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Joseph Prince - Forgive The Past, Free The Future

November 17, 2025 | 29:45

Joseph Prince - Forgive The Past, Free The Future
Come see how Jesus shatters chains, heals hearts, and turns every battle into victory!
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Joseph Prince | Joseph Prince - Forgive The Past, Free The Future | November 17, 2025
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  • Joseph prince: unless you understand
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  • How god has forgiven you, you cannot forgive.
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  • We need to know that we are loved before we love.
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  • Those who know they're loved best are the ones who love best.
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  • Announcer: what is grace?
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  • What if that's not the right question?
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  • What if grace is not a what, but a who with a heartbeat,
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  • A voice, and a face?
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  • In today's message, joseph prince takes us
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  • Into the scriptures to encounter
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  • The lovely person of grace, jesus himself.
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  • Fired up by today's message?
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  • With joseph's book, "glorious grace,"
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  • You can keep that fire burning with scripture-based truths
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  • That unveil all of jesus in all his glory.
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  • Request your copy today for a gift of any amount
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  • Or visit josephprince.org.
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  • Announcer: and now, here's pastor joseph prince
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  • With today's program.
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  • Joseph prince: the gospel of jesus christ is based
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  • On scripture alone, on christ alone, on grace alone,
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  • On faith alone, and all for the glory of god, hallelujah.
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  • And we need to remember this, church, because again,
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  • Down through the years, man has added to the gospel.
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  • Man has added their penitence, their works, their good intent.
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  • You see, the flesh does not mind being religious.
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  • The flesh will add anything to get some glory.
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  • But that we always remember what the apostle paul--
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  • If there's anyone who understands
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  • The gospel of jesus christ,
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  • It was paul who received directly from the lord himself.
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  • And this is what paul said in ephesians chapter 2.
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  • He says, "by grace you have been saved through faith."
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  • Always remember that, church.
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  • "by grace you have been saved through faith.
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  • And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of god,
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  • Not a result of works, so that no one may boast."
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  • Notice it is totally by grace through faith
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  • That you and i are saved.
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  • It is not our doing.
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  • It is not our works, lest any man should boast.
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  • Back in paul's day,
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  • Paul actually in chapter 1 of galatians,
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  • When he wrote to the galatians, he talked about those who
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  • Depart from the grace of christ into another gospel.
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  • Which means the grace of christ
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  • Is the true gospel of jesus christ.
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  • In romans chapter 1, he says therein, in the gospel
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  • That paul preached-- let's see whether we stand.
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  • When we stand up to the gospel,
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  • We stand the test.
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  • In this gospel of christ that paul preached,
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  • Therein is the righteousness of god revealed.
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  • Therein is the righteous-- in it, the righteousness of god
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  • Is revealed from faith to faith.
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  • Now the sinfulness of man, of course, is exposed.
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  • But that's not the thrust of the gospel.
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  • It's the righteousness of god given to man as a gift, amen?
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  • That god might be just and the justifier of him.
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  • That god might be righteous and the righteousness of him
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  • Who believes in jesus, hallelujah.
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  • That's the gospel of jesus christ.
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  • And you and i have received that, amen.
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  • Grace is always seen like, you know,
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  • If you believe in grace, if you preach grace,
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  • Then you are someone who is compromising on holiness.
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  • You don't believe in holiness.
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  • Now friend, that's not true,
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  • Friend, because only grace can teach you to be holy.
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  • The bible says in titus chapter 2 that the grace of god that
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  • Brings salvation has appeared to all men, teaching us,
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  • Denying ungodliness and worldly lust."
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  • Now notice that?
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  • You know, people say, "well, we need to teach that,
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  • To deny ungodliness and worldly lust."
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  • No, friend, listen carefully.
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  • It says, the grace of god.
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  • What's the subject?
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  • The grace of god.
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  • The grace of god that brings salvation
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  • Has appeared to all men, teaching us.
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  • It's the grace that teaches us.
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  • Grace is an amazing teacher.
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  • If we'll put people under grace, grace will teach them.
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  • Yes, we teach them grace, praise the lord.
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  • We teach them grace, and grace will teach them from within.
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  • But grace is an amazing teacher, hallelujah.
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  • And when we put people under grace, the bible says clearly
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  • In romans 6:14: "sin shall not have dominion over you,
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  • Because you are not under law,
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  • But you are under grace," hallelujah.
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  • Now, friend, just take the word of god.
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  • This is the word of god.
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  • Nothing can be more clear and certain than this
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  • Scripture verse.
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  • Praise the lord.
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  • It says: "sin shall not have dominion over you,
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  • Because, for, you are not under law but under grace."
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  • You are not under who you are before god.
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  • You are under what god is to you.
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  • You are not under your efforts, your works,
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  • But you are under god's finished work for you.
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  • Praise the lord.
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  • When god gave the law, the children of israel
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  • At the foot of the mountain, they actually said,
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  • Before god gave the law in exodus 19, they said,
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  • "all that the lord has said, we will do it."
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  • Now in the hebrew, it's a very strong, emphatic declaration.
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  • All that god says, we can do it.
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  • So man does not know himself.
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  • He does not know his flesh.
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  • He does not know his propensity to sin.
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  • He doesn't even know that he's a sinner
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  • And he has no strength of his own.
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  • So man relied on his own strength and told god,
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  • "whatever you command us, we can do it."
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  • Now all the while, god brought them out from egypt
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  • Based on his grace,
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  • His unmerited favor upon man, right?
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  • It wasn't because they deserved it.
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  • God brought them out based on the covenant of--
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  • That he established with abraham, isaac, and jacob.
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  • It wasn't their goodness.
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  • It wasn't their holiness, that god brought them out.
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  • And yet, they murmured all the way out and every murmuring
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  • Brought forth god's fresh, divine intervention,
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  • God's miracles like at the red sea,
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  • Before god opened the red sea,
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  • They actually murmured and complained.
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  • And how many know that murmuring and complaining is sin?
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  • And yet, god opened the sea for them.
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  • And on the other side, they were okay for a while.
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  • And then they murmured there was no water.
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  • And god, instead of judging them,
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  • God turned the bitter waters of marah and made it sweet.
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  • And then they were okay for a while.
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  • And again, they murmured there was no food.
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  • And bible says god says, "behold, i will rain,"
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  • What, judgment?
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  • No!
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  • "i will rain manna, bread, from heaven."
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  • And none of them deserve it.
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  • None of them.
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  • Because you know why?
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  • Grace is all about god's faithfulness, god's holiness,
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  • God's truth and counsel and wisdom.
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  • It's all god.
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  • Praise the lord.
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  • It's nothing to do with man.
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  • But the more man relies on that and the more man sees that,
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  • It will transform man.
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  • Man is transformed by beholding
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  • The glory of the lord, hallelujah.
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  • And that's the message we need to share
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  • With the people, hallelujah.
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  • Thank you, lord jesus.
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  • But look at this,
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  • Right at the foot of mount sinai.
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  • So all the while, god, in spite of their sin,
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  • And not because of sin.
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  • It doesn't mean god condones sin.
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  • No way.
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  • But because they were not under the covenant of law just yet.
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  • They were under the covenant of grace that god established
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  • With abraham, isaac, and jacob.
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  • It's totally a covenant of grace.
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  • And god is faithful to that covenant
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  • And showing grace to them.
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  • And it is the goodness of god that should have led them
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  • To repentance, praise the lord.
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  • Because the bible says the goodness of god
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  • Leads you to repentance.
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  • But at the foot of mount sinai, in exodus 19,
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  • They boasted in themselves.
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  • And you look at god's tone.
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  • In exodus 19, the moment they boasted,
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  • God actually told moses,
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  • "set bounds upon the mountain all around.
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  • Tell them, don't come near."
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  • God never used that language,
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  • My friend.
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  • When god brought them out from egypt, god was so near to them.
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  • I repeat, god was so near, so close to them,
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  • In a pillar of fire by night and in a pillar of cloud by day.
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  • God went ahead of them and prepared the way for them.
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  • When the enemies came behind them,
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  • The pillar of cloud went behind them
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  • To protect them and to cause darkness
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  • Upon the egyptians and light upon their way.
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  • And god opened up the way.
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  • God led them by a pillar of cloud and a pillar of fire.
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  • God was so close to them.
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  • None of them died.
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  • Not a single one of them died.
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  • And friend, for sure they were not perfect.
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  • None of them died.
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  • But at the foot of mount sinai, man boasted in his own effort.
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  • And because of that, god changed his tone for the first time.
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  • Moses tell them, don't come near.
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  • Now this is the thing.
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  • If man wants to boast in his own effort,
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  • His own strength, his own goodness,
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  • Because all the while, god did not bring them out
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  • Based on their goodness, based on their strength,
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  • Based on their holiness.
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  • God brought them out based on his goodness, his faithfulness.
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  • And now, at the foot of mount sinai,
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  • Man has boasted.
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  • So god stepped back.
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  • God says, "is this how you want me to deal with you?
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  • Based on your obedience, based on your law keeping?"
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  • The very next chapter, exodus 20,
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  • God gave them the ten commandments.
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  • You know what's the result, friend?
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  • A golden calf.
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  • They made a golden calf.
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  • They never had a desire or temptation to build
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  • A golden calf in egypt nor after the red sea.
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  • But at the foot of mount sinai, when they received the law,
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  • When they boasted in their law-keeping, in their obedience,
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  • In their strength, you know what happened?
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  • The very first commandment,
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  • "thou shalt have no other gods before me."
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  • And what do you see?
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  • You see a golden calf and they were worshiping it.
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  • God was grieved because by the law,
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  • It's not the knowledge of righteousness.
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  • The bible says by the law is the knowledge of sin.
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  • Paul says, "moreover the law entered that the offense,"
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  • The sin, "might abound."
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  • But praise be to god, "where sin abounds, grace super-abounds."
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  • And the greek there says,
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  • "where sin increase, grace super," hyper, "super-abound."
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  • Praise the lord, thank you, lord jesus.
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  • That's why i'm more excited about god's grace swelling up
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  • Sin than to focus on sin all the time as if god's grace is
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  • Something weak, something that cannot overcome sin.
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  • But man needs to put his efforts together with god's grace.
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  • Then it can be done.
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  • No way, friend.
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  • Sola gratia, grace alone.
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  • Sola fide, faith alone.
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  • Sola scriptura, scripture alone.
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  • What i'm sharing is from the scriptures, friend.
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  • You can check it yourself.
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  • Praise the lord.
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  • Thank you, jesus.
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  • And soli deo gloria, to god be all the glory,
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  • Hallelujah.
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  • Who gets the glory, amen?
  • 00:11:28.540 --> 00:11:30.475
  • If god does his part and then man does his part,
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  • You know who gets the glory?
  • 00:11:33.945 --> 00:11:35.346
  • Half for god, half for man.
  • 00:11:35.346 --> 00:11:37.315
  • Men always want to have some glory.
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  • No friend.
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  • God wants to have all the glory.
  • 00:11:40.285 --> 00:11:41.886
  • We cannot handle one little glory.
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  • No way.
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  • In heaven, it won't be, "worthy is the lamb and me," no.
  • 00:11:46.191 --> 00:11:50.461
  • It's "worthy is the lamb" alone, hallelujah.
  • 00:11:50.461 --> 00:11:53.665
  • Praise the lord.
  • 00:11:53.665 --> 00:11:55.700
  • And if god wants to have all the glory,
  • 00:11:55.700 --> 00:11:58.803
  • Let him do all the work which he delights.
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  • He wants to do it.
  • 00:12:02.273 --> 00:12:03.775
  • So even right now, i am actually resting in the lord.
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  • I'm letting him do the work.
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  • And i believe that right now, as i rest, the more i rest,
  • 00:12:08.146 --> 00:12:10.448
  • The more i am not active trying to put in my intelligence
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  • Or my knowledge or my effort.
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  • But the more i rest, the lord will bring the appropriate word
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  • And the appropriate illustrations.
  • 00:12:20.258 --> 00:12:22.360
  • And it is god who works in me both to will
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  • And to do his good pleasure.
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  • And the word there in the greek is the present continuous tense.
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  • It is god working in me all the time.
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  • And that's why the verse before that
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  • Must be read in its context.
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  • "work out your own salvation with fear and trembling."
  • 00:12:38.376 --> 00:12:41.646
  • It is not saying, "work for your salvation."
  • 00:12:41.646 --> 00:12:44.015
  • Again, we cannot negate the five solas of the reformation,
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  • All right?
  • 00:12:48.353 --> 00:12:49.687
  • It is not our works.
  • 00:12:49.687 --> 00:12:51.022
  • You know, somehow people still believe that
  • 00:12:51.022 --> 00:12:52.357
  • That verse is saying, "work for your salvation."
  • 00:12:52.357 --> 00:12:55.093
  • No, it says, "work out."
  • 00:12:55.093 --> 00:12:57.028
  • You cannot work out something that's not inside.
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  • You work out what is in.
  • 00:13:01.566 --> 00:13:04.502
  • Notice the verse after that says--
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  • It says: "work out your own salvation
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  • Because it is god who works in."
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  • You work out what god works in.
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  • God works in the love.
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  • And the more you rest, the more god works in.
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  • And when god works in, you'll work it out.
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  • God works in me the love for my wife.
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  • Or god works in me the forgiveness for someone
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  • That i feel that, you know, doesn't deserve my forgiveness
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  • And i'm not able to forgive the person.
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  • But god works it in me.
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  • The more i rest in the lord, not try to forgive.
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  • Have you tried trying to forgive before?
  • 00:13:40.204 --> 00:13:42.507
  • The more you try to forgive, what happens?
  • 00:13:42.507 --> 00:13:45.610
  • The more angry you are with the person.
  • 00:13:45.610 --> 00:13:48.046
  • You pray that and in the next 5 minutes, you feel angry again.
  • 00:13:48.046 --> 00:13:51.149
  • You've got to pray that again.
  • 00:13:51.149 --> 00:13:52.483
  • You know why?
  • 00:13:52.483 --> 00:13:53.818
  • Because we're not doing it the bible way.
  • 00:13:53.818 --> 00:13:55.320
  • Scripture--sola scriptura, scripture alone.
  • 00:13:55.320 --> 00:13:58.122
  • We're not doing it the bible way.
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  • The bible way is forgive even as god for christ's sake
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  • Has forgiven you.
  • 00:14:03.628 --> 00:14:05.330
  • My friend, unless you understand how god has forgiven you,
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  • You cannot forgive.
  • 00:14:08.866 --> 00:14:10.368
  • It's like we need to know that we are loved before we love.
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  • Those who know they're loved best are the ones who love best.
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  • Those who know they're loved, love.
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  • Those who know they are forgiven.
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  • And we have been weak in this,
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  • Presenting how forgiven we are in christ.
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  • It does not produce licentiousness,
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  • My friend, any more than
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  • The woman who wept at jesus's feet
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  • At the house of simon the pharisee,
  • 00:14:35.026 --> 00:14:37.562
  • And simon was criticizing that woman in his thoughts
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  • And jesus defended the woman.
  • 00:14:39.931 --> 00:14:41.899
  • And jesus says, "whoever is forgiven much
  • 00:14:41.899 --> 00:14:45.937
  • Will love him much."
  • 00:14:45.937 --> 00:14:48.139
  • Maybe the revelation of how forgiven we are
  • 00:14:48.139 --> 00:14:51.509
  • Is not preached in its entirety.
  • 00:14:51.509 --> 00:14:53.511
  • We have forgotten the major benefit,
  • 00:14:53.511 --> 00:14:55.480
  • The first benefit found in psalms 103.
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  • And god tells us not to forget all his benefits.
  • 00:14:58.616 --> 00:15:02.153
  • And the first one says, "who forgiveth all."
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  • How much?
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  • All your iniquities.
  • 00:15:06.657 --> 00:15:08.693
  • Does that produce licentiousness?
  • 00:15:08.693 --> 00:15:10.595
  • You go out, saying, "yippee, i can now sin
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  • Because god has forgiven me of all my--"
  • 00:15:12.397 --> 00:15:14.432
  • No, it doesn't make you do that.
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  • If you are, then i gather you're not born again.
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  • It makes you love god.
  • 00:15:20.338 --> 00:15:22.407
  • And friend, unless we understand the first benefit,
  • 00:15:22.407 --> 00:15:24.142
  • We cannot receive the next benefit:
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  • "who heals all your diseases."
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  • If this part, the first benefit, is faulty in our preaching,
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  • Then the second cannot follow.
  • 00:15:34.652 --> 00:15:37.221
  • And perhaps that's the reason why we are seeing
  • 00:15:37.221 --> 00:15:38.623
  • Partial healings in the church for so long.
  • 00:15:38.623 --> 00:15:44.028
  • There was a time in the acts of the apostles,
  • 00:15:44.028 --> 00:15:45.663
  • The bible says: "they were healed, every one.
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  • And great grace was upon the church.
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  • And with great power, they gave testimonies
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  • Of the resurrection of the lord jesus christ."
  • 00:15:55.073 --> 00:15:57.909
  • They bore witness of it.
  • 00:15:57.909 --> 00:15:59.510
  • How?
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  • In healings, miracles, signs, and wonders.
  • 00:16:00.845 --> 00:16:02.513
  • Perhaps we're not seeing much of this because we have been faulty
  • 00:16:02.513 --> 00:16:06.417
  • In our preaching of how forgiven we are.
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  • It is when you know you are forgiven.
  • 00:16:09.887 --> 00:16:11.656
  • Notice again what it says in ephesians and colossians.
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  • Paul teaches this.
  • 00:16:14.859 --> 00:16:16.260
  • "forgive, even as god for christ's sake has forgiven you,"
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  • Past tense.
  • 00:16:20.331 --> 00:16:21.666
  • You know, in the gospels, you remember when jesus--
  • 00:16:21.666 --> 00:16:24.068
  • Sometimes jesus would use words
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  • To bring people to the end of themselves.
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  • Just like the rich young ruler who came to jesus
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  • And he says, "what must i do to inherit eternal life?"
  • 00:16:29.841 --> 00:16:33.211
  • Jesus didn't give him the evangelical answer.
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  • He didn't give him the gospel.
  • 00:16:35.346 --> 00:16:37.048
  • Why?
  • 00:16:37.048 --> 00:16:38.382
  • Because he was boasting, "what must i do to inherit?"
  • 00:16:38.382 --> 00:16:41.519
  • Jesus gave him some of the commandments from the ten.
  • 00:16:41.519 --> 00:16:44.489
  • And you know what he said?
  • 00:16:44.489 --> 00:16:45.923
  • "all this i have kept."
  • 00:16:45.923 --> 00:16:47.358
  • Then jesus says, "sell all that you have and give to the poor."
  • 00:16:47.358 --> 00:16:49.794
  • By the way, he didn't say that to everyone.
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  • Not to all his disciples, only to that rich young ruler.
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  • "and come and follow me."
  • 00:16:54.899 --> 00:16:56.767
  • And that's the first commandment, right?
  • 00:16:56.767 --> 00:16:58.302
  • "you should have no other gods before him," right?
  • 00:16:58.302 --> 00:17:04.442
  • And yet, money was his god and he walked away, sorrowful.
  • 00:17:04.442 --> 00:17:12.016
  • And friend, it is not that rich men cannot be saved.
  • 00:17:12.016 --> 00:17:15.453
  • It was that he trusted in his riches than in god's grace.
  • 00:17:15.453 --> 00:17:19.590
  • So what we see here is that the lord
  • 00:17:19.590 --> 00:17:21.559
  • Can give the law to bring man to the end of himself.
  • 00:17:21.559 --> 00:17:24.862
  • And he is an expert in doing that.
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  • In everything that we do, the more we rest,
  • 00:17:26.364 --> 00:17:28.933
  • And that is true holiness.
  • 00:17:28.933 --> 00:17:30.468
  • The holiness we want to produce must be the fruit of the spirit:
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  • Love, joy, peace, gentleness, goodness, faith, self-control.
  • 00:17:34.172 --> 00:17:37.542
  • All of them is the fruit of the spirit.
  • 00:17:37.542 --> 00:17:39.710
  • And have you noticed where in the new testament,
  • 00:17:39.710 --> 00:17:42.847
  • The fruit of the spirit appears?
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  • Would you say that this is progressive sanctification?
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  • Would you say that this is holiness, amen,
  • 00:17:49.387 --> 00:17:52.757
  • The fruit of the spirit?
  • 00:17:52.757 --> 00:17:54.358
  • And holiness is not a face like you look like you are baptized
  • 00:17:54.358 --> 00:17:57.728
  • In lemon juice, you know, grumpy and, you know,
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  • "i love jesus, amen."
  • 00:18:01.299 --> 00:18:03.301
  • How about notifying your face?
  • 00:18:03.301 --> 00:18:05.036
  • You know, it's not that kind of holiness.
  • 00:18:05.036 --> 00:18:07.371
  • Notice the first word, "love."
  • 00:18:07.371 --> 00:18:09.473
  • What comes after love?
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  • Joy.
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  • Then peace.
  • 00:18:12.243 --> 00:18:13.578
  • This holiness is not like what man makes it out to be.
  • 00:18:13.578 --> 00:18:15.179
  • When man's efforts are involved, it's always morose,
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  • Depressing, all right?
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  • It is not like that.
  • 00:18:19.450 --> 00:18:20.785
  • It is love, joy, peace, gentleness,
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  • Goodness, faithfulness.
  • 00:18:23.421 --> 00:18:26.624
  • Self-control is a fruit.
  • 00:18:26.624 --> 00:18:28.426
  • It's not an effort thing.
  • 00:18:28.426 --> 00:18:29.994
  • Self-control, which is in the fruit of the spirit, is a fruit.
  • 00:18:29.994 --> 00:18:33.898
  • And he contrasts that with works of the flesh.
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  • Works of the flesh.
  • 00:18:36.067 --> 00:18:37.735
  • What's works of the flesh?
  • 00:18:37.735 --> 00:18:39.804
  • Friend, what's works of the flesh?
  • 00:18:39.804 --> 00:18:41.706
  • And the fruit of the spirit, works of the flesh.
  • 00:18:41.706 --> 00:18:43.641
  • He goes on to list the entire list down there.
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  • All the works of the flesh.
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  • All those yucks, those yucky stuff, amen?
  • 00:18:47.245 --> 00:18:50.481
  • But notice he calls it works of the flesh.
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  • He doesn't call it fruit.
  • 00:18:52.583 --> 00:18:55.519
  • Fruit is fruit of the spirit, not works of the spirit.
  • 00:18:55.519 --> 00:18:58.856
  • Fruit of the spirit, works of the flesh.
  • 00:18:58.856 --> 00:19:01.659
  • Whenever you energize your flesh,
  • 00:19:01.659 --> 00:19:03.327
  • Even in trying to do good,
  • 00:19:03.327 --> 00:19:05.730
  • The works of the flesh is produced.
  • 00:19:05.730 --> 00:19:08.299
  • Israel said to god, "all that you command us, we will do it.
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  • We can do it."
  • 00:19:12.536 --> 00:19:13.871
  • And next thing they produce: the works of the flesh.
  • 00:19:13.871 --> 00:19:17.141
  • When they are under law, sin becomes attractive.
  • 00:19:17.141 --> 00:19:20.378
  • When you are under grace, holiness becomes attractive.
  • 00:19:20.378 --> 00:19:24.682
  • When you are under law, sin has dominion over you.
  • 00:19:24.682 --> 00:19:29.220
  • You cannot but sin.
  • 00:19:29.220 --> 00:19:30.688
  • When they put themselves under law,
  • 00:19:30.688 --> 00:19:32.290
  • The next thing you see is the golden calf.
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  • My friend, nothing can be more clear.
  • 00:19:34.992 --> 00:19:40.798
  • And that's why the bible says the law was given by moses,
  • 00:19:40.798 --> 00:19:43.334
  • But grace and truth came by jesus christ, hallelujah.
  • 00:19:43.334 --> 00:19:49.006
  • Praise the name of jesus.
  • 00:19:49.006 --> 00:19:51.208
  • You see, grace is all about god working,
  • 00:19:51.208 --> 00:19:56.314
  • God moving on man's behalf.
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  • It's god working.
  • 00:20:00.117 --> 00:20:01.786
  • Law is all about man working.
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  • Man's efforts.
  • 00:20:04.622 --> 00:20:06.957
  • Grace can also be said, supply.
  • 00:20:06.957 --> 00:20:09.460
  • Spirit of grace is all about supply.
  • 00:20:09.460 --> 00:20:12.463
  • The law is all about demand.
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  • Demand.
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  • Thou shall not. thou shall not.
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  • Grace supplies. grace supplies the holiness.
  • 00:20:18.669 --> 00:20:22.206
  • Grace supplies the want-to's and the desire.
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  • God is supplying everything.
  • 00:20:25.343 --> 00:20:27.178
  • Praise the name of jesus and you're conscious of it.
  • 00:20:27.178 --> 00:20:29.513
  • You are conscious of his favor.
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  • You are conscious of his love.
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  • When you have to go for an assignment
  • 00:20:32.516 --> 00:20:34.118
  • Or you go for an interview,
  • 00:20:34.118 --> 00:20:36.020
  • You are supply conscious and not demand-minded
  • 00:20:36.020 --> 00:20:39.857
  • Like the law.
  • 00:20:39.857 --> 00:20:41.192
  • Under the law, you are like, "i have to do this,
  • 00:20:41.192 --> 00:20:42.693
  • I have to do that."
  • 00:20:42.693 --> 00:20:44.061
  • And you get stressed about it and you get depressed about it.
  • 00:20:44.061 --> 00:20:46.764
  • And usually, the result is bad, you know?
  • 00:20:46.764 --> 00:20:50.000
  • But if you are supply-oriented, you are rest.
  • 00:20:50.000 --> 00:20:53.170
  • Because why?
  • 00:20:53.170 --> 00:20:54.505
  • Why are you supply-oriented?
  • 00:20:54.505 --> 00:20:55.840
  • God has finished all his work.
  • 00:20:55.840 --> 00:20:57.174
  • In hebrews 4, it tells you about this verse,
  • 00:20:57.174 --> 00:20:58.542
  • That god has finished all his work through jesus christ.
  • 00:20:58.542 --> 00:21:01.579
  • It is finished.
  • 00:21:01.579 --> 00:21:02.913
  • When jesus cried, "it is finished," friend,
  • 00:21:02.913 --> 00:21:04.315
  • It is finished.
  • 00:21:04.315 --> 00:21:06.317
  • Holiness, the first mention of this word,
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  • Sanctified, holy, and all that.
  • 00:21:09.387 --> 00:21:10.921
  • It's the same hebrew word.
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  • Just like the word sanctified, saints, right?
  • 00:21:12.390 --> 00:21:16.160
  • Holiness in the new testament is all the same word.
  • 00:21:16.160 --> 00:21:19.330
  • It's all the same word, just in different form, verbs or noun.
  • 00:21:19.330 --> 00:21:22.133
  • Hagiasmos, hagiazo, verb, hagios, saints,
  • 00:21:22.133 --> 00:21:26.704
  • All refer to people who are set apart.
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  • The idea of holiness is set apart.
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  • Set apart. set apart.
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  • You set apart that which is special.
  • 00:21:36.981 --> 00:21:39.950
  • You set aside that which is valuable.
  • 00:21:39.950 --> 00:21:42.286
  • When you set apart, usually, for example,
  • 00:21:42.286 --> 00:21:44.355
  • You go to someone's house and you look into their cabinet
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  • And you find that there's special chinaware,
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  • There are golden utensils and all that.
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  • And you say, "wow, where did you get this from?"
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  • And they tell you how expensive it is
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  • And all that kind of thing.
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  • But they don't use it for you.
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  • It's set apart.
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  • Perhaps maybe when a vip comes to their house,
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  • They might use those implements that they have.
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  • But why is it set apart?
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  • Because it's precious.
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  • It is set apart.
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  • Now if a greek person came in and saw all those things,
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  • He would probably use the same word.
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  • In greek he will say, "oh, you hagiazo those things."
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  • Holy.
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  • So the word "holy" is not something, you know,
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  • Out of the ordinary, something spectacular.
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  • It means set apart.
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  • You know what's the opposite of holiness?
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  • Commonness.
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  • That which is commonplace, profane, because it's common.
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  • That's the opposite of holiness.
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  • When god tells his people to be holy, he's telling us,
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  • Number one, we learn from here the law of first mention,
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  • Is to rest and let him do all the work.
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  • Because nothing of man, which is common,
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  • Common means it's from men, all right?
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  • Nothing that man can contribute to being able to perform well,
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  • Worthy of the lord, to the glory of god, hallelujah.
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  • He cannot do it.
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  • "not of works, lest any man should boast," hallelujah.
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  • So the law of first mention tells us the first mention of
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  • The word "holy": in hebrew, kadosh; in greek, hagios.
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  • And the word "holy," even in hebrew,
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  • Means set apart, special.
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  • But what we learn from here is because god rested.
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  • Announcer: and now, a closing word from pastor joseph prince.
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  • Joseph prince: this coming week, the lord jesus christ himself
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  • Protect you.
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  • By his power, the lord keep you and your family safe.
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  • The lord bless you richly with all the blessings that was
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  • Effected through his finished work on that cross.
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  • It is now yours.
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  • Receive it in jesus's name.
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  • Blessings upon your head.
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  • Blessings upon all that you do.
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  • Blessings upon your family that there's light
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  • In all your dwellings.
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  • In the name of the lord jesus christ.
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  • And now the grace of our lord jesus christ, his favor, and the
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  • Love of your father in heaven, and the sweet friendship and
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  • Communion of the holy spirit be with you, with all of you,
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  • Now and forevermore.
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  • In the name of the lord jesus christ, amen, hallelujah.
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  • God bless you, we'll see you again.
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  • Truth feels negotiable.
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  • What was certain yesterday is no longer clear today.
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  • But through all the noise and the shaking,
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  • There is one who is still the same.
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  • In the chaos, he is still the calm.
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  • In the panic, he is still the promise.
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  • Because when all else falters, fades, and falls,
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  • He is still jesus above it all.
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  • Female: in 2016, my daughter was pregnant and she delivered
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  • Early, 23 weeks, and she had to stay in the nicu for 4 months.
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  • A time came where we received a call from the hospital.
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  • She had three different bacterial infections
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  • And double pneumonia.
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  • Her numbers were between, like, in the high 30s and 40s.
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  • They're supposed to be, like, 85.
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  • There wasn't much hope.
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  • So it had been like, at least 10 years
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  • Since my life being transformed through the teaching
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  • And through pastor prince's ministry.
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  • I know god wants me healed.
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  • I know he wants my family healed.
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  • My husband and i were praying.
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  • We received holy communion
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  • Because we receive holy communion often.
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  • By the time we got to the hospital she was in the 70s.
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  • So while we're waiting, literally,
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  • We're watching the numbers go higher and higher.
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  • We're just standing, believing god.
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  • By the time the doctor came, she was in the 90s.
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  • Right now, she is healthy and strong and we are grateful
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  • For receiving a gospel that leaves no room for doubt.
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  • We're standing on god's word.
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  • It's not just that jesus can do it, but he's willing.
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  • And i knew he was willing to heal my granddaughter.
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  • He's faithful, and i'm just grateful for the gospel.
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