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this morning and to know that Jesus is in this

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place. What a great God we serve, amen. If you

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have your Bibles, it would be great if you would

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turn with me to the New Testament, the Book of

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Romans. I wanna say how much I appreciate each

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one of you and to all of our guests. We really

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do love when guests come to Heaven View. What

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a beautiful congregation you are. on this Sunday

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morning, lifting up Jesus. I know it's already

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been mentioned, but thank you for everything

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you're doing. Those of you practicing, preparing,

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others praying, fasting, some inviting, thank

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you so much. These reports, Brother Auten, those

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working with you, absolutely amazing what you're

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doing to get the word out. And then, of course,

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there's a thousand things that happen behind

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the scenes that help us have church. Every time

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we get together, thank you so much for everything

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that you're doing. Romans chapter one, beginning

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at verse number one, as I begin to prepare for

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this series of messages beginning today and through

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the rest of the month, I thought I am going to

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try to give our church family just an overview

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of the book of Romans over the next few weeks.

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And after I got into this, I thought, well, that

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was kind of crazy. There's no way you're going

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to get very far. It's almost like trying to cover

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all the book of Revelation in just a few Wednesday

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nights. Thank you, Brother Mark Fowler. You're

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doing an awesome job. So hopefully, at the very

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least, it'll make you want to get your Bible

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out and read those books a little bit more. Amen.

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And maybe that will happen as a result of this

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today. But beginning today and through the next

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few weeks, each message will be focused on a

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little bit of a different... a part of the book

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of Romans and then of course we'll try to tie

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them together with a similar theme and we'll

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see what the Lord can do. If you are here today

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and you're new to Heaven View, as much as I would

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want to share the word of God with you and it

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be meaningful, it's only meaningful if you respond

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and like the scripture says, do what the word

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of God says. And so find a way to latch onto

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something you can do. with what you hear today.

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It may just be one little part, it may be more,

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but just let me do something, Jesus, with what

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you've given me. Romans chapter one, verse number

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one, the writer of this great letter to the believers

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in Rome, he begins by saying, Paul, a bond servant

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of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle separated

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to the gospel of God. which he promised before

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through his prophets in the holy scriptures concerning

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his son, Jesus Christ our Lord who was born of

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the seed of David according to the flesh and

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declared to be the son of God with power according

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to the spirit of holiness by the resurrection

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from the dead. Already you can see it's just

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an impossible task. But let's get into it a little

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bit this morning. I wanna ask you a question.

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Can the gospel do that? Can the gospel do that?

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I really wanna say, can the gospel really do

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all that, but it won't fit up there, so when

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I say can the gospel do that, what I really mean

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is can the gospel really do all that? You look

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so sharp. They look pretty sharp on that side

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too, but you guys are. You're holding your side

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of the bargain. Would you ask the Lord to speak

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to you right now? He's gonna do it if you'll

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ask him. And then just tag into that little ask.

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Lord, help me to do something with what I hear

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right now. Help me to do something with what

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I receive right now. In the name of the Lord.

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I open my heart to your word, God. I open my

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heart to your word, God. I love you and thank

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you Jesus. God, anoint our hearts open. God,

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help us to have ears to hear, eyes to see, and

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hearts to obey. One more time, could you thank

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the Lord for his word? Thank the Lord for his

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presence. Oh, what a mighty God. What a mighty

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God, what a mighty God. Praise the name of the

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Lord. The Lord bless you, you may be seated.

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I'm embarrassed to share this little testimony,

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but I wanna say at the outset that whatever you're

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about to hear in the next 30 seconds or 60 seconds,

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I did not make any purchases. So have you seen

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this little cream that's being advertised on

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the internet that you literally can take this

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cream and you can rub it on your car? And all

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the scratches will be kind of rubbed into the

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cream and your car will be like brand new. Don't

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raise your hand, but some of you have seen that.

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I did a little bit of research because I thought,

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well, I got a few scratches on my car. Maybe

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I'll just take that cream and rub it on there

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and then there'll be no more scratches. But then

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as I read some more, it said, you know, you could

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take the same cream, rub it on your belly for

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30 days every day. and you'll lose 50 pounds.

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And I obviously didn't buy the cream yet, but

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it definitely has my attention right now. I read

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a little bit more. It said, take the same cream

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that you put on your car and you rub on your

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belly and you rub it on your wallet. And after

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30 days, you will be debt free. And that's the

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same cream. I saw it on the internet, so it's

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got to be true. And this is what almost put me

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over the edge. It said, you take that same cream

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and you rub it on your bald head. and in about

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a month you'll have a full head of hair that

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looks like me up there and I'm just saying by

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the time Christmas comes if I look like I got

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more hair than I got now you know I bought that

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cream 99 .99 plus tax but sometimes we hear claims

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about things and because we know the world is

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the way it is we do kind of wonder, can it really

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be all that it says that it is? And so I'm trying

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to confront that mentality as it relates to the

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gospel of Jesus Christ. Can the gospel of Jesus

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Christ really do all that? Because when the apostle

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Paul is reaching out to the believers in Rome,

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he is trying to convince them that our God is

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as awesome as he really is. and that his gospel

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is that. And if you want to know a little bit

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about his perspective, you've got to rewind the

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tape in the life of the great apostle Paul. And

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we find him in Acts chapter seven when they are

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persecuting Stephen for witnessing for Jesus

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Christ. And there's a young man standing on the

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side holding all the coats of those men that

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literally took stones to stone Stephen for proclaiming

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that. there is one God and his name is Jesus

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Christ and he is the savior of the world. Something

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got ahold of that young man and he began to become

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fanatical about persecuting Christians. Acts

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chapter nine and verse number one. Then Saul

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still breathing threats and murder against the

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disciples of the Lord. He went to the high priest

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and asked letters from him to the synagogues

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of Damascus so that if he found any who were

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of the way, whether men or women, he might bring

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them bound to Jerusalem. And as he journeyed

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near Damascus, suddenly a light shone around

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him from heaven. Then he fell to the ground and

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heard a voice saying to him, Saul, why are you

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persecuting me? And he said, who are you Lord?

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Then the Lord said, I am Jesus, whom you are.

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I want to preach to you today that this letter

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writer that we know as the great apostle Paul

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writing to the believers in Rome and we know

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that letter as the book of Romans. It is only

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possible because the gospel of Jesus Christ can

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reach the unreachable. It is only possible that

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you can open your Bible this afternoon and start

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to read through this book of Romans because there

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was a persecutor, there was a man that hated

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Christianity, there was a man that was opposed

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to anyone that lifted up Jesus Christ and he

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got a whole. of the gospel of Jesus Christ one

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day. And that gospel changed his life. And so

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he became a fanatic for Jesus. And he went throughout

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the known world with this mentality. Is there

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anything too hard for Jesus? Is there anyone

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beyond the touch of God? that cannot be impacted

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by the gospel I am preaching today that somewhere

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under the sound of my voice there is somebody

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that looks in the mirror and sometimes wonders

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is this all there is to my life, my mistakes,

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my mess ups, my struggles, my challenges. Can

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the gospel really change me? Can the gospel really

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do a work in my life? I preach to you today,

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there is a power in the gospel of Jesus that

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can change anyone at any time under any circumstances.

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Praise the name of the Lord. When all of this

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was going down, there was a good Christian by

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the name of Ananias. And the Lord spoke to him

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in prayer one day. We see this in Acts chapter

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nine. And he says to Ananias, I want you to go

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and share the gospel with Saul. Same Saul. I've

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been screaming about for about a couple minutes.

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And Ananias says, hold on, hold on, Jesus, I've

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been praying and I knew you could speak to me,

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but I don't know if this is you because he's

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been, he's been persecuting Christians. And I

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don't know if I really want to get persecuted

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today, you know, it's a nice day, the weather's

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good and I love serving you Lord, but I'd like

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to just kind of keep it incognito if you don't

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mind. Acts 9 and 16, the Lord said, go, for he

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is a chosen vessel of mine, to bear my name before

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Gentiles, kings, and the children of Israel,

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for I will show him how many things he must suffer

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for my namesake. So Ananias of course goes, the

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rest is history. We're studying the book of Romans

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right now because he went. But it's interesting

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to me at least that Jesus could look at the worst

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case scenario and he could say, I could do something

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with that guy. Jesus could look at someone that

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nobody else would think could do a work for him

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and he would say, that's the guy I'm gonna use.

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I don't wanna make this somehow gender exclusive.

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I'm just saying that is the power of the gospel

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today. I know that some of you may kinda quibble

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and say, well, when he got knocked off his donkey,

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I'm using King James now, new King James, when

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he got knocked off his donkey and a light shone

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from heaven, that'd change anybody. But if you

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read through this letter, you're gonna find out

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that the apostle Paul doesn't point to the light

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that shined from heaven. He points to the gospel

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of Jesus Christ. He doesn't point to everything

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that happened to him supernaturally as though

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that was the reason why he was writing the book

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of Romans. Oh no, he says pretty early on, even

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the first chapter, we'll read about it in a little

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while. He says, let me tell you what really changed

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my life. It was the gospel of Jesus Christ. in

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the mirror of my life, and I realized I thought

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I was right with God. I thought I was doing the

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will of God, but then when I saw the gospel,

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I realized there is nobody righteous. There's

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none of us that can be good enough for God, but

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God came to earth as a man, and when he come

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to earth, he died in my place and for my sins,

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and something about that got a hold of something.

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Now the great apostle Paul, and he discovered

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God can do something with me. Amen. I want you

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to look at somebody nearby if they're good looking.

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If they're not, just look the other side. Now

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you're kind of on the spot. Well, do I lie or

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do I just go with it here? Some of y 'all still

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looking at me. I'm not that good looking. Now

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look at that person next to you and say, you

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know, God has bigger plans for you than you realize.

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Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Now look at him and say,

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now put away your phone, because you might find

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out what God has for you if you pay attention

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for a few minutes. That's the power of the gospel.

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Some of y 'all said you missed my preaching until

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just then. Can you get us a few more guests up

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in here? It's an interesting thing to me when

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we look at Romans chapter one, Paul is identifying

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himself to this great group of believers in Rome.

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And he self -identifies, if you will, which is

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such a catchphrase in our generation. But look

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how he introduces himself. He's not preached

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in Rome. He was a missionary for about 10 years.

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By the time this was written, this letter was

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written to these believers. He's not been there.

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If you read through the book, you discover he

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knows a lot of the leaders that are in the church.

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There's a good chance that he's the one that

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witnessed to them, preached to them. They went

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to Rome and then it exploded. God did great things.

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But he doesn't know most of the people he's writing

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to. So he self -identifies this way. Paul, a

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bond servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an

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apostle, separated to the gospel of God. Paul

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self -identifies as a slave of Jesus because

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of the gospel of Jesus Christ. If you read on,

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he says, oh. I owe everybody because of the gospel

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of Jesus Christ. I am a debtor to everybody that

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I can influence because of the gospel of Jesus

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Christ. Can I say that when the gospel truly

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transforms a life, it is likely that that person

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that has been transformed by the gospel will

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feel a sense of responsibility, even a debt.

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You might say a debt of gratitude. That all of

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a sudden my life is not my own. My life belongs

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to him. Can the gospel really do all that? It

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did it for this persecutor. It did it for this

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person that was cursing and railing against the

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very people that were promoting the gospel. that

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he once hated and now he said, I am a slave to

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Jesus because of the gospel. What do you think

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could happen if a few more people became slaves

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to Jesus because of the gospel? Now I'm not saying

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all of us could write our own books of the Bible.

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I don't know if that's how it's gonna work out.

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But I am saying that the gospel is so powerful

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that this one man is known as the greatest missionary

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in the history of Christianity and in fact outside

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of Jesus Christ the greatest influence for anyone

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that's ever stood for Jesus and he will say the

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reason why I lived as though I was a slave to

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Jesus is because of the gospel of Jesus Christ.

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Let me just say this and move on. It deserves

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a lot more time and attention than what I can

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give it right now, and I'll talk about it later

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on this afternoon. But if you go to Rome today,

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you're not gonna see a lot of memorabilia that

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celebrates people that embrace the gospel of

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Jesus Christ, that were repenting of their sins,

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they were baptized in Jesus' name, they were

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filled with the Holy Ghost, speaking with other

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tongues. of them there. In fact, there are some

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that certainly are carrying the banner of Jesus

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and we celebrate that. But let me tell you, there's

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a whole lot of other things that Rome is famous

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for right now than the gospel of Jesus Christ.

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Can I tell you what? We are just one generation

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from extinction if we don't put into the hearts

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of our young men and young ladies a passion for

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the gospel of Jesus. Christ. Praise the name

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of the Lord. I know this is gonna sound crazy,

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but I believe the gospel is so powerful that

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young men and young ladies in every generation

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can put something in the deep part of their soul

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that says, I will be a slave for Jesus. I will

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go where Jesus wants me to go. I will do what

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Jesus wants me to do. Why would you put your

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life on the auction block? and be a slave for

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Jesus. It's the gospel of Jesus Christ. It's

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possible that men and women and boys and girls

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can say, here's my life. It doesn't belong to

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me. I'm a slave to Jesus because of the gospel

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of Jesus Christ. Praise God. Praise God. Knock

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me off my donkey, Lord, so that I'll be a slave

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for you. I clean that up. Knock me off my donkey,

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Lord, so I'll be a slave for you. Thank God for

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the new King James. We got children in the room.

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Knock me off my donkey, Lord, until I no longer

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live for myself, until it's not just about what

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I want, until it's not just about what I need.

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But the gospel of Jesus Christ gets a hold of

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me. We would have a whole lot more world changers

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if we had a whole lot more slaves for Jesus.

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That's probably not anything I need to preach

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to you. It's something I need to preach to myself

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today. But can I tell you that the apostle Paul

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was a slave to Jesus because of the gospel of

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Jesus Christ. He became convinced that when Jesus

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hung on that cross, He hung on that cross for

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the Apostle Paul when Jesus was died and buried.

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It was not just for the whole world. It was for

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that renegade persecutor of everything Christian

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and somehow it captivated the imagination of

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the great Apostle Paul and he recognized when

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that same Jesus come out of the grave and he

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had conquered death and hell. He did it for me

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and so that great The apostles said, I will be

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a slave for Jesus. We may not all become apostles,

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but I tell you what, we can all become servants

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of Jesus Christ if we can get a revelation. It

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was the gospel that saved me. Can you say in

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Jesus' name? Praise God. Paul. Could never have

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predicted the purpose that God had for his life

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He was called he was separated because of the

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gospel of Jesus Christ If you want to know the

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call of God You got to be willing to be separated

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Makes me wanna cry too. If you want to know the

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call of God, you've got to be willing to be separated

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for the gospel. Somewhere in your journey with

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Jesus. You've got to reach some sort of something.

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You've got to calculate in your mind. The call

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of God is so precious. The revelation that God

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can do more with me than I can do with myself

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is so I'm chasing after the reality that God

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put me on the planet for a purpose. But if you're

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going to ever discover that purpose, you're going

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to have to be willing to be separated. Oh, when

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we come to the altar for a few moments, it would

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be awesome if someone marched up to the altar

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and raised her hands and said, Jesus, I'm willing

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to be separated from all of the distractions.

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I'm willing to be separated from all of the hindrances

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of life. I'm willing to be separated from all

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of my preconceived ideas of what my plan is for

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me to discover what your plan is for me. And

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so God, I will listen for the call of God. One

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of the greatest challenges in the church today

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is people that want a call of God without being

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separated for the gospel. I'd like to have the

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benefits of being blessed of God, but I really

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don't want my life to be separated from this

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current culture. I'd like to make some money,

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I'd like to drive a nice car, I'd like to live

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in a good house, but give me enough of that call

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of God so I can feel pretty good about myself.

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And I can think, man, I'm really somebody. Somehow

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the great apostle Paul got a hold of something

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that was so much deeper than that. I'm telling

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you, it was the gospel of Jesus Christ. There

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was something about the fact. Jesus died for

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me. I might as well live for him. That got ahold

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of the apostle Paul until he said, I am a bond

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servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle,

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separated to the gospel of God. I'm not just

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separated maybe to a church even. I'm not just

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separated to a few songs and a sermon on Sunday.

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And Monday through Saturday, I live it my way.

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Oh no, I am separated for the... gospel of Jesus

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Christ. How can my life be transformed by the

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gospel? Can I say today, and I'd love for you

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to insert a man here, it is a big deal to know

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a risen savior. It is. It is a big deal to know

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that Jesus is God. It's a big deal. It's a big

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deal to know the gospel of Jesus Christ. We're

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getting a little bit weaker on those amens. Do

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I have to repeat them? No, I'm gonna just take,

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I'm gonna take for granted you're right there

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with me. It is a big deal to know that Jesus

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died for me, that he rose again. It's a big deal.

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The Apostle Paul was a renegade. The Apostle

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Paul was a persecutor. The Apostle Paul was nowhere

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near qualified or prepared in terms of his relationship

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with Jesus to take out the parchment and then

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take out the quill and begin to speak and write

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as God anointed him. And before you know it,

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most of the New Testament was written by this

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same one that was cursing and persecuting Christians.

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What happened to him? The gospel happened to

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him. And so what I am saying to us today is let's

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not limit the power of the gospel in our lives.

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My God, I've been exposed to the gospel and I

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go to church every Sunday. That's great, but

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the gospel is bigger than that. My God, I've

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been exposed to the gospel and I'm ready to go

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to heaven when the trumpet sounds. That's great,

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but the gospel is bigger than that. Praise God.

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Can you say in Jesus' name? My time is almost

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up and we're still on the first verse. Maybe

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we'll add two or three services every Sunday

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so I can get through this. Fear God right there.

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You're not afraid, you just wouldn't come. If

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you're not coming, at least try to watch us on

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TV. Listen to this, let's skip to verse five.

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This is Paul and he says, this is from the New

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Living Translation, a little bit easier to understand.

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Through Christ, God has given us the privilege

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and authority as apostles to tell Gentiles everywhere

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what God has done for them. so that they will

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believe and obey him, bringing glory to his name.

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Now, I wanna slow down here just a little bit,

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and I'll wrap this up. But I want you to think

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about it, because remember, there is a little

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bit of a caveat here that Brother Ray, if a lightning

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bolt knocked you off your donkey, My goodness,

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you'd be an Apostle Paul. You'd write 25 new

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books of the Bible for us. But that's not what

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the Apostle Paul is claiming here. He's claiming

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that once I became an Apostle, I was given a

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commission. And my commission is this, is to

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tell Gentiles everywhere what God has done for

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them. Not even what God has done for me and I

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could go all around town tell everybody about

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how I got knocked off my donkey And I live happily

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ever after but Paul said that's not what he called

00:29:45.509 --> 00:29:50.109
me to do He called me to tell Gentiles everywhere

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what God has done for them Are you hearing that

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there's a little distinction there? They didn't

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go around town. They didn't go around nations

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They didn't go around their generation and just

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said let me tell you about Jesus. He knocked

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me off my donkey And now I'm a great preacher

00:30:08.380 --> 00:30:12.240
for him. That's not what they did. They went

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everywhere and they said, here's the good news.

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Here's what God has done for you. Whoa. Did he

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knock you off your donkey? No, he didn't do that.

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But he robed himself in flesh and he came to

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this earth as a man. Why would he do that? Because

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as a God he cannot die for our sins But he knows

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as a God every one of us should die for our sins

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But he came as a man to die for our sins And

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not only did he die for our sins which takes

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away the penalty for our sins No longer do you

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and I have to die for our sins he died in our

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place But he didn't just die he rose again and

00:31:01.619 --> 00:31:05.910
when he rose again He has given us power over

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those sins. What is that power? It's Jesus Christ

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in me, the hope of glory. And so Paul says, all

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of us apostles, we are going everywhere. We're

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telling everybody this is what God has done for

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you. Oh, would you thank the Lord for what God

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has done for you. One more time, could you thank

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the Lord for what he has done for you? Jesus

00:32:17.720 --> 00:32:26.019
died for me. Jesus rose again for me. Jesus has

00:32:26.019 --> 00:32:32.880
filled me with his Holy Spirit. Oh, would you

00:32:32.880 --> 00:32:35.680
clap your hands one more time and thank the Lord?

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There is no serious scholar No legitimate theologian

00:32:49.619 --> 00:32:53.920
that truly believes and can attest to this idea

00:32:53.920 --> 00:32:58.539
that what Paul wrote to the believers in Rome

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are limited. His words, their impact, the purpose

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and the promise is just limited to those believers

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in that day, in that city. No serious theologian

00:33:17.140 --> 00:33:21.599
believes that. In fact, most theologians would

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say that what Paul wrote to the believers in

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Rome, he writes to every believer. That's true.

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So we can extend these words to our lives today,

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and we can accept the fact that when we believe

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and obey him, we will bring glory. to his name.

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One more verse here, well, maybe a couple more,

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okay? I'm almost done, but this is so important.

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So we're going everywhere, we're telling everybody

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the gospel, that they will believe and obey him,

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bringing glory to his name, verse six. And you

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are included among those Gentiles who have been

00:34:18.880 --> 00:34:24.579
called to belong to Jesus Christ. I'm writing

00:34:24.579 --> 00:34:28.000
to all of you in Rome who are loved by God. You

00:34:28.000 --> 00:34:31.820
are called to be His own holy people. May God

00:34:31.820 --> 00:34:34.340
our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ give you

00:34:34.340 --> 00:34:40.219
grace and peace. We are included in that collection

00:34:40.219 --> 00:34:45.480
of Gentiles that belong to Jesus. We are included

00:34:45.480 --> 00:34:49.960
in that collection of people that Jesus loves

00:34:49.960 --> 00:34:53.960
so much that he died for us, rose again for us.

00:34:54.039 --> 00:34:58.559
We are included among those people that had the

00:34:58.559 --> 00:35:01.280
response. to the gospel, because remember what

00:35:01.280 --> 00:35:04.599
he said, we're going to believe and obey. The

00:35:04.599 --> 00:35:07.639
gospel is not just what you believe. It's what

00:35:07.639 --> 00:35:10.739
you do about what you believe. And so you read

00:35:10.739 --> 00:35:13.780
the history of those that received the gospel.

00:35:13.980 --> 00:35:17.360
They put their faith in Jesus Christ. They repented

00:35:17.360 --> 00:35:20.679
of their sins. They were baptized in Jesus' name.

00:35:20.840 --> 00:35:23.780
They were filled with the Holy Ghost. They spoke

00:35:23.780 --> 00:35:26.019
with other tongues. But even more than that,

00:35:26.019 --> 00:35:29.519
they were led by the Spirit of God. Can I preach

00:35:29.519 --> 00:35:33.400
to you today the only reason why the gospel has

00:35:33.400 --> 00:35:37.059
been transmitted from generation to generation

00:35:37.059 --> 00:35:41.639
to generation to our generation is because somewhere

00:35:41.639 --> 00:35:45.460
in every generation there was somebody that said,

00:35:45.460 --> 00:35:48.320
you know what, I didn't get pushed off a donkey.

00:35:48.519 --> 00:35:51.340
I didn't see a light from heaven, but I know

00:35:51.340 --> 00:35:55.219
the gospel of Jesus Christ. I didn't fall off

00:35:55.219 --> 00:35:58.519
a donkey and hear the voice of God. and I know

00:35:58.519 --> 00:36:03.599
the gospel of Jesus Christ. He died for me. He

00:36:03.599 --> 00:36:07.739
rose again. He filled me with his spirit and

00:36:07.739 --> 00:36:16.699
I belong to him. Praise God. You may be seated

00:36:16.699 --> 00:36:25.019
for just a moment. Praise God. Praise God. Turn

00:36:25.019 --> 00:36:29.519
to that person next to you. and say, God loves

00:36:29.519 --> 00:36:40.280
you so much. If nobody said it to you, let me

00:36:40.280 --> 00:36:48.840
say it to you. God loves you so much. That in

00:36:48.840 --> 00:36:53.519
all of his holiness, he knew that all of our

00:36:53.519 --> 00:36:58.760
sin should condemn us. To hell that sounds old

00:36:58.760 --> 00:37:03.260
-fashioned He said I love these people too much

00:37:03.260 --> 00:37:07.699
To let them die. I Will come to earth as a man

00:37:07.699 --> 00:37:12.900
so I can die That's the only reason why he came

00:37:12.900 --> 00:37:16.760
as a man Because there's one mediator between

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God and man the man Christ Jesus, that's the

00:37:21.179 --> 00:37:27.780
gospel So he died for you sir He died for you,

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ma 'am, and then he rose again. And by virtue

00:37:32.460 --> 00:37:36.159
of his resurrection power, you and I have his

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spirit within us. We can overcome sin, but even

00:37:40.539 --> 00:37:49.719
more than that, we can belong to him. We can

00:37:49.719 --> 00:37:55.480
bring glory to his name. You say preacher. I

00:37:55.480 --> 00:37:58.239
don't know about that. I mean, I got this problem.

00:37:58.239 --> 00:38:00.679
I got this hangup. I got this distraction. I

00:38:00.679 --> 00:38:09.800
got these... Paul was killing Christians. And

00:38:09.800 --> 00:38:15.519
look what God did for him. What can God do for

00:38:15.519 --> 00:38:21.500
you and through you if you fall in love with

00:38:21.500 --> 00:38:27.329
the gospel of Jesus Christ? You are not a nobody

00:38:27.329 --> 00:38:31.769
going nowhere. You are loved by God. You are

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called according to his own purpose. You are

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one of his holy people. The gospel is working

00:38:39.130 --> 00:38:43.309
in your life. You and I are not outside of God's

00:38:43.309 --> 00:38:48.809
plans. He loves us. He died for us. He rose again

00:38:48.809 --> 00:38:54.880
so that we could live for him. And so, We are

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not saved to serve ourselves. Well, I'm saved,

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I'm going to heaven. I'll just do whatever I

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want. No, no, no, no, no. We belong to him. Now

00:39:08.280 --> 00:39:10.960
we can be his slave. Why would we even be his

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slave? So the next generation and the next generation

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and the next generation can know the gospel,

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can know the gospel, can know the gospel. I'm

00:39:25.019 --> 00:39:27.559
reaching for somebody in this sanctuary today

00:39:27.559 --> 00:39:32.179
that may literally feel like a hopeless case.

00:39:33.219 --> 00:39:35.300
I've been religious so long, preacher, it ain't

00:39:35.300 --> 00:39:38.980
done nothing for me. I know about church and

00:39:38.980 --> 00:39:42.440
all that God stuff, I'm still all messed up in

00:39:42.440 --> 00:39:47.579
my head. I'm reaching for you right now. Because

00:39:47.579 --> 00:39:52.679
Paul was as religious as anybody. And Paul...

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was so messed up in his head after he saw all

00:39:56.349 --> 00:40:00.309
those intelligent religious men take those stones

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and hurl them at some guy, Stephen, who had done

00:40:03.329 --> 00:40:05.929
nothing wrong. He's holding all their coats.

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It messed with him so bad he became a persecutor

00:40:09.369 --> 00:40:13.070
of anybody that named the name Jesus. And you're

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telling me you're disqualified from being used

00:40:15.309 --> 00:40:20.309
of God? I don't believe it. I don't believe it.

00:40:20.730 --> 00:40:23.739
I think what's happened is There are so many

00:40:23.739 --> 00:40:28.139
other callings in life that pull at us that have

00:40:28.139 --> 00:40:32.780
nothing to do with being a slave for Jesus. But

00:40:32.780 --> 00:40:36.760
if I can get reconnected with the gospel, oh,

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thank you, Jesus, for dying for my sins. Thank

00:40:41.900 --> 00:40:46.000
you, Jesus, for going to the grave and rising

00:40:46.000 --> 00:40:51.079
up again. Thank you, Jesus, for filling me with

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your spirit. Thank you Jesus for the gospel of

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Jesus Christ Would you bow your heads with me

00:41:00.440 --> 00:41:04.579
right now? And would you respond to this message?

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Grab a hold of something you can do About what

00:41:09.400 --> 00:41:14.659
you've heard What can I do? To bring glory to

00:41:14.659 --> 00:41:19.559
his name Because I don't belong to me. I belong

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to him and I am so thankful for the gospel of

00:41:25.380 --> 00:41:38.559
Jesus Christ. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Those of

00:41:38.559 --> 00:41:40.199
you that know how to pray in the Spirit, could

00:41:40.199 --> 00:41:43.039
you just begin to pray with a little bit more

00:41:43.039 --> 00:41:46.079
intensity. You don't have to go crazy, but just

00:41:46.079 --> 00:41:48.940
pray in the Spirit for just a moment. Pray in

00:41:48.940 --> 00:41:51.539
the spirit for just a moment because the gospel

00:41:51.539 --> 00:41:54.840
is reaching for somebody right now. The gospel

00:41:54.840 --> 00:41:59.460
is reaching for somebody right now. The gospel

00:41:59.460 --> 00:42:03.039
is reaching for somebody right now. Gentlemen,

00:42:03.119 --> 00:42:04.940
I'm gonna turn off this mic for just a moment

00:42:04.940 --> 00:42:07.420
because I wanna pray with passion. I don't wanna

00:42:07.420 --> 00:42:09.599
scare anybody. I'll turn it on here in just a

00:42:09.599 --> 00:44:02.440
few moments. I wonder if you believe in the gospel,

00:44:02.440 --> 00:44:05.239
if you could stand and raise your hands. If you

00:44:05.239 --> 00:44:07.579
trust in the gospel, if you could stand and lift

00:44:07.579 --> 00:44:10.840
your voice. If you have committed to obeying

00:44:10.840 --> 00:44:13.960
the gospel and loving the gospel, living the

00:44:13.960 --> 00:44:16.539
gospel, right from where you're standing, could

00:44:16.539 --> 00:44:19.980
you use your voice to praise the Lord for the

00:44:19.980 --> 00:44:24.590
gospel? of Jesus Christ. Come on, come on. I

00:44:24.590 --> 00:44:27.409
know it sounds like old time religion, but I

00:44:27.409 --> 00:44:30.090
want to say right now, if it was good enough

00:44:30.090 --> 00:44:32.849
for the old timers, if it was good enough for

00:44:32.849 --> 00:44:35.670
Paul, if it was good enough for the apostles,

00:44:36.070 --> 00:44:38.469
if it was good enough, come on, it's good enough

00:44:38.469 --> 00:44:42.590
for me. If it could change the life of the vilest

00:44:42.590 --> 00:44:46.710
sinner, it can work for me. If it could transform

00:44:46.710 --> 00:44:50.599
the heart that is coldest, and farthest away

00:44:50.599 --> 00:44:55.380
from transformation. It can change me. The gospel,

00:44:55.780 --> 00:45:24.829
the gospel, the gospel, the gospel. Hallelujah.

00:45:27.409 --> 00:45:34.429
Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah.

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Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Praise God. Praise God.

00:45:45.130 --> 00:45:58.719
Praise God. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah.

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Hallelujah. I love you, Jesus. Praise God. What

00:46:09.480 --> 00:46:13.880
I would really like to say right now is that

00:46:13.880 --> 00:46:18.519
if you're here today, and you know the gospel

00:46:18.519 --> 00:46:23.300
is true, and you have not repented of your sins,

00:46:24.559 --> 00:46:28.960
I beg you to repent today. That's the right response

00:46:28.960 --> 00:46:32.519
to the gospel. If you have never been baptized

00:46:32.519 --> 00:46:36.900
in Jesus' name, we have water ready, we have

00:46:36.900 --> 00:46:39.980
robes ready, that is the right response to the

00:46:39.980 --> 00:46:42.699
gospel. If you've never been filled with the

00:46:42.699 --> 00:46:44.579
spirit of God, you've never spoken with other

00:46:44.579 --> 00:46:47.699
tongues, You've heard about it or you heard a

00:46:47.699 --> 00:46:49.340
lot a lot of different things. You don't even

00:46:49.340 --> 00:46:52.659
know what to believe But the right response to

00:46:52.659 --> 00:46:55.440
the gospel would be to say Jesus fill me with

00:46:55.440 --> 00:47:01.539
yours Fill me with your spirit Praise God As

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much as I would like to say those things What

00:47:04.420 --> 00:47:07.900
makes me nervous about saying those things? Is

00:47:07.900 --> 00:47:10.440
that those of us that have checked those boxes?

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We would fail to know the power of the gospel.

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I don't think when the old timers would sing

00:47:28.800 --> 00:47:34.559
about the gospel, preach about the gospel, I

00:47:34.559 --> 00:47:39.840
don't think they limited it to, well, I got the

00:47:39.840 --> 00:47:43.230
Holy Ghost 20 years ago. I'm just waiting for

00:47:43.230 --> 00:47:45.170
the rapture. I don't think they live for God

00:47:45.170 --> 00:47:48.210
that way. I don't think we would have the gospel

00:47:48.210 --> 00:47:52.849
today if they live for God that way. I don't

00:47:52.849 --> 00:47:55.269
even think they would live for God with that

00:47:55.269 --> 00:47:58.550
kind of mentality. Well, I've done my part. I'm

00:47:58.550 --> 00:48:01.730
good to go. I'm just sticking around, seeing

00:48:01.730 --> 00:48:06.230
if y 'all mess it up. Are you kidding me? That's

00:48:06.230 --> 00:48:09.429
not the gospel. I don't know what that is, but

00:48:09.429 --> 00:48:14.079
that is not the gospel. The gospel is that something

00:48:14.079 --> 00:48:18.519
that revelation that message that gets a hold

00:48:18.519 --> 00:48:26.139
of me that says I belong to you and You can do

00:48:26.139 --> 00:48:31.739
something in me and through me That helps me

00:48:31.739 --> 00:48:35.659
bring glory to your name. Oh Is there anybody

00:48:35.659 --> 00:48:37.599
that would come to the altar and say I want to

00:48:37.599 --> 00:48:40.769
bring glory to your name? I want to bring glory

00:48:40.769 --> 00:48:45.269
to your name. Let the gospel of Jesus Christ

00:48:45.269 --> 00:48:49.809
get a hold of my life until I bring glory. I

00:48:49.809 --> 00:48:52.690
see a lot of students at the altar and students,

00:48:52.690 --> 00:48:55.949
I'm asking you to raise your hands and say, Jesus,

00:48:56.230 --> 00:49:01.030
I will reject every idea that I'm not good enough

00:49:01.030 --> 00:49:03.469
or I'm not smart enough or I'm not religious

00:49:03.469 --> 00:49:08.150
enough or I'm not spiritual enough. I know the

00:49:08.150 --> 00:49:12.309
gospel is enough. I know the gospel is enough.

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Come on, if you've got some sort of sin or some

00:49:16.150 --> 00:49:18.889
sort of struggle or some sort of temptation,

00:49:19.610 --> 00:49:22.929
don't believe the lie that says you're just gonna

00:49:22.929 --> 00:49:26.250
be stuck. Come on, the gospel is bigger than

00:49:26.250 --> 00:49:32.010
that. The gospel is bigger than that. Hallelujah.

00:49:35.849 --> 00:49:38.789
Is there anybody that could say, Jesus, I trade

00:49:38.789 --> 00:49:42.030
my religion today for the gospel. I trade all

00:49:42.030 --> 00:49:44.010
the things about me that make me better than

00:49:44.010 --> 00:49:46.809
everybody else or worse than everybody else.

00:49:47.070 --> 00:49:49.510
I trade all that for the gospel right now, Lord.

00:49:49.969 --> 00:49:52.210
I'd like for the gospel to get ahold of my life

00:49:52.210 --> 00:49:54.989
right now. I'd like for the gospel to get ahold

00:49:54.989 --> 00:49:57.679
of my life right now. I don't want to leave here

00:49:57.679 --> 00:49:59.900
thinking that I'm just a good religious person.

00:50:00.079 --> 00:50:03.019
I want to leave here empowered by the gospel

00:50:03.019 --> 00:50:07.500
to find somebody and just say, if Jesus did it

00:50:07.500 --> 00:50:14.219
for me, He'll do it for you. In the name of the

00:50:14.219 --> 00:50:18.960
Lord Jesus. In the name of the Lord Jesus. In

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the name of the Lord Jesus. In the name of the

00:50:22.119 --> 00:50:37.119
Lord Jesus. In the name of the Lord Jesus, come

00:50:37.119 --> 00:50:40.739
on the gospel. The gospel is enough. The gospel

00:50:40.739 --> 00:50:44.420
is enough. The gospel is enough. The gospel is

00:50:44.420 --> 00:50:47.500
enough for you to change your generation. The

00:50:47.500 --> 00:50:50.219
gospel is enough for you to be mightily used

00:50:50.219 --> 00:50:54.019
of God. The gospel is enough. for you to be victorious

00:50:54.019 --> 00:50:57.559
over every besetting sin the gospel is enough

00:50:57.559 --> 00:51:01.260
for you to say oh no i can't go on i've got to

00:51:01.260 --> 00:51:07.280
let everything be transformed by the gospel praise

00:51:07.280 --> 00:51:25.000
the name of the lord in the name of the Lord

00:51:25.000 --> 00:51:29.260
Jesus in the name of the Lord Jesus in the name

00:51:29.260 --> 00:51:33.139
of the Lord Jesus in the name of the Lord Jesus

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in the name of the Lord Jesus in the name of

00:51:37.059 --> 00:51:41.039
the Lord Jesus in the name of the Lord Jesus

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in the name of the Lord Jesus Y 'all are mama