Joseph Prince - God Can Renew Your Strength

December 29, 2024 | S

Learn biblical secrets to divine health and the renewal of youth in this special program with Joseph.

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Joseph Prince | Joseph Prince - God Can Renew Your Strength | December 29, 2024
  • >> joseph prince: thank you for
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  • >> joseph prince: thank you for tuning in to today's program.
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  • >> joseph prince: thank you for tuning in to today's program. i believe it's no coincidence
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  • Tuning in to today's program. i believe it's no coincidence that you're watching this today.
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  • I believe it's no coincidence that you're watching this today. i pray that as the word of god
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  • That you're watching this today. i pray that as the word of god goes forth, you'll receive
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  • I pray that as the word of god goes forth, you'll receive the breakthrough and answers
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  • Goes forth, you'll receive the breakthrough and answers you've been asking the lord for.
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  • The breakthrough and answers you've been asking the lord for. be blessed.
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  • How about prioritizing
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  • How about prioritizing god's word.
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  • God's word. prioritize god's word.
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  • Prioritize god's word. if you're not the reading type,
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  • If you're not the reading type, all right, listen to god's word.
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  • When you have god's word
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  • When you have god's word in your life, amen, death cannot
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  • In your life, amen, death cannot overtake you, corruption cannot
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  • Overtake you, corruption cannot seize you because the seeds
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  • Seize you because the seeds of god's word in you
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  • Of god's word in you is greater than them.
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  • Is greater than them. hallelujah.
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  • Every sunday
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  • Isn't it amazing
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  • Isn't it amazing while you're listening to
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  • Isn't it amazing while you're listening to god's word the devil is saying,
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  • While you're listening to god's word the devil is saying, "you know what?
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  • God's word the devil is saying, "you know what? you didn't read this book.
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  • "you know what? you didn't read this book. hey, look at your phone,
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  • You didn't read this book. hey, look at your phone, all right?
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  • Hey, look at your phone, all right? there's a message
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  • All right? there's a message that just came in."
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  • There's a message that just came in." the warfare, my friend, is
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  • That just came in." the warfare, my friend, is actually getting into god's word
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  • The warfare, my friend, is actually getting into god's word because he knows
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  • Actually getting into god's word because he knows that his influence and his power
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  • Because he knows that his influence and his power in the area of your life
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  • That his influence and his power in the area of your life will be broken.
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  • In the area of your life will be broken. why?
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  • Will be broken. why? because the word of god
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  • Why? because the word of god is greater than him.
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  • Because the word of god is greater than him. hallelujah.
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  • [music]
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  • >> joseph prince: god's word
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  • >> joseph prince: god's word is what gives us life, amen.
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  • Is what gives us life, amen. god's word is god-breathed.
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  • God's word is god-breathed. the bible says all scripture
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  • The bible says all scripture is given by inspiration of god.
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  • Is given by inspiration of god. that word there inspiration
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  • That word there inspiration of god is one word in the greek.
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  • Of god is one word in the greek. it's literally god-breathed.
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  • It's literally god-breathed. so the very breath that
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  • So the very breath that gave men life, that's the life
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  • Gave men life, that's the life that we are to live by.
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  • That we are to live by. that's the word of god
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  • That's the word of god that gives us life.
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  • That gives us life. and the more you spend time
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  • And the more you spend time in the word of god, you actually
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  • In the word of god, you actually resuscitating, reviving,
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  • Resuscitating, reviving, vivifying, fighting your body
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  • Vivifying, fighting your body in such a way that you will feel
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  • In such a way that you will feel the abundance of life
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  • The abundance of life that jesus came to give.
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  • That jesus came to give. and so the more time you spend
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  • And so the more time you spend in the word of god, you are
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  • In the word of god, you are spending time with life
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  • Spending time with life flowing into your spirit,
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  • Flowing into your spirit, into your soul, into your body.
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  • Into your soul, into your body. the very life that gave us that
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  • The very life that gave us that life, our beginning, amen, of
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  • Life, our beginning, amen, of existence, with that life of god
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  • Existence, with that life of god when god breathed into us,
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  • When god breathed into us, that very breath is now
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  • That very breath is now within the pages of this book.
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  • Within the pages of this book. every scripture is given
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  • Every scripture is given by the breath of god,
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  • By the breath of god, by the inspiration of god.
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  • By the inspiration of god. literally, in the greek
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  • Literally, in the greek the breath, god breathed.
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  • The breath, god breathed. god breathed.
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  • God breathed. so the same life
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  • So the same life when you're sick and you go
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  • When you're sick and you go into the word of god,
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  • Into the word of god, the bible says,
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  • The bible says, "attend to my words; incline
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  • "attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.
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  • Thine ear unto my sayings. let them not depart from thine
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  • Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst
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  • Eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.
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  • Of thine heart. for they are," what?
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  • For they are," what? "life to those that find them
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  • "life to those that find them and health to all their flesh."
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  • And health to all their flesh." it's obvious that, you know,
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  • It's obvious that, you know, life is not just
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  • Life is not just your heart beating.
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  • Your heart beating. amen?
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  • Amen? you can have your heart beating,
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  • You can have your heart beating, but not have that life
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  • But not have that life that god talks about.
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  • That god talks about. god is saying, "you spend time
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  • God is saying, "you spend time in my word, they are life unto
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  • In my word, they are life unto those that find them and health
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  • Those that find them and health to--" what?
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  • To--" what? "to all their flesh."
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  • "to all their flesh." i want to share with you
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  • I want to share with you something that the lord shared
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  • Something that the lord shared in private with his disciples.
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  • In private with his disciples. publicly, he shared a truth,
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  • Publicly, he shared a truth, but it's very interesting.
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  • But it's very interesting. he shared the truth publicly
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  • He shared the truth publicly actually, but this truth is so
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  • Actually, but this truth is so precious to him that he said to
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  • Precious to him that he said to his disciples, "the reason
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  • His disciples, "the reason i didn't share with them openly
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  • I didn't share with them openly but in parables is because
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  • But in parables is because this truth is so precious
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  • This truth is so precious about the kingdom of heaven,
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  • About the kingdom of heaven, how it operates.
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  • How it operates. i don't want the people who
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  • I don't want the people who don't treasure it to receive it.
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  • Don't treasure it to receive it. i want people who are hungry and
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  • I want people who are hungry and whose heart has--whose hearts
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  • Whose heart has--whose hearts are towards me to receive it."
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  • Are towards me to receive it." let's read this parable,
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  • Let's read this parable, and it's the parable
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  • And it's the parable of all parables.
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  • Of all parables. "in fact, on the same day
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  • "in fact, on the same day jesus went out of the house
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  • Jesus went out of the house and sat by the sea.
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  • And sat by the sea. and great multitudes were
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  • And great multitudes were gathered together to him, so
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  • Gathered together to him, so that he got into a boat and sat;
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  • That he got into a boat and sat; and the whole multitude stood
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  • And the whole multitude stood on the shore.
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  • Then he spoke many things
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  • To them in parables, saying,
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  • 'behold, a sower went out
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  • To sow.
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  • And as he sowed, some seeds fell
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  • By the wayside; and the birds
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  • Came and devoured them.
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  • Some fell on stony places where
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  • They did not have much earth;
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  • And they immediately sprang up
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  • Because they had no depth
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  • Of earth.
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  • But when the sun was up, they
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  • Were scorched, and because they
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  • Had no root they withered away.
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  • And some fell among thorns,
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  • And the thorns sprang up
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  • And choked them.
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  • But others fell on good ground
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  • And yielded a crop;
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  • Some hundredfold,
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  • Some sixty, some thirty."
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  • Wow, look at this again.
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  • Some fell on good ground,
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  • And the crop comes in these
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  • Measures: some hundredfold.
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  • Now, don't we want that?
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  • Don't we all want hundredfold?
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  • We don't want sixtyfold.
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  • Amen?
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  • We don't want thirtyfold.
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  • But i believe is also a picture
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  • Of the sequence, the consequence
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  • Of having the word of god
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  • Falling on good ground.
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  • First of all, you will
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  • Experience a thirtyfold harvest,
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  • Then a sixtyfold,
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  • Then hundredfold.
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  • "he who has ears to hear,
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  • Let him hear."
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  • This is so vital because this
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  • Phrase appears more than once in
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  • This passage.
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  • "he who has ears to hear,
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  • Let him hear."
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  • Hallelujah.
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  • Now, he's going to go on to tell
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  • His disciples why he shared
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  • To the public,
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  • To the crowd in parables.
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  • The next verse says, "and the
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  • Disciples came and said to him,
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  • 'why do you speak to them
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  • In parables?'
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  • He answered and said to them,
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  • 'because it has been given
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  • To you to know the mysteries
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  • Of the kingdom of heaven,
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  • But to them it has not
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  • Been given.
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  • For whoever has, to him more
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  • Will be given, and he will have
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  • Abundance, but whoever does not
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  • Have, even what he has
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  • Will be taken away from him.'"
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  • Later on, if you follow along,
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  • You'll find the answer
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  • To what this man has.
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  • He has something that caused him
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  • He has something that caused him to have more given to him.
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  • To have more given to him. but the one who has something
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  • But the one who has something already, right, if he does not
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  • Already, right, if he does not have this that god wants him
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  • Have this that god wants him to have, even what he has
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  • To have, even what he has will be taken away.
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  • Will be taken away. so actually, the sower
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  • So actually, the sower and the ground, the four types
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  • And the ground, the four types of ground, is a picture of
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  • Of ground, is a picture of our heart, four types of heart
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  • Our heart, four types of heart that he's talking about.
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  • That he's talking about. and there's one particular heart
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  • And there's one particular heart attitude that actually receives
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  • Attitude that actually receives the bountiful harvest,
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  • The bountiful harvest, a hundredfold, sixtyfold,
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  • A hundredfold, sixtyfold, thirtyfold, and that is the one
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  • Thirtyfold, and that is the one i'm coming to right now.
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  • I'm coming to right now. so let's look at what jesus said
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  • So let's look at what jesus said about his parable through his
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  • About his parable through his disciples because he told them
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  • Disciples because he told them that unto them is given to know.
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  • That unto them is given to know. verse 18, "therefore,
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  • Verse 18, "therefore, hear the parable of the sower:
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  • Hear the parable of the sower: when anyone hears
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  • When anyone hears the word of the kingdom,
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  • The word of the kingdom, and does not understand it--"
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  • And does not understand it--" there you have it.
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  • There you have it. they hear it, but they don't
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  • They hear it, but they don't understand it.
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  • Understand it. "then the wicked one comes and
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  • "then the wicked one comes and snatches away what was sown in
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  • Snatches away what was sown in his heart.
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  • His heart. this is he who receives seed by
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  • This is he who receives seed by the wayside."
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  • The wayside." so people that hear god's word
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  • So people that hear god's word and they have no heart to
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  • And they have no heart to un--want to understand or even
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  • Un--want to understand or even ask god for wisdom or seek the
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  • Ask god for wisdom or seek the lord to have that word revealed
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  • Lord to have that word revealed to them, god says these are the
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  • To them, god says these are the ones that bec--they become prey
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  • Ones that bec--they become prey to the enemy's turf, right?
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  • The bible says, "the thief comes
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  • To steal, kill, and destroy,"
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  • John 10:10, "but i am come
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  • That you might have life,
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  • And have it more abundantly."
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  • That's what jesus said.
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  • Now, if a thief comes to steal,
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  • Kill, and destroy,
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  • The--notice the sequence there.
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  • He comes to steal first.
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  • He comes to steal first. what does he steal?
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  • What does he steal? then he kills,
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  • Then he kills, and then he destroys.
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  • And then he destroys. he steals the word of god.
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  • He steals the word of god. based on this,
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  • Based on this, he steals the word.
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  • He steals the word. why do you think the thief comes
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  • To steal--of all the things
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  • To steal--of all the things he wants to steal,
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  • He wants to steal, he steals the word of god?
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  • He steals the word of god? you thought he might want
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  • You thought he might want to steal your health, you know,
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  • To steal your health, you know, steal your relationships with
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  • Steal your relationships with your wife or your husband
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  • Your wife or your husband or your children.
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  • Or your children. he will comes to--no, no, no.
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  • He will comes to--no, no, no. he knows when he steals
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  • He knows when he steals god's word from you, he steals
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  • God's word from you, he steals all these things because these
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  • All these things because these things are a consequence,
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  • Things are a consequence, a harvest of receiving
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  • A harvest of receiving god's word in your life.
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  • God's word in your life. so he knows when he take
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  • So he knows when he take god's word out of your heart
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  • God's word out of your heart you have nothing to reproduce in
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  • You have nothing to reproduce in your life because the power is
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  • Your life because the power is in the seed, and the seed
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  • In the seed, and the seed here is the word of god.
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  • Here is the word of god. hallelujah.
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  • Hallelujah. so the devil comes
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  • So the devil comes to steal the word.
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  • To steal the word. he's so afraid that
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  • He's so afraid that you will receive god's word.
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  • You will receive god's word. he is so afraid.
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  • He is so afraid. that's why his priority number
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  • That's why his priority number one is to come and take the word
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  • One is to come and take the word away from your heart, but thanks
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  • Away from your heart, but thanks be to god we read in this verse
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  • Be to god we read in this verse that for those who understand,
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  • That for those who understand, the devil cannot do that.
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  • The devil cannot do that. it's only those who do not
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  • It's only those who do not understand, then comes
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  • Understand, then comes the wicked one and snatches away
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  • So let's seek to understand
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  • So let's seek to understand god's word, amen?
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  • So let's seek to understand god's word, amen? the next verse goes on.
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  • God's word, amen? the next verse goes on. "and he--but he who received
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  • The next verse goes on. "and he--but he who received the seed on stony places,
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  • "and he--but he who received the seed on stony places, this is he who hears the word
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  • The seed on stony places, this is he who hears the word and immediately receives it
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  • This is he who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy."
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  • And immediately receives it with joy." they hear the word of god or
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  • With joy." they hear the word of god or they hear preaching of the word
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  • They hear the word of god or they hear preaching of the word and they say,
  • 00:09:11.269 --> 00:09:12.070
  • They hear preaching of the word and they say, "wah, that's good preaching.
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  • And they say, "wah, that's good preaching. i like--i enjoy that.
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  • "wah, that's good preaching. i like--i enjoy that. amen."
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  • I like--i enjoy that. amen." they will shout amen and things
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  • Amen." they will shout amen and things like that.
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  • They will shout amen and things like that. "but yet he has no root
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  • Like that. "but yet he has no root in himself, but he endures
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  • "but yet he has no root in himself, but he endures only for a while.
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  • In himself, but he endures only for a while. for when tribulation or--"
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  • Only for a while. for when tribulation or--" there's trouble.
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  • For when tribulation or--" there's trouble. "or persecution arises
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  • There's trouble. "or persecution arises because of the word,
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  • In other words, there will
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  • In other words, there will be--the devil will try to take
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  • Be--the devil will try to take god's word out of your heart.
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  • If he cannot steal from you
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  • If he cannot steal from you because you understand it,
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  • Because you understand it, the next thing he wants to do,
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  • The next thing he wants to do, all right, he will try his best
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  • All right, he will try his best to cause some trouble
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  • To cause some trouble or persecution to arise, notice,
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  • Or persecution to arise, notice, because of the word.
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  • Because of the word. it says because of the word.
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  • He's after the word.
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  • He's after the word. he's trying to remove the word.
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  • He's trying to remove the word. he's trying to say,
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  • He's trying to say, "this word is a lie.
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  • "this word is a lie. you cannot believe this word.
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  • You cannot believe this word. see?
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  • See? look at your circumstance.
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  • Look at your circumstance. there's trouble.
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  • There's trouble. there's persecution."
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  • There's persecution." stand steady.
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  • Stand steady. amen?
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  • Amen? the bible says this man,
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  • The bible says this man, he received the word
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  • He received the word and he received his joy.
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  • And he received his joy. his immediate reaction is joy,
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  • His immediate reaction is joy, but he has no root in himself.
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  • But he has no root in himself. so he endures for a while, but
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  • So he endures for a while, but when trouble comes, persecution
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  • When trouble comes, persecution comes, because of god's word,
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  • Comes, because of god's word, he lets it go.
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  • He lets it go. he gives up because he has
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  • He gives up because he has no root, and thus the word
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  • Becomes unfruitful in his life.
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  • And the third category, "now, he
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  • Who received seed among the
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  • Thorns is he who hears the word,
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  • And the cares of this world
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  • And the deceitfulness of riches
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  • Choke the word, and he becomes
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  • Unfruitful, but he who receives
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  • Seed on the good ground
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  • Is he who hears the word
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  • And understands it--"
  • 00:10:44.195 --> 00:10:45.830
  • Notice that?
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  • The one who receives seed
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  • On the good ground, good heart,
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  • Ground is always the heart here,
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  • He receives it, he hears it,
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  • And he understands it.
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  • He's the one who indeed bears
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  • Fruit and produces;
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  • Some a hundredfold,
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  • Some sixty, and some thirty.
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  • So in other words, it behooves
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  • Us to understand god's word.
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  • We are hungry
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  • For the word of god.
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  • We want god's word expounded
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  • To us.
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  • Hallelujah.
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  • We don't want to hear psychology
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  • Being preached.
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  • We don't want to hear scientific
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  • Facts being preached.
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  • We don't want to hear
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  • The opinions of experts
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  • Being preached.
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  • Want to hear
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  • The word of the living god.
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  • Hallelujah.
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  • And when you spend time
  • 00:11:27.739 --> 00:11:28.506
  • In the word of god and you seek
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  • Understanding like the--
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  • Understanding like the-- in the book of proverbs,
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  • In the book of proverbs, lift your voice, amen,
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  • Lift your voice, amen, cry out for knowledge,
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  • Cry out for wisdom, seek for her as for hid treasures.
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  • As for hid treasures. you shall understand the wisdom
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  • You shall understand the wisdom of god and find the knowledge
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  • Of god and find the knowledge of the lord, hallelujah.
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  • Harvest in his life. it's the same word of god that
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  • It's the same word of god that goes into all the four types
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  • Goes into all the four types of heart or ground.
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  • Of heart or ground. it's the same seed
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  • It's the same seed that goes into--the seed
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  • That goes into--the seed is the word of god.
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  • Is the word of god. they heard the word of god.
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  • They heard the word of god. it's like speaking of, like,
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  • It's like speaking of, like, the audience in jesus's time.
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  • The audience in jesus's time. they were there, they heard his
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  • They were there, they heard his preaching, but there are four
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  • Preaching, but there are four types of hearts and there are
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  • Types of hearts and there are those whose hearts are,
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  • Those whose hearts are, like, on the wayside.
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  • Like, on the wayside. these are seeds sown
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  • These are seeds sown on the wayside.
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  • On the wayside. notice the wayside speaks
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  • Notice the wayside speaks of people who are sideliners,
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  • Of people who are sideliners, they are people
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  • They are people who are not in the center.
  • 00:13:14.145 --> 00:13:15.780
  • Who are not in the center. in other words, they are not
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  • In other words, they are not really the--it's like they hear
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  • Really the--it's like they hear the preaching online,
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  • The preaching online, for example, on sunday.
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  • For example, on sunday. god's word is being preached,
  • 00:13:20.685 --> 00:13:21.886
  • God's word is being preached, right, on sunday, but it's like
  • 00:13:21.953 --> 00:13:23.688
  • Right, on sunday, but it's like they may switch it on and then
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  • They may switch it on and then they get distracted with doing
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  • They get distracted with doing other things and they might be
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  • Other things and they might be looking at their phone,
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  • Looking at their phone, and you know?
  • 00:13:29.494 --> 00:13:30.295
  • And you know? it's like they expect the seed
  • 00:13:30.361 --> 00:13:31.462
  • It's like they expect the seed to fall on the wayside.
  • 00:13:31.529 --> 00:13:32.997
  • To fall on the wayside. they are hearing,
  • 00:13:33.064 --> 00:13:34.132
  • They are hearing, but they're not understanding.
  • 00:13:34.198 --> 00:13:36.134
  • But they're not understanding. you know, you--have you ever had
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  • You know, you--have you ever had that experience, guys, where
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  • That experience, guys, where your wife is talking to you,
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  • Your wife is talking to you, you hear words, but your mind
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  • You hear words, but your mind is on something else?
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  • Is on something else? you're thinking about golf
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  • You're thinking about golf or something, right?
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  • Or something, right? and then she says, "you're not
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  • And then she says, "you're not listening to me, right?"
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  • Listening to me, right?" and then you repeat
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  • And then you repeat the very last line
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  • The very last line that she said just now.
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  • That she said just now. you are hearing,
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  • You are hearing, but you're not listening.
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  • But you're not listening. so god says, and he said more
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  • So god says, and he said more than once in this passage here,
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  • Than once in this passage here, "'he who has ears to hear,
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  • "'he who has ears to hear, let him hear,' the lord said."
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  • Let him hear,' the lord said." and your hearing is vital.
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  • And your hearing is vital. you need to hear it first, but
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  • You need to hear it first, but then you need to be not on the
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  • Then you need to be not on the wayside, to be in the center,
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  • Wayside, to be in the center, receiving god's word.
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  • Receiving god's word. and then another thing
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  • And then another thing jesus said in this parable.
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  • Look at what he said about
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  • Look at what he said about the way you hear--what you hear
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  • The way you hear--what you hear and the way you hear.
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  • And the way you hear. "if anyone has ears to hear,
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  • "if anyone has ears to hear, let him hear."
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  • Let him hear." again, the emphasis.
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  • Again, the emphasis. "'if anyone has ears to hear,
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  • "'if anyone has ears to hear, let him here.'
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  • Let him here.' then he said to them,
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  • Then he said to them, 'take heed what you hear.'"
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  • 'take heed what you hear.'" the subject.
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  • The subject. we all want to hear god's word
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  • We all want to hear god's word because god's word is
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  • Because god's word is incorruptible seed.
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  • Incorruptible seed. god's word
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  • God's word is what regenerates us.
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  • Is what regenerates us. god's word is what raised jesus
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  • God's word is what raised jesus from the dead.
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  • From the dead. hallelujah.
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  • Hallelujah. amen.
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  • Amen. we don't want just corruptible
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  • We don't want just corruptible seed, men's words.
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  • Seed, men's words. men's words may or may not have
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  • Men's words may or may not have fruit, but not the kind of fruit
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  • Fruit, but not the kind of fruit that god's word
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  • That god's word will produce in your life.
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  • Will produce in your life. so take heed what you hear.
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  • So take heed what you hear. "with the same measure you use,
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  • "with the same measure you use, it will be measured to you;
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  • It will be measured to you; and to you who hear,
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  • And to you who hear, more will be given."
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  • More will be given." now, look at this.
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  • Now, look at this. here is mark's account.
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  • Here is mark's account. by the way, just to let you know
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  • By the way, just to let you know that in the parable of the sower
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  • And the seed, it appears in the
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  • And the seed, it appears in the synoptic gospels, which is
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  • Synoptic gospels, which is matthew, mark, and luke.
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  • Matthew, mark, and luke. not in john but in the first
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  • Not in john but in the first three gospels.
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  • Three gospels. and in all three you will have
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  • And in all three you will have different insights of the sower
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  • Different insights of the sower and the seed, and one of them
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  • And the seed, and one of them will say take heed what you hear
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  • Will say take heed what you hear like over here.
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  • Like over here. mark would say that, but luke
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  • Mark would say that, but luke will say something else.
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  • Will say something else. in other words,
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  • In other words, jesus said two things,
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  • Jesus said two things, but mark's emphasis
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  • But mark's emphasis was on the first what you hear.
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  • Was on the first what you hear. and look at luke's emphasis.
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  • And look at luke's emphasis. "therefore, take heed
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  • "therefore, take heed how you hear.
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  • How you hear. for whoever has, to him more
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  • For whoever has, to him more will be given; and whoever does
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  • Will be given; and whoever does not have, even what he seems
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  • Not have, even what he seems to have will be taken from him."
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  • To have will be taken from him." now we found the clue
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  • Now we found the clue to what the very thing
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  • To what the very thing that we shared just now.
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  • That we shared just now. what is this having thing?
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  • What is this having thing? whoever has has what?
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  • Whoever has has what? to him, more will be given.
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  • To him, more will be given. now we see it.
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  • Now we see it. to the one who has this hearing
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  • To the one who has this hearing attitude, hearing heart,
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  • Attitude, hearing heart, wanting to hear the revelation
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  • Wanting to hear the revelation of the word,
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  • Of the word, wanting to understand the word,
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  • Wanting to understand the word, whoever has this heart.
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  • Whoever has this heart. not only he said take heed what
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  • Not only he said take heed what you hear, the subject itself,
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  • You hear, the subject itself, which is the word of god.
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  • Which is the word of god. take heed what you hear,
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  • Take heed what you hear, but how you hear it.
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  • But how you hear it. how you hear it.
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  • How you hear it. hallelujah.
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  • Hallelujah. for whoever has this hearing
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  • For whoever has this hearing heart, this hearing attitude
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  • Heart, this hearing attitude towards god's word, the bible
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  • Towards god's word, the bible says more--i like the word.
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  • Says more--i like the word. say the word more.
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  • Say the word more. more will be given to you.
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  • More will be given to you. say, "more will be given to me."
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  • Say, "more will be given to me." amen.
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  • Amen. then he says the one who does
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  • Then he says the one who does not have this hearing heart,
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  • Not have this hearing heart, even what he has will be taken
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  • Even what he has will be taken away.
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  • Away. and we know who takes it away.
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  • And we know who takes it away. will be taken away.
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  • Will be taken away. it's so important for us
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  • It's so important for us to understand this
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  • To understand this because both are important.
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  • Because both are important. take heed what you hear
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  • Take heed what you hear and how you hear.
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  • And how you hear. so it's obvious jesus said--
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  • So it's obvious jesus said-- this too in one sentence,
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  • This too in one sentence, and mark record the first
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  • And mark record the first and luke the letter.
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  • And luke the letter. and jesus said, "take heed what
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  • And jesus said, "take heed what you hear and how you hear."
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  • Let's get back to mark again.
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  • Let's get back to mark again. and jesus says, "take heed what
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  • And jesus says, "take heed what you hear and how you hear.
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  • You hear and how you hear. with the same measure you use--"
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  • With the same measure you use--" so if you use a thirtyfold
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  • So if you use a thirtyfold measure, you give thirtyfold
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  • Measure, you give thirtyfold attention, thirtyfold focus,
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  • Attention, thirtyfold focus, thirtyfold devotion to it,
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  • Thirtyfold devotion to it, it will be measured to you.
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  • It will be measured to you. guess what?
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  • Guess what? to you it will be measured what?
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  • To you it will be measured what? the same measure you use.
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  • The same measure you use. same measure you use,
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  • Same measure you use, it'll be measured to you.
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  • It'll be measured to you. thirtyfold you'll get what?
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  • Thirtyfold you'll get what? back thirtyfold benefit,
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  • Thirtyfold virtue out of,
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  • Thirtyfold virtue out of, thirtyfold revelation,
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  • Thirtyfold revelation, thirtyfold wisdom,
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  • Thirtyfold wisdom, thirtyfold harvest.
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  • Thirtyfold harvest. and it's saying this.
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  • And it's saying this. it's not because
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  • It's not because it's god's will, it is saying
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  • It's god's will, it is saying it's your attitude,
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  • It's your attitude, the same measure you use.
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  • The same measure you use. if you listen to god's word with
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  • If you listen to god's word with 100%, with the same measure--i'm
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  • 100%, with the same measure--i'm using the measure of 100%
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  • Using the measure of 100% attention to god's word.
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  • Attention to god's word. so don't be distracted, friend.
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  • So don't be distracted, friend. if you can, every sunday
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  • If you can, every sunday just give that time to the lord.
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  • Just give that time to the lord. and is it amazing how the devil
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  • And is it amazing how the devil will always try to tell you to
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  • Will always try to tell you to catch up on something you have
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  • Catch up on something you have not done during the whole week
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  • Not done during the whole week that you could have caught up
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  • That you could have caught up on, but you didn't, all right?
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  • On, but you didn't, all right? you didn't do all those things.
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  • You didn't do all those things. and all sudden, while you're
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  • And all sudden, while you're listening to god's word, the
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  • Listening to god's word, the devil will say, "you know what?
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  • Devil will say, "you know what? you didn't read this book.
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  • You didn't read this book. you have not read this book.
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  • You have not read this book. how about this?
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  • How about this? you didn't contact your friend.
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  • You didn't contact your friend. hey, look at your phone,
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  • Hey, look at your phone, all right?
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  • All right? there's a message
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  • There's a message that just came in."
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  • That just came in." it's like all hell break loose
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  • It's like all hell break loose sometimes, all right,
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  • Sometimes, all right, when you're about
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  • When you're about to receive god's word.
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  • To receive god's word. the warfare, my friend,
  • 00:18:29.227 --> 00:18:30.728
  • The warfare, my friend, is actually getting
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  • Is actually getting into god's word.
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  • Into god's word. there are so many things trying
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  • There are so many things trying to hold you back from hearing
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  • To hold you back from hearing god's word because the devil
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  • God's word because the devil is so afraid.
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  • Is so afraid. yes, friend, he's afraid that
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  • Yes, friend, he's afraid that you will receive god's word
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  • You will receive god's word because he knows
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  • Because he knows that his influence and his power
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  • That his influence and his power in that area of your life
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  • In that area of your life will be broken.
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  • Will be broken. why?
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  • Why? because the word of god
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  • Because the word of god is greater than him.
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  • Is greater than him. hallelujah.
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  • Then jesus shared another
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  • Then jesus shared another parable here.
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  • Parable here. "and he said, 'the kingdom
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  • "and he said, 'the kingdom of god is as if a man should
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  • Of god is as if a man should scatter seed on the ground and
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  • Should sleep by night and rise
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  • Should sleep by night and rise by day, and the seed should
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  • By day, and the seed should sprout and grow,
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  • Sprout and grow, he himself does not know how.'"
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  • He himself does not know how.'" i like this.
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  • I like this. he himself does not know how.
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  • He himself does not know how. so this man scatter seed
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  • So this man scatter seed on the ground, and he goes to
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  • On the ground, and he goes to sleep by night and rise by day.
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  • Sleep by night and rise by day. in other words,
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  • In other words, he just lives his normal life.
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  • He just lives his normal life. "and the seed should sprout
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  • "and the seed should sprout and grow,
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  • And grow, he himself does not know how."
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  • Friend, how about prioritizing
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  • Friend, how about prioritizing god's word.
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  • God's word. prioritize god's word.
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  • Prioritize god's word. just listen to god's word.
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  • Just listen to god's word. if you're not the reading type,
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  • If you're not the reading type, all right, listen to god's word.
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  • All right, listen to god's word. if you are sick in your body,
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  • If you are sick in your body, it's not enough just to say,
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  • It's not enough just to say, "okay, i'm just going to take
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  • "okay, i'm just going to take communion, right?
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  • Communion, right? that's how i know
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  • That's how i know i'll be healed."
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  • I'll be healed." yes, friend, but you need
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  • Yes, friend, but you need the word about communion.
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  • The word about communion. you need--you know,
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  • You need--you know, it's not just--it's not
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  • It's not just--it's not a magical formula, friend.
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  • A magical formula, friend. it is actually a revelation.
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  • It is actually a revelation. this is a time of communion with
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  • This is a time of communion with the lord, having that revelation
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  • The lord, having that revelation where, you know, you see what he
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  • Where, you know, you see what he has done for you, you love him,
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  • Has done for you, you love him, and then you receive from him.
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  • And then you receive from him. hallelujah.
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  • Hallelujah. and that can only come about
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  • And that can only come about as you get fresh revelation.
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  • Even though you knew it before,
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  • Even though you knew it before, you need a fresh revelation.
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  • You need a fresh revelation. every time, amen, you come to
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  • Every time, amen, you come to the word of god, you start
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  • The word of god, you start telling yourself--and this is
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  • Telling yourself--and this is why meditation is so important.
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  • Why meditation is so important. keep on mulling over god's word.
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  • Keep on musing over god's word.
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  • Keep on musing over god's word. keep on revolving god's word
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  • Keep on revolving god's word in your mind day and night.
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  • In your mind day and night. and the bible says the one
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  • And the bible says the one who does that,
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  • Who does that, whatever he does shall prosper.
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  • Whatever he does shall prosper. not only that.
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  • Not only that. his leave will always be green.
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  • His leave will always be green. in other words, he's evergreen.
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  • In other words, he's evergreen. he's always young.
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  • He's always young. he's always vigorous.
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  • He's always vigorous. he's always fresh
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  • He's always fresh even in his old age.
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  • Even in his old age. "and whatever he does--"
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  • "and whatever he does--" i like that.
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  • I like that. whatever he does prospers.
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  • Whatever he does prospers. and the promise is what?
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  • And the promise is what? the one who meditates.
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  • The one who meditates. the one who meditates
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  • The one who meditates in god's word.
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  • In god's word. because see, meditation
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  • Because see, meditation is actually causing yourself
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  • Is actually causing yourself to hear the word again.
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  • To hear the word again. when you meditate, you hear
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  • When you meditate, you hear the word again and again.
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  • The word again and again. hallelujah.
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  • Hallelujah. another way is to listen to
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  • Another way is to listen to preaching, good preaching.
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  • Preaching, good preaching. make sure the preaching
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  • Make sure the preaching is on the word of god.
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  • Is on the word of god. and as you're receiving the
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  • And as you're receiving the preaching, you understand it.
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  • Preaching, you understand it. guess what?
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  • Guess what? it will grow.
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  • It will grow. but this parable here that jesus
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  • But this parable here that jesus is sharing is about a man
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  • Is sharing is about a man who is hearing
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  • Who is hearing and he is actually
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  • And he is actually speaking or reading
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  • Speaking or reading the word of god
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  • The word of god and he's in contact with
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  • And he's in contact with the word of god, and the word
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  • The word of god, and the word has fallen into his heart.
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  • Has fallen into his heart. now, he's telling this man--
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  • Now, he's telling this man-- god is saying that this man
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  • God is saying that this man does not need to worry
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  • Does not need to worry about how the seed grows.
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  • About how the seed grows. he knows not how.
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  • He knows not how. all he got to do,
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  • All he got to do, make sure he's listening,
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  • Make sure he's listening, make sure he is hearing,
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  • Make sure he is hearing, have a good heart
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  • Have a good heart towards hearing, amen,
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  • Towards hearing, amen, hear to receive, to understand.
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  • Hear to receive, to understand. if he has that heart, the bible
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  • If he has that heart, the bible says he can go to sleep night
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  • Says he can go to sleep night and day,
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  • And day, just live his normal life.
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  • Just live his normal life. and you know what?
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  • And you know what? the harvest will come.
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  • The harvest will come. the seed will sprout and grow.
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  • The seed will sprout and grow. you know, i was meditating along
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  • You know, i was meditating along these lines.
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  • These lines. and actually, i was reading
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  • And actually, i was reading something else, and my bible
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  • Something else, and my bible happened to fall into this
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  • Happened to fall into this particular verse in leviticus,
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  • Particular verse in leviticus, believe it or not, but
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  • Believe it or not, but leviticus where it says this.
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  • Leviticus where it says this. "and if a part of any such
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  • "and if a part of any such carcass falls on any planting
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  • Carcass falls on any planting seed, which is to be sown,
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  • Seed, which is to be sown, it remains clean."
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  • It remains clean." now, this is one of the laws
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  • Now, this is one of the laws they had back then.
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  • They had back then. if a part of any such
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  • If a part of any such carcass--now, this carcass is a
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  • Carcass--now, this carcass is a carcass you read earlier verses.
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  • Carcass you read earlier verses. it talks about the gecko lizard.
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  • It talks about the gecko lizard. it talks about different kind
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  • It talks about different kind of reptiles and, you know,
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  • Of reptiles and, you know, animals that are dead bodies.
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  • Animals that are dead bodies. now, this kind of verse really
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  • Now, this kind of verse really get me going, you know?
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  • Get me going, you know? do you understand that?
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  • Do you understand that? i didn't understand that,
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  • I didn't understand that, but as i meditated on it,
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  • But as i meditated on it, god opened my eyes and i began
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  • God opened my eyes and i began to see something here.
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  • To see something here. god is saying--from this one
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  • God is saying--from this one verse, god is saying
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  • Verse, god is saying that carcass is a picture
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  • That carcass is a picture of corruption and death.
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  • Of corruption and death. it falls--if it's falls on any
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  • It falls--if it's falls on any planting seed which is to be
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  • Planting seed which is to be sown, that seed remains clean.
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  • Sown, that seed remains clean. now, that means death
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  • Now, that means death and corruption cannot overpower
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  • And corruption cannot overpower that resurrection life
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  • That resurrection life that is in that seed.
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  • That is in that seed. hallelujah.
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  • Hallelujah. that life is greater than
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  • That life is greater than corruption and death.
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  • Corruption and death. that life swallows up death.
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  • That life swallows up death. hallelujah.
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  • Hallelujah. when you have god's word
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  • When you have god's word in your life, amen, death cannot
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  • In your life, amen, death cannot overtake you, corruption cannot
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  • Overtake you, corruption cannot seize you because the seeds
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  • Seize you because the seeds of god's word in you
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  • Of god's word in you is greater than them.
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  • Is greater than them. hallelujah.
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  • Hallelujah. hallelujah.
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  • Hallelujah. praise the lord.
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  • Praise the lord. i'm getting happy here.
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  • I'm getting happy here. you know, when god opened this
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  • You know, when god opened this to me--you know, don't you get
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  • To me--you know, don't you get excited when you read god's word
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  • Excited when you read god's word and you read things before
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  • And you read things before and you just pass them by and
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  • And you just pass them by and all of a sudden it's like the
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  • All of a sudden it's like the holy spirit is saying, "stop.
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  • Holy spirit is saying, "stop. read again," and then god open
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  • Read again," and then god open your eyes?
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  • Your eyes? and i understand it.
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  • And i understand it. i understand it.
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  • I understand it. god is showing that life
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  • God is showing that life is greater, far greater,
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  • Is greater, far greater, superior to death.
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  • Superior to death. death cannot stop.
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  • Death cannot stop. death and corruption cannot stop
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  • Death and corruption cannot stop that life from reproducing
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  • That life from reproducing itself, that planting seed,
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  • Itself, that planting seed, hallelujah, which is a picture
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  • Hallelujah, which is a picture of the word of god.
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  • Of the word of god. amen?
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  • Amen? so if you are struggling in any
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  • So if you are struggling in any way, whatever area it is,
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  • Way, whatever area it is, whether it's lack in your life,
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  • Whether it's lack in your life, you know, you need to pay up for
  • 00:24:03.294 --> 00:24:05.496
  • You know, you need to pay up for some bill that is longstanding
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  • Some bill that is longstanding and you're not able to, that
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  • And you're not able to, that means there's an area of lack,
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  • Means there's an area of lack, whatever it is, or you're
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  • Whatever it is, or you're struggling with some symptoms
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  • Struggling with some symptoms in your body.
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  • In your body. my friend, spend time
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  • My friend, spend time in the word and read the word
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  • In the word and read the word pertaining to these areas.
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  • Pertaining to these areas. hallelujah.
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  • Hallelujah. saturate yourself
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  • Saturate yourself with the word of god.
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  • With the word of god. start hearing sermons,
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  • Start hearing sermons, preachings, amen, where the word
  • 00:24:25.783 --> 00:24:28.485
  • Preachings, amen, where the word of god is being shared,
  • 00:24:28.552 --> 00:24:29.687
  • Of god is being shared, expounded, where the kernel of
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  • Expounded, where the kernel of the wheat is broken up and you
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  • The wheat is broken up and you see the germ inside, you see the
  • 00:24:33.424 --> 00:24:37.094
  • See the germ inside, you see the revelation being unfolded to you
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  • Revelation being unfolded to you because when the word of god
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  • Because when the word of god drops into your heart,
  • 00:24:41.465 --> 00:24:43.567
  • Drops into your heart, you will manifest that harvest
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  • You will manifest that harvest in your life.
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  • In your life. and the way you hear it, the
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  • And the way you hear it, the measure you give to it
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  • Measure you give to it is the measure that
  • 00:24:53.010 --> 00:24:53.811
  • Is the measure that you will receive, hallelujah.
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  • I hope today's message has blessed you.
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  • Has blessed you. if there's a need in your life
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  • Today, know that the lord sees you, he hears your prayers,
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  • You, he hears your prayers, and you are not alone.
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  • Going through right now. do know that i'm praying for you
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  • Do know that i'm praying for you and i can't wait to see you
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  • And i can't wait to see you receive your breakthrough.
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  • Receive your breakthrough. god bless.
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  • >> joseph prince: "take, eat, this is my body, which is broken for you.
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  • This is my body, which is broken for you. drink, this is my blood.
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  • Which is broken for you. drink, this is my blood. this cup is the new covenant."
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  • Drink, this is my blood. this cup is the new covenant." this is the lord's
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  • This cup is the new covenant." this is the lord's love language.
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  • This is the lord's love language. the lord says whenever
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  • Love language. the lord says whenever you do this, you do this
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  • >> joseph prince: i believe that
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  • >> joseph prince: i believe that there is a corporate anointing
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  • There is a corporate anointing whenever we come together
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  • Whenever we come together to worship the lord as
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  • To worship the lord as the body of christ, even online.
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  • The body of christ, even online. so, if you're looking
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  • So, if you're looking to be part of a community
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  • To be part of a community of grace believers,
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  • Of grace believers, join us for service
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  • Join us for service every sunday.
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  • Every sunday. god bless you, and i'll see you
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  • God bless you, and i'll see you online for church this weekend.
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