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John Hagee - Knowing The Grace of God

January 7, 2026 | 28:30

John Hagee - Knowing The Grace of God
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Hagee Ministries | John Hagee - Knowing The Grace of God | January 7, 2026
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  • Pastor john hagee: you may
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  • Pastor john hagee: you may be seated.
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  • Be seated. begin with this thought,
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  • Begin with this thought, that grace will set you free
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  • That grace will set you free from the tyranny
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  • From the tyranny of other people.
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  • Of other people. some of you are prisoners
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  • Some of you are prisoners to other people's
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  • To other people's foolish opinions.
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  • Foolish opinions. their unreasonable demands,
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  • Their unreasonable demands, their domination,
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  • Their domination, their intimidation,
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  • Their intimidation, their manipulation of your life.
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  • Their manipulation of your life. quit trying to please
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  • Quit trying to please the tyrants who are trying
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  • The tyrants who are trying to control you.
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  • To control you. take charge of your life
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  • Take charge of your life or someone else will.
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  • Or someone else will. regardless of what you do,
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  • Regardless of what you do, you're going to be blamed
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  • You're going to be blamed for something by somebody,
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  • For something by somebody, and your ability to get over
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  • And your ability to get over that is going to determine
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  • That is going to determine the quality of your life.
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  • The quality of your life. some of you are prisoners
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  • Some of you are prisoners of the performance trap.
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  • Of the performance trap. you're trying to earn other
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  • You're trying to earn other people's approval
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  • People's approval by what you do.
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  • By what you do. give it up.
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  • Give it up. you have made other people
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  • You have made other people your god and master.
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  • Your god and master. you have built
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  • You have built a jail for yourself.
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  • A jail for yourself. saint paul says
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  • Saint paul says in galatians 1:10,
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  • In galatians 1:10, "am i seeking the favor
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  • "am i seeking the favor of men or god?
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  • Of men or god? or am i striving to please men?
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  • Or am i striving to please men? if i am trying to please men,
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  • If i am trying to please men, i cannot be a bondservant
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  • I cannot be a bondservant to jesus christ."
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  • To jesus christ." paul said,
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  • Paul said, "it is not possible
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  • "it is not possible to please all the people
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  • To please all the people all the time and please god,
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  • All the time and please god, so just please god
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  • So just please god and forget the other people."
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  • [applause]
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  • Listen, you are either
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  • Listen, you are either a father pleaser
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  • A father pleaser or a people pleaser.
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  • Or a people pleaser. grace will set you
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  • Grace will set you free to forgive others.
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  • Free to forgive others. free to allow others
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  • Free to allow others to be who they are even
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  • To be who they are even when they are different
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  • When they are different from you.
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  • From you. a preacher wanted to know
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  • A preacher wanted to know what his teenage son
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  • What his teenage son would be in his future life,
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  • Would be in his future life, so the preacher thought
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  • So the preacher thought he would give his
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  • He would give his teenage son a test.
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  • Teenage son a test. he went into his room
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  • He went into his room and he put a bible
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  • And he put a bible on top of the dresser.
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  • On top of the dresser. if it was going to be a bible,
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  • If it was going to be a bible, the boy would be a preacher.
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  • The boy would be a preacher. then beside the bible,
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  • Then beside the bible, he put a silver dollar.
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  • He put a silver dollar. if the boy took
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  • If the boy took the silver dollar,
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  • The silver dollar, he was going to be a banker.
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  • He was going to be a banker. by the silver dollar,
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  • By the silver dollar, he put a bottle of whiskey.
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  • He put a bottle of whiskey. if he didn't take the first two,
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  • If he didn't take the first two, he was going
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  • He was going to be a worthless drunk.
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  • To be a worthless drunk. and the fourth,
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  • And the fourth, he put a girly magazine,
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  • He put a girly magazine, if he's gonna be a womanizer.
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  • If he's gonna be a womanizer. the preacher hid in the closet
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  • The preacher hid in the closet waiting for his son to come into
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  • Waiting for his son to come into the room and to make
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  • The room and to make that great decision.
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  • That great decision. the boy came into the room,
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  • The boy came into the room, and he took everything
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  • And he took everything on the top of the dresser.
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  • On the top of the dresser. the preacher said, "dear god,
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  • The preacher said, "dear god, the boy is going
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  • The boy is going to run for congress."
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  • [laughter]
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  • [applause]
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  • God's grace is greater
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  • God's grace is greater than all your sin.
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  • Than all your sin. god's grace is greater
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  • God's grace is greater than all your sin.
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  • Than all your sin. the bible says,
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  • The bible says, "where sin did abound,
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  • "where sin did abound, the grace of god did
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  • The grace of god did much more abound," romans 5:20.
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  • Much more abound," romans 5:20. that is an awesome verse.
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  • That is an awesome verse. have you committed adultery?
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  • Have you committed adultery? god's grace is greater.
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  • God's grace is greater. ask king david.
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  • Ask king david. he paid an awesome price for it,
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  • He paid an awesome price for it, but there is forgiveness for it.
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  • But there is forgiveness for it. but i've horribly failed.
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  • But i've horribly failed. saint peter,
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  • Saint peter, talking about horribly failed,
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  • Talking about horribly failed, he denied jesus christ
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  • He denied jesus christ three times in a 24-hour
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  • Three times in a 24-hour period before the crucifixion
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  • Period before the crucifixion of jesus christ saying,
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  • Of jesus christ saying, "i know not the man."
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  • "i know not the man." why was that serious?
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  • Why was that serious? the bible says,
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  • The bible says, "if you deny me,"
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  • "if you deny me," meaning jesus,
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  • Meaning jesus, "i will deny you before god,
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  • "i will deny you before god, the father."
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  • The father." but peter received forgiveness.
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  • But peter received forgiveness. he was crucified upside down.
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  • He was crucified upside down. he had a great spiritual
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  • He had a great spiritual impact before he died.
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  • Impact before he died. god's grace is greater
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  • God's grace is greater than your faults and failures.
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  • Than your faults and failures. i've heard people say,
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  • I've heard people say, "but i'm into the occult."
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  • "but i'm into the occult." i'll say jesus is not
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  • I'll say jesus is not afraid of the devil.
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  • Afraid of the devil. the devil is afraid of jesus.
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  • The devil is afraid of jesus. the bible says,
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  • The bible says, "mention his name and demons
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  • "mention his name and demons scream in fear."
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  • Scream in fear." demons tremble at
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  • Demons tremble at the name of jesus christ.
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  • The name of jesus christ. that's in the bible.
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  • That's in the bible. there was a man who committed
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  • There was a man who committed murder and led a nation
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  • Murder and led a nation for 40 years.
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  • For 40 years. that man's name was moses.
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  • That man's name was moses. when moses went out
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  • When moses went out and he killed the egyptian
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  • And he killed the egyptian and buried the egyptian
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  • And buried the egyptian in the sand,
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  • In the sand, and then he went to the back
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  • And then he went to the back side of the desert
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  • Side of the desert for a seminar on how
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  • For a seminar on how to live life,
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  • To live life, his teacher was jesus.
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  • His teacher was jesus. paul, he had people killed
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  • Paul, he had people killed for following jesus.
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  • For following jesus. when he was a high-ranking
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  • When he was a high-ranking member of the jewish order,
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  • Member of the jewish order, before he was called
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  • Before he was called into the ministry,
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  • Into the ministry, he was putting
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  • He was putting christians in prison.
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  • Christians in prison. they were being beaten,
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  • They were being beaten, and they died.
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  • And they died. but god took those two people,
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  • But god took those two people, moses led israel
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  • Moses led israel for 40 years to freedom.
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  • For 40 years to freedom. he wrote the first five
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  • He wrote the first five books of the bible.
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  • Books of the bible. saint paul wrote
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  • Saint paul wrote most of the bible.
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  • Most of the bible. when you say god's grace
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  • When you say god's grace is greater than all your sin,
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  • Is greater than all your sin, partner, you're saying a lot,
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  • Partner, you're saying a lot, and it's true.
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  • And it's true. god's grace is greater
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  • God's grace is greater than your sin.
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  • [applause]
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  • Grace is greater than legalism.
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  • Grace is greater than legalism. let me define legalism for you.
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  • Let me define legalism for you. legalism is keeping man-made
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  • Legalism is keeping man-made religious rules to obtain
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  • Religious rules to obtain righteousness with god.
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  • Righteousness with god. think about that.
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  • Think about that. rules that churches make up that
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  • Rules that churches make up that have not one wretched thing
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  • Have not one wretched thing to do with this bible.
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  • To do with this bible. for many years,
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  • For many years, there was the rule
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  • There was the rule that if you were a good
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  • That if you were a good member of this church,
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  • Member of this church, you ate fish on friday.
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  • You ate fish on friday. that's not in this book,
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  • That's not in this book, but it was a global rule
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  • But it was a global rule because that church
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  • Because that church had a huge financial interest
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  • Had a huge financial interest in the fishing industry.
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  • In the fishing industry. there was another denomination
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  • There was another denomination that when women went to church,
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  • That when women went to church, they should have long hair,
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  • They should have long hair, long dresses.
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  • Long dresses. some of them couldn't
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  • Some of them couldn't even wear makeup.
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  • Even wear makeup. god knows they needed it,
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  • God knows they needed it, but they couldn't.
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  • [laughter]
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  • Wear it.
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  • [laughter]
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  • There were no movies,
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  • There were no movies, there's no tv, no fun.
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  • There's no tv, no fun. you cannot live under grace
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  • You cannot live under grace and law at the same time.
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  • And law at the same time. you have to be under
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  • You have to be under one or the other.
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  • One or the other. any area of your life
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  • Any area of your life that's not under grace
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  • That's not under grace is under legalism.
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  • Is under legalism. and listen,
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  • And listen, legalism is satan's theology,
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  • Legalism is satan's theology, and therefore he controls you
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  • And therefore he controls you if you leave the grace of god.
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  • If you leave the grace of god. paul said,
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  • Paul said, "if you can be saved
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  • "if you can be saved by the keeping of rules,
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  • By the keeping of rules, jesus died in vain."
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  • Jesus died in vain." you can't save yourself
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  • You can't save yourself by keeping rules.
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  • By keeping rules. you are saved by the blood
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  • You are saved by the blood of jesus christ.
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  • Of jesus christ. what can wash away my sin?
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  • What can wash away my sin? nothing but the blood of jesus.
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  • [applause]
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  • What can make me
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  • What can make me whole again?
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  • Whole again? nothing but the blood of jesus.
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  • Nothing but the blood of jesus. how precious is the flow
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  • How precious is the flow that makes me white as snow.
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  • That makes me white as snow. no other fountain i know,
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  • No other fountain i know, nothing, nothing, nothing
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  • Nothing, nothing, nothing but the blood of jesus.
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  • But the blood of jesus. give the lord praise
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  • Give the lord praise in the house.
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  • [applause]
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  • The miracle of grace
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  • The miracle of grace heals the soul.
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  • Heals the soul. go back with me in the theatre
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  • Go back with me in the theatre of your mind 3,000 years.
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  • Of your mind 3,000 years. we are in israel.
  • 00:08:18.014 --> 00:08:19.949
  • We are in israel. king saul and jonathan have
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  • King saul and jonathan have just been killed in a bloody,
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  • Just been killed in a bloody, hand-to-hand combat
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  • Hand-to-hand combat in the hills of gilboa.
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  • In the hills of gilboa. the news of their death reaches
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  • The news of their death reaches the capital city of jerusalem.
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  • The capital city of jerusalem. it was a brutal time in history,
  • 00:08:31.327 --> 00:08:34.163
  • It was a brutal time in history, customary that all members
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  • Customary that all members of the royal family
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  • Of the royal family be slaughtered by the new king
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  • Be slaughtered by the new king to prevent a legitimate
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  • To prevent a legitimate heir from claiming
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  • Heir from claiming the throne in the future.
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  • The throne in the future. when word reached jerusalem
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  • When word reached jerusalem that saul and jonathan
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  • That saul and jonathan had been killed,
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  • Had been killed, the nurse of jonathan's infant
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  • The nurse of jonathan's infant son raced into the nursery,
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  • Son raced into the nursery, grabbed up jonathan's baby,
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  • Grabbed up jonathan's baby, ran for their lives.
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  • Ran for their lives. she dropped the baby.
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  • She dropped the baby. he became permanently crippled
  • 00:08:59.956 --> 00:09:02.191
  • He became permanently crippled in both of his feet.
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  • In both of his feet. his name is mephibosheth.
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  • His name is mephibosheth. he failed the first grade trying
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  • He failed the first grade trying to learn to spell his name.
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  • [laughter]
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  • Mephibosheth.
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  • Mephibosheth. mephibosheth is five years old,
  • 00:09:13.135 --> 00:09:15.438
  • Mephibosheth is five years old, and we hear nothing of him
  • 00:09:15.504 --> 00:09:16.906
  • And we hear nothing of him in scripture for 20 years
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  • In scripture for 20 years because he flees to the land
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  • Because he flees to the land of lo debar.
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  • Of lo debar. in the bible,
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  • In the bible, lo debar is
  • 00:09:22.511 --> 00:09:23.479
  • Lo debar is the land of barrenness.
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  • The land of barrenness. it's the place of poverty.
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  • It's the place of poverty. it's a place where people
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  • It's a place where people go to live in exclusion,
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  • Go to live in exclusion, to hide for the fear of life.
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  • To hide for the fear of life. years pass and one day,
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  • Years pass and one day, king david is remembering
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  • King david is remembering his dearest friend, jonathan,
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  • His dearest friend, jonathan, and he asked a question
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  • And he asked a question which shattered the silence
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  • Which shattered the silence of the palace.
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  • Of the palace. he said,
  • 00:09:46.135 --> 00:09:46.636
  • He said, "is there any of the house
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  • "is there any of the house of saul that i might show
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  • Of saul that i might show him kindness
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  • Him kindness for jonathan's sake?"
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  • For jonathan's sake?" it is a majestic question
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  • It is a majestic question of god's grace.
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  • Of god's grace. is there anyone?
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  • Is there anyone? not is there someone deserving?
  • 00:09:59.081 --> 00:10:02.818
  • Not is there someone deserving? not is there someone qualified?
  • 00:10:02.885 --> 00:10:05.454
  • Not is there someone qualified? not is there someone who is
  • 00:10:05.521 --> 00:10:07.423
  • Not is there someone who is politically brilliant
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  • Politically brilliant and can serve me?
  • 00:10:08.524 --> 00:10:09.992
  • And can serve me? but is there anyone?
  • 00:10:10.059 --> 00:10:11.894
  • But is there anyone? this is a question that
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  • This is a question that the church in america
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  • The church in america needs to ask.
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  • Needs to ask. is there anyone who wants
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  • Is there anyone who wants to come to the house of god
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  • To come to the house of god to discover jesus christ?
  • 00:10:20.936 --> 00:10:23.172
  • To discover jesus christ? not to discover whether
  • 00:10:23.239 --> 00:10:24.674
  • Not to discover whether our doctrine is or not,
  • 00:10:24.740 --> 00:10:27.076
  • Our doctrine is or not, but to discover if jesus
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  • But to discover if jesus is the lord of that church.
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  • Is the lord of that church. many churches are looking
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  • Many churches are looking for the right kind of people,
  • 00:10:32.214 --> 00:10:34.316
  • For the right kind of people, the right education,
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  • The right education, the right amount of wealth,
  • 00:10:35.618 --> 00:10:36.886
  • The right amount of wealth, the right doctrine,
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  • The right doctrine, the right denomination.
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  • The right denomination. i wanna tell you, this church,
  • 00:10:39.689 --> 00:10:40.990
  • I wanna tell you, this church, cornerstone church is looking
  • 00:10:41.057 --> 00:10:42.925
  • Cornerstone church is looking for anyone whose
  • 00:10:42.992 --> 00:10:44.026
  • For anyone whose life has been shattered.
  • 00:10:44.093 --> 00:10:45.661
  • Life has been shattered. anyone whose dreams
  • 00:10:45.728 --> 00:10:47.063
  • Anyone whose dreams have been crushed.
  • 00:10:47.129 --> 00:10:48.197
  • Have been crushed. anyone who has given up
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  • Anyone who has given up hope for their future.
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  • Hope for their future. you can go
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  • You can go to the down and the out
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  • To the down and the out or the up and the out
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  • Or the up and the out or the poor or the sick
  • 00:10:55.237 --> 00:10:56.072
  • Or the poor or the sick and the forsaken.
  • 00:10:56.138 --> 00:10:57.273
  • And the forsaken. god's amazing grace
  • 00:10:57.339 --> 00:10:58.974
  • God's amazing grace will give you a new
  • 00:10:59.041 --> 00:10:59.975
  • Will give you a new beginning and it can start
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  • Beginning and it can start here and start today.
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  • [applause]
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  • The words of jesus still
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  • Echo today.
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  • You shall receive power
  • 00:11:11.120 --> 00:11:12.655
  • When the holy spirit
  • 00:11:12.655 --> 00:11:13.923
  • Has come upon you.
  • 00:11:13.923 --> 00:11:14.957
  • That same power is alive
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  • In you.
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  • The power to overcome
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  • Fear, to walk in purpose
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  • And to see miracles
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  • Unfold in your life.
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  • The holy spirit is
  • 00:11:23.132 --> 00:11:24.166
  • Your comforter,
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  • Your helper,
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  • And your source
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  • Of divine strength.
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  • As our
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  • Thank you
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  • For your gift of any amount
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  • With the strength
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  • Of the holy spirit.
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  • In god's word everyday.
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  • And start walking
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  • In the supernatural
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  • Power of the holy spirit.
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  • [applause]
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  • This book teaches that god's
  • 00:12:08.077 --> 00:12:09.178
  • This book teaches that god's grace is greater
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  • Grace is greater than all your sin.
  • 00:12:10.446 --> 00:12:12.181
  • Than all your sin. god's grace that has no limit,
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  • God's grace that has no limit, it's an ocean whose depths
  • 00:12:14.717 --> 00:12:16.285
  • It's an ocean whose depths have never been charted.
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  • Have never been charted. god's amazing grace
  • 00:12:18.521 --> 00:12:19.722
  • God's amazing grace was on parade 33 generations
  • 00:12:19.789 --> 00:12:21.957
  • Was on parade 33 generations later when david's great,
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  • Later when david's great, great grandson,
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  • Great grandson, jesus of nazareth,
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  • Jesus of nazareth, said to a sin crippled world,
  • 00:12:26.629 --> 00:12:28.898
  • Said to a sin crippled world, "is there anyone?
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  • "is there anyone? is there anyone?
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  • Is there anyone? whosoever will,
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  • Whosoever will, let him come and drink
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  • Let him come and drink of the waters of life freely."
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  • Of the waters of life freely." this was for you
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  • This was for you and you and you,
  • 00:12:37.973 --> 00:12:39.508
  • And you and you, and for me.
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  • And for me. he stands here today
  • 00:12:41.110 --> 00:12:42.578
  • He stands here today beside me on this platform,
  • 00:12:42.645 --> 00:12:44.980
  • Beside me on this platform, and he's saying
  • 00:12:45.047 --> 00:12:45.948
  • And he's saying to this congregation,
  • 00:12:46.015 --> 00:12:47.283
  • To this congregation, "you who are lonely,
  • 00:12:47.349 --> 00:12:48.417
  • "you who are lonely, you have a broken heart,
  • 00:12:48.484 --> 00:12:49.919
  • You have a broken heart, you feel forsaken,
  • 00:12:49.985 --> 00:12:51.353
  • You feel forsaken, your dreams have been shattered,
  • 00:12:51.420 --> 00:12:53.022
  • Your dreams have been shattered, your family is in crisis,
  • 00:12:53.088 --> 00:12:54.590
  • Your family is in crisis, your marriage is dead or dying.
  • 00:12:54.657 --> 00:12:57.393
  • Your marriage is dead or dying. christ has an amazing
  • 00:12:57.459 --> 00:12:59.094
  • Christ has an amazing answer for you.
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  • Answer for you. he can bring you love,
  • 00:13:00.563 --> 00:13:02.498
  • He can bring you love, joy, peace, happiness,
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  • Joy, peace, happiness, because he is the son of god."
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  • Because he is the son of god." give him praise in the house.
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  • [applause]
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  • King david says,
  • 00:13:16.145 --> 00:13:17.246
  • King david says, "is there anyone
  • 00:13:17.313 --> 00:13:18.347
  • "is there anyone of the house of saul?
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  • Of the house of saul? is there anyone?
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  • Is there anyone? saul who lied to me,
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  • Saul who lied to me, saul who cheated me,
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  • Saul who cheated me, saul who hated me,
  • 00:13:26.822 --> 00:13:28.190
  • Saul who hated me, saul who tried to murder me
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  • Saul who tried to murder me as he chased me through
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  • As he chased me through the hills of israel
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  • The hills of israel for ten long years."
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  • For ten long years." the question,
  • 00:13:35.898 --> 00:13:37.233
  • The question, is there a saul in your life?
  • 00:13:37.299 --> 00:13:39.668
  • Is there a saul in your life? is there a powerful enemy
  • 00:13:39.735 --> 00:13:42.104
  • Is there a powerful enemy who has hurt you,
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  • Who has hurt you, or tried to destroy you?
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  • Or tried to destroy you? is that someone
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  • Is that someone a member of your family?
  • 00:13:46.475 --> 00:13:47.943
  • A member of your family? if you love only those
  • 00:13:48.010 --> 00:13:49.245
  • If you love only those who love you,
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  • Who love you, the love of the father
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  • The love of the father does not dwell in you.
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  • Does not dwell in you. grace is loving the unlovable.
  • 00:13:53.382 --> 00:13:57.820
  • Grace is loving the unlovable. grace is loving the unlovable.
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  • Grace is loving the unlovable. grace is showing mercy
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  • Grace is showing mercy to the merciless.
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  • To the merciless. grace is being good
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  • Grace is being good to the totally bad.
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  • To the totally bad. grace is forgiving
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  • Grace is forgiving the unforgivable.
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  • The unforgivable. does that describe you?
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  • Does that describe you? does that describe
  • 00:14:16.305 --> 00:14:17.339
  • Does that describe someone in your family?
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  • Someone in your family? or you can only love
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  • Or you can only love those that love you.
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  • Those that love you. the world does not care
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  • The world does not care what you know until they know
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  • What you know until they know that you really care about them.
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  • That you really care about them. the church of jesus christ
  • 00:14:27.883 --> 00:14:29.051
  • The church of jesus christ in america is divided into
  • 00:14:29.118 --> 00:14:31.053
  • In america is divided into 268 major denominations,
  • 00:14:31.120 --> 00:14:33.722
  • 268 major denominations, and fighting each other
  • 00:14:33.789 --> 00:14:35.024
  • And fighting each other most of the time.
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  • Most of the time. where's the grace
  • 00:14:36.759 --> 00:14:37.426
  • Where's the grace of god in that?
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  • Of god in that? jesus said,
  • 00:14:39.428 --> 00:14:40.129
  • Jesus said, "love one another
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  • "love one another as i have loved you."
  • 00:14:41.263 --> 00:14:42.898
  • As i have loved you." say that with me,
  • 00:14:42.965 --> 00:14:43.933
  • Say that with me, "love one another
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  • "love one another as i have loved you."
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  • As i have loved you." god is love and they that have
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  • God is love and they that have not love have not god.
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  • Not love have not god. that's the bible.
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  • That's the bible. god's amazing grace
  • 00:14:54.243 --> 00:14:55.544
  • God's amazing grace can conquer racism.
  • 00:14:55.611 --> 00:14:57.746
  • Can conquer racism. god loves all of us
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  • God loves all of us or he loves none of us.
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  • Or he loves none of us. god can conquer materialism.
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  • God can conquer materialism. i don't care if you're
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  • I don't care if you're in a silk suit or in blue jeans,
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  • In a silk suit or in blue jeans, god loves you.
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  • [applause]
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  • Grace can
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  • Grace can conquer denominationalism.
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  • Conquer denominationalism. there are people watching
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  • There are people watching this telecast,
  • 00:15:20.602 --> 00:15:21.503
  • This telecast, they are a lot more proud
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  • They are a lot more proud of your denomination
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  • Of your denomination than you are jesus christ.
  • 00:15:23.806 --> 00:15:26.442
  • Than you are jesus christ. people say,
  • 00:15:26.508 --> 00:15:27.076
  • People say, "pastor hagee,
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  • "pastor hagee, you don't know what
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  • You don't know what they did to me."
  • 00:15:28.477 --> 00:15:29.378
  • They did to me." let me tell you an old testament
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  • Let me tell you an old testament story about somebody who
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  • Story about somebody who did somebody wrong story.
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  • Did somebody wrong story. it's the story of joseph.
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  • It's the story of joseph. joseph was bringing food
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  • Joseph was bringing food to his brothers at the command
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  • To his brothers at the command of his father.
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  • Of his father. he was thrown into
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  • He was thrown into a pit by his brothers.
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  • A pit by his brothers. they hated him,
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  • They hated him, and his sport coat
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  • And his sport coat of many colors.
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  • Of many colors. the first plan
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  • The first plan was to murder joseph.
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  • Was to murder joseph. but while they were
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  • But while they were going through the nuances
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  • Going through the nuances of how to murder him,
  • 00:15:54.603 --> 00:15:56.205
  • Of how to murder him, the midianites came by
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  • The midianites came by en route to egypt,
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  • En route to egypt, so they sold him
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  • So they sold him to the midianites as a slave.
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  • To the midianites as a slave. he was sold a second time
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  • He was sold a second time when he got to egypt.
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  • When he got to egypt. he was then bought by potiphar,
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  • He was then bought by potiphar, who was the chief
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  • Who was the chief of police for pharaoh.
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  • Of police for pharaoh. pharaoh's wife wanted to have
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  • Pharaoh's wife wanted to have sex with beautiful joseph.
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  • Sex with beautiful joseph. don't look at me
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  • Don't look at me like that, buddy.
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  • Like that, buddy. it's in the bible.
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  • [laughter]
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  • This woman asked him four times
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  • This woman asked him four times to go to the bedroom with him
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  • To go to the bedroom with him and he said no.
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  • And he said no. think about it.
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  • Think about it. he was a slave.
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  • He was a slave. he was a foreigner.
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  • He was a foreigner. he had no --
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  • He had no -- nobody knew him.
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  • Nobody knew him. it was every opportunity to sin,
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  • It was every opportunity to sin, but he had a moral
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  • But he had a moral fabric that said no.
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  • Fabric that said no. think about that.
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  • [applause]
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  • Potiphar's wife lied about him,
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  • Potiphar's wife lied about him, and potiphar,
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  • And potiphar, being politically connected,
  • 00:16:51.794 --> 00:16:53.529
  • Being politically connected, sent joseph to the penitentiary
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  • Sent joseph to the penitentiary for ten years.
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  • For ten years. that's enough to make
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  • That's enough to make you bulldog mad and bitter.
  • 00:16:58.167 --> 00:17:02.504
  • You bulldog mad and bitter. sitting in the stinking
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  • Sitting in the stinking egyptian prison
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  • Egyptian prison in leg irons
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  • In leg irons eating food that you
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  • Eating food that you wouldn't feed to your dog,
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  • Wouldn't feed to your dog, joseph had the divine gift
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  • Joseph had the divine gift of interpreting dreams.
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  • Of interpreting dreams. and when he was invited
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  • And when he was invited to the palace
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  • To the palace to interpret pharaoh's dream,
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  • To interpret pharaoh's dream, pharaoh made joseph
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  • Pharaoh made joseph the second most powerful
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  • The second most powerful person in egypt,
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  • Person in egypt, which made him the second
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  • Which made him the second most powerful person
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  • Most powerful person in the world.
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  • In the world. when his brothers came
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  • When his brothers came to egypt for the third time
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  • To egypt for the third time searching for food,
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  • Searching for food, joseph was royalty,
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  • Joseph was royalty, they just didn't recognize
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  • They just didn't recognize him because he was
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  • Him because he was now speaking egyptian,
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  • Now speaking egyptian, and he wore all of that cloth.
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  • And he wore all of that cloth. joseph gave them
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  • Joseph gave them a double portion of food.
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  • A double portion of food. he wrapped his arms around
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  • He wrapped his arms around his brothers,
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  • His brothers, and he said,
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  • And he said, "i am joseph, your brother."
  • 00:17:46.448 --> 00:17:48.383
  • "i am joseph, your brother." they wept together
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  • They wept together in family unity.
  • 00:17:49.685 --> 00:17:51.487
  • In family unity. i wanna ask you a question,
  • 00:17:51.553 --> 00:17:53.155
  • I wanna ask you a question, is there unity in your family?
  • 00:17:53.222 --> 00:17:57.159
  • Is there unity in your family? don't raise your hands.
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  • Don't raise your hands. is there unity in your family?
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  • Is there unity in your family? joseph wasn't
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  • Joseph wasn't even spirit filled.
  • 00:18:02.998 --> 00:18:06.401
  • Even spirit filled. joseph didn't have a priest
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  • Joseph didn't have a priest or a preacher to talk to.
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  • Or a preacher to talk to. are you that gracious?
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  • Are you that gracious? he forgave them instantly
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  • He forgave them instantly of all of that it
  • 00:18:15.844 --> 00:18:17.880
  • Of all of that it put him through.
  • 00:18:17.946 --> 00:18:19.181
  • Put him through. that prison --
  • 00:18:19.248 --> 00:18:20.883
  • That prison -- that prison thing was enough
  • 00:18:20.949 --> 00:18:23.118
  • That prison thing was enough to make anybody bitter, angry.
  • 00:18:23.185 --> 00:18:28.056
  • To make anybody bitter, angry. david said, "is there anyone
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  • David said, "is there anyone of the house of saul that
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  • Of the house of saul that i may show them kindness,
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  • I may show them kindness, grace, for jonathan's sake?
  • 00:18:33.729 --> 00:18:36.064
  • Grace, for jonathan's sake? mercy to the family
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  • Mercy to the family that tormented me."
  • 00:18:37.332 --> 00:18:38.567
  • That tormented me." saul chased david across israel
  • 00:18:38.634 --> 00:18:40.769
  • Saul chased david across israel for ten years trying
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  • For ten years trying to kill him.
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  • To kill him. now, he's giving mercy
  • 00:18:44.573 --> 00:18:46.074
  • Now, he's giving mercy to the family that hunted
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  • To the family that hunted him like an animal
  • 00:18:47.342 --> 00:18:48.677
  • Him like an animal trying to kill him.
  • 00:18:48.744 --> 00:18:49.811
  • Trying to kill him. satan could care less how
  • 00:18:49.878 --> 00:18:51.413
  • Satan could care less how much you sing amazing grace,
  • 00:18:51.480 --> 00:18:53.148
  • Much you sing amazing grace, just as long as you can sing it
  • 00:18:53.215 --> 00:18:54.850
  • Just as long as you can sing it with a snarl on your lips
  • 00:18:54.917 --> 00:18:56.451
  • With a snarl on your lips and a merciless heart.
  • 00:18:56.518 --> 00:18:57.819
  • And a merciless heart. if satan can take the mercy
  • 00:18:57.886 --> 00:18:59.454
  • If satan can take the mercy out of christian conduct,
  • 00:18:59.521 --> 00:19:01.123
  • Out of christian conduct, he has killed christianity.
  • 00:19:01.190 --> 00:19:04.359
  • He has killed christianity. christianity without mercy
  • 00:19:04.426 --> 00:19:06.094
  • Christianity without mercy is just another cult.
  • 00:19:06.161 --> 00:19:07.729
  • Is just another cult. it's a tree without fruit.
  • 00:19:07.796 --> 00:19:09.398
  • It's a tree without fruit. it's a well without water.
  • 00:19:09.464 --> 00:19:11.200
  • It's a well without water. it's a cloud without rain.
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  • It's a cloud without rain. do you see the type
  • 00:19:14.069 --> 00:19:15.003
  • Do you see the type and foreshadowing of the grace
  • 00:19:15.070 --> 00:19:16.738
  • And foreshadowing of the grace of god in this story?
  • 00:19:16.805 --> 00:19:18.840
  • Of god in this story? once mephibosheth enjoyed life
  • 00:19:18.907 --> 00:19:21.076
  • Once mephibosheth enjoyed life with his father in the palace,
  • 00:19:21.143 --> 00:19:22.644
  • With his father in the palace, just as adam and eve walked
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  • Just as adam and eve walked and talked with god
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  • And talked with god in the garden of eden.
  • 00:19:25.480 --> 00:19:26.782
  • In the garden of eden. then satan and sin
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  • Then satan and sin entered the garden,
  • 00:19:28.951 --> 00:19:30.018
  • Entered the garden, and man fell,
  • 00:19:30.085 --> 00:19:31.620
  • And man fell, and we were permanently crippled
  • 00:19:31.687 --> 00:19:33.655
  • And we were permanently crippled in the fall, both feet.
  • 00:19:33.722 --> 00:19:35.691
  • In the fall, both feet. the heartbreaking story
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  • The heartbreaking story of sin begins with men
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  • Of sin begins with men separated from god.
  • 00:19:39.294 --> 00:19:41.029
  • Separated from god. jesus says to the woman
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  • Jesus says to the woman caught in adultery,
  • 00:19:42.698 --> 00:19:44.066
  • Caught in adultery, "thy sin be forgiven thee.
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  • "thy sin be forgiven thee. go and sin no more."
  • 00:19:45.934 --> 00:19:49.271
  • Go and sin no more." what's he saying?
  • 00:19:49.338 --> 00:19:50.339
  • What's he saying? "i expect you to change.
  • 00:19:50.405 --> 00:19:52.808
  • "i expect you to change. i expect you to change."
  • 00:19:52.874 --> 00:19:54.376
  • I expect you to change." sin is a cancer,
  • 00:19:54.443 --> 00:19:55.544
  • Sin is a cancer, and you either get the cancer
  • 00:19:55.611 --> 00:19:57.045
  • And you either get the cancer or the cancer gets you.
  • 00:19:57.112 --> 00:19:58.680
  • Or the cancer gets you. sin is a crimson stain.
  • 00:19:58.747 --> 00:20:00.616
  • Sin is a crimson stain. it only is removed
  • 00:20:00.682 --> 00:20:02.050
  • It only is removed by the blood of the cross.
  • 00:20:02.117 --> 00:20:03.585
  • By the blood of the cross. sin can turn our nation
  • 00:20:03.652 --> 00:20:05.287
  • Sin can turn our nation into a running
  • 00:20:05.354 --> 00:20:06.288
  • Into a running sewer of criminals,
  • 00:20:06.355 --> 00:20:07.623
  • Sewer of criminals, thieves, anarchists, rapists,
  • 00:20:07.689 --> 00:20:09.992
  • Thieves, anarchists, rapists, child abusers, murderers,
  • 00:20:10.058 --> 00:20:11.994
  • Child abusers, murderers, sex traffickers,
  • 00:20:12.060 --> 00:20:13.562
  • Sex traffickers, that describes america today.
  • 00:20:13.629 --> 00:20:15.197
  • That describes america today. sin can do that.
  • 00:20:15.264 --> 00:20:16.531
  • Sin can do that. and believe me,
  • 00:20:16.598 --> 00:20:17.633
  • And believe me, there are people
  • 00:20:17.699 --> 00:20:18.533
  • There are people in washington d.c.
  • 00:20:18.600 --> 00:20:20.002
  • In washington d.c. who would want that to happen.
  • 00:20:20.068 --> 00:20:22.237
  • Who would want that to happen. the bible says,
  • 00:20:22.304 --> 00:20:23.238
  • The bible says, "blessed is the nation
  • 00:20:23.305 --> 00:20:24.273
  • "blessed is the nation whose god is the lord."
  • 00:20:24.339 --> 00:20:25.807
  • Whose god is the lord." the bible says,
  • 00:20:25.874 --> 00:20:26.675
  • The bible says, "all nations that forget god
  • 00:20:26.742 --> 00:20:28.410
  • "all nations that forget god are tuned into hell."
  • 00:20:28.477 --> 00:20:32.214
  • Are tuned into hell." that's a reality.
  • 00:20:32.281 --> 00:20:35.050
  • That's a reality. back to the story.
  • 00:20:35.117 --> 00:20:35.984
  • Back to the story. when king david asked,
  • 00:20:36.051 --> 00:20:37.519
  • When king david asked, "is there anyone in the house
  • 00:20:37.586 --> 00:20:39.621
  • "is there anyone in the house related to jonathan?"
  • 00:20:39.688 --> 00:20:42.324
  • Related to jonathan?" a bureaucrat named ziba
  • 00:20:42.391 --> 00:20:44.092
  • A bureaucrat named ziba stepped out of the shadows
  • 00:20:44.159 --> 00:20:45.193
  • Stepped out of the shadows of the palace and sneered,
  • 00:20:45.260 --> 00:20:46.762
  • Of the palace and sneered, "there's still a son
  • 00:20:46.828 --> 00:20:47.763
  • "there's still a son of jonathan who's crippled
  • 00:20:47.829 --> 00:20:49.031
  • Of jonathan who's crippled in both of his feet."
  • 00:20:49.097 --> 00:20:50.399
  • In both of his feet." you can hear the sarcasm
  • 00:20:50.465 --> 00:20:51.900
  • You can hear the sarcasm in his self-righteous voice.
  • 00:20:51.967 --> 00:20:53.735
  • In his self-righteous voice. his implication is,
  • 00:20:53.802 --> 00:20:55.037
  • His implication is, "mephibosheth, he really doesn't
  • 00:20:55.103 --> 00:20:56.571
  • "mephibosheth, he really doesn't fit in here.
  • 00:20:56.638 --> 00:20:57.706
  • Fit in here. you really don't want
  • 00:20:57.773 --> 00:20:58.740
  • You really don't want him in the palace.
  • 00:20:58.807 --> 00:20:59.775
  • Him in the palace. he's crippled, he's not right.
  • 00:20:59.841 --> 00:21:01.343
  • He's crippled, he's not right. he's not the right kind
  • 00:21:01.410 --> 00:21:02.277
  • He's not the right kind of guy for us.
  • 00:21:02.344 --> 00:21:02.811
  • Of guy for us. i mean, he's just not with it,
  • 00:21:02.878 --> 00:21:04.313
  • I mean, he's just not with it, you know?
  • 00:21:04.379 --> 00:21:04.913
  • You know? he's not like the rest of us."
  • 00:21:04.980 --> 00:21:08.483
  • He's not like the rest of us." lurking in the shadows
  • 00:21:08.550 --> 00:21:09.718
  • Lurking in the shadows of every church in america
  • 00:21:09.785 --> 00:21:11.653
  • Of every church in america are smug, arrogant,
  • 00:21:11.720 --> 00:21:13.121
  • Are smug, arrogant, self-righteous grace killers
  • 00:21:13.188 --> 00:21:15.157
  • Self-righteous grace killers who segregate god's
  • 00:21:15.223 --> 00:21:16.491
  • Who segregate god's children with,
  • 00:21:16.558 --> 00:21:17.726
  • Children with, "they really don't fit in here."
  • 00:21:17.793 --> 00:21:20.162
  • "they really don't fit in here." let me tell you something,
  • 00:21:20.228 --> 00:21:24.366
  • Let me tell you something, if you're in here to worship
  • 00:21:24.433 --> 00:21:26.101
  • If you're in here to worship jesus christ,
  • 00:21:26.168 --> 00:21:28.270
  • Jesus christ, we love you.
  • 00:21:28.337 --> 00:21:30.005
  • We love you. we want you here.
  • 00:21:30.072 --> 00:21:31.039
  • [applause]
  • 00:21:31.373 --> 00:21:37.846
  • You don't read about
  • 00:21:39.281 --> 00:21:40.148
  • You don't read about rich believers and poor
  • 00:21:40.215 --> 00:21:41.983
  • Rich believers and poor believers in the bible,
  • 00:21:42.050 --> 00:21:44.519
  • Believers in the bible, you just read about the saved
  • 00:21:44.586 --> 00:21:46.888
  • You just read about the saved and the unsaved.
  • 00:21:46.955 --> 00:21:48.990
  • And the unsaved. the man who has come to christ
  • 00:21:49.057 --> 00:21:50.792
  • The man who has come to christ and the man who
  • 00:21:50.859 --> 00:21:51.626
  • And the man who has rejected christ.
  • 00:21:51.693 --> 00:21:54.696
  • Has rejected christ. back to the story.
  • 00:21:54.763 --> 00:21:56.665
  • Back to the story. when david asked,
  • 00:21:56.732 --> 00:21:57.566
  • When david asked, "is there anyone
  • 00:21:57.632 --> 00:21:58.233
  • "is there anyone of the house of saul?"
  • 00:21:58.300 --> 00:21:59.901
  • Of the house of saul?" ziba answered,
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  • Ziba answered, "there is one,
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  • "there is one, he's crippled."
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  • He's crippled." david didn't say,
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  • David didn't say, "how badly is he crippled?"
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  • "how badly is he crippled?" he just said,
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  • He just said, "where is he?"
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  • "where is he?" "he is in lo debar,
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  • "he is in lo debar, he is in the far country."
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  • He is in the far country." many of you here and those
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  • Many of you here and those watching by television
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  • Watching by television are living in lo debar,
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  • Are living in lo debar, a place of lack and want.
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  • A place of lack and want. your marriage is dead or dying.
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  • Your marriage is dead or dying. you have no joy,
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  • You have no joy, you have no peace,
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  • You have no peace, you have no laughter.
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  • You have no laughter. there is no direction
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  • There is no direction for your life.
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  • For your life. your business is bankrupt,
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  • Your business is bankrupt, your finances are in shambles,
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  • Your finances are in shambles, you're humiliated
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  • You're humiliated by addictive habits.
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  • By addictive habits. you are angry at someone
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  • You are angry at someone in your family.
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  • In your family. the rejection of your mother,
  • 00:22:33.969 --> 00:22:35.504
  • The rejection of your mother, of your father, of your spouse.
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  • Of your father, of your spouse. i've got good news for you.
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  • I've got good news for you. just as king david went looking
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  • Just as king david went looking for mephibosheth,
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  • For mephibosheth, the king of glory
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  • The king of glory is looking for you.
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  • Is looking for you. the king of glory is
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  • The king of glory is walking the aisles
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  • Walking the aisles looking for you.
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  • [applause]
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  • He wants to restore
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  • He wants to restore your good name.
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  • Your good name. he wants to restore your family.
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  • He wants to restore your family. he wants to restore
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  • He wants to restore your fortune.
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  • Your fortune. he wants to give you a mansion
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  • He wants to give you a mansion designed by the architect
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  • Designed by the architect of the ages in
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  • Of the ages in the new jerusalem,
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  • The new jerusalem, and he wants
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  • And he wants to give you an eternal life.
  • 00:23:08.003 --> 00:23:10.105
  • To give you an eternal life. let me move along
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  • Let me move along to the end of this sermon.
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  • To the end of this sermon. in closing, the text says,
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  • In closing, the text says, "so mephibosheth
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  • "so mephibosheth lived in jerusalem, for he ate
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  • Lived in jerusalem, for he ate at the king's table regularly,
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  • At the king's table regularly, and he was lame
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  • And he was lame in both of his feet."
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  • In both of his feet." 2 samuel 9:13.
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  • 2 samuel 9:13. every day that mephibosheth came
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  • Every day that mephibosheth came in to eat with king david,
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  • In to eat with king david, absalom, and all the other
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  • Absalom, and all the other people who were famous
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  • People who were famous at that time,
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  • At that time, as soon as he arrived,
  • 00:23:41.470 --> 00:23:43.872
  • As soon as he arrived, he sat in a chair
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  • He sat in a chair and put his crippled feet
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  • And put his crippled feet under this beautiful table.
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  • Under this beautiful table. he put all of his past beyond
  • 00:23:50.645 --> 00:23:53.715
  • He put all of his past beyond sight and was just as beautiful
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  • Sight and was just as beautiful as anyone sitting
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  • As anyone sitting around that table.
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  • [applause]
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  • I want you to know
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  • I want you to know when you see this,
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  • When you see this, mephibosheth thought,
  • 00:24:11.633 --> 00:24:12.634
  • Mephibosheth thought, "this has been
  • 00:24:12.701 --> 00:24:13.101
  • "this has been quite a day for me.
  • 00:24:13.168 --> 00:24:15.036
  • Quite a day for me. i woke up this morning
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  • I woke up this morning in lo debar
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  • In lo debar in rags in a shack,
  • 00:24:17.105 --> 00:24:18.273
  • In rags in a shack, and tonight i'm eating
  • 00:24:18.340 --> 00:24:19.708
  • And tonight i'm eating at the table with king david
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  • At the table with king david in the palace.
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  • In the palace. i'm wearing a hart schaffner
  • 00:24:23.478 --> 00:24:25.146
  • I'm wearing a hart schaffner and marx suit,
  • 00:24:25.213 --> 00:24:26.414
  • And marx suit, i've watched fox news
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  • I've watched fox news on the wide screen television.
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  • On the wide screen television. this is just too good
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  • This is just too good to be true."
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  • To be true." you hear the dinner bell
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  • You hear the dinner bell ring and king david sits down.
  • 00:24:34.923 --> 00:24:37.092
  • Ring and king david sits down. the table is covered
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  • The table is covered with delicious food
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  • With delicious food of every kind.
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  • Of every kind. king david sits at
  • 00:24:40.061 --> 00:24:41.296
  • King david sits at the head of the table.
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  • The head of the table. i believe this is
  • 00:24:43.899 --> 00:24:44.733
  • I believe this is where david thought,
  • 00:24:44.799 --> 00:24:46.501
  • Where david thought, "thou preparest a table
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  • "thou preparest a table before me in the presence
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  • Before me in the presence of my enemies."
  • 00:24:49.304 --> 00:24:51.773
  • Of my enemies." you're in this building today,
  • 00:24:51.840 --> 00:24:57.946
  • You're in this building today, and inwardly,
  • 00:24:58.013 --> 00:24:59.447
  • And inwardly, you are angry,
  • 00:24:59.514 --> 00:25:00.682
  • You are angry, you are bitter,
  • 00:25:00.749 --> 00:25:01.683
  • You are bitter, you are something about
  • 00:25:01.750 --> 00:25:03.618
  • You are something about a member of your family.
  • 00:25:03.685 --> 00:25:07.255
  • A member of your family. this is the day to walk
  • 00:25:07.322 --> 00:25:09.658
  • This is the day to walk out of that prison,
  • 00:25:09.724 --> 00:25:11.092
  • Out of that prison, to walk out of that misery
  • 00:25:11.159 --> 00:25:13.562
  • To walk out of that misery because it will destroy you
  • 00:25:13.628 --> 00:25:15.297
  • Because it will destroy you if you don't.
  • 00:25:15.363 --> 00:25:17.999
  • If you don't. it will destroy you
  • 00:25:18.066 --> 00:25:19.034
  • It will destroy you if you don't.
  • 00:25:19.100 --> 00:25:20.302
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  • The truth of god's word.
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  • Equip believers
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  • And reach the lost.
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  • And caring for the sick.
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  • The hatred we saw on october
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  • The 7th toward israel
  • 00:25:59.507 --> 00:26:01.209
  • 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
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  • And may the lord make his face to shine upon you,
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  • Face 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. may today you discover peace
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  • May today you discover peace and reconciliation with every
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  • And reconciliation with every person that you're related.
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  • Person that you're related. because those who are called
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  • Because those who are called christians should be people
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  • Christians should be people who live in peace,
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  • Who live in peace, promote peace,
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