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John Hagee - Knowing The Grace of God

October 2, 2025 | 28:30

John Hagee - Knowing The Grace of God
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Hagee Ministries | John Hagee - Knowing The Grace of God | October 2, 2025
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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.
  • 00:08:15.188 --> 00:08:16.957
  • Of your mind 3,000 years. we are in israel.
  • 00:08:17.024 --> 00:08:18.959
  • We are in israel. king saul and jonathan have
  • 00:08:19.026 --> 00:08:20.494
  • 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,
  • 00:08:30.337 --> 00:08:33.173
  • It was a brutal time in history, customary that all members
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  • Customary that all members of the royal family
  • 00:08:34.641 --> 00:08:35.976
  • Of the royal family be slaughtered by the new king
  • 00:08:36.043 --> 00:08:38.579
  • 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.
  • 00:08:41.815 --> 00:08:43.684
  • The throne in the future. when word reached jerusalem
  • 00:08:43.750 --> 00:08:45.252
  • When word reached jerusalem that saul and jonathan
  • 00:08:45.319 --> 00:08:46.520
  • That saul and jonathan had been killed,
  • 00:08:46.587 --> 00:08:47.821
  • Had been killed, the nurse of jonathan's infant
  • 00:08:47.888 --> 00:08:49.890
  • The nurse of jonathan's infant son raced into the nursery,
  • 00:08:49.957 --> 00:08:52.626
  • Son raced into the nursery, grabbed up jonathan's baby,
  • 00:08:52.693 --> 00:08:55.062
  • Grabbed up jonathan's baby, ran for their lives.
  • 00:08:55.128 --> 00:08:57.030
  • Ran for their lives. she dropped the baby.
  • 00:08:57.097 --> 00:08:58.899
  • She dropped the baby. he became permanently crippled
  • 00:08:58.966 --> 00:09:01.201
  • He became permanently crippled in both of his feet.
  • 00:09:01.268 --> 00:09:02.836
  • In both of his feet. his name is mephibosheth.
  • 00:09:02.903 --> 00:09:05.639
  • His name is mephibosheth. he failed the first grade trying
  • 00:09:05.706 --> 00:09:07.407
  • 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,
  • 00:09:12.145 --> 00:09:14.448
  • Mephibosheth is five years old, and we hear nothing of him
  • 00:09:14.514 --> 00:09:15.916
  • And we hear nothing of him in scripture for 20 years
  • 00:09:15.983 --> 00:09:17.684
  • In scripture for 20 years because he flees to the land
  • 00:09:17.751 --> 00:09:19.553
  • Because he flees to the land of lo debar.
  • 00:09:19.620 --> 00:09:20.621
  • Of lo debar. in the bible,
  • 00:09:20.687 --> 00:09:21.455
  • In the bible, lo debar is
  • 00:09:21.521 --> 00:09:22.489
  • Lo debar is the land of barrenness.
  • 00:09:22.556 --> 00:09:24.825
  • The land of barrenness. it's the place of poverty.
  • 00:09:24.891 --> 00:09:27.094
  • It's the place of poverty. it's a place where people
  • 00:09:27.160 --> 00:09:28.695
  • It's a place where people go to live in exclusion,
  • 00:09:28.762 --> 00:09:31.698
  • Go to live in exclusion, to hide for the fear of life.
  • 00:09:31.765 --> 00:09:34.501
  • To hide for the fear of life. years pass and one day,
  • 00:09:34.568 --> 00:09:36.536
  • Years pass and one day, king david is remembering
  • 00:09:36.603 --> 00:09:38.205
  • King david is remembering his dearest friend, jonathan,
  • 00:09:38.271 --> 00:09:40.273
  • His dearest friend, jonathan, and he asked a question
  • 00:09:40.340 --> 00:09:41.775
  • And he asked a question which shattered the silence
  • 00:09:41.842 --> 00:09:43.477
  • Which shattered the silence of the palace.
  • 00:09:43.543 --> 00:09:45.078
  • Of the palace. he said,
  • 00:09:45.145 --> 00:09:45.646
  • He said, "is there any of the house
  • 00:09:45.712 --> 00:09:47.147
  • "is there any of the house of saul that i might show
  • 00:09:47.214 --> 00:09:49.449
  • Of saul that i might show him kindness
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  • Him kindness for jonathan's sake?"
  • 00:09:50.651 --> 00:09:52.586
  • For jonathan's sake?" it is a majestic question
  • 00:09:52.653 --> 00:09:54.454
  • It is a majestic question of god's grace.
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  • Of god's grace. is there anyone?
  • 00:09:56.623 --> 00:09:58.025
  • Is there anyone? not is there someone deserving?
  • 00:09:58.091 --> 00:10:01.828
  • Not is there someone deserving? not is there someone qualified?
  • 00:10:01.895 --> 00:10:04.464
  • Not is there someone qualified? not is there someone who is
  • 00:10:04.531 --> 00:10:06.433
  • Not is there someone who is politically brilliant
  • 00:10:06.500 --> 00:10:07.467
  • Politically brilliant and can serve me?
  • 00:10:07.534 --> 00:10:09.002
  • And can serve me? but is there anyone?
  • 00:10:09.069 --> 00:10:10.904
  • But is there anyone? this is a question that
  • 00:10:10.971 --> 00:10:12.105
  • This is a question that the church in america
  • 00:10:12.172 --> 00:10:13.874
  • The church in america needs to ask.
  • 00:10:13.940 --> 00:10:14.941
  • Needs to ask. is there anyone who wants
  • 00:10:15.008 --> 00:10:17.778
  • Is there anyone who wants to come to the house of god
  • 00:10:17.844 --> 00:10:19.880
  • To come to the house of god to discover jesus christ?
  • 00:10:19.946 --> 00:10:22.182
  • To discover jesus christ? not to discover whether
  • 00:10:22.249 --> 00:10:23.684
  • Not to discover whether our doctrine is or not,
  • 00:10:23.750 --> 00:10:26.086
  • Our doctrine is or not, but to discover if jesus
  • 00:10:26.153 --> 00:10:27.854
  • But to discover if jesus is the lord of that church.
  • 00:10:27.921 --> 00:10:29.956
  • Is the lord of that church. many churches are looking
  • 00:10:30.023 --> 00:10:31.158
  • Many churches are looking for the right kind of people,
  • 00:10:31.224 --> 00:10:33.326
  • For the right kind of people, the right education,
  • 00:10:33.393 --> 00:10:34.561
  • The right education, the right amount of wealth,
  • 00:10:34.628 --> 00:10:35.896
  • The right amount of wealth, the right doctrine,
  • 00:10:35.962 --> 00:10:36.997
  • The right doctrine, the right denomination.
  • 00:10:37.064 --> 00:10:38.632
  • The right denomination. i wanna tell you, this church,
  • 00:10:38.699 --> 00:10:40.000
  • I wanna tell you, this church, cornerstone church is looking
  • 00:10:40.067 --> 00:10:41.935
  • Cornerstone church is looking for anyone whose
  • 00:10:42.002 --> 00:10:43.036
  • For anyone whose life has been shattered.
  • 00:10:43.103 --> 00:10:44.671
  • Life has been shattered. anyone whose dreams
  • 00:10:44.738 --> 00:10:46.073
  • Anyone whose dreams have been crushed.
  • 00:10:46.139 --> 00:10:47.207
  • Have been crushed. anyone who has given up
  • 00:10:47.274 --> 00:10:48.508
  • Anyone who has given up hope for their future.
  • 00:10:48.575 --> 00:10:50.444
  • Hope for their future. you can go
  • 00:10:50.510 --> 00:10:51.344
  • You can go to the down and the out
  • 00:10:51.411 --> 00:10:52.813
  • To the down and the out or the up and the out
  • 00:10:52.879 --> 00:10:54.181
  • Or the up and the out or the poor or the sick
  • 00:10:54.247 --> 00:10:55.082
  • Or the poor or the sick and the forsaken.
  • 00:10:55.148 --> 00:10:56.283
  • And the forsaken. god's amazing grace
  • 00:10:56.349 --> 00:10:57.984
  • God's amazing grace will give you a new
  • 00:10:58.051 --> 00:10:58.985
  • 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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  • Pray
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  • For the peace of jerusalem.
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  • This is not a suggestion.
  • 00:11:09.896 --> 00:11:11.331
  • It's a directive from heaven.
  • 00:11:11.331 --> 00:11:13.333
  • And for those who obey.
  • 00:11:13.333 --> 00:11:14.768
  • Blessings abound.
  • 00:11:14.768 --> 00:11:16.169
  • When you bless israel,
  • 00:11:16.169 --> 00:11:17.471
  • God promises to bless you
  • 00:11:17.471 --> 00:11:19.539
  • In a world
  • 00:11:19.539 --> 00:11:20.173
  • Filled with rising
  • 00:11:20.173 --> 00:11:21.208
  • Anti-semitism and violence.
  • 00:11:21.208 --> 00:11:23.143
  • Now is the time for believers
  • 00:11:23.143 --> 00:11:24.711
  • To stand boldly
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  • With god's people.
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  • Your voice, your prayers,
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  • Keychain made in israel,
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  • To pray for jerusalem.
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  • [applause]
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  • This book teaches that god's
  • 00:12:07.087 --> 00:12:08.188
  • This book teaches that god's grace is greater
  • 00:12:08.255 --> 00:12:09.389
  • Grace is greater than all your sin.
  • 00:12:09.456 --> 00:12:11.191
  • Than all your sin. god's grace that has no limit,
  • 00:12:11.258 --> 00:12:13.660
  • God's grace that has no limit, it's an ocean whose depths
  • 00:12:13.727 --> 00:12:15.295
  • It's an ocean whose depths have never been charted.
  • 00:12:15.362 --> 00:12:17.464
  • Have never been charted. god's amazing grace
  • 00:12:17.531 --> 00:12:18.732
  • God's amazing grace was on parade 33 generations
  • 00:12:18.799 --> 00:12:20.967
  • Was on parade 33 generations later when david's great,
  • 00:12:21.034 --> 00:12:23.003
  • Later when david's great, great grandson,
  • 00:12:23.069 --> 00:12:24.204
  • Great grandson, jesus of nazareth,
  • 00:12:24.271 --> 00:12:25.572
  • Jesus of nazareth, said to a sin crippled world,
  • 00:12:25.639 --> 00:12:27.908
  • Said to a sin crippled world, "is there anyone?
  • 00:12:27.974 --> 00:12:29.776
  • "is there anyone? is there anyone?
  • 00:12:29.843 --> 00:12:31.144
  • Is there anyone? whosoever will,
  • 00:12:31.211 --> 00:12:32.112
  • Whosoever will, let him come and drink
  • 00:12:32.179 --> 00:12:33.446
  • Let him come and drink of the waters of life freely."
  • 00:12:33.513 --> 00:12:35.482
  • Of the waters of life freely." this was for you
  • 00:12:35.549 --> 00:12:36.917
  • This was for you and you and you,
  • 00:12:36.983 --> 00:12:38.518
  • And you and you, and for me.
  • 00:12:38.585 --> 00:12:40.053
  • And for me. he stands here today
  • 00:12:40.120 --> 00:12:41.588
  • He stands here today beside me on this platform,
  • 00:12:41.655 --> 00:12:43.990
  • Beside me on this platform, and he's saying
  • 00:12:44.057 --> 00:12:44.958
  • And he's saying to this congregation,
  • 00:12:45.025 --> 00:12:46.293
  • To this congregation, "you who are lonely,
  • 00:12:46.359 --> 00:12:47.427
  • "you who are lonely, you have a broken heart,
  • 00:12:47.494 --> 00:12:48.929
  • You have a broken heart, you feel forsaken,
  • 00:12:48.995 --> 00:12:50.363
  • You feel forsaken, your dreams have been shattered,
  • 00:12:50.430 --> 00:12:52.032
  • Your dreams have been shattered, your family is in crisis,
  • 00:12:52.098 --> 00:12:53.600
  • Your family is in crisis, your marriage is dead or dying.
  • 00:12:53.667 --> 00:12:56.403
  • Your marriage is dead or dying. christ has an amazing
  • 00:12:56.469 --> 00:12:58.104
  • Christ has an amazing answer for you.
  • 00:12:58.171 --> 00:12:59.506
  • Answer for you. he can bring you love,
  • 00:12:59.573 --> 00:13:01.508
  • He can bring you love, joy, peace, happiness,
  • 00:13:01.575 --> 00:13:03.643
  • Joy, peace, happiness, because he is the son of god."
  • 00:13:03.710 --> 00:13:06.746
  • 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,
  • 00:13:15.155 --> 00:13:16.256
  • King david says, "is there anyone
  • 00:13:16.323 --> 00:13:17.357
  • "is there anyone of the house of saul?
  • 00:13:17.424 --> 00:13:21.494
  • Of the house of saul? is there anyone?
  • 00:13:21.561 --> 00:13:22.729
  • Is there anyone? saul who lied to me,
  • 00:13:22.796 --> 00:13:24.130
  • Saul who lied to me, saul who cheated me,
  • 00:13:24.197 --> 00:13:25.765
  • Saul who cheated me, saul who hated me,
  • 00:13:25.832 --> 00:13:27.200
  • Saul who hated me, saul who tried to murder me
  • 00:13:27.267 --> 00:13:29.402
  • Saul who tried to murder me as he chased me through
  • 00:13:29.469 --> 00:13:30.971
  • As he chased me through the hills of israel
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  • The hills of israel for ten long years."
  • 00:13:32.272 --> 00:13:34.841
  • For ten long years." the question,
  • 00:13:34.908 --> 00:13:36.243
  • The question, is there a saul in your life?
  • 00:13:36.309 --> 00:13:38.678
  • Is there a saul in your life? is there a powerful enemy
  • 00:13:38.745 --> 00:13:41.114
  • Is there a powerful enemy who has hurt you,
  • 00:13:41.181 --> 00:13:42.349
  • Who has hurt you, or tried to destroy you?
  • 00:13:42.415 --> 00:13:44.484
  • Or tried to destroy you? is that someone
  • 00:13:44.551 --> 00:13:45.418
  • Is that someone a member of your family?
  • 00:13:45.485 --> 00:13:46.953
  • A member of your family? if you love only those
  • 00:13:47.020 --> 00:13:48.255
  • If you love only those who love you,
  • 00:13:48.321 --> 00:13:49.522
  • Who love you, the love of the father
  • 00:13:49.589 --> 00:13:50.624
  • The love of the father does not dwell in you.
  • 00:13:50.690 --> 00:13:52.325
  • Does not dwell in you. grace is loving the unlovable.
  • 00:13:52.392 --> 00:13:56.830
  • Grace is loving the unlovable. grace is loving the unlovable.
  • 00:13:56.897 --> 00:14:00.934
  • Grace is loving the unlovable. grace is showing mercy
  • 00:14:01.001 --> 00:14:03.403
  • Grace is showing mercy to the merciless.
  • 00:14:03.470 --> 00:14:05.472
  • To the merciless. grace is being good
  • 00:14:05.538 --> 00:14:07.307
  • Grace is being good to the totally bad.
  • 00:14:07.374 --> 00:14:09.576
  • To the totally bad. grace is forgiving
  • 00:14:09.643 --> 00:14:11.211
  • Grace is forgiving the unforgivable.
  • 00:14:11.278 --> 00:14:13.246
  • The unforgivable. does that describe you?
  • 00:14:13.313 --> 00:14:15.248
  • Does that describe you? does that describe
  • 00:14:15.315 --> 00:14:16.349
  • Does that describe someone in your family?
  • 00:14:16.416 --> 00:14:18.051
  • Someone in your family? or you can only love
  • 00:14:18.118 --> 00:14:19.119
  • Or you can only love those that love you.
  • 00:14:19.185 --> 00:14:20.220
  • Those that love you. the world does not care
  • 00:14:20.287 --> 00:14:21.388
  • The world does not care what you know until they know
  • 00:14:21.454 --> 00:14:23.690
  • What you know until they know that you really care about them.
  • 00:14:23.757 --> 00:14:26.826
  • That you really care about them. the church of jesus christ
  • 00:14:26.893 --> 00:14:28.061
  • The church of jesus christ in america is divided into
  • 00:14:28.128 --> 00:14:30.063
  • In america is divided into 268 major denominations,
  • 00:14:30.130 --> 00:14:32.732
  • 268 major denominations, and fighting each other
  • 00:14:32.799 --> 00:14:34.034
  • And fighting each other most of the time.
  • 00:14:34.100 --> 00:14:35.702
  • Most of the time. where's the grace
  • 00:14:35.769 --> 00:14:36.436
  • Where's the grace of god in that?
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  • Of god in that? jesus said,
  • 00:14:38.438 --> 00:14:39.139
  • Jesus said, "love one another
  • 00:14:39.205 --> 00:14:40.206
  • "love one another as i have loved you."
  • 00:14:40.273 --> 00:14:41.908
  • As i have loved you." say that with me,
  • 00:14:41.975 --> 00:14:42.943
  • Say that with me, "love one another
  • 00:14:43.009 --> 00:14:44.644
  • "love one another as i have loved you."
  • 00:14:44.711 --> 00:14:46.613
  • As i have loved you." god is love and they that have
  • 00:14:46.680 --> 00:14:48.181
  • God is love and they that have not love have not god.
  • 00:14:48.248 --> 00:14:51.451
  • Not love have not god. that's the bible.
  • 00:14:51.518 --> 00:14:53.186
  • That's the bible. god's amazing grace
  • 00:14:53.253 --> 00:14:54.554
  • God's amazing grace can conquer racism.
  • 00:14:54.621 --> 00:14:56.756
  • Can conquer racism. god loves all of us
  • 00:14:56.823 --> 00:14:58.391
  • God loves all of us or he loves none of us.
  • 00:14:58.458 --> 00:15:01.194
  • Or he loves none of us. god can conquer materialism.
  • 00:15:01.261 --> 00:15:04.564
  • God can conquer materialism. i don't care if you're
  • 00:15:04.631 --> 00:15:05.498
  • I don't care if you're in a silk suit or in blue jeans,
  • 00:15:05.565 --> 00:15:07.334
  • In a silk suit or in blue jeans, god loves you.
  • 00:15:07.400 --> 00:15:08.201
  • [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,
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  • 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.
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  • Than you are jesus christ. people say,
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  • 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."
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  • 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,
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  • 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,
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  • 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.
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  • 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."
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  • "i am joseph, your brother." they wept together
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  • They wept together in family unity.
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  • In family unity. i wanna ask you a question,
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  • I wanna ask you a question, is there unity in your family?
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  • 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.
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  • 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
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  • Of all of that it put him through.
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  • Put him through. that prison --
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  • That prison -- that prison thing was enough
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  • That prison thing was enough to make anybody bitter, angry.
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  • 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?
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  • Grace, for jonathan's sake? mercy to the family
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  • Mercy to the family that tormented me."
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  • That tormented me." saul chased david across israel
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  • 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
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  • Now, he's giving mercy to the family that hunted
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  • To the family that hunted him like an animal
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  • Him like an animal trying to kill him.
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  • Trying to kill him. satan could care less how
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  • Satan could care less how much you sing amazing grace,
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  • Much you sing amazing grace, just as long as you can sing it
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  • Just as long as you can sing it with a snarl on your lips
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  • With a snarl on your lips and a merciless heart.
  • 00:18:55.528 --> 00:18:56.829
  • And a merciless heart. if satan can take the mercy
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  • If satan can take the mercy out of christian conduct,
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  • Out of christian conduct, he has killed christianity.
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  • He has killed christianity. christianity without mercy
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  • Christianity without mercy is just another cult.
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  • Is just another cult. it's a tree without fruit.
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  • It's a tree without fruit. it's a well without water.
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  • It's a well without water. it's a cloud without rain.
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  • It's a cloud without rain. do you see the type
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  • Do you see the type and foreshadowing of the grace
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  • And foreshadowing of the grace of god in this story?
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  • Of god in this story? once mephibosheth enjoyed life
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  • Once mephibosheth enjoyed life with his father in the palace,
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  • 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.
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  • In the garden of eden. then satan and sin
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  • Then satan and sin entered the garden,
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  • Entered the garden, and man fell,
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  • And man fell, and we were permanently crippled
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  • And we were permanently crippled in the fall, both feet.
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  • 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.
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  • Separated from god. jesus says to the woman
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  • Jesus says to the woman caught in adultery,
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  • Caught in adultery, "thy sin be forgiven thee.
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  • "thy sin be forgiven thee. go and sin no more."
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  • Go and sin no more." what's he saying?
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  • What's he saying? "i expect you to change.
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  • "i expect you to change. i expect you to change."
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  • I expect you to change." sin is a cancer,
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  • Sin is a cancer, and you either get the cancer
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  • And you either get the cancer or the cancer gets you.
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  • Or the cancer gets you. sin is a crimson stain.
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  • Sin is a crimson stain. it only is removed
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  • It only is removed by the blood of the cross.
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  • By the blood of the cross. sin can turn our nation
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  • Sin can turn our nation into a running
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  • Into a running sewer of criminals,
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  • Sewer of criminals, thieves, anarchists, rapists,
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  • Thieves, anarchists, rapists, child abusers, murderers,
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  • Child abusers, murderers, sex traffickers,
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  • Sex traffickers, that describes america today.
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  • That describes america today. sin can do that.
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  • Sin can do that. and believe me,
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  • And believe me, there are people
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  • There are people in washington d.c.
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  • In washington d.c. who would want that to happen.
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  • Who would want that to happen. the bible says,
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  • The bible says, "blessed is the nation
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  • "blessed is the nation whose god is the lord."
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  • Whose god is the lord." the bible says,
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  • The bible says, "all nations that forget god
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  • "all nations that forget god are tuned into hell."
  • 00:20:27.487 --> 00:20:31.224
  • Are tuned into hell." that's a reality.
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  • That's a reality. back to the story.
  • 00:20:34.127 --> 00:20:34.994
  • Back to the story. when king david asked,
  • 00:20:35.061 --> 00:20:36.529
  • When king david asked, "is there anyone in the house
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  • "is there anyone in the house related to jonathan?"
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  • Related to jonathan?" a bureaucrat named ziba
  • 00:20:41.401 --> 00:20:43.102
  • A bureaucrat named ziba stepped out of the shadows
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  • Stepped out of the shadows of the palace and sneered,
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  • Of the palace and sneered, "there's still a son
  • 00:20:45.838 --> 00:20:46.773
  • "there's still a son of jonathan who's crippled
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  • Of jonathan who's crippled in both of his feet."
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  • In both of his feet." you can hear the sarcasm
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  • You can hear the sarcasm in his self-righteous voice.
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  • In his self-righteous voice. his implication is,
  • 00:20:52.812 --> 00:20:54.047
  • His implication is, "mephibosheth, he really doesn't
  • 00:20:54.113 --> 00:20:55.581
  • "mephibosheth, he really doesn't fit in here.
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  • Fit in here. you really don't want
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  • You really don't want him in the palace.
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  • Him in the palace. he's crippled, he's not right.
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  • He's crippled, he's not right. he's not the right kind
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  • He's not the right kind of guy for us.
  • 00:21:01.354 --> 00:21:01.821
  • Of guy for us. i mean, he's just not with it,
  • 00:21:01.888 --> 00:21:03.323
  • I mean, he's just not with it, you know?
  • 00:21:03.389 --> 00:21:03.923
  • You know? he's not like the rest of us."
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  • He's not like the rest of us." lurking in the shadows
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  • Lurking in the shadows of every church in america
  • 00:21:08.795 --> 00:21:10.663
  • Of every church in america are smug, arrogant,
  • 00:21:10.730 --> 00:21:12.131
  • Are smug, arrogant, self-righteous grace killers
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  • Self-righteous grace killers who segregate god's
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  • Who segregate god's children with,
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  • Children with, "they really don't fit in here."
  • 00:21:16.803 --> 00:21:19.172
  • "they really don't fit in here." let me tell you something,
  • 00:21:19.238 --> 00:21:23.376
  • Let me tell you something, if you're in here to worship
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  • If you're in here to worship jesus christ,
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  • Jesus christ, we love you.
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  • We love you. we want you here.
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  • [applause]
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  • You don't read about
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  • You don't read about rich believers and poor
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  • Rich believers and poor believers in the bible,
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  • Believers in the bible, you just read about the saved
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  • You just read about the saved and the unsaved.
  • 00:21:45.965 --> 00:21:48.000
  • And the unsaved. the man who has come to christ
  • 00:21:48.067 --> 00:21:49.802
  • The man who has come to christ and the man who
  • 00:21:49.869 --> 00:21:50.636
  • And the man who has rejected christ.
  • 00:21:50.703 --> 00:21:53.706
  • Has rejected christ. back to the story.
  • 00:21:53.773 --> 00:21:55.675
  • Back to the story. when david asked,
  • 00:21:55.742 --> 00:21:56.576
  • When david asked, "is there anyone
  • 00:21:56.642 --> 00:21:57.243
  • "is there anyone of the house of saul?"
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  • 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,
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  • 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.
  • 00:23:07.013 --> 00:23:09.115
  • 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,
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  • 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
  • 00:23:49.655 --> 00:23:52.725
  • 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,
  • 00:24:10.643 --> 00:24:11.644
  • Mephibosheth thought, "this has been
  • 00:24:11.711 --> 00:24:12.111
  • "this has been quite a day for me.
  • 00:24:12.178 --> 00:24:14.046
  • 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,
  • 00:24:16.115 --> 00:24:17.283
  • In rags in a shack, and tonight i'm eating
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  • 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
  • 00:24:22.488 --> 00:24:24.156
  • I'm wearing a hart schaffner and marx suit,
  • 00:24:24.223 --> 00:24:25.424
  • 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
  • 00:24:28.895 --> 00:24:29.996
  • 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.
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  • Ring and king david sits down. the table is covered
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  • The table is covered with delicious food
  • 00:24:37.203 --> 00:24:38.137
  • With delicious food of every kind.
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  • Of every kind. king david sits at
  • 00:24:39.071 --> 00:24:40.306
  • King david sits at the head of the table.
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  • The head of the table. i believe this is
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  • I believe this is where david thought,
  • 00:24:43.809 --> 00:24:45.511
  • 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."
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  • Of my enemies." you're in this building today,
  • 00:24:50.850 --> 00:24:56.956
  • You're in this building today, and inwardly,
  • 00:24:57.023 --> 00:24:58.457
  • And inwardly, you are angry,
  • 00:24:58.524 --> 00:24:59.692
  • You are angry, you are bitter,
  • 00:24:59.759 --> 00:25:00.693
  • You are bitter, you are something about
  • 00:25:00.760 --> 00:25:02.628
  • You are something about a member of your family.
  • 00:25:02.695 --> 00:25:06.265
  • A member of your family. this is the day to walk
  • 00:25:06.332 --> 00:25:08.668
  • This is the day to walk out of that prison,
  • 00:25:08.734 --> 00:25:10.102
  • Out of that prison, to walk out of that misery
  • 00:25:10.169 --> 00:25:12.572
  • To walk out of that misery because it will destroy you
  • 00:25:12.638 --> 00:25:14.307
  • Because it will destroy you if you don't.
  • 00:25:14.373 --> 00:25:17.009
  • If you don't. it will destroy you
  • 00:25:17.076 --> 00:25:18.044
  • It will destroy you if you don't.
  • 00:25:18.110 --> 00:25:19.312
  • The hatred we saw on october
  • 00:25:27.486 --> 00:25:29.221
  • The 7th toward israel
  • 00:25:29.221 --> 00:25:30.923
  • And the jewish
  • 00:25:30.923 --> 00:25:31.624
  • People was not new.
  • 00:25:31.624 --> 00:25:33.159
  • It was a chilling reminder
  • 00:25:33.159 --> 00:25:34.660
  • That anti-semitism
  • 00:25:34.660 --> 00:25:36.195
  • 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,
  • 00:25:40.866 --> 00:25:42.802
  • Pastor hagee
  • 00:25:42.802 --> 00:25:43.603
  • Exposes the spiritual
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  • And historical roots
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  • Of anti-semitism
  • 00:25:46.172 --> 00:25:47.506
  • And why it's exploding
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