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Joseph Prince - Comparison Steals What God Gives

April 2, 2026 | 27:29

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Joseph prince: we tend to compare, amen?
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And what happens? jealousy comes in.
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Your validation should come from christ.
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After all, what he said-- the one without error,
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Without mistake, says that you are lovable,
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Says that you are worthy for him to die for.
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Male announcer: how would you spend today
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If you knew tomorrow was the rapture?
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We've seen enough movies to have an idea,
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But what does the bible really say?
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In today's message, joseph prince unpacks
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This blessed hope
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And reveals powerful truths about the last days.
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When you think about the rapture,
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Have you ever wondered, "will i be left behind?
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Will the end-times be filled with fear?"
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In his book "ready for the rapture?"
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Joseph reveals why the rapture is not a reason to fear
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But a promise of peace, security, hope, and joy
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In these last days.
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In these pages, discover how to live in hope
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When the world feels hopeless,
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Walk in confidence when things feel dark and uncertain,
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And shine with the light of christ
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In a world that seems more complex
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With each passing day.
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And now here's pastor joseph prince
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With today's program.
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Joseph prince: if you have ever wondered--
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If any of you have never read the bible,
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Okay, and you're wondering--
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"you know, i really want to read the bible,
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And i just wonder what the bible
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Is all about," okay?
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The bible is all about jesus.
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If you can think of the bible as a family photo album.
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Those days they have photo albums, okay?
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I know that now it's all within this small hand...
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You can hold it in your phone,
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But the bible is nothing more than a picture album
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Of our lord jesus christ, amen.
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Every story in the bible points to jesus christ.
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We have the story of david.
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Many of you are familiar with the story of david,
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The young boy who killed goliath.
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But if you look at david, you find he's a shepherd boy.
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Our lord jesus identifies himself
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As "i am the good shepherd."
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The good shepherd gives his life for the sheep.
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David was a boy when the predator,
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Like the lion or the bear, would come for his flock,
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For his sheep.
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He just didn't, you know, sort of, like,
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Wash his hands of it and tell the father,
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"i was afraid to go.
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After all, there's only one lamb that the lion took away,"
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And he's the shepherd boy that wrote
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"the lord is my shepherd.
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I shall not want.
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He makes me to lie down in green pastures.
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He leads me beside the still waters."
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You see pictures of the pastoral scene
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As a shepherd boy,
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And he knows the lord is with him, amen?
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When he's out there in the field,
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He knows the lord is with him,
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And because of that consciousness
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Of the lord being with him,
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No lion or bear can stand before him.
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And that's why when goliath came,
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Right, david said this:
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"the lord that delivered me from the paw of the lion
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And from the bear will deliver this philistine into my hand."
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Amen, his confidence was in the lord,
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Even before the battle was settled.
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Before--even before he went into the fight,
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Right, he knew the lord would deliver him.
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He has a secret history with god, amen.
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God was his friend.
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God was his father.
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And god doesn't want to be a god, like, so far away--
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You know, it's like,
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With all the vicissitudes and difficulties of life
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That we are faced with, god is so far away
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And we only go to church on sunday to worship him
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And listen to the bible being taught.
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No, no, that-- god wants to be involved in
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Your daily life.
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There's this beautiful verse in the bible--
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And for those of you who never read the bible,
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I'm gonna give you this verse right now
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From genesis--i believe 39 or somewhere along there.
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It says this: "and the lord was with joseph;
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And he was a successful man."
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But at the time, when this was written about joseph,
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Joseph was a slave in egypt.
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And yet whatever he did as a slave,
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The bible says the lord was with joseph.
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And he was a successful man;
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In the king james, a prosperous man.
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And whatever he did, whatever a slave could do,
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God made it to prosper.
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Did you hear that?
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Because the lord was with him, whatever he did,
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Whether he tended to the wheat field
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Or he tended to the tomato field
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Or whatever fields he tended to, they all had bumper crops.
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Whatever he did, god made it to prosper.
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If he was in charge of the affairs of the household
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Of the one that he was serving--
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At that time was a man called potiphar,
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The keeper of the guard of pharaoh.
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Whatever he did with the people in the household
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That he was appointed over,
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They listened to him gladly
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And they would carry out his instructions.
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He had favor with them.
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So the bible talks about god giving you favor.
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When god give you favor, it doesn't really matter, right,
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Whether you have all the experience in the world
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Compared to all your competitors and all that.
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You will stand out.
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It's called god giving you favor, amen,
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And the lord gave favor to joseph before potiphar.
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Later on, when he was lied about, he was--
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It was planned in such a way
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That he would end up in the prison,
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The enemy has resorted for him not to be exalted.
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The enemy always wants you down.
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He's always the one oppressing. he's the one depressing.
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Any depression is not from god, amen?
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Again, the lord was with him in prison, even.
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And god gave him what?
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Favor with all the... gods in egypt.
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So one thing about you-- i need to warn you first--
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Is that if you want the lord to be in your life,
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You're gonna have favor.
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You don't want that, then don't.
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If you don't want whatever you do prospers--
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And i believe whatever means whatever.
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Sometimes you make a mistake, but you know what?
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God can prosper it, amen.
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We need that in the day and age in which we live, amen?
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Another kind of intelligence is rising up,
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And rightly called artificial.
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That means what?
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There is a... real intelligence, amen?
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You want the one with the real intelligence
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To lead you and guide you in this life, amen, amen?
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Everything in life--you know, let me just say this:
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Everything that hurts and destroys in this life
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Is not from god.
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Depression, fears, worries, anxieties
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Is not the way that god-- god's heart of--
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The father heart of god plans for his children.
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So, whether it's the life of joseph,
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The life of david with--
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In the bible, it is always a picture of jesus.
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Amen, joseph was rejected by his brothers.
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Jesus was rejected by israel when he came.
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And he had-- joseph had favor with the...
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Gentile world, the non-jews, which is the egyptian pharaoh;
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And those in this house.
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So did jesus.
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He was gladly hurt by the gentiles, amen.
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Joseph became the bread of life to the world
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When the world was going through famine.
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That was many years ago in egypt.
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Egypt was the superpower at that time.
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And the whole world was in famine at one time,
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And only in egypt there was bread.
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They became the bread basket and the bread supply
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For the entire world.
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And whose wisdom was it? joseph.
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So for 2000 years since jesus was rejected by israel,
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All right, he has become the bread of life to all of us.
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Can i have a good amen?
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Praise the name of jesus.
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You know, when it comes to the things of god,
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Everything by grace is free.
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Free does not mean cheap, because why?
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Free means someone paid for it.
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So, if you ever wondered what kind of verse
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Are there in the bible,
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There is a verse i want to recommend to you.
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You memorize this verse, you put it in your heart,
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It's gonna bless you, okay?
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And it tells you the story of the gospel
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In a nutshell--just one verse.
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Look at romans 5:17.
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It says--let's all read together:
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"for if, because of one man's trespass,
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Death reigned through that one man, much more--"
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Now you gotta say "much more" like much more, right?
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Not just the meal but the ice cream.
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Much more!
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"those who receive the abundance of grace
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And the free gift of righteousness
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Reign in life through the one man jesus christ."
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That is loaded--that verse.
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Okay, a lot is in that verse.
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Jesus rose from the dead.
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He conquered death, amen, and rose from the dead.
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So what is the reason-- why is there death?
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And every time you attend funeral,
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If we are honest, even though we are there--
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We love the people that are there--
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We are there to love them and all that,
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But we don't really, completely feel at ease.
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We're not in the best state.
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We are grieving, we are sorrowful,
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And deep down inside us, we--if we are honest,
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We'll say, "something is not right.
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This is not supposed to be."
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Why is man brought into the world and then,
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After that, live his life?
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Okay, 70, 80, 90-- okay, i'll give you a hundred--
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And then die.
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Something inside you, it doesn't seem to click,
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And you know, if you have a cut,
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It's supposed to heal.
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They say that, every seven years, your--
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The cell in your body goes through a change, right?
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The bible knew that-- i mean, the word of god
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In the bible tells us, "every seventh year,
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God wants israel, based on god's law, to rest."
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Every seventh day is rest.
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It seems that all nature works on a seven-day cycle.
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Our bodies work on a seven-day, 7-7-7 cycle,
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Seven-year cycle, amen.
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If you know what to do to stay strong and young,
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Your seventh cycle, there are secrets from god
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That can renew your youth, okay?
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But it's not for the message today, amen?
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You know seventh cycle, right? let's say you're 49 years old.
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You should have done this early in the year, amen?
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Something for you to remember.
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So, but you look at our bodies--
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Even the doctors tell us, all right,
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"this virus will pass out in either one week
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Or seven days," right?
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Mothers, you bring your babies,
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Has a viral attack, what do they say?
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"well, this kind of thing will pass, one week, will pass."
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If it's not one week, it's gonna be...
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Another week, right?
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Even your bodies work in a seven-day cycle.
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Amen.
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God designed us this way, and you know what?
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You can say, "forget about god's ways of doing things.
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I wanna do my-- i want to do it my way."
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You can say--you can go to the tallest building and say,
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"forget about laws of gravity-- nonsense.
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So what if i break the law of gravity?"
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Then you step down, realize that you
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Actually didn't break the law of gravity.
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It broke you, right?
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Laws are there, and if we are smart,
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We'll learn to flow with the laws
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And the principles of the universe, amen.
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So, the thing is that men could not keep god's law.
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Men cannot.
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The very first time when god gave them
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The ten commandments, men failed big time, right,
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By what?
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Building right after god gave them
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The ten commandments, of which the first one was
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"you must have no other gods before me.
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I am the god of abraham, isaac, jacob.
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I am the god who brought you out of slavery,
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Out of the house of bondage, to bring you to a land
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Where you will live in houses you did not build,
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You will drink from wells you do not dig,
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And you will eat from vineyards and plantations
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That you did not plant."
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In other words, it's based on the work of another,
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Not based on your efforts, amen.
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Don't worship any other god, amen.
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"for i am a jealous god."
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Now, people say, "well, god is jealous."
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You know, they try to argue god is jealous.
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So what?
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There's a right kind of jealousy.
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If you love someone, you'll be jealous
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If that person is being bullied, being hurt, being harmed.
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Something is wrong with you if you're not jealous
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Over the person's well-being.
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What kind of father are you if you're not jealous
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Over your children's welfare?
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If someone is abusing them, amen,
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If somebody's going for your wife
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And you know his intentions are bad and all that,
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You don't feel jealous, something's wrong with you.
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Bro, wake up, amen?
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There's a wrong kind of jealousy--
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Jealous here, jealous there, jealous everywhere.
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All right, that's the wrong kind of jealousy,
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You're not just jealous because someone
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Has something better that you wish you had, all right?
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It's more of envy and it's based, usually,
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On avarice, you know?
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They have more things, and that's why social media,
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All right, can be something that can cause depression.
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That's proven, by the way.
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Even in singapore, we are realizing that.
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We are limiting that social media
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To a certain age group.
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Am i right? why?
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Because we tend to compare, amen?
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And what happens? jealousy comes in.
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And all of them, they always have
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Their best selves out there, isn't it, amen?
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Your validation should come from christ.
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After all, what he said-- the one without error,
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Without mistake, cannot make a mistake,
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Says that you are lovable,
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Says that you are worthy for him to die for--
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Or dear enough to his heart
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For him to give his life for, amen.
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So why did death come in? because men sinned.
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But they didn't die immediately.
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"dying you shall die." that's when disease sets in.
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Disease is something called death starting.
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We hope, if you have a sickness or disease,
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It doesn't lead to death.
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It can be curtailed, it can be stopped,
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And god wants it stopped.
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Praise god.
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God's desire for you to be healthy.
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It's in the bible: 3 john 2.
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I'm quoting the bible now:
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"beloved, i wish above all things
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That you prosper and be in health,
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Even as your souls prosper."
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Now, some people say, "well, they are preaching
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On health and wealth prosperity,"
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But you look at they themselves.
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They are pursuing health for their children.
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If their children are sick, they are the first one
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To bring their children to the doctor,
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And yet they tell people not to preach health.
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Prosperity--some of them have two or three houses,
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Two or three cars, and they point at others.
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They can prosper, but others cannot.
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No, friend, stop all this nonsense
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And go back to the bible.
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Abraham was rich, so was david, so--
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Was solomon, the richest that ever lived, amen?
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I'm not asking you to be that rich.
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I don't want you to have so many wives
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Like solomon, okay?
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Peace of mind. one is enough.
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I tell my wife-- i told my wife the other day,
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♪ you're every woman in the world to me ♪♪
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Amen?
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Enough.
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And she is.
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So when you're sick--actually it's the beginning of...
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Death.
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The body breaks down. that's how sickness comes in.
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Is it god's will, then, for men to be sick
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In the very beginning, it's part of his original plan?
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No, never!
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But because of sin.
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And then-- "but, pastor prince,
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Can god just forget the sin?"
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No, you see, friend, you don't understand
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The awesome holiness and the beauty of our god.
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Like, for example, you know, because you love someone
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And somebody has this disease that is--
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The moment you get infected with it--
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Thank god so far we don't have a disease like that--
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The more you get infected, the very same day you die,
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Let's say.
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Someone has that kind of disease,
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And that person wants to come to your house
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Or to your neighborhood.
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What's the best thing you can do?
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Because you love your family.
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You love your people around you.
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You want to spend time in your house.
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But it's full of disease.
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"pastor prince, no, you described this.
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We watch zombie shows all the time,
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And they come..."
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Yeah, yeah, they have disease, all right?
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Now, the most loving thing you can do for your family
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And for your friends around you,
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Your neighborhood, and all that is stop that guy, right?
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If he refuses to be stopped, you have no choice.
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That's what governments and laws are all here for.
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They have to stop crime from being propagated.
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And that's why they remove the element from society.
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How big is a sin, how big is a crime--
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Depends on who you sin against...
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You sin against a beggar in the street--
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A tramp, right?-- it's still something wrong.
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If someone reports you, you still have to pay the fine
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Or whatever it is, one day in prison,
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But if you sin against the king of the country,
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Whoa, it's different.
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What about god? amen.
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The consequence is there already.
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God says the day that you sin, you shall sur--
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Dying you shall die.
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So men died.
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Men died.
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That's how death came in.
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Every time they go to a funeral,
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In their heart, they say, "this is not supposed to be."
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Adam knew better than anyone else.
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But god had a plan.
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God has a wonderful plan.
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The bible says, "for god so loved the world."
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God so loved mary, so loved joseph,
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So loved robert, so loved meimei and weiwei,
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And all of you, right, that god sent his son,
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Our lord jesus, why?
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To die on the cross.
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I have a son that i love very much.
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I'm not gonna let him die for any of you
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Or anyone in the world out there--no way.
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I--in my heart, i'll be like, "my son for them?
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No way. let them die."
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You are the same.
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But god gave up the son that he loved.
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The bible says it like this:
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If god did not spare his own son--
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The word "own" is like a dear-- a word of endearment--
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How will he not with him also freely give us all things?
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But someone has to pay for sin.
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In order for sin not to be set to your account,
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Somebody has to pay for it.
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In order for you-- for your debtors
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Not to claim from you, right,
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In order for the bank not to claim on y--
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Make any more claims on you, someone has to pay your debt.
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They cannot just let you go free without anyone paying,
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But you don't have to be the one to pay it
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As long as someone pays for it!
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Jesus did it.
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But because of the quality of the man,
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Because of the worth of the man, because of who he is--
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He's not just man; he's god.
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He's god incarnate in human flesh,
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And when he came in human flesh,
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He was fully human, amen,
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And that's why forevermore he's fully human,
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But with a glorified body that can never die, amen?
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He came in that body,
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And because of the worth of that man,
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When he gave his life for us,
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That one payment is worth more than anyone that ever lived.
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All the population put together before christ came
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And all those who will live after christ came,
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Including all the people, the billions that are
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In the world today--
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All of them can't compare with the worth of that one man.
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And you know something?
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It's like the son. it's an overpayment.
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So our sins-- let's say you owe someone--
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I'll bring this to a close, okay?
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Last illustration.
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Let's say you owe someone a thousand dollars.
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And someone comes along who loves you,
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Heard about your predicament, you can't pay that $1000,
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And the person called the debtor somewhere,
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And then he says, "look, i'm in a hurry.
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I got to catch a flight to dubai tonight,
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But i'm gonna-- i'm telling you right now:
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I'm giving you this check of a million dollars
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For my friend.
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Don't ever bother him again.
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Don't ever ask for him again.
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I want him to be at peace."
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He owes $1000; he gave a million.
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You know something?
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That person has become enriched because of your debt.
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Do you understand?
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You understand that jesus is an oversupply
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For all our sin, our sin debt against god?
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That's why the word "much more"--
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Go back to romans 5:17-- "because of one man's trespass,
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Death reigned through that one man"--
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It's total, it's universal, death is universal, right?--
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"much more will those who receive
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The abundance of grace
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And the free gift of righteousness
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Reign in life through the one man jesus christ."
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So i'm gonna tell you right now: the much more is in--
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In this area here-- "those who receive."
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You can be among those who receive,
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But i have to warn you first: the bible cannot--
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Cannot be broken.
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The bible says the scripture cannot be broken.
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It is truth itself.
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"those who receive the abundance of grace--"
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It means what?
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You receive from god the abundance of unearned,
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Unmerited favor, and you receive the free gift of righteousness.
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Who paid for it? jesus.
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Righteousness means you are in right standing with god.
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God give you an a+ for your exam.
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And you never even sit for the exam.
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Jesus sat for the exam. amen, it's like that.
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You have righteousness with god, and it's a free gift.
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I said it's a free gift.
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But i have to warn you: "those who receive
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The abundance of grace
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And the free gift of righteousness
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Reign in life through the one man jesus christ."
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If you don't want to reign in life,
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The result is that you reign in life.
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When you reign in life, your sins don't.
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When you reign in life, your addictions don't.
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When you reign in life, nothing else can reign
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In your life, because you are reigning.
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It's the idea of "royalty" because your father is royal.
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Jesus is the king of kings and lord of lords.
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If you want to reign in life
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Instead of "what are you doing, friend?"
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Under the circumstances.
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We're not under the circumstances;
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We are reigning in life.
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Can i have a good amen?
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Announcer: pastor joseph prince will return in a moment
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Joseph prince: lift your hands, people, all across this place.
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Let's not take our life for granted.
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We are people who can reign, we can pray,
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And even into the future for this week.
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This coming week, the lord bless you
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And your children.
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The lord bless you and your loved ones,
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Your entire family
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With the blessings of abraham,
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The blessings of deuteronomy 28,
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Even as you are blessed with every spiritual blessing
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In heavenly places.
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And the lord make his face shine on you
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And keep you and protect you and your loved ones,
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Throughout this week, from every harm and danger,
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From all the power of the evil one.
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The lord make his face to rise in a smile over you
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And your loved ones, and grant to you his shalom,
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Wholeness, well-being, and peace.
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In the name of the lord jesus christ.
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And all the people said...amen.
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God bless you! we'll see you again.
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Female announcer: thank you for watching today's program.
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If you are new to the gospel of grace,
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Pastor joseph prince would like to send you
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Joseph prince: i want to take a moment
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To thank a very special group of people:
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Grace legacy builders.
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You know who you are.
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You are the ones who make this possible.
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Because of your generosity, lives are changed,
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Bondages broken,
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And families set free from decades of wrong belief.
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Every praise report we receive-- and we get many every day--
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Is a testimony of god's grace
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And a testament of your faithful support of our ministry.
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Thank you for making a real difference
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In the lives of so many.
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God bless you greatly.
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Announcer: be a grace legacy builder today.
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Your giving powers our ability to keep sending
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The gospel of grace to the world.
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Call 888-847-8831 or visit josephprince.org
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To start building.
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Announcer: have a prayer need?
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Try our special digital prayer experience today.
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You can access it anytime, anywhere
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Many across america have shared how blessed they have been
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By this prayer experience.
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We're also giving away free digital resources
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Let us stand in faith with you.
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Visit josephprince.org/prayer today.
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Announcer: thank you for being with us today.
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Join pastor joseph prince next time
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For a fresh word from the lord.
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Announcer: joseph prince ministries
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Is a section 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization,
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And your gift is tax-deductible
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Joseph Prince - Comparison Steals What God Gives

April 2, 2026 | 27:29

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