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Steven Furtick | Steven Furtick - Devil You've Held Me Long Enough (Part 1) | May 28, 2025
- An encouraging message
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- From pastor steven furtick
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- Of elevation church.
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- If you're looking
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- To strengthen your faith
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- And shift your perspective,
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- Stay tuned.
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- ♪ ♪
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- >> john 8:31.
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- >> john 8:31. now, listen to this crazy
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- Now, listen to this crazy confrontation between jesus
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- Confrontation between jesus and the crowd of people,
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- And the crowd of people, who have gathered
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- Who have gathered to hear him teach.
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- To hear him teach. john 8:31, "to the jews
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- John 8:31, "to the jews who had believed him,
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- Who had believed him, jesus said, 'if you hold
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- Jesus said, 'if you hold to my teaching,
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- To my teaching, you really are my disciples.
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- You really are my disciples. then you will know the truth,
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- Then you will know the truth, and the truth
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- And the truth will set you free.'
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- Will set you free.' and they answered him,
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- And they answered him, 'we are abraham's descendants
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- 'we are abraham's descendants and have never been
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- And have never been slaves of anyone.
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- Slaves of anyone. how can you say that
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- How can you say that we shall be set free?'
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- We shall be set free?' jesus replied, 'very truly
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- Jesus replied, 'very truly i tell you, everyone who sins
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- I tell you, everyone who sins is a slave to sin.
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- Is a slave to sin. now a slave has no
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- Now a slave has no permanent place in the family,
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- Permanent place in the family, but a son belongs to it forever.
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- But a son belongs to it forever. so, if the son sets you free,
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- So, if the son sets you free, you will be free indeed.'
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- You will be free indeed.' i know that you're
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- I know that you're abraham's descendants.
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- Abraham's descendants. yet you are looking for
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- Yet you are looking for a way to kill me,
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- A way to kill me, because you have
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- Because you have no room for my word."
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- No room for my word." whoo!
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- Whoo! you thought it was just your
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- You thought it was just your closet that was cluttered.
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- Closet that was cluttered. no, it's more than just
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- No, it's more than just physical spaces that
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- Physical spaces that we have to clear out.
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- We have to clear out. he said, "you have
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- He said, "you have no room for my word."
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- No room for my word." wow, this is getting
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- Wow, this is getting intense here, jesus.
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- Intense here, jesus. "i'm telling you
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- "i'm telling you what i have seen
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- What i have seen in the father's presence,
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- In the father's presence, and you are doing what you
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- And you are doing what you have heard from your father.
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- Have heard from your father. 'abraham is our father,'
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- 'abraham is our father,' they answered.
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- They answered. 'if you were
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- 'if you were abraham's children,' said jesus,
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- Abraham's children,' said jesus, 'then you would do
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- 'then you would do what abraham did.
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- What abraham did. as it is, you are looking
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- As it is, you are looking for a way to kill me,
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- For a way to kill me, a man who has told you
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- A man who has told you the truth that i heard from god.
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- The truth that i heard from god. abraham didn't do such things.
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- Abraham didn't do such things. you are doing the works
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- You are doing the works of your own father.'
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- Of your own father.' 'we are not
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- 'we are not illegitimate children,'
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- Illegitimate children,' they protested.
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- They protested. can you feel a fight
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- Can you feel a fight fixing to break out?
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- Fixing to break out? kinda wanna sneak out
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- Kinda wanna sneak out the room before
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- The room before this gets violent.
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- This gets violent. "the only father we have
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- "the only father we have is god himself.'
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- Is god himself.' and jesus said to them,
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- And jesus said to them, 'if god were your father,
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- 'if god were your father, you would love me,
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- You would love me, for i have come here from god.
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- For i have come here from god. i have not come on my own,
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- I have not come on my own, god sent me.
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- God sent me. why is my language
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- Why is my language not clear to you?
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- Not clear to you? because you are unable
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- Because you are unable to hear what i say.
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- To hear what i say. you belong to your father,
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- You belong to your father, the devil.'"
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- The devil.'" jesus, let's think this through
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- Jesus, let's think this through before we say something
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- Before we say something we can't take back.
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- We can't take back. this is not good for
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- This is not good for your popularity rating,
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- Your popularity rating, you know what i'm saying, jesus?
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- You know what i'm saying, jesus? little baby jesus.
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- Little baby jesus. little, gentle jesus.
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- Little, gentle jesus. oh man, the truth
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- Oh man, the truth is confrontational.
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- Is confrontational. he said, "you belong
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- He said, "you belong to your father, the devil,
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- To your father, the devil, and you want to carry out
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- And you want to carry out your father's desires.
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- Your father's desires. he was a murderer
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- He was a murderer from the beginning,
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- From the beginning, not holding to the truth,
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- Not holding to the truth, for there is truth in him.
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- For there is truth in him. when he lies, he speaks
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- When he lies, he speaks his native language, for,"
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- His native language, for," everybody say this out loud,
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- Everybody say this out loud, "he is a liar."
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- "he is a liar." who is?
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- Who is? >> congregation: the devil.
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- >> congregation: the devil. >> yeah, so this is the message
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- >> yeah, so this is the message god said to give you
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- God said to give you for the first sunday sermon
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- For the first sunday sermon of this year, you ready?
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- Of this year, you ready? he told me to tell you
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- He told me to tell you just like this, "the devil
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- Just like this, "the devil has held you long enough."
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- Has held you long enough." [applause]
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- [applause] they didn't believe it
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- They didn't believe it when i said it.
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- When i said it. maybe if you say it to 'em...
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- Maybe if you say it to 'em... look at the person
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- Look at the person next to you right
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- Next to you right in their eyeballs,
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- In their eyeballs, right in their pupils.
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- Right in their pupils. tell 'em, "the devil...
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- Tell 'em, "the devil... >> congregation: the devil...
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- >> congregation: the devil... >> "has held you...
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- >> "has held you... >> congregation: has held you.
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- >> congregation: has held you. >> "long enough."
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- >> "long enough." >> congregation: long enough.
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- >> congregation: long enough. >> they didn't
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- >> they didn't believe you either.
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- Believe you either. maybe you need to
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- Maybe you need to say it for yourself,
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- Say it for yourself, let's try it like this.
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- Let's try it like this. say this out loud, "devil...
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- Say this out loud, "devil... >> congregation: devil...
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- >> congregation: devil... >> "you've held me...
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- >> "you've held me... >> congregation: you've held me!
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- >> congregation: you've held me! >> "long enough!"
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- >> "long enough!" >> congregation: long enough!
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- >> congregation: long enough! >> that sounds better.
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- >> that sounds better. [applause]
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- [applause] and the truth will set you free.
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- And the truth will set you free. be seated, if you can.
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- Be seated, if you can. stand up, shout, you got
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- Stand up, shout, you got something inside of you.
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- Something inside of you. truth inside of you.
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- Truth inside of you. it's an amazing thing you know,
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- It's an amazing thing you know, the way that the devil
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- The way that the devil gets us in these tight spaces,
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- Gets us in these tight spaces, and makes us think that
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- And makes us think that the best part of our life
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- The best part of our life is over and there's
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- Is over and there's nothing we can do,
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- Nothing we can do, and we might as well
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- And we might as well not even try.
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- Not even try. when we say, "the devil
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- When we say, "the devil is a liar," of course
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- Is a liar," of course we don't mean that he
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- We don't mean that he runs around with a
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- Runs around with a plastic pitch fork,
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- Plastic pitch fork, telling you stuff that
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- Telling you stuff that you know on the surface
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- You know on the surface to be untrue.
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- To be untrue. the way that he operates
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- The way that he operates is by deception,
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- Is by deception, which means that the devil
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- Which means that the devil specializes in saying things
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- Specializes in saying things that sound true.
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- That sound true. he's slick with it.
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- He's slick with it. he says it in such a way,
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- He says it in such a way, watch this, that you don't even
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- Watch this, that you don't even know it's him saying it.
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- Know it's him saying it. because when the devil talks,
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- Because when the devil talks, it sounds like your voice,
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- It sounds like your voice, doesn't it?
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- Doesn't it? when the devil talks,
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- When the devil talks, it sounds the same way
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- It sounds the same way as when god talks because
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- As when god talks because it's happening inside of you.
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- It's happening inside of you. god doesn't speak to me
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- God doesn't speak to me through out loud voices,
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- Through out loud voices, neither does the devil.
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- Neither does the devil. except sometimes when
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- Except sometimes when i'm watching the news and stuff
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- I'm watching the news and stuff then i hear him just like
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- Then i hear him just like right out loud, okay.
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- Right out loud, okay. but apart from that,
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- But apart from that, it's the devil's job to
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- It's the devil's job to keep you from even knowing.
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- Keep you from even knowing. you know, i used to read
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- You know, i used to read this verse, i'mma give you
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- This verse, i'mma give you an example of this okay?
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- An example of this okay? we take the bible and we want
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- We take the bible and we want a verse of the day.
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- A verse of the day. and then, we don't even read
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- And then, we don't even read the whole verse of the day,
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- The whole verse of the day, we just want the half verse
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- We just want the half verse of the day.
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- Of the day. and we start going through
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- And we start going through scripture like it's salad bars,
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- Scripture like it's salad bars, and i don't like radishes.
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- And i don't like radishes. the problem with that is,
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- The problem with that is, you'll hear a verse
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- You'll hear a verse and think it's true.
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- And think it's true. and it is true,
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- And it is true, but it's not totally true
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- But it's not totally true because it said, "the truth
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- Because it said, "the truth will set you free."
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- Will set you free." how many have heard that before?
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- How many have heard that before? just --
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- Just -- yeah, raise your hand.
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- Yeah, raise your hand. and it didn't just say,
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- And it didn't just say, "the truth will set you free."
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- "the truth will set you free." i noticed some of you
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- I noticed some of you were with me when
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- Were with me when i was reading my passage.
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- I was reading my passage. he said, "you will know
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- He said, "you will know the truth, and the truth
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- The truth, and the truth will set you free."
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- Will set you free." but you have to watch culture,
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- But you have to watch culture, because the enemy
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- Because the enemy will use language that
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- Will use language that is common in culture,
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- Is common in culture, in order to get you to think
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- In order to get you to think you understand the concept
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- You understand the concept that really you have become
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- That really you have become blind to the reality of.
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- I told my kids the other day,
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- I told my kids the other day, "stop saying that
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- "stop saying that certain celebrities
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- Certain celebrities got canceled in my house."
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- Got canceled in my house." i don't like
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- I don't like the word, "canceled."
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- The word, "canceled." because the fact of
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- Because the fact of the matter is,
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- The matter is, you use that term all the time
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- You use that term all the time interchangeably to mean
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- People are saying
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- People are saying something bad about them.
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- Something bad about them. i've had people say
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- I've had people say bad things about me,
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- Bad things about me, but i'm not canceled,
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- But i'm not canceled, i'm still called.
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- I'm still called. [applause]
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- [applause] so, i don't know if they're
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- So, i don't know if they're annoyed with this or not,
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- Annoyed with this or not, but i don't let them say that
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- But i don't let them say that in my house anymore.
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- In my house anymore. i mean, they still say it
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- I mean, they still say it 'cause like, what am i
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- 'cause like, what am i gonna do about it?
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- Gonna do about it? but i tell 'em to stop, alright.
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- But i tell 'em to stop, alright. just being real.
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- Just being real. "i told them they shall not
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- "i told them they shall not and they did not. "
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- And they did not. " no, no, they still do it,
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- No, no, they still do it, but i tell 'em,
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- But i tell 'em, "stop saying that."
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- "stop saying that." a few years ago, i start
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- A few years ago, i start hearing this phrase,
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- Hearing this phrase, this cultural phrase.
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- This cultural phrase. i didn't know why at first
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- I didn't know why at first that it --
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- That it -- it sounded good.
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- It sounded good. it sounded good on the surface.
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- It sounded good on the surface. but to me it felt like
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- But to me it felt like there was something about
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- There was something about this phrase that while
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- This phrase that while it sounded very good,
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- It sounded very good, and even scriptural
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- And even scriptural on the surface --
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- On the surface -- i first heard it from somebody,
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- I first heard it from somebody, they said, "i've got to
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- They said, "i've got to live my truth."
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- Live my truth." i didn't know why
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- I didn't know why i didn't like it,
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- I didn't like it, 'cause it sounds good, right?
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- 'cause it sounds good, right? be true to my values,
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- Be true to my values, i've got to, you know,
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- I've got to, you know, i've got to do what
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- I've got to do what i'm supposed to do.
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- I'm supposed to do. the more i thought about it,
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- The more i thought about it, i started hearing it
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- I started hearing it more and more.
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- More and more. how many of you
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- How many of you have heard this before?
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- Have heard this before? like, "i've gotta
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- Like, "i've gotta speak my truth."
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- Speak my truth." i think that's good
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- I think that's good if what we mean by that is,
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- If what we mean by that is, "i've got to share
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- "i've got to share the experiences that
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- The experiences that i've had in an honest way.
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- I've had in an honest way. i've got to face things
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- I've got to face things that i've been through
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- That i've been through and sometimes in sharing
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- And sometimes in sharing what i've been through,
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- What i've been through, that i used to be ashamed of,
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- That i used to be ashamed of, somebody else can be set free."
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- Somebody else can be set free." i think that's awesome.
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- I think that's awesome. and if that's what you mean
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- And if that's what you mean when you say, you know,
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- When you say, you know, "live my truth,"
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- "live my truth," or, "speak my truth,"
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- Or, "speak my truth," i think it's good.
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- I think it's good. i think what bothered me
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- I think what bothered me about it was john 8:32
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- About it was john 8:32 where jesus did not say,
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- Where jesus did not say, "your truth will set you free."
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- "your truth will set you free." put it back up,
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- Put it back up, let's check just to make sure.
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- Let's check just to make sure. "then you will know your truth."
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- "then you will know your truth." i think why i didn't
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- I think why i didn't like the phrase,
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- Like the phrase, is because it made truth
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- Is because it made truth sound like shoes.
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- Sound like shoes. it made truth sound like
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- It made truth sound like something that you can try on.
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- Something that you can try on. it's too early
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- It's too early in the year for this.
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- In the year for this. i should be preaching
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- I should be preaching something like,
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- Something like, "you can make it.
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- "you can make it. keep your head up.
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- Keep your head up. do it.
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- Do it. don't stop."
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- Don't stop." it bothers me because
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- It bothers me because truth is not choosable.
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- Truth is not choosable. really when we say,
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- Really when we say, "oh, this is my truth,"
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- "oh, this is my truth," what we're talking about
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- What we're talking about is our belief.
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- Is our belief. there's a big difference
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- There's a big difference between a belief and a truth.
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- Between a belief and a truth. you don't believe me?
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- You don't believe me? that doesn't make it untrue.
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- That doesn't make it untrue. what if i believe that all
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- What if i believe that all tall people are arrogant?
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- Tall people are arrogant? 'cause i met this tall guy
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- 'cause i met this tall guy one time and he was kinda
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- One time and he was kinda prideful and cocky.
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- Prideful and cocky. that's an experience.
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- That's an experience. it's a personal experience,
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- It's a personal experience, but that doesn't make it
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- But that doesn't make it an absolute truth.
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- An absolute truth. and what i'm noticing
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- And what i'm noticing a lot of in my own life --
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- A lot of in my own life -- i'm not just talking about
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- I'm not just talking about people or culture or others.
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- People or culture or others. i'm not just talking about
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- I'm not just talking about magazines or books.
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- Magazines or books. i'm not talking about
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- I'm not talking about you and your house.
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- You and your house. i'm talking about
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- I'm talking about me and my heart.
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- Me and my heart. a lot of times,
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- A lot of times, it seems like i'm tempted
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- It seems like i'm tempted to turn a personal experience
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- To turn a personal experience into an absolute truth.
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- Into an absolute truth. have you ever had a bad haircut?
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- Have you ever had a bad haircut? now, y'all be careful
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- Now, y'all be careful about this one
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- About this one 'cause my dad was a barber
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- 'cause my dad was a barber and he's in heaven,
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- And he's in heaven, so be nice.
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- So be nice. are barbers bad?
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- Are barbers bad? and you're like,
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- And you're like, "this is really stupid, man.
- 00:11:32.177 --> 00:11:33.311
- "this is really stupid, man. we did not come all the way
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- We did not come all the way out here with the virus
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- Out here with the virus going around to hear you
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- Going around to hear you tell us this."
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- Tell us this." no, you've done it
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- No, you've done it with church before,
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- With church before, "oh, church people
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- "oh, church people are hypocrites."
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- Are hypocrites." no, no, no, no,
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- No, no, no, no, charley was a hypocrite.
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- Charley was a hypocrite. "all men are dogs."
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- "all men are dogs." no, mike was a dog.
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- No, mike was a dog. [laughter]
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- [laughter] not you.
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- Not you. mike, tell my security,
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- I gotta watch how i say that.
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- I gotta watch how i say that. no, it wasn't church people.
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- No, it wasn't church people. but now, watch what you did,
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- But now, watch what you did, you went to a restaurant,
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- You went to a restaurant, you had a bad server,
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- You had a bad server, and now you decided
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- And now you decided to stop eating.
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- To stop eating. you went to one church,
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- You had a bad experience
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- You had a bad experience and then you stop.
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- And then you stop. not you, you're here,
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- Not you, you're here, you're here,
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- You're here, i'm not talking to you.
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- I'm not talking to you. i'm talking to them.
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- I'm talking to them. you had one experience
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- You had one experience with failure.
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- With failure. you set out to do something
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- You set out to do something and it didn't work, so then
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- And it didn't work, so then you turned the event,
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- You turned the event, the failure, into an identity,
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- The failure, into an identity, i'm a failure.
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- I'm a failure. so, what i wanna know today,
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- So, what i wanna know today, is it a truth?
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- Is it a truth? or is it a trap?
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- Or is it a trap? because when jesus said,
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- Because when jesus said, "the truth will set you free, "
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- "the truth will set you free, " he wasn't talking
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- He wasn't talking to drug lords.
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- To drug lords. when jesus said,
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- When jesus said, "the truth will set you free."
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- "the truth will set you free." he wasn't talking
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- He wasn't talking to gang bangers.
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- To gang bangers. when jesus said,
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- When jesus said, "the truth will set you free."
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- "the truth will set you free." he wasn't talking to
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- He wasn't talking to evil, wicked.
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- Evil, wicked. he wasn't talking to pagans.
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- He wasn't talking to pagans. he was talking --
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- He was talking -- put verse 31 back there
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- Put verse 31 back there it's gon' blow your mind,
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- It's gon' blow your mind, this blew my mind.
- 00:13:16.447 --> 00:13:17.315
- This blew my mind. "to the jews
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- "to the jews who had believed him."
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- Who had believed him." he's talking to people
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- He's talking to people that believe him,
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- That believe him, and he's telling 'em
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- And he's telling 'em they don't have the truth.
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- They don't have the truth. they only have
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- They only have a certain level of belief,
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- A certain level of belief, and there's a big difference
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- And there's a big difference between belief and truth.
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- Between belief and truth. belief is based on
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- Belief is based on your experience,
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- Your experience, truth come from god.
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- Truth come from god. beliefs can be altered.
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- Beliefs can be altered. beliefs can grow
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- Beliefs can grow and expand and should.
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- And expand and should. i mean, there was a time
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- I mean, there was a time in your life --
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- In your life -- let's talk about this.
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- Let's talk about this. there was a time in your life
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- There was a time in your life where most of you believed
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- Where most of you believed that somebody came
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- That somebody came in your house and gave you
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- In your house and gave you money for your teeth
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- Money for your teeth when they fell out.
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- When they fell out. [laughter]
- 00:14:02.694 --> 00:14:05.196
- [laughter] that made perfect sense to you.
- 00:14:05.263 --> 00:14:07.632
- That made perfect sense to you. "yeah, it's probably worth
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- "yeah, it's probably worth about $5," and put it
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- About $5," and put it under your pillow.
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- Under your pillow. [laughter]
- 00:14:10.902 --> 00:14:13.004
- [laughter] holly got abbey up to $10
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- Holly got abbey up to $10 and i cut the tooth fairy out.
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- And i cut the tooth fairy out. i just pulled her aside
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- I just pulled her aside and said, "it's not real."
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- And said, "it's not real." [laughter]
- 00:14:18.176 --> 00:14:20.511
- [laughter] they're getting too expensive.
- 00:14:20.578 --> 00:14:22.480
- They're getting too expensive. it got too expensive for me
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- It got too expensive for me not to tell her the truth.
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- Not to tell her the truth. and have you come
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- And have you come to the point yet,
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- To the point yet, where it has cost you enough
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- Where it has cost you enough to be stuck in a belief
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- To be stuck in a belief about who you are
- 00:14:39.163 --> 00:14:40.832
- About who you are and what life is
- 00:14:40.899 --> 00:14:43.134
- And what life is and what they did?
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- And what they did? has the devil
- 00:14:45.637 --> 00:14:48.006
- Has the devil held you long enough?
- 00:14:48.072 --> 00:14:53.011
- Held you long enough? because for some of us,
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- Because for some of us, nothing in our life
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- Nothing in our life will change this year
- 00:14:57.081 --> 00:14:59.217
- Will change this year because we are not sick enough
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- Because we are not sick enough of the way it was last year.
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- Of the way it was last year. we are not sick enough
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- We are not sick enough of it yet.
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- Of it yet. we are like the israelites,
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- We are like the israelites, wandering in the wilderness.
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- Wandering in the wilderness. now, i studied all about
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- This scripture today
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- That i'm sharing with you.
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- About these jews who
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- Believed in jesus enough
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- To know that they were not
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- Immoral, ungodly addicts.
- 00:15:22.640 --> 00:15:28.279
- Immoral, ungodly addicts. this was not a case of them
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- This was not a case of them needing to give up their sin,
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- Needing to give up their sin, it was a case of them needing
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- It was a case of them needing to give up their story.
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- To give up their story. there's a confluence in
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- There's a confluence in the text of what
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- The text of what jesus is teaching about
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- Jesus is teaching about and when he's teaching it.
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- And when he's teaching it. and i really wanna
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- And i really wanna teach more this year, okay.
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- Teach more this year, okay. i'm fine to inspire you,
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- I'm fine to inspire you, but i sure don't wanna
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- But i sure don't wanna get up here and just give you
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- Get up here and just give you christian cocaine
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- Christian cocaine that makes you feel high
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- That makes you feel high for an hour and a half,
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- For an hour and a half, and then just drops you off.
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- And then just drops you off. i wanna give you something
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- I wanna give you something that you can carry outta here
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- That you can carry outta here and be strengthened in faith.
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- And be strengthened in faith. and i wanna give you
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- And i wanna give you food that you can
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- Food that you can live off of for days.
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- Live off of for days. you can go back and study.
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- You can go back and study. so, one thing about
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- So, one thing about the cliches that we quote
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- The cliches that we quote is that when we
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- Is that when we understand the context.
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- Understand the context. in this passage jesus
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- In this passage jesus is talking to the jews
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- Is talking to the jews who believed him,
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- Who believed him, and he is challenging
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- And he is challenging their belief that it
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- Their belief that it doesn't go deep enough.
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- Doesn't go deep enough. which means they believed
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- Which means they believed in his signs, but they did not
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- In his signs, but they did not commit to his teaching.
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- Commit to his teaching. they liked listening
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- They liked listening to his message,
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- To his message, but it wasn't made flesh
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- But it wasn't made flesh in their life.
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- In their life. the people he was talking to
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- The people he was talking to are people like me and you
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- Are people like me and you who believe in him,
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- Who believe in him, but he is telling them that,
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- But he is telling them that, "it is possible to believe
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- "it is possible to believe and still not be free indeed."
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- And still not be free indeed." it is impossible for you.
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- It is impossible for you. this is one thing that
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- This is one thing that we all have to understand.
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- We all have to understand. it is impossible for you
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- It is impossible for you to live in a sustainable way
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- To live in a sustainable way above the level that you are
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- Above the level that you are willing to believe god at.
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- Willing to believe god at. because eventually,
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- Because eventually, you will either shrink
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- You will either shrink your belief down to
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- Your belief down to the level of your experience.
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- The level of your experience. or allow god to expand
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- Or allow god to expand your belief to the level
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- Your belief to the level of his promise.
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- Of his promise. which one is happening in
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- Which one is happening in your heart so far this year?
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- Your heart so far this year? "i don't know yet, pastor,
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- "i don't know yet, pastor, it's only been a week."
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- It's only been a week." that's long enough.
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- That's long enough. you'll know it by the weekend.
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- You'll know it by the weekend. are you shrinking
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- Are you shrinking what you think god can do,
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- What you think god can do, will do, is gonna do?
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- Will do, is gonna do? are you shrinking your belief
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- Are you shrinking your belief to the level of your experience?
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- To the level of your experience? or are you allowing god,
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- Or are you allowing god, watch this, to raise your
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- Watch this, to raise your experience up to the level
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- Experience up to the level of his power?
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- Of his power? jesus talking to the jews
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- Jesus talking to the jews who believed in him and he said,
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- Who believed in him and he said, "if you hold to my teaching,
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- "if you hold to my teaching, you'd be my disciples.
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- You'd be my disciples. and then, you'll know the truth
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- And then, you'll know the truth and the truth
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- And the truth will set you free."
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- Will set you free." i remember one january
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- I remember one january when i was a little boy,
- 00:18:36.834 --> 00:18:37.702
- When i was a little boy, i walked in on my mom and dad --
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- Oh, hold on.
- 00:18:39.871 --> 00:18:40.605
- Oh, hold on. i walked in,
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- I walked in, my mom and dad were.
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- My mom and dad were. [laughter]
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- [laughter] can we edit this?
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- Can we edit this? they were watching --
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- How many of y'all remembered
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- How many of y'all remembered jane fonda vhs workout tapes?
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- Jane fonda vhs workout tapes? [laughter]
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- [laughter] they were watching jane fonda,
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- They were watching jane fonda, vhs workout tapes --
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- Vhs workout tapes -- and this is the kicker,
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- And this is the kicker, eating a bowl of ice-cream.
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- Eating a bowl of ice-cream. [laughter]
- 00:19:09.000 --> 00:19:09.967
- [laughter] it scarred me for life.
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- It scarred me for life. i walked in and saw them
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- I walked in and saw them watching jane fonda,
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- Watching jane fonda, eating ice cream.
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- Eating ice cream. will never forget that.
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- Will never forget that. can't remember my kid's names
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- Can't remember my kid's names most days in the correct order,
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- Most days in the correct order, but i will never forget
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- But i will never forget watching them watch a
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- Watching them watch a workout eating ice-cream.
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- Workout eating ice-cream. 'cause now i think about it
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- 'cause now i think about it every time i preach.
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- Every time i preach. 'cause i wonder,
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- 'cause i wonder, "will this work,
- 00:19:38.462 --> 00:19:41.098
- "will this work, if you just watch me do it?"
- 00:19:41.165 --> 00:19:44.268
- If you just watch me do it?" and i don't even look
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- And i don't even look as good as jane fonda.
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- As good as jane fonda. i'm not even that attractive.
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- I'm not even that attractive. i'm not wearing
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- I'm not wearing tights for y'all.
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- Tights for y'all. and yet, there is a sense
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- And yet, there is a sense in which we li --
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- In which we li -- now, this is the lie.
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- Now, this is the lie. this is how crafty the devil is.
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- This is how crafty the devil is. if you knew more,
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- If you knew more, you could do more.
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- You could do more. hmm-mm.
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- Hmm-mm. he didn't say, "if you
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- He didn't say, "if you would know more truth
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- Would know more truth it would set you free."
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- It would set you free." he said, "if you hold
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- He said, "if you hold to my teaching,
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- To my teaching, you will be my disciples.
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- You will be my disciples. then you will know the truth
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- Then you will know the truth and the truth will
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- And the truth will then set you free."
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- Then set you free." so, "if i knew i would do."
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- So, "if i knew i would do." no, no, no, if you would do,
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- No, no, no, if you would do, you would know.
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- You would know. if you would do, you would know.
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- If you would do, you would know. how many of you
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- How many of you have had the thought
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- Have had the thought in the last two years?
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- In the last two years? "i just don't know what to do."
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- "i just don't know what to do." you've thought that.
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- You've thought that. "i don't know what to do."
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- "i don't know what to do." everybody who's hand
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- Everybody who's hand didn't go up when
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- Didn't go up when i asked that question,
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- I asked that question, i need to have a me --
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- I need to have a me -- a consultation with you.
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- A consultation with you. either to cast out that devil
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- Either to cast out that devil of lying or to pay you
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- Of lying or to pay you to tell me the future.
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- To tell me the future. i'mma ask again, 'cause i think
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- I'mma ask again, 'cause i think y'all are asleep on me.
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- Y'all are asleep on me. how many of y'all have had
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- How many of y'all have had the thought in the la --
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- The thought in the la -- "i just don't know what to do."
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- "i just don't know what to do." raise your hand.
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- Raise your hand. raise it online.
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- Raise it online. alright, yes you do.
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- Alright, yes you do. yes, you do.
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- Yes, you do. you know what to do
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- You know what to do with the truth that
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- With the truth that you have been given,
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- You have been given, but we don't wanna hold
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- But we don't wanna hold to the teaching that jesus
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- To the teaching that jesus gave us when it's hard to hear,
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- Gave us when it's hard to hear, or when it makes us
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- Or when it makes us confront ourselves.
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- Confront ourselves. he said to the jews
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- He said to the jews who believed in him,
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- Who believed in him, "you are so addicted
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- "you are so addicted to the lies that you don't
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- To the lies that you don't wanna hold on to the truth."
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- Wanna hold on to the truth." and you know a lot of times
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- And you know a lot of times when i'm asking god
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- When i'm asking god to change me and my life,
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- To change me and my life, and god is telling me
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- And god is telling me to hold on to the teaching,
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- To hold on to the teaching, a lot of times
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- A lot of times i picture myself --
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- I picture myself -- come here, elijah.
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- Come here, elijah. i picture it like this,
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- I picture it like this, simple picture god gave me.
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- Simple picture god gave me. simplest picture in the world,
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- Simplest picture in the world, i pictured it like --
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- I pictured it like -- this is my oldest son
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- This is my oldest son i was telling you about,
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- I was telling you about, how we workout together
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- How we workout together in the pound.
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- In the pound. and now, listen, i could
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- And now, listen, i could still out bench him,
- 00:21:57.168 --> 00:21:57.735
- Still out bench him, out squat him
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- Out squat him and all that stuff.
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- And all that stuff. he's taller than me,
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- He's taller than me, but that doesn't mean
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- But that doesn't mean he can take me, alright.
- 00:22:01.172 --> 00:22:02.239
- He can take me, alright. the devil is a liar.
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- The devil is a liar. father of lies.
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- Father of lies. [laughter]
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- [laughter] when we go in the gym,
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- When we go in the gym, i try to train him.
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- I try to train him. not only in weights, but i try
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- Not only in weights, but i try to train him in truth.
- 00:22:11.082 --> 00:22:13.217
- To train him in truth. "hey, man there's some stuff
- 00:22:13.284 --> 00:22:15.720
- "hey, man there's some stuff god has put in you.
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- God has put in you. and the lies that you believe
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- And the lies that you believe can become a lid on your life,
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- Can become a lid on your life, they can become a limitation.
- 00:22:21.792 --> 00:22:23.894
- They can become a limitation. but the first thing i gotta
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- But the first thing i gotta teach you is, lie detection.
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- Teach you is, lie detection. so you'll even know
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- So you'll even know it's happening 'cause it'll
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- It's happening 'cause it'll sound so true, right."
- 00:22:29.867 --> 00:22:32.903
- Sound so true, right." and yet all the time
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- And yet all the time jesus is saying,
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- Jesus is saying, "you will know the truth,
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- "you will know the truth, hold to the truth
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- Hold to the truth and the truth
- 00:22:39.410 --> 00:22:39.710
- And the truth will set you free."
- 00:22:39.777 --> 00:22:41.178
- Will set you free." so, here's how it --
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- So, here's how it -- let's stand over here
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- Let's stand over here where everybody can see us.
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- Where everybody can see us. you stand there.
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- You stand there. i'll stand here.
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- I'll stand here. just picture this.
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- Just picture this. this is the truth,
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- This is the truth, this is the word of god,
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- This is the word of god, this is the bible, 66 books.
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- This is the bible, 66 books. it's all true from
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- It's all true from the book of genesis
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- The book of genesis to the maps in the back.
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- To the maps in the back. [laughter]
- 00:22:55.893 --> 00:22:59.563
- [laughter] the truth --
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- The truth -- and i saw it like this.
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- And i saw it like this. he said --
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- He said -- give me verse 32 again.
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- Give me verse 32 again. the part of the verse
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- The part of the verse that's so important.
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- That's so important. "if you hold."
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- "if you hold." sorry, verse 31,
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- Sorry, verse 31, "if you hold to my teaching,
- 00:23:09.507 --> 00:23:13.544
- "if you hold to my teaching, you really are my disciples."
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- You really are my disciples." 32, "and then you will know."
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- 32, "and then you will know." so, you have to hold it,
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- So, you have to hold it, to know it.
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- To know it. not hear it, hold it.
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- Not hear it, hold it. that means, it is not
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- That means, it is not the word that i preach
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- The word that i preach that sets you free,
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- That sets you free, it is the word
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- It is the word that you practice.
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- >> well, i hope you enjoyed
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- >> well, i hope you enjoyed that message as much as i did.
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- That message as much as i did. it really made me wonder
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- It really made me wonder what lies and labels from
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- What lies and labels from the enemy am i holding on to,
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- The enemy am i holding on to, that i might not
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- That i might not even realize it?
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- Even realize it? it could be lies about myself,
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- It could be lies about myself, or about god, or about
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- Or about god, or about my circumstances.
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- My circumstances. the devil uses this
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- The devil uses this to hold us back from
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- To hold us back from what god has for us.
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- What god has for us. so, i am so excited
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- So, i am so excited to share, that we've put
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- To share, that we've put together a new series called,
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- "devil you've held
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- "devil you've held me long enough."
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- Me long enough." >> alright, so you know
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- >> alright, so you know you need to get this.
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- You need to get this. 'cause, there are
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- 'cause, there are some things in your life
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- Some things in your life that honestly,
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- That honestly, you just need to say,
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- You just need to say, "enough is changing right now."
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- "enough is changing right now." and then, there's the decision
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- And then, there's the decision to say, "that's enough,"
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- To say, "that's enough," but then sometimes
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- But then sometimes we need the details.
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- We need the details. we need a process
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- We need a process to take us through.
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- To take us through. that's what this series is.
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- That's what this series is. how to think differently,
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- How to think differently, how to look at scriptures
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- How to look at scriptures so that we can know
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- So that we can know the truth and the truth
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- The truth and the truth can set you free.
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- Can set you free. i wanna walk you through this,
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- I wanna walk you through this, step-by-step in this season.
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- Step-by-step in this season. i don't want you to miss out.
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- I don't want you to miss out. >> yeah, so don't miss out
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- >> yeah, so don't miss out on the promises that god
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- On the promises that god has spoken over your life.
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- Has spoken over your life. you can call or go online
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- You can call or go online to get your copy of,
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- To get your copy of, "devil you've held me
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- "devil you've held me long enough."
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- >> "devil you've held me
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- Long enough"
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- Isn't just a collection
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- Of four sermons,
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- It's a guide to help you
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- Fight the lies the enemy
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- Has trapped you with.
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- This exclusive dvd is available
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- And the two disc
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- Chainbreakers gratitude
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- And attitude set,
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- Because true freedom requires
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- Not only breaking free
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- From the enemy's lie,
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- But also adapting
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- A new perspective on
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- The blessings
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- You already have.
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- >> hey, my name is chad zollo.
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- >> hey, my name is chad zollo. i'm the online pastor
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- I'm the online pastor here at elevation church.
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- Here at elevation church. did you know that there is
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- Did you know that there is so much more that you can
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- So much more that you can be a part of right here
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- Be a part of right here at elevation church?
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- At elevation church? you can join us live on sundays
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- Thanks for being a part of the ministry
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- A part of the ministry and we'll see you soon.
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- ♪ ♪
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- >> ♪ jehovah nissi ♪
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- ♪ fight your battles ♪
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- ♪ jehovah nissi ♪
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- ♪ fight your battles ♪
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- ♪ jehovah nissi ♪
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- ♪ fight your battles ♪
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- ♪ jehovah nissi ♪
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- ♪ fight your battles ♪
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- ♪ that's who he is yeah ♪
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- ♪ jehovah nissi ♪
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- ♪ fight your battles ♪
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- ♪ jehovah jireh ♪
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- ♪ meet your need ♪
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- ♪ jehovah rapha ♪
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- ♪ heal your body ♪
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- ♪ yeah ♪
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- ♪ jehovah shalom ♪
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- ♪ be your peace ♪
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- ♪ woah-oh-oh ♪
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- ♪ jehovah nissi ♪
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- ♪ fight your battles ♪
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- ♪ jehovah jireh ♪
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- ♪ meet your need ♪
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- >> ♪ jehovah jireh ♪
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- ♪ meet your need ♪
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- >> ♪ rapha heal your body ♪
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- >> ♪ jehovah rapha ♪
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- ♪ heal your body ♪
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- >> ♪ jehovah shalom ♪
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- ♪ be your peace ♪
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- >> ♪ jehovah shalom ♪
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- ♪ be your peace ♪
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- >> ♪ jehovah nissi ♪
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- ♪ fight your battles ♪
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- >> ♪ jehovah jireh ♪
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- ♪ meet your need ♪
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- >> ♪ yes sir ♪
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- >> ♪ jehovah rapha ♪
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- ♪ heal your body ♪
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- >> ♪ shalom be your peace ♪
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- >> ♪ jehovah shalom ♪
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- ♪ be your peace ♪
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- ♪ hey ♪
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- ♪ call the name ♪
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- >> ♪ call the name ♪
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- ♪ jehovah ♪
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- ♪ all our praise ♪
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- ♪ belongs to him yeah ♪
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- ♪ call the name ♪
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- >> ♪ call the name ♪
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- ♪ jehovah ♪
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- ♪ all our praise ♪
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