Greg Laurie - A New Beginning For A World Changer

December 4, 2024 | S24:E4903

Join Pastor Greg Laurie for a time of encouragement, worship, and Bible study.

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Harvest with Pastor Greg Laurie | Greg Laurie - A New Beginning For A World Changer | December 4, 2024

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Greg laurie: jesus said, "seek first the kingdom of god
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And his righteousness, and all these things
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Shall be added to you" what you'll eat, what you'll drink,
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What you'll wear.
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Put god first in your marriage and you watch how it changes.
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Put god first in your finances and you watch
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How they'll change.
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Put god first in your relationships.
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Put god first in your career.
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Put him first, give the best, he gave his best to you.
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♪ this is the day the day when life begins ♪
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♪ this is the day the day when life begins ♪
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Greg: you know, for me it's always a great thing
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To start something fresh.
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You know, the first day of spring, i love that.
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I love it when with our watches and our clocks,
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We spring forward, you know.
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I hate it when we fall back because all of a sudden
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It's like dark at three o'clock in the afternoon and you know,
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You lose all that sunlight and it's like getting
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A whole new part of a day when we spring forward.
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I like the way everything looks after it rains even people
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With dirty cars, get a car wash on that day.
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Or if you're an artist, i like to sit down
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With a clean sheet of paper.
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I just met a professional cartoonist who's a christian,
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And we were visiting for a while and we had two pieces of paper
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And he had a bunch of cool pens, and we're just drawing
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Back and forth, it was so fun.
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You know, when you're an artist, you'll love to do that,
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A blank sheet of paper.
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And also what's great, is the second chance
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After you have failed, and i would also add
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The end of a great trial where you can have a fresh start
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Or a new beginning.
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That's what we find before us here in exodus chapter 12.
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Moses, the world changer, was about to change
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The world for the captives of egypt, the nation, israel.
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He was gonna lead them to a new beginning and a new land.
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And the way he did this all was by faith and that is the theme
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Of hebrews 11.
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It's great men and women of god, who had courage,
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And took risks, and changed the world around them,
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And they all did it by faith.
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And so we read about moses in hebrews 11 verse 25,
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"it was by faith that moses commanded the people of israel
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To keep the passover and to sprinkle blood on the doorposts
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So that the angel of death would not kill their firstborn sons."
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But just see before this was gonna happen,
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Moses himself needed a new beginning
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Because he had crashed and burned.
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But god gave him a second chance at the burning bush,
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You know the story.
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He killed the egyptian, he went into exile for 40 years,
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The lord spoke to him and recommissioned him to service
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Again and gave to moses and ultimately to the jews,
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A new beginning.
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It comes down to this, when you've been changed,
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You wanna see others be changed as well.
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Let me turn that around.
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If you don't wanna see others changed,
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How much have you really been changed?
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Jesus said this in luke 7:47, "to whom much is forgiven
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That one loves the much more."
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I mean, if we can wrap our mind around what god has done for us,
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And how much he has forgiven us, he's taken all that sin
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And removed it from our lives and because of that,
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We should have an eagerness and an excitement and a passion
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To tell others of what god has done for us.
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And jesus also said over in luke 12:48,
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"from everyone who has been given much,
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Much will be demanded.
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And from the one who has been entrusted with much,
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Much more will be asked."
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Do you realize the great privileges that you have
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Right now as you sit there and hear this message?
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First of all, you live in the united states of america,
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A free country that's why so many people
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Wanna come to our nation.
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You know, we don't have to build walls to keep people in,
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We build walls in theory to keep people out--better not get
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Into that subject, but you understand what i'm saying,
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People wanna come here, it's a destination.
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And we have freedoms here that many other nations do not have,
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And then add to that we're in a church where the lord
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Is honored, we're led in worship by these gifted people that love
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The lord and we hear the word of god
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On a regular basis and we see people coming to christ.
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And so we look at all this and it's a privilege.
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And to whom much is forgiven, or excuse me much is given,
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Much is required.
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So god has given this to us, and with this knowledge,
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With these privileges, come responsibilities.
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Well, the jewish people, they were living this slaves
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Under the pharaoh.
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Now through moses, the answer to their prayers had finally come.
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The problem was, pharaoh was not cooperating.
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Instead of releasing the jews, he dug in his heels and said,
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"no, i won't release them," and even more,
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He effectively chose god off.
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He said in exodus 5:2, "who is the lord
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That i should obey his voice and let israel go?
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I don't know the lord nor will i let israel go."
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"oh yeah, you've got your god, well i'm god
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And i'll take god on."
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Wow, careful now, what you wish for 'cause if you get in a fight
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With god, you're gonna lose, just know that.
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If you're fighting with the lord, you're gonna lose.
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If you're running from the lord, you're gonna lose.
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As it has been said, your arms are too short to box with god.
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You remember old jacob that we looked at in the series,
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Got into a wrestling match with an angel who quite possibly
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Was jesus himself and he lost.
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The lord will maybe humors us from time to time like
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When i used to wrestle with my sons, and wrestle
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With my grandchildren, i let them win; i'm humoring them.
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They think they're really winning but they aren't,
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So you think you're prevailing.
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Listen, god will bring that wrestling match to a close
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And this is what was gonna happen to pharaoh.
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Careful what you wish for, you might get it.
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So god gave to pharaoh chance after chance,
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To release the jews.
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No plagues, no judgments.
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He said, "moses, just go in there and say,
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'let my people go.'"
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But pharaoh rejected that.
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So the lord brought judgements, ten plagues in total upon egypt.
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They included lice, and flies, and bugs,
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And spiders, and frogs, and hail,
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And it just got worse and worse then the bible says,
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"pharaoh's heart got harder," pharaoh's heart got harder.
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Finally it says, "and the lord hardened pharaoh's heart,"
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Which if you recall means, the lord strengthened pharaoh
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In the decision he had already made.
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Now that pharaoh knows he's outgunned or outplagued,
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So he tries to get moses to compromise,
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He tries to deceive moses and he says,
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"all right moses, go ahead and go worship the lord
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Just don't go very far."
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Moses says, "no, we gotta go three days journey."
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"all right, all right, go worship the lord your god,
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But just leave your children."
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Moses says, "we're not leaving our kids,
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They're coming with us."
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"all right, all right, go worship the lord your god
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Just leave your animals," and moses says,
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"listen, not a hoof shall be left behind you get nothing,"
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And he made a clean break with the pharaoh just
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Like we need to make a clean break with the devil,
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If we're gonna follow jesus christ.
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But the pharaoh still was resisting.
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So the lord's gonna bring one severe judgment on him,
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The death of the firstborn.
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Now this might seem harsh, cruel,
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And even extreme on the part of god,
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But for all practical purposes
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That pharaoh decided his own fate.
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"how so?" you might ask.
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Well, moses warned pharaoh that he would be treated
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The same way he treated the jews.
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If not, he would reap what he'd sow.
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God said in exodus 4:22, "say this to the pharaoh,
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'thus says the lord, israel is my son,
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So i say to you, let my son go that he may serve me.
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But if you refuse to let him go, indeed i will kill your son,
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Your firstborn.'"
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God was very direct.
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Look, this is my son, you let my son go, we're good.
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You don't let my son go, then i'm coming after your son.
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So he was deciding his own fate, he was gonna get a taste
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Of his own medicine.
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Jesus said, "with what measure or judgment you judge,
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You will be judged; and the measure you use,
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It will be measured back to you."
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So pharaoh drowned the jewish baby boys
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And now god was gonna drown pharaoh's army.
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See, a lot of times these things that we try to inflict on others
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Come right back on us.
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The bible tells the story of a wicked man named haman.
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He hatched a plot to have the jewish race exterminated.
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An unwitting artaxerxes went along with this plan
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And artaxerxes was married, of course, to queen esther,
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Who was a jew.
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She ended up pleading for the jewish people
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And they were spared.
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But haman had gallows built to hand mordecai
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His enemy, the uncle of queen esther.
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And as it turned out haman hung on his own gallows.
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Careful, the trap you set for another may be the trap
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That brings you down.
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The thing that pharaoh was doing to the jews now would come
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Right back on him.
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Now god gives instruction for the celebration
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Of the first passover.
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The lord said, "go three days' journey into the land
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And you're gonna have passover,"
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And here's what it's all about.
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Exodus 12, starting in verse 1.
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"while the israelites are still in the land of egypt,
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The lord gave the following instructions to moses and aaron,
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'from now on,'" the lord says,
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"'this month will be the first month of the year for you.
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Announce to the whole community of israel that on the tenth day
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Of this month each family must choose a lamb or a young goat
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For a sacrifice, one animal for each household.
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If a family is too small to eat a whole animal,
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Let them share with another family in the neighborhood.
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Divide the animal according to the size of each family
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And how much they can eat.
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The animal you select must be a one-year-old male,
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Either a sheep or a goat, and no defects.'"
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We'll stop there.
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So they were to offer to the lord a healthy young lamb
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Or goat, and then they were to sacrifice that animal
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And they were to take the blood of the animal and put it
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On their doorpost.
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So imagine a doorway right here.
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They were to take the blood from the lamb or the goat,
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Put the blood on the left side, put the blood
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On the right side, and put the blood on the top of the door.
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Now, what does that remind you of?
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Jesus hanging there on the cross,
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The crown of thorns pressed on his brow,
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Nails driven through his right hand and his left,
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And this is what passover was pointing to,
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It was pointing to jesus christ.
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And really the old testament is pointing to the new testament,
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It's one revelation from genesis to revelation.
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There's not an old testament god and a new testament god,
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It's one god and all of those old testament types and
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Sacrifices all pointed to jesus who would be the fulfillment
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Of them as the lamb of god who takes away the sin of the world.
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You know, people often misunderstand
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The ministry of christ.
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They think he was like, you know,
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The original hippie or something.
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He came to give flowers out and get everybody to sing "kumbaya"
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And give beautiful teachings,
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But then something went horribly wrong.
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No, he came to give, yes, the greatest teachings ever given.
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He came to perform miracles, sure,
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But really the real reason he came,
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Was to die for the sin of the world and be the lamb of god
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Who would bear our sin.
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And that is why scripture tells us that he is
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The lamb slain from the foundations of the world.
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Which means before there was a solar system,
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Before there was a planet called earth and a garden called eden
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And a couple known as adam and eve,
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A decision was made in the councils of eternity,
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That god himself would come to planet earth,
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And be born as a helpless little baby in a manger in bethlehem,
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Then he would live a perfect life and then he would die as
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Our substitute on the cross, and his precious blood
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Would be shed.
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So what does passover mean to us?
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Number one, the passover is a new beginning,
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If you're taking notes.
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The passover was for them and for us,
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A new beginning.
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God starts by making this a new beginning
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For the nation of israel.
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Verse 2, "this month will be the first month of the year
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For you."
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That'd be like us saying today, "we're starting the year
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Over again because it hasn't gone so well."
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Maybe some of you already look back and say,
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"can i do a do over of this year?"
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Now that's what god was saying, "we're starting the year over
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Right now, this is a new beginning,
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This is when it begins for you."
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Have you ever wished you could start all over again?
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Maybe in your marriage?
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Maybe in your relationship with your children or with friends?
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Someone you've fallen out with?
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Well, in a way you can because 2 corinthians 5:17 says,
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"if any man be in christ he is a new creation,
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All things have passed away, all things become new."
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Or as the wuest translation puts it,
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Which is a translation from the original greek,
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It goes as follows, "anyone who is in christ is a creation
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New in quality, the antiquated, out-of-date things
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[which do not belong to the new life in christ]
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Have passed away.
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Behold all things have become fresh and new."
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You don't have to be crippled by your past anymore;
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You can put it behind you.
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Greg: greg laurie here.
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You know, at harvest ministries we're committing to reaching
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Unexpected people in unexpected places with an
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Unexpected message.
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And thanks to your financial support, we've been able to
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Touch people all over the world with the hope of jesus christ.
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Your gifts today not only help us reach millions across the
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Country through this television program, they also help us to
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Bring hope to people in their biggest need, whether through
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Our evangelistic events or our relief efforts, together we've
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Been able to minister to so many people devastated by the fires
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In lahaina on the island of maui.
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And also, your support has helped us partner to bring
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Medical help in the ongoing conflict in israel.
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So i'm asking you today to continue to support this
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Ministry so we can do everything possible to fulfill the
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Great commission.
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Let's do this together,
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And let me say in advance,
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Thank you and god bless you.
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Greg: i love how the lord just said it starts now.
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It doesn't matter what time of the year it is.
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It can all change because of the blood of the lamb.
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Number two, the lamb they were to kill
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Was to be the very best.
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It was a lamb that was to be chosen and carefully examined
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According to verse 3, "with no defects."
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In other words, don't bring us sickly animal,
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Bring the finest, the strongest.
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Why?
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Because we should give our very best to god, right?
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Jesus said, "seek first the kingdom of god and
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His righteousness and all these things shall be added to you."
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What you'll eat, what you'll drink,
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What you'll wear.
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Put god first in your marriage and you watch how it changes.
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Put god first in your finances and you watch
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How they'll change.
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Put god first in your relationships.
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Put god first in your career.
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Put him first, give the best, he gave his best to you.
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That's what the lord said, "bring your best."
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And they're bringing an animal that they have developed
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An affection for.
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He says, "bring your lamb," your lamb.
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So maybe it was even like a pet to them.
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You know, people are very attached to their pets.
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Everybody's walking around with animals everywhere now.
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You know, they take 'em on planes and take 'em
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Into restaurants and i know there are service animals
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That have been approved and people that need them,
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But i question some of the people carrying animals now,
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Really, is this a service animal?
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And you know, they're at the table eating,
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And they give the food to the dog and it's just--
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Really? is that sanitary?
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But imagine taking your beloved pet, your dog,
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Your cats and offering it as a sacrifice
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That's what god was asking israel to do.
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"that's so cruel," but wait, why did god want 'em to do that?
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He wanted them to see the enormity of their sin
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And the blackness of it.
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And by offering something they love,
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That they had affection for, it showed sin has a cost,
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Sin is painful, sin is deadly.
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So he said, "you bring this and offer it to me now."
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And so, is that not what christ was?
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He was the perfect sacrifice for each of us.
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"he knew no sin."
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He never sinned in any way, shape or form.
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In fact, we know that 2 corinthians 5:21 says that,
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"he never sinned but he was the offering for our sin
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So that we could be made right with god through christ."
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It was a sinless for the sinful, the perfect for the imperfect,
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The flawless for the flawed, so we could all have
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A new beginning.
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Absolutely amazing.
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Number three, if you're taking notes,
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The lamb had to be slain, don't miss this.
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The lamb had to be slain.
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It wasn't the life of the lamb that saved the people
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From judgment, it was the death of it.
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Hebrews 9:22 says, "without the shedding of blood,
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There is no forgiveness of sin."
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So you have to have the cross.
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It's not the life of jesus; it's a life of jesus; it's the death
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Of jesus, it's the resurrection of jesus
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That gives us access to the father.
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That's why christ said in matthew 26,
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"this is my blood given in the new covenant
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For the forgiveness of sin."
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We talk a lot about the blood, we sing about the blood,
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And so we should.
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We sing, "would you be free from the burden of sin?
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There's power in the blood, power in the blood."
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Would you for--or evil if victory went,
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"there's wonder working power in the blood,
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There's power, power, power in the blood?"
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And i also love that song, "nothing but the blood of jesus.
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What can wash away our sin?
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Nothing but the blood of jesus."
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And another song, "the blood will never lose its power."
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The next point, the blood had to be applied.
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Now this is a big one, don't miss it,
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The blood had to be applied so yes,
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The lamb had to be slain but you had to apply the blood.
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If that lamb was killed and you did not take that blood
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And put it on your doorway, the judgment of god,
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The angel of death, that judgment would come upon you.
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Even if you slew the lamb, even if you spilled the blood,
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You still had to apply the blood,
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Otherwise you would not have your home passed over.
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And in the same way we too need to apply the blood.
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You say, "well, what does that mean to apply the blood?"
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Okay, let's get specific now.
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Let's say that you've committed a sin.
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Quick poll, how many of you have ever committed a sin?
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Okay, good kids, i'm talking to you.
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You've committed a sin, let's say it was years ago.
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And it's possible that that sin is haunting you today.
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It may have been a decade ago, two decades ago, even longer.
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In fact, the enormity of that sin,
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Has come on you like a ton of bricks and you've realized
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How bad it was even more than you realized right
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After you had committed it and it haunts you now.
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It wakes you up at night, it troubles you,
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You walk around with a guilty conscience,
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And you don't know how to get rid of that sin.
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Okay, you need to apply the blood.
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You say, "well greg, i'm trying to forgive myself."
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What are you talking about?
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The bible never tells you to forgive yourself,
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You can't forgive yourself.
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No, you don't need to forgive yourself,
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You need to understand the power of the blood,
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And what god has done when he through christ forgave you.
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You need to apply the blood.
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You say, "but what does that mean?"
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1 john 1:7 says that "but if we walk in the light
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As he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another,
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And the blood of jesus christ his son cleanses us
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From all sin."
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Did you hear that?
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It cleanses you from all sin.
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Not just some sin, not just a big,
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Giant, gnarly sins, all sins, he'll forgive you.
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But what do you need to do?
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If you will confess your sin.
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What does that mean?
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The word "confess" literally means to agree with god.
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So let's say we went outta the church
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And there was a red car parked there.
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I said, "look, there's a red car."
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And you said, "yes, that is a red car."
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We agree, you're confessing with me,
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We see it the same way but if i say,
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"look at that red car" and you say,
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"no, that's a blue truck."
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No, you're in disagreement with me, you see.
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To confess means, you agree with me.
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So when god says that we will confess our sin,
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He's saying, "i want you to see sin the way i see sin.
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And i don't want you to marginalize it, or minimize it,
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Or rationalize it, i want you to call it what it is,"
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'cause we have new words for sins so we don't feel as bad.
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Instead of even saying we sin we'll say,
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"well i'm not perfect, so i made a mistake."
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Are you perfect?
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"wait, there's a difference between a mistake and a sin."
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A dictionary definition of mistake is an error or fault
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Resulting from defective judgment,
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Deficient knowledge or carelessness;
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A misconception or a misunderstanding.
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I was supposed to turn right on that street, and i turned left,
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It was a mistake, i wasn't paying attention,
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It wasn't deliberate but it happened; it was a mistake.
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A sin is deliberate.
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It's something i do at will.
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And so, i need to call it what it is.
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If i've been guilty of sexual sin, call it that.
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Where did this phrase moral failure come from?
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"well, there's been a moral failure."
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What is that like?
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What is that?
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You know, if you committed adultery, say,
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"i committed the sin of adultery or it was a sin
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Of fornication" or nowadays when we lie, we don't say i lie,
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We say, "well, i misspoke."
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Really? that's it.
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"i misspoke.
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Well actually, i offered you alternative facts."
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"alternative facts?"
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Now, maybe you didn't understand something,
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And you said something, but then you found out that
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What you said was not accurate so you say, "excuse me,
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I said something yesterday but i researched it and found out
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I wasn't accurate in all my facts, let me restate it."
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Okay, that's one thing, but a lie's another thing.
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I know it's true but i'm gonna tell you this lie instead,
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Call a lie a lie, call a sin, a sin and then, listen,
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Apply the blood.
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So you come and say, "lord, i've committed this sin,
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I'm sorry for this sin, i confess this sin,
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I repent of this sin, and i accept your forgiveness because
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Of the blood of jesus that was shed," and then you drop it,
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You drop it, stop dredging it up,
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Stop bringing it up.
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We should not choose to remember what god has chosen to forget.
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Now, that doesn't mean there still may not be
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Some ramifications.
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I mean, if you go out and rob a bank and you're arrested,
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You could say to the officer,
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"well, man, it's under the blood."
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And they'll say, "well, you're under arrest and you're going
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To jail but you can pray on the way over."
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So god will forgive you; there may be some ramifications
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Depending on the sin, but it's under the blood
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And it is forgiven.
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Greg: maybe god has spoken to your heart
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And you have seen your need for jesus christ.
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Jesus christ is the son of god, who came from heaven
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To this earth.
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He was born in a manger, he died in a cross,
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He rose again from the dead.
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Why?
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Because he loves you and he wants a relationship with you.
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Listen, i'm not talking about religion,
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I don't wanna be a religious person i don't think you wanna
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Be one either, i'm talking about relationship with god.
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Jesus who died and rose again, stands at the door of your life
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And he knocks and he says, "if you'll hear his voice,
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And open the door, he will come in."
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Question, have you asked jesus christ to come and live
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Inside of you?
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You might say, "well, i think so, i'm not sure."
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Hey, if someone moved into your house in the middle
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Of the night, do you think you would be aware of it?
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I'm sure you would.
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And in the same way, if christ has come to live inside of you,
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You will know.
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And if you don't know, maybe he has not come in yet.
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He's just a prayer away.
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All you need to do is say,
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"jesus, i want this relationship with you,
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I want you to forgive me of my sin,
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I want to go to heaven when i die."
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Would you like to do that?
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Would you like christ to come into your life?
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If so, why don't you just pray this simple prayer with me.
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You can pray it out loud, or you can pray it
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In the quietness of your heart.
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But this is a prayer where you're asking jesus christ
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To be your savior and lord, pray this with me now.
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"lord jesus, i know that i'm a sinner,
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But i know that you're the savior,
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Who died on the cross for my sin and rose again from the dead,
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Now come into my life.
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I choose to follow you from this moment forward.
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Thank you, for hearing this prayer and answering
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This prayer,
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In jesus's name, amen."
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Did you just pray that prayer with me?
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If so, i want you to know in the authority of scripture
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That christ himself has come to live inside of you,
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And i would love to send to you at no charge,
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The 'new believers bible.'
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It's a very friendly translation of the new testament,
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You'll find very understandable and it's filled
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With hundreds of notes that i wrote that will encourage
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You in this commitment you've just made to follow jesus.
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And let me be the first to say to you,
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Congratulations and welcome
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To the family of god.
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Greg Laurie - A New Beginning For A World Changer

December 4, 2024 | S24:E4903

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