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I'm going to continue that heart -to -heart talk

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that we began in the last broadcast. And I want

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you to stop whatever you're doing for the next

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20 minutes because this is something that we

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all need. I'm giving you the Word of God. Now,

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If you're going to get a little miffed, don't

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get miffed with me. After I get through talking

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with you, if you've gotten your feelings heard,

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you go someplace all alone and talk it over with

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the Lord. And you tell him that you weren't too

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pleased about it all and he got your feelings

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heard. And then apologize to him and he'll forgive

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you. Because, you see, I'm giving you God's Word.

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And a fool is the man or the woman who take issue

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with the Word of God. And we need to get back

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to God's Word. The Bible is the foundation for

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all things. All right? We have been discussing

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the 12th verse. of the sixth chapter of 1 Corinthians.

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This is what Paul says. All things are lawful

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unto me, but all things are not expedient. He

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repeats. All things are lawful for me, but I

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will not be brought under the power of any. This

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is what he's saying. I have been set free from

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the power of sin. And that is exactly what we

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discussed in our last heart -to -heart talk.

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Any man, any woman who's been born again is no

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longer under the bondage of Satan. You had been

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set free. You are free from the bondage of the

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law. You are free. The only really true person

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who has absolute freedom in the world today is

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the person who is a Christian. He has been set

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free from this bondage of law and this bondage

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of Satan, this bondage of sin for whom the Son

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sets free is free indeed. And Paul is talking

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of that wonderful freedom in Christ Jesus. That's

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the first statement of principle that Paul makes.

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Mm -hmm. Every gift. All the power of human life

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is lawful to the Christian. It really means something

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to be born again. It really means something to

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know that you have passed from death unto life.

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I repeat it. Every... And the power of human

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life is lawful to the Christian. But watch. Paul

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didn't stop there by saying all things are lawful

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unto me. No, ma 'am. And this is where we get

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into trouble. We do not go on. and finish the

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scripture. But, Paul says, all things are not

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expedient. What does he mean? That word expedient

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means they are unwise. In Galatians, Paul makes

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himself very clear in what he's talking about.

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Ye have been called unto liberty. Only use not

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liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but to

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service one to another. Be careful how you use

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this liberty. You had absolute freedom. You had

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absolute liberty, but be careful Careful how

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you use this liberty. Be careful how you use

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this freedom. Do not use this liberty for an

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occasion to the flesh, but to service one to

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another. I was thinking as I was meditating on

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this personal word of God, just what illustration

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I could give you that would... just clinch the

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whole thing and make it very clear to you. And

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the only thing that I could really think of that

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would be something that all of you could understand

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is the fact that as an American citizen, I have

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the right of the freedom of speech. Being an

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American citizen gives me the freedom of speech.

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Nobody can stop me. I can stand on the street

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corner. I have the privilege of standing on the

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street corner and talking just as loudly as I

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want to on any subject that I want to, whether

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it's political or religious or whatever it is.

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The fact that I am an American citizen gives

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me that freedom, that liberty. But I can also

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make a fool of myself by taking advantage of

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that freedom and that liberty. In doing such

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a thing, I am misusing my freedom. And it's just

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like that. You may have the freedom of speech,

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but don't misuse your freedom of speech. Be very

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wise in how you use that liberty and that freedom

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that is yours as an American citizen. Paul is

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saying the same thing. You are a Christian. You

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are a member of the body of Christ. You are no

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longer under bondage. There is a freedom, there

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is a liberty that is yours as an heir of God

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and a joint heir with Christ Jesus. But be careful

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how you use this liberty and how you use this

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freedom. Use it wisely. Take, for instance, the

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gift of discernment. The gift is from God. And

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when God gives one of his children a gift, he

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never takes it from them. He trusts them with

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that gift so long as they live. They are responsible

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for the use of that gift. It's a great responsibility.

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Whoever that child of God is listening to me

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this very moment, if God has given you a gift

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of the Spirit, be careful how you use that gift.

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Don't misuse it, whatever you do. Use it wisely,

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for there have been those who have misused gifts

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of the Spirit. Should one be given a wonderful

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gift of discernment, and be called to this wonderful

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gift, you know that someone is living in sin.

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Should you use that gift of discernment and blab

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all over the church that Mr. So -and -so is living

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in sin, he's living in adultery, and you use

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that gift of discernment for gossip, you are

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misusing that which God has given to you, something

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that's very sacred. And it's just like that.

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Somebody says, Oh, Miss Coon, I have the gift

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of tongues. I can speak in tongues at will. Anytime.

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God has given me a wonderful gift of tongues.

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And I don't want anyone to put any restraint

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on me. What? because of something that God has

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given me. What something, beloved? With every

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gift, including the gift of tongues, God gives

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a responsibility, and you are to use that gift

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very wisely. If in using that gift, you bring

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a reproach on the gospel, Lord Jesus Christ.

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Then, beloved, you are misusing the gift and

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the liberty and the freedom that God has given

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you. That's exactly what Paul is saying here.

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All things are lawful unto me. But all things

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are not expedient. Why? Because I am not living

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alone. If I was the only person in the whole

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world, then, beloved, I could do anything that

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I wanted to do. I could express myself any way

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I so desired. I would not have to think about

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anyone else. If you are living all alone in a

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house and you do not come in contact with anyone

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else in that house, then you do exactly as you

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want to do. You have perfect freedom. But when

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there are others in the household, be careful

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how you use your liberty and your freedom. Use

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it. wisely, lest you bring a reproach on the

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gospel, on the Lord Jesus Christ. If the first

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principle shows the naturalness of the Christian

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life, the second principle for the Christian

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shows the supernaturalness of it. And that is

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the fact that All natural things are to be under

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the control of the spiritual and the supernatural.

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And it's like that. Your liberty should be controlled

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at all times by the spirit. Did you get it? Are

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you listening? All right, you have the gift of

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tongues. But under all circumstances, at all

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times, that gift should be controlled by the

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supernatural, by the power of God. You may have

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the gift of discernment, but at all times, that

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gift of discernment, And the use that you make

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of that gift should be under the control of the

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Holy Spirit, of the spiritual, the supernatural

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power of God. The gift of healing. At all times,

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that gift of healing should be controlled by

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the supernatural. by the power of the Holy Ghost.

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Even though you are given the freedom, the liberty

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of using it at will, you are still to use wisdom

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in using that gift. Let's go further. He gives

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an illustration. Meats are for the belly. and

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the belly for meats. Sure. You are given the

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freedom to eat anything that you want to eat.

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If it's sanctified, you can go out and eat as

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much as you want to. You are free. You are at

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liberty to do so. There is no power that's going

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to stop you. But you're going to do it to your

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own harm. It's one thing to live to eat. And

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it's another thing to eat to live. If you're

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going to be a glutton, knowing that you have

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the liberty to eat anything and as much as you

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want, knowing that nobody's going to stop you,

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Go right ahead and do it. Nobody will stop you,

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but you're going to suffer for it. Yes, you will.

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Mm -hmm. He goes a little further and says, now

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the body is not for fornication. You'd think

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the way some folks lived and the way they act

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and the way they talk, you would... think that

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God made the body for just one purpose and one

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purpose only. Mm -hmm. But he didn't. The body

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is not made for fornication, but for the Lord

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and the Lord for the body. And if you use your

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body for just that one purpose, for fornication,

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you're going to suffer for it. Nobody will stop

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you. Nobody will stop you. You go right ahead.

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If you're going to use your body for one purpose,

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go right ahead. But you're going to suffer part

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because your body was made for that purpose.

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It was made for the Lord and the Lord for the

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body. And God has both raised up the Lord and

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will also raise up. as by his own power know

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ye not that your bodies are the members of christ

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should i then take the members of christ and

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make them the members of an harlot god forbid

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what know ye not that he which is joined to an

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harlot is one body for two say of he shall be

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One flesh. Beloved, you're bought with a price.

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Body, soul, and spirit. Give yourself completely

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to him.