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It's time for the Champions in Christ broadcast with Rhonda Harrison on 1017

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Good morning. Welcome. Thank you for listening to Champions in Christ this

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morning. We're going to go in our Bibles today and we're going to start in the book

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of John. And to set the stage a little bit, we're going to enter into the Word

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right after Lazarus had been raised from the dead, which was an amazing miracle

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that Jesus performed while on the earth. Praise God. And we're going to start in

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John chapter 11 verse 45 and it says, And then many of the Jews which came to Mary

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and had seen the things which Jesus did believed on him. You know this was just

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one of many miracles that Jesus has done. But because of this miracle, many of the

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Jews were turning to Jesus and believing him to be the Son of God. And it goes on

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to say, But some of them went their way to the Pharisees and told them what

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things Jesus had done and then gathered the chief priest and the Pharisees a

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council and they said, What are we going to do? This man does many miracles. You

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know, Jesus is the miracle worker. Jesus is life and health to all your flesh.

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Jesus is the peace you need. Jesus is the love you need. He's the strength you need.

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He's all of it and he's come and came on this earth, died on a cross and rose again

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on your behalf and mine. And so we're going to continue down 48. If we let him

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alone, all the men will believe on him. The Romans shall come and take away both

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our place and the nation. So they were worried about themselves. They were

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worried about their position. They were worried. They were in fear, just bound in

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fear, you know, and so let's keep going. And one of them named Caiaphas being the

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high priest the same year unto them. You know nothing at all nor consider it's

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expedient for us that one man should die for the people that the whole nation

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would perish not. And this he spoke not of himself, but being the high priest that

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year. He prophesied that Jesus would die for the nation and not for the nation

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only, but that he also should gather together and one the children of God

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that were scattered abroad. Then forth from that day, they took counsel together

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to put him to death. What? That's right. They counseled together to put the son of

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God to death. Who all he did was perform miracles and heal people, give them love

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and joy and peace and forgiveness. All good, right? The God is good. The devil is

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bad. Real simple. God keeps it simple for us. But we all know that Jesus really

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came for the purpose of dying. Why? He was the lamb. He was the lamb without

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blemish that would be slain for the world. Hallelujah. Praise be to God. And so

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we're going to continue. Then sought they for Jesus and spoke among themselves as

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they stood in the temple. What do you think that he would he come to the feast?

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Now both the chief priest and the Pharisees had given a commandment that if

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anyone knew where he was, they should tell them that they might go ahead and take

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him. You know, they had this diabolical plan to murder Jesus. And it's pretty sad.

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But Jesus did come to die for a purpose. But you know, he laid down his life and

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that's clearly in the word that he said, no man takes my life, but I lay it down

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because he had the power of God with him. You know, God, the father was with him

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and never left him and never first took him. And neither do they forsake us. God

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is always here. Everywhere we go, God is there and he never leaves us nor forsakes

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us. So we're going to keep going. Chapter 12, then Jesus six days before the

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Passover came to Bethany where Lazarus had been dead, but he was raised from the

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dead. And there they made him a supper and Martha and Mary, Martha, Martha served.

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But Lazarus was one of them sitting at the table. Can you imagine having someone

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your brother in this case, it was their brother who died and had been dead for

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four days and began to stink. He was in the tomb back then, you know, a cave with

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a rock over it and he was raised from the dead. And now they're sitting at the

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table, right? But then Mary took a pound of ointment of spiky, not a very costly

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perfume and anointed the feet of Jesus and wiped his feet with her hair. And the

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house was filled with the odor of the ointment. Then said one of his disciples,

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Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, which should betray him. Why was it not this

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ointment sold for 300 pence and given to the poor? And then he said, not that he

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cared for the poor, but because he was a thief. He had the bag and he bore what

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was in there. He'd been stealing from the bag, from the ministry. He'd been

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stealing money and he was more, he was focused was money, not on Jesus, not on

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love, not on people. But you know, Mary did this because she wanted to worship

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him. She was anointing him for burial. She was preparing his body, but she was

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doing it in an act of love. She didn't care who was there. She was focused. She

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was focused and she kept, she was determined. She kept going no matter what

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anybody said. And she just yielded to, to what she was to do. And then Jesus said,

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let her alone against this day of my bearing has she kept this for the poor.

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You will have always, but with me, you will not always have. Cause he knew he

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was getting ready to lay down his life. Much people of the Jews therefore knew

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that he was there and they came not for Jesus' sake only, but that they might

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see Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead. You know, that's the thing.

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Everyone was focused on the miracle instead of the miracle worker. You know,

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when you worship Jesus, when you love on Jesus, when you give your life to him

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every day, he will come pouring into your life. Supernatural things will

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happen. And it could be such as you raise a den, you go, what? I can do that when

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you're filled with the power of the Holy ghost. You can. Why? Because Jesus said

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the things that I do, greater things will you do. So yes, it is, it is possible,

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but you have to seek him. You have to spend time with him. You have to love on

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him. You have to have the right motives. You know, when we, we look at Jesus and

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his disciples, they were focused, they were determined. They kept pursuing God.

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They kept per following the mission God had placed before him and they yielded

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to the voice of God, right? Versus Judas, who had his own motive, who was focused

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on money, who didn't see things the way Jesus did. He didn't allow his heart to

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be surrendered. And so his attitude and actions followed such as his heart was,

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as do all of us. Cause the Bible says, as a man thinks so is he, and out of the

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abundance of the heart, you speak. And we all know that actions speak louder than

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words. And when you love somebody, it has to be an action. You know, when you're

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believing God for something, faith without works is dead. There has to be

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action, right? So we see everybody's heart here as we're going along. Okay. And

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then let's see, but the chief priest consulted that they might put Lazarus to

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death. Also, they were thinking they'd put them both to death, but because by the

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reason there were many Jews went away and believed on Jesus. On the next day,

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many people were have come to the feast when they heard Jesus was coming to

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Jerusalem and took branches, palm trees and went forth to meet him and cried,

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Hosanna, blessed be the king of Israel that comes in the name of the Lord. And

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Jesus, when he found a young donkey sat there on as it is written, fear not,

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daughter of Zion, behold, the king comes sitting on a donkey. And these things

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under his disciples did not understand at first. But when Jesus was glorified,

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they remembered that these things were done as as he said, the people therefore

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that were with him called Lazarus out that called Lazarus out of the grave,

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raised him up from the dead, bore record for this cause. The people also met him

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for they that heard he had done this miracle. The Pharisees amongst themselves

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say, perceive thee, how do you prevail nothing? The world is gone after him. And

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there were certain Greeks among them that worshiped and came to the feast. The

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same also came to Philip, which were which was in Bethesda of Galilee and

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desired him saying, sir, that we would see Jesus. Philip came and told Andrew and

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Andrew and Philip told Jesus. And Jesus said, the hour has come that the son of

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man should be glorified. Barely, verily, I say unto you, accept of corn of wheat,

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fall in the ground and die. It abides alone. But if it dies, it brings forth

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much fruit. So again, verse 25, Jesus says, he that loves his life shall lose

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it. And he that hates his hates his life in this world shall keep it life eternal.

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Why is he saying that he wants you to enjoy your life on earth, but he wants

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you to be eternally focused, focused on his plan for your life. Does he have a

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plan for your life? Absolutely. He has a plan for all of us. He has a mission for

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all of us to complete here on earth. You know, we are not promised tomorrow, but

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you know, as you lock into God's plan, as you seek him and hunger and listen to

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what he tells you to do and you do it, you will be blessed. It won't be without

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persecution, persecution comes, but think about it. Life on this earth is but a

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vapor and it's over, but eternal life is forever. So what we do here on earth does

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count in our fruit in our account in heaven. So it's exciting. We can follow

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the steps of Jesus. He goes on in verse 26 says, if any man serve me, let him

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follow me where I am that he shall be also. And if any man serve me, him will

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my father honor. Now my soul troubles. What shall I say? Father, save me from

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this hour, but for this cause I came father glorify your name. You know, Jesus

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was saying, Lord, if this cup can pass before me, if, if, if there's any other

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way, but not my will, your will be done. That's surrender. You know, he could have

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just gotten up and said, I ain't doing this. I'm moving on. I've got stuff to do

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here on earth, but no, he wasn't earthly focused. He was eternally focused. The

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Bible says for the joy set before him, he endured the cross. What joy, the joy

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that he was going to take away the sin of the world, the joy that we as

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believers would be reconciled with God forever. You know, he, he doesn't cover

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our sin anymore with the blood of goats and bulls and the sacrifices they had to

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do in the Old Testament. No, he gave us a better covenant. His blood, his precious

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blood, who was, he was sinless. Hallelujah. He made the choice. He could have

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sinned. He was tempted. The Bible says like we were, but he chose not. And because

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of that, because of what he did by laying down his life, that's true love.

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Greater love has no man except he laid down his life for another. That's what

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the Bible says. So when you give your time and your energy to help someone else,

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you're laying down your life. When you're helping those that are in the hospital,

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when you're helping the fatherless, the homeless, the poor, when you're helping

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anyone in need, you're laying down your life because you're giving your time,

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your, your heart, your soul into whatever that is. You know, we all need help. The

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body was meant to function together. You know, our hand can't function very well

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if it's cut off from the body. Fingers can't function if they're cut off from

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the hand. You know, God meant our physical body to be a foreshadow of the

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spiritual body of Christ. We are all one body, all one body. When we get to heaven,

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there's not a Baptist street and a Catholic street and a Presbyterian

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street. No sir, no sir. And there's not a colors and streets either. So we, if you

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cut yourself, we all bleed red, right? We're all the same family of God, but

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you're only in the family. If you've surrendered, if you've given your whole

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heart to him and received the free gift of salvation, because it cost him his

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life, he expects you to lay down your life to surrender every day to him and do

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what he says. Do you know he's a God of the universe? He's our heavenly father.

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He knows it all. He knows it all. And guess what? He has a plan and his plan is

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always the best one for you and the best one for me. So if we keep going in verse

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35, Jesus said, yet in a little while is the light with you talking about himself.

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Walk while you have the light, least darkness come upon you. For he that walks

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in darkness does not know where he's going. While you have light, believe in the

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light that you may be children of the light. Hallelujah. And when he spoke

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these things, he departed and went and hid himself. And though he had done many

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miracles before them, yet they did not believe on him. And thus saying, Isaiah,

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the prophet might be fulfilled. This is a prophecy from the Old Testament. And he

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spake, Lord, who has believed our report to whom has the arm of the Lord been

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revealed? Therefore they could not believe because Isaiah said again, he has

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blinded their eyes and hardened their hearts that they should not see with

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their eyes nor understand with their heart and be converted that I should

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heal them. And these things said Isaiah when he saw the glory and spoke of him.

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Nevertheless, the chief rulers and also also many believed on him. But because of

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the Pharisees, they didn't confess him. Least they should be put out of the

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synagogue. You know, they were more worried about their position in this so

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called church building versus the body of Christ. The church is not a building.

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According to the word of God, the church is the whole body of Christ. You and me,

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those of us that are believers, we are the body of Christ. We are his hands. We

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are his feet. We are his voice. We go and do right? A church building is just a

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place for the gathering of the saints. So it doesn't matter. You want to go where

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that place is alive and people are honoring and lifting Jesus Christ, the

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Son of God. And those three are one. The Bible says in verse forty four, Jesus

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Christ said, he that believes on me and he and believes not he that believes on

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me, believes not on me, but on him that sent me and he that sees sees him that

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sent me. I have come a light into the world that whosoever believes on me

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will not live in darkness. And if any man hears my words and believes not, I

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don't judge him for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world. He

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that rejoices of me and receives not my word, hath one that judges him. The word

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I've spoken that same word will judge him in the last day for I've not spoken

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of myself, but the father that sent me. He gave me a commandment that I would

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say and I should speak. I know that his commandment is life everlasting and

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whatsoever I speak, therefore even the father has said for me to speak. Hallelujah.

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Hallelujah. Glory to God. We thank God for the word of God. You know, we don't

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want to put our trust in man, our trust in position, our reputation. You know,

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Jesus became of no reputation. He laid down deity. He came straight out of

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heaven when he was born of a virgin Mary, right? So he laid down his royalty. He

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laid down everything in heaven and became as a man and grew up like a little

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boy, a carpenter's son. I'm sure he learned that craft very well. But you know,

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the priests, the Pharisees, those that had a religious spirit, the form of

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godliness, but denied the power thereof, they were all bound in fear, fear of

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losing their position, fear of their losing their life. They didn't care that

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Jesus performed miracles and really desired to see the best for the people.

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But then you see his true disciples such as Mary and Martha Lazarus and all of

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most of the disciples. We won't count Judas because he was a lot like the

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Pharisees. You know, they were the disciples were focused, determined, they

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kept going and they yielded to the voice of God and hallelujah. Hallelujah.

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Jesus stayed focused regardless of the ridicule he got, the persecution, the

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death threats. He kept pressing on because for the joy set before him, he

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endured. He endured the cross. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Glory to God. So we know that

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Palm Sunday was all about them laying those palm branches as he walked in

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when we read about him on the donkey. And they were honoring him saying,

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Hosanna, Hosanna, blessed be the king of kings, the Lord of lords. You know, he's

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the almighty God, the everlasting father, but we have to yield. We have to

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surrender, surrender. And I just want you to look inside your heart right now and

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ask yourself, am I fully surrendered? Do I give Jesus one hour of the day every

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day? Or do I give him no hours and only one hour a week on Sunday? Jesus wants

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to be fully in your life day and night. He wants to be a part. Talk to him just

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like you talk to your friend because the Bible says he's a friend that sticks

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closer than a brother. If you have a good brother, if you have a good friend,

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Jesus is closer than that. So I want you to just think about it. Think about it.

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I want you to really focus, look deep inside your heart. You know, let God,

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you know, David, King David said in the Old Testament, Lord, search my heart and

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know my ways and see if there'd be any wicked way in me. You know, Jesus did all

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of this for you and for me. He wants to fulfill your life with great peace and

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joy and love and kindness. And he wants to give you beauty for ashes. You know,

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sometimes there are rocks in the road. There are curveballs thrown. There are

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mountains we're climbing and feel like we can't get up to the top. But with Jesus

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help, you'll not only get up to the top. The Bible says he makes you more than a

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conqueror, more than a conqueror in every situation. He has planned no defeats for

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you today. He wants you to reach out, reach out, just cry out, just call his name.

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Jesus help, help me Lord. He'll do it. He'll do it right now. He'll do it today.

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But if you'll surrender your heart, surrender everything within yourself,

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your mind, your will, your emotions, your body, surrender. When we surrender and we

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get to know him more, he will be there. He will pour into us. You'll feel this great

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presence. You're probably feeling it now because I am in the studio. You'll feel

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his presence come in the room. You'll feel him give you peace. He'll feel, you ask

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him, fill me with joy, Lord. He'll fill you with joy, unspeakable and full of

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glory. And you do know that the joy of the Lord is your strength. The strength you

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need to get through anything comes from the joy of the Lord comes from his

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presence, comes from worshiping him, comes from reading his word. Because why?

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Because the Holy Spirit brings the word alive. The Holy Spirit comes upon you.

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When you ask Jesus in your heart, he feels you to overflowing, overflowing. He

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wants to hear from you today. And I pray right now in Jesus name before we play

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this song, that you'll prepare your heart, that you'll just clear your mind, that

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you'll just lift your hands and you'll just say, I surrender. I surrender, Lord.

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I surrender to your will. I surrender to your way. I surrender to your plan and

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your purpose in my life. I can't do it anymore. Or maybe you've done a great

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job. I just say, Lord, I've done, I've done a great job in my own strength, but

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what can happen when I include you in the plan? And as you do that, we're gonna

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play this song. Just surrender. Just press in. Just press in. And I'll come back in

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just a moment.

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Find me, Lord, as you draw me near. Desperate for you. Desperate for you. I surrender.

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I surrender.

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I surrender.

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I surrender.

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I surrender.

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I surrender.

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I surrender.

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Hallelujah. Lord, we surrender. And if you surrendered right now, we want to give you opportunity

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to rededicate your life or to give your life to Christ for the first time. Just say, Lord,

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I receive you. I receive your free gift. Forgive me. Wash me clean. In Jesus' name I declare

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you, Lord. And I want you to go out and tell somebody that you did that. And that's witnessing

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that you have made Jesus your Lord. And you can connect with us at Champions in Christ

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3 at gmail.com. That's Champions in Christ 3 at gmail.com. We'll send you a new Bible.

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Want you to go out and make it a great day. And remember, God loves you. We love you.

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You are a champion in Christ.

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You are a champion in Christ.