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Hagee Ministries | Matt Hagee - The Priority Principle | January 3, 2025
- ♪ music ♪pastor matt hagee: if u
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- ♪ music ♪pastor matt hagee: if u brought your bibles,
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- Brought your bibles, turn them to the book of
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- Turn them to the book of 2 timothy 3:1 through 5,
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- 2 timothy 3:1 through 5, as this morning we begin
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- As this morning we begin a sermon series entitled
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- A sermon series entitled "prospering in perilous
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- "prospering in perilous times."
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- Times." i don't think you have
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- I don't think you have to look too far in the world
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- To look too far in the world that we're living in to
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- That we're living in to consider that these might be
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- Consider that these might be some perilous times.
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- Some perilous times. [amen.]
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- [amen.] today we're going to see
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- Today we're going to see the world that we live in
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- The world that we live in and understand very clearly
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- And understand very clearly what we can do about it,
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- What we can do about it, so that we can indeed prosper
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- So that we can indeed prosper in perilous times.
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- In perilous times. if you found 2 timothy 3,
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- If you found 2 timothy 3, say, amen.
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- Say, amen. [amen!]
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- [amen!] let's begin with verse 1.
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- Let's begin with verse 1. "but know this,
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- "but know this, that in the last days
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- That in the last days perilous times will come.
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- Perilous times will come. for men will be
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- For men will be lovers of themselves,
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- Lovers of themselves, lovers of money,
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- Lovers of money, boasters,
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- Boasters, proud,
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- Proud, blasphemers,
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- Blasphemers, disobedient to parents,
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- Disobedient to parents, unthankful,
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- Unthankful, unholy,
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- Unholy, unloving,
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- Unloving, unforgiving,
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- Unforgiving, slanderers,
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- Slanderers, without self-control,
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- Without self-control, brutal,
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- Brutal, despisers of good,
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- Despisers of good, traitors,
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- Traitors, headstrong,
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- Headstrong, haughty,
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- Haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than
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- Lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of god,
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- Lovers of god, having a form of godliness
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- Having a form of godliness but denying its power.
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- But denying its power. and from such people
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- And from such people turn away!"
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- Turn away!" and whatever you do,
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- And whatever you do, don't vote for them.
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- Don't vote for them. that's paraphrase.
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- That's paraphrase. that's not -- that's not --
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- That's not -- that's not -- (applause)
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- (applause) that's in the miv,
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- That's in the miv, my international version.
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- My international version. that's not in yours.
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- That's not in yours. [woo!]
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- [woo!] [yeah.]
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- [yeah.] (laughter)
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- (laughter) verse 16 and 17,
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- Verse 16 and 17, read with me.
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- Read with me. "all scripture is given by
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- "all scripture is given by inspiration of god,
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- Inspiration of god, and is profitable
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- And is profitable for doctrine,
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- For doctrine, for reproof,
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- For reproof, for correction,
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- For correction, for instruction in
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- For instruction in righteousness,
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- Righteousness, that a man of god may be
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- That a man of god may be complete,
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- Complete, thoroughly equipped for
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- Thoroughly equipped for every good work."
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- Every good work." [amen!]
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- [amen!] heavenly father,
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- Heavenly father, help us to see the distinction
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- Help us to see the distinction between the men of this earth
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- Between the men of this earth and the men of god
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- And the men of god on this earth.
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- On this earth. [amen!]
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- [amen!] help us to understand
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- Help us to understand the difference between the way
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- The difference between the way of this world
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- Of this world and the way of your word.
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- And the way of your word. and then choose how we might
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- And then choose how we might live in your kingdom
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- Live in your kingdom principles and promises,
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- Principles and promises, and see your goodness
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- And see your goodness in our lives in the land of
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- In our lives in the land of the living.
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- The living. in jesus' name,
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- In jesus' name, we pray and ask.
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- We pray and ask. and all of god's children
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- And all of god's children said, amen.
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- Said, amen. [amen!]
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- [amen!] you may be seated.
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- You may be seated. it's important to understand
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- It's important to understand the context in which timothy
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- The context in which timothy receives this letter
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- Receives this letter from paul.
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- From paul. paul is not going to live
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- Paul is not going to live much longer.
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- Much longer. he's in prison in rome.
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- He's in prison in rome. he realizes that the date
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- He realizes that the date and the time of his execution
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- And the time of his execution is set,
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- Is set, and he starts to write some
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- And he starts to write some final letters.
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- Final letters. and one of the letters he
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- And one of the letters he writes is to his successor.
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- Writes is to his successor. it's to his son in the faith,
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- It's to his son in the faith, timothy.
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- Timothy. and he tells timothy that
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- And he tells timothy that there's some things that are
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- There's some things that are going to happen between now
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- Going to happen between now and when christ returns.
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- And when christ returns. this is the biblical phrase,
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- This is the biblical phrase, "but know this,
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- "but know this, in the last days."
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- In the last days." say those words with me.
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- Say those words with me. "last days."
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- "last days." now the thing that is
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- Now the thing that is important to understand
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- Important to understand is that "the last days"
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- Is that "the last days" describe the time between
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- Describe the time between the ascension of christ
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- The ascension of christ after his resurrection
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- After his resurrection and the return of christ.
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- And the return of christ. paul warns timothy.
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- Paul warns timothy. he says,
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- He says, from these kinds of people,
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- From these kinds of people, turn away.
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- Turn away. why?
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- Why? because they're living as if
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- Because they're living as if the judgment of god is not
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- The judgment of god is not real and there are no
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- Real and there are no consequences to the choices
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- Consequences to the choices that they've made.
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- That they've made. and paul tells timothy
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- And paul tells timothy in this chapter;
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- In this chapter; he says god is going to judge
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- He says god is going to judge them and you don't want to be
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- Them and you don't want to be with them when they get
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- With them when they get judged.
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- Judged. and then he tells timothy;
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- And then he tells timothy; he says:
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- He says: but you don't have to do that,
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- But you don't have to do that, because you've been shown
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- Because you've been shown a better way.
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- A better way. and the better way that you've
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- And the better way that you've been shown has come through
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- Been shown has come through the principles of the faith
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- The principles of the faith that you've received from
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- That you've received from those that you have observed,
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- Those that you have observed, mainly paul.
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- Mainly paul. but he's saying to timothy,
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- But he's saying to timothy, the time has come for you to
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- The time has come for you to quit watching me and acting
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- Quit watching me and acting like me and behaving like me.
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- Like me and behaving like me. and it's time for you to pick
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- And it's time for you to pick up the word of god and do it
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- Up the word of god and do it for yourself.
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- For yourself. [yes.]
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- [yes.] [amen.]
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- [amen.] and i believe that therein
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- And i believe that therein lies the message to the church
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- Lies the message to the church in the world today.
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- In the world today. we get to see so much of
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- We get to see so much of the faith.
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- The faith. we get to hear the faith
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- We get to hear the faith on television.
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- On television. we get it in podcasts.
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- We get it in podcasts. we get it on the radio.
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- We get it on the radio. we get it in motivational
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- We get it in motivational little videos that get posted
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- Little videos that get posted on your phone and sent to you.
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- On your phone and sent to you. and all of this,
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- And all of this, we take in and we take it in
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- We take in and we take it in and we take it in.
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- And we take it in. and sometimes we imitate it
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- And sometimes we imitate it and sometimes we
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- And sometimes we regurgitate it.
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- Regurgitate it. but what we need to understand
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- But what we need to understand is that it's not enough to
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- Is that it's not enough to look like it and act like it.
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- Look like it and act like it. sooner or later,
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- Sooner or later, we've got to do something
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- We've got to do something to be like it.
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- To be like it. [amen.]
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- [amen.] [amen.]
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- [amen.] and this is where paul tells
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- And this is where paul tells timothy,
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- Timothy, look, the secret to this
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- Look, the secret to this is not in behavior,
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- Is not in behavior, the secret to this is not in
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- The secret to this is not in any form of group that you've
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- Any form of group that you've joined.
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- Joined. the secret to this is that
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- The secret to this is that "all scripture."
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- "all scripture." say that with me.
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- Say that with me. "all scripture."
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- "all scripture." and those are two simple words
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- And those are two simple words but they're hard to swallow.
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- But they're hard to swallow. because i don't know about
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- Because i don't know about you,
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- You, i have places in scripture
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- I have places in scripture i like to go.
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- I like to go. and then i have places in
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- And then i have places in scripture i like for others
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- Scripture i like for others to go for me.
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- To go for me. (laughter)
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- (laughter) because those are the places
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- Because those are the places where the mirror of god's word
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- Where the mirror of god's word gets uncomfortable for me.
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- Gets uncomfortable for me. it's easy for me to look at
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- It's easy for me to look at the things that i have
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- The things that i have no problem obeying,
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- No problem obeying, because that's where i feel
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- Because that's where i feel like i'm patting myself on
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- Like i'm patting myself on the back in the holy ghost.
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- The back in the holy ghost. (laughter)
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- (laughter) but when i see something that
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- But when i see something that the holy spirit reminds me,
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- The holy spirit reminds me, you need to work on,
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- You need to work on, that's where i don't like
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- That's where i don't like the reflection that's looking
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- The reflection that's looking back at me in the mirror.
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- Back at me in the mirror. and i have to remember that
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- And i have to remember that "all scripture --"
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- "all scripture --" say it with me again.
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- Say it with me again. "all scripture."
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- "all scripture." "-- is given by inspiration
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- "-- is given by inspiration of god,
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- Of god, and it is profitable."
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- And it is profitable." and paul tells timothy,
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- And paul tells timothy, if you will take all scripture
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- If you will take all scripture and understand the purpose
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- And understand the purpose and the power of its use
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- And the power of its use in your life,
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- In your life, you will be complete.
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- You will be complete. you will be thoroughly
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- You will be thoroughly equipped for every good work.
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- Equipped for every good work. what he's saying is,
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- What he's saying is, even though perilous times are
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- Even though perilous times are going to come,
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- Going to come, you, timothy,
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- You, timothy, can prosper in perilous times.
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- Can prosper in perilous times. and what i'm saying to you
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- And what i'm saying to you today is that god is
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- Today is that god is no respecter of persons.
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- No respecter of persons. if you will take the truth of
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- If you will take the truth of god's word and not let it be
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- God's word and not let it be something that you listen to
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- Something that you listen to but something that you live,
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- But something that you live, not let it be something that
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- Not let it be something that you're a part of but something
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- You're a part of but something that's a part of you --
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- That's a part of you -- [that's right.]
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- [that's right.] -- then you, too,
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- -- then you, too, can be equipped for every
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- Can be equipped for every good work and you can prosper
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- Good work and you can prosper in perilous times.
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- In perilous times. and the way that you prosper
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- And the way that you prosper in perilous times is the first
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- In perilous times is the first thing you have to do is
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- Thing you have to do is consider what the bible says
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- Consider what the bible says in romans 12:2,
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- In romans 12:2, "do not be conformed to
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- "do not be conformed to this world,
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- This world, but be ye transformed by
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- But be ye transformed by the renewing of your --" what?
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- The renewing of your --" what? "-- mind."
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- "-- mind." "conformed" and "transformed,"
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- "conformed" and "transformed," two very different words.
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- Two very different words. "conformation" means that what
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- "conformation" means that what is there gets molded.
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- Is there gets molded. and "transformation" means
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- And "transformation" means that what was there no longer
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- That what was there no longer is there but it's changed.
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- Is there but it's changed. and so what paul is writing
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- And so what paul is writing in the roman church here is
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- In the roman church here is he's saying,
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- He's saying, don't let the world shape
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- Don't let the world shape your thinking.
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- Your thinking. change your thinking by
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- Change your thinking by getting the word of god into
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- Getting the word of god into your life,
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- Your life, and in doing so,
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- And in doing so, transform your mind.
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- Transform your mind. [amen.]
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- [amen.] why?
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- Why? because when it comes to
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- Because when it comes to prosperity,
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- Prosperity, there's two cultures that are
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- There's two cultures that are being discussed here.
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- Being discussed here. one is the carnal culture,
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- One is the carnal culture, the corrupt culture of
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- The corrupt culture of this world,
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- This world, the one that paul is talking
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- The one that paul is talking about in 2 timothy where men
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- About in 2 timothy where men are lovers of themselves,
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- Are lovers of themselves, lovers of money,
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- Lovers of money, and all of the other
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- And all of the other characteristics that come
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- Characteristics that come along with it.
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- Along with it. "from such people turn away."
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- "from such people turn away." if you have that definition
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- If you have that definition of prosperity,
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- Of prosperity, you will never prosper enough,
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- You will never prosper enough, because the carnal world,
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- Because the carnal world, the corrupt world,
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- The corrupt world, the fallen world is always
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- The fallen world is always operating off of scarcity.
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- Operating off of scarcity. how many conversations do we
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- How many conversations do we have in our world today that
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- Have in our world today that have the word "shortage"?
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- Have the word "shortage"? [too many.]
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- [too many.] oh, there's an oil and gas
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- Oh, there's an oil and gas shortage.
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- Shortage. no, there's not.
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- No, there's not. oh, there's a water shortage.
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- Oh, there's a water shortage. no, there's not.
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- No, there's not. oh, there's a power shortage.
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- Oh, there's a power shortage. when you're not home,
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- When you're not home, turn up the heat.
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- Turn up the heat. (laughter)
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- (laughter) why?
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- Why? so when i get home,
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- So when i get home, it's 97 and i make it 52,
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- It's 97 and i make it 52, and then we just drain
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- And then we just drain everything in the evening?
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- Everything in the evening? you see,
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- You see, when you look at the world's
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- When you look at the world's definition of prosperity,
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- Definition of prosperity, it runs off of scarcity.
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- It runs off of scarcity. when you look at the kingdom's
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- When you look at the kingdom's definition of prosperity,
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- Definition of prosperity, it runs off of abundance.
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- It runs off of abundance. [yes.]
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- [yes.] man will never have enough.
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- Man will never have enough. our god is a god of more than
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- Our god is a god of more than enough.
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- Enough. [yes.]
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- [yes.] which means,
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- Which means, not only can he bless you,
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- Not only can he bless you, but he can bless me and he can
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- But he can bless me and he can bless your children and he can
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- Bless your children and he can bless your children's
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- Bless your children's children.
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- Children. but how do you receive that
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- But how do you receive that in this life?
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- In this life? the first thing you do is
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- The first thing you do is you have to transform
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- You have to transform your thinking.
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- Your thinking. [yes.]
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- [yes.] [amen.]
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- [amen.] you cannot conform god into
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- You cannot conform god into the things of this world.
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- The things of this world. [amen.]
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- [amen.] god does not fit
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- God does not fit in the world's box.
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- In the world's box. [that's right.]
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- [that's right.] his ways are higher than
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- His ways are higher than our ways.
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- Our ways. [yes.]
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- [yes.] his resources are different
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- His resources are different than our resources.
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- Than our resources. his definitions are not
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- His definitions are not the same as our definitions.
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- The same as our definitions. we look at gold as something
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- We look at gold as something precious.
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- Precious. god looks at gold as asphalt.
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- God looks at gold as asphalt. [amen.]
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- [amen.] (applause)
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- (applause) once you understand
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- Once you understand the difference between
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- The difference between conformation
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- Conformation and transformation,
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- And transformation, you begin to realize that
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- You begin to realize that the world's rules do not work
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- The world's rules do not work in heavenly places.
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- In heavenly places. [amen.]
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- [amen.] this is what jesus was proving
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- This is what jesus was proving whenever they said,
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- Whenever they said, "is it just to pay taxes?"
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- "is it just to pay taxes?" and jesus said,
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- And jesus said, "give to caesar what's
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- "give to caesar what's caesar's."
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- Caesar's." he was saying,
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- He was saying, if you want to live in
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- If you want to live in the world system,
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- The world system, you have to live by
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- You have to live by world's rules.
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- World's rules. because if you don't give
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- Because if you don't give caesar what he is owed,
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- Caesar what he is owed, he's going to put you in jail.
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- He's going to put you in jail. and then they said,
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- And then they said, "is it just for you to
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- "is it just for you to pay taxes?"
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- Pay taxes?" he says, sure.
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- He says, sure. hey, peter, go catch a fish.
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- Hey, peter, go catch a fish. peter goes and catches a fish,
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- Peter goes and catches a fish, and guess what's in
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- And guess what's in his mouth?
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- His mouth? the money that's owed
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- The money that's owed to caesar.
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- To caesar. but it was christ' way
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- But it was christ' way of saying,
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- Of saying, i'm not in this system.
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- I'm not in this system. [yes.]
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- [yes.] i can find all kinds of ways
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- I can find all kinds of ways to get the world's resources
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- To get the world's resources into the right place.
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- Into the right place. [amen.]
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- [amen.] which means you have to
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- Which means you have to transform your thinking.
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- Transform your thinking. you cannot work with
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- You cannot work with your carnal mind,
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- Your carnal mind, because that mind is at war
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- Because that mind is at war with god.
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- With god. 2 timothy 3,
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- 2 timothy 3, the descriptions that paul is
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- The descriptions that paul is giving of the types of people
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- Giving of the types of people that are going to live
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- That are going to live in these perilous times,
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- In these perilous times, do you know what they are?
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- Do you know what they are? instinctual man.
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- Instinctual man. instinctual man is disobedient
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- Instinctual man is disobedient to parents.
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- To parents. how many of you parents had to
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- How many of you parents had to teach your child to say "no"?
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- Teach your child to say "no"? i mean they got that one
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- I mean they got that one all of their own.
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- All of their own. (laughter)
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- (laughter) why?
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- Why? because it was in their nature
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- Because it was in their nature to do so.
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- To do so. how many of you had to teach
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- How many of you had to teach somebody to think about
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- Somebody to think about themselves?
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- Themselves? what's the first thing a child
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- What's the first thing a child learns after "no"?
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- Learns after "no"? mine.
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- Mine. [mine, yeah.]
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- [mine, yeah.] mine, mine, mine, mine,
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- Mine, mine, mine, mine, at a point in their life
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- At a point in their life when nothing is theirs.
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- When nothing is theirs. (laughter)
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- (laughter) not even their pacifier.
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- Not even their pacifier. [woo!]
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- It's more than a word.
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- It's more than a word. it can move mountains
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- It can move mountains of guilt and shame.
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- Of guilt and shame. come the troubled
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- Come the troubled sea of your soul.
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- Sea of your soul. and bring purpose
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- And bring purpose to a life that feels lost.
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- To a life that feels lost. have you ever felt
- 00:12:25.572 --> 00:12:26.139
- Have you ever felt weighed down by past mistakes
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- Weighed down by past mistakes or overwhelmed by shame?
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- Or overwhelmed by shame? grace is your path to freedom.
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- Grace is your path to freedom. ask god for his forgiveness
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- Ask god for his forgiveness and discover the true
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- And discover the true meaning of amazing grace.
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- Meaning of amazing grace. forgiveness is powerful
- 00:12:35.348 --> 00:12:36.716
- Forgiveness is powerful not just from god,
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- Not just from god, but also forgiving yourself.
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- But also forgiving yourself. live the joy filled life
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- Live the joy filled life god created
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- [woo!] (laughter)
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- (laughter) paul is saying that if you are
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- Paul is saying that if you are going to live like the world,
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- Going to live like the world, you're going to live like
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- You're going to live like an instinctual man.
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- An instinctual man. and if you're going live like
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- And if you're going live like a child of god in this world,
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- A child of god in this world, you've got to transform
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- You've got to transform your mind.
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- Your mind. and in order for your mind
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- And in order for your mind to be transformed,
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- To be transformed, you have to realize that
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- You have to realize that the nature of god has to come
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- The nature of god has to come live in you,
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- Live in you, because your instincts are
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- Because your instincts are never going to allow that
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- Never going to allow that nature to exist outside of his
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- Nature to exist outside of his grace and outside of his power
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- Grace and outside of his power and outside of his mercy.
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- And outside of his mercy. you cannot be who god wants
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- You cannot be who god wants you to be in your
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- You to be in your own strength.
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- Own strength. [amen.]
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- [amen.] that's why you need him
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- That's why you need him in order to help you do it.
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- In order to help you do it. [yes.]
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- [yes.] so how do you transform
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- So how do you transform your mind?
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- Your mind? you transform your mind
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- You transform your mind by reading the word of god.
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- By reading the word of god. [amen.]
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- [amen.] [that's right.]
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- [that's right.] what does reading the word of
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- What does reading the word of god do for you?
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- God do for you? well, in many places
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- Well, in many places in the word,
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- In the word, you find the benefits of it
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- You find the benefits of it to be things like,
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- To be things like, "health to your navel,
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- "health to your navel, and marrow to your bones."
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- And marrow to your bones." how many of you are interested
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- How many of you are interested in strength?
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- In strength? read the word of god.
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- Read the word of god. in other places,
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- In other places, when you read the word of god,
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- When you read the word of god, you find that it is a lamp
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- You find that it is a lamp unto your feet and a light
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- Unto your feet and a light unto your path.
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- Unto your path. how many of you are concerned
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- How many of you are concerned about direction?
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- About direction? read the word of god.
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- Read the word of god. in other places you read
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- In other places you read things like,
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- Things like, "his word will be a shield
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- "his word will be a shield and his word will be a sword."
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- And his word will be a sword." how many of you are concerned
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- How many of you are concerned about things like protection?
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- About things like protection? read the word of god.
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- Read the word of god. "no weapon formed against you
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- "no weapon formed against you shall prosper."
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- Shall prosper." [amen.]
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- [amen.] [amen.]
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- [amen.] you see,
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- You see, the thing about reading
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- The thing about reading the word of god is that
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- The word of god is that the words you ingest becomes
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- The words you ingest becomes the word you possess.
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- The word you possess. [that's right.]
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- [that's right.] and when you possess the word,
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- And when you possess the word, then you can declare the word.
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- Then you can declare the word. and when you declare the word,
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- And when you declare the word, then you begin to see
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- Then you begin to see the word.
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- The word. [yes.]
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- [yes.] one of the problems that we
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- One of the problems that we have in the american church
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- Have in the american church today is that we hear the word
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- Today is that we hear the word but we don't ever ingest
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- But we don't ever ingest the word,
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- The word, which means we can't possess
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- Which means we can't possess the word.
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- The word. so when you begin to read
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- So when you begin to read the word,
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- The word, and then you begin to speak
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- And then you begin to speak the word,
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- The word, guess what's going to happen?
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- Guess what's going to happen? you're going to start to see
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- You're going to start to see the word.
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- The word. [amen.]
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- [amen.] and when you want to prosper
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- And when you want to prosper in perilous times,
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- In perilous times, you need to possess a word
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- You need to possess a word that gives you a promise that
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- That gives you a promise that you want to see in your life.
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- You want to see in your life. [amen.]
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- [amen.] you need to know that
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- You need to know that the quality of your life
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- The quality of your life is determined by the quality
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- Is determined by the quality of your god.
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- Of your god. [that's right.]
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- [that's right.] [amen.]
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- [amen.] in the first five verses
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- In the first five verses of 2 timothy 3,
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- Of 2 timothy 3, paul is telling timothy that
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- Paul is telling timothy that there are a group of people
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- There are a group of people who are determining their life
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- Who are determining their life by the quality of their god.
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- By the quality of their god. if you are a lover of self
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- If you are a lover of self and you have a form
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- And you have a form of godliness
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- Of godliness but deny the power thereof,
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- But deny the power thereof, who is your god?
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- Who is your god? you.
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- You. men will be lovers of self.
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- Men will be lovers of self. if you love yourself more than
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- If you love yourself more than you love anything else,
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- You love anything else, who's sitting on the throne
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- Who's sitting on the throne in your life?
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- In your life? [you are.]
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- [you are.] you are.
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- You are. and as paul begins to describe
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- And as paul begins to describe the things that happen to
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- The things that happen to these types of individuals,
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- These types of individuals, he's reminding us of this
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- He's reminding us of this biblical principle that we see
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- Biblical principle that we see from the old testament
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- From the old testament all the way through to the end
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- All the way through to the end of the new testament,
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- Of the new testament, and that is that the quality
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- And that is that the quality of your life is determined by
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- Of your life is determined by the quality of your god.
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- The quality of your god. perilous times come because
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- Perilous times come because the way that men are choosing
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- The way that men are choosing to behave are making things
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- To behave are making things worse and worse and worse
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- Worse and worse and worse on the earth,
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- On the earth, because they have made
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- Because they have made themselves god.
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- Themselves god. what i want is most important.
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- What i want is most important. what i think is what i'm going
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- What i think is what i'm going to believe.
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- To believe. this is why we have people
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- This is why we have people running around saying,
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- Running around saying, "my truth."
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- "my truth." there is no more selfish
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- There is no more selfish statement on the face
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- Statement on the face of the earth than that,
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- Of the earth than that, because you do not possess
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- Because you do not possess truth.
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- Truth. "thy word is truth."
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- "thy word is truth." and whatever you say has to be
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- And whatever you say has to be balanced against this.
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- Balanced against this. (applause)
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- (applause) so we have a situation where
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- So we have a situation where men have chosen for themselves
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- Men have chosen for themselves what kind of god they're going
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- What kind of god they're going to serve.
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- To serve. and what you need to know is
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- And what you need to know is that the quality of your life
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- That the quality of your life is determined by the quality
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- Is determined by the quality of your god.
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- Of your god. low quality god/low quality
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- Low quality god/low quality life.
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- Life. in the world that we live in,
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- In the world that we live in, there will always be systems
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- There will always be systems and things that imitate
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- And things that imitate the power of god.
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- The power of god. our god has promised us
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- Our god has promised us that he would care for us;
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- That he would care for us; that we would prosper.
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- That we would prosper. "beloved,
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- "beloved, i wish above all things that
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- I wish above all things that you prosper and be in good
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- You prosper and be in good health even as your soul
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- Health even as your soul prospers."
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- Prospers." and there will be systems
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- And there will be systems in the world that promise
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- In the world that promise the same thing,
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- The same thing, except the definitions
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- Except the definitions of god's prosperity
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- Of god's prosperity and the definitions
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- And the definitions of the world's prosperity
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- Of the world's prosperity are very different from one
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- Are very different from one another.
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- Another. god's prosperity is
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- God's prosperity is all-encompassing,
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- All-encompassing, physically,
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- Physically, spiritually,
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- Spiritually, emotionally,
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- Emotionally, financially.
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- Financially. man's prosperity says,
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- Man's prosperity says, "give us this much money,
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- "give us this much money, and in this much time,
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- And in this much time, we'll give you this much
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- We'll give you this much return."
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- Return." that's just a math equation.
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- That's just a math equation. that's not prosperity.
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- That's not prosperity. [that's right.]
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- [that's right.] and the thing is,
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- And the thing is, is if you choose to put
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- Is if you choose to put your faith in man's promise,
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- Your faith in man's promise, you are going to abandon
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- You are going to abandon god's promise.
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- God's promise. but if you stay faithful to
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- But if you stay faithful to god's promise,
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- God's promise, god's promise is always going
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- God's promise is always going to be more powerful than
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- To be more powerful than man's promise.
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- Man's promise. and it may take a little bit
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- And it may take a little bit of time,
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- Of time, but sooner or later,
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- But sooner or later, his promise is going to
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- His promise is going to consume the system of man.
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- Consume the system of man. and you're going to find out
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- And you're going to find out that the god that we serve is
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- That the god that we serve is a way-making deliverer who can
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- A way-making deliverer who can pull you through any
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- Pull you through any and every circumstance.
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- And every circumstance. (applause)
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- (applause) we see this in elijah's day.
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- We see this in elijah's day. jezebel comes to israel.
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- Jezebel comes to israel. she becomes the wife of
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- She becomes the wife of king ahab.
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- King ahab. she decides that baal is god.
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- She decides that baal is god. jezebel,
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- Jezebel, she's actually named after
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- She's actually named after the false god.
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- The false god. she's a priestess
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- She's a priestess in his temple.
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- In his temple. and she says,
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- And she says, "if it rains,
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- "if it rains, baal makes it rain.
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- Baal makes it rain. if it grows,
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- If it grows, baal makes it grow.
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- Baal makes it grow. if you have it,
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- If you have it, baal's the one who gave it
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- Baal's the one who gave it to you."
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- To you." does that sound like
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- Does that sound like an imitator?
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- An imitator? [yes.]
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- [yes.] absolutely.
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- Absolutely. now in the time of ahab
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- Now in the time of ahab and jezebel,
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- And jezebel, there was a righteous remnant
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- There was a righteous remnant of priests who stood up
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- Of priests who stood up and opposed this.
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- And opposed this. they said, that's wrong.
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- They said, that's wrong. "thou shall have no other gods
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- "thou shall have no other gods before me."
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- Before me." they stood up and they
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- They stood up and they spoke up for truth.
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- Spoke up for truth. do you know what happened?
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- Do you know what happened? they got killed.
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- They got killed. they didn't get canceled.
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- They didn't get canceled. they got killed.
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- They got killed. they didn't get disliked
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- They didn't get disliked and banned from social media
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- And banned from social media platforms.
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- Platforms. they got --
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- They got -- [killed.]
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- [killed.] those are real consequences,
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- Those are real consequences, life and death kind of stuff.
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- Life and death kind of stuff. so whenever jezebel kills
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- So whenever jezebel kills a remnant group of priests
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- A remnant group of priests that are standing up for
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- That are standing up for jehovah god,
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- Jehovah god, the rest of israel does
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- The rest of israel does exactly what paul describes
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- Exactly what paul describes to timothy.
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- To timothy. they have a form of godliness
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- They have a form of godliness but they deny the power
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- But they deny the power thereof.
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- Thereof. what do i mean?
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- What do i mean? i mean that the form of
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- I mean that the form of godliness was when they went
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- Godliness was when they went home into the privacy of
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- Home into the privacy of their house,
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- Their house, they fell on their face,
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- They fell on their face, and they said,
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- And they said, "oh god, i'm sorry.
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- "oh god, i'm sorry. i don't really believe in
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- I don't really believe in baal,
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- Baal, but if i don't pray to baal,
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- But if i don't pray to baal, she's going to kill me."
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- She's going to kill me." and then they would walk out
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- And then they would walk out of their house and they'd see
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- Of their house and they'd see jezebel, and go,
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- Jezebel, and go, "oh, isn't it a great day
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- "oh, isn't it a great day that baal has given us?
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- That baal has given us? this is the day that baal
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- This is the day that baal has made."
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- Has made." (laughter)
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- (laughter) and they go back to their
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- And they go back to their house, and they say,
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- House, and they say, "oh god, i'm so sorry.
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- "oh god, i'm so sorry. you know exactly how i feel.
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- You know exactly how i feel. and i mean hr is breathing
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- And i mean hr is breathing down my throat right now.
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- Down my throat right now. i've got to go to
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- I've got to go to baal training."
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- Baal training." (laughter)
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- (laughter) and then when they got outside
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- And then when they got outside the house,
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- The house, they just towed the line
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- They just towed the line and live according to whatever
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- And live according to whatever the culture was,
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- The culture was, because they didn't want to go
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- Because they didn't want to go against culture.
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- Against culture. they had to be accepted by
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- They had to be accepted by the culture,
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- The culture, because they could get
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- Because they could get canceled.
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- Canceled. (mimics getting head cut off)
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- (mimics getting head cut off) and one man, elijah,
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- And one man, elijah, the bible says that he walks
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- The bible says that he walks into ahab's throne room,
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- Into ahab's throne room, and he tells ahab;
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- And he tells ahab; he says,
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- He says, "it's not going rain
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- "it's not going rain unless i say so."
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- Unless i say so." [amen.]
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- [amen.] [yes.]
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- [yes.] and when you're in an agrarian
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- And when you're in an agrarian society where you have to have
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- Society where you have to have rain in order for grain
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- Rain in order for grain and grass and things to grow
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- And grass and things to grow so that your economy can
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- So that your economy can prosper,
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- Prosper, what he just said is,
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- What he just said is, the economy is going to crash
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- The economy is going to crash unless i say it turns around.
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- Unless i say it turns around. and for three and a half
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- And for three and a half years,
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- Years, it didn't rain.
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- It didn't rain. for three and a half years,
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- For three and a half years, no crops grew.
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- No crops grew. for three and a half years,
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- For three and a half years, the israeli economy
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- The israeli economy was cratered.
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- Was cratered. why?
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- Why? because this imitator, baal,
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- Because this imitator, baal, was being shown up by
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- Was being shown up by jehovah god;
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- Jehovah god; that he was in control of
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- That he was in control of nothing and jehovah was
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- Nothing and jehovah was in control of everything.
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- In control of everything. [yes.]
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- [yes.] (applause)
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- (applause) now, the people who had a form
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- Now, the people who had a form of godliness in their home
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- Of godliness in their home but denied the power thereof
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- But denied the power thereof out in the street,
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- Out in the street, do you know what they went
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- Do you know what they went through?
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- Through? a famine.
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- A famine. they went through a drought.
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- They went through a drought. they didn't have any
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- They didn't have any good water to drink.
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- Good water to drink. they didn't have any good food
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- They didn't have any good food to eat.
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- To eat. "their belly button rubbed
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- "their belly button rubbed a blister on their backbone,"
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- A blister on their backbone," as the country folk used
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- As the country folk used to say.
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- To say. (laughter)
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- (laughter) but elijah,
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- But elijah, what did he do?
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- What did he do? you see,
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- You see, he had a transformed mind.
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- He had a transformed mind. he didn't conform to jezebel's
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- He didn't conform to jezebel's way and then say to god
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- Way and then say to god he was sorry on sunday.
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- He was sorry on sunday. [alright now.]
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- [alright now.] elijah took a stand.
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- Elijah took a stand. and he said,
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- And he said, this isn't going to fly,
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- This isn't going to fly, because baal doesn't make it
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- Because baal doesn't make it rain.
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- Rain. god does.
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- God does. [amen.]
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- [amen.] and baal doesn't make it grow.
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- And baal doesn't make it grow. god does.
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- God does. and baal doesn't take care of
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- And baal doesn't take care of me.
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- Me. god does.
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- God does. [yes.]
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- [yes.] and jezebel said,
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- And jezebel said, i want his head.
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- I want his head. and elijah went and hid.
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- And elijah went and hid. and the bible says he hid by
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- And the bible says he hid by the brook kidron.
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- The brook kidron. now everybody down
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- Now everybody down in the big city who's got
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- In the big city who's got a form of godliness
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- A form of godliness but denies the power,
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- But denies the power, they need a drink.
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- They need a drink. but god's man is hiding up
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- But god's man is hiding up here in a hill country
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- Here in a hill country retreat --
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- Retreat -- (laughter)
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- (laughter) -- with running water.
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- -- with running water. [amen.]
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- [amen.] the brook didn't run dry,
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- The brook didn't run dry, and even before there were
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- And even before there were ubereats and doordash.
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- Ubereats and doordash. (laughter)
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- (laughter) the bible says,
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- The bible says, "ravens brought him food."
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- "ravens brought him food." [yes.]
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- [yes.] he didn't even have an app
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- He didn't even have an app and he was getting it
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- And he was getting it delivered.
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- Delivered. [woo!]
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- [woo!] (applause)
- 00:23:17.089 --> 00:23:20.193
- (applause) and then one day,
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- And then one day, the brook dries up,
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- The brook dries up, and the ravens don't show up.
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- And the ravens don't show up. and elijah says, "god,
- 00:23:23.062 --> 00:23:24.030
- And elijah says, "god, what do you want me to do?"
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- What do you want me to do?" he says,
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- He says, "i want you to go to
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- "i want you to go to a widow woman's house."
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- A widow woman's house." he goes to a widow woman's
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- He goes to a widow woman's house.
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- House. and what happens at
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- And what happens at the widow woman's house?
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- The widow woman's house? she's got enough masa for
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- She's got enough masa for one more tortilla.
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- One more tortilla. (laughter)
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- (laughter) and god says, elijah,
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- And god says, elijah, i want you to ask her for it,
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- I want you to ask her for it, and with a transformed mind.
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- And with a transformed mind. with a conformed mind,
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- With a conformed mind, with a natural mind,
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- With a natural mind, he would have said,
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- He would have said, that's the cruelest thing
- 00:23:49.889 --> 00:23:50.823
- That's the cruelest thing i could ever ask for,
- 00:23:50.890 --> 00:23:52.058
- I could ever ask for, her last bite of food.
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- Her last bite of food. with a transformed mind,
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- With a transformed mind, he says,
- 00:23:55.328 --> 00:23:56.028
- He says, the greatest thing this woman
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- The greatest thing this woman could ever do is give what
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- Could ever do is give what she has to god.
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- She has to god. [amen.]
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- [amen.] [amen.]
- 00:24:00.967 --> 00:24:01.534
- [amen.] and in giving it to god,
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- And in giving it to god, she never ran out of oil.
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- She never ran out of oil. [amen.]
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- [amen.] she never ran out of flour.
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- She never ran out of flour. [yes.]
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- [yes.] she never ran out of what
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- She never ran out of what she needed.
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- She needed. she was fed.
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- She was fed. her child was fed.
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- Her child was fed. the man of god was fed.
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- The man of god was fed. why?
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- Why? because our god is able.
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- Because our god is able. (applause)
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- (applause) our god is able.
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- Our god is able. (applause)
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- (applause) child of god,
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- Child of god, if you will allow his word
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- If you will allow his word to transform you,
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- To transform you, if you will allow his truth
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- If you will allow his truth to direct you,
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- To direct you, if you will allow his power
- 00:24:34.534 --> 00:24:36.102
- If you will allow his power to come through you,
- 00:24:36.168 --> 00:24:37.670
- To come through you, there isn't anything that you
- 00:24:37.737 --> 00:24:39.438
- There isn't anything that you face in this life that god
- 00:24:39.505 --> 00:24:41.374
- Face in this life that god cannot overcome.
- 00:24:41.440 --> 00:24:42.842
- Cannot overcome. i know we live in
- 00:24:42.909 --> 00:24:44.810
- I know we live in perilous times.
- 00:24:44.877 --> 00:24:45.912
- Perilous times. i know we're in places
- 00:24:45.978 --> 00:24:47.580
- I know we're in places that we've never been before
- 00:24:47.647 --> 00:24:48.848
- That we've never been before in our lifetime.
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- In our lifetime. but what i'm telling you is,
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- But what i'm telling you is, our god is able.
- 00:24:51.918 --> 00:24:54.487
- Our god is able. there isn't anything that
- 00:24:54.554 --> 00:24:55.755
- There isn't anything that catches him by surprise.
- 00:24:55.821 --> 00:24:57.223
- Catches him by surprise. if the mountains be turned
- 00:24:57.290 --> 00:24:58.791
- If the mountains be turned into the midst of the sea,
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- Into the midst of the sea, nothing is too difficult
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- Nothing is too difficult for him.
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- For him. he can make a way where there
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- He can make a way where there seems to be no way.
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- Seems to be no way. he can open up the windows of
- 00:25:06.232 --> 00:25:07.700
- He can open up the windows of heaven and pour out upon you
- 00:25:07.767 --> 00:25:09.535
- Heaven and pour out upon you blessings that you cannot
- 00:25:09.602 --> 00:25:10.803
- Blessings that you cannot contain.
- 00:25:10.870 --> 00:25:11.470
- Contain. the things in your life,
- 00:25:11.537 --> 00:25:13.139
- The things in your life, in your past that the locusts
- 00:25:13.205 --> 00:25:15.274
- In your past that the locusts have eaten and the famine
- 00:25:15.341 --> 00:25:16.909
- Have eaten and the famine has caused,
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- Has caused, god has a promise that he can
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- God has a promise that he can restore those years.
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- Restore those years. he can restore that loss.
- 00:25:20.680 --> 00:25:22.415
- He can restore that loss. he can restore what the enemy
- 00:25:22.481 --> 00:25:23.883
- He can restore what the enemy has stolen.
- 00:25:23.950 --> 00:25:24.750
- Has stolen. why?
- 00:25:24.817 --> 00:25:25.551
- Why? i can't tell you why
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- I can't tell you why other than the fact
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- Other than the fact he said so.
- 00:25:27.920 --> 00:25:28.955
- He said so. i can't tell you how
- 00:25:29.021 --> 00:25:30.389
- I can't tell you how other than i know he can
- 00:25:30.456 --> 00:25:31.657
- Other than i know he can do it.
- 00:25:31.724 --> 00:25:32.258
- Do it. i can't tell you when,
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- I can't tell you when, because his time is not
- 00:25:33.593 --> 00:25:34.827
- Because his time is not our time.
- 00:25:34.894 --> 00:25:35.595
- Our time. but what i can tell you is,
- 00:25:35.661 --> 00:25:37.029
- But what i can tell you is, if you put your faith in him,
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- If you put your faith in him, all things are possible
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- All things are possible to them that believe!
- 00:25:42.101 --> 00:25:43.336
- To them that believe! give the lord a handclap
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- Give the lord a handclap of praise!
- 00:25:44.637 --> 00:25:46.439
- Of praise! (applause)
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- (applause) pastor matt hagee: jesus died
- 00:25:47.907 --> 00:25:48.808
- Pastor matt hagee: jesus died to give you eternal life
- 00:25:48.874 --> 00:25:50.242
- To give you eternal life and victory over whatever
- 00:25:50.309 --> 00:25:51.711
- And victory over whatever obstacle you are facing today.
- 00:25:51.777 --> 00:25:53.746
- Obstacle you are facing today. we're celebrating
- 00:25:53.813 --> 00:25:54.413
- We're celebrating his sacrifice
- 00:25:54.480 --> 00:25:55.247
- His sacrifice by giving thanks for a savior
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- By giving thanks for a savior who is alive and sits
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- Who is alive and sits at the right hand
- 00:25:59.051 --> 00:25:59.652
- At the right hand of god, the father.
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- Of god, the father. pastor john hagee: this
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- Pastor john hagee: this message of truth is broadcast
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- Message of truth is broadcast around the world
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- Around the world thanks to your faithful
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- Thanks to your faithful support of this ministry.
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- Support of this ministry. pastor matt hagee: we
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- Pastor matt hagee: we celebrate that the stone
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- Celebrate that the stone has been rolled away,
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- Has been rolled away, the tomb is empty,
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- The tomb is empty, and we can put our trust
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- And we can put our trust in this fact;
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- In this fact; jesus christ is risen.
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- Jesus christ is risen. i'm so grateful that i chose
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- I'm so grateful that i chose differently.
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- Differently. i'm so happy that i chose you.
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- I'm so happy that i chose you. i get to see you become
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- I get to see you become the person god intended you
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- The person god intended you to be.
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- To be. i'm grateful for
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- I'm grateful for sanctuary of hope
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- Sanctuary of hope for preparing me,
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- For preparing me, for guiding me.
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- For guiding me. most importantly,
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- Most importantly, sanctuary of hope
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- Sanctuary of hope is my safe place.
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- Is my safe place. it's where i can lay
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- It's where i can lay my baby's head down
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- My baby's head down and know that god has a shield
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- And know that god has a shield of protection over us.
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- Of protection over us. thank you,
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- Thank you, hagee ministry
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- Hagee ministry legacy partners.
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- Legacy partners. because of you,
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- Because of you, my baby has a chance.
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- My baby has a chance. because of you,
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- Because of you, i had the option to choose
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- I had the option to choose life.
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- Life. there has never been
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- There has never been a better time to share
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- A better time to share the love of christ
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- The love of christ with a mother and a child
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- With a mother and a child than right now.
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- Than right now. when you partner with
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- When you partner with hagee ministries,
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- Hagee ministries, your legacy impacts lives
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- Your legacy impacts lives and transforms a nation.
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- And transforms a nation. call today
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- Call today or go to jhm.org/partner
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- Or go to jhm.org/partner ♪ music ♪
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