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Joseph Prince | Joseph Prince - The Power to Prosper During Famine | April 6, 2026
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- Joseph prince: is it important for us
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- To believe or not believe?
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- "does it matter, pastor, if i believe?"
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- It matters because your spirit,
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- You don't even realize it, your spirit is open.
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- When you believe that god wants you to have it,
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- God wants to prosper you, your spirit is open.
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- That's the faith realm, and you begin to see
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- Breakthroughs after breakthroughs,
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- Miracle after miracle, blessings after blessings,
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- When in the natural there's none.
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- God brought forth the visible world, amen.
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- Everything visible came from...
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- The invisible.
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- Amen.
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- So think about it, people.
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- God calls those things that are not,
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- In the physical realm yet,
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- As though they are there.
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- It's prosperity with a purpose that god wants us to see--
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- That we can be a blessing to many.
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- Male: the market is falling fast,
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- And what we're seeing right now--
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- Joseph prince will show us why god's people
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- And now here's pastor joseph prince
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- With today's program.
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- Joseph prince: i was reading a book,
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- And i came across this verse-- i think probably
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- One of the first times i came across that verse--
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- I was a very young man then-- and it says,
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- "and joseph was sold into egypt, and potiphar bought him."
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- He was a slave,
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- And it says joseph was a prosperous man.
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- In all that he did, god made him to prosper.
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- Maybe i like that verse when i read it
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- Because it's the same name, right?
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- So i said that, "wow."
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- It began to occur to me. "wait a minute.
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- Whatever that means for this joseph in the bible,
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- I want it."
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- Okay, you can say whatever you want.
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- God is not for prosperity, health, wealth, gospel,
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- All that.
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- You can say whatever you want,
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- But when the bible talks about that, i want that.
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- Do you want that?
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- He was a prosperous man, and whatever he did,
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- God made it to prosper.
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- "oh, pastor, that means everything joseph did,
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- It prospered spiritually, in the spiritual world."
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- Or if it is, i take that. can i?
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- But, you know, doesn't stand to reason
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- That it is spiritual prosperity,
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- Because the bible says potiphar saw.
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- Potiphar is a hidden, as hidden as hidden can be.
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- And he saw that the lord was with joseph.
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- He saw.
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- I said saw the lord was with joseph,
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- And what he did, god made it to prosper.
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- So maybe he-- as he plants the crops,
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- His crops are all bumper crops.
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- As he takes care of the servant--
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- Whatever new assignment-- takes care of the servants,
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- The servants are now highly motivated.
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- Whatever he did, he prospered.
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- And his boss dan, potiphar, noticed that.
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- They--finally he put him in charge of everything.
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- I want that, i want that. is it okay?
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- That i can be a blessing.
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- Now, was that a curse to joseph?
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- No, it was preparing him for the ministry that god has--
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- That he will save many people alive.
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- Friend, your relationship with god is,
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- Number one, prosperity.
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- Your relationship with god is, number one, prosperity.
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- To be right with god, would you say that's prosperous,
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- A true prosperous man?
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- And that's what we receive, amen.
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- We are now the righteousness of god in christ.
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- For god made jesus to be sin for us at the cross--
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- He who knew no sin--
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- That we might be made the righteousness of god in him.
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- It's a gift.
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- I didn't do anything to be righteous.
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- Jesus didn't do anything to become sin.
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- He took my sin.
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- Now i take his righteousness.
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- It's a divine exchange, amen.
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- We receive by grace, amen? praise the lord?
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- So the more we believe it-- now, it's not enough to know it.
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- You gotta confess it because the bible says
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- In 2 corinthians 4, we, having the same spirit of faith--
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- Now, the quotation there is from psalms--
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- Is saying that we're having the same spirit of faith,
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- That faith of david, right?
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- We, having the same spirit of faith--i believe;
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- Therefore, have i spoken.
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- We also believe and therefore speak.
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- It's not enough just to believe.
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- You gotta speak.
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- The bible says in romans 4, abraham was like god
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- Because god quickens the dead
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- And causes those things that are not as though they are.
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- The bible says that's what we are to be--
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- Call those things that are not as though they are.
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- That are not what?
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- Not visible, not sensible to touch, right?
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- Nothing that you can hear or whatever.
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- Yet, yet, it will always come up in the flesh,
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- In the realm, like this building, amen?
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- Now we can see it, now we can feel it,
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- Now we can look at it, we can take pictures of it, right?
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- But it came out of faith when there's nothing, amen.
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- But faith-- like, god is a spirit--
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- God brought forth the visible world, amen.
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- Everything visible came from...
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- The invisible.
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- Amen.
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- So think about it, people.
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- God calls those things that are not,
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- In the physical realm yet,
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- As though they are there, isn't it?
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- It's prosperity with a purpose that god wants us to see--
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- That we can be a blessing to many.
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- So the first thing we need to establish,
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- You gotta believe that, why?
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- Why must we believe?
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- Is it important-- i said just now--
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- Is it important for us to believe or not believe?
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- "does it matter, pastor, if i believe?"
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- It matters because your spirit--
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- You don't even realize it.
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- Your spirit is open to-- when you believe
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- That god wants you to have it, god wants to prosper you,
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- Your spirit is open.
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- That's the faith realm, and you begin to see
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- Breakthroughs after breakthroughs,
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- Miracle after miracle, blessings after blessings,
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- When in the natural there's none.
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- Are you listening, people?
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- Now we're heading in tough days, all right?
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- Genesis 26, abraham's son isaac.
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- "there was a famine in the land, besides the first famine
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- That was in the days of abraham.
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- And isaac went to abimelech king of the philistines,
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- In gerar."
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- Say "famine." say "famine."
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- So famine is a time of lack, okay?
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- Now, this famine is bad, okay?
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- That means there's not enough to eat.
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- Your crops cannot grow.
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- And the bible goes on to say it was a famine
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- That was severe, just like the time of--
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- If you keep on reading, it's the time of abraham,
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- Which was severe.
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- And the time of joseph, it was also severe.
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- Whenever famine comes into the world--
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- So, first of all, we see that famine does come,
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- Periodically, to the world, okay?
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- So what makes this famine something we can learn from,
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- From for today?
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- You know, when you read the bible,
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- Like i told you in the lesson on how to study the bible,
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- Is that a lot of things written in the past,
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- In the stories in the old testament
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- And all that, are two parts, types, for us to learn today.
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- In other words, god put them there
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- Because it's so relevant.
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- It speaks to us today.
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- Are you with me so far?
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- So first, we established already
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- That we are abraham's seed, right?
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- It says, "if you are christ's--" are you christ's?
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- Turn to your neighbor and ask, "are you christ's?"
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- Christ's-- christ's belong to christ;
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- That is, are you someone belonging to christ?
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- Are you christ's, all right?
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- If you are christ's, then what?
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- You are abraham's seed, and heirs according to the...
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- Promise, heirs according to the...promise.
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- Amen, so you are the heir according to the promise.
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- So, the clearest picture of an--
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- A direct seed of abraham--
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- We know the seed above all the seed
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- That god is referring to is christ.
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- And if you are christ's, you are in him.
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- As he is, so are we, you see, right?
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- So you're abraham's seed,
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- But a direct illustration of that is isaac.
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- Isaac was the son of abraham,
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- The promised seed, all right, that came, finally.
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- So, this story of how abraham's son, isaac,
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- Dealt with the famine, okay?
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- Now, many of you know the story, but you know, the holy spirit
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- Is bringing it into a new light.
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- Okay, so back to genesis 26, drop down.
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- "then the lord appeared to him and said:
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- 'do not go down to egypt;
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- Live in the land of which i shall tell you.
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- Dwell in this land, and i'll be with you and bless you;
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- For to you and your descendants i give all these lands,
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- And i'll perform the oath
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- Which i swore to abraham your father.'"
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- So, the first thing god said to abraham's seed,
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- All of you, "don't go down to egypt."
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- What does that mean?
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- When famine happens, don't give up on god's ways
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- And use the world's ways.
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- And remember this: every time you say it's about egypt,
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- It is always go...down.
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- Now, the world will offer you a lot of things--
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- Immediate gratification--
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- And we've got a whole generation of people
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- Who want quick money.
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- They want quick returns.
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- They're not interested in "he that gathers
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- By labor shall increase."
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- They're not interested in honoring
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- The boss and the company,
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- Which is the spirit of what colossians writes about:
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- Knowing that, of the lord, you shall receive the reward.
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- Okay, so god told isaac, "i bless you," right?
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- "bless you." okay, look at the "blessed."
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- "dwell in this land, i'll be with you
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- And i'll bless you."
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- The word that is "barak," barak.
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- Now, what is barak?
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- The noun is go-- like, god told abraham,
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- "i'll bless you, and you shall be a blessing.
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- I will barak you, and you will be a baraka."
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- And the value of baraka-- "you shall be a blessing."
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- So "blessing" is the noun, right?
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- "barak" is the verb, okay?
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- So this is barak. what is barak?
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- So i say, "god will bless you in every area of your life."
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- Where it really matters, number one,
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- Relationship with god.
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- You are the righteousness of god in christ.
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- The blessing of abraham has come on us.
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- Hello? amen?
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- Real quick, christ has redeemed us
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- From the curse of the law, that the blessing--
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- Okay, christ has redeemed us.
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- Who is "us"? you and i, you and i, all right?
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- We are now-- we have been ransomed from what?
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- The curse of the law.
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- We are not under the curse of the law.
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- Amen, even though we're not perfect,
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- We're not under the curse of the law, okay, why?
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- Because--by the way, it cannot mean anything
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- But that we are not perfect, why?
- 00:11:12.924 --> 00:11:15.226
- Because if you say, "pastor prince,
- 00:11:15.226 --> 00:11:16.561
- It's only for people who are keeping the law,
- 00:11:16.561 --> 00:11:19.831
- It makes no reason why is there a curse for him?"
- 00:11:19.831 --> 00:11:24.469
- Why should there be a curse
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- For someone who's keeping the law?
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- It only means something
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- When people are not perfect, right?
- 00:11:28.873 --> 00:11:31.976
- But he says, "christ has redeemed us
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- From the curse of the law, being made a curse for us."
- 00:11:33.945 --> 00:11:37.081
- And notice the purpose "that the blessing of abraham"--
- 00:11:37.081 --> 00:11:41.286
- The blessing of what?--
- 00:11:41.286 --> 00:11:42.620
- "abraham might come on the gentiles"--
- 00:11:42.620 --> 00:11:45.089
- That's you and i, non-jews-- "through jesus christ," how?
- 00:11:45.089 --> 00:11:49.260
- Through faith.
- 00:11:49.260 --> 00:11:50.595
- They might--"we might receive the promise of the spirit
- 00:11:50.595 --> 00:11:52.497
- Through faith."
- 00:11:52.497 --> 00:11:54.766
- Do you see that?
- 00:11:54.766 --> 00:11:56.100
- So the blessing of abraham,
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- The blessing that brings every blessing
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- Is righteousness--our faith.
- 00:11:58.837 --> 00:12:02.841
- God has made you righteous with him.
- 00:12:02.841 --> 00:12:04.976
- You're so close--your position before god right now
- 00:12:04.976 --> 00:12:06.978
- Is so near him.
- 00:12:06.978 --> 00:12:09.113
- Say "so near." you are so near.
- 00:12:09.113 --> 00:12:12.116
- Nearer you cannot be.
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- For in the person of his son, you are as near as he.
- 00:12:13.852 --> 00:12:18.656
- Now, barak includes blessing in the area of prosperity,
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- In terms of material things as well.
- 00:12:24.495 --> 00:12:27.665
- Is that in the bible?
- 00:12:27.665 --> 00:12:29.100
- Okay, you say, "pastor prince, that's your opinion.
- 00:12:29.100 --> 00:12:31.269
- That's your opinion." okay, this is my opinion.
- 00:12:31.269 --> 00:12:33.071
- Let's go to a scholar, a hebrew scholar.
- 00:12:33.071 --> 00:12:35.673
- This time, not maimonides. i find somebody else.
- 00:12:35.673 --> 00:12:38.243
- The new international dictionary of new testament theology.
- 00:12:38.243 --> 00:12:42.680
- Sounds fancy?
- 00:12:42.680 --> 00:12:45.350
- These are scholars who are reputed,
- 00:12:45.350 --> 00:12:47.852
- Who write this kind of books.
- 00:12:47.852 --> 00:12:49.487
- See what he says.
- 00:12:49.487 --> 00:12:50.889
- "basically barak," or eulogia--
- 00:12:50.889 --> 00:12:52.390
- By the way, eulogia is the greek for blessing, bless, all right?
- 00:12:52.390 --> 00:12:57.161
- So, left is old testament, barak;
- 00:12:57.161 --> 00:12:59.564
- New testament is eulogia-- same meaning, okay?
- 00:12:59.564 --> 00:13:03.134
- Like you say--you say a eulogy, right?
- 00:13:03.134 --> 00:13:05.436
- It's from the greek word eulogia.
- 00:13:05.436 --> 00:13:07.105
- "eu," good; "logia," word, okay?
- 00:13:07.105 --> 00:13:09.540
- It's a--together it becomes blessing.
- 00:13:09.540 --> 00:13:11.542
- "basically barak," the hebrew word barak,
- 00:13:11.542 --> 00:13:13.878
- "means endue with beneficial power."
- 00:13:13.878 --> 00:13:16.648
- When god blesses you-- listen, in this time of famine,
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- When god blesses you,
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- You are endued with beneficial power
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- To effect all these things in your life.
- 00:13:25.690 --> 00:13:27.859
- "the nature of the blessing is that of the conferring
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- And transference of beneficial power"--
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- Beneficial--say "beneficial power," all right--
- 00:13:34.299 --> 00:13:37.302
- "which produces fertility in men and in livestock and lands."
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- Would you say that, back in those days, barak--
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- Because it's translating, for the old testament, "blessing"--
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- Of the israelis and all that-- in what way does it manifest?
- 00:13:48.780 --> 00:13:52.917
- Because they are all people involved in husbandry,
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- In farming, right?
- 00:13:55.520 --> 00:13:57.588
- They grow grapes, vine-- vine grapes and figs
- 00:13:57.588 --> 00:14:02.927
- And olive trees and all that.
- 00:14:02.927 --> 00:14:05.897
- The more they have, the more they prosper.
- 00:14:05.897 --> 00:14:08.666
- And they have flocks as well.
- 00:14:08.666 --> 00:14:10.535
- So the more fruitful their flock is, what happens?
- 00:14:10.535 --> 00:14:15.139
- They prosper.
- 00:14:15.139 --> 00:14:16.908
- So here it says, all right, this blessing works vertically
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- In the continued growth of succeeding generations.
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- Horizontally, it it effects peace,
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- Security from enemies-- think of that, think of that--
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- Good fortune, and well-being.
- 00:14:31.522 --> 00:14:35.159
- What does that mean-- well-being?
- 00:14:35.159 --> 00:14:37.628
- Does that mean that you are always sick,
- 00:14:37.628 --> 00:14:39.497
- Always tired, no energy, depressed?
- 00:14:39.497 --> 00:14:44.002
- Is that well-being? no!
- 00:14:44.002 --> 00:14:46.404
- "well-being for a tribe or group (expressed
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- Most comprehensively in the concept 'shalom,'
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- 'well-being,'" again.
- 00:14:52.844 --> 00:14:55.013
- So, barak and shalom is very close.
- 00:14:55.013 --> 00:14:57.615
- Can you see that?
- 00:14:57.615 --> 00:14:58.950
- All right, if this book is not enough,
- 00:14:58.950 --> 00:15:00.284
- Let me show you another book.
- 00:15:00.284 --> 00:15:01.619
- This is a theological workbook of the old testament.
- 00:15:01.619 --> 00:15:05.890
- Your grace academy has started, all right?
- 00:15:05.890 --> 00:15:09.460
- This is your theological workbook of the old testament.
- 00:15:09.460 --> 00:15:12.196
- Now watch this: "to bless in the old testament means
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- To endue with power for success, prosperity, fecundity,
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- And longevity."
- 00:15:22.874 --> 00:15:25.176
- You know what's "fecundity"?
- 00:15:25.176 --> 00:15:26.911
- Means you are very fruitful, plenty of children.
- 00:15:26.911 --> 00:15:30.982
- How many want blessing? fecundity.
- 00:15:30.982 --> 00:15:33.484
- How many want fecundity?
- 00:15:33.484 --> 00:15:34.986
- Okay, lah, at least you know you are fecund.
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- You wanna have a lot of effect or not,
- 00:15:38.256 --> 00:15:39.590
- Never mind, all right?
- 00:15:39.590 --> 00:15:41.092
- You are fecund.
- 00:15:41.092 --> 00:15:43.127
- All right, fecundity means having a lot of children.
- 00:15:43.127 --> 00:15:47.298
- That means you are very fruitful--fecundity.
- 00:15:47.298 --> 00:15:49.500
- For the animals, like the sheep that they're--
- 00:15:49.500 --> 00:15:51.803
- They raise the goats and the cows and all that.
- 00:15:51.803 --> 00:15:56.374
- When they have fecundity, they have plenty of...offspring,
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- Which increases the wealth of those people in those days.
- 00:15:59.811 --> 00:16:02.113
- But in our context, what does it mean?
- 00:16:02.113 --> 00:16:04.348
- Our business, our ministry flourishes, increases.
- 00:16:04.348 --> 00:16:09.120
- See, god doesn't think that when these things increase,
- 00:16:09.120 --> 00:16:11.489
- They're a curse.
- 00:16:11.489 --> 00:16:13.191
- I have to close with this.
- 00:16:13.191 --> 00:16:15.660
- I need you to see this. this is very important, okay?
- 00:16:15.660 --> 00:16:19.497
- Is--did jesus take the curse of poverty
- 00:16:19.497 --> 00:16:22.366
- On himself on our behalf at the cross?
- 00:16:22.366 --> 00:16:25.803
- So that verse you all know-- and some of you here
- 00:16:25.803 --> 00:16:28.106
- Are well established in it,
- 00:16:28.106 --> 00:16:29.440
- But you look at 2 corinthians chapter 8, verse 9--
- 00:16:29.440 --> 00:16:32.810
- "you know the grace of our lord jesus christ,
- 00:16:32.810 --> 00:16:34.612
- That though he was rich,
- 00:16:34.612 --> 00:16:36.447
- Yet for your sakes he became poor,
- 00:16:36.447 --> 00:16:38.783
- That you through his poverty might become rich," right?
- 00:16:38.783 --> 00:16:44.956
- So here--stand alone, you can say,
- 00:16:44.956 --> 00:16:47.125
- "oh, it's spiritually rich, spiritually poor."
- 00:16:47.125 --> 00:16:49.360
- You can say it-- you can say it that way.
- 00:16:49.360 --> 00:16:52.430
- And who is there to argue?
- 00:16:52.430 --> 00:16:54.732
- But everything must be translated in...
- 00:16:54.732 --> 00:16:57.001
- Context.
- 00:16:57.001 --> 00:16:58.903
- Remember what we said about how to study the bible?
- 00:16:58.903 --> 00:17:01.706
- Must be translated in context.
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- This is talking about physically.
- 00:17:03.941 --> 00:17:06.611
- Even physically, he was destitute.
- 00:17:06.611 --> 00:17:09.213
- They gambled for his clothes at the foot of the cross.
- 00:17:09.213 --> 00:17:12.617
- One of the things he carried for us--
- 00:17:12.617 --> 00:17:14.118
- Of course, first and foremost, he carried our sins--
- 00:17:14.118 --> 00:17:16.587
- Praise the lord--
- 00:17:16.587 --> 00:17:17.989
- But the bible also says that he carried our diseases, amen.
- 00:17:17.989 --> 00:17:21.559
- Himself took our infirmities and bore our sicknesses.
- 00:17:21.559 --> 00:17:23.995
- With his stripes, we are healed, but he also carried our poverty,
- 00:17:23.995 --> 00:17:27.632
- Because there is no lack in heaven.
- 00:17:27.632 --> 00:17:29.600
- We walk on streets of gold.
- 00:17:29.600 --> 00:17:31.302
- Something is very wrong with heaven.
- 00:17:31.302 --> 00:17:33.905
- You won't feel comfortable going there.
- 00:17:33.905 --> 00:17:39.443
- You will tell god, "god, i think this is a bit grandiose.
- 00:17:39.443 --> 00:17:43.581
- Tone it down.
- 00:17:43.581 --> 00:17:45.149
- We don't want people to say of you,
- 00:17:45.149 --> 00:17:46.617
- God, that you believe in the health and wealth gospel."
- 00:17:46.617 --> 00:17:51.222
- Okay? something is wrong.
- 00:17:51.222 --> 00:17:54.192
- When jesus says, "pray this way:
- 00:17:54.192 --> 00:17:56.694
- Thy kingdom come on earth as it is in heaven."
- 00:17:56.694 --> 00:18:02.500
- No lack, no lack.
- 00:18:02.500 --> 00:18:05.903
- Supply, supply.
- 00:18:05.903 --> 00:18:07.405
- Okay, i gotta put this through. the context is important.
- 00:18:07.405 --> 00:18:11.509
- This is verse 9, right? look at the verses before.
- 00:18:11.509 --> 00:18:13.544
- He's talking--paul is saying,
- 00:18:13.544 --> 00:18:14.879
- "i bear them witness according to their ability,
- 00:18:14.879 --> 00:18:17.215
- Beyond their ability; they were freely willing,"
- 00:18:17.215 --> 00:18:19.417
- Talking about the people in macedonia,
- 00:18:19.417 --> 00:18:21.552
- Christians in macedonia, "imploring us with much urgency
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- That we receive the gift and the fellowship
- 00:18:24.822 --> 00:18:26.791
- Of the ministering to the saints.
- 00:18:26.791 --> 00:18:28.259
- And not only as we had hoped,
- 00:18:28.259 --> 00:18:29.760
- But they first gave themselves to the lord,
- 00:18:29.760 --> 00:18:31.829
- And then to us by the will of god," see?
- 00:18:31.829 --> 00:18:34.298
- Talking about giving.
- 00:18:34.298 --> 00:18:35.633
- "so we urged titus, that as he had begun,
- 00:18:35.633 --> 00:18:37.068
- So he would complete this grace in you as well."
- 00:18:37.068 --> 00:18:39.937
- Giving is a grace, he says, all right?
- 00:18:39.937 --> 00:18:42.073
- "these people in macedonia, they encourage us to take a gift
- 00:18:42.073 --> 00:18:44.875
- To the poor saints in jerusalem,
- 00:18:44.875 --> 00:18:47.178
- The poor christians in jerusalem.
- 00:18:47.178 --> 00:18:48.613
- They're asking us, they're imploring us
- 00:18:48.613 --> 00:18:49.947
- To take the gift.
- 00:18:49.947 --> 00:18:51.282
- So we're gonna send titus to prepare your--
- 00:18:51.282 --> 00:18:53.084
- You're in corinthian, you're gonna have
- 00:18:53.084 --> 00:18:54.885
- A part to play in this--
- 00:18:54.885 --> 00:18:56.587
- That titus can finish the grace, this grace in you."
- 00:18:56.587 --> 00:19:00.091
- Giving is a grace gift.
- 00:19:00.091 --> 00:19:03.361
- Amen, and then look at this.
- 00:19:03.361 --> 00:19:06.264
- He says, "as you are bound in everything--in faith,
- 00:19:06.264 --> 00:19:08.699
- In speech, in knowledge, in all diligence,
- 00:19:08.699 --> 00:19:10.568
- In your love for us-- see that you abound
- 00:19:10.568 --> 00:19:12.570
- In this grace also--" what?
- 00:19:12.570 --> 00:19:14.705
- Giving grace, amen? drop down.
- 00:19:14.705 --> 00:19:18.309
- "i speak not by commandment.
- 00:19:18.309 --> 00:19:19.910
- I'm testing the sincerity of your love,
- 00:19:19.910 --> 00:19:22.313
- Whether you give or not.
- 00:19:22.313 --> 00:19:23.648
- It's not by commandment,
- 00:19:23.648 --> 00:19:24.982
- But i test the sincerity of your love"--amen?--
- 00:19:24.982 --> 00:19:28.886
- "by the diligence of others.
- 00:19:28.886 --> 00:19:30.221
- You know the grace of our lord jesus christ."
- 00:19:30.221 --> 00:19:31.555
- Okay, this is before this verse.
- 00:19:31.555 --> 00:19:33.758
- After this verse-- still on money--
- 00:19:33.758 --> 00:19:35.826
- "in this i give advice: it is to your advantage
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- Not only to be doing what you began
- 00:19:37.695 --> 00:19:39.030
- And were designed to do a year ago;
- 00:19:39.030 --> 00:19:41.165
- But now you must also complete the doing of it--"
- 00:19:41.165 --> 00:19:43.634
- "give the money.
- 00:19:43.634 --> 00:19:44.969
- You promised to give the money to the poor saints,
- 00:19:44.969 --> 00:19:46.537
- Corinthian church.
- 00:19:46.537 --> 00:19:47.905
- Now fulfill it."
- 00:19:47.905 --> 00:19:49.607
- It's all about giving, and smack dab in the middle
- 00:19:49.607 --> 00:19:52.743
- Is that jesus became poor, that you might be rich.
- 00:19:52.743 --> 00:19:56.647
- I said jesus became poor that you might be rich.
- 00:19:56.647 --> 00:19:58.849
- Translate in the context.
- 00:19:58.849 --> 00:20:00.518
- By the way, this is chapter what?
- 00:20:00.518 --> 00:20:01.852
- Eight.
- 00:20:01.852 --> 00:20:03.187
- You know what's chapter 9?
- 00:20:03.187 --> 00:20:04.522
- Chapter 9 goes on-- talk the context here,
- 00:20:04.522 --> 00:20:05.856
- And this is the one we use always.
- 00:20:05.856 --> 00:20:07.191
- Verse 6, "this i say: he who sows sparingly
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- Will reap sparingly;
- 00:20:09.226 --> 00:20:10.561
- He sows bountifully will reap bountifully.
- 00:20:10.561 --> 00:20:12.797
- Let each one give as he purpose in his heart,
- 00:20:12.797 --> 00:20:14.799
- Not grudgingly or of necessity; for god loves a cheerful giver."
- 00:20:14.799 --> 00:20:17.668
- It's all one thought.
- 00:20:17.668 --> 00:20:19.303
- From jesus becoming poor at the cross, now you are rich.
- 00:20:19.303 --> 00:20:23.040
- Act like it.
- 00:20:23.040 --> 00:20:24.675
- Never say you don't have anything to give.
- 00:20:24.675 --> 00:20:26.911
- Gives--he who sows sparingly shall reap sparingly.
- 00:20:26.911 --> 00:20:29.947
- He who sows bountifully shall reap bountifully, amen?
- 00:20:29.947 --> 00:20:33.651
- Amen, time is up, man.
- 00:20:33.651 --> 00:20:34.985
- Oh, real fast!
- 00:20:34.985 --> 00:20:36.320
- "god is able to make all grace"--
- 00:20:36.320 --> 00:20:38.756
- Shout "all grace"-- "abound."
- 00:20:38.756 --> 00:20:41.492
- Say "abound."
- 00:20:41.492 --> 00:20:42.893
- Towards who? towards who?
- 00:20:42.893 --> 00:20:44.729
- Yeah, i can say "me." towards you!
- 00:20:44.729 --> 00:20:47.298
- "that you, always having all sufficiency in all things,
- 00:20:47.298 --> 00:20:50.568
- May have an abundance for every good work," amen.
- 00:20:50.568 --> 00:20:55.172
- [congregation applauding]
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- All right, isaac.
- 00:21:02.046 --> 00:21:03.381
- So, god says, "stay in this land.
- 00:21:03.381 --> 00:21:04.715
- I'll bless you." all right, drop down.
- 00:21:04.715 --> 00:21:06.217
- "then isaac sowed in that land,
- 00:21:06.217 --> 00:21:08.319
- And reaped in the same year a hundredfold;
- 00:21:08.319 --> 00:21:11.689
- And the lord blessed him."
- 00:21:11.689 --> 00:21:13.357
- Don't you just love that? how much did he reap?
- 00:21:13.357 --> 00:21:16.394
- Congregation: a hundredfold.
- 00:21:16.394 --> 00:21:17.728
- Joseph prince: and what year was it?
- 00:21:17.728 --> 00:21:19.263
- Famine!
- 00:21:19.263 --> 00:21:20.731
- You know what is in front of him when he sow?
- 00:21:20.731 --> 00:21:23.634
- Would you like to see the land?
- 00:21:23.634 --> 00:21:24.969
- If it's severe famine, you know what the land looks like?
- 00:21:24.969 --> 00:21:27.538
- No, like this.
- 00:21:27.538 --> 00:21:29.774
- All right, just imagine, just imagine.
- 00:21:29.774 --> 00:21:31.509
- Here's seed, all right?
- 00:21:31.509 --> 00:21:33.110
- You were asked to sow in this land, would you?
- 00:21:33.110 --> 00:21:36.447
- You gotta do it by faith. i say you gotta do it by faith.
- 00:21:36.447 --> 00:21:39.884
- Your mind is saying, "there's no way this seed
- 00:21:39.884 --> 00:21:41.585
- Will sprout--no, no way!
- 00:21:41.585 --> 00:21:44.321
- Famine!
- 00:21:44.321 --> 00:21:47.992
- Not enough water!
- 00:21:47.992 --> 00:21:50.027
- The ground has lost its nutrients that's necessary.
- 00:21:50.027 --> 00:21:54.365
- It's just like dust."
- 00:21:54.365 --> 00:21:56.567
- It takes faith.
- 00:21:56.567 --> 00:21:58.602
- Sowing takes faith.
- 00:21:58.602 --> 00:22:00.738
- It's easier to like the stock market and say,
- 00:22:00.738 --> 00:22:03.474
- "a lot of my money can go there,"
- 00:22:03.474 --> 00:22:05.543
- Because it looks green, potential.
- 00:22:05.543 --> 00:22:07.978
- Naturally, logic-- everything's good.
- 00:22:07.978 --> 00:22:09.780
- "oh, this investment, everything."
- 00:22:09.780 --> 00:22:11.782
- You know, today we decide where our money goes
- 00:22:11.782 --> 00:22:13.818
- Based on the greenery.
- 00:22:13.818 --> 00:22:17.121
- And the logic.
- 00:22:17.121 --> 00:22:19.156
- But when you look at this, no way you would invest.
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- And god says, "look at gospel ground."
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- You say, "what does it do for me?"
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- For you, gospel ground is just, like, dry.
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- Stock market. ah.
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- Crypto. ah.
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- And whatever, okay?
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- Now, i'm not saying these things are wrong.
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- I'm not saying that, all right?
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- The lord may lead you into this.
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- Whatever it is, go ahead.
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- I'm just saying this is not the main system of god.
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- And if you're involved in it and you are really stressed out
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- And you're always in strife, it's not god.
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- If you're in it, you're in rest but your mainstay
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- Is always tithing, trusting the lord,
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- That's cool, all right?
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- But when you look at gospel ground,
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- It looks like this.
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- And god says, "sow."
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- This is what isaac sowed. it was a year of famine.
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- Don't forget, that's how the ground looks.
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- Go back to the verse again.
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- "but isaac sowed." is that faith?
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- Do you think he did it by faith or by logic?
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- "and reaped in the same year a hundredfold;
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- And the lord blessed him.
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- The man began to prosper."
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- Okay, yeah, it's not enough, okay?
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- "and continued prospering
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- Until he became very prosperous."
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- I call this thirtyfold, sixtyfold, hundredfold--
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- All in the same year, you know?
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- "he reaped in the same year a hundredfold."
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- And it tells you who is behind it:
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- "the lord blessed him."
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- The bible says the cattle on a thousand hills
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- Belongs to him.
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- He put the diamonds, the amethyst, the rubies,
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- The sapphires, the gold in this earth.
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- When he came, he divested himself of all that.
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- And on the cross, he died.
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- He died like a poor man, with nothing, why?
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- Was he poor, in and of himself?
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- No. he did it for you.
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- It's part of the redeeming work, the atoning work,
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- That he bear our sins and you receive his righteousness.
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- He bear your disease, you receive his healing and health.
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- At the cross, he was rejected that you might be accepted.
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- He said, "my god, my god," at the cross,
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- That you might say, "my father, my father,"
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- And he also bore your poverty.
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- Are you receiving his riches?
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- Announcer: and now, a closing word from pastor joseph prince.
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- Joseph prince: amen, lift your hands
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- All across this place.
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- This coming week, father, protect your people, lord,
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- Throughout this week.
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- Protect their children, all their loved ones, i pray,
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- Throughout this week.
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- And, father, bless them richly, father.
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- And especially, father, in this area where we are studying,
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- Grant them, father, true revelation from you
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- About how much you want them blessed,
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- For the lord has pleasure
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- In the prosperity of his servant,
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- You declared in your word-- praise god--
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- But all of you begin to prosper from this day forth
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- In the name of the lord jesus
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- Because you are believing right, amen!
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- God bless you! we'll see you.
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- Female: i had been a smoker since i was in college.
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- It's one of those habits that you picked up
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- And, uh, you know, i really liked it.
- 00:25:23.307 --> 00:25:26.410
- For me it was so hard because i didn't want to let it go.
- 00:25:26.410 --> 00:25:30.447
- Sitting out of pastor's teaching so much,
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- I understood i needed a rhema word
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- For my particular situation.
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- So, he led me to "the battle is the lord's."
- 00:25:37.755 --> 00:25:42.960
- I listened to that for probably about two weeks.
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- That was the only thing i was listening to,
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- And then i started memorizing some of the scriptures.
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- I knew there's no success
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- Without that just coming up inside of me.
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- Pastor's so good at teaching us
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- The identity of the old man and the new man.
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- That new man does not want to smoke.
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- Now, after this, did i still have that--
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- The habit of, like, doing that?
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- Because it was like a regular ritual.
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- Yes, but every time, i remembered...
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- That's not me!
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- I'm created in true righteousness
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- And holiness in christ.
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- I went to bed that night, slept like a baby.
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- The next morning, i had no desire for cigarettes again.
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- It was such the lord, the power of his love.
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- What a beautiful work that jesus did,
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- And it's all him alone.
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