king
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  • He was then the king of the universe.
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  • Of the universe. he was the virgin
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  • He was the virgin born son of god.
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  • Born son of god. he is now the fairest
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  • He is now the fairest of ten thousand.
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  • Of ten thousand. he is the rose of sharon.
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  • He is the rose of sharon. he is the lily of the valley.
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  • He is the lily of the valley. he is the bright
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  • He is the bright and the morning star.
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  • And the morning star. he is the alpha and the omega,
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  • He is the alpha and the omega, the first and the last.
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  • The first and the last. he is heaven's hope
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  • He is heaven's hope and hell's dread.
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  • And hell's dread. he is the lion
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  • He is the lion of the tribe of judah.
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  • Of the tribe of judah. he is the light of the world.
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  • He is the light of the world. he is the lamb of god.
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  • He is the lamb of god. he is the king of kings
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  • He is the king of kings and lord of lords.
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  • And lord of lords. our god is an awesome god.
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  • Our god is an awesome god. give him praise in the house.
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  • [applause]
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  • The mercy seat covered
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  • The mercy seat covered with beaten gold was sprinkled
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  • With beaten gold was sprinkled with the blood
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  • With the blood of the sacrificial lamb for sin.
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  • Of the sacrificial lamb for sin. his judgment is bathed in mercy.
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  • His judgment is bathed in mercy. the blood of the sacrifice was
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  • The blood of the sacrifice was sprinkled by the high priest
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  • Sprinkled by the high priest on the gold of the mercy seat.
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  • On the gold of the mercy seat. paul wrote,
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  • Paul wrote, "without the shedding of blood
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  • "without the shedding of blood there is no remission
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  • There is no remission of sin."
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  • Of sin." the bible begins with
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  • The bible begins with genesis as the trail
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  • Genesis as the trail of blood that never ends
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  • Of blood that never ends throughout the book
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  • Throughout the book of revelation.
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  • Of revelation. the crimson stream of blood that
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  • The crimson stream of blood that flows from calvary is
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  • Flows from calvary is the secret of our salvation.
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  • The secret of our salvation. we sing that song,
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  • We sing that song, "what can wash away my sin?
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  • "what can wash away my sin? nothing but the blood of jesus.
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  • Nothing but the blood of jesus. what can make me whole again?
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  • What can make me whole again? nothing but the blood of jesus."
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  • Nothing but the blood of jesus." there is the other song,
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  • There is the other song, "there is power,
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  • "there is power, wonder working power
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  • Wonder working power in the blood of the lamb."
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  • In the blood of the lamb." the blood will never
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  • The blood will never lose its power.
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  • Lose its power. it reaches to the lowest hell
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  • It reaches to the lowest hell and it reaches
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  • And it reaches to the highest heaven.
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  • To the highest heaven. it washes whiter than snow.
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  • It washes whiter than snow. it makes the sinner
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  • It makes the sinner forsake his way.
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  • Forsake his way. it removes the guilt of the past
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  • It removes the guilt of the past and the fear of tomorrow.
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  • And the fear of tomorrow. it breaks the chains of misery
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  • It breaks the chains of misery and habit that enslave you.
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  • And habit that enslave you. one drop makes every demon
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  • One drop makes every demon in hell tremble in fear.
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  • In hell tremble in fear. it conquers the power
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  • It conquers the power and principalities of darkness.
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  • And principalities of darkness. thank you, jesus christ,
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  • Thank you, jesus christ, for the power of the blood
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  • For the power of the blood of the lamb of god.
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  • Of the lamb of god. give him praise in the house.
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  • [applause]
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  • Only the precious blood
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  • Only the precious blood of jesus christ could
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  • Of jesus christ could save your soul.
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  • Save your soul. not the blood of goats
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  • Not the blood of goats and bullocks.
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  • And bullocks. not the blood in the nile river
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  • Not the blood in the nile river when moses placed his rod in it
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  • When moses placed his rod in it and it turned to crimson blood.
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  • And it turned to crimson blood. not the blood of 22,000 oxen,
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  • Not the blood of 22,000 oxen, when solomon dedicated
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  • When solomon dedicated the temple and blood flowed
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  • The temple and blood flowed out of the temple
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  • Out of the temple by the trench they dug
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  • By the trench they dug in a stream of blood.
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  • In a stream of blood. not the blood of the innocent
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  • Not the blood of the innocent shed by herod when he tried
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  • Shed by herod when he tried to kill all of the infants
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  • To kill all of the infants to stop jesus christ.
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  • To stop jesus christ. not the blood of our precious
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  • Not the blood of our precious sons and daughters slain
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  • Sons and daughters slain on the battlefield
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  • On the battlefield to preserve life, liberty,
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  • To preserve life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
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  • And the pursuit of happiness. as precious as that blood is,
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  • As precious as that blood is, that blood does not redeem.
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  • That blood does not redeem. what blood?
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  • What blood? the blood that flows
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  • The blood that flows from emmanuel's veins,
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  • From emmanuel's veins, that blood.
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  • That blood. the blood of calvary's
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  • The blood of calvary's spotless lamb, that blood.
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  • Spotless lamb, that blood. the precious blood that saves.
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  • The precious blood that saves. the precious blood that heals,
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  • The precious blood that heals, the precious blood
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  • The precious blood that delivers.
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  • That delivers. the blood of the conqueror
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  • The blood of the conqueror from calvary, jesus christ,
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  • From calvary, jesus christ, the lamb of god
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  • The lamb of god victorious over death,
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  • Victorious over death, hell, and the grave.
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  • Hell, and the grave. that blood.
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  • That blood. give the lord praise
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  • Give the lord praise in the house.
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  • [applause]
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  • I grew up surrounded by
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  • Chaos, addiction.
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  • By 16, i was lost, spiraling.
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  • And then i found out
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  • I was pregnant.
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  • I searched online for help.
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  • And that's
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  • When i found
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  • The sanctuary of hope.
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  • The moment i arrived,
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  • I felt peace.
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  • Real peace.
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  • For the first time in my life.
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  • My life
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  • [applause]
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  • David asked for mercy
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  • David asked for mercy three times in psalms 57,
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  • Three times in psalms 57, and he needed it.
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  • And he needed it. his great grandson,
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  • His great grandson, jesus christ,
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  • Jesus christ, in his first sermon said,
  • 00:10:56.238 --> 00:10:58.107
  • In his first sermon said, "blessed are the merciful."
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  • "blessed are the merciful." that's how he opened.
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  • That's how he opened. "blessed are the merciful."
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  • "blessed are the merciful." say that with me,
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  • Say that with me, "blessed are the merciful."
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  • "blessed are the merciful." mercy is most appealing,
  • 00:11:09.518 --> 00:11:10.986
  • Mercy is most appealing, most important,
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  • Most important, and sometimes
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  • And sometimes the most difficult.
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  • The most difficult. mercy is most appealing
  • 00:11:15.691 --> 00:11:17.860
  • Mercy is most appealing because we all love mercy.
  • 00:11:17.927 --> 00:11:20.996
  • Because we all love mercy. mercy is most important because
  • 00:11:21.063 --> 00:11:23.432
  • Mercy is most important because it is the prima facie evidence
  • 00:11:23.499 --> 00:11:25.968
  • It is the prima facie evidence that we are becoming like god.
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  • That we are becoming like god. get it straight,
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  • Get it straight, if you're not merciful,
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  • If you're not merciful, you're not a christian.
  • 00:11:32.174 --> 00:11:34.777
  • You're not a christian. your john wayne attitude is not
  • 00:11:34.844 --> 00:11:36.846
  • Your john wayne attitude is not necessarily a bible attitude.
  • 00:11:36.912 --> 00:11:40.816
  • Necessarily a bible attitude. satan could care less how much
  • 00:11:40.883 --> 00:11:42.351
  • Satan could care less how much you sing "amazing grace,"
  • 00:11:42.418 --> 00:11:44.286
  • You sing "amazing grace," just as long as you
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  • Just as long as you can sing it with a snarl
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  • Can sing it with a snarl on your face
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  • On your face and a merciless heart.
  • 00:11:47.723 --> 00:11:49.525
  • And a merciless heart. a sinner beside you
  • 00:11:49.592 --> 00:11:51.527
  • A sinner beside you in the pew and the neighbor
  • 00:11:51.594 --> 00:11:53.796
  • In the pew and the neighbor who lives next door to you,
  • 00:11:53.863 --> 00:11:55.765
  • Who lives next door to you, they know you're a hypocrite
  • 00:11:55.831 --> 00:11:58.000
  • They know you're a hypocrite of the highest order.
  • 00:11:58.067 --> 00:11:59.835
  • Of the highest order. merciless church members are
  • 00:11:59.902 --> 00:12:01.504
  • Merciless church members are the pharisees
  • 00:12:01.570 --> 00:12:02.505
  • The pharisees of the 21st century.
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  • Of the 21st century. you do damage every time
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  • You do damage every time you open your mouth.
  • 00:12:08.778 --> 00:12:11.113
  • You open your mouth. if satan can take the mercy
  • 00:12:11.180 --> 00:12:12.515
  • If satan can take the mercy out of christianity,
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  • Out of christianity, he can kill the church
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  • He can kill the church and christianity.
  • 00:12:16.418 --> 00:12:18.020
  • And christianity. if the church becomes obsessed
  • 00:12:18.087 --> 00:12:20.156
  • If the church becomes obsessed with the trinity of budgets,
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  • With the trinity of budgets, buildings, and banquets,
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  • Buildings, and banquets, and lose compassion
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  • And lose compassion for the lost and the dying,
  • 00:12:25.060 --> 00:12:29.131
  • For the lost and the dying, it should --
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  • It should -- it should close the doors
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  • It should close the doors and write "ichabod"
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  • And write "ichabod" over the door post
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  • Over the door post of that church.
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  • Of that church. what does ichabod mean?
  • 00:12:36.972 --> 00:12:38.073
  • What does ichabod mean? ichabod is a bible phrase
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  • Ichabod is a bible phrase that means,
  • 00:12:40.409 --> 00:12:41.010
  • That means, "the glory of the lord
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  • "the glory of the lord has departed.
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  • Has departed. the glory of the lord
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  • The glory of the lord has departed."
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  • Has departed." it's a tree without fruit.
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  • It's a tree without fruit. it's a well without water.
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  • It's a well without water. it's a cloud without rain.
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  • It's a cloud without rain. it's --
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  • It's -- christianity without mercy
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  • Christianity without mercy is just another cult.
  • 00:12:58.494 --> 00:13:02.364
  • Is just another cult. think about that,
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  • Think about that, because that's true.
  • 00:13:03.232 --> 00:13:05.167
  • Because that's true. the church without mercy
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  • The church without mercy is a fraud.
  • 00:13:06.602 --> 00:13:08.571
  • Is a fraud. the synagogue of satan,
  • 00:13:08.637 --> 00:13:10.906
  • The synagogue of satan, the house of legalism
  • 00:13:10.973 --> 00:13:12.341
  • The house of legalism driven by the spirit
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  • Driven by the spirit of witchcraft.
  • 00:13:13.709 --> 00:13:14.844
  • Of witchcraft. the greek word for merciful
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  • The greek word for merciful is eleemosynary.
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  • Is eleemosynary. eleemosynary is a legal term.
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  • Eleemosynary is a legal term. eleemosynary means
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  • Eleemosynary means to be beneficial.
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  • To be beneficial. it's god's will,
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  • It's god's will, and the legal obligation
  • 00:13:26.021 --> 00:13:27.890
  • And the legal obligation of every church to be a healing
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  • Of every church to be a healing force in a hurting world.
  • 00:13:30.125 --> 00:13:33.462
  • Force in a hurting world. the church is a hospital
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  • The church is a hospital for the wounded.
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  • For the wounded. we're not trying to find
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  • We're not trying to find who we can put down,
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  • Who we can put down, we're trying to find
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  • We're trying to find who we can pick up.
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  • Who we can pick up. not cast out but bring in.
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  • [applause]
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  • We're trying to heal,
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  • We're trying to heal, not hurt.
  • 00:13:50.479 --> 00:13:51.647
  • Not hurt. we're trying to comfort,
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  • We're trying to comfort, not crucify.
  • 00:13:53.015 --> 00:13:54.950
  • Not crucify. we're trying to bless,
  • 00:13:55.017 --> 00:13:56.151
  • We're trying to bless, not condemn.
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  • Not condemn. we're trying to embrace
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  • We're trying to embrace not run off.
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  • Not run off. yes, i know there are
  • 00:14:01.423 --> 00:14:02.625
  • Yes, i know there are some of us that
  • 00:14:02.691 --> 00:14:03.292
  • Some of us that are kind of weird,
  • 00:14:03.359 --> 00:14:03.926
  • Are kind of weird, but give us a chance.
  • 00:14:03.993 --> 00:14:07.696
  • But give us a chance. mercy is most difficult
  • 00:14:07.763 --> 00:14:09.431
  • Mercy is most difficult to demonstrate because man
  • 00:14:09.498 --> 00:14:10.833
  • To demonstrate because man is inherently self-centered.
  • 00:14:10.900 --> 00:14:13.903
  • Is inherently self-centered. a person wrapped up in himself
  • 00:14:13.969 --> 00:14:16.138
  • A person wrapped up in himself or herself is overdressed.
  • 00:14:16.205 --> 00:14:20.276
  • Or herself is overdressed. selfishness short circuits
  • 00:14:20.342 --> 00:14:22.745
  • Selfishness short circuits every prayer and tarnishes
  • 00:14:22.811 --> 00:14:26.015
  • Every prayer and tarnishes your every touch.
  • 00:14:26.081 --> 00:14:27.850
  • Your every touch. selfishness in your marriage,
  • 00:14:27.917 --> 00:14:29.985
  • Selfishness in your marriage, in the church,
  • 00:14:30.052 --> 00:14:31.186
  • In the church, in your business is a cancer.
  • 00:14:31.253 --> 00:14:33.756
  • In your business is a cancer. the person who lives
  • 00:14:33.822 --> 00:14:35.157
  • The person who lives for self alone will
  • 00:14:35.224 --> 00:14:36.558
  • For self alone will die the same way, alone.
  • 00:14:36.625 --> 00:14:39.495
  • Die the same way, alone. it is easy to be selfish if you
  • 00:14:39.561 --> 00:14:41.864
  • It is easy to be selfish if you can get along without
  • 00:14:41.931 --> 00:14:43.432
  • Can get along without a family and friends.
  • 00:14:43.499 --> 00:14:45.134
  • A family and friends. you're near --
  • 00:14:45.200 --> 00:14:46.201
  • You're near -- your self-centeredness
  • 00:14:46.268 --> 00:14:47.503
  • Your self-centeredness in your speech.
  • 00:14:47.569 --> 00:14:48.871
  • In your speech. "my house, my feelings,
  • 00:14:48.938 --> 00:14:50.940
  • "my house, my feelings, my desires, my future,
  • 00:14:51.006 --> 00:14:52.975
  • My desires, my future, my goals."
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  • My goals." if this is you,
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  • If this is you, your life is
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  • Your life is gonna be filled
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  • Gonna be filled with total sorrow.
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  • With total sorrow. in israel, there is a dead sea.
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  • In israel, there is a dead sea. i've been there many times.
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  • I've been there many times. the dead sea has
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  • The dead sea has nothing that lives in it.
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  • Nothing that lives in it. all it does is take
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  • All it does is take in the fresh,
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  • In the fresh, clean water of the jordan river.
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  • Clean water of the jordan river. because it never gives out,
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  • Because it never gives out, the dead sea is stagnant,
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  • The dead sea is stagnant, it's lifeless.
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  • It's lifeless. it's a useless body of stinky,
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  • It's a useless body of stinky, oily water.
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  • Oily water. and would you believe it,
  • 00:15:28.877 --> 00:15:29.878
  • And would you believe it, tourists go out there
  • 00:15:29.945 --> 00:15:30.779
  • Tourists go out there and swim in it.
  • 00:15:30.846 --> 00:15:34.316
  • And swim in it. far too many christians
  • 00:15:34.383 --> 00:15:35.417
  • Far too many christians are like the dead sea.
  • 00:15:35.484 --> 00:15:37.619
  • Are like the dead sea. they absorb,
  • 00:15:37.686 --> 00:15:39.955
  • They absorb, but they never give out.
  • 00:15:40.022 --> 00:15:43.125
  • But they never give out. ask yourself,
  • 00:15:43.192 --> 00:15:43.726
  • Ask yourself, "if everyone gave like i give,
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  • "if everyone gave like i give, what would this church be like?"
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  • What would this church be like?" answer for some of you,
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  • Answer for some of you, we would be pup tent
  • 00:15:50.766 --> 00:15:52.067
  • We would be pup tent in a cactus patch.
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  • In a cactus patch. you take in
  • 00:15:56.772 --> 00:15:58.140
  • You take in but you don't give out.
  • 00:15:58.207 --> 00:16:00.809
  • But you don't give out. if everyone prayed
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  • If everyone prayed like you prayed,
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  • Like you prayed, if everyone attended
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  • If everyone attended like you attend,
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  • Like you attend, if everyone served
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  • If everyone served like you served,
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  • Like you served, what would this church be?
  • 00:16:08.717 --> 00:16:11.587
  • What would this church be? what could america be like if
  • 00:16:11.653 --> 00:16:13.689
  • What could america be like if every church in america would
  • 00:16:13.756 --> 00:16:15.958
  • Every church in america would practice the power of god's love
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  • Practice the power of god's love and tender mercy?
  • 00:16:19.128 --> 00:16:20.696
  • And tender mercy? think about that.
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  • [applause]
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  • The dead sea is a stagnant,
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  • The dead sea is a stagnant, lifeless, loveless,
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  • Lifeless, loveless, producing nothing.
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  • Producing nothing. mercy will be made manifested.
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  • Mercy will be made manifested. mercy will be manifested.
  • 00:16:37.813 --> 00:16:40.549
  • Mercy will be manifested. a man or a woman may have
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  • A man or a woman may have the money of rockefeller
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  • The money of rockefeller in their pocket
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  • In their pocket and not show it.
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  • And not show it. you may have the musical skill
  • 00:16:47.656 --> 00:16:49.858
  • You may have the musical skill of beethoven and not show it.
  • 00:16:49.925 --> 00:16:52.194
  • Of beethoven and not show it. you may have the knowledge
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  • You may have the knowledge of albert einstein
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  • Of albert einstein and never expose it.
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  • And never expose it. but if a man has the mercy
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  • But if a man has the mercy of god in his soul,
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  • Of god in his soul, it will be manifested.
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  • It will be manifested. you will -- you cannot hide it.
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  • You will -- you cannot hide it. when we see a brother
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  • When we see a brother or sister in distress,
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  • Or sister in distress, you cannot close the bowels
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  • You cannot close the bowels of your compassion and walk
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  • Of your compassion and walk away no more than the sun
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  • Away no more than the sun can reuse to shine at noon day
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  • Can reuse to shine at noon day in the summertime.
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  • In the summertime. it's impossible.
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  • It's impossible. mercy will be manifested
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  • Mercy will be manifested by serving.
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  • By serving. the measure of a man's greatness
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  • The measure of a man's greatness is not in the servants
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  • Is not in the servants he has but the number
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  • He has but the number of people he serves.
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  • [applause]
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  • Jesus said it this way,
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  • Jesus said it this way, "he or she who is greatest
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  • "he or she who is greatest among you is the servant
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  • Among you is the servant of all."
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  • Of all." listen to that.
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  • Listen to that. paul served god
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  • Paul served god and nero served rome.
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  • And nero served rome. paul lived most of his adult
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  • Paul lived most of his adult life in jail,
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  • Life in jail, was beaten for preaching
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  • Was beaten for preaching the gospel and died in poverty.
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  • The gospel and died in poverty. nero spent most of his life
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  • Nero spent most of his life in the palace, rich, powerful,
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  • In the palace, rich, powerful, self-centered.
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  • Self-centered. but listen, we name our sons
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  • But listen, we name our sons paul and our dogs nero.
  • 00:18:13.509 --> 00:18:21.550
  • Paul and our dogs nero. when the prodigal came home,
  • 00:18:21.617 --> 00:18:23.752
  • When the prodigal came home, the father didn't say,
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  • The father didn't say, "you long haired hippie,
  • 00:18:25.521 --> 00:18:27.122
  • "you long haired hippie, you spent all of my money.
  • 00:18:27.189 --> 00:18:29.258
  • You spent all of my money. you disgraced me.
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  • You disgraced me. you've come into my kosher house
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  • You've come into my kosher house smelling like a hog.
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  • Smelling like a hog. get lost, you miserable wretch."
  • 00:18:36.231 --> 00:18:42.004
  • Get lost, you miserable wretch." what did he say?
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  • What did he say? "all that i have is yours.
  • 00:18:44.540 --> 00:18:48.243
  • "all that i have is yours. my son was dead, now he's alive.
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  • My son was dead, now he's alive. kill the fattened calf.
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  • Kill the fattened calf. call the mariachis.
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  • Call the mariachis. we're going
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  • We're going to have a celebration."
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  • [applause]
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  • Are you that merciful?
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  • Are you that merciful? mercy looks
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  • Mercy looks for a way to forgive.
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  • For a way to forgive. can you forgive your spouse?
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  • Can you forgive your spouse? can you forgive
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  • Can you forgive your adult children?
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  • Your adult children? can you forgive
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  • Can you forgive fellow believers?
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  • Fellow believers? can you forgive a friend
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  • Can you forgive a friend that has offended you
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  • That has offended you or betrayed you?
  • 00:19:18.407 --> 00:19:20.142
  • Or betrayed you? jesus said, "if you forgive men
  • 00:19:20.209 --> 00:19:21.510
  • Jesus said, "if you forgive men their trespasses,
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  • Their trespasses, your father will forgive
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  • Your father will forgive you of your trespasses."
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  • You of your trespasses." but if you don't,
  • 00:19:26.515 --> 00:19:28.450
  • But if you don't, you're in serious trouble.
  • 00:19:28.517 --> 00:19:30.219
  • You're in serious trouble. without forgiving others,
  • 00:19:30.285 --> 00:19:31.453
  • Without forgiving others, there's no forgiveness for you.
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  • There's no forgiveness for you. think about that.
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  • Think about that. the lord's prayer,
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  • The lord's prayer, "forgive us
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  • "forgive us as we forgive those."
  • 00:19:38.026 --> 00:19:39.394
  • As we forgive those." you pray that all the time,
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  • You pray that all the time, but it's more than a prayer.
  • 00:19:41.930 --> 00:19:42.931
  • But it's more than a prayer. it better be a practice.
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  • It better be a practice. forgive us as we forgive those.
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  • Forgive us as we forgive those. mercy looks for a way
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  • Mercy looks for a way to forgive.
  • 00:19:48.537 --> 00:19:49.338
  • To forgive. mercy will be manifested
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  • Mercy will be manifested in restoring those
  • 00:19:51.240 --> 00:19:52.608
  • In restoring those who have fallen into sin.
  • 00:19:52.674 --> 00:19:54.643
  • Who have fallen into sin. paul said,
  • 00:19:54.710 --> 00:19:55.344
  • Paul said, "brethren if a man/woman
  • 00:19:55.410 --> 00:19:58.013
  • "brethren if a man/woman be overtaken in a fault,
  • 00:19:58.080 --> 00:20:00.115
  • Be overtaken in a fault, you who are spiritual restore
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  • You who are spiritual restore such a one in the spirit
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  • Such a one in the spirit of meekness
  • 00:20:04.653 --> 00:20:05.387
  • Of meekness considering yourself.
  • 00:20:05.454 --> 00:20:09.725
  • Considering yourself. mercy searches for a way
  • 00:20:09.791 --> 00:20:12.160
  • Mercy searches for a way to restore a fallen brother
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  • To restore a fallen brother or sister.
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  • Or sister. the religious will say,
  • 00:20:15.931 --> 00:20:16.832
  • The religious will say, "he got what he had coming.
  • 00:20:16.898 --> 00:20:18.867
  • "he got what he had coming. kick him out of the church.
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  • Kick him out of the church. hang him."
  • 00:20:19.735 --> 00:20:21.737
  • Hang him." god says,
  • 00:20:21.803 --> 00:20:22.671
  • God says, "you who are spiritual,
  • 00:20:22.738 --> 00:20:24.439
  • "you who are spiritual, restore him."
  • 00:20:24.506 --> 00:20:26.475
  • Restore him." mercy said, "that's my brother.
  • 00:20:26.541 --> 00:20:28.243
  • Mercy said, "that's my brother. she's my sister.
  • 00:20:28.310 --> 00:20:29.444
  • She's my sister. they are hurting."
  • 00:20:29.511 --> 00:20:30.612
  • They are hurting." one good hug can make
  • 00:20:30.679 --> 00:20:31.913
  • One good hug can make the difference.
  • 00:20:31.980 --> 00:20:32.614
  • The difference. when you meet,
  • 00:20:32.681 --> 00:20:33.649
  • When you meet, extend your arms,
  • 00:20:33.715 --> 00:20:35.484
  • Extend your arms, hug them,
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  • Hug them, restore them,
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  • Restore them, forgive them.
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  • Forgive them. that's what jesus would do.
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  • That's what jesus would do. i say this in closing,
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  • I say this in closing, mercy --
  • 00:20:43.025 --> 00:20:43.725
  • Mercy -- the price of mercy
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  • The price of mercy is mercy.
  • 00:20:45.193 --> 00:20:46.762
  • Is mercy. the true story of a teenager
  • 00:20:46.828 --> 00:20:49.064
  • The true story of a teenager who was raised in a good home
  • 00:20:49.131 --> 00:20:50.699
  • Who was raised in a good home by a loving father.
  • 00:20:50.766 --> 00:20:52.301
  • By a loving father. in his rebellion against
  • 00:20:52.367 --> 00:20:53.302
  • In his rebellion against his father,
  • 00:20:53.368 --> 00:20:54.169
  • His father, he broke the law and was
  • 00:20:54.236 --> 00:20:55.971
  • He broke the law and was sent to prison for 10 years.
  • 00:20:56.038 --> 00:20:58.073
  • Sent to prison for 10 years. his father was bitter
  • 00:20:58.140 --> 00:21:00.809
  • His father was bitter for the shame his boy
  • 00:21:00.876 --> 00:21:02.377
  • For the shame his boy brought to his name.
  • 00:21:02.444 --> 00:21:04.513
  • Brought to his name. the boy wrote letters
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  • The boy wrote letters to the father saying
  • 00:21:05.781 --> 00:21:06.415
  • To the father saying "i'm sorry.
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  • "i'm sorry. forgive me.
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  • Forgive me. the father refused to read
  • 00:21:09.084 --> 00:21:10.552
  • The father refused to read the letters and sent
  • 00:21:10.619 --> 00:21:12.587
  • The letters and sent the letters back to the son
  • 00:21:12.654 --> 00:21:13.622
  • The letters back to the son with "return to sender."
  • 00:21:13.689 --> 00:21:15.691
  • With "return to sender." at the end of 10 years,
  • 00:21:15.757 --> 00:21:17.159
  • At the end of 10 years, the son sent his
  • 00:21:17.225 --> 00:21:18.393
  • The son sent his last letter home saying,
  • 00:21:18.460 --> 00:21:19.995
  • Last letter home saying, "i will be getting out next week
  • 00:21:20.062 --> 00:21:21.863
  • "i will be getting out next week and i'm going
  • 00:21:21.930 --> 00:21:22.497
  • And i'm going to take the train
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  • To take the train that goes by the family farm.
  • 00:21:23.865 --> 00:21:25.934
  • That goes by the family farm. and if you will allow me
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  • And if you will allow me to come home,
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  • To come home, tie a ribbon in the tree
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  • Tie a ribbon in the tree beside the tracks
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  • Beside the tracks and i'll know i'm forgiven.
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  • And i'll know i'm forgiven. if there's no ribbon
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  • If there's no ribbon in the tree,
  • 00:21:35.410 --> 00:21:36.445
  • In the tree, i will go on and i will
  • 00:21:36.511 --> 00:21:38.180
  • I will go on and i will never come home again."
  • 00:21:38.246 --> 00:21:40.349
  • Never come home again." he was released.
  • 00:21:40.415 --> 00:21:41.717
  • He was released. he bought a ticket
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  • He bought a ticket and got on the train,
  • 00:21:42.617 --> 00:21:44.186
  • And got on the train, and with every turn
  • 00:21:44.252 --> 00:21:45.087
  • And with every turn of the wheel,
  • 00:21:45.153 --> 00:21:46.288
  • Of the wheel, the tension grew more.
  • 00:21:46.355 --> 00:21:48.423
  • The tension grew more. his mind wondered if mercy would
  • 00:21:48.490 --> 00:21:50.258
  • His mind wondered if mercy would be shown by his father or if he
  • 00:21:50.325 --> 00:21:52.894
  • Be shown by his father or if he would never see his face again.
  • 00:21:52.961 --> 00:21:55.163
  • Would never see his face again. at last,
  • 00:21:55.230 --> 00:21:56.331
  • At last, the train rounded the bend
  • 00:21:56.398 --> 00:21:57.933
  • The train rounded the bend and started climbing
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  • And started climbing the steep grade that led
  • 00:21:59.468 --> 00:22:00.769
  • The steep grade that led to the family farm.
  • 00:22:00.836 --> 00:22:02.337
  • To the family farm. he was beside himself.
  • 00:22:02.404 --> 00:22:04.339
  • He was beside himself. he could no longer
  • 00:22:04.406 --> 00:22:06.041
  • He could no longer hold the curiosity.
  • 00:22:06.108 --> 00:22:08.710
  • Hold the curiosity. he told the man
  • 00:22:08.777 --> 00:22:09.511
  • He told the man across the aisle the story,
  • 00:22:09.578 --> 00:22:11.380
  • Across the aisle the story, and asked him if he could see
  • 00:22:11.446 --> 00:22:13.148
  • And asked him if he could see a yellow ribbon in that tree.
  • 00:22:13.215 --> 00:22:16.318
  • A yellow ribbon in that tree. he said, "do you see a ribbon
  • 00:22:16.385 --> 00:22:17.586
  • He said, "do you see a ribbon in that tree by the track?"
  • 00:22:17.652 --> 00:22:20.288
  • In that tree by the track?" and the man looked and said,
  • 00:22:20.355 --> 00:22:21.723
  • And the man looked and said, "no, there's not
  • 00:22:21.790 --> 00:22:24.092
  • "no, there's not a ribbon in a tree.
  • 00:22:24.159 --> 00:22:26.328
  • A ribbon in a tree. there are hundreds of ribbons
  • 00:22:26.395 --> 00:22:27.963
  • There are hundreds of ribbons hanging from that tree.
  • 00:22:28.029 --> 00:22:29.798
  • Hanging from that tree. there are ribbons on the fence.
  • 00:22:29.865 --> 00:22:31.700
  • There are ribbons on the fence. there are ribbons on every bush.
  • 00:22:31.767 --> 00:22:33.902
  • There are ribbons on every bush. there are ribbons on the porch.
  • 00:22:33.969 --> 00:22:36.004
  • There are ribbons on the porch. what does it mean?"
  • 00:22:36.071 --> 00:22:37.606
  • What does it mean?" the boy leaped off the train
  • 00:22:37.672 --> 00:22:39.374
  • The boy leaped off the train and said,
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  • And said, "it means i'm forgiven.
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  • "it means i'm forgiven. i'm going home."
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  • I'm going home." happy are the merciful.
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  • Happy are the merciful. david said,
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  • David said, "show me thy mercy, o god."
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  • "show me thy mercy, o god." and by showing mercy,
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  • And by showing mercy, he obtained mercy.
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  • He obtained mercy. the bible said,
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  • The bible said, "blessed are the merciful."
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  • "blessed are the merciful." say that with me.
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  • Say that with me. "blessed are the merciful,
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  • "blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy."
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  • For they shall obtain mercy." let the miracle of mercy
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  • Let the miracle of mercy explode in your life,
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  • Explode in your life, and your life will become
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  • And your life will become a thing of continuous joy
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  • A thing of continuous joy and total happiness
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  • And total happiness and prosperity,
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  • And prosperity, because god will bless you
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  • Because god will bless you for being a christian who
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  • For being a christian who has a loving heart,
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  • Has a loving heart, sufficient to practice
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  • Sufficient to practice the principles of righteousness.
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  • The principles of righteousness. can we stand to our feet?
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  • Can we stand to our feet? how many of you are
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  • How many of you are in this room, say,
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  • In this room, say, "pastor, i have bitterness
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  • "pastor, i have bitterness in my heart and ill will toward
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  • In my heart and ill will toward a member of my family,
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  • A member of my family, my wife,
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  • My wife, my husband,
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  • My husband, my children,
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  • My children, someone in the body of christ,
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  • Someone in the body of christ, and i know that bitterness
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  • And i know that bitterness needs to go so that
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  • Needs to go so that i can have
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  • I can have a perfect relationship
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  • A perfect relationship with jesus christ."
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  • With jesus christ." if that describes you,
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  • If that describes you, will you slip your hand up
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  • Will you slip your hand up right where you are right now?
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  • Right where you are right now? slip it up.
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  • Slip it up. be honest enough
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  • Be honest enough to be willing to change.
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  • To be willing to change. god bless you,
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  • God bless you, god bless you,
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  • God bless you, god bless you.
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  • God bless you. be honest.
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  • Be honest. don't continue
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  • Don't continue to lie about it.
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  • To lie about it. god detests that.
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  • God detests that. lift your hand and say "yes"
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  • Lift your hand and say "yes" to that.
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  • To that. yes, yes to that.
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  • Yes, yes to that. i see the hands now going up.
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  • I see the hands now going up. an honest confession.
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  • I ask god's mercy to forgive
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  • I ask god's mercy to forgive me for sin in my life.
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  • Me for sin in my life. does that describe you?
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  • Does that describe you? i want us first just to pray
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  • I want us first just to pray a prayer of forgiveness.
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  • A prayer of forgiveness. heavenly father,
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  • Heavenly father, i ask you to forgive me
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  • I ask you to forgive me for not obeying the law
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  • For not obeying the law of god in the act
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  • Of god in the act of forgiveness.
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  • Of forgiveness. give me the strength,
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  • Give me the strength, to practice
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  • To practice the principles of righteousness.
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  • The principles of righteousness. in jesus' name, amen.
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  • Thank you for a lord that loved us enough
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  • That loved us enough to give his very best
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  • To give his very best to give us mercy when we
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  • To give us mercy when we did not deserve it.
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