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John Hagee - Happy Are The Merciful

August 17, 2025 | S25 E817 | 28:30

John Hagee - Happy Are The Merciful
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Hagee Ministries | John Hagee - Happy Are The Merciful | August 17, 2025
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  • Pastor john hagee: the blessed
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  • Pastor john hagee: the blessed life includes the strength
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  • Life includes the strength of extended mercy.
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  • Of extended mercy. ask yourself this question,
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  • Ask yourself this question, "are you a merciful person?"
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  • "are you a merciful person?" a politician was walking
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  • A politician was walking in the country,
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  • In the country, and he came upon a shepherd
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  • And he came upon a shepherd that had a flock of sheep.
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  • That had a flock of sheep. and the politician said,
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  • And the politician said, "if i can guess how
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  • "if i can guess how many sheep you have,
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  • Many sheep you have, can i have one?"
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  • Can i have one?" and the shepherd said, "sure."
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  • And the shepherd said, "sure." the politician said,
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  • The politician said, "you have 375 sheep."
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  • "you have 375 sheep." the shepherd said,
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  • The shepherd said, "that's exactly right."
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  • "that's exactly right." the politician
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  • The politician then reached down,
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  • Then reached down, grabbed an animal
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  • Grabbed an animal and started walking off.
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  • And started walking off. the shepherd said,
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  • The shepherd said, "if i can guess what
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  • "if i can guess what you do for a living,
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  • You do for a living, can i have my sheep back?"
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  • [laughter]
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  • And the politician said, "sure."
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  • And the politician said, "sure." the shepherd said,
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  • The shepherd said, "you're a politician."
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  • "you're a politician." the politician,
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  • The politician, "how could you
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  • "how could you possibly tell that?"
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  • Possibly tell that?" the shepherd said,
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  • The shepherd said, "put my dog down
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  • "put my dog down and then we can talk."
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  • [laughter]
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  • I could say a few things there.
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  • I could say a few things there. i'll move right along.
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  • I'll move right along. mercy is most important
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  • Mercy is most important because when you show mercy,
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  • Because when you show mercy, it's absolute evidence you're
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  • It's absolute evidence you're becoming more like the lord.
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  • Becoming more like the lord. our father which art
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  • Our father which art in heaven is a god of mercy.
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  • In heaven is a god of mercy. lamentations 3:22 says,
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  • Lamentations 3:22 says, "it is of the lord's mercy
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  • "it is of the lord's mercy that we are not
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  • That we are not consumed because his
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  • Consumed because his compassions fail not.
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  • Compassions fail not. mercies are renewed
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  • Mercies are renewed every morning.
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  • Every morning. great is thy faithfulness."
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  • Great is thy faithfulness." king david writes in psalm 23:6,
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  • King david writes in psalm 23:6, "surely, goodness and mercy
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  • "surely, goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days
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  • Shall follow me all the days of my life and i shall dwell
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  • Of my life and i shall dwell in the house
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  • In the house of the lord forever."
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  • Of the lord forever." in the house of the lord,
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  • In the house of the lord, there is supernatural power.
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  • There is supernatural power. there is power to heal
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  • There is power to heal the sick of any disease.
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  • The sick of any disease. there is power to bring peace
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  • There is power to bring peace in the most disturbed life.
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  • In the most disturbed life. there's power to bring joy
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  • There's power to bring joy that is unspeakable
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  • That is unspeakable and full of glory.
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  • And full of glory. there is power to restore
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  • There is power to restore a shattered marriage.
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  • A shattered marriage. for all the sins to be
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  • For all the sins to be forgiven through the blood
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  • Forgiven through the blood of jesus christ,
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  • Of jesus christ, there is power in the blood
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  • There is power in the blood of jesus christ to forgive
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  • Of jesus christ to forgive everything you've ever
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  • Everything you've ever done that's been wrong.
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  • Done that's been wrong. thank you, lord jesus christ,
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  • Thank you, lord jesus christ, for the power of the blood
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  • For the power of the blood of jesus christ to free of sin.
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  • [applause]
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  • Charles haddon spurgeon
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  • Charles haddon spurgeon was called
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  • Was called the prince of preachers,
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  • The prince of preachers, and indeed he was.
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  • And indeed he was. he preached from 1834 to 1892,
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  • He preached from 1834 to 1892, and his sermons are published
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  • And his sermons are published and are in most every
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  • And are in most every library of preachers today.
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  • Library of preachers today. he said,
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  • He said, "goodness and mercy
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  • "goodness and mercy are god's footmen."
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  • Are god's footmen." now, understand he is talking
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  • Now, understand he is talking about living in an era
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  • About living in an era when stagecoaches were
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  • When stagecoaches were the matter of transportation,
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  • The matter of transportation, and two people came
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  • And two people came out of the hotel when
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  • Out of the hotel when your stagecoach pulled up.
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  • Your stagecoach pulled up. one is to help you off,
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  • One is to help you off, the other is to get
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  • The other is to get your luggage down.
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  • Your luggage down. footmen were the people
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  • Footmen were the people who helped you do that.
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  • Who helped you do that. he said,
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  • He said, "goodness and mercy
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  • "goodness and mercy are god's footmen."
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  • Are god's footmen." goodness gives us
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  • Goodness gives us what we do not deserve,
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  • What we do not deserve, and mercy spares us
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  • And mercy spares us from what we do deserve.
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  • From what we do deserve. thank god for his mercy
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  • Thank god for his mercy that is renewed every morning.
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  • That is renewed every morning. thank you, lord.
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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." are you?
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  • Are you? are you?
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  • Are you? we are never more like god than
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  • We are never more like god than when we're showing mercy,
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  • When we're showing mercy, and never more like the devil
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  • And never more like the devil when we refuse to show mercy.
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  • When we refuse to show mercy. 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.
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  • You're not a christian. you're not a christian.
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  • You're not a christian. satan could care less
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  • Satan could care less how loud you sing amazing grace
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  • How loud you sing amazing grace how sweet the song,
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  • How sweet the song, as long as you sing it with
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  • As long as you sing it with a snarl on your face
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  • A snarl on your face and a merciless heart.
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  • And a merciless heart. the man, the woman sitting
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  • The man, the woman sitting beside you in the pew
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  • Beside you in the pew may have a broken heart,
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  • May have a broken heart, they're searching for hope
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  • They're searching for hope and they're searching
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  • And they're searching for healing,
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  • For healing, but all you have to offer
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  • But all you have to offer is the bitter gall of a pious,
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  • Is the bitter gall of a pious, pharisaical, cold,
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  • Pharisaical, cold, calloused, bankrupt soul.
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  • Calloused, bankrupt soul. if satan can take the mercy out
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  • If satan can take the mercy out of christian conduct,
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  • Of christian conduct, he can kill christianity.
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  • He can kill christianity. we cannot be that.
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  • We cannot be that. if the church can get
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  • If the church can get so busy with social activities
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  • So busy with social activities and civic concerns
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  • And civic concerns that it loses compassion
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  • That it loses compassion for the suffering stream
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  • For the suffering stream of humanity flowing
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  • Of humanity flowing through its doors,
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  • Through its doors, 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.
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  • Over the door. ichabod is a word that means
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  • Ichabod is a word that means the glory of the lord
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  • The glory of the lord has departed.
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  • Has departed. and that could be put
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  • And that could be put over the doorpost of many
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  • Over the doorpost of many american churches.
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  • American churches. they are a civic organization
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  • They are a civic organization where the glory
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  • Where the glory and the anointing
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  • And the anointing of the holy spirit is gone.
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  • Of the holy spirit is gone. there is no mercy there.
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  • There is no mercy there. there is no healing there.
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  • There is no healing there. there is no hope there.
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  • There is no hope there. there is no love there.
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  • There is no love there. there is no business there.
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  • There is no business there. you shouldn't be there.
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  • You shouldn't be there. the church without mercy
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  • The church without mercy is a tree without fruit.
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  • Is 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. christianity without mercy
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  • Christianity without mercy is just another cult.
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  • Is just another cult. the church without mercy
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  • The church without mercy is a fraud.
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  • Is a fraud. the greek word for mercy
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  • The greek word for mercy is eleemosune from which
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  • Is eleemosune from which we get the legal
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  • We get the legal word eleemosynary,
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  • Word eleemosynary, which means to be beneficial.
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  • Which means to be beneficial. so, the fact is according
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  • So, the fact is according to the law, the church,
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  • To the law, the church, every church has a legal
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  • Every church has a legal obligation to be beneficial,
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  • Obligation to be beneficial, that means to be a healing force
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  • That means to be a healing force in a hurting world.
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  • In a hurting world. that means to be a hospital
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  • That means to be a hospital for the broken.
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  • For the broken. that means to be a refuge
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  • That means to be a refuge for the storms of life.
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  • For the storms of life. that means to be a sanctuary
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  • That means to be a sanctuary of hope for lives crushed
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  • Of hope for lives crushed by the power of evil.
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  • By the power of evil. we're not trying to find
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  • We're not trying to find out who we can put down here,
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  • Out who we can put down here, we're trying to find out
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  • We're trying to find out who we can pick up here.
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  • [applause]
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  • We're not trying to find out
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  • We're not trying to find out who we can put out,
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  • Who we can put out, we're trying to find out
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  • We're trying to find out who we can bring in.
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  • Who we can bring in. not renounce and reject
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  • Not renounce and reject but restore and reclaim
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  • But restore and reclaim for the kingdom of god.
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  • For the kingdom of god. that's what we're about.
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  • [applause]
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  • What is it to be merciful?
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  • What is it to be merciful? being merciful is not handing
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  • Being merciful is not handing out sandwiches and blankets
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  • Out sandwiches and blankets on street people at christmas,
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  • On street people at christmas, with television cameras
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  • With television cameras rolling, demonstrating
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  • Rolling, demonstrating your great generosity.
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  • Your great generosity. this is called public relations.
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  • This is called public relations. you can do and serve
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  • You can do and serve with a heart of iron.
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  • With a heart of iron. you can do and serve like
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  • You can do and serve like a robot without a heart,
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  • A robot without a heart, without love,
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  • Without love, without compassion.
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  • Without compassion. mercy is a disposition
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  • Mercy is a disposition of the soul.
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  • Of the soul. mercy is to be possessed
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  • Mercy is to be possessed with a forgiving spirit.
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  • With a forgiving spirit. mercy is to have
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  • Mercy is to have a heart of compassion.
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  • A heart of compassion. mercy is to have the mind
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  • Mercy is to have the mind of christ toward the suffering
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  • Of christ toward the suffering or the sinful.
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  • Or the sinful. the world is full
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  • The world is full of sinful people,
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  • Of sinful people, it's not your commission
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  • It's not your commission to go out and condemn them,
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  • To go out and condemn them, it's your commission to go
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  • It's your commission to go out and love them
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  • Out and love them and make them want what
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  • And make them want what you have because
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  • You have because of what you are.
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  • [applause]
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  • If you have mercy,
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  • If you have mercy, it will be made manifested.
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  • It will be made manifested. when you see a brother
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  • When you see a brother or sister in distress,
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  • Or sister in distress, you can no more close
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  • You can no more close the bowels of your
  • 00:08:00.496 --> 00:08:01.564
  • The bowels of your compassion and walk away
  • 00:08:01.631 --> 00:08:03.299
  • Compassion and walk away than the sun can refuse
  • 00:08:03.366 --> 00:08:04.967
  • Than the sun can refuse to shine at noonday.
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  • To shine at noonday. it's just impossible.
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  • It's just impossible. jesus christ was god and he,
  • 00:08:09.071 --> 00:08:11.774
  • Jesus christ was god and he, even he didn't dare try to teach
  • 00:08:11.841 --> 00:08:14.443
  • Even he didn't dare try to teach the gospel to people who
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  • The gospel to people who were physically hungry.
  • 00:08:16.112 --> 00:08:17.947
  • Were physically hungry. remember that he fed
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  • Remember that he fed the multitude with a boy's sack
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  • The multitude with a boy's sack lunch before he shared
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  • Lunch before he shared the bread of life.
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  • The bread of life. the merciful are kind
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  • The merciful are kind in their judgement.
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  • In their judgement. the merciful search
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  • The merciful search for the best in other people.
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  • For the best in other people. do you?
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  • Do you? or are you king fault finder?
  • 00:08:34.897 --> 00:08:38.935
  • Or are you king fault finder? the merciful seek a way
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  • The merciful seek a way to restore the fallen,
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  • To restore the fallen, not search for the dirt
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  • Not search for the dirt like it was gold and then
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  • Like it was gold and then get on the telephone with,
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  • Get on the telephone with, "well, let's just make
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  • "well, let's just make it a matter of prayer,
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  • It a matter of prayer, but i've heard."
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  • But i've heard." [mumbling]
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  • You're a talebearer
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  • You're a talebearer and god has some very ugly
  • 00:08:57.320 --> 00:08:58.554
  • And god has some very ugly things to say about that.
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  • Things to say about that. the merciful are slow to condemn
  • 00:09:00.923 --> 00:09:03.292
  • The merciful are slow to condemn and they are quick to commend.
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  • And they are quick to commend. the merciful empathize and they
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  • The merciful empathize and they put themselves in the shoes
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  • Put themselves in the shoes of other people to see what
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  • Of other people to see what life feels like
  • 00:09:10.766 --> 00:09:11.934
  • Life feels like from their perspective.
  • 00:09:12.001 --> 00:09:15.838
  • From their perspective. listen to this story,
  • 00:09:15.905 --> 00:09:16.706
  • Listen to this story, it's a true story.
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  • It's a true story. a pastor was having
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  • A pastor was having his shoes shined.
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  • His shoes shined. he was in a hurry.
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  • He was in a hurry. when he thought it was
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  • When he thought it was about time for the task
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  • About time for the task to be finished,
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  • To be finished, he looked down to see that
  • 00:09:27.783 --> 00:09:29.719
  • He looked down to see that his shoes were in worse
  • 00:09:29.785 --> 00:09:30.686
  • His shoes were in worse condition than when he sat
  • 00:09:30.753 --> 00:09:31.954
  • Condition than when he sat down to have his shoes shined.
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  • Down to have his shoes shined. he started to speak harshly
  • 00:09:34.624 --> 00:09:35.992
  • He started to speak harshly to the little shoe shine boy,
  • 00:09:36.058 --> 00:09:38.594
  • To the little shoe shine boy, when he noticed the little
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  • When he noticed the little fellow's face was wet
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  • Fellow's face was wet with tears
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  • With tears dripping off his cheeks.
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  • Dripping off his cheeks. the shoe shine boy said,
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  • The shoe shine boy said, "i'm sorry, sir,
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  • "i'm sorry, sir, but my mother died this
  • 00:09:47.370 --> 00:09:48.638
  • But my mother died this morning and i'm trying
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  • Morning and i'm trying to make enough money
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  • To make enough money so that i can buy some
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  • So that i can buy some flowers to put on her coffin."
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  • Flowers to put on her coffin." the tears of the boy falling
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  • The tears of the boy falling on the shoes made it impossible
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  • On the shoes made it impossible for him to shine them,
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  • For him to shine them, but when the pastor
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  • But when the pastor knew all, he forgave all.
  • 00:10:03.019 --> 00:10:07.289
  • Knew all, he forgave all. the sharp words dried
  • 00:10:07.356 --> 00:10:08.624
  • The sharp words dried up in his throat.
  • 00:10:08.691 --> 00:10:10.426
  • Up in his throat. when he saw it
  • 00:10:10.493 --> 00:10:11.193
  • When he saw it from the boy's perspective,
  • 00:10:11.260 --> 00:10:12.962
  • From the boy's perspective, his shoes no longer mattered.
  • 00:10:13.029 --> 00:10:16.465
  • His shoes no longer mattered. when you see it
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  • When you see it from their perspective,
  • 00:10:17.333 --> 00:10:19.435
  • From their perspective, what you think about it
  • 00:10:19.502 --> 00:10:20.970
  • What you think about it no longer matters.
  • 00:10:21.037 --> 00:10:23.739
  • No longer matters. do you know all before
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  • Do you know all before you rip another person
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  • You rip another person with your toxic tongue?
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  • With your toxic tongue? if not, you are without mercy
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  • If not, you are without mercy and the blessed life,
  • 00:10:31.113 --> 00:10:32.014
  • And the blessed life, the happy life
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  • The happy life will never be yours.
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  • Will never be yours. god does not
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  • God does not give contentment, peace,
  • 00:10:35.384 --> 00:10:37.053
  • Give contentment, peace, love, or joy to someone that
  • 00:10:37.119 --> 00:10:39.155
  • Love, or joy to someone that has the mouth of a viper.
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  • [applause]
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  • Isn't something new,
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  • But something basic?
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  • Are you relentless
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  • In your pursuit of christ?
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  • Are you constantly
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  • Looking for ways to build
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  • A stronger
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  • Relationship with him?
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  • What if we started
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  • Making our day to day
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  • Faith much simpler?
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  • Read the word.
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  • Believe the word.
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  • Apply the word.
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  • And watch god move
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  • Mountains in your life.
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  • [applause]
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  • The merciful person
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  • The merciful person gives and serves.
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  • Gives and serves. the bible says a certain man
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  • The bible says a certain man went down from jerusalem
  • 00:11:53.129 --> 00:11:54.363
  • Went down from jerusalem to jericho and he fell
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  • To jericho and he fell among thieves,
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  • Among thieves, which stripped him
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  • Which stripped him of his raiment,
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  • Of his raiment, and he was wounded,
  • 00:11:59.168 --> 00:12:00.069
  • And he was wounded, and they departed
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  • And they departed leaving him half dead.
  • 00:12:00.836 --> 00:12:03.439
  • Leaving him half dead. the priest came by and passed
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  • The priest came by and passed by on the other side,
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  • By on the other side, like the levite came
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  • Like the levite came and passed on the other side.
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  • And passed on the other side. these men represented
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  • These men represented the religious community.
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  • The religious community. they walked away
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  • They walked away from the problem.
  • 00:12:17.219 --> 00:12:20.356
  • From the problem. the more religious you are,
  • 00:12:20.422 --> 00:12:22.358
  • The more religious you are, the more mechanical you are,
  • 00:12:22.424 --> 00:12:25.094
  • The more mechanical you are, and the less merciful you are.
  • 00:12:25.161 --> 00:12:28.998
  • And the less merciful you are. you have ceremony
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  • You have ceremony without compassion.
  • 00:12:31.500 --> 00:12:33.502
  • Without compassion. you have ritual
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  • You have ritual without righteousness.
  • 00:12:35.404 --> 00:12:37.273
  • Without righteousness. you have demonstrations
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  • You have demonstrations more than the love of god.
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  • More than the love of god. your schedule is more
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  • Your schedule is more important than suffering souls.
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  • Important than suffering souls. jesus painted
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  • Jesus painted the religious crowd,
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  • The religious crowd, the pharisees as
  • 00:12:49.585 --> 00:12:51.687
  • The pharisees as cold, calloused,
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  • Cold, calloused, mean-spirited, pompous,
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  • Mean-spirited, pompous, legalistic, stuffed shirts who
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  • Legalistic, stuffed shirts who couldn't spell mercy
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  • Couldn't spell mercy let alone show it.
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  • Let alone show it. but a good samaritan came by
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  • But a good samaritan came by and had compassion on this man.
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  • And had compassion on this man. he bound up his wounds,
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  • He bound up his wounds, he poured in oil and wine,
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  • He poured in oil and wine, which was beneficial
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  • Which was beneficial for his recuperation.
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  • For his recuperation. he put him in his ford truck
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  • He put him in his ford truck and took him to the baptist
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  • And took him to the baptist hospital and said,
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  • Hospital and said, "here's my
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  • "here's my american express card,
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  • American express card, take care of this person.
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  • Take care of this person. i'll pay the bill in full
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  • I'll pay the bill in full when i get back."
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  • When i get back." that's mercy.
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  • That's mercy. that's mercy.
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  • That's mercy. do you have that?
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  • Do you have that? the fact is the world
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  • The fact is the world remembers the nameless samaritan
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  • Remembers the nameless samaritan centuries later.
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  • Centuries later. two thousand years later we're
  • 00:13:37.466 --> 00:13:38.801
  • Two thousand years later we're talking about this man.
  • 00:13:38.868 --> 00:13:39.835
  • Talking about this man. why?
  • 00:13:39.902 --> 00:13:40.436
  • Why? not because he was rich,
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  • Not because he was rich, not because he was a genius,
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  • Not because he was a genius, not because he was a
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  • Not because he was a great physician,
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  • Great physician, but because he was merciful.
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  • But because he was merciful. we remember him because he could
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  • We remember him because he could not withhold his compassion
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  • Not withhold his compassion from someone that was in need.
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  • From someone that was in need. hear me,
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  • Hear me, when you can withhold
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  • When you can withhold your compassion
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  • Your compassion from someone in need,
  • 00:13:59.021 --> 00:14:01.056
  • From someone in need, you have lost touch with god.
  • 00:14:01.123 --> 00:14:03.826
  • You have lost touch with god. you have the ability
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  • You have the ability to meet that need,
  • 00:14:05.127 --> 00:14:06.362
  • To meet that need, you have lost touch with god.
  • 00:14:06.428 --> 00:14:08.497
  • You have lost touch with god. not religion, god.
  • 00:14:08.564 --> 00:14:10.566
  • Not religion, god. you have no mercy.
  • 00:14:10.633 --> 00:14:11.667
  • You have no mercy. happiness is
  • 00:14:11.734 --> 00:14:12.534
  • Happiness is an illusion for you.
  • 00:14:12.601 --> 00:14:14.770
  • An illusion for you. christ puts the levite
  • 00:14:14.837 --> 00:14:16.171
  • Christ puts the levite and the priest in
  • 00:14:16.238 --> 00:14:16.972
  • And the priest in the same company
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  • The same company with the thieves.
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  • With the thieves. why?
  • 00:14:18.674 --> 00:14:19.108
  • Why? because in an hour of need,
  • 00:14:19.174 --> 00:14:20.843
  • Because in an hour of need, they did nothing
  • 00:14:20.910 --> 00:14:22.478
  • They did nothing when they could
  • 00:14:22.544 --> 00:14:23.345
  • When they could have done something,
  • 00:14:23.412 --> 00:14:24.580
  • Have done something, when they had the ability
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  • When they had the ability to do so.
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  • To do so. god will never ask you to do
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  • God will never ask you to do something for which you
  • 00:14:29.718 --> 00:14:30.653
  • Something for which you don't have the ability.
  • 00:14:30.719 --> 00:14:34.757
  • Don't have the ability. the merciful person
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  • The merciful person is forgiving.
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  • Is forgiving. they refuse to nurse a grudge.
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  • They refuse to nurse a grudge. they fling hatred out
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  • They fling hatred out of their soul like
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  • Of their soul like it was a cancer.
  • 00:14:42.898 --> 00:14:44.066
  • It was a cancer. they bless those
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  • They bless those who curse them.
  • 00:14:45.200 --> 00:14:46.302
  • Who curse them. they forgive seven
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  • They forgive seven times seventy,
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  • Times seventy, that's in the bible.
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  • That's in the bible. you're to forgive seven time --
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  • You're to forgive seven time -- peter wanted to know,
  • 00:14:52.174 --> 00:14:52.942
  • Peter wanted to know, "jesus, when can we stop
  • 00:14:53.008 --> 00:14:54.076
  • "jesus, when can we stop forgiving and turn
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  • Forgiving and turn on the hate machine?"
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  • On the hate machine?" jesus said,
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  • Jesus said, "until you forgive
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  • "until you forgive seven times seventy,
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  • Seven times seventy, you haven't forgiven."
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  • You haven't forgiven." you know that's 490 times.
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  • You know that's 490 times. if you forgive
  • 00:15:04.286 --> 00:15:04.954
  • If you forgive someone 490 times,
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  • Someone 490 times, it becomes a habit.
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  • It becomes a habit. you lose count.
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  • You lose count. years ago,
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  • Years ago, when i was speaking in colorado,
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  • When i was speaking in colorado, i was told this true story
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  • I was told this true story of adolf coors iv.
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  • Of adolf coors iv. he was the coors beer founder.
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  • He was the coors beer founder. i'm sure some of you are very
  • 00:15:20.302 --> 00:15:21.537
  • I'm sure some of you are very familiar with that name.
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  • [laughter]
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  • On february 9, 1960,
  • 00:15:25.040 --> 00:15:26.842
  • On february 9, 1960, adolf coors iii was kidnapped
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  • Adolf coors iii was kidnapped and held for ransom.
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  • And held for ransom. seven months later his body
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  • Seven months later his body was found on a remote hillside.
  • 00:15:32.481 --> 00:15:35.217
  • Was found on a remote hillside. he had been shot to death.
  • 00:15:35.284 --> 00:15:37.219
  • He had been shot to death. his son, adolf coors iv,
  • 00:15:37.286 --> 00:15:39.555
  • His son, adolf coors iv, then 15 years of age,
  • 00:15:39.621 --> 00:15:41.090
  • Then 15 years of age, lost not only his father
  • 00:15:41.156 --> 00:15:43.192
  • Lost not only his father but his best friend.
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  • But his best friend. for years, young coors
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  • For years, young coors hated joseph corbett,
  • 00:15:46.228 --> 00:15:47.663
  • Hated joseph corbett, the man who killed his father,
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  • The man who killed his father, the man who was sentenced
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  • The man who was sentenced to life for the slaying
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  • To life for the slaying of his father.
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  • Of his father. then in 1975,
  • 00:15:56.038 --> 00:15:57.806
  • Then in 1975, coors became a christian.
  • 00:15:57.873 --> 00:15:59.308
  • Coors became a christian. while he divested himself
  • 00:15:59.375 --> 00:16:01.210
  • While he divested himself of the interest in
  • 00:16:01.276 --> 00:16:02.111
  • Of the interest in the family beer business,
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  • The family beer business, he could not divest
  • 00:16:03.645 --> 00:16:04.813
  • He could not divest himself of the hatred
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  • Himself of the hatred that consumed his soul.
  • 00:16:06.582 --> 00:16:10.052
  • That consumed his soul. resentment seethed within
  • 00:16:10.119 --> 00:16:11.954
  • Resentment seethed within him and blighted
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  • Him and blighted his growth in faith.
  • 00:16:13.655 --> 00:16:16.058
  • His growth in faith. that's his testimony.
  • 00:16:16.125 --> 00:16:17.760
  • That's his testimony. he prayed to god for help
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  • He prayed to god for help because he realized how hatred
  • 00:16:19.228 --> 00:16:21.897
  • Because he realized how hatred for corbett was alienating him
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  • For corbett was alienating him from god and other people.
  • 00:16:26.368 --> 00:16:29.304
  • From god and other people. the day came, however,
  • 00:16:29.371 --> 00:16:30.539
  • The day came, however, when claiming
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  • When claiming the spirit's presence,
  • 00:16:31.373 --> 00:16:32.541
  • The spirit's presence, coors visited
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  • Coors visited the maximum-security unit
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  • The maximum-security unit of colorado's canyon city
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  • Of colorado's canyon city penitentiary and tried
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  • Penitentiary and tried to talk to corbett.
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  • To talk to corbett. corbett refused to see him.
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  • Corbett refused to see him. coors left a bible
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  • Coors left a bible inscribed with this message,
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  • Inscribed with this message, "i'm here to see you today
  • 00:16:46.955 --> 00:16:48.323
  • "i'm here to see you today and i'm sorry that
  • 00:16:48.390 --> 00:16:49.358
  • And i'm sorry that we could not meet.
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  • We could not meet. as a christian, i am summoned
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  • As a christian, i am summoned by the lord jesus christ
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  • By the lord jesus christ to forgive you.
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  • To forgive you. i do forgive you,
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  • I do forgive you, and i ask you to forgive me
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  • And i ask you to forgive me for the hatred i've had
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  • For the hatred i've had in my heart for you."
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  • In my heart for you." wow.
  • 00:17:04.907 --> 00:17:08.577
  • Wow. later, coors confessed,
  • 00:17:08.644 --> 00:17:10.412
  • Later, coors confessed, "i have a love for that man
  • 00:17:10.479 --> 00:17:11.680
  • "i have a love for that man that only jesus christ
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  • That only jesus christ could have put in my heart."
  • 00:17:12.915 --> 00:17:14.450
  • Could have put in my heart." that's merciful.
  • 00:17:14.516 --> 00:17:16.885
  • That's merciful. that's merciful.
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  • That's merciful. do you have that?
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  • Do you have that? have you cast a member
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  • Have you cast a member of your family aside
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  • Of your family aside without cause?
  • 00:17:23.492 --> 00:17:27.029
  • Without cause? have you?
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  • Have you? why would they want the jesus
  • 00:17:30.699 --> 00:17:32.067
  • Why would they want the jesus you know when you've thrown them
  • 00:17:32.134 --> 00:17:34.369
  • You know when you've thrown them out emotionally for no reason?
  • 00:17:34.436 --> 00:17:38.307
  • Out emotionally for no reason? when the prodigal came home,
  • 00:17:38.373 --> 00:17:39.842
  • When the prodigal came home, the father didn't say, "listen,
  • 00:17:39.908 --> 00:17:42.578
  • The father didn't say, "listen, you long-haired hippie."
  • 00:17:42.644 --> 00:17:44.012
  • [laughter]
  • 00:17:44.480 --> 00:17:45.347
  • "you spent all
  • 00:17:45.714 --> 00:17:46.215
  • "you spent all the money i gave you;
  • 00:17:46.281 --> 00:17:47.483
  • The money i gave you; you disgraced my name.
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  • You disgraced my name. you've come home
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  • You've come home to my kosher jewish home
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  • To my kosher jewish home smelling like a hog.
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  • Smelling like a hog. get lost."
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  • Get lost." what he did say,
  • 00:17:57.659 --> 00:17:59.528
  • What he did say, "all that i have is yours.
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  • "all that i have is yours. all that i have is yours.
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  • All that i have is yours. bring my son a new robe.
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  • Bring my son a new robe. bring him new shoes."
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  • Bring him new shoes." why?
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  • Why? because people who
  • 00:18:12.141 --> 00:18:14.676
  • Because people who had shoes were not slaves.
  • 00:18:14.743 --> 00:18:16.478
  • Had shoes were not slaves. slaves went barefooted.
  • 00:18:16.545 --> 00:18:18.180
  • Slaves went barefooted. bring him some new shoes.
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  • Bring him some new shoes. he refitted that boy
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  • He refitted that boy on the spot.
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  • On the spot. that's mercy.
  • 00:18:23.318 --> 00:18:24.720
  • That's mercy. is there mercy in your home?
  • 00:18:24.786 --> 00:18:27.055
  • Is there mercy in your home? can you forgive your husband,
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  • Can you forgive your husband, your wife, your son,
  • 00:18:28.624 --> 00:18:30.492
  • Your wife, your son, your daughter that
  • 00:18:30.559 --> 00:18:31.360
  • Your daughter that has disappointed you?
  • 00:18:31.426 --> 00:18:32.728
  • Has disappointed you? god's mercy looks
  • 00:18:32.794 --> 00:18:33.996
  • God's mercy looks for a way to forgive.
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  • For a way to forgive. do you?
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  • Do you? do you look for a way?
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  • Do you look for a way? the bible tells the story
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  • The bible tells the story of jesus who caught the woman
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  • Of jesus who caught the woman in the act of adultery.
  • 00:18:42.771 --> 00:18:44.606
  • In the act of adultery. the pharisees caught her
  • 00:18:44.673 --> 00:18:46.141
  • The pharisees caught her in the act of adultery.
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  • In the act of adultery. it makes me wonder where
  • 00:18:47.809 --> 00:18:49.211
  • It makes me wonder where the pharisees were
  • 00:18:49.278 --> 00:18:50.145
  • The pharisees were to catch her in adultery.
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  • [laughter]
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  • I know your mind's not
  • 00:18:54.716 --> 00:18:55.651
  • I know your mind's not supposed to work that way,
  • 00:18:55.717 --> 00:18:56.752
  • Supposed to work that way, but that's how mine works.
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  • [laughter]
  • 00:18:58.320 --> 00:18:58.687
  • What were you all doing?
  • 00:18:59.421 --> 00:19:00.289
  • What were you all doing? in line?
  • 00:19:00.355 --> 00:19:03.325
  • In line? moving right along.
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  • Moving right along. jesus christ,
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  • Jesus christ, who is the healer of hearts
  • 00:19:06.495 --> 00:19:07.396
  • Who is the healer of hearts looked for a way to save her.
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  • Looked for a way to save her. they had every right by
  • 00:19:09.965 --> 00:19:11.166
  • They had every right by the law of moses to destroy her.
  • 00:19:11.233 --> 00:19:13.135
  • The law of moses to destroy her. jesus wants to save her.
  • 00:19:13.202 --> 00:19:15.704
  • Jesus wants to save her. where are you in this story?
  • 00:19:15.771 --> 00:19:17.439
  • Where are you in this story? standing with the rocks in your
  • 00:19:17.506 --> 00:19:18.840
  • Standing with the rocks in your hand with anger and judgement
  • 00:19:18.907 --> 00:19:20.642
  • Hand with anger and judgement or kneeling in the sand
  • 00:19:20.709 --> 00:19:22.444
  • Or kneeling in the sand with mercy in your heart?
  • 00:19:22.511 --> 00:19:24.112
  • With mercy in your heart? you're one or the other.
  • 00:19:24.179 --> 00:19:24.880
  • You're one or the other. which one?
  • 00:19:24.947 --> 00:19:27.249
  • Which one? mercy will be manifested
  • 00:19:27.316 --> 00:19:29.084
  • Mercy will be manifested in restoration of the fallen.
  • 00:19:29.151 --> 00:19:30.786
  • In restoration of the fallen. paul said in galatians 6:1,
  • 00:19:30.852 --> 00:19:32.688
  • Paul said in galatians 6:1, "brethren, if a man be
  • 00:19:32.754 --> 00:19:34.256
  • "brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault,
  • 00:19:34.323 --> 00:19:35.757
  • Overtaken in a fault, you who are spiritual,"
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  • You who are spiritual," listen, not religious,
  • 00:19:38.227 --> 00:19:39.928
  • Listen, not religious, but "you who are spiritual
  • 00:19:39.995 --> 00:19:42.097
  • But "you who are spiritual restore such a one in
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  • Restore such a one in the spirit of meekness
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  • The spirit of meekness considering yourself."
  • 00:19:45.100 --> 00:19:46.935
  • Considering yourself." considering yourself means
  • 00:19:47.002 --> 00:19:49.605
  • Considering yourself means but for the grace of god,
  • 00:19:49.671 --> 00:19:51.006
  • But for the grace of god, that could be you.
  • 00:19:51.073 --> 00:19:53.709
  • That could be you. note the qualifications,
  • 00:19:53.775 --> 00:19:55.477
  • Note the qualifications, you which are spiritual.
  • 00:19:55.544 --> 00:19:57.079
  • You which are spiritual. say that with me,
  • 00:19:57.145 --> 00:19:57.913
  • Say that with me, "you which are spiritual."
  • 00:19:57.980 --> 00:19:59.615
  • "you which are spiritual." mercy searches for a way
  • 00:19:59.681 --> 00:20:01.516
  • Mercy searches for a way to restore a fallen
  • 00:20:01.583 --> 00:20:03.218
  • To restore a fallen brother or sister.
  • 00:20:03.285 --> 00:20:04.586
  • Brother or sister. mercy searches for a confession
  • 00:20:04.653 --> 00:20:07.055
  • Mercy searches for a confession and healing,
  • 00:20:07.122 --> 00:20:08.257
  • And healing, pharisees search for rocks
  • 00:20:08.323 --> 00:20:10.325
  • Pharisees search for rocks to condemn and destroy.
  • 00:20:10.392 --> 00:20:12.361
  • To condemn and destroy. which are you?
  • 00:20:12.427 --> 00:20:14.096
  • Which are you? restoration is difficult.
  • 00:20:14.162 --> 00:20:16.064
  • Restoration is difficult. any rock carrying pharisee
  • 00:20:16.131 --> 00:20:18.166
  • Any rock carrying pharisee can slander and slaughter.
  • 00:20:18.233 --> 00:20:20.269
  • Can slander and slaughter. paul wrote the book
  • 00:20:20.335 --> 00:20:21.303
  • Paul wrote the book of 1 corinthians to correct
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  • Of 1 corinthians to correct the corinthian church
  • 00:20:23.205 --> 00:20:24.373
  • The corinthian church for sexual misconduct.
  • 00:20:24.439 --> 00:20:26.441
  • For sexual misconduct. think about that.
  • 00:20:26.508 --> 00:20:28.076
  • Think about that. they were having sex
  • 00:20:28.143 --> 00:20:29.311
  • They were having sex with family members.
  • 00:20:29.378 --> 00:20:32.681
  • With family members. financial mismanagement
  • 00:20:32.748 --> 00:20:34.082
  • Financial mismanagement of church funds.
  • 00:20:34.149 --> 00:20:36.018
  • Of church funds. they were getting drunk
  • 00:20:36.084 --> 00:20:37.219
  • They were getting drunk at communion.
  • 00:20:37.286 --> 00:20:38.553
  • At communion. you don't need a phd in theology
  • 00:20:38.620 --> 00:20:40.989
  • You don't need a phd in theology to know this is
  • 00:20:41.056 --> 00:20:42.391
  • To know this is major league sin.
  • 00:20:42.457 --> 00:20:45.894
  • Major league sin. but when they got
  • 00:20:45.961 --> 00:20:46.662
  • But when they got paul's correction,
  • 00:20:46.728 --> 00:20:48.330
  • Paul's correction, they repented.
  • 00:20:48.397 --> 00:20:50.032
  • They repented. they transformed
  • 00:20:50.098 --> 00:20:51.266
  • They transformed and became like christ.
  • 00:20:51.333 --> 00:20:53.068
  • And became like christ. now, paul writes 2 corinthians,
  • 00:20:53.135 --> 00:20:55.537
  • Now, paul writes 2 corinthians, he says,
  • 00:20:55.604 --> 00:20:56.371
  • He says, "i have confidence in you all."
  • 00:20:56.438 --> 00:20:59.041
  • "i have confidence in you all." paul forgave them of the most
  • 00:20:59.107 --> 00:21:01.677
  • Paul forgave them of the most despicable sin
  • 00:21:01.743 --> 00:21:03.211
  • Despicable sin that could happen.
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  • That could happen. "i have confidence
  • 00:21:04.846 --> 00:21:06.315
  • "i have confidence in you in all things."
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  • In you in all things." think of it,
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  • Think of it, there is a healing power
  • 00:21:10.185 --> 00:21:11.653
  • There is a healing power when mercy puts its arms
  • 00:21:11.720 --> 00:21:13.522
  • When mercy puts its arms around a fallen brother
  • 00:21:13.588 --> 00:21:15.057
  • Around a fallen brother or sister to say,
  • 00:21:15.123 --> 00:21:16.692
  • Or sister to say, "i have confidence in you."
  • 00:21:16.758 --> 00:21:18.994
  • "i have confidence in you." you can make a comeback.
  • 00:21:19.061 --> 00:21:20.595
  • You can make a comeback. don't allow your past
  • 00:21:20.662 --> 00:21:22.664
  • Don't allow your past to control your future.
  • 00:21:22.731 --> 00:21:24.566
  • To control your future. when peter denied jesus
  • 00:21:24.633 --> 00:21:26.201
  • When peter denied jesus at his trial --
  • 00:21:26.268 --> 00:21:27.769
  • At his trial -- remember the bible says,
  • 00:21:27.836 --> 00:21:29.538
  • Remember the bible says, "if you deny me,
  • 00:21:29.604 --> 00:21:30.605
  • "if you deny me, i will deny you before
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  • I will deny you before my father and his angels
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  • My father and his angels in heaven."
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  • In heaven." how many of you familiar
  • 00:21:34.609 --> 00:21:35.277
  • How many of you familiar with that verse of scripture?
  • 00:21:35.344 --> 00:21:36.678
  • With that verse of scripture? it's there.
  • 00:21:36.745 --> 00:21:37.979
  • It's there. he was --
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  • He was -- peter was in danger
  • 00:21:38.847 --> 00:21:40.282
  • Peter was in danger of damning his soul,
  • 00:21:40.349 --> 00:21:42.351
  • Of damning his soul, but jesus, the first thing
  • 00:21:42.417 --> 00:21:44.019
  • But jesus, the first thing after the resurrection, said,
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  • After the resurrection, said, "go tell all my disciples
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  • "go tell all my disciples i've risen from the dead
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  • I've risen from the dead and tell peter,
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  • And tell peter, tell him first.
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  • Tell him first. be sure to pour the oil of mercy
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  • Be sure to pour the oil of mercy over his tormented soul."
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  • Over his tormented soul." there's a physiological law,
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  • There's a physiological law, the faults that you
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  • The faults that you so aggressively condemn
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  • So aggressively condemn in others are the very
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  • In others are the very faults that haunt you.
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  • Faults that haunt you. the next time you hear someone
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  • The next time you hear someone tearing a brother or sister
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  • Tearing a brother or sister in christ to shreds
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  • In christ to shreds with their mouth,
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  • With their mouth, listen to the faults
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  • Listen to the faults they attack.
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  • They attack. they are trying to expel
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  • They are trying to expel their own demons.
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  • Their own demons. one thing, this last thing
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  • One thing, this last thing and i'll close.
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  • And i'll close. sympathy is an emotion
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  • Sympathy is an emotion sometimes followed by tears.
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  • Sometimes followed by tears. there are those who weep easily.
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  • There are those who weep easily. their tears are meaningless
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  • Their tears are meaningless and without worth.
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  • And without worth. it's alright to weep if
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  • It's alright to weep if you're willing to take action,
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  • You're willing to take action, but if you're not willing
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  • But if you're not willing to take action,
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  • To take action, dry it up.
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  • Dry it up. jesus wept but he did
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  • Jesus wept but he did far more than weep,
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  • Far more than weep, he took action.
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  • He took action. he went to the cross
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  • He went to the cross and died for my sin
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  • And died for my sin and for your sin.
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  • And for your sin. mercy takes action.
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  • Mercy takes action. if your brother has
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  • If your brother has a need of $100
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  • A need of $100 and you have $200
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  • And you have $200 in your pocket,
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  • In your pocket, don't pray about his need,
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  • Don't pray about his need, you tight wad.
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  • You tight wad. give him one
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  • Give him one of those $100 bills.
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  • [applause]
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  • There are people who would say,
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  • There are people who would say, "well, we should pray about it."
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  • "well, we should pray about it." no.
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  • [laughter]
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  • You don't have to pray
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  • You don't have to pray about being merciful.
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  • About being merciful. jesus has been merciful to you;
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  • Jesus has been merciful to you; you can be merciful to others.
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  • You can be merciful to others. can we please stand to our feet?
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  • Can we please stand to our feet? my question to you here
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  • My question to you here and those of you watching
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  • And those of you watching by television,
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  • By television, you do not have happiness
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  • You do not have happiness in your family,
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  • In your family, your marriage,
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  • Your marriage, in your life,
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  • In your life, in a relationship with god.
  • 00:23:53.548 --> 00:23:57.886
  • In a relationship with god. you do not show mercy
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  • You do not show mercy to other people.
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  • To other people. you do not look for ways
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  • You do not look for ways to restore the fallen,
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  • To restore the fallen, to help brothers and sisters
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  • To help brothers and sisters in the body of christ
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  • In the body of christ in the time of need.
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  • In the time of need. you do not look
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  • You do not look for another perspective
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  • For another perspective before criticizing
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  • Before criticizing their behavior.
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  • Their behavior. maybe there's someone
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  • Maybe there's someone in your life that you
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  • In your life that you need to forgive today.
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  • Need to forgive today. there's a grudge in your past
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  • There's a grudge in your past that you cannot release.
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  • That you cannot release. there's a tormenting memory
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  • There's a tormenting memory that can be healed only
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  • That can be healed only by the grace
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  • By the grace of god in your life.
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  • Of god in your life. you can't imagine how happy
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  • You can't imagine how happy you can be when you rip all
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  • You can be when you rip all of that poison out
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  • Of that poison out of your mind
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  • Of your mind and out of your mouth.
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  • And out of your mouth. did you hear that?
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  • Did you hear that? when you catch
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  • When you catch yourself doing it,
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  • Yourself doing it, stop it because
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  • Stop it because you're poisoning your own soul.
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  • You're poisoning your own soul. how many of you in
  • 00:24:56.111 --> 00:24:56.745
  • How many of you in this room would say,
  • 00:24:56.811 --> 00:24:57.379
  • This room would say, "pastor, i've heard you say
  • 00:24:57.445 --> 00:24:59.948
  • "pastor, i've heard you say things today that apply to me,
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  • Things today that apply to me, and because i want to have
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  • And because i want to have the best in my life
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  • The best in my life and for my family,
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  • And for my family, my friends,
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  • My friends, and my church,
  • 00:25:09.157 --> 00:25:10.025
  • And my church, and my god,
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  • And my god, from this day forward
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  • From this day forward i pledge to the lord
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  • I pledge to the lord to demonstrate mercy."
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  • To demonstrate mercy." can i see your hand?
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  • Can i see your hand? god bless you.
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  • God bless you. god bless you.
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  • Stay tuned!
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  • Stay tuned! your blessing is coming up
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  • Your blessing is coming up after this short message.
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  • Moving.
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  • Where do you find happiness?
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  • Is it in success?
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  • In possessions?
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  • In the approval of others?
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  • Want real happiness,
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  • Discover the bible's
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  • Prescription for joy
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  • In “being happy
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  • In an unhappy world.”
  • 00:25:45.727 --> 00:25:47.329
  • Happiness is not about
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  • Worldly possessions
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  • Or fleeting allocades.
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  • It's about our relationship
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  • With christ.
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  • Pastor hagee█s
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  • Newly updated book,
  • 00:25:55.503 --> 00:25:56.605
  • Being happy in
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  • An unhappy world,
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  • Is a fresh exploration
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  • Of one of the most
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  • Beloved portions
  • 00:26:00.342 --> 00:26:01.343
  • Of the sermon on the mount.
  • 00:26:01.343 --> 00:26:02.777
  • As you read,
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  • You will discover
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  • Fresh revelation and insight
  • 00:26:04.346 --> 00:26:05.914
  • Into some of the most
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  • Important revelations
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  • Ever given to mankind.
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  • Discover the timeless truths
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  • Of the beatitudes
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  • And find happiness
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  • In humility, surrender,
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  • And putting god first.
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  • The time to be happy is now
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  • The place to be happy
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  • Is right where you are.
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  • Unlock the path
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  • To lasting happiness today.
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  • Order “being happy
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  • In an unhappy world”
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  • May the lord bless you and may the lord keep you.
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  • And may the lord keep you. and may the lord make his face
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  • And may the lord make his face to shine upon you
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  • To shine upon you and may the lord
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  • And may the lord be gracious unto you
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  • Be gracious unto you and give you his peace.
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  • And give you his peace. as you leave this place today,
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  • As you leave this place today, may the mercy of god explode
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  • May the mercy of god explode in your soul and be demonstrated
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  • In your soul and be demonstrated in all that you say and do.
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  • In all that you say and do. in jesus' name,
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  • In jesus' name, receive this blessing.
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  • Receive this blessing. and all of god's children
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  • And all of god's children said, "amen."
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  • Said, "amen." god bless you.
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