Tim Timberlake

Tim Timberlake - Hidden In Plain Sight

April 10, 2026 | 27:29

Tim Timberlake deep biblical wisdom empowers audiences to create transformative change in their lives.

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Tim Timberlake | Tim Timberlake - Hidden In Plain Sight | April 10, 2026

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Hey family, it's tim
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Timberlake of celebration church,
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And i want to ask you a question.
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Have you ever lost your keys before?
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You've been wondering where they went searching for them.
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Ask me and family. have they seen them?
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And they are exactly where you left them.
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And for some of us, they are hidden in plain sight.
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I want us to
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Go into the word of god today, as we search through scripture
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And discover what exactly has been hidden in plain sight.
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Be blessed by the word of god,
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And i'll see you right back here shortly.
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That when god saw moses,
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He said something very specific, and he said something very,
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Very important for us to look at.
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It was at this time that moses was born,
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And he was beautiful in the sight of god.
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This word
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Beautiful is not talking about the outward appearance.
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This word beautiful comes from the hebrew word tov,
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Which means good.
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So when god saw moses,
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He said, it is good.
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He is talking about his creation.
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This is the same word utilized in genesis
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When god created the heavens and the earth.
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And he finished the day seven and said, it is good.
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I don't need you to hear me when i tell you this.
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When god looks at you, he sees you as his creation
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And he declares over you and over your family.
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It is good no matter what your skin tone is,
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No matter what your background is,
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No matter what your hair color is,
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No matter if you got glasses or you got contacts,
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No matter if you got
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Hair, used to have hair, you buy your hair.
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It is
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Good.
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It's good, it's good, it's good.
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And you need to be reminded of that today.
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Because society will tell you that because you are different,
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You are not good.
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You're not good enough.
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And you are because god made you.
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He said, let us make man in our image.
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So you want to know what jesus looks like?
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Look in the mirror,
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We said over here, arguing.
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Was he black?
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Was he white?
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Well, he looked like look in the mirror.
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Because he should look like you.
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And you should look like him.
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But it's hard
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To see what jesus looks like
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When when people meet you,
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They meet
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Your preference in your politics before they meet him.
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Y'all don't want to talk to me.
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It's okay. i know it's tough.
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I know it's convicting. it's okay, it's okay.
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This is scripture
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And it said, we live in a day in a time where
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We have to define this person as a truth teller.
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People would say, but i think he's a truth teller.
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We should all tell the truth,
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But some of us can't because we're afraid
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Of the the fallout that happens from telling the truth.
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We're afraid of losing people,
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And we're afraid of losing friends.
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And this person, they could talk to me if i speak the truth.
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They're not supposed to be in your life.
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No way.
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You should be okay with the word of god convicting you.
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You should be okay with the word of god cutting you
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And reminding you that you are not your own.
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You belong to the most high
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God and you belong to the most high god.
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He reminds you that when he sees you, he sees his good work.
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And stephen is
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Teaching the sanhedrin council.
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You have to imagine
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This room was pretty tense because he's calling them out
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A lot.
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Like what this room feels like right now.
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So quiet in here,
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You can hear a mouse poot in the back.
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You need to be reminded.
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I'm not afraid of y'all.
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I'm not scared.
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Because when i get to the seat of judgment,
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God is not going to ask me.
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Did you spare there fellings?
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He's going, go say, son, did you tell them what i told
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You to tell them?
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Did you tell them
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They're idolizing one country over another?
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Did you tell them they're worshiping a flag
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Than they worship me?
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Did you tell them they think they're
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Better than other people? because.
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Did you tell them?
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Did you tell them and hear me?
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If you search in them files
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More than you searching the word of god.
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You made those files an idol.
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I don't want to talk to them.
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It's okay,
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It's okay. it's all right.
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We're gonna be all right. just keep looking straight ahead.
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We're going to be just fine. i promise you.
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We going somewhere?
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Point number one
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Is this god hides his deliverers in plain sight.
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Why would god do this?
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So he can reveal what people truly worship.
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God hides his deliveries in plain sight
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So that he can reveal what people truly worship.
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Moses isn't hidden in a cave.
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He's hidden in the palace.
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And god does this all throughout scripture. why?
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Because god is trying to prove a point.
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He wants you to see what you actually worship.
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In exodus, he hid moses in the palace.
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He was raised by pharaoh.
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He was raised in the house of the oppressor, and he was raised
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In the very place that he would free his people
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From this system, designed to destroy hebrew children,
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Funded, educated and protected.
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Hebrews, future liberator
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God hid
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Joseph in the prison to prepare him for the palace.
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He positioned him for power in the pit
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Before people even realized who joseph was.
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As a slave and as a prisoner in egypt, god purposed him
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And he positioned him
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To prosper him for the betterment of his people
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And everyone that would come behind him.
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Joseph learned administration, discernment, and leadership
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Long before influence, and he learned it in the pit,
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Not in the palace. why?
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Because god always hides his deliverance in plain sight.
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And what looked like delay was divine development.
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God hid esther in plain sight.
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He he hid her inside of a pagan
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Empire in a beauty contest inside a godless place.
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Her proximity to power became the doorway to deliverance.
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And god will hide you in plain sight.
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If you can remove your preference and your perspective
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And your politics, and put his purpose and his priority
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At the forefront of your life, god hid gideon in plain sight.
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He was hiding in a pit in fear,
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And god called him a mighty warrior.
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He was hiding in the threshing blind press.
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And god hid him
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Not just in the winepress, but from his enemies.
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And god named him by his destiny, not by his condition.
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What?
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Because god hides his deliverers in plain sight.
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God hides his deliverance,
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Even if it's inside insecurity.
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Because god sees who you're beco
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Y'all don't got to talk to him.
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It's okay. i'll keep talking.
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God hit david on the side of a mountain
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As he was tending to the sheep,
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And he anointed him as king in the fields.
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He was a shepherd, but on the throne he was the king.
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Because god hides his deliverance in plain
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Sight.
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His was next.
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King wasn't overlooked by god only by people.
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Because god hides kings where
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Faithfulness matters most.
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And most of the time, faithfulness matters
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When no one else can see it.
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And if you have not already
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Picked this up by scripture or by your own life,
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God has deliveries inside of broken stories
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And your past does not disqualify you from your
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Purpose.
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God hid samuel inside of a dysfunctional house.
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He raised him around
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A corrupt religious system, and inside eli's
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Dysfunctional priesthood, god elevated and raised samuel with
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God, planted a prophetic voice where leadership had failed.
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And this is what i've learned about
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God when i look at the life of samuel, god plants reformers
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Inside of decaying institutions
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Because god doesn't abandon broken systems.
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God sees seed on the inside of him
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And he plants a harvest when you cannot see it. why?
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Because god has deliver us in plain sight.
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I got a little bit more for us
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As we continue to work through scripture.
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God hid nehemiah in the palace with the corrupt king,
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And he became the cupbearer,
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And god hid him there in plain sight, so that he could
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Spare and save a generation coming beside him.
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So as he thought that he was only tasting wine,
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God was saying, oh, taste and see that the lord,
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Y'all don't got to talk to me. it's okay.
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Because what we have to remember
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Is, although we're in proximity of an earthly king,
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It is access that leads you to
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Godly authority by your heavenly king.
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Because god has deliverers in plain sight.
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John the baptist, he hid in the wilderness to prepare him
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To declare the works of the lord and declare to the people,
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Repent, for the kingdom of god is at hand.
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And he kept him tucked away in the wilderness
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Long enough
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To develop a boldness and a kingdom, authority
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And a confidence on the inside of him,
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So that when people saw him,
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They would not deter him based upon how he looked
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And determined, based upon what they thought,
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And determined based upon his diet.
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Because scripture said he ate locusts and honey.
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Which is a peasant's diet.
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But he stayed away long enough not to be deterred
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By what other people said about him,
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Because he heard the voice of god in the wilderness.
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Because god hides his deliverers
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In plain sight,
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God hides deliverers and silence
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Before he ever allows anyone to say anything about you.
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Because preparation.
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It often happens away from applause.
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God hid jesus in plain sight.
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He hid him in a carpenter's home,
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A conquered nation,
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An unremarkable town.
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God hid himself in flesh,
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In plain sight.
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God's greatest deliverer arrived unrecognized,
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Underestimated,
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And unnoticed.
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Simply put, god hid salvation in simplicity
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Because god hides his deliverer
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In plain sight.
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God hid paul
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In plain sight.
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According to acts
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Chapter seven through nine,
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God use his education, his zeal, and his training
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For the advancement of the gospel of jesus christ,
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Revealing to us that god hides deliveries inside of opposition,
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And sometimes the fiercest enemy can become
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The strongest advocate after they are repentant and turn
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Away from their sin. why?
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Because god hides his deliverers in plain sight.
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And today i believe god is hiding you in plain sight.
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Sometimes god hides you in an enemy system.
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He hides you in obscurity.
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He had you in a broken home.
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He hides you in corrupt institutions.
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He hides you in fear. he hides you in silence.
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He hides you and weakness.
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And he hides in plain sight.
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Because deliverance is not about visibility,
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It's about readiness.
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And some of you
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Are waiting to get ready so that god can reveal himself in
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And through you.
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And god is saying, no,
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You need to be ready so that you don't have to get ready.
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When i'm ready to reveal what i've done on the inside of you
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And you're like, well, god, i'm just go.
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I'm just going wait on the lord.
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I'm just going to wait on the lord. and god is saying,
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You need to be watchful while you wait.
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You need to be praying while you wait.
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You need to be preparing while you wait,
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So that when you get into your next,
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You're not preparing for your now.
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Why? because god
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Hides his deliverance.
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God will sometimes disguise deliverance to expose
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Whether you want freedom or familiarity.
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God raised moses in pharaoh's house,
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And it forced israel to confront how much egypt
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Still lives on the inside of them.
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Point number two is this deliverance often begins
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Before the people are ready to recognize it.
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Moses acts at 40.
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Long before israel understands what god is doing.
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And stephen says plainly, they did not understand,
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Which tells me god can anoint you before
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The crowd is able to interpret who you are.
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And being early can feel like
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Being wrong when the people lack spiritual sight.
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And whenever you read the old testament and whenever you read
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Some of the new testament, every prophet died.
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A false prophet.
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Are you listening to me?
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Because they did not see, and their generation did not see
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What god was speaking through them.
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And so they died.
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False prophets.
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But the word of god came to life
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Because the word of god never falls to the ground flat.
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It always produces.
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It always performs
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Because it cannot return back into the heart of the father
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If it does not do what he released it to do.
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And so i need you to hear me. when i tell you this.
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There will be some things that you hear us say that seem like,
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I don't know, that's far fetched.
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It ain't going to happen.
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And guess what?
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We may not see it in our generation,
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But the generation coming behind us will in fact
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See it because we are doing what god has called us to do.
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And we are saying what god has called us to say,
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And we will continue to speak truth
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Into hard situations regardless of how we feel.
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Just because people don't recognize the move,
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Does it mean god didn't start it?
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And this passage teaches us that many
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Deliverers are rejected not for being false,
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But for being premature.
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Point number three.
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False idols.
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Blind people
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To god's actual deliverer.
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Have you ever noticed
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That whenever god chooses a person,
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People don't like it?
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And whenever people choose, it's a person.
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God doesn't like it.
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It's in the book.
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You read it. people wanted a king.
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They voted him.
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God said i had a better plan.
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And there's a difference between god's perfect will
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And god's permissive will.
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I don't have time to explain it today,
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But i will tell you this
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Be careful
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With who you put down
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And who you elevate,
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Because the people that you save, you like god may not.
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And the people you say you dislike,
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God may in fact have put them there to propel
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His purpose and plan in the earth.
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False idols, blind people
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To god's actual plan and purpose.
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And stephen is quietly telling the sanhedrin council,
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You missed moses then, and you're missing jesus now.
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And when idols are worshiped,
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Deliverers are always misidentified.
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Did you hear what i said
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When i arose or worshiped?
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The deliverers so often mis identified
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False gods promise safety, but still discernment.
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And if power becomes your idol,
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You'll crucify anyone who threatens it.
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And so i want to encourage you today.
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Stay hidden.
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Stay in the hand of the father.
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Stay on purpose and stay in purpose.
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And stop telling people what you think
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And start giving people the word of god.
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Why is that important?
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Because every generation hear me,
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Hear me, every generation must decide
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Whether it wants deliverance
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Or dominance.
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I can't speak to every country
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Because i don't stand other countries.
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But i can't speak to this one because i stay here.
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Hear me.
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May we never be known for our dominance,
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But may we be known
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As the people that god delivered and operate in humility
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And operate in peace
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And operate in unity?
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We may not agree on everything,
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And we shouldn't agree on everything,
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But we should be unified around one thing.
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And that is jesus is the king of kings
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And the lord of lords, and he still reigns
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And he still rules,
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And he's still the alpha, and he's still the omega.
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And as long as we remain hidden in him,
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He will reveal himself in and through us.
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At what point that you start believing
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The place that shaped you had the right to define you?
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This place does not define me.
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God defines me.
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I am not first an american.
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I am not first black.
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I am first a citizen of heaven.
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I am first a son of god.
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I am first a royal priesthood.
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This place does not define me.
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At what point
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That you start to believe
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That the place that shaped you
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Has the authority to define you?
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When the rejection become proof
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Of your disqualification, instead of your preparation?
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But when did it become proof that god had taken his hand off
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For you in the rejection?
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Become your identity
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When the rejection and people not being able to see
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What god had placed on you become what you identify
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Yourself with.
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Rejection does not disqualify you.
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It did not disqualify moses.
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It did not disqualify jesus.
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It did not disqualify paul.
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It did not disqualify esther, did not disqualify joseph.
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It does not disqualify jacob.
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It positioned him to be used in a greater way, because people
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Could not take the credit for what god could do,
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Remain hidden,
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Even if it means you remain hidden
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In a rejection.
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And celebrate the fact
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That rejection means
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One season is ending
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And another season is beginning.
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Because rejection tells me that the season i am
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In, it's too small to hold me.
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Why did you assume
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That being hidden
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Meant that god has forgotten you?
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Hidden does not mean abandon.
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Hidden does not mean forsaken.
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Hidden does not mean forgotten.
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Hidden means that god is preparing you.
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Amen.
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Do not buried
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You planted,
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And god will keep you hidden long enough
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To reveal himself in you in a greater way,
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So that when you are revealed,
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No one sees you,
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They see him.
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The only reason we're talking about these patriarchs
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And matriarchs today is because they remain hidden long enough
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For god to remove them
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And allow his
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Purpose and plan to proceed through them.
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Why did you assume that being hidden
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Meant you were forgotten?
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Look at me.
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Stop crying over the people that could not see
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The greatness of god in and through you.
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If they closed the door on you,
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Celebrate.
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Because a closed door,
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Its direction to an open door.
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And if people closed the door on you,
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It means the door was too small for god to use.
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Don't take on the identity
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Of what people could not see in and through you.
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You remind yourself that god does his best work
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In hidden places.
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When did the system that tried to break you
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Become the voice you trusted over
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God's?
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Is it will pass, i don't trust it.
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Voice.
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Yes you do,
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Because you repeat it.
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And any voice you repeat,
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You start to believe. why?
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Because as human beings, we are only committed
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To our confession.
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Did you catch that? yes.
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That's why when you get married,
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The pastor says.
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Do you have vows?
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And you look at each other with googoo gaga eyes.
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And you say
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Through sickness and health,
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Good times and bad,
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Until death
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Does us apart.
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You are confessing. why?
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Because you're only committed to your confession.
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That's why when you receive salvation, you confess
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Your sins
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To the only one that can remove them out of your life.
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That's why when you get baptized,
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We ask you,
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Have you confess that jesus christ
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As your lord and personal savior?
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And you say, yes, and we respond upon your confession,
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We now baptize you
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Because you're only committed to your confession. so
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If you don't believe the voice, don't repeat and confess it.
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So good.
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You are only held prisoner to the prison.
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You believe you're stuck in that.
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And some of us believe the words that have been given to us
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And said to us and spoken to us by people
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Who did not have the authority to put you in that prison cell,
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But you gave them the authority
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Because you believe that words over the words of god
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Straight now.
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And so what you must understand.
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Is that false idols, blind people to god's
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Actual deliverer.
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And it is time to today.
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Ideology,
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Political parties, cultural narratives
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Have become modern altars.
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And when those are protected at all costs,
00:24:48.703 --> 00:24:51.473
Truth becomes negotiable
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And deliverers become enemies.
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And stefan is teaching the sanhedrin council a timeless
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Truth.
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You can quote scripture and still resist god.
00:25:02.384 --> 00:25:05.787
You can honor
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Past moves by rejecting present ones,
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And you can hate oppression and still cling to your idols.
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And so my encouragement for us today
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Is that god would keep us
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Hidden in plain sight
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Until he prepares, he educates.
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He plans, and he gives us the purpose that he desires
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For us to carry out in the earth until he calls us home.
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Well, family, we're out of time for today's broadcast,
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But i want to continue to walk out this journey with you.
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And so i want to encourage you to continue to come back here
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By checking your local listings to see
00:25:46.928 --> 00:25:48.663
When the next broadcast is, and go on this journey with us.
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I believe that we are built in our faith by hearing
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And hearing the word of god.
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I want to pray for you today.
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I set myself an agreement with you
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For what you may be believing god for.
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And as we lock faith and join together in the spirit,
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I believe that god is going to
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Do something supernatural in and through your life.
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And so right now, in jesus name, i thank you for my brother
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And my sister
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That are
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Leaning into this moment right now,
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No matter where they are in the world.
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And i ask you, god, that you would be with them,
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That your presence would be felt,
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That your spirit would be undeniable, and that your power
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Would move mountains on their behalf.
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In the name of jesus we pray.
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Amen. the family.
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If you're in the jacksonville area,
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Stop by celebration church one sunday, 9 a.m.
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And 11 a.m..
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If you're not within driving distance,
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Continue to watch this broadcast as we continue to bring to you
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The word of god.
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I also want you to pull out your phone.
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Scan that qr code at the bottom of the screen.
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Would you partner with us?
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There's no contribution too large, too small.
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Everything matters in helping us continue the advancement
00:26:52.460 --> 00:26:55.597
Of the gospel of jesus christ through this broadcast,
00:26:55.597 --> 00:26:58.600
As we endeavor to continue to take the gospel
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Around the world utilizing this incredible network.
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And so i want you to know god loves you.
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I love you, and i look forward to seeing you right back here.
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Same time, same place next week.
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Until then, be blessed in jesus name.
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♪♪
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♪♪
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Tim Timberlake - Hidden In Plain Sight

April 10, 2026 | 27:29

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