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John Hagee - Thou Shall Not Steal

May 27, 2025 | 27:29

John Hagee - Thou Shall Not Steal
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Hagee Ministries | John Hagee - Thou Shall Not Steal | May 27, 2025
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  • Pastor john hagee: will you
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  • Pastor john hagee: will you please stand for the reading
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  • Please stand for the reading of god's word.
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  • Of god's word. turn to exodus 20:15-17,
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  • Turn to exodus 20:15-17, as we conclude
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  • As we conclude our series of sermons
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  • Our series of sermons on the ten commandments
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  • On the ten commandments with these three commandments.
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  • With these three commandments. one, thou shall not steal.
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  • One, thou shall not steal. two, you shall not
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  • Two, you shall not bear false witness.
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  • Bear false witness. three, you shall not covet.
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  • Three, you shall not covet. read with me the word of god
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  • Read with me the word of god that confirms this belief.
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  • That confirms this belief. "you shall not steal.
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  • "you shall not steal. you shall not bear false witness
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  • You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
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  • Against your neighbor. you shall not covet
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  • You shall not covet your neighbor's house;
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  • Your neighbor's house; you shall not covet
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  • You shall not covet your neighbor's wife,
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  • Your neighbor's wife, nor his male servant,
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  • Nor his male servant, nor his female servant,
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  • Nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey,
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  • Nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that
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  • Nor anything that is your neighbor's."
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  • Is your neighbor's." simply put,
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  • Simply put, hands off of anything
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  • Hands off of anything your neighbor has.
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  • Your neighbor has. can we pray together?
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  • Can we pray together? our most gracious,
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  • Our most gracious, heavenly father,
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  • Heavenly father, with great joy have we gathered
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  • With great joy have we gathered in the house of the lord
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  • In the house of the lord to sit in the nearness
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  • To sit in the nearness of the holy spirit,
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  • Of the holy spirit, and to receive the word
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  • And to receive the word of truth that comes from
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  • Of truth that comes from the lips of god himself.
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  • The lips of god himself. in jesus' name,
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  • In jesus' name, bless us to receive this,
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  • Bless us to receive this, because they are
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  • Because they are life-changing principles that
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  • Life-changing principles that cannot be altered by mankind.
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  • Cannot be altered by mankind. in jesus' name we pray.
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  • In jesus' name we pray. and all of god's children said,
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  • And all of god's children said, "amen."
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  • "amen." you may be seated.
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  • The ten commandments are
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  • The ten commandments are an expression of god's love.
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  • An expression of god's love. if you keep them,
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  • If you keep them, you will know happiness,
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  • You will know happiness, you will know joy,
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  • You will know joy, you will have peace,
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  • You will have peace, you will know prosperity
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  • You will know prosperity and unlimited success.
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  • And unlimited success. when you die, you are going
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  • When you die, you are going to open your eyes in a paradise
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  • To open your eyes in a paradise that god has created
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  • That god has created for the righteous
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  • For the righteous with a beauty and majesty
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  • With a beauty and majesty your mind cannot fathom.
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  • Your mind cannot fathom. why am i teaching
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  • Why am i teaching these commandments
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  • These commandments to this congregation?
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  • To this congregation? because jesus,
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  • Because jesus, who is our example,
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  • Who is our example, who is our teacher, said,
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  • Who is our teacher, said, "whoever keeps and teaches
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  • "whoever keeps and teaches these commandments
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  • These commandments will be called great
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  • Will be called great in the kingdom of god."
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  • In the kingdom of god." there's not another verse
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  • There's not another verse like that in the bible.
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  • Like that in the bible. the ten commandments are not
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  • The ten commandments are not antiquated principles
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  • Antiquated principles for the past.
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  • For the past. they are more contemporary
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  • They are more contemporary than the constitution
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  • Than the constitution of the united states.
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  • Of the united states. they are more relevant
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  • They are more relevant than today's newspaper.
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  • Than today's newspaper. the ten commandments
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  • The ten commandments are god's penicillin shot
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  • Are god's penicillin shot for the moral
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  • For the moral and political sickness
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  • And political sickness in the bloodstream of america.
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  • In the bloodstream of america. just take a snapshot
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  • Just take a snapshot of our country.
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  • Of our country. we have a border crisis
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  • We have a border crisis where criminals and drug pushers
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  • Where criminals and drug pushers are coming in to destroy
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  • Are coming in to destroy our children.
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  • Our children. we have a police
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  • We have a police that's defunded.
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  • That's defunded. police are being shot
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  • Police are being shot in the streets,
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  • In the streets, while the cities of america
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  • While the cities of america have become a playground
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  • Have become a playground for criminals.
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  • For criminals. we have a transgender sports
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  • We have a transgender sports where men can have
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  • Where men can have their sex changed
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  • Their sex changed and compete with women.
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  • And compete with women. that is absolute insanity.
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  • That is absolute insanity. that should never happen.
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  • [applause]
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  • According
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  • According to the state department,
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  • To the state department, 50,000 women and girls
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  • 50,000 women and girls are sex trafficked each year
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  • Are sex trafficked each year in the united states of america.
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  • In the united states of america. this is not
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  • This is not america the beautiful.
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  • America the beautiful. this is america that has grown
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  • This is america that has grown weak in the exposition of law.
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  • Weak in the exposition of law. the rich and the powerful
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  • The rich and the powerful control our lives.
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  • Control our lives. the irs, the fbi,
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  • The irs, the fbi, the justice department
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  • The justice department have been weaponized to control
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  • Have been weaponized to control the american people.
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  • The american people. we are living in
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  • We are living in the post-constitutional era
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  • The post-constitutional era of america.
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  • Of america. career politicians
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  • Career politicians have become dictators
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  • Have become dictators who have forgotten
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  • Who have forgotten they are public servants.
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  • They are public servants. the ten commandments mock
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  • The ten commandments mock america's present philosophy
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  • America's present philosophy of absolute rights
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  • Of absolute rights of the individual.
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  • Of the individual. ten times they shout,
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  • Ten times they shout, "thou shall not.
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  • "thou shall not. thou shall not.
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  • Thou shall not. thou shall not."
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  • Thou shall not." the point is,
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  • The point is, there are limits
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  • There are limits to human conduct.
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  • To human conduct. hear me, america,
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  • Hear me, america, our obsession with
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  • Our obsession with absolute individual rights
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  • Absolute individual rights is destroying this nation.
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  • Is destroying this nation. it's destroying our marriages.
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  • It's destroying our marriages. it's destroying our schools.
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  • It's destroying our schools. tax supported artists demand
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  • Tax supported artists demand their right to shock and offend
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  • Their right to shock and offend every bible believing christian
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  • Every bible believing christian in america by painting pictures
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  • In america by painting pictures of jesus christ on the cross
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  • Of jesus christ on the cross in a glass of urine.
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  • In a glass of urine. they shock by painting
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  • They shock by painting the picture of the virgin mary
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  • The picture of the virgin mary on a canvas and covering her
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  • On a canvas and covering her with elephant dung.
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  • With elephant dung. but if someone would paint
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  • But if someone would paint those kinds of pictures
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  • Those kinds of pictures featuring muhammad,
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  • Featuring muhammad, their names would be
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  • Their names would be on a death list.
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  • On a death list. but when christians
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  • But when christians object to the son of god
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  • Object to the son of god and the virgin mary
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  • And the virgin mary being mocked,
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  • Being mocked, we're called obstructionists.
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  • We're called obstructionists. we're called anti-intellectuals.
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  • We're called anti-intellectuals. we're called
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  • We're called repressive hatemongers, racists.
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  • Repressive hatemongers, racists. the networks have a right
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  • The networks have a right to pollute the airwaves
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  • To pollute the airwaves with obscenity
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  • With obscenity and hardcore pornography,
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  • And hardcore pornography, promoting sexual sin,
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  • Promoting sexual sin, destroying the fiber
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  • Destroying the fiber of marriage,
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  • Of marriage, attacking traditional
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  • Attacking traditional family values,
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  • Family values, and mocking the god of heaven.
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  • And mocking the god of heaven. in california,
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  • In california, thieves are permitted
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  • Thieves are permitted to enter any store
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  • To enter any store and to steal up to
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  • And to steal up to $900 worth of merchandise
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  • $900 worth of merchandise without going to jail.
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  • Without going to jail. hello governor newsome,
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  • Hello governor newsome, "thou shall not steal" applies
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  • "thou shall not steal" applies in california, too.
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  • [cheering and applause]
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  • Protestors have assumed
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  • Protestors have assumed the right to burn
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  • The right to burn the american flag.
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  • The american flag. my message to you is love that
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  • My message to you is love that flag or leave this country.
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  • [cheering and applause]
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  • The rights explosion
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  • The rights explosion of the past three decades
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  • Of the past three decades have left our cities
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  • Have left our cities looking like a war zone.
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  • Looking like a war zone. our schools are killing fields
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  • Our schools are killing fields for madmen who have
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  • For madmen who have automatic rifles.
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  • Automatic rifles. the ten commandments shout
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  • The ten commandments shout there is no such thing
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  • There is no such thing as absolute right.
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  • As absolute right. there is no such thing
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  • There is no such thing as absolute freedom.
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  • As absolute freedom. your freedom stops
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  • Your freedom stops where my nose begins.
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  • Where my nose begins. if you want to know
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  • If you want to know how limited that is,
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  • How limited that is, i can show you.
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  • I can show you. the stars do not have it.
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  • The stars do not have it. they're hemmed in by
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  • They're hemmed in by the hand of god.
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  • The hand of god. oceans do not have it.
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  • Oceans do not have it. they're hemmed in
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  • They're hemmed in by the shoreline.
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  • By the shoreline. man does not have it.
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  • Man does not have it. he's hemmed in by other men.
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  • He's hemmed in by other men. freedom is not the right
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  • Freedom is not the right to do as you wish,
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  • To do as you wish, it's the opportunity
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  • It's the opportunity to do as you ought.
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  • To do as you ought. get a hold of that.
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  • [applause]
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  • Grasp this, america without
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  • Grasp this, america without the rule of law
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  • The rule of law will be destroyed.
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  • Will be destroyed. the church without
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  • The church without the bible truth will disappear.
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  • The bible truth will disappear. you are responsible
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  • You are responsible for your actions.
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  • For your actions. i don't care if your
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  • I don't care if your boy scout leader
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  • Boy scout leader didn't give you enough
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  • Didn't give you enough chocolate chip cookies.
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  • Chocolate chip cookies. grow up!
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  • [applause]
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  • Stop whining
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  • Stop whining and become a conqueror
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  • And become a conqueror through jesus christ.
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  • Through jesus christ. stand up for righteousness.
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  • Stand up for righteousness. stand up for bible convictions.
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  • Stand up for bible convictions. stand up for
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  • Stand up for the ten commandments.
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  • The ten commandments. the bible says, "the righteous
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  • The bible says, "the righteous are as bold as a lion,"
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  • Are as bold as a lion," and we've forgotten that.
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  • And we've forgotten that. jesus christ went to the cross
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  • Jesus christ went to the cross to give us victory over
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  • To give us victory over the world, the flesh,
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  • The world, the flesh, and the devil.
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  • And the devil. we are the conquerors.
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  • We are the conquerors. we are the victors.
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  • We are the victors. we should set the standards
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  • We should set the standards for what humanity does
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  • For what humanity does and does not do.
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  • [applause]
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  • Thou shall not steal
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  • Thou shall not steal is god's bill of rights
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  • Is god's bill of rights for property owners.
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  • For property owners. everything you own
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  • Everything you own is really a gift from god.
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  • Is really a gift from god. think about it.
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  • Think about it. god owns it all
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  • God owns it all from the very beginning.
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  • From the very beginning. he created it.
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  • He created it. he made it.
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  • He made it. if you have it,
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  • If you have it, it's because god allowed you
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  • It's because god allowed you to have it.
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  • To have it. the bible says every good
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  • The bible says every good and perfect gift comes
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  • And perfect gift comes from god, our father.
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  • From god, our father. your home, your car,
  • 00:08:36.842 --> 00:08:37.877
  • Your home, your car, your diamonds, your business,
  • 00:08:37.944 --> 00:08:40.012
  • Your diamonds, your business, your property belongs to god.
  • 00:08:40.079 --> 00:08:43.049
  • Your property belongs to god. he is the original owner
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  • He is the original owner of all things on the earth.
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  • Of all things on the earth. the bible says in the beginning,
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  • The bible says in the beginning, god created the heavens
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  • God created the heavens and the earth.
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  • And the earth. the earth is the lord's
  • 00:08:50.723 --> 00:08:51.791
  • The earth is the lord's and the fullness thereof.
  • 00:08:51.857 --> 00:08:53.859
  • And the fullness thereof. the point is, when you steal
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  • The point is, when you steal another man's property,
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  • Another man's property, you have stolen from god,
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  • You have stolen from god, and god places your names
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  • And god places your names in the book of life
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  • In the book of life as a thief,
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  • As a thief, and in this book of life,
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  • And in this book of life, thieves go to hell.
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  • Thieves go to hell. oh.
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  • [laughter]
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  • It's a real place.
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  • It's a real place. zechariah 5:3 says,
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  • Zechariah 5:3 says, "this is the curse that
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  • "this is the curse that covers all men on earth;
  • 00:09:17.483 --> 00:09:19.051
  • Covers all men on earth; for everyone who steals
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  • For everyone who steals shall be cut off."
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  • Shall be cut off." that's criminals,
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  • That's criminals, that's congressmen,
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  • That's congressmen, that's corrupt clergymen.
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  • That's corrupt clergymen. recently, the new york newspaper
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  • Recently, the new york newspaper carried the story
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  • Carried the story of the preacher who was
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  • Of the preacher who was robbed of more than
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  • Robbed of more than 1 million dollars worth
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  • 1 million dollars worth of jewelry while
  • 00:09:36.135 --> 00:09:37.036
  • Of jewelry while he was preaching.
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  • He was preaching. think about that.
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  • Think about that. how do you wear
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  • How do you wear 1 million dollars worth
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  • 1 million dollars worth of jewelry?
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  • Of jewelry? when god cuts you off,
  • 00:09:46.479 --> 00:09:47.647
  • When god cuts you off, you will never prosper.
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  • You will never prosper. you will live
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  • You will live in torment on earth,
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  • In torment on earth, and when you break god's law,
  • 00:09:56.455 --> 00:09:57.823
  • And when you break god's law, you will live in hell forever.
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  • You will live in hell forever. the commandment is god's bill
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  • The commandment is god's bill of rights for property owners.
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  • Of rights for property owners. abraham, david, solomon owned
  • 00:10:04.530 --> 00:10:07.166
  • Abraham, david, solomon owned vast estates of real estate.
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  • Vast estates of real estate. the children of israel
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  • The children of israel inherited the promised land
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  • Inherited the promised land from god almighty.
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  • From god almighty. the borders of israel
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  • The borders of israel are recorded in the bible.
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  • Are recorded in the bible. those borders are etched
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  • Those borders are etched into the mind of god.
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  • Into the mind of god. the jewish people own
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  • The jewish people own the land of israel
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  • The land of israel today, tomorrow, and forever.
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  • Today, tomorrow, and forever. that property is theirs.
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  • [applause]
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  • In the bible, every man's land
  • 00:10:34.160 --> 00:10:35.861
  • In the bible, every man's land is exactly marked.
  • 00:10:35.928 --> 00:10:37.396
  • Is exactly marked. the ownership of property
  • 00:10:37.463 --> 00:10:39.899
  • The ownership of property is the basis of wealth,
  • 00:10:39.965 --> 00:10:41.434
  • Is the basis of wealth, and it begins in the bible.
  • 00:10:41.500 --> 00:10:43.502
  • And it begins in the bible. today in america, mobs are in
  • 00:10:43.569 --> 00:10:45.438
  • Today in america, mobs are in the streets burning
  • 00:10:45.504 --> 00:10:46.338
  • The streets burning our cities to the ground,
  • 00:10:46.405 --> 00:10:47.640
  • Our cities to the ground, shooting at firemen
  • 00:10:47.707 --> 00:10:48.841
  • Shooting at firemen who are trying to fight
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  • Who are trying to fight the fires that they set,
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  • The fires that they set, ambushing policemen.
  • 00:10:52.278 --> 00:10:54.113
  • Ambushing policemen. then they demand
  • 00:10:54.180 --> 00:10:55.314
  • Then they demand the state to rebuild
  • 00:10:55.381 --> 00:10:57.450
  • The state to rebuild what they have burned down.
  • 00:10:57.516 --> 00:10:59.485
  • What they have burned down. in bible ethics, they have
  • 00:10:59.552 --> 00:11:02.722
  • In bible ethics, they have destroyed private property,
  • 00:11:02.788 --> 00:11:05.057
  • Destroyed private property, and they should rebuild it
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  • And they should rebuild it brick by brick with
  • 00:11:06.992 --> 00:11:08.694
  • Brick by brick with their own hands,
  • 00:11:08.761 --> 00:11:09.628
  • Their own hands, with their own sweat,
  • 00:11:09.695 --> 00:11:10.996
  • With their own sweat, with their own money,
  • 00:11:11.063 --> 00:11:12.531
  • With their own money, or go to jail for life.
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  • [applause]
  • 00:11:15.167 --> 00:11:18.037
  • In his sermon, jesus spoke
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  • Seven powerful words
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  • That resonate through time.
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  • You are the light of the world.
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  • As believers,
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  • We are commissioned to be light
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  • In a world
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  • Surrounded in darkness,
  • 00:11:30.282 --> 00:11:31.584
  • Pain and loss.
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  • Now is the time to stand up,
  • 00:11:33.285 --> 00:11:35.054
  • Speak out and shine
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  • Brightly for jesus.
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  • To help you in this journey
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  • For your gift of any amount
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  • This month,
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  • We would love to send you
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  • Pastor john's
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  • Brand new devotional,
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  • Darkness to destiny
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  • Unleashing god's
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  • Power in a dark world.
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  • Additionally,
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  • For your gift of $150,
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  • Along with darkness to destiny,
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  • We will also send you
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  • The “don't whine, shine”
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  • Matthew 5:16 magnet
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  • As well as the brand new,
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  • Let your light shine
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  • Matthew 5:16
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  • Candle and accompanying
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  • Let your light shine
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  • Matthew 5:16
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  • Matches, to continue
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  • To strengthen
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  • You as you
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  • Step into new levels of victory
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  • Every day.
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  • Call the number on screen
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  • Or go to jhm.org/light
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  • [applause]
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  • "oh, that's harsh."
  • 00:12:19.298 --> 00:12:21.767
  • "oh, that's harsh." that's god's law.
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  • That's god's law. we just don't have
  • 00:12:24.436 --> 00:12:25.070
  • We just don't have the nerve to enforce it.
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  • The nerve to enforce it. consider the essence
  • 00:12:27.606 --> 00:12:28.474
  • Consider the essence of stealing.
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  • Of stealing. everything that
  • 00:12:29.375 --> 00:12:30.209
  • Everything that god controls, gives.
  • 00:12:30.276 --> 00:12:31.811
  • God controls, gives. 'god so loved the world that
  • 00:12:31.877 --> 00:12:33.179
  • 'god so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son."
  • 00:12:33.245 --> 00:12:36.849
  • He gave his only begotten son." jesus gave his life at calvary
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  • Jesus gave his life at calvary for every person in this
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  • For every person in this auditorium and every person
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  • Auditorium and every person watching across america
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  • Watching across america and the world.
  • 00:12:45.090 --> 00:12:46.025
  • And the world. theft is so pervasive
  • 00:12:46.091 --> 00:12:48.060
  • Theft is so pervasive in america, we now
  • 00:12:48.127 --> 00:12:49.595
  • In america, we now consider it normal.
  • 00:12:49.662 --> 00:12:51.931
  • Consider it normal. a man said to his wife,
  • 00:12:51.997 --> 00:12:53.732
  • A man said to his wife, "fire the maid.
  • 00:12:53.799 --> 00:12:54.867
  • "fire the maid. i caught her stealing
  • 00:12:54.934 --> 00:12:55.901
  • I caught her stealing our towels again."
  • 00:12:55.968 --> 00:12:57.636
  • Our towels again." the wife said, "which ones?"
  • 00:12:57.703 --> 00:13:00.139
  • The wife said, "which ones?" the husband said, "the ones we
  • 00:13:00.206 --> 00:13:01.707
  • The husband said, "the ones we took from holiday inn."
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  • [laughter]
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  • Kinds of theft that christians
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  • Kinds of theft that christians regularly do without
  • 00:13:10.749 --> 00:13:11.684
  • Regularly do without thinking about it.
  • 00:13:11.750 --> 00:13:12.952
  • Thinking about it. there's employee theft.
  • 00:13:13.018 --> 00:13:14.453
  • There's employee theft. that's a book.
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  • That's a book. the book is entitled,
  • 00:13:17.556 --> 00:13:18.557
  • The book is entitled, "the day america
  • 00:13:18.624 --> 00:13:19.558
  • "the day america told the truth."
  • 00:13:19.625 --> 00:13:21.760
  • Told the truth." one of the areas was almost
  • 00:13:21.827 --> 00:13:23.529
  • One of the areas was almost one half of america's workers
  • 00:13:23.596 --> 00:13:25.631
  • One half of america's workers confessed to calling in sick
  • 00:13:25.698 --> 00:13:27.766
  • Confessed to calling in sick when they were not sick.
  • 00:13:27.833 --> 00:13:30.035
  • When they were not sick. that is both lying
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  • That is both lying and theft combined.
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  • And theft combined. that's not slick,
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  • That's not slick, that's slimy in god's book.
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  • That's slimy in god's book. listen to ephesians 4:28.
  • 00:13:41.547 --> 00:13:43.616
  • Listen to ephesians 4:28. "let him that stole
  • 00:13:43.682 --> 00:13:44.783
  • "let him that stole steal no more,
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  • Steal no more, but rather let him labor,
  • 00:13:45.517 --> 00:13:47.086
  • But rather let him labor, working with his hands that
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  • Working with his hands that he might supply what he needs."
  • 00:13:48.687 --> 00:13:51.390
  • He might supply what he needs." god blesses the person
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  • God blesses the person who works with their hands.
  • 00:13:52.892 --> 00:13:54.760
  • Who works with their hands. jesus christ of nazareth
  • 00:13:54.827 --> 00:13:56.695
  • Jesus christ of nazareth was a carpenter
  • 00:13:56.762 --> 00:13:57.696
  • Was a carpenter who worked with his hands.
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  • Who worked with his hands. you des --
  • 00:13:59.298 --> 00:14:00.332
  • You des -- this book says you deserve
  • 00:14:00.399 --> 00:14:02.468
  • This book says you deserve nothing until you
  • 00:14:02.534 --> 00:14:04.003
  • Nothing until you work for it.
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  • [applause]
  • 00:14:05.771 --> 00:14:11.010
  • So, let's consider
  • 00:14:12.645 --> 00:14:13.312
  • So, let's consider stealing from god.
  • 00:14:13.379 --> 00:14:14.480
  • Stealing from god. malachi 3:8-10.
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  • Malachi 3:8-10. let me read it.
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  • Let me read it. "will a man rob god?
  • 00:14:20.185 --> 00:14:21.520
  • "will a man rob god? you have robbed me!
  • 00:14:21.587 --> 00:14:22.855
  • You have robbed me! but you say, 'in what have we
  • 00:14:22.922 --> 00:14:24.456
  • But you say, 'in what have we done to rob you?'
  • 00:14:24.523 --> 00:14:26.592
  • Done to rob you?' you have robbed me in
  • 00:14:26.659 --> 00:14:27.593
  • You have robbed me in the tithe and the offering.
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  • The tithe and the offering. you are cursed with a curse,
  • 00:14:28.627 --> 00:14:30.195
  • You are cursed with a curse, for you have robbed me,
  • 00:14:30.262 --> 00:14:31.764
  • For you have robbed me, even this whole nation.
  • 00:14:31.830 --> 00:14:33.532
  • Even this whole nation. bringing all the tithes
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  • Bringing all the tithes in the storehouse,
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  • In the storehouse, that there may be food
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  • That there may be food in my house,
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  • In my house, 'and try me,'
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  • 'and try me,' saith the lord, 'and see
  • 00:14:38.971 --> 00:14:40.539
  • Saith the lord, 'and see if i will not open the windows
  • 00:14:40.606 --> 00:14:42.041
  • If i will not open the windows of heaven and pour out
  • 00:14:42.107 --> 00:14:43.609
  • Of heaven and pour out such blessings that you
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  • Such blessings that you cannot contain.'"
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  • Cannot contain.'" hmm.
  • 00:14:48.314 --> 00:14:49.848
  • Hmm. it suddenly got quiet.
  • 00:14:49.915 --> 00:14:52.718
  • It suddenly got quiet. why should i tithe?
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  • Why should i tithe? because god commands it.
  • 00:14:54.086 --> 00:14:56.422
  • Because god commands it. why doesn't god say, "try it.
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  • Why doesn't god say, "try it. you'll like it."
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  • You'll like it." because you try
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  • Because you try spinach and cottage cheese,
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  • Spinach and cottage cheese, not what god says.
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  • Not what god says. it's a command.
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  • It's a command. "bring the tithes
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  • "bring the tithes and the offerings
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  • And the offerings into my house,"
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  • Into my house," which is, today, the church.
  • 00:15:08.567 --> 00:15:09.802
  • Which is, today, the church. why?
  • 00:15:09.868 --> 00:15:10.569
  • Why? because the tithe
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  • Because the tithe belongs to god.
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  • Belongs to god. he's the owner,
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  • He's the owner, you are the steward.
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  • You are the steward. the owner has rights,
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  • The owner has rights, the steward
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  • The steward has responsibilities.
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  • Has responsibilities. god's not in heaven saying,
  • 00:15:20.612 --> 00:15:22.147
  • God's not in heaven saying, "let's make a deal,"
  • 00:15:22.214 --> 00:15:23.615
  • "let's make a deal," god's in heaven saying,
  • 00:15:23.682 --> 00:15:24.583
  • God's in heaven saying, "this is the deal."
  • 00:15:24.650 --> 00:15:26.885
  • "this is the deal." "preacher, do you expect me
  • 00:15:26.952 --> 00:15:28.153
  • "preacher, do you expect me to give 10% of my income
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  • To give 10% of my income to god?"
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  • To god?" no, i don't, but god does.
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  • No, i don't, but god does. i'm in sales,
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  • I'm in sales, he's in management.
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  • [applause]
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  • What does he manage?
  • 00:15:42.534 --> 00:15:44.003
  • What does he manage? your next heartbeat,
  • 00:15:44.069 --> 00:15:47.339
  • Your next heartbeat, your income, your next breath.
  • 00:15:47.406 --> 00:15:50.409
  • Your income, your next breath. you want to tick him off?
  • 00:15:50.476 --> 00:15:51.410
  • You want to tick him off? be my guest.
  • 00:15:51.477 --> 00:15:54.146
  • Be my guest. "preacher, i've never tithed,
  • 00:15:54.213 --> 00:15:55.347
  • "preacher, i've never tithed, and i'm doing okay."
  • 00:15:55.414 --> 00:15:57.016
  • And i'm doing okay." not after today, you're not.
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  • [laughter]
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  • Until today, you've stolen
  • 00:16:01.053 --> 00:16:02.488
  • Until today, you've stolen from god in ignorance.
  • 00:16:02.554 --> 00:16:03.822
  • From god in ignorance. tomorrow it's rebellion.
  • 00:16:03.889 --> 00:16:06.492
  • Tomorrow it's rebellion. if your new --
  • 00:16:06.558 --> 00:16:07.526
  • If your new -- your new mercedes
  • 00:16:07.593 --> 00:16:08.460
  • Your new mercedes is going to stop dead
  • 00:16:08.527 --> 00:16:09.828
  • Is going to stop dead on 1604 in a traffic jam.
  • 00:16:09.895 --> 00:16:16.468
  • On 1604 in a traffic jam. the irs will want to investigate
  • 00:16:16.535 --> 00:16:18.437
  • The irs will want to investigate you back to the civil war.
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  • You back to the civil war. your mother-in-law will come
  • 00:16:22.007 --> 00:16:23.075
  • Your mother-in-law will come and want to live with you.
  • 00:16:23.142 --> 00:16:26.311
  • And want to live with you. the bird outside your
  • 00:16:26.378 --> 00:16:27.312
  • The bird outside your kitchen window is a buzzard.
  • 00:16:27.379 --> 00:16:30.549
  • Kitchen window is a buzzard. why should i tithe?
  • 00:16:30.616 --> 00:16:32.785
  • Why should i tithe? because god controls
  • 00:16:32.851 --> 00:16:34.353
  • Because god controls all the wealth in the world.
  • 00:16:34.420 --> 00:16:36.255
  • All the wealth in the world. it is the lord that gives you
  • 00:16:36.321 --> 00:16:37.990
  • It is the lord that gives you power to get wealth.
  • 00:16:38.057 --> 00:16:39.291
  • Power to get wealth. that's in the bible.
  • 00:16:39.358 --> 00:16:40.692
  • That's in the bible. haggai 2:8, "'all the gold
  • 00:16:40.759 --> 00:16:42.694
  • Haggai 2:8, "'all the gold and the silver are mine,'
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  • And the silver are mine,' saith the lord."
  • 00:16:44.296 --> 00:16:45.597
  • Saith the lord." you ever hear
  • 00:16:45.664 --> 00:16:46.331
  • You ever hear of the golden rule?
  • 00:16:46.398 --> 00:16:47.533
  • Of the golden rule? those who have the gold
  • 00:16:47.599 --> 00:16:48.667
  • Those who have the gold make the rules.
  • 00:16:48.734 --> 00:16:50.002
  • Make the rules. david said
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  • David said in 1 chronicles 29:11,
  • 00:16:50.702 --> 00:16:52.571
  • In 1 chronicles 29:11, "thine o lord is the greatness,
  • 00:16:52.638 --> 00:16:55.207
  • "thine o lord is the greatness, the power, the glory,
  • 00:16:55.274 --> 00:16:56.575
  • The power, the glory, the victory and the majesty,
  • 00:16:56.642 --> 00:16:58.310
  • The victory and the majesty, for all that is in heaven
  • 00:16:58.377 --> 00:17:00.045
  • For all that is in heaven and all that is in the earth."
  • 00:17:00.112 --> 00:17:02.881
  • And all that is in the earth." he controls it all
  • 00:17:02.948 --> 00:17:04.783
  • He controls it all and he only gives to givers.
  • 00:17:04.850 --> 00:17:08.454
  • And he only gives to givers. why should i tithe?
  • 00:17:08.520 --> 00:17:09.655
  • Why should i tithe? because you become a giver
  • 00:17:09.721 --> 00:17:10.889
  • Because you become a giver and only givers qualify
  • 00:17:10.956 --> 00:17:12.758
  • And only givers qualify for god's prosperity.
  • 00:17:12.825 --> 00:17:14.893
  • For god's prosperity. the bible says,
  • 00:17:14.960 --> 00:17:15.627
  • The bible says, "give and it shall
  • 00:17:15.694 --> 00:17:16.428
  • "give and it shall be given to you,
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  • Be given to you, pressed down,
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  • Pressed down, shaken together,
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  • Shaken together, and running over
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  • And running over shall god cause men
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  • Shall god cause men to give to your bosom."
  • 00:17:22.801 --> 00:17:24.636
  • To give to your bosom." givers gain.
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  • Givers gain. say that with me.
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  • Say that with me. "givers gain."
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  • "givers gain." tithing is your investment
  • 00:17:28.540 --> 00:17:30.042
  • Tithing is your investment in the kingdom of god.
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  • In the kingdom of god. the bible says, "lay up
  • 00:17:31.710 --> 00:17:33.378
  • The bible says, "lay up for yourselves," who?
  • 00:17:33.445 --> 00:17:35.047
  • For yourselves," who? you.
  • 00:17:35.114 --> 00:17:36.014
  • You. "lay up for yourselves
  • 00:17:36.081 --> 00:17:37.382
  • "lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven where
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  • Treasures in heaven where thieves can't steal it,
  • 00:17:38.684 --> 00:17:40.486
  • Thieves can't steal it, moths can't eat it,
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  • Moths can't eat it, rust cannot destroy it."
  • 00:17:43.088 --> 00:17:47.493
  • Rust cannot destroy it." the message is invest
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  • The message is invest in things that are permanent.
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  • In things that are permanent. the kingdom of god
  • 00:17:51.063 --> 00:17:51.964
  • The kingdom of god is the only permanent thing
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  • Is the only permanent thing that's going to survive.
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  • That's going to survive. dew drops are pretty
  • 00:17:55.801 --> 00:17:57.002
  • Dew drops are pretty until the sun comes out
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  • Until the sun comes out and they disappear.
  • 00:17:59.037 --> 00:18:01.473
  • And they disappear. if you knew your house
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  • If you knew your house was going to burn down
  • 00:18:02.474 --> 00:18:04.042
  • Was going to burn down by noon today,
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  • By noon today, would you put
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  • Would you put your possessions in it?
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  • Your possessions in it? no.
  • 00:18:07.112 --> 00:18:08.080
  • No. you would desperately
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  • You would desperately take them out.
  • 00:18:09.181 --> 00:18:10.782
  • Take them out. the bible says,
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  • The bible says, "heaven and earth
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  • "heaven and earth shall pass away.
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  • Shall pass away. it shall be burned with fire."
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  • It shall be burned with fire." why should i tithe?
  • 00:18:17.422 --> 00:18:19.091
  • Why should i tithe? because god says those
  • 00:18:19.158 --> 00:18:20.259
  • Because god says those who do not are thieves.
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  • Who do not are thieves. i wouldn't dare
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  • I wouldn't dare call you a thief,
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  • Call you a thief, but god does right here.
  • 00:18:25.464 --> 00:18:28.667
  • But god does right here. listen up in malachi 3:8,
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  • Listen up in malachi 3:8, "will a man rob god?
  • 00:18:30.536 --> 00:18:31.503
  • "will a man rob god? you have robbed me.
  • 00:18:31.570 --> 00:18:33.705
  • You have robbed me. but you say,
  • 00:18:33.772 --> 00:18:34.306
  • But you say, 'where have we robbed you?'
  • 00:18:34.373 --> 00:18:35.807
  • 'where have we robbed you?' and god responds,
  • 00:18:35.874 --> 00:18:36.441
  • And god responds, 'in tithe and offering.'"
  • 00:18:36.508 --> 00:18:38.210
  • 'in tithe and offering.'" god has your mug shot
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  • God has your mug shot on the most wanted list
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  • On the most wanted list in heaven.
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  • [laughing]
  • 00:18:44.283 --> 00:18:45.484
  • Some of you --
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  • Some of you -- i wish you could see
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  • I wish you could see the faces i'm looking at.
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  • [laughter]
  • 00:18:49.188 --> 00:18:49.888
  • Some of you came here today
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  • Some of you came here today in stolen cars.
  • 00:18:51.690 --> 00:18:55.627
  • In stolen cars. maybe you're wearing
  • 00:18:55.694 --> 00:18:56.461
  • Maybe you're wearing stolen jewelry.
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  • Stolen jewelry. you took god's money
  • 00:18:58.830 --> 00:18:59.932
  • You took god's money and you bought those things.
  • 00:18:59.998 --> 00:19:02.367
  • And you bought those things. why should i tithe?
  • 00:19:02.434 --> 00:19:03.402
  • Why should i tithe? because god says you are cursed
  • 00:19:03.468 --> 00:19:05.037
  • Because god says you are cursed with a curse when you don't.
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  • With a curse when you don't. no chance of prosperity
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  • No chance of prosperity for you, not ever.
  • 00:19:10.342 --> 00:19:12.211
  • For you, not ever. you will work harder and harder
  • 00:19:12.277 --> 00:19:14.079
  • You will work harder and harder and make less and less
  • 00:19:14.146 --> 00:19:16.215
  • And make less and less because it will go through
  • 00:19:16.281 --> 00:19:17.549
  • Because it will go through your fingers like sand.
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  • Your fingers like sand. why should i tithe?
  • 00:19:19.585 --> 00:19:20.686
  • Why should i tithe? god says, "i will rebuke
  • 00:19:20.752 --> 00:19:22.421
  • God says, "i will rebuke the devourer for your sake."
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  • The devourer for your sake." the devourer is satan.
  • 00:19:23.889 --> 00:19:25.324
  • The devourer is satan. "i will rebuke
  • 00:19:25.390 --> 00:19:26.525
  • "i will rebuke the prince of darkness
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  • The prince of darkness for your sake.
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  • For your sake. i will not allow satan
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  • I will not allow satan to destroy your income
  • 00:19:30.796 --> 00:19:32.130
  • To destroy your income or your possessions."
  • 00:19:32.197 --> 00:19:33.498
  • Or your possessions." god brings prosperity
  • 00:19:33.565 --> 00:19:35.234
  • God brings prosperity to the righteous.
  • 00:19:35.300 --> 00:19:36.969
  • To the righteous. how many of you would really
  • 00:19:37.035 --> 00:19:38.337
  • How many of you would really like to prosper so much you
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  • Like to prosper so much you couldn't count it all?
  • 00:19:40.906 --> 00:19:41.573
  • Couldn't count it all? let me see your hand.
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  • That's a possibility.
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  • That's a possibility. all you have to do
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  • All you have to do is go to work.
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  • [cheering and applause]
  • 00:19:52.618 --> 00:20:00.993
  • The ninth commandment,
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  • The ninth commandment, "you shall not give
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  • "you shall not give false witness against
  • 00:20:04.463 --> 00:20:05.464
  • False witness against your neighbor."
  • 00:20:05.530 --> 00:20:06.465
  • Your neighbor." listen to this.
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  • Listen to this. this means two things,
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  • This means two things, do not lie when testifying
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  • Do not lie when testifying in court and do not lie, period.
  • 00:20:11.236 --> 00:20:14.840
  • In court and do not lie, period. this is the bible
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  • This is the bible i'm telling you about.
  • 00:20:15.507 --> 00:20:16.842
  • I'm telling you about. if people testify
  • 00:20:16.908 --> 00:20:18.110
  • If people testify falsely in a courtroom,
  • 00:20:18.176 --> 00:20:20.545
  • Falsely in a courtroom, there can be no justice.
  • 00:20:20.612 --> 00:20:22.648
  • There can be no justice. and without the hope of justice,
  • 00:20:22.714 --> 00:20:24.383
  • And without the hope of justice, there can be no civilization.
  • 00:20:24.449 --> 00:20:28.086
  • There can be no civilization. the hebrew bible was
  • 00:20:28.153 --> 00:20:29.187
  • The hebrew bible was so adamant on the subject
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  • So adamant on the subject that punishment imposed
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  • That punishment imposed on a witness who gave
  • 00:20:33.158 --> 00:20:35.193
  • On a witness who gave false testimony was
  • 00:20:35.260 --> 00:20:36.962
  • False testimony was the same punishment
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  • The same punishment that would have been
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  • That would have been meted out to the accused
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  • Meted out to the accused had the false testimony
  • 00:20:41.733 --> 00:20:43.201
  • Had the false testimony been believed.
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  • Been believed. let's put that down
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  • Let's put that down in just plain english.
  • 00:20:46.705 --> 00:20:48.473
  • In just plain english. if you go to court
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  • If you go to court and you're the witness
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  • And you're the witness in a murder case
  • 00:20:51.310 --> 00:20:52.311
  • In a murder case and you know something
  • 00:20:52.377 --> 00:20:53.445
  • And you know something that conceals the truth
  • 00:20:53.512 --> 00:20:54.946
  • That conceals the truth and you lie about it,
  • 00:20:55.013 --> 00:20:57.249
  • And you lie about it, but that man is convicted
  • 00:20:57.316 --> 00:20:59.117
  • But that man is convicted and he goes to jail for life,
  • 00:20:59.184 --> 00:21:02.454
  • And he goes to jail for life, you go to jail for life also.
  • 00:21:02.521 --> 00:21:05.457
  • You go to jail for life also. you get the same
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  • You get the same judgment he gets.
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  • Judgment he gets. you wanna talk about
  • 00:21:08.894 --> 00:21:09.695
  • You wanna talk about something that would
  • 00:21:09.761 --> 00:21:10.562
  • Something that would stop lying in court?
  • 00:21:10.629 --> 00:21:12.497
  • Stop lying in court? boy, now there's a novel idea.
  • 00:21:12.564 --> 00:21:14.833
  • Boy, now there's a novel idea. god's idea.
  • 00:21:14.900 --> 00:21:16.168
  • God's idea. false witnesses
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  • False witnesses go to jail too.
  • 00:21:17.269 --> 00:21:19.905
  • Go to jail too. ooh wee.
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  • Ooh wee. the tenth commandment,
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  • The tenth commandment, do not covet.
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  • Do not covet. listen closely.
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  • Listen closely. the tenth commandment
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  • The tenth commandment is the commandment that
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  • Is the commandment that prohibits the one thing
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  • Prohibits the one thing that leads to murder,
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  • That leads to murder, stealing, perjury
  • 00:21:33.885 --> 00:21:35.287
  • Stealing, perjury and character assassination.
  • 00:21:35.354 --> 00:21:37.155
  • And character assassination. the tenth commandment demands
  • 00:21:37.222 --> 00:21:38.690
  • The tenth commandment demands you do not covet anything that
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  • You do not covet anything that belongs to other people.
  • 00:21:40.959 --> 00:21:43.395
  • Belongs to other people. not their spouse.
  • 00:21:43.462 --> 00:21:45.964
  • Not their spouse. hubby, if you're flirting
  • 00:21:46.031 --> 00:21:47.499
  • Hubby, if you're flirting with another man's wife,
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  • With another man's wife, knock it off.
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  • Knock it off. god almighty will
  • 00:21:51.603 --> 00:21:52.971
  • God almighty will clean your clock.
  • 00:21:53.038 --> 00:21:54.840
  • Clean your clock. lady, if you're flirting
  • 00:21:54.906 --> 00:21:56.708
  • Lady, if you're flirting with a man that's married
  • 00:21:56.775 --> 00:21:58.710
  • With a man that's married to someone else, stop it.
  • 00:21:58.777 --> 00:22:02.180
  • To someone else, stop it. you are going to take on
  • 00:22:02.247 --> 00:22:04.516
  • You are going to take on god for an enemy.
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  • God for an enemy. covet anything that belongs
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  • Covet anything that belongs to other, their house,
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  • To other, their house, their servants, their animals,
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  • Their servants, their animals, their property, their money,
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  • Their property, their money, or their mercedes benz,
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  • Or their mercedes benz, god says no.
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  • [cheering and applause]
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  • Obviously, that's the reason
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  • Obviously, that's the reason people steal.
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  • People steal. thieves covet
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  • Thieves covet their victim's property.
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  • Their victim's property. it is also the reason
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  • It is also the reason for many murders.
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  • For many murders. we must understand
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  • We must understand that coveting means --
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  • That coveting means -- to covet is more than
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  • To covet is more than just "i want."
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  • Just "i want." the hebrew verb lachmod,
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  • The hebrew verb lachmod, lachmod means to want
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  • Lachmod means to want to the point of seeking
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  • To the point of seeking to take it away
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  • To take it away and own something that
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  • And own something that belongs to someone else.
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  • Belongs to someone else. the tenth commandment
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  • The tenth commandment makes whatever belongs
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  • Makes whatever belongs to another person off limits.
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  • To another person off limits. it's sacrosanct,
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  • It's sacrosanct, meaning it is sacred
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  • Meaning it is sacred because god gave it to them.
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  • Because god gave it to them. we cannot seek to own anything
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  • We cannot seek to own anything that belongs to another person
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  • That belongs to another person because only evil
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  • Because only evil can come from that.
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  • Can come from that. if you see something you want,
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  • If you see something you want, go to work until you have
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  • Go to work until you have the right to buy it
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  • The right to buy it by the sweat of your brow.
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  • [applause]
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  • Can we stand?
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  • Can we stand? can we stand?
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  • Heavenly father, we have now
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  • Heavenly father, we have now heard your ten commandments.
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  • Heard your ten commandments. now, give us the strength
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  • Now, give us the strength and the courage to live them.
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  • And the courage to live them. and if we should break them,
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  • And if we should break them, let us repent quickly,
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  • Let us repent quickly, lest the judgment
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  • Lest the judgment and the wrath of god
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  • And the wrath of god be poured upon us.
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  • Be poured upon us. let us repent quickly
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  • Let us repent quickly that god's prosperity may
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  • That god's prosperity may flood our lives to the capacity
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  • Flood our lives to the capacity that we cannot contain it.
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  • That we cannot contain it. let god arise and let
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  • Let god arise and let his enemies be scattered.
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  • His enemies be scattered. let this nation flourish
  • 00:24:13.979 --> 00:24:16.648
  • Let this nation flourish because we have not abandoned
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  • Because we have not abandoned the god of our fathers.
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  • The god of our fathers. let the authority of god's word
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  • Let the authority of god's word prevail over
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  • Prevail over the weaknesses of men,
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  • The weaknesses of men, and let us live triumphant,
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  • And let us live triumphant, pure, holy, righteous lives
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  • Pure, holy, righteous lives that jesus christ himself
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  • That jesus christ himself will approve on
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  • Will approve on the day of our judgement.
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  • The day of our judgement. in the authority of jesus' name
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  • In the authority of jesus' name we pray and ask these things.
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  • We pray and ask these things. and all of god's children said,
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  • And all of god's children said, "praise the lord."
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  • "praise the lord." stay tuned.
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  • Happiness is not about
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  • Worldly possessions
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  • Or fleeting allocades.
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