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Matt Hagee - It Runs In The Family

May 25, 2025 | 27:29

Matt Hagee - It Runs In The Family
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Hagee Ministries | Matt Hagee - It Runs In The Family | May 25, 2025
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  • Pastor matt hagee: simple
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  • Pastor matt hagee: simple is not always easy.
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  • Is not always easy. knowing right and doing right
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  • Knowing right and doing right is often a difficult difference.
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  • Is often a difficult difference. how many of you have ever
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  • How many of you have ever known better, you just
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  • Known better, you just didn't do better?
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  • Didn't do better? i mean, you knew that you
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  • I mean, you knew that you wanted to be mr. nice guy,
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  • Wanted to be mr. nice guy, but mr. nasty showed up.
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  • [laughter]
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  • You knew that
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  • You knew that you would never...
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  • You would never... fill in the blank.
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  • Fill in the blank. "i'll never eat that again.
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  • "i'll never eat that again. i'll never say that again.
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  • I'll never say that again. i'll never do that again.
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  • I'll never do that again. i'll never drink that again.
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  • I'll never drink that again. i'll never try that again."
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  • I'll never try that again." and somewhere along the way,
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  • And somewhere along the way, you just threw out
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  • You just threw out the, "never again"
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  • The, "never again" and go right back to doing
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  • And go right back to doing what you vowed you'd never do.
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  • What you vowed you'd never do. anybody witness or testify?
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  • Anybody witness or testify? not you, but somebody
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  • Not you, but somebody you know does that.
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  • Knowing better is simple.
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  • Knowing better is simple. doing better is not always easy.
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  • Doing better is not always easy. and one of the reasons why
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  • And one of the reasons why that is is because
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  • That is is because it's in your dna.
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  • It's in your dna. we all have dna.
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  • We all have dna. and dna if you wanna know what
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  • And dna if you wanna know what it means scientifically,
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  • It means scientifically, basically it means
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  • Basically it means the genetic material
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  • The genetic material that's in the cell that
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  • That's in the cell that makes you who you are.
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  • Makes you who you are. so, for example,
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  • So, for example, if mama was tall
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  • If mama was tall and daddy was tall,
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  • And daddy was tall, your dna is probably gonna be...
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  • Your dna is probably gonna be... congregation: tall.
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  • Congregation: tall. pastor matt: show you some
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  • Pastor matt: show you some examples of dna.
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  • Examples of dna. this is a picture of my
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  • This is a picture of my grandmother, ms. vada hagee,
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  • Grandmother, ms. vada hagee, who was born in 1913,
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  • Who was born in 1913, and my daughter, hannah hagee,
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  • And my daughter, hannah hagee, who was born in 2005.
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  • Who was born in 2005. these two are 92 years apart.
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  • These two are 92 years apart. tell me it doesn't run
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  • Tell me it doesn't run in the family.
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  • In the family. let me show you
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  • Let me show you another picture.
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  • Another picture. show you another picture.
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  • Show you another picture. this one's --
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  • This one's -- this one's fun.
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  • This one's fun. this is my 7-year-old son, joel.
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  • And the picture next to him is
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  • And the picture next to him is his 7-year-old grandfather,
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  • His 7-year-old grandfather, 70 years back.
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  • Now, joel's picture was
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  • Now, joel's picture was taken at the post office.
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  • Taken at the post office. it wasn't his mug shot
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  • It wasn't his mug shot for his crimes.
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  • [laughter]
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  • But we were taking
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  • But we were taking a passport photo,
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  • A passport photo, and he went to the camera,
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  • And he went to the camera, and the lady who was
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  • And the lady who was taking the photo, she said,
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  • Taking the photo, she said, "son, look right here."
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  • "son, look right here." well, what did joel do?
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  • Well, what did joel do? joel went...
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  • Joel went... and she looked up and she said,
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  • And she looked up and she said, "don't smile."
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  • "don't smile." and he went...
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  • [laughter]
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  • And my --
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  • And my -- kendall was looking
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  • Kendall was looking at the picture,
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  • At the picture, she's like, "oh my goodness,
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  • She's like, "oh my goodness, he looks so mean."
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  • He looks so mean." i said, "no, he doesn't.
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  • I said, "no, he doesn't. he looks like his grandfather."
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  • [laughter]
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  • Now, dad's picture was not
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  • Now, dad's picture was not in the post office.
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  • In the post office. dad's picture was
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  • Dad's picture was in the school yearbook.
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  • In the school yearbook. this was dad's class photo
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  • This was dad's class photo in the first grade.
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  • In the first grade. and when you ask him,
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  • And when you ask him, "why did you look like that?"
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  • "why did you look like that?" he says, "i didn't wanna
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  • He says, "i didn't wanna be there."
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  • [laughter]
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  • But tell me it doesn't
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  • But tell me it doesn't run in the family.
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  • Run in the family. now, i mean, one more.
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  • Now, i mean, one more. let's look at one more
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  • Let's look at one more just for fun.
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  • Just for fun. this is hannah and j.w.
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  • This is hannah and j.w. j.w. is two.
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  • J.w. is two. we tried to reenact
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  • We tried to reenact that picture,
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  • That picture, but we couldn't do it.
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  • But we couldn't do it. he's now taller than me.
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  • He's now taller than me. so anyway, he's two,
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  • So anyway, he's two, hannah's four,
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  • Hannah's four, and then this is hannah
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  • And then this is hannah and j.w. in this picture,
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  • And j.w. in this picture, she's 18 and he's 16.
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  • She's 18 and he's 16. now, the reason i show you
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  • Now, the reason i show you this one is not so you can
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  • This one is not so you can compare and contrast,
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  • Compare and contrast, but when they have grandkids
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  • But when they have grandkids that are two and four,
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  • That are two and four, you know who they're gonna
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  • You know who they're gonna look like?
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  • Look like? the handsome dude in
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  • The handsome dude in the middle of picture one.
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  • The middle of picture one. that's...
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  • [laughter]
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  • That's how those grandkids
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  • That's how those grandkids are gonna come out because
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  • Are gonna come out because it runs in the family.
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  • It runs in the family. the thing about dna is
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  • The thing about dna is you can't escape it.
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  • You can't escape it. it's there whether
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  • It's there whether you want it or not.
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  • You want it or not. so, i would propose that
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  • So, i would propose that dna does not only stand
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  • Dna does not only stand for deoxyribonucleic acid,
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  • For deoxyribonucleic acid, but it also stands for
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  • But it also stands for did not ask for it.
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  • [laughter]
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  • I didn't ask for it.
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  • I didn't ask for it. this is what they
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  • This is what they issued me in 1978.
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  • Issued me in 1978. i'm just doing
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  • I'm just doing the best i can with it.
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  • The best i can with it. you didn't ask for your talents.
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  • You didn't ask for your talents. you didn't ask for your gifts.
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  • You didn't ask for your gifts. you didn't ask for
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  • You didn't ask for your tendencies.
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  • Your tendencies. it's just there.
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  • It's just there. people ask, "how did you
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  • People ask, "how did you learn to do this?
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  • Learn to do this? or how do you know to do that?"
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  • Or how do you know to do that?" and you really don't know.
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  • And you really don't know. and the reason you don't know is
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  • And the reason you don't know is because it runs in the family.
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  • Because it runs in the family. it's not just height
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  • It's not just height and weight and hair color,
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  • And weight and hair color, it's also behavioral,
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  • It's also behavioral, and it's spiritual.
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  • And it's spiritual. look at verse 33 in proverbs 3.
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  • Look at verse 33 in proverbs 3. it says, "the curse of the lord
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  • It says, "the curse of the lord is on the house of the wicked."
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  • Is on the house of the wicked." there's two houses that solomon
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  • There's two houses that solomon is talking about here.
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  • Is talking about here. and he says, "if you are
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  • And he says, "if you are in the house of the wicked,
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  • In the house of the wicked, the curse of the lord
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  • The curse of the lord is upon you."
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  • Is upon you." but then he flips
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  • But then he flips the verse, and he says,
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  • The verse, and he says, "but the lord will bless
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  • "but the lord will bless the house of the just."
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  • The house of the just." how many of you see
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  • How many of you see a difference between
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  • A difference between a curse in one house
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  • A curse in one house and a blessing in another?
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  • And a blessing in another? where you want to get
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  • Where you want to get your mail at?
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  • Your mail at? this one.
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  • This one. then he goes
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  • Then he goes to the next verse.
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  • To the next verse. he says in verse 34,
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  • He says in verse 34, "he scorns the scornful."
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  • "he scorns the scornful." what does that mean?
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  • What does that mean? he scorns the scornful.
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  • He scorns the scornful. when you scorn something,
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  • When you scorn something, it means you act as if
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  • It means you act as if it doesn't exist.
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  • It doesn't exist. a scornful child is the kind
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  • A scornful child is the kind of child that when mom says,
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  • Of child that when mom says, "clean your room,"
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  • "clean your room," he goes, "yeah, right."
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  • He goes, "yeah, right." so, the scornful person towards
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  • So, the scornful person towards god is a person who acts
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  • God is a person who acts like god doesn't exist.
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  • Like god doesn't exist. and god didn't say,
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  • And god didn't say, "whenever you act like that,
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  • "whenever you act like that, i'm gonna have
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  • I'm gonna have my feelings hurt."
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  • My feelings hurt." god says, "if you act like
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  • God says, "if you act like i don't exist, guess what?
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  • I don't exist, guess what? i'm gonna act like
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  • I'm gonna act like you don't exist."
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  • You don't exist." and since he controls things
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  • And since he controls things like your heartbeat
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  • Like your heartbeat and your breath, trust me,
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  • And your breath, trust me, you want him to remember you.
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  • You want him to remember you. and then he goes
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  • And then he goes one verse further.
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  • One verse further. he says, "the wise
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  • He says, "the wise shall inherit glory."
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  • Shall inherit glory." the fear of the lord
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  • The fear of the lord is the beginning of wisdom,
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  • Is the beginning of wisdom, and it's where
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  • And it's where knowledge is found.
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  • Knowledge is found. so, those who are reverent
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  • So, those who are reverent and obedient and have
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  • And obedient and have an honor of god
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  • An honor of god are the ones who are
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  • Are the ones who are promised to inherit glory.
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  • Promised to inherit glory. and then it says,
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  • And then it says, "and the inheritance of fools
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  • "and the inheritance of fools is going to be shame."
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  • Is going to be shame." the point is, you have
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  • The point is, you have a choice when it
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  • A choice when it comes to your dna.
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  • Comes to your dna. you may not be able to pick
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  • You may not be able to pick how you physically look,
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  • How you physically look, but you do get
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  • But you do get to pick your nature.
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  • To pick your nature. because dna doesn't only stand
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  • Because dna doesn't only stand for deoxyribonucleic acid,
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  • For deoxyribonucleic acid, and it doesn't only stand for,
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  • And it doesn't only stand for, did not ask for it,
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  • Did not ask for it, but dna also stands for
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  • But dna also stands for developed natural approach.
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  • Developed natural approach. and here's what i mean.
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  • And here's what i mean. your behavioral dna comes from
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  • Your behavioral dna comes from how you saw things done
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  • How you saw things done when you were a child.
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  • When you were a child. the situations
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  • The situations and the circumstances that
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  • And the circumstances that your family went through,
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  • Your family went through, you developed a natural approach
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  • You developed a natural approach about how you are going
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  • About how you are going to take on those challenges.
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  • To take on those challenges. how you saw others do it
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  • How you saw others do it is how you do it.
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  • Is how you do it. we call this mentoring.
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  • We call this mentoring. when you go to work
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  • When you go to work at a business,
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  • At a business, sometimes they'll give you
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  • Sometimes they'll give you a mentor so that you can
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  • A mentor so that you can learn how that business
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  • Learn how that business wants things done,
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  • Wants things done, and then you do things
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  • And then you do things like they did.
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  • Like they did. why?
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  • Why? because you have
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  • Because you have a developed natural approach.
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  • A developed natural approach. the disciples, they acted like
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  • The disciples, they acted like jesus to the point that
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  • Jesus to the point that they no longer called them
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  • They no longer called them disciples of jesus,
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  • Disciples of jesus, they called them
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  • They called them christians because they
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  • Christians because they acted like christ.
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  • Acted like christ. people come to me
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  • People come to me and they say,
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  • And they say, "you preach just
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  • "you preach just like your dad."
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  • Like your dad." well, duh.
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  • Well, duh. who do you think
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  • Who do you think taught me how to do it?"
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  • Taught me how to do it?" "you cook like your mom."
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  • "you cook like your mom." "i didn't learn to cook
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  • "i didn't learn to cook in your kitchen.
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  • In your kitchen. i learned in her kitchen."
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  • I learned in her kitchen." now, it's for the good
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  • Now, it's for the good and the bad that
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  • And the bad that you have this
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  • You have this developed natural approach.
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  • Developed natural approach. this is why we use terms like,
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  • This is why we use terms like, "he's a natural born..."
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  • "he's a natural born..." fill in the blank.
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  • Fill in the blank. he's a natural born leader.
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  • He's a natural born leader. he's a natural born singer.
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  • He's a natural born singer. she's a natural born dancer.
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  • She's a natural born dancer. they're a natural born liar.
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  • They're a natural born liar. they're a natural born con.
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  • They're a natural born con. they're a natural born...
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  • They're a natural born... fill in the blank.
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  • Fill in the blank. you see, this dna of behavior,
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  • You see, this dna of behavior, this developed natural approach,
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  • This developed natural approach, it's something that you can't
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  • It's something that you can't escape because the way you
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  • Escape because the way you saw them do it is the way
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  • Saw them do it is the way you think you have to do it.
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  • You think you have to do it. and sometimes, mom might've
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  • And sometimes, mom might've engaged in a stressful situation
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  • Engaged in a stressful situation and instead of asking god
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  • And instead of asking god for help in prayer,
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  • For help in prayer, she reached for the bottle.
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  • She reached for the bottle. or dad, he got upset,
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  • Or dad, he got upset, and instead of taking
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  • And instead of taking the time to cool off,
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  • The time to cool off, he went and put his fist
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  • He went and put his fist through the wall.
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  • Through the wall. i've got good news for you.
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  • I've got good news for you. you get to choose.
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  • You get to choose. you can choose between
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  • You can choose between the developed natural approach
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  • The developed natural approach that was in your dna,
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  • That was in your dna, or you can choose
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  • Or you can choose the divine nature approach
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  • The divine nature approach that comes from jesus christ.
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  • That comes from jesus christ. because 2 corinthians 5:17
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  • Because 2 corinthians 5:17 tells us,
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  • Tells us, "old things have passed away,
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  • "old things have passed away, and behold, all things
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  • And behold, all things have become new."
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  • Have become new." it says,
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  • It says, "if anyone is in christ,
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  • "if anyone is in christ, he is a new creation."
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  • He is a new creation." say that with me,
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  • Say that with me, "he is a new creation."
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  • "he is a new creation." old things,
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  • Old things, all of that old dna,
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  • All of that old dna, the way mama did it,
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  • The way mama did it, you don't have to do it.
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  • You don't have to do it. the way daddy did it,
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  • The way daddy did it, you don't have to do it.
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  • You don't have to do it. the way crazy uncle
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  • The way crazy uncle charlie lived,
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  • Charlie lived, you don't have to live.
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  • You don't have to live. that old family curse,
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  • That old family curse, it's gone.
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  • It's gone. that old habit,
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  • That old habit, he conquered it.
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  • He conquered it. that old tendency,
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  • That old tendency, he took it to a cross
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  • He took it to a cross and he nailed it there.
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  • And he nailed it there. that old burden, he took it
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  • That old burden, he took it off of your shoulders.
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  • Off of your shoulders. the anxiety, that you never
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  • The anxiety, that you never thought you'd have to fight with
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  • Thought you'd have to fight with like they did, he said,
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  • Like they did, he said, "cast all of those
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  • "cast all of those cares on me."
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  • Cares on me." that old fear
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  • That old fear that you can't shake,
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  • That you can't shake, he came and lifted it
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  • He came and lifted it off of you.
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  • Off of you. the yoke that the past
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  • The yoke that the past put upon you,
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  • Put upon you, he came to a place
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  • He came to a place called calvary,
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  • Called calvary, and because he was anointed,
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  • And because he was anointed, he broke the yoke that you
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  • He broke the yoke that you don't have to wear it anymore.
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  • Don't have to wear it anymore. church, when he says,
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  • Church, when he says, "old things have passed away,"
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  • "old things have passed away," it means they are buried
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  • It means they are buried and gone in the graveyard
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  • And gone in the graveyard of yesterday,
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  • Of yesterday, and you are free.
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  • And you are free. for whom the son
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  • For whom the son sets free is free indeed.
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  • [cheering and applause]
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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,
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  • Pain and loss.
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  • Now is the time to stand up,
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  • 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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  • So, if it runs in the family
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  • So, if it runs in the family and you get to choose
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  • And you get to choose the natural stuff that
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  • The natural stuff that you didn't ask for
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  • You didn't ask for or the divine stuff
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  • Or the divine stuff that you don't deserve,
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  • That you don't deserve, the question is,
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  • The question is, which family are you
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  • Which family are you running with?
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  • Running with? it runs in the family.
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  • It runs in the family. you pick which one
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  • You pick which one you run with.
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  • You run with. you know what's in
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  • You know what's in the natural one,
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  • The natural one, but jesus gave you
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  • But jesus gave you the gift of a new one.
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  • The gift of a new one. romans 5 clearly defines
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  • Romans 5 clearly defines these two families.
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  • These two families. it talks about one family
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  • It talks about one family that's born of sin.
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  • That's born of sin. in verse 12, it says,
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  • In verse 12, it says, "through one man,
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  • "through one man, sin entered the world
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  • Sin entered the world and death through sin,
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  • And death through sin, and this death
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  • And this death spread to all men."
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  • Spread to all men." it was contagious
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  • It was contagious because all have sinned.
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  • Because all have sinned. say that with me,
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  • Say that with me, "all have sinned."
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  • "all have sinned." so, when i tell you that sin
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  • So, when i tell you that sin runs in the family,
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  • Runs in the family, it's true.
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  • It's true. so, romans 5:14, it says,
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  • So, romans 5:14, it says, "nevertheless, death reigned."
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  • "nevertheless, death reigned." reigned is an official term,
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  • Reigned is an official term, meaning that it ruled.
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  • Meaning that it ruled. it literally sat on
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  • It literally sat on the throne until
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  • The throne until jesus christ knocked it off.
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  • Jesus christ knocked it off. "death reigned from
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  • "death reigned from adam to moses,
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  • Adam to moses, even over those who
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  • Even over those who had not sinned according
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  • Had not sinned according to the likeness
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  • To the likeness of the transgression of adam."
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  • Of the transgression of adam." see, understand
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  • See, understand the language here.
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  • The language here. it says that death
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  • It says that death ruled over everything
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  • Ruled over everything from adam to moses,
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  • From adam to moses, even over those
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  • Even over those who had not sinned.
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  • Who had not sinned. that's you and i.
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  • That's you and i. i know some of you may have
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  • I know some of you may have been accused of being
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  • Been accused of being here when moses was,
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  • Here when moses was, but you weren't.
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  • But you weren't. those who were not
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  • Those who were not born yet had not sinned,
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  • Born yet had not sinned, but it says,
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  • But it says, "we were counted
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  • "we were counted as sinners because
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  • As sinners because of the likeness
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  • Of the likeness of the transgression.
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  • Of the transgression. say that with me.
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  • Say that with me. those words right there
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  • Those words right there in the middle.
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  • In the middle. "the likeness of
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  • "the likeness of the transgression of adam."
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  • The transgression of adam." what does that mean?
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  • What does that mean? on the day that
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  • On the day that my children were born,
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  • My children were born, it didn't matter which side
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  • It didn't matter which side of the family you were on,
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  • Of the family you were on, my side or my wife's side,
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  • My side or my wife's side, there were people on
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  • There were people on both sides claiming
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  • Both sides claiming the likeness of the child.
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  • The likeness of the child. and so, when this verse
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  • And so, when this verse says it's the likeness
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  • Says it's the likeness of a transgression,
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  • Of a transgression, what happens is that
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  • What happens is that whenever a birth takes
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  • Whenever a birth takes place here on earth,
  • 00:13:49.188 --> 00:13:50.055
  • Place here on earth, heaven looks down and goes,
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  • Heaven looks down and goes, "oh, you look just like
  • 00:13:51.423 --> 00:13:52.591
  • "oh, you look just like that old sinner, adam.
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  • That old sinner, adam. you are just like him.
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  • You are just like him. yes, you are.
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  • Yes, you are. sin, sin, sin."
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  • [laughter]
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  • Because we've got his likeness.
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  • Because we've got his likeness. we can't get away from it.
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  • We can't get away from it. it's our developed
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  • It's our developed natural approach.
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  • Natural approach. and therefore, because of this,
  • 00:14:11.210 --> 00:14:12.845
  • And therefore, because of this, sin and death entered the world.
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  • Sin and death entered the world. now, some people wanna hold
  • 00:14:17.383 --> 00:14:18.317
  • Now, some people wanna hold god in contempt for this.
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  • God in contempt for this. in their immaturity,
  • 00:14:21.220 --> 00:14:22.087
  • In their immaturity, they wanna know,
  • 00:14:22.154 --> 00:14:22.721
  • They wanna know, "why was adam's
  • 00:14:22.788 --> 00:14:23.689
  • "why was adam's one act my fault?"
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  • One act my fault?" i'm so glad you asked.
  • 00:14:28.027 --> 00:14:30.996
  • I'm so glad you asked. you need to see
  • 00:14:31.063 --> 00:14:31.497
  • You need to see three attributes of god
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  • Three attributes of god that help us understand
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  • That help us understand why adam's problem
  • 00:14:34.500 --> 00:14:36.101
  • Why adam's problem was our problem.
  • 00:14:36.168 --> 00:14:37.469
  • Was our problem. and the first attribute is this.
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  • And the first attribute is this. god is consistent.
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  • God is consistent. say that with me,
  • 00:14:41.674 --> 00:14:42.675
  • Say that with me, "god is consistent."
  • 00:14:42.741 --> 00:14:44.710
  • "god is consistent." now, consistency means
  • 00:14:44.777 --> 00:14:45.711
  • Now, consistency means that you do something
  • 00:14:45.778 --> 00:14:46.879
  • That you do something so regularly that you'd begin
  • 00:14:46.946 --> 00:14:49.181
  • So regularly that you'd begin to develop a habit.
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  • To develop a habit. and that pattern that you
  • 00:14:50.482 --> 00:14:52.151
  • And that pattern that you develop gives people
  • 00:14:52.217 --> 00:14:53.652
  • Develop gives people the opportunity
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  • The opportunity to build expectation.
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  • To build expectation. and then, once they build
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  • And then, once they build expectation and you
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  • Expectation and you repeat the pattern,
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  • Repeat the pattern, they start to put
  • 00:14:59.858 --> 00:15:00.759
  • They start to put their trust in you.
  • 00:15:00.826 --> 00:15:02.294
  • Their trust in you. why did solomon tell his son,
  • 00:15:02.361 --> 00:15:04.229
  • Why did solomon tell his son, "trust in the lord with
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  • "trust in the lord with all your heart?"
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  • All your heart?" because solomon had seen
  • 00:15:06.732 --> 00:15:07.967
  • Because solomon had seen such a consistency in god,
  • 00:15:08.033 --> 00:15:10.002
  • Such a consistency in god, he knew that if his son
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  • He knew that if his son would trust in god,
  • 00:15:11.704 --> 00:15:12.838
  • Would trust in god, the pattern would
  • 00:15:12.905 --> 00:15:13.772
  • The pattern would never fail him.
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  • Never fail him. god is a consistent god.
  • 00:15:16.041 --> 00:15:18.043
  • God is a consistent god. you can expect god
  • 00:15:18.110 --> 00:15:19.011
  • You can expect god to be consistent
  • 00:15:19.078 --> 00:15:20.512
  • To be consistent in everything that he does.
  • 00:15:20.579 --> 00:15:23.415
  • In everything that he does. now, some of you might not
  • 00:15:23.482 --> 00:15:24.216
  • Now, some of you might not understand what i'm saying.
  • 00:15:24.283 --> 00:15:25.250
  • Understand what i'm saying. let me help you see it this way.
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  • Let me help you see it this way. i have a consistent pattern when
  • 00:15:27.653 --> 00:15:30.556
  • I have a consistent pattern when it comes to breakfast tacos.
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  • [laughter]
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  • And my pattern is so consistent
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  • And my pattern is so consistent that it might cause you
  • 00:15:36.795 --> 00:15:37.696
  • That it might cause you to actually question something.
  • 00:15:37.763 --> 00:15:40.366
  • To actually question something. for example, here's the pattern.
  • 00:15:40.432 --> 00:15:43.802
  • For example, here's the pattern. you show me the breakfast taco,
  • 00:15:43.869 --> 00:15:46.705
  • You show me the breakfast taco, you give me the breakfast taco,
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  • You give me the breakfast taco, and i will eat
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  • And i will eat the breakfast taco.
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  • The breakfast taco. that's the very simple pattern.
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  • That's the very simple pattern. show it, give it, eat it.
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  • Show it, give it, eat it. now, here's what you
  • 00:15:58.917 --> 00:15:59.685
  • Now, here's what you might question.
  • 00:15:59.752 --> 00:16:02.688
  • Might question. why do they call it
  • 00:16:02.755 --> 00:16:03.288
  • Why do they call it a breakfast taco?
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  • A breakfast taco? because if you gave it to me
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  • Because if you gave it to me at 11 o'clock at night,
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  • At 11 o'clock at night, you could show it to me at 11,
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  • You could show it to me at 11, i'd see it at 11,
  • 00:16:12.664 --> 00:16:14.266
  • I'd see it at 11, it would be gone by 11:01.
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  • [laughter]
  • 00:16:16.835 --> 00:16:19.004
  • And you would say, "well,
  • 00:16:19.538 --> 00:16:20.305
  • And you would say, "well, they call it a breakfast taco,
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  • They call it a breakfast taco, but it's almost the middle
  • 00:16:21.707 --> 00:16:22.674
  • But it's almost the middle of the night
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  • Of the night and he still ate it."
  • 00:16:23.742 --> 00:16:24.309
  • And he still ate it." i've got the consistent pattern.
  • 00:16:24.376 --> 00:16:26.845
  • I've got the consistent pattern. they didn't ask me what
  • 00:16:26.912 --> 00:16:27.546
  • They didn't ask me what they were gonna call it.
  • 00:16:27.613 --> 00:16:28.680
  • They were gonna call it. i look at it and it's...
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  • [speaking spanish]
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  • I mean, what am i
  • 00:16:32.151 --> 00:16:32.684
  • I mean, what am i supposed to do?
  • 00:16:32.751 --> 00:16:36.155
  • Supposed to do? i can't look at
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  • I can't look at a breakfast taco in
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  • A breakfast taco in the middle of the night and go,
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  • The middle of the night and go, "oh no, it is not breakfast.
  • 00:16:38.991 --> 00:16:43.429
  • "oh no, it is not breakfast. breakfast is not until
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  • Breakfast is not until the sunrise and can only
  • 00:16:45.364 --> 00:16:46.765
  • The sunrise and can only be served till 11
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  • Be served till 11 at certain locations."
  • 00:16:47.966 --> 00:16:51.403
  • At certain locations." wrong.
  • 00:16:51.470 --> 00:16:53.472
  • Wrong. i have a pattern.
  • 00:16:53.539 --> 00:16:54.506
  • I have a pattern. i see it, you give it, i eat it.
  • 00:16:54.573 --> 00:16:59.645
  • I see it, you give it, i eat it. now, god is so consistent that
  • 00:16:59.711 --> 00:17:01.413
  • Now, god is so consistent that whenever you see his pattern,
  • 00:17:01.480 --> 00:17:03.215
  • Whenever you see his pattern, what we try to do is come up
  • 00:17:03.282 --> 00:17:04.450
  • What we try to do is come up with the one exception
  • 00:17:04.516 --> 00:17:05.417
  • With the one exception to the pattern.
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  • To the pattern. and guess what?
  • 00:17:06.351 --> 00:17:06.985
  • And guess what? there isn't one.
  • 00:17:07.052 --> 00:17:09.521
  • There isn't one. when he sees sin,
  • 00:17:09.588 --> 00:17:10.556
  • When he sees sin, he treats sin the same.
  • 00:17:10.622 --> 00:17:12.391
  • He treats sin the same. when he sees obedience,
  • 00:17:12.458 --> 00:17:13.859
  • When he sees obedience, he treats obedience the same.
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  • He treats obedience the same. when he sees need,
  • 00:17:15.861 --> 00:17:17.262
  • When he sees need, he treats need the same.
  • 00:17:17.329 --> 00:17:18.864
  • He treats need the same. when he sees sickness,
  • 00:17:18.931 --> 00:17:20.199
  • When he sees sickness, he treats sickness the same.
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  • He treats sickness the same. when he sees powers
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  • When he sees powers and principalities,
  • 00:17:22.968 --> 00:17:23.702
  • And principalities, he treats them the same.
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  • He treats them the same. when he sees his children,
  • 00:17:25.304 --> 00:17:26.805
  • When he sees his children, he treats his children the same.
  • 00:17:26.872 --> 00:17:28.674
  • He treats his children the same. he is a consistent god.
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  • [applause]
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  • He's consistent
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  • He's consistent in how he behaves.
  • 00:17:38.851 --> 00:17:39.551
  • In how he behaves. look at genesis 1:1.
  • 00:17:39.618 --> 00:17:41.587
  • Look at genesis 1:1. it says, "in the beginning,
  • 00:17:41.653 --> 00:17:42.421
  • It says, "in the beginning, god created the heavens
  • 00:17:42.488 --> 00:17:43.489
  • God created the heavens and the earth."
  • 00:17:43.555 --> 00:17:44.923
  • And the earth." how consistent is he?
  • 00:17:44.990 --> 00:17:47.192
  • How consistent is he? what is he doing
  • 00:17:47.259 --> 00:17:47.659
  • What is he doing in revelation 21:1?
  • 00:17:47.726 --> 00:17:50.429
  • In revelation 21:1? john the revelator says,
  • 00:17:50.496 --> 00:17:51.363
  • John the revelator says, "i, john saw a new
  • 00:17:51.430 --> 00:17:52.931
  • "i, john saw a new heaven and a new earth."
  • 00:17:52.998 --> 00:17:54.099
  • Heaven and a new earth." he was creating
  • 00:17:54.166 --> 00:17:54.967
  • He was creating back in genesis;
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  • Back in genesis; he's creating in revelation.
  • 00:17:56.068 --> 00:17:58.270
  • He's creating in revelation. the first heaven and earth
  • 00:17:58.337 --> 00:17:59.271
  • The first heaven and earth had passed away.
  • 00:17:59.338 --> 00:18:00.005
  • Had passed away. it's not like god said,
  • 00:18:00.072 --> 00:18:01.306
  • It's not like god said, "oh no, i'm not gonna
  • 00:18:01.373 --> 00:18:02.374
  • "oh no, i'm not gonna give them any more heavens
  • 00:18:02.441 --> 00:18:03.475
  • Give them any more heavens and any more earths.
  • 00:18:03.542 --> 00:18:04.276
  • And any more earths. i already made them one.
  • 00:18:04.343 --> 00:18:05.310
  • I already made them one. they ruined that one.
  • 00:18:05.377 --> 00:18:06.512
  • They ruined that one. i'm not making another one."
  • 00:18:06.578 --> 00:18:08.981
  • I'm not making another one." no, he's consistent.
  • 00:18:09.047 --> 00:18:10.315
  • No, he's consistent. he made one in genesis,
  • 00:18:10.382 --> 00:18:11.350
  • He made one in genesis, he's bringing one back
  • 00:18:11.416 --> 00:18:12.951
  • He's bringing one back in revelation.
  • 00:18:13.018 --> 00:18:14.153
  • In revelation. and it says,
  • 00:18:14.219 --> 00:18:14.686
  • And it says, "the old had passed away
  • 00:18:14.753 --> 00:18:15.821
  • "the old had passed away and i saw a new jerusalem
  • 00:18:15.888 --> 00:18:17.489
  • And i saw a new jerusalem coming down out of heaven
  • 00:18:17.556 --> 00:18:18.824
  • Coming down out of heaven prepared like a bride
  • 00:18:18.891 --> 00:18:20.425
  • Prepared like a bride for her husband."
  • 00:18:20.492 --> 00:18:21.160
  • For her husband." the promise that he has
  • 00:18:21.226 --> 00:18:22.394
  • The promise that he has in the new one is it's gonna
  • 00:18:22.461 --> 00:18:23.795
  • In the new one is it's gonna be better than the old one.
  • 00:18:23.862 --> 00:18:25.597
  • [applause]
  • 00:18:26.331 --> 00:18:31.570
  • Now, why is he creating it?
  • 00:18:32.070 --> 00:18:32.938
  • Now, why is he creating it? he's creating a perfect dwelling
  • 00:18:33.005 --> 00:18:36.241
  • He's creating a perfect dwelling because he's a consistent god.
  • 00:18:36.308 --> 00:18:38.443
  • Because he's a consistent god. god never creates something
  • 00:18:38.510 --> 00:18:40.679
  • God never creates something and then tries to figure out
  • 00:18:40.746 --> 00:18:41.780
  • And then tries to figure out what to do with it.
  • 00:18:41.847 --> 00:18:45.517
  • What to do with it. listen, this is important.
  • 00:18:45.584 --> 00:18:47.719
  • Listen, this is important. it's simple stuff,
  • 00:18:47.786 --> 00:18:48.954
  • It's simple stuff, but when you see it,
  • 00:18:49.021 --> 00:18:49.588
  • But when you see it, you go, "wow, there it is."
  • 00:18:49.655 --> 00:18:51.690
  • You go, "wow, there it is." right?
  • 00:18:51.757 --> 00:18:53.525
  • Right? in the beginning,
  • 00:18:53.592 --> 00:18:54.126
  • In the beginning, god created what?
  • 00:18:54.193 --> 00:18:56.862
  • God created what? go ahead and say it
  • 00:18:56.929 --> 00:18:57.462
  • Go ahead and say it like you've read it,
  • 00:18:57.529 --> 00:18:58.163
  • Like you've read it, and if you haven't read it,
  • 00:18:58.230 --> 00:18:58.897
  • And if you haven't read it, hold hands with
  • 00:18:58.964 --> 00:18:59.598
  • Hold hands with somebody who has,
  • 00:18:59.665 --> 00:19:00.465
  • Somebody who has, and it'll transfer over.
  • 00:19:00.532 --> 00:19:03.835
  • And it'll transfer over. in the beginning,
  • 00:19:03.902 --> 00:19:04.436
  • In the beginning, god created the...
  • 00:19:04.503 --> 00:19:05.504
  • God created the... congregation: heavens
  • 00:19:05.571 --> 00:19:06.138
  • Congregation: heavens and the earth.
  • 00:19:06.205 --> 00:19:08.040
  • And the earth. pastor matt: so he did not
  • 00:19:08.106 --> 00:19:09.007
  • Pastor matt: so he did not create the sun, moon,
  • 00:19:09.074 --> 00:19:10.175
  • Create the sun, moon, and stars until
  • 00:19:10.242 --> 00:19:11.143
  • And stars until he had created the...
  • 00:19:11.210 --> 00:19:12.611
  • He had created the... congregation: heavens
  • 00:19:12.678 --> 00:19:13.612
  • Congregation: heavens and the earth.
  • 00:19:13.679 --> 00:19:14.546
  • And the earth. pastor matt: because the sun,
  • 00:19:14.613 --> 00:19:15.247
  • Pastor matt: because the sun, moon, and stars
  • 00:19:15.314 --> 00:19:15.981
  • Moon, and stars belonged in the...
  • 00:19:16.048 --> 00:19:17.449
  • Belonged in the... congregation: heavens
  • 00:19:17.516 --> 00:19:18.317
  • Congregation: heavens and the earth.
  • 00:19:18.383 --> 00:19:19.718
  • And the earth. pastor matt: you get it?
  • 00:19:19.785 --> 00:19:21.153
  • Pastor matt: you get it? it's not like he created
  • 00:19:21.220 --> 00:19:21.954
  • It's not like he created stars and went,
  • 00:19:22.020 --> 00:19:22.654
  • Stars and went, "i wonder what i'm gonna
  • 00:19:22.721 --> 00:19:23.288
  • "i wonder what i'm gonna do with those."
  • 00:19:23.355 --> 00:19:26.058
  • Do with those." he created the heavens
  • 00:19:26.124 --> 00:19:26.992
  • He created the heavens and the earth,
  • 00:19:27.059 --> 00:19:27.626
  • And the earth, and then he filled it
  • 00:19:27.693 --> 00:19:28.427
  • And then he filled it with the stars
  • 00:19:28.493 --> 00:19:28.894
  • With the stars and the sun and the moon.
  • 00:19:28.961 --> 00:19:29.761
  • And the sun and the moon. and then, he told
  • 00:19:29.828 --> 00:19:30.395
  • And then, he told all those things
  • 00:19:30.462 --> 00:19:30.996
  • All those things how they should operate.
  • 00:19:31.063 --> 00:19:32.130
  • How they should operate. he created the ocean,
  • 00:19:32.197 --> 00:19:33.298
  • He created the ocean, and then he created the fish
  • 00:19:33.365 --> 00:19:35.100
  • And then he created the fish because the fish belonged
  • 00:19:35.167 --> 00:19:36.001
  • Because the fish belonged in the ocean.
  • 00:19:36.068 --> 00:19:37.903
  • In the ocean. he created the land,
  • 00:19:37.970 --> 00:19:38.971
  • He created the land, and then he created
  • 00:19:39.037 --> 00:19:40.138
  • And then he created the trees and the plants
  • 00:19:40.205 --> 00:19:41.139
  • The trees and the plants and the animals because
  • 00:19:41.206 --> 00:19:42.074
  • And the animals because the trees and the plants
  • 00:19:42.140 --> 00:19:42.841
  • The trees and the plants and the animals,
  • 00:19:42.908 --> 00:19:43.408
  • And the animals, they belonged on the land.
  • 00:19:43.475 --> 00:19:47.145
  • They belonged on the land. now, after day five,
  • 00:19:47.212 --> 00:19:48.647
  • Now, after day five, when he got all of this created,
  • 00:19:48.714 --> 00:19:50.716
  • When he got all of this created, on day six, what did he create?
  • 00:19:50.782 --> 00:19:54.620
  • On day six, what did he create? man.
  • 00:19:54.686 --> 00:19:55.153
  • Man. why?
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  • Why? because man was supposed to be
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  • Because man was supposed to be in the environment of the earth,
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  • In the environment of the earth, and we were supposed to have
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  • And we were supposed to have dominion over the earth,
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  • Dominion over the earth, and we were supposed
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  • And we were supposed to rule the earth.
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  • To rule the earth. we were not supposed
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  • We were not supposed to ask mother nature
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  • To ask mother nature for permission to borrow
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  • For permission to borrow the wind to fuel your car,
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  • The wind to fuel your car, you were supposed to have
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  • You were supposed to have dominion over the earth
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  • Dominion over the earth and subdue it and use it
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  • And subdue it and use it for the purpose that
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  • For the purpose that god created it for,
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  • God created it for, which is you.
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  • [applause]
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  • But we threw all that away.
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  • But we threw all that away. and so, what is god
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  • And so, what is god doing in revelation?
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  • Doing in revelation? he's creating a new heaven
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  • He's creating a new heaven and he's creating a new earth
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  • And he's creating a new earth and he's creating
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  • And he's creating a new jerusalem.
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  • A new jerusalem. and it's gonna be
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  • And it's gonna be better than this heaven.
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  • Better than this heaven. and it's gonna be better
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  • And it's gonna be better than this earth.
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  • Than this earth. and it's gonna be
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  • And it's gonna be better than anything
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  • Better than anything that you've ever seen.
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  • That you've ever seen. why?
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  • Why? because the people
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  • Because the people who are gonna get to go
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  • Who are gonna get to go into that heaven
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  • Into that heaven and that earth
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  • And that earth and that jerusalem
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  • And that jerusalem are gonna be redeemed
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  • Are gonna be redeemed by jesus christ.
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  • By jesus christ. and we're gonna get
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  • And we're gonna get to live with god forever
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  • To live with god forever and forever and forever.
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  • And forever and forever. and he's not going to have
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  • And he's not going to have to destroy anything.
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  • [applause]
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  • Proverbs 3:35.
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  • Proverbs 3:35. it says, "the inheritance
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  • It says, "the inheritance of the wise will be glory."
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  • Of the wise will be glory." in revelation 21, he's told you
  • 00:21:13.799 --> 00:21:15.500
  • In revelation 21, he's told you what your inheritance is,
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  • What your inheritance is, a new heaven, a new earth,
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  • A new heaven, a new earth, a new jerusalem,
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  • A new jerusalem, all things become new.
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  • All things become new. but the legacy
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  • But the legacy of a fool is shame.
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  • Of a fool is shame. which house do you
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  • Which house do you wanna live in?
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  • Wanna live in? which dna do you
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  • Which dna do you want to choose?
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  • Want to choose? i told the first service,
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  • I told the first service, i reserve the right to come back
  • 00:21:43.362 --> 00:21:44.763
  • I reserve the right to come back to this topic because this was
  • 00:21:44.830 --> 00:21:47.733
  • To this topic because this was supposed to be one message,
  • 00:21:47.799 --> 00:21:48.967
  • Supposed to be one message, and i'm not even
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  • And i'm not even halfway through it.
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  • Halfway through it. but some of you need
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  • But some of you need to understand that
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  • To understand that you've got a choice to make.
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  • You've got a choice to make. and it's the choice between
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  • And it's the choice between righteousness or wickedness.
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  • Righteousness or wickedness. it's the choice between
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  • It's the choice between blessings or curses.
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  • Blessings or curses. it's the choice between
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  • It's the choice between glory or shame.
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  • Glory or shame. and it has to do with
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  • And it has to do with what dna you wanna live in,
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  • What dna you wanna live in, what family you wanna run with.
  • 00:22:20.699 --> 00:22:25.370
  • What family you wanna run with. there's things in your life
  • 00:22:25.437 --> 00:22:26.304
  • There's things in your life and in your family
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  • And in your family that you wish you didn't
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  • That you wish you didn't have to struggle with.
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  • Have to struggle with. good news is jesus christ
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  • Good news is jesus christ is the free gift of salvation.
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  • Is the free gift of salvation. when you go read through
  • 00:22:34.146 --> 00:22:34.846
  • When you go read through the rest of romans 5,
  • 00:22:34.913 --> 00:22:36.648
  • The rest of romans 5, you find out just
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  • You find out just how good god and just
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  • How good god and just how good jesus is.
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  • How good jesus is. because there it says,
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  • Because there it says, "if by one man,
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  • "if by one man, sin entered the world,
  • 00:22:42.454 --> 00:22:43.388
  • Sin entered the world, then so much more by one man
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  • Then so much more by one man were all made righteous."
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  • Were all made righteous." and then, it says,
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  • And then, it says, "if by one man, death came
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  • "if by one man, death came and we were condemned,
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  • And we were condemned, then by that same man,
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  • Then by that same man, jesus christ, not only
  • 00:22:52.998 --> 00:22:54.166
  • Jesus christ, not only was death conquered,
  • 00:22:54.232 --> 00:22:55.534
  • Was death conquered, but we were justified."
  • 00:22:55.600 --> 00:22:57.402
  • But we were justified." and then, it says,
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  • And then, it says, "if all of these transgressions
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  • "if all of these transgressions were gonna cost us eternity,"
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  • Were gonna cost us eternity," it says in verse 20,
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  • It says in verse 20, "where sin did abound,
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  • "where sin did abound, grace did that
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  • Grace did that much more abound."
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  • [applause]
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  • So, you get to choose that
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  • So, you get to choose that developed natural approach
  • 00:23:19.624 --> 00:23:21.493
  • Developed natural approach or that divine nature approach.
  • 00:23:21.560 --> 00:23:24.696
  • Or that divine nature approach. that did not ask for it
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  • That did not ask for it situation or the new creation
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  • Situation or the new creation in christ jesus.
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  • In christ jesus. but pay attention,
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  • But pay attention, god is not mocked.
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  • God is not mocked. verse 34, in proverbs 3,
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  • Verse 34, in proverbs 3, "he will scorn the scornful."
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  • "he will scorn the scornful." you mock him, he'll mock you.
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  • You mock him, he'll mock you. which means you can't have
  • 00:23:53.191 --> 00:23:54.626
  • Which means you can't have a slumber party at the house
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  • A slumber party at the house of the wicked all week long
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  • Of the wicked all week long and brush your teeth
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  • And brush your teeth in the house of the righteous
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  • In the house of the righteous on sunday morning,
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  • On sunday morning, and walk into church
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  • And walk into church smiling at god, going,
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  • Smiling at god, going, "see, i smell good."
  • 00:24:08.006 --> 00:24:11.676
  • "see, i smell good." he says, "no, i know
  • 00:24:11.743 --> 00:24:12.444
  • He says, "no, i know where you've been.
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  • Where you've been. don't act like you
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  • Don't act like you eat there and sleep here."
  • 00:24:15.514 --> 00:24:21.219
  • Eat there and sleep here." you got to choose.
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  • You got to choose. so, i want you to stand
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  • So, i want you to stand right where you are.
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  • Right where you are. would you bow your heads
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  • Would you bow your heads and lift your hands with me?
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  • And lift your hands with me? lord jesus christ,
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  • Lord jesus christ, today i thank you
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  • Today i thank you for being obedient,
  • 00:24:34.232 --> 00:24:36.668
  • For being obedient, even unto death that i might
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  • Even unto death that i might walk in this new life.
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  • Walk in this new life. today i receive
  • 00:24:43.942 --> 00:24:46.678
  • Today i receive the divine nature that
  • 00:24:46.745 --> 00:24:49.114
  • The divine nature that you gave as a free gift
  • 00:24:49.180 --> 00:24:53.818
  • You gave as a free gift so that i don't have
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  • So that i don't have to struggle with my old dna.
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  • To struggle with my old dna. i don't have to deal with
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  • I don't have to deal with what i didn't ask for.
  • 00:25:03.562 --> 00:25:06.131
  • What i didn't ask for. i don't have to carry
  • 00:25:06.197 --> 00:25:08.533
  • I don't have to carry that old burden anymore.
  • 00:25:08.600 --> 00:25:11.303
  • That old burden anymore. i have a new life,
  • 00:25:11.369 --> 00:25:13.805
  • I have a new life, and it is found in you.
  • 00:25:13.872 --> 00:25:16.007
  • And it is found in you. thank you, jesus,
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  • Thank you, jesus, for making old things
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  • For making old things pass and all things new.
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  • Pass and all things new. thank you for new strength.
  • 00:25:23.748 --> 00:25:25.850
  • Thank you for new strength. thank you for new joy.
  • 00:25:25.917 --> 00:25:27.819
  • Thank you for new joy. thank you for new hope.
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  • Thank you for new hope. thank you for new peace.
  • 00:25:29.988 --> 00:25:31.990
  • Thank you for new peace. and thank you for a new song.
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  • And thank you for a new song. in jesus' name, i receive
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  • In jesus' name, i receive this blessing, amen.
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  • This blessing, amen. god bless you, church.
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  • God bless you, church. you are dismissed.
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  • Pastor matt hagee: thank you
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  • Pastor matt hagee: thank you for joining us today.
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  • For joining us today. we pray god's blessings
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  • We pray god's blessings over you and those you love.
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  • Over you and those you love. pastor john hagee: thank you,
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  • Pastor john hagee: thank you, legacy partners,
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  • Legacy partners, for your faithful prayer
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  • For your faithful prayer and financial support.
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  • And financial support. your generosity enables us
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  • Your generosity enables us to take all of the gospel
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  • To take all of the gospel to all of the world
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  • To all of the world and to every generation.
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  • And to every generation. pastor matt hagee: we pledge
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  • Pastor matt hagee: we pledge to take the bold truth of
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  • To take the bold truth of god's word across the nations
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  • God's word across the nations of the world
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  • Of the world in everything that we do.
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  • In everything that we do. thank you for making
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  • Thank you for making a true kingdom impact
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  • A true kingdom impact in the lives of millions.
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  • In the lives of millions. god bless you!
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  • God bless you!
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  • Never stops moving.
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  • Where do you find happiness?
  • 00:26:17.335 --> 00:26:19.404
  • Is it in success?
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  • In possessions?
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  • In the approval of others?
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  • Want real happiness,
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  • Discover the bible's
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  • Prescription for joy
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  • In “being happy
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  • In an unhappy world.”
  • 00:26:29.481 --> 00:26:31.082
  • Happiness is not about
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  • Worldly possessions
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  • Or fleeting allocades.
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  • It's about our relationship
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  • With christ.
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  • Pastor hagee█s
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  • Is a fresh exploration
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  • Of one of the most
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  • Beloved portions
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  • Of the sermon on the mount.
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  • As you read,
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  • Into some of the most
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  • Ever given to mankind.
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  • Discover the timeless truths
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  • Of the beatitudes
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  • And find happiness
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  • In humility, surrender,
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  • And putting god first.
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  • The time to be happy is now
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  • The place to be happy
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  • Is right where you are.
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