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I'm going to begin exactly where I left off regarding

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this beautiful communion that Jesus was having

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with the Father. This very personal thing, this

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holy thing, this sacred thing. It's recorded

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in the 17th chapter of John, and I pray that

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this portion of the Word of God will never again

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be something very ordinary to you. It'll be something

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that'll be very sacred. Study it. Reverence it.

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Read it often. I shall begin with the ninth verse.

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of the 17th chapter of John, for now we have

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come to this place when Jesus is talking about

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those who have been born again, those whom the

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Father had given unto him. I pray for them. Now,

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whenever he says, I pray for them, I believe

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that he is saying to the Father, now, These are

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the things that I desire for them. We talk about

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praying, but praying really is a desire. When

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we come before the Father's throne, we are expressing

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a desire. We say we pray. But prayer is the desire

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of a human heart. When I come before the throne

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of God, I say I am praying. Prayer is worship.

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It's adoration. It is expressing a desire. It

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is never a command. Always know that. That's

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the reason I fear and I tremble sometimes when

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I hear some people who are praying and it is

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as though they are demanding. god to do something

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they literally sound as though they are commanding

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god to carry out something that they want be

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very careful how you approach the throne of god

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who are we frail creatures of the dust To demand,

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to command God to do anything. When we're dependent

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on him for his mercy, for every drop of rain,

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for every sunbeam, for the next beat of our heart,

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just sit there a moment and consider something

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as vitally important for just a moment and something

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a few people really stop to consider. Every man.

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who is a part of humanity this very moment, regardless

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of his high position, his prestige, his wealth,

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his influence, he's dependent on God for the

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next beat of his heart. And that heart can stop

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any second. And all the money in the world, all

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the influence in the world, the whole medical

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profession cannot keep it going after God puts

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a finger on it and it stops. And yet we act as

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though we are ruling God. Be careful how you

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pray. Prayer is a desire that's expressed when

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you come into the presence of the Father. So

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that when Jesus is saying here, I pray, remember

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it's in terms of I desire for them. And this

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is the desire that Jesus had for us. for the

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world. Now remember something. Do not get the

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wrong impression here. There may be those who

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feel as though Jesus is not concerned about those

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who are lost because there are only two classes

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of people in the world. Those who have found

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the Christ as their Savior and those who are

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still outside of the kingdom of God. The regenerated

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and the unregenerated. Now, in the sight of God,

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they're all only two classes. It's not a matter

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of whether you're black or whether you're white.

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It's not a matter of whether you're Catholic

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or whether you're Protestant. It's not a matter

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of whether you're Jew or you're Gentile. It's

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have you accepted the Christ? Have you accepted

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the Messiah? Have you been born again? I haven't.

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Now, when he talks about the world, I pray not

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for the world. He's talking about now the desire

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that he is expressing for his own. His love for

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all mankind was so great that he died for all.

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The unregenerated as well as those who have accepted

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the Christ. He's not willing that any should

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perish. If you are still a part of the world,

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that's not his will. It's because you had chosen

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to still be outside in the world. If when death

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comes, you are still lost, your soul being damned,

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you have no one else to blame but yourself. You

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had... been damned in spite of everything that

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the Father has done for you, in spite of everything

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that Jesus has done for you, in spite of everything

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that the Holy Spirit has done for you. You have

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taken that will and you are mastered by your

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own will. Remember, you are a kingdom unto yourself.

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Every man, every woman is a kingdom unto himself.

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You control, you say whatever you want to. You

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can blame it on somebody else and say, I'm controlled

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by someone else. Oh, no, you're not. You're a

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free moral agent. You have a will separate apart

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from the will of anyone else. And remember, you

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can exercise that will under all circumstances.

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You make the choice. When you stand before the

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judgment seat of Christ, you have no one else

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to blame but yourself. Every man, every woman

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makes his own choice when it comes to these things,

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when it comes to spiritual things, when it comes

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to God. So when he says here, I pray not for

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the world, of course he's talking about the unregenerated,

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but after this time he is expressing his... desire

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for his own, even though in just a matter of

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hours he would be dying for all the sins of the

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world. When he died on the cross, when he gave

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his life, he did not die for just a few. He did

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not die for just those who've accepted him as

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a savior. He literally died. Died for the world.

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He gave his life for every man. And if you're

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still in the world, it's because you have made

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the choice. You desire to still be in the world.

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And it's in spite of and not because of. All

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right? So now remember, as we go a little deeper

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into this... Posting his prayer, he's expressing

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to his father his desire for these that the father

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had given him. Three desires. As I told you before,

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they were so different than probably the desire

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that I would have expressed. I would have said,

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don't let suffering Don't let any pain come to

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them. How often in dedicating little babies and

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I hold that little bundle of flesh in my arm

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and I'm dedicating to the Lord. If people only

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knew my thoughts. Over and over, I think, oh

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dear Jesus, don't let this little child have

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to suffer in his lifetime. Keep this body so

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well. Just touch this mind. May it be a good

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mind, a healthy mind. Keep this baby healthy.

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Don't let anything happen to his little limbs,

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his little body. I'm human. And that's what I

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pray. Because my emotions are involved, you know.

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Do you realize that Jesus didn't say to the Father,

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Father, I desire. That they're never hungry.

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I desire that they should never be in one. I

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desire that they should never suffer. He didn't

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say that at all. Watch his three desires. First,

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keep them in thy name. Oh, that's thrilling.

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That's wonderful. Keep them in thy name. He knew

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that there would be false religions, false Christs,

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false gods. He knows human nature better than

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anyone who's ever lived. He knew the treachery

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of Satan. He knew the deceptiveness of Satan.

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And wherever there is a genuine, there's always

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a counterfeit. Always, wherever you'll find the

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genuine, you'll find the counterfeit. And lit!

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Truly, there have been thousands of counterfeits

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down through the generations. There's only one

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name, his name. Jehovah God. Know that. Anything

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else is a counterfeit. Anything else is supposition.

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Anything else. He knew the deceptiveness of Satan.

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He knew it. Keep them in thy name, his name,

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Jehovah God. And we come boldly before the Father's

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throne in the name of Jesus, the very Son of

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the living God. There is no other name by which

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man is saved. There is no other name by which

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there is eternal life. None. There is not eternal

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life through the name or the person of Confucius.

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There is no eternal life through the name of

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Buddha. There is no eternal life through the

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person, of anyone else save the person, the son

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of the living God, Jehovah God. And if we are

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kept in his name, God first, then all these other

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things shall be added unto you. And we won't

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have to worry about the suffering. We won't worry

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about the other provisions. We won't have to

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worry about the material things. If we are kept

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by him, keep them in thy name. Oh, my friend.

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What does the name of Jehovah God mean to you?

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I know what it meant to Abraham. I know what

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it meant to Moses. I know what it meant to Elijah

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when he stood there literally challenging the

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prophets of Baal. courage to stand there and

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challenge the false prophets because he had confidence

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in Jehovah God. His name. His name. His marvelous

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name. confidence Abraham had and because of his

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confidence remember down to the generations to

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this very hour in which we are now living that

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name is still giving power and security dying

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And there is no other name by which men can be

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saved. What's the second thing? That they may

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be one. Even as we are. Consider that. That's

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so deep. That's so marvelous. That oneness, that

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glories, there's nothing that can equal oneness.

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If I could only have the ability to convey to

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you the full meaning of these things in relation

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not only to the spiritual, but in our everyday

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living, this oneness that he's talking about.

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If there can be that oneness between husband

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and wife, there would be no divorce. I'm saying

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something. I don't care what happens. If there

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can be that oneness that there is between the

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father and the son, never. Our divorce courts

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would be empty. There would be no divorce. Because,

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you see, troubles will come. And there will be

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misunderstandings. Because we're a part of humanity.

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We're still in the flesh. There's still witnesses

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of the flesh. No man is perfect. No woman is

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perfect. If you're looking for the perfect woman

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to marry, then you better not get married. If

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you're looking for the perfect man to marry,

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the perfect man for a husband, forget it. Don't

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get married. Because there's not a perfect man

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living, there's not a perfect woman living. If

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you're looking for a preacher who is perfect,

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if you're going around looking for a perfect

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man to be your pastor, then you better not look.

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Any further for a pastor? If you think Catherine

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Kuhlman is perfect, I can sit here the rest of

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the day and tell you all my imperfections. I

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am not perfect. Only one who ever walked this

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earth was ever perfect. The Son of God. Remember

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that. But in spite of the... imperfection that

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you may see in your wife or the imperfection

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that you see in your husband. There are weaknesses

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in every life. If there is a oneness between

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the two of you, nothing would be able to shake

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your confidence in each other. There'll never

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be a divorce. Never. It's when there's no longer

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that oneness that trouble begins. In a family.

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Now, follow me very closely. Because all of this,

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what is true in the spiritual, is also true in

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everyday living. It's just like that. See, that's

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the reason Bible principles, we've got to live

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according to the Word of God. We've got to live

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according to the laws of God. We've got to live

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according to God's principles. That's what's

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wrong with the world today. We're trying to throw

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the whole thing out, do away with it. And having

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done away with it, we find ourselves in such

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a big mess now, we can't cope with anything.

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We cannot. cope with a thing. We can't cope with

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ourselves. We can't cope with our families. We

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can't cope with our children. We can't cope with

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world affairs because we've thrown God's principles

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away. We've thrown morality away. We've thrown

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ethics away. We've thrown God's laws out of the

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window. We're trying to make laws of our own.

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We think we're smarter than God and we find out

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what fools we really are. This is the second

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thing that Jesus asks for his own, that they

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may be one even as we are. If you can be one

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with your husband, one with your wife, one with

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your son, one with your daughter, one with your

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children, that's what's wrong with the home.

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The children and the parents are no longer one.

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And that's where the trouble is. When they were

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all with one accord, the Holy Spirit came and

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descended upon them. Remember the importance

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of oneness.