John Hagee - Joseph: God Has Caused Me To Forget

November 7, 2025 | 28:30

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Hagee Ministries | John Hagee - Joseph: God Has Caused Me To Forget | November 7, 2025
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  • ♪ music ♪ pastor john hagee: turn with
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  • Pastor john hagee: turn with us to genesis 41:51,
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  • Us to genesis 41:51, as we talk today on the theme
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  • As we talk today on the theme "god has caused me to forget."
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  • "god has caused me to forget." this is a teaching sermon.
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  • This is a teaching sermon. it is a concept presented
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  • It is a concept presented by joseph,
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  • By joseph, who had two sons,
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  • Who had two sons, manasseh and ephraim.
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  • Manasseh and ephraim. their two names reflect
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  • Their two names reflect the cornerstone doctrines
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  • The cornerstone doctrines of christianity.
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  • Of christianity. manasseh means
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  • Manasseh means god has caused me to forget.
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  • God has caused me to forget. say that with me.
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  • Say that with me. god has caused me to forget.
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  • God has caused me to forget. ephraim's name is
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  • Ephraim's name is god has made me fruitful.
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  • God has made me fruitful. the fruitful there means
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  • The fruitful there means financial abundance.
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  • Financial abundance. the questions regarding
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  • The questions regarding manasseh are:
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  • Manasseh are: is it possible to totally
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  • Is it possible to totally forget a great wrong that has
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  • Forget a great wrong that has been done to you?
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  • Been done to you? is forgetting a great wrong
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  • Is forgetting a great wrong tied to forgiveness?
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  • Tied to forgiveness? if i haven't forgotten it,
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  • If i haven't forgotten it, have i forgiven it?
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  • Have i forgiven it? and if i haven't forgiven it,
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  • And if i haven't forgiven it, am i a christian?
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  • Am i a christian? and i'm teaching this,
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  • And i'm teaching this, because there are people
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  • Because there are people who have been taught contrary
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  • Who have been taught contrary to that.
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  • To that. questions regarding ephraim.
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  • Questions regarding ephraim. god has made me fruitful.
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  • God has made me fruitful. he's talking about
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  • He's talking about an explosion of prosperity
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  • An explosion of prosperity in egypt.
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  • In egypt. how can god bring explosive
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  • How can god bring explosive prosperity to you
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  • Prosperity to you and to your family
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  • And to your family and to your business?
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  • And to your business? believe me;
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  • Believe me; god wants you to prosper
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  • God wants you to prosper more than you want to prosper.
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  • More than you want to prosper. you just have to learn to play
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  • You just have to learn to play the rules by god's rules,
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  • The rules by god's rules, not yours.
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  • Not yours. genesis 41:51,
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  • Genesis 41:51, ready?
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  • Ready? "joseph called the name of
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  • "joseph called the name of his firstborn manasseh:
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  • His firstborn manasseh: 'for god has made me forget
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  • 'for god has made me forget all my toil and all
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  • All my toil and all my father's house.'
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  • My father's house.' and the name of the second
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  • And the name of the second he called ephraim:
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  • He called ephraim: 'for god has caused me
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  • 'for god has caused me to be fruitful in the land
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  • To be fruitful in the land of my affliction.'"
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  • Of my affliction.'" father god,
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  • Father god, let us today look at the word
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  • Let us today look at the word of god and let it be a source
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  • Of god and let it be a source of comfort to us and a source
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  • Of comfort to us and a source of deliverance for us
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  • Of deliverance for us and a source of bringing to us
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  • And a source of bringing to us the unlimited prosperity
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  • The unlimited prosperity that god has promised
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  • That god has promised the righteous.
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  • The righteous. in jesus' name,
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  • In jesus' name, we pray and ask these things.
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  • We pray and ask these things. and all of god's children
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  • And all of god's children said, amen.
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  • Said, amen. [amen!]
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  • [amen!] you may be seated.
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  • You may be seated. let's consider manasseh,
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  • Let's consider manasseh, god has caused me to forget.
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  • God has caused me to forget. is it possible to forget
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  • Is it possible to forget a great wrong?
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  • A great wrong? did joseph forget the day
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  • Did joseph forget the day his brothers ripped off
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  • His brothers ripped off his coat of many colors
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  • His coat of many colors and threw him into the pit?
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  • And threw him into the pit? did he forget the debate
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  • Did he forget the debate his brothers had
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  • His brothers had that he overheard while he
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  • That he overheard while he was in that pit
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  • Was in that pit whether to kill him or not,
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  • Whether to kill him or not, to sell him as a slave?
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  • To sell him as a slave? the scripture records
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  • The scripture records in genesis 41:51,
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  • In genesis 41:51, "god has made me to forget."
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  • "god has made me to forget." listen to the next three
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  • Listen to the next three words.
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  • Words. "god has made me to forget
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  • "god has made me to forget all my trouble
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  • All my trouble and all my father's house."
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  • And all my father's house." if he forgot about it,
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  • If he forgot about it, why is he writing about it?
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  • Why is he writing about it? because he still remembers it.
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  • Because he still remembers it. what's the point?
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  • What's the point? some of you have been taught
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  • Some of you have been taught or you have read,
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  • Or you have read, if you totally forgive
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  • If you totally forgive someone,
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  • Someone, you will forget the offense.
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  • You will forget the offense. that's nonsense.
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  • That's nonsense. that simply is not true.
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  • That simply is not true. it's very important for you
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  • It's very important for you to hear this.
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  • To hear this. listen to me.
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  • Listen to me. there are people in
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  • There are people in this audience and multitudes
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  • This audience and multitudes watching whose past is filled
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  • Watching whose past is filled with a special kind of pain,
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  • With a special kind of pain, daughters who have been
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  • Daughters who have been molested by a member of
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  • Molested by a member of their family,
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  • Their family, children who were abandoned by
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  • Children who were abandoned by mothers or fathers or both.
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  • Mothers or fathers or both. you were deserted as a wife
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  • You were deserted as a wife and left to struggle alone
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  • And left to struggle alone to raise your children.
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  • To raise your children. your child died and you walked
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  • Your child died and you walked into the cemetery and placed
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  • Into the cemetery and placed your child into the yawning
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  • Your child into the yawning mouth of the grave.
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  • Mouth of the grave. and you have been bitter
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  • And you have been bitter with god ever since,
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  • With god ever since, for taking your child.
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  • For taking your child. in your life,
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  • In your life, there is one day,
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  • There is one day, one moment in time,
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  • One moment in time, one black page in your life
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  • One black page in your life story,
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  • Story, if you could rip that page
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  • If you could rip that page out,
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  • Out, your life would be wonderful.
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  • Your life would be wonderful. it would be beautiful.
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  • It would be beautiful. it would be perfect.
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  • It would be perfect. but that one moment in time
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  • But that one moment in time has soiled the memory of
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  • Has soiled the memory of your life.
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  • Your life. how can i rip that page out?
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  • How can i rip that page out? that's what i'm talking to you
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  • That's what i'm talking to you about right now.
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  • About right now. first,
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  • First, be willing to forgive,
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  • Be willing to forgive, not forget.
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  • Not forget. be willing to forgive,
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  • Be willing to forgive, because forgiveness is, first,
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  • Because forgiveness is, first, an act of your will.
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  • An act of your will. if you wait until you feel
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  • If you wait until you feel like forgiving,
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  • Like forgiving, you will never do it.
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  • You will never do it. you have to be willing
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  • You have to be willing to forgive.
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  • To forgive. [amen.]
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  • [amen.] it's not a feeling.
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  • It's not a feeling. forgiveness is a choice.
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  • Forgiveness is a choice. it's an act of your will.
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  • It's an act of your will. question:
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  • Question: do you prefer the peace of god
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  • Do you prefer the peace of god or the bitterness of the past?
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  • Or the bitterness of the past? [amen.]
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  • [amen.] i know people who love to tell
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  • I know people who love to tell those stories of how they
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  • Those stories of how they were wronged,
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  • Were wronged, and one day they're going to
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  • And one day they're going to really rip their head out.
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  • Really rip their head out. (laughter)
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  • (laughter) pour soul,
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  • Pour soul, you're the prisoner.
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  • You're the prisoner. [amen.]
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  • [amen.] you're in the prison those
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  • You're in the prison those other people have created.
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  • Other people have created. and you've let that happen
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  • And you've let that happen to you.
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  • To you. [that's right.]
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  • [that's right.] peace is better than
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  • Peace is better than bitterness.
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  • Bitterness. joy is better than anger.
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  • Joy is better than anger. [amen.]
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  • [amen.] love is better than hate.
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  • Love is better than hate. [amen.]
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  • [amen.] you're not really living until
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  • You're not really living until you've forgiven somebody.
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  • You've forgiven somebody. [that's right.]
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  • [that's right.] [yes!]
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  • [yes!] (applause)
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  • (applause) joseph totally forgave
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  • Joseph totally forgave his brothers.
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  • His brothers. he gathered them in a room,
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  • He gathered them in a room, the ones that had betrayed
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  • The ones that had betrayed him,
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  • Him, the ones that sold him,
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  • The ones that sold him, the ones that hurt him,
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  • The ones that hurt him, and he kissed them.
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  • And he kissed them. think about that.
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  • Think about that. i mean, it's mind boggling.
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  • I mean, it's mind boggling. you must totally forgive
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  • You must totally forgive the person or persons
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  • The person or persons that hurt you.
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  • That hurt you. release them!
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  • Release them! and the moment you release
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  • And the moment you release them,
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  • Them, you are the one that walks out
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  • You are the one that walks out of prison!
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  • Of prison! in your mind,
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  • In your mind, you're saying,
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  • You're saying, "it's not fair.
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  • "it's not fair. they won't get caught.
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  • They won't get caught. they're going to get away
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  • They're going to get away with this.
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  • With this. they'll never be found out.
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  • They'll never be found out. no one will ever know."
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  • No one will ever know." wrong.
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  • Wrong. god saw it.
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  • God saw it. heaven's angels wrote it down.
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  • Heaven's angels wrote it down. judgment day is coming,
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  • Judgment day is coming, and they will pay!
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  • And they will pay! they will pay for all eternity
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  • They will pay for all eternity what they've done to you.
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  • What they've done to you. [that's right.]
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  • [that's right.] god is trying to liberate you
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  • God is trying to liberate you from their control of you
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  • From their control of you by your willingness
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  • By your willingness to forgive.
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  • To forgive. (applause)
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  • (applause) forgiveness is not excusing
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  • Forgiveness is not excusing what they did.
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  • What they did. listen to this.
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  • Listen to this. forgiveness demands a change.
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  • Forgiveness demands a change. forgiveness demands a change.
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  • Forgiveness demands a change. to grant forgiveness of sin
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  • To grant forgiveness of sin without a change in conduct
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  • Without a change in conduct is to make the grace of god
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  • Is to make the grace of god an accomplice to evil.
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  • An accomplice to evil. god's grace grants you
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  • God's grace grants you the time to get forgiveness,
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  • The time to get forgiveness, but it's not a license to keep
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  • But it's not a license to keep on sinning.
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  • On sinning. [that's right.]
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  • [that's right.] [amen!]
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  • [amen!] [that's right.]
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  • [that's right.] "he who forsakes his sin shall
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  • "he who forsakes his sin shall have mercy with the lord."
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  • Have mercy with the lord." go back to the new testament.
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  • Go back to the new testament. jesus,
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  • Jesus, the woman caught in the act of
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  • The woman caught in the act of adultery,
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  • Adultery, they lived under the law
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  • They lived under the law of moses.
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  • Of moses. that woman,
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  • That woman, according to the law of moses,
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  • According to the law of moses, should have been stoned
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  • Should have been stoned right there.
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  • Right there. jesus forgave the woman,
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  • Jesus forgave the woman, and listen to these words.
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  • And listen to these words. "i forgive you,
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  • "i forgive you, but go and sin no more."
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  • But go and sin no more." i want you to change.
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  • I want you to change. i want you to change.
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  • I want you to change. you must change.
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  • You must change. forgiveness is not pardoning
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  • Forgiveness is not pardoning what they did.
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  • What they did. a pardon is a legal
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  • A pardon is a legal transaction that releases
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  • Transaction that releases an offender from
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  • An offender from the consequence of their sin.
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  • The consequence of their sin. in the bible,
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  • In the bible, every rapist,
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  • Every rapist, every child abuser,
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  • Every child abuser, every sex trafficker is going
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  • Every sex trafficker is going to pay in the day of judgment.
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  • To pay in the day of judgment. every wife beater,
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  • Every wife beater, every murderer,
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  • Every murderer, all of these people running
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  • All of these people running around right now that are
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  • Around right now that are destroying other people,
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  • Destroying other people, there's going to come a day
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  • There's going to come a day that they look god almighty
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  • That they look god almighty in the eye,
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  • In the eye, and god almighty is going to
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  • And god almighty is going to place on them a judgment
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  • Place on them a judgment that will just absolutely
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  • That will just absolutely boggle your mind.
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  • Boggle your mind. don't let the bitterness of
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  • Don't let the bitterness of what's happened to you
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  • What's happened to you control your happiness.
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  • Control your happiness. every person in this nation,
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  • Every person in this nation, who commits murder now,
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  • Who commits murder now, is going to be condemned to
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  • Is going to be condemned to the lake of fire forever
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  • The lake of fire forever and forever and forever.
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  • And forever and forever. can they be saved?
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  • Can they be saved? absolutely, they can be saved.
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  • Absolutely, they can be saved. but those of you who think
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  • But those of you who think you're getting by
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  • You're getting by with all this,
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  • With all this, all this madness we're
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  • All this madness we're watching on television,
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  • Watching on television, there's a great judgment day
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  • There's a great judgment day coming.
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  • Coming. [amen!]
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  • [amen!] there's a great judgment day
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  • There's a great judgment day coming,
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  • Coming, and you're going to pay over
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  • And you're going to pay over and over and over
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  • And over and over for all eternity.
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  • For all eternity. (applause)
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  • (applause) forgiveness is not
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  • Forgiveness is not reconciliation.
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  • Reconciliation. forgiveness and reconciliation
  • 00:09:06.907 --> 00:09:08.542
  • Forgiveness and reconciliation are not the same.
  • 00:09:08.609 --> 00:09:10.377
  • Are not the same. reconciliation requires
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  • Reconciliation requires the participation
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  • The participation of two people.
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  • Of two people. the person you forgive may not
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  • The person you forgive may not want to see you,
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  • Want to see you, may not want to talk to you,
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  • May not want to talk to you, but who cares?
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  • But who cares? you can forgive them
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  • You can forgive them so that you are free
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  • So that you are free from them.
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  • From them. [amen!]
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  • [amen!] if you don't do that,
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  • If you don't do that, you are in a prison they
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  • You are in a prison they create,
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  • Create, and you give them the lock to
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  • And you give them the lock to the front door.
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  • The front door. [that's right.]
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  • [that's right.] forgiveness is not forgetting.
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  • Forgiveness is not forgetting. joseph didn't forget
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  • Joseph didn't forget and you won't forget.
  • 00:09:40.140 --> 00:09:41.508
  • And you won't forget. you can break the bondage
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  • You can break the bondage of the past.
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  • Of the past. you can live with peace
  • 00:09:44.144 --> 00:09:45.846
  • You can live with peace and not swim in the sewer
  • 00:09:45.912 --> 00:09:47.881
  • And not swim in the sewer of bitterness,
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  • Of bitterness, hate and revenge all of
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  • Hate and revenge all of your life.
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  • Your life. jesus is our example
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  • Jesus is our example on the cross,
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  • On the cross, crucified by the very human
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  • Crucified by the very human beings he created.
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  • Beings he created. the creator was being murdered
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  • The creator was being murdered by the created.
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  • By the created. from head to foot,
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  • From head to foot, he is bleeding.
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  • He is bleeding. his response,
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  • His response, "father, forgive them,
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  • "father, forgive them, for they know not what
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  • For they know not what they do."
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  • They do." [hallelujah.]
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  • [hallelujah.] he forgave those who murdered
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  • He forgave those who murdered him while they were doing it.
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  • Him while they were doing it. today,
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  • Today, i want you to experience
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  • I want you to experience manasseh,
  • 00:10:18.011 --> 00:10:18.879
  • Manasseh, god has made me forget.
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  • God has made me forget. now let's meet
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  • Now let's meet joseph's second son, ephraim,
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  • Joseph's second son, ephraim, god has caused me to be
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  • God has caused me to be fruitful.
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  • Fruitful. can say it another way,
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  • Can say it another way, god has caused me
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  • God has caused me to be --
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  • To be -- have financial abundance.
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  • Have financial abundance. joseph is referring to wealth,
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  • Joseph is referring to wealth, success and abundance
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  • Success and abundance in egypt.
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  • In egypt. joseph wrote this book
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  • Joseph wrote this book in the midst of seven years
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  • In the midst of seven years when grain was flowing into
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  • When grain was flowing into the country at his direction.
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  • The country at his direction. "joseph had stored up
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  • "joseph had stored up high quantities of grain.
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  • High quantities of grain. like the sand of the sea."
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  • Like the sand of the sea." hear that phrase?
  • 00:10:51.378 --> 00:10:52.612
  • Hear that phrase? there was so much of it;
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  • There was so much of it; they actually stopped keeping
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  • They actually stopped keeping records of it because it was
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  • Records of it because it was beyond the capacity of
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  • Beyond the capacity of the egyptian government
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  • The egyptian government to keep a record of that much
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  • To keep a record of that much grain.
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  • Grain. i think christians,
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  • I think christians, many christians,
  • 00:11:08.195 --> 00:11:08.795
  • Many christians, have a poverty complex:
  • 00:11:08.862 --> 00:11:11.131
  • Have a poverty complex: jesus is poor,
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  • Jesus is poor, i'm poor,
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  • I'm poor, i'm like jesus.
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  • I'm like jesus. well, let me help you
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  • Well, let me help you with that.
  • 00:11:15.335 --> 00:11:15.902
  • With that. jesus wasn't poor.
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  • Jesus wasn't poor. [amen!]
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  • [amen!] when he was born,
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  • When he was born, kings, groups of kings,
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  • Kings, groups of kings, brought him chests of gold
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  • Brought him chests of gold and silver
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  • And silver and precious ointments.
  • 00:11:22.909 --> 00:11:24.444
  • And precious ointments. he had a house.
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  • He had a house. jesus owned the world.
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  • Jesus owned the world. he was a long way from broke.
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  • He was a long way from broke. [amen!]
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  • [amen!] [yes.]as season,
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  • Remember,
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  • Bethlehem was no accident.
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  • Long before the world
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  • Was formed.
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  • God chose that
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  • Holy night for the savior
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  • Of all mankind to be born.
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  • Of christmas devotional
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  • And a set of white,
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  • Wooden blocks
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  • Engraved with peace,
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  • Joy and love.
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  • Take refuge in the word
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  • And he will give his angels
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  • Charge over you
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  • To keep you
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  • In all of your ways.
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  • All you have to do
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  • Is call upon his mighty name.
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  • Don't let this christmas pass
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  • You by.
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  • Draw near to the savior
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  • Who came to give you
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  • Eternal hope.
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  • Call the number on your screen
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  • Or visit jhm.org/noel
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  • Hmmm.
  • 00:12:30.410 --> 00:12:32.979
  • Hmmm. "i will open the windows
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  • "i will open the windows of heaven,"
  • 00:12:33.880 --> 00:12:34.381
  • Of heaven," the bible says,
  • 00:12:34.447 --> 00:12:36.216
  • The bible says, "and i will bless you with
  • 00:12:36.283 --> 00:12:37.017
  • "and i will bless you with blessings that you cannot
  • 00:12:37.083 --> 00:12:38.285
  • Blessings that you cannot contain."
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  • Contain." [amen!]
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  • [amen!] what did joseph do to bring
  • 00:12:39.820 --> 00:12:40.754
  • What did joseph do to bring record-shattering prosperity
  • 00:12:40.821 --> 00:12:42.756
  • Record-shattering prosperity to egypt?
  • 00:12:42.823 --> 00:12:43.957
  • To egypt? what can you learn from joseph
  • 00:12:44.024 --> 00:12:45.525
  • What can you learn from joseph that will bring shattering
  • 00:12:45.592 --> 00:12:46.760
  • That will bring shattering prosperity to your life?
  • 00:12:46.827 --> 00:12:49.062
  • Prosperity to your life? joseph knew it's god's will
  • 00:12:49.129 --> 00:12:51.498
  • Joseph knew it's god's will for his children to prosper.
  • 00:12:51.565 --> 00:12:53.400
  • For his children to prosper. god had told his grandfather,
  • 00:12:53.466 --> 00:12:55.068
  • God had told his grandfather, abraham, "i will bless you...
  • 00:12:55.135 --> 00:12:57.170
  • Abraham, "i will bless you... and i will make you
  • 00:12:57.237 --> 00:12:57.904
  • And i will make you a blessing."
  • 00:12:57.971 --> 00:12:59.105
  • A blessing." "abraham," the bible says,
  • 00:12:59.172 --> 00:13:00.640
  • "abraham," the bible says, "was very rich."
  • 00:13:00.707 --> 00:13:02.175
  • "was very rich." hear that?
  • 00:13:02.242 --> 00:13:03.109
  • Hear that? he was very rich in cattle,
  • 00:13:03.176 --> 00:13:05.812
  • He was very rich in cattle, in gold and silver.
  • 00:13:05.879 --> 00:13:07.347
  • In gold and silver. those are still pretty good
  • 00:13:07.414 --> 00:13:09.082
  • Those are still pretty good investments to have.
  • 00:13:09.149 --> 00:13:10.951
  • Investments to have. joshua 1:8,
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  • Joshua 1:8, "this book of the law
  • 00:13:12.319 --> 00:13:13.253
  • "this book of the law shall not depart out of
  • 00:13:13.320 --> 00:13:14.387
  • Shall not depart out of your mouth...
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  • Your mouth... for then you shall make
  • 00:13:15.322 --> 00:13:16.256
  • For then you shall make your way prosperous,
  • 00:13:16.323 --> 00:13:17.524
  • Your way prosperous, and then you shall have
  • 00:13:17.591 --> 00:13:19.392
  • And then you shall have great success."
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  • Great success." "do not lay up treasures
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  • "do not lay up treasures for yourself on earth...
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  • For yourself on earth... but lay up treasures for
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  • But lay up treasures for yourself in heaven,
  • 00:13:24.998 --> 00:13:26.867
  • Yourself in heaven, where neither moths,
  • 00:13:26.933 --> 00:13:28.101
  • Where neither moths, nor rust,
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  • Nor rust, nor thieves break in
  • 00:13:29.202 --> 00:13:30.937
  • Nor thieves break in and steal."
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  • And steal." why?
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  • Why? because in the kingdom of god,
  • 00:13:32.873 --> 00:13:34.841
  • Because in the kingdom of god, what you give to god,
  • 00:13:34.908 --> 00:13:36.543
  • What you give to god, you're going to meet again
  • 00:13:36.610 --> 00:13:38.111
  • You're going to meet again on the other side.
  • 00:13:38.178 --> 00:13:39.913
  • On the other side. the day is going to come
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  • The day is going to come when all you will have
  • 00:13:41.381 --> 00:13:43.116
  • When all you will have is what you sent to put in
  • 00:13:43.183 --> 00:13:45.418
  • Is what you sent to put in the hands of god for eternity.
  • 00:13:45.485 --> 00:13:49.322
  • The hands of god for eternity. [amen!]
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  • [amen!] you'll not take it with you.
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  • You'll not take it with you. i have done hundreds
  • 00:13:51.791 --> 00:13:52.559
  • I have done hundreds of funerals.
  • 00:13:52.626 --> 00:13:53.860
  • Of funerals. i have buried some very rich
  • 00:13:53.927 --> 00:13:56.329
  • I have buried some very rich people.
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  • People. you know how much of it
  • 00:13:57.764 --> 00:13:58.565
  • You know how much of it they leave?
  • 00:13:58.632 --> 00:13:59.766
  • They leave? all of it.
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  • All of it. (laughter)
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  • (laughter) [that's right.]
  • 00:14:01.668 --> 00:14:02.068
  • [that's right.] all of it.
  • 00:14:02.135 --> 00:14:02.802
  • All of it. [amen!]
  • 00:14:02.869 --> 00:14:04.404
  • [amen!] when you get on the other
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  • When you get on the other side,
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  • Side, you're going to get to see
  • 00:14:06.907 --> 00:14:08.608
  • You're going to get to see what you gave to the lord.
  • 00:14:08.675 --> 00:14:10.710
  • What you gave to the lord. the only investment you will
  • 00:14:10.777 --> 00:14:11.878
  • The only investment you will ever see again is that.
  • 00:14:11.945 --> 00:14:13.680
  • Ever see again is that. god has said to you,
  • 00:14:13.747 --> 00:14:14.614
  • God has said to you, "beloved, i wish above
  • 00:14:14.681 --> 00:14:15.548
  • "beloved, i wish above all things --"
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  • All things --" listen to that.
  • 00:14:16.950 --> 00:14:17.918
  • Listen to that. "i wish above all things that
  • 00:14:17.984 --> 00:14:19.252
  • "i wish above all things that you prosper and be in good
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  • You prosper and be in good health even as your soul
  • 00:14:20.654 --> 00:14:22.155
  • Health even as your soul prospers."
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  • Prospers." look at what joseph did
  • 00:14:23.456 --> 00:14:24.591
  • Look at what joseph did to bring economic prosperity
  • 00:14:24.658 --> 00:14:26.326
  • To bring economic prosperity to egypt.
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  • To egypt. genesis 47:23:
  • 00:14:27.360 --> 00:14:28.995
  • Genesis 47:23: and joseph said to the people,
  • 00:14:29.062 --> 00:14:30.497
  • And joseph said to the people, "look, here is seed for you,
  • 00:14:30.563 --> 00:14:31.965
  • "look, here is seed for you, and you shall sow the land."
  • 00:14:32.032 --> 00:14:33.500
  • And you shall sow the land." all prosperity in the bible
  • 00:14:33.566 --> 00:14:35.502
  • All prosperity in the bible comes from the seed source.
  • 00:14:35.568 --> 00:14:37.370
  • Comes from the seed source. every farmer knows if you
  • 00:14:37.437 --> 00:14:39.005
  • Every farmer knows if you don't plant seed,
  • 00:14:39.072 --> 00:14:39.973
  • Don't plant seed, you don't have a harvest.
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  • You don't have a harvest. spiritual prosperity comes
  • 00:14:41.908 --> 00:14:43.410
  • Spiritual prosperity comes from seed.
  • 00:14:43.476 --> 00:14:44.277
  • From seed. genesis 3:15,
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  • Genesis 3:15, "the seed of the woman --"
  • 00:14:45.812 --> 00:14:47.247
  • "the seed of the woman --" that would be jesus.
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  • That would be jesus. the woman would be mary.
  • 00:14:50.250 --> 00:14:51.918
  • The woman would be mary. "-- shall crush the head of
  • 00:14:51.985 --> 00:14:52.953
  • "-- shall crush the head of the serpent."
  • 00:14:53.019 --> 00:14:53.787
  • The serpent." that would be satan.
  • 00:14:53.853 --> 00:14:55.255
  • That would be satan. the holy spirit planted seed
  • 00:14:55.322 --> 00:14:57.057
  • The holy spirit planted seed in mary's womb,
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  • In mary's womb, and satan's kingdom
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  • And satan's kingdom was defeated that day.
  • 00:15:00.226 --> 00:15:02.028
  • Was defeated that day. [amen!]
  • 00:15:02.095 --> 00:15:02.562
  • [amen!] consider the financial realm.
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  • Consider the financial realm. joseph told every egyptian,
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  • Joseph told every egyptian, "plant your seed."
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  • "plant your seed." say that with me.
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  • Say that with me. "plant your seed."
  • 00:15:08.068 --> 00:15:08.768
  • "plant your seed." i want you to listen to this.
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  • I want you to listen to this. this boy, joseph,
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  • This boy, joseph, rules the world,
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  • Rules the world, and he has this financial plan
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  • And he has this financial plan for the universe
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  • For the universe that god gave him.
  • 00:15:20.180 --> 00:15:22.482
  • That god gave him. we would call it a flat tax.
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  • We would call it a flat tax. he says,
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  • He says, "pharaoh gets 20%,
  • 00:15:25.418 --> 00:15:27.887
  • "pharaoh gets 20%, and you who planted the seed,
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  • And you who planted the seed, get 80%."
  • 00:15:29.756 --> 00:15:31.458
  • Get 80%." how many of you would love
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  • How many of you would love to have a flat tax in america
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  • To have a flat tax in america where you paid 20% --
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  • Where you paid 20% -- (applause)
  • 00:15:37.230 --> 00:15:38.031
  • (applause) -- and you got to keep 80%
  • 00:15:38.098 --> 00:15:39.933
  • -- and you got to keep 80% of what you made?
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  • Of what you made? [yes.]
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  • [yes.] [amen!]
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  • [amen!] (applause)
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  • (applause) think about that.
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  • Think about that. (applause)
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  • (applause) jesus, who is your joseph,
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  • Jesus, who is your joseph, told us in luke 6:38,
  • 00:15:47.640 --> 00:15:49.576
  • Told us in luke 6:38, "give," plant your seed,
  • 00:15:49.642 --> 00:15:51.378
  • "give," plant your seed, "and it shall be given
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  • "and it shall be given to you."
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  • To you." the egyptians did that
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  • The egyptians did that and they were pagans.
  • 00:15:55.048 --> 00:15:57.384
  • And they were pagans. every opportunity you have
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  • Every opportunity you have to give,
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  • To give, which means to plant,
  • 00:15:59.753 --> 00:16:00.887
  • Which means to plant, is actually an opportunity
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  • Is actually an opportunity to increase your income.
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  • To increase your income. when the offering plate
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  • When the offering plate comes by,
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  • Comes by, it's planting time.
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  • It's planting time. you can plant it.
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  • You can plant it. god brings the 30, 60,
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  • God brings the 30, 60, hundredfold return.
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  • Hundredfold return. the bible says,
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  • The bible says, "give, and it shall be given
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  • "give, and it shall be given unto you;
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  • Unto you; pressed down,
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  • Pressed down, shaken together,
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  • Shaken together, and running over."
  • 00:16:18.538 --> 00:16:19.606
  • And running over." "whatsoever a man sows,
  • 00:16:19.672 --> 00:16:21.174
  • "whatsoever a man sows, that shall he also reap."
  • 00:16:21.241 --> 00:16:22.909
  • That shall he also reap." if you plant apple seeds,
  • 00:16:22.976 --> 00:16:24.277
  • If you plant apple seeds, you get apples.
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  • You get apples. if you plant peach seeds,
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  • If you plant peach seeds, you get peach trees.
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  • You get peach trees. if you plant finances,
  • 00:16:28.048 --> 00:16:29.249
  • If you plant finances, you receive finances.
  • 00:16:29.315 --> 00:16:30.850
  • You receive finances. the "it" is the reproduction
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  • The "it" is the reproduction of the seed that you give.
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  • Of the seed that you give. if you want love,
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  • If you want love, give love.
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  • Give love. [amen!]
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  • [amen!] if you plant hate,
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  • If you plant hate, you'll receive hate.
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  • You'll receive hate. [that's right.]
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  • [that's right.] you sow wild oats,
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  • You sow wild oats, you reap wild oats.
  • 00:16:44.697 --> 00:16:47.333
  • You reap wild oats. and when you reap those
  • 00:16:47.400 --> 00:16:48.034
  • And when you reap those wild oats,
  • 00:16:48.101 --> 00:16:48.735
  • Wild oats, you can't go home and pray for
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  • You can't go home and pray for crop failure.
  • 00:16:50.070 --> 00:16:51.137
  • Crop failure. they come up too.
  • 00:16:51.204 --> 00:16:52.806
  • They come up too. joseph expected a harvest
  • 00:16:52.872 --> 00:16:54.641
  • Joseph expected a harvest sufficient to feed egypt
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  • Sufficient to feed egypt and the world for 14 years.
  • 00:16:56.076 --> 00:16:58.144
  • And the world for 14 years. the people ask,
  • 00:16:58.211 --> 00:16:58.845
  • The people ask, "well pastor, you mean that
  • 00:16:58.912 --> 00:17:00.346
  • "well pastor, you mean that if i give to the lord,
  • 00:17:00.413 --> 00:17:01.314
  • If i give to the lord, i should expect a gain?"
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  • I should expect a gain?" absolutely.
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  • Absolutely. [amen!]
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  • [amen!] [amen!]
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  • [amen!] absolutely.
  • 00:17:05.385 --> 00:17:05.752
  • Absolutely. that's god's promise.
  • 00:17:05.819 --> 00:17:07.487
  • That's god's promise. [amen.]
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  • [amen.] matthew 13:3,
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  • Matthew 13:3, "behold, a sower went out
  • 00:17:09.789 --> 00:17:11.091
  • "behold, a sower went out to sow."
  • 00:17:11.157 --> 00:17:11.691
  • To sow." "the seed fell on good
  • 00:17:11.758 --> 00:17:12.759
  • "the seed fell on good ground...
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  • Ground... some brought forth fruit,
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  • Some brought forth fruit, some a hundred told,
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  • Some a hundred told, some sixty,
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  • Some sixty, some thirty."
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  • Some thirty." but in all of that,
  • 00:17:19.165 --> 00:17:21.634
  • But in all of that, it simply says the increase
  • 00:17:21.701 --> 00:17:23.203
  • It simply says the increase is going to come.
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  • Is going to come. look at joseph's gain
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  • Look at joseph's gain in genesis 41:49.
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  • In genesis 41:49. joseph had stored up high
  • 00:17:27.907 --> 00:17:29.776
  • Joseph had stored up high quantities of grain.
  • 00:17:29.843 --> 00:17:31.478
  • Quantities of grain. it was like the sand
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  • It was like the sand of the sea.
  • 00:17:33.012 --> 00:17:34.347
  • Of the sea. he bought all of egypt
  • 00:17:34.414 --> 00:17:37.784
  • He bought all of egypt and the surrounding countries
  • 00:17:37.851 --> 00:17:39.686
  • And the surrounding countries with grain.
  • 00:17:39.752 --> 00:17:40.987
  • With grain. people say,
  • 00:17:41.054 --> 00:17:41.521
  • People say, "well pastor,
  • 00:17:41.588 --> 00:17:42.155
  • "well pastor, i'm so financial behind;
  • 00:17:42.222 --> 00:17:43.189
  • I'm so financial behind; i'll never catch up."
  • 00:17:43.256 --> 00:17:44.624
  • I'll never catch up." wrong!
  • 00:17:44.691 --> 00:17:45.992
  • Wrong! 2 corinthians, paul writes,
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  • 2 corinthians, paul writes, chapter 9,
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  • Chapter 9, "god is able to make it up to
  • 00:17:48.862 --> 00:17:50.430
  • "god is able to make it up to you by giving you everything
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  • You by giving you everything you need and more so that
  • 00:17:52.732 --> 00:17:55.468
  • You need and more so that there will not only be enough
  • 00:17:55.535 --> 00:17:56.870
  • There will not only be enough for your needs --" listen.
  • 00:17:56.936 --> 00:17:58.838
  • For your needs --" listen. "but plenty left over to give,
  • 00:17:58.905 --> 00:18:01.341
  • "but plenty left over to give, to joyfully give to others."
  • 00:18:01.407 --> 00:18:03.643
  • To joyfully give to others." [amen!]
  • 00:18:03.710 --> 00:18:04.911
  • [amen!] he can give back to you what
  • 00:18:04.978 --> 00:18:07.447
  • He can give back to you what the enemy has stolen.
  • 00:18:07.514 --> 00:18:09.149
  • The enemy has stolen. he can give back what you lost
  • 00:18:09.215 --> 00:18:10.850
  • He can give back what you lost in bankruptcy.
  • 00:18:10.917 --> 00:18:12.118
  • In bankruptcy. he can give back what you lost
  • 00:18:12.185 --> 00:18:13.820
  • He can give back what you lost in the business venture,
  • 00:18:13.887 --> 00:18:15.688
  • In the business venture, give back what you lost
  • 00:18:15.755 --> 00:18:17.123
  • Give back what you lost when you were unemployed.
  • 00:18:17.190 --> 00:18:18.558
  • When you were unemployed. your only hope of catching up
  • 00:18:18.625 --> 00:18:20.426
  • Your only hope of catching up is to be planting seed
  • 00:18:20.493 --> 00:18:21.794
  • Is to be planting seed in the kingdom of god,
  • 00:18:21.861 --> 00:18:23.163
  • In the kingdom of god, expecting god's miracle
  • 00:18:23.229 --> 00:18:24.964
  • Expecting god's miracle multiplication.
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  • Multiplication. there will be plenty left
  • 00:18:26.733 --> 00:18:27.934
  • There will be plenty left over,
  • 00:18:28.001 --> 00:18:28.368
  • Over, so much left over that you can
  • 00:18:28.434 --> 00:18:30.236
  • So much left over that you can give joyfully to others.
  • 00:18:30.303 --> 00:18:31.738
  • Give joyfully to others. god is no respecter of
  • 00:18:31.804 --> 00:18:32.939
  • God is no respecter of persons.
  • 00:18:33.006 --> 00:18:33.773
  • Persons. if it worked for joseph,
  • 00:18:33.840 --> 00:18:34.974
  • If it worked for joseph, it'll work for you.
  • 00:18:35.041 --> 00:18:36.309
  • It'll work for you. it will work for me.
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  • It will work for me. [amen!]
  • 00:18:37.877 --> 00:18:38.444
  • [amen!] i assure you i have lived
  • 00:18:38.511 --> 00:18:39.979
  • I assure you i have lived this book.
  • 00:18:40.046 --> 00:18:41.047
  • This book. it works!
  • 00:18:41.114 --> 00:18:42.215
  • It works! [yes, it does.]
  • 00:18:42.282 --> 00:18:43.283
  • [yes, it does.] joseph to the egyptians,
  • 00:18:43.349 --> 00:18:44.551
  • Joseph to the egyptians, he said, "here's the seed.
  • 00:18:44.617 --> 00:18:46.753
  • He said, "here's the seed. you go plant it.
  • 00:18:46.819 --> 00:18:48.087
  • You go plant it. you'll have something to eat."
  • 00:18:48.154 --> 00:18:49.889
  • You'll have something to eat." plant your seed before god can
  • 00:18:49.956 --> 00:18:52.125
  • Plant your seed before god can meet your need.
  • 00:18:52.192 --> 00:18:53.626
  • Meet your need. without seedtime,
  • 00:18:53.693 --> 00:18:54.694
  • Without seedtime, it is impossible to have
  • 00:18:54.761 --> 00:18:55.862
  • It is impossible to have a harvest.
  • 00:18:55.929 --> 00:18:57.130
  • A harvest. if you give nothing,
  • 00:18:57.197 --> 00:18:58.565
  • If you give nothing, you --
  • 00:18:58.631 --> 00:18:59.666
  • You -- [get nothing.]
  • 00:18:59.732 --> 00:19:00.433
  • [get nothing.] -- receive nothing.
  • 00:19:00.500 --> 00:19:02.635
  • -- receive nothing. god can increase what you give
  • 00:19:02.702 --> 00:19:04.504
  • God can increase what you give a hundredfold,
  • 00:19:04.571 --> 00:19:05.838
  • A hundredfold, but nothing times nothing
  • 00:19:05.905 --> 00:19:07.607
  • But nothing times nothing equals --
  • 00:19:07.674 --> 00:19:08.708
  • Equals -- [nothing.]
  • 00:19:08.775 --> 00:19:09.342
  • [nothing.] -- nothing.
  • 00:19:09.409 --> 00:19:10.777
  • -- nothing. isn't that wonderful math?
  • 00:19:10.843 --> 00:19:12.378
  • Isn't that wonderful math? (laughter)
  • 00:19:12.445 --> 00:19:13.313
  • (laughter) when what you have
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  • When what you have in your hand is not enough
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  • In your hand is not enough to meet your need,
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  • To meet your need, it's your seed.
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  • It's your seed. you give your way out of
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  • You give your way out of a jam.
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  • A jam. and people say,
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  • And people say, "well i really have nothing
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  • "well i really have nothing to give."
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  • To give." not according to the bible.
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  • Not according to the bible. 2 corinthians 9:10,
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  • 2 corinthians 9:10, god says,
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  • God says, "god who gives seed to farmers
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  • "god who gives seed to farmers to plant will give you more
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  • To plant will give you more and more seed to plant,
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  • And more seed to plant, and will make it grow so that
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  • And will make it grow so that you can give away more and
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  • You can give away more and more fruit from your harvest."
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  • More fruit from your harvest." [amen!]
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  • [amen!] if your intention
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  • If your intention is to give it,
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  • Is to give it, god says,
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  • God says, i'm going to get it to you.
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  • I'm going to get it to you. god doesn't have trouble
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  • God doesn't have trouble getting the money to you.
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  • Getting the money to you. he has trouble getting it
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  • He has trouble getting it through you.
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  • Through you. (laughter)
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  • (laughter) genesis 47 said,
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  • Genesis 47 said, "and then --
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  • "and then -- "and it shall come to pass
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  • "and it shall come to pass in the harvest that you shall
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  • In the harvest that you shall give one-fifth to pharaoh."
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  • Give one-fifth to pharaoh." that's 20%,
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  • That's 20%, and 80% to the people.
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  • And 80% to the people. the nation said to joseph,
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  • The nation said to joseph, "you have saved our lives."
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  • "you have saved our lives." remember that these people
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  • Remember that these people were pagans.
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  • Were pagans. christ has saved your life.
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  • Christ has saved your life. [amen!]
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  • [amen!] he has saved my life.
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  • He has saved my life. [amen!]
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  • [amen!] he has given to you
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  • He has given to you everlasting life.
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  • Everlasting life. [amen!]
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  • [amen!] [hallelujah.]
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  • [hallelujah.] question:
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  • Question: are you giving god what's
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  • Are you giving god what's right or what's left?
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  • Right or what's left? joseph built the storehouses
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  • Joseph built the storehouses of egypt.
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  • Of egypt. joseph controlled
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  • Joseph controlled the storehouses of egypt.
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  • The storehouses of egypt. joseph controlled the wealth
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  • Joseph controlled the wealth of the world.
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  • Of the world. genesis 41 says,
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  • Genesis 41 says, "pharaoh said to all of
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  • "pharaoh said to all of the egyptians,
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  • The egyptians, 'go to joseph.
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  • 'go to joseph. whatever he says,
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  • Whatever he says, you do it.'"
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  • You do it.'" and joseph opened
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  • And joseph opened the storehouse
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  • The storehouse and there was no grain
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  • And there was no grain without joseph.
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  • Without joseph. joseph here is the type of
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  • Joseph here is the type of christ,
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  • Christ, who is god.
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  • Who is god. he controls this world.
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  • He controls this world. he controls your wealth.
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  • He controls your wealth. he controls your health,
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  • He controls your health, all of it.
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  • All of it. the day will come when all you
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  • The day will come when all you will have is what you have
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  • Will have is what you have given to god.
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  • Given to god. that's why he says,
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  • That's why he says, "lay up for yourselves
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  • "lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven,"
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  • Treasures in heaven," because you're going see
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  • Because you're going see them again some day.
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  • Them again some day. [yes.]
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  • [yes.] joseph saved egypt.
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  • Joseph saved egypt. genesis 41:57,
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  • Genesis 41:57, "so all the countries came to
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  • "so all the countries came to joseph to egypt to buy grain,
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  • Joseph to egypt to buy grain, because the famine was severe
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  • Because the famine was severe in all of the world."
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  • In all of the world." god gives you wealth,
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  • God gives you wealth, not to horde it,
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  • Not to horde it, but to bless other people.
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  • But to bless other people. [amen!]
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  • [amen!] you're not god's banker.
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  • You're not god's banker. you are god's pipeline.
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  • You are god's pipeline. and when you start giving it
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  • And when you start giving it to other people,
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  • To other people, you will be shocked at how god
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  • You will be shocked at how god comes to you and begins to
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  • Comes to you and begins to trust you with more
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  • Trust you with more and with more and with more.
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  • And with more and with more. james 4:3 says,
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  • James 4:3 says, "you ask and do not receive,
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  • "you ask and do not receive, because you ask amiss,
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  • Because you ask amiss, that you may spend it on
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  • That you may spend it on your own pleasure."
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  • Your own pleasure." boy.
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  • Boy. the scene from
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  • The scene from "schindler's list,"
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  • "schindler's list," how many of you've seen
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  • How many of you've seen that movie?
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  • That movie? schindler was a german
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  • Schindler was a german industrialist who worked
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  • Industrialist who worked during the second world war,
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  • During the second world war, making, allegedly,
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  • Making, allegedly, pots and pans for the nazis.
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  • Pots and pans for the nazis. but he also used his wealth
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  • But he also used his wealth to purchase the lives of jews
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  • To purchase the lives of jews from their german captors.
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  • From their german captors. he saved approximately
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  • He saved approximately a thousand jewish people.
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  • A thousand jewish people. but on the last day
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  • But on the last day when the war was ending,
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  • When the war was ending, and he knew that he was going
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  • And he knew that he was going to be considered
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  • To be considered a war criminal,
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  • A war criminal, standing surrounded by
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  • Standing surrounded by the people he had saved,
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  • The people he had saved, he looked at his gold ring
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  • He looked at his gold ring and he wept.
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  • And he wept. and he said,
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  • And he said, "i could have given this ring
  • 00:22:43.756 --> 00:22:45.858
  • "i could have given this ring and saved five more lives."
  • 00:22:45.925 --> 00:22:48.661
  • And saved five more lives." he looked at his luxury car,
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  • He looked at his luxury car, and said,
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  • And said, "that would have saved
  • 00:22:51.798 --> 00:22:54.634
  • "that would have saved a hundred more lives."
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  • A hundred more lives." some day,
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  • Some day, we're going to stand in
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  • We're going to stand in eternity and we're going to
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  • Eternity and we're going to see the opportunities
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  • See the opportunities that we had if we had just
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  • That we had if we had just stepped out in faith
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  • Stepped out in faith and made it happen.
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  • And made it happen. when you're doing something
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  • When you're doing something spiritual that's for
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  • Spiritual that's for the kingdom of god,
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  • The kingdom of god, think big,
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  • Think big, because god is your banker
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  • Because god is your banker and he will back you
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  • And he will back you to the hilt.
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  • To the hilt. i can tell you that
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  • I can tell you that from experience.
  • 00:23:23.062 --> 00:23:24.931
  • From experience. i have taken steps as a pastor
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  • I have taken steps as a pastor that people said,
  • 00:23:27.266 --> 00:23:28.234
  • That people said, "you have lost your mind."
  • 00:23:28.301 --> 00:23:32.104
  • "you have lost your mind." and god came through
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  • And god came through like we had all the money
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  • Like we had all the money in the world.
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  • In the world. [amen!]
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  • [amen!] we were never late on
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  • We were never late on any payment at any time,
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  • Any payment at any time, because when you're doing it
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  • Because when you're doing it for the god of god,
  • 00:23:42.882 --> 00:23:45.084
  • For the god of god, god will supply the need.
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  • God will supply the need. [that's right.]
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  • [that's right.] (applause)
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  • (applause) and then lastly,
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  • And then lastly, you place the seed into
  • 00:23:57.330 --> 00:23:58.631
  • You place the seed into anointed hands.
  • 00:23:58.698 --> 00:24:00.166
  • Anointed hands. pharaoh said,
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  • Pharaoh said, "take the harvest to joseph."
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  • "take the harvest to joseph." say that with me.
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  • Say that with me. "take the harvest to joseph."
  • 00:24:04.770 --> 00:24:07.173
  • "take the harvest to joseph." what you have in your hand
  • 00:24:07.240 --> 00:24:08.841
  • What you have in your hand never looks big enough
  • 00:24:08.908 --> 00:24:10.243
  • Never looks big enough to reach your goal.
  • 00:24:10.309 --> 00:24:12.011
  • To reach your goal. when you want what you've
  • 00:24:12.078 --> 00:24:13.079
  • When you want what you've never done,
  • 00:24:13.145 --> 00:24:14.647
  • Never done, you need to plant your seed.
  • 00:24:14.714 --> 00:24:17.483
  • You need to plant your seed. and what you have --
  • 00:24:17.550 --> 00:24:18.451
  • And what you have -- when what you have in your
  • 00:24:18.518 --> 00:24:19.285
  • When what you have in your hand is not enough to meet
  • 00:24:19.352 --> 00:24:20.786
  • Hand is not enough to meet that need,
  • 00:24:20.853 --> 00:24:22.121
  • That need, you plant your seed,
  • 00:24:22.188 --> 00:24:23.756
  • You plant your seed, and the harvest will come.
  • 00:24:23.823 --> 00:24:25.758
  • And the harvest will come. god is looking for a way
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  • God is looking for a way to bless you.
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  • To bless you. [amen!]
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  • [amen!] all you have to do is to obey
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  • All you have to do is to obey his word.
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  • His word. can we stand to our feet?
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  • Heavenly father, there are people
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  • There are people in this room that have been
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  • In this room that have been wounded in their life
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  • Wounded in their life with things that are so bitter
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  • With things that are so bitter that they need to be liberated
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  • That they need to be liberated today by the power of
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  • Today by the power of forgiveness.
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  • Forgiveness.
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  • The 7th toward israel
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  • And the jewish
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  • People was not new.
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  • It was a chilling reminder
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  • That anti-semitism
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  • Never sleep. in pastor
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  • John hagees
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  • New book,
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  • The middle east conflict
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  • The origin of jew hatred,
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  • Pastor hagee
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  • Exposes the spiritual
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  • And historical roots
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  • Of anti-semitism
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  • And why it's exploding
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  • Across the globe today.
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  • Now is the time
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  • To take your stand.
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  • Pastor john hagee: and now may the lord bless you
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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 be gracious unto you,
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  • And be gracious unto you, giving you his peace.
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  • Giving you his peace. may you live with great joy,
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  • May you live with great joy, knowing that you are
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  • Knowing that you are god's child,
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  • God's child, living in a dimension
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  • Living in a dimension where grace has been given
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  • Where grace has been given and the abundance of heaven
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  • And the abundance of heaven has been received.
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  • Has been received. may you see the blessings god
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  • May you see the blessings god is bringing through answered
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  • Is bringing through answered prayer in this new year.
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  • Prayer in this new year. seek first the kingdom of god
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  • Seek first the kingdom of god and his righteousness,
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  • And his righteousness, then watch as the windows
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  • Then watch as the windows of heaven pour out
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  • Of heaven pour out untold blessings,
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  • Untold blessings, as you pursue the purposes
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  • As you pursue the purposes of god for your life.
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  • Of god for your life. our god is a good god
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  • Our god is a good god and he wants you to be blessed
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  • And he wants you to be blessed in every area of your life.
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  • In every area of your life. receive this blessing,
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  • Receive this blessing, in the authority
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  • In the authority of jesus' name.
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