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Welcome to the Life Bible Church podcast. We

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want to thank you for joining us today, and we

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hope you find today's sermon impacting as you

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listen to it wherever you are in your daily walk.

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see our website at lifebiblechurch .org. Now,

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enjoy this week's message. All right, would you

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do me a favor and would you open your Bibles

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to two places this morning? I'd like you to open

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to the book of John. Go ahead and continue just

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a little more. I'm not quite done yet. The book

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of John chapter 4. If you could put your finger

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there, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John. And then I'd

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like you to go a little further beyond and I'd

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like you to find Romans 11. And as you do that,

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I'm going to just turn our hearts now and ask

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the Lord to feed us. Father, we thank you this

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morning. Lord, that we can dedicate children

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and we can begin to call on you as a loving father

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and ask for mercy and help in our time of need.

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Lord, that's what you say. You can boldly approach

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the throne of grace in your time of need. Lord,

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we've done that this morning. We grab a hold

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of that truth. And now we also come to you as

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the one who is the shepherd of our souls. Lord,

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we're asking you to feed us this morning. Feed

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our heart, feed our spirit, feed our mind, Lord,

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that the word of God would be open. We know that

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it's living. The word of God is clean and pure

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and true and it divides truth from error. And

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I'm asking this morning that as you release it,

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Lord, I'm just a vessel, but you would take it

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and you would cause it to be fresh bread from

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heaven. Lord, that would feed your people. Jesus,

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you said my words are spirit and life. And Lord,

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they're your words. Let the word of the Lord

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bring life to us. In Jesus' holy name, amen,

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amen. Thank you, sweetheart. All right, we're

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talking about, we've been on a little bit of

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a journey. If you're visiting with us here, we're

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kind of taking some time. And I started, I think

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in... In June, actually, I started this process

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somehow. God just kind of gave me a thought and

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dropped it into my spirit. We were in the midst

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of another series, and so we may go back there,

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but this is what happens. I feel like, what is

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the movie where there's dreams within dreams

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within dreams? I feel like we're in a spiritual

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inception. Hallelujah. But the reality is every

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time we move on to a certain aspect and a theme,

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then God begins to open that theme up and it's

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incredible. But I started with the idea of the

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journey from Passover to Pentecost. getting us

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to understand all of the truths that God put

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in the scriptures in regard to the Lamb of God,

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the blood of the Lamb on the doorposts of every

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Israelite's house that were slaves to now become

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free, and the process of partnering by removing

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the leaven, which means the yeast, which the

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Bible always talks about sin, out of their houses.

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And we really dealt with that on dealing with

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the partnership. That God does what only he can

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do, but then he always creates places for us

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to partner with him. And that partnership with

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him carries all the way from the Old Testament

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into our New Covenant and into the New Testament

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reality. And then we took that journey from there

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and we began to say, as we begin to extrapolate

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the scriptures in various... partnerships that

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we see God set up we see the genius and this

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is how I'd like to say it we see the genius of

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Jesus as he in his ministry begins to highlight

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the ministry of the Holy Spirit he begins to

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unfold for us What the Father's plan and purpose,

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especially as he's now finishing the old covenant

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that was made according to Moses and the law,

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and he's now bringing life and understanding

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to this brand new thing he's about to introduce

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called the new covenant in Christ. As he goes

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to the cross, which would be his... number one

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work that he would fulfill, the reason he was

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sent from the Father was what? He came to die.

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That was his work. I came to be what? He was

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the Lamb of God. He was the fulfillment of Passover.

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Jesus Christ in the New Testament, God's shadow.

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for three, 3 ,500 years with the people of God

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is now coming to a fulfillment that Jesus would

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once and for all be the lamb of God that takes

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away the sin of the world. And through the cross

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and the resurrection, because without the resurrection,

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then we'd have to keep having someone over and

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over die for our sins. But Jesus wants them for

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all at the cross. And then three days later,

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rose from the dead, opened the door for us that

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we couldn't open. We were closed out because

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of sin, if you will. We were locked out. Fellowship,

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when God said from Adam and Eve, because of your

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willful disobedience, he ushered them out of

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the garden. That was a type and shadow of, I

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now cannot have the fellowship that I intended

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to have with you. You've chosen sin over me.

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And therefore I have to usher you out of the

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place of intimacy. I have to usher you out of

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the place of walking and fellowship with you.

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And I'm now having to put a barrier so that in

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the time to come, I will work at closing that

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barrier because no man can close it. And Jesus

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was the only one that could do that. And so as

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we do this, we see Jesus on the scene with the

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challenging, pulling apart things that they just

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garnered from being good Jewish boys, going to

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synagogue, reading the Torah, but through cultural

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adaptation and years of men adding to the word

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of God. Jesus had some work to do to reformat

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and position them to begin to understand what

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Jesus was going to do. It's a big deal. And so

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this is the genius of Jesus. Jesus is separating

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out of the disciples their wrong perspectives

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of the Father, which in turn... would give you

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wrong perspectives about the Messiah that would

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come, the Son, and in turn would give you wrong

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perspectives about the Holy Spirit. If you have

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wrong perspectives about the Father, you're going

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to have a wrong perspective on every other aspect

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of the Father. Any counselor that's worth any

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type of, even should be speaking, understands

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that if you got daddy issues, then you got issues

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with everybody else. Are you there? She's raising

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her hands. I know that's right. No, I'm just

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kidding. I'm kidding. I'm kidding. I'm messing.

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The point is, you better get it locked down with

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dad. And locked down with your father. Because

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your identity comes from there. Your understanding

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comes from there. And the nature of how dad.

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Acts and interacts with you. Shapes your framework.

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And your world view. To embrace the son. And

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to embrace the other. As Jesus said. I will send

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you another. That's just like him. That will

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come in the father and the son's name. Of his

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nature and character. And so if you're. If your

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template of the Father is skewed, if it's off,

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if it's minimized, it's going to automatically

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minimize your expectation of Jesus. And now it's

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going to throttle down and minimize your expectation

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of the Holy Spirit. Now, last couple of times

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that I've been able to get into this text. We

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talked about that God is by nature, he's the

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giver. We looked at James chapter one, verse,

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I believe it's verse 17. It says, every good

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and perfect gift that comes down from above from

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the father of lights has no shadow or varying

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to it. I don't even think it's on the screen.

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I'm just quoting it by reference. It means there's

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no shadow, there's no, there's no. God doesn't

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just wake up on one side of the bed. Number one,

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he doesn't sleep. You know, he sees in the dark

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as well as the night. So God's not like moody.

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Okay, he's not like he got bad news that came

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the day before and he still ticked off. Okay.

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That's not who God is. That's not who the father

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is. He is perfect. Everything that he gives is

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perfect. Everything that comes from him has no

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variance to it. You didn't get a, Scott didn't

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get a 6 .5 of God's 10 and Jihad got a 7 .8.

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Okay. And David, you know, David gets a 9 .2.

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It doesn't, God doesn't work on a sliding scale.

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every gift is good and whole and perfect. Now,

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how we mitigate that gift, how we use it, maybe

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not, might not be so perfect, but what comes

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to you that's from him is. Now. So I want to

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start with a verse. Now, I'm going to try not

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to preach the whole Bible to you today, okay?

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Because I am going to start in Romans 11, and

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we are going to get to John 4. But I want to

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start by showing you in Romans 11, I want to

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take a hot topic of the day, and I want to begin

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to extrapolate it a little bit and show you how

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important This verse is to your promises and

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help you expand your understanding of God. Now

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I am going to a very unique passage of scripture,

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Romans 11. And if you are there, Romans 11, I'm

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going to get there. Verse 28. Now you say, why

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are we going there? Well, first of all, the apostle

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Paul by the Holy Spirit is addressing believers

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in Rome. So as you're just looking at this deal,

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when you see the book of Romans, he is addressing

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Jewish and Gentile believers in Rome that are

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part of the church together. Jew and Gentile

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together. I don't know if you understand this,

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but there should not, the whole idea of the New

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Testament is we don't have segregated congregations.

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The whole idea is the church is done Jew and

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Gentile, slave and free, rich, poor, male, female.

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It's what? In Christ they are one. And so the

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Apostle Paul, by the Holy Spirit, is writing

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to this understanding that is right now 2026

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issue. If you have an understanding of the difference

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between how much Jewish influence is in the church,

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how much Jewish influence is not in the church,

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how much emphasis is on Palestine, how much emphasis

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is on Israel. We are right there, right now in

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2026. And the Apostle Paul, that's why I can

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say Solomon actually had to have some wisdom

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because he says there's nothing new under the

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sun. This argument has been around for over 2

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,026 years. And the reality is, here's what he's

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going to say, and I'm not going to exegete all

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of Romans 11, but I am going to move to go to

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verse 28. I'm going to start in verse 25 just

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by reading it and then we'll highlight verse

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28. Lest you be wise in your own sight. Isn't

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that always the narrative? That sometimes we

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find people of podcasts and people on things

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and we become... We're wise in our own sight

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and oftentimes think we know better than what

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has already been established. So there's a word

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of the Lord for you. Lest you become wise in

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your own sight, I do not want you to be unaware

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of this mystery. What was Paul saying? I don't

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want to leave you in a state of ignorance. Unaware

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is what? Ignorance. It's not stupid. Not being

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aware of your ignorance and being wise in your

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own eyes is stupid. But if you'll actually put

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on the reality that, hey, I need to make sure

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that I am balancing some things and that I need

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to be aware of some spiritual things that are

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beyond just normal or natural logic. Do you understand

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that you didn't get saved by logic? You didn't

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get saved by logic. You got saved by the word

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of God and the power of the spirit coming and

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breaking. Just didn't answer every one of your

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questions. I can tell you this. I had way more

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questions of Jesus when I got saved than when

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I wasn't. I got a lot more questions today than

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I had back then. And he did what? Because. I

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had been drawn by the Spirit of God. He was able

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to get, doesn't mean that he asked me to check

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my mind or my questions. He wants me to ask questions.

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He wants me to search and find. That's the scripture.

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But he was able to get behind the gate of what

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I thought were my objections and move right into

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the very center of my heart. And so the Holy

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Spirit's doing that here. And he says, I don't

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want you to be unaware of this mystery. There's

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mystery that takes place. And a partial hardening

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has come upon Israel until the fullness of the

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Gentiles has come in. Means he's saying, listen,

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there's been a mystery that's been operating.

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Those that should have recognized the Messiah

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did not recognize him. And there are reasons

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behind that. I want you to be aware that this

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is in the background when you look at the tensions

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between what takes place. And he said, listen,

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for the fullness of the Gentiles has come in.

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And in this way, all of Israel will be saved.

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And then he quotes Isaiah 59 verse 20 through

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21 saying, the deliverer will come from Zion.

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He will banish ungodliness from Jacob. And this

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will be my covenant with them. I will take away

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their sins. It's so amazing that Isaiah prophesies

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that he is going to take away the sin of Jacob.

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We're going to get to that in a bit. And then

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he says this verse, which we are focusing on

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for our service today. He says this, concerning

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the gospel, they, being Israel, are your enemies

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for your sake. What? Lord, thank you, I think.

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There are enemies. Israel is our enemies as far

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as the gospel is concerned for my sake? Hmm.

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Why would he say that? Why would he? That is

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a mystery. Well, that doesn't even make sense.

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No, it doesn't make sense to your natural mind,

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but you need to understand something. I've had

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mercy on a people who were never intended to

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have mercy on. And for your sake, when they rejected

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me, I chose you. Now he brings it back and he

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says, listen, you need to understand this. He

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goes, yes, they are enemies for your sake. What's

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that mean? It means that when When Judaism rejects

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Jesus, who was the Son of God and born a Jewish

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male, fulfilling all prophecies, when they reject

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that, what? A blinder came over them, and now

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many of them have rejected the gospel, right?

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But God says there is going to be when the fullness

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of time is... he's set a time that there will

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be a more emphasis on the open door at the end.

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But in the midst of the process, you shouldn't

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get discouraged with those that are mocking you

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or that are persecuting you as you share the

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gospel. Part of the reason they're doing so is

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your salvation. So when we come to now 2026,

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And we begin to see all of these issues of all

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of these podcasts of saying, well, evil this

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and evil that. And I'm not here to go the total

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weight on this this morning. But you need to

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understand something. You cannot just crumple

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up your Jewish understanding of Israel in the

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Bible like a piece of used tinfoil and say, well,

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if they don't reject Jesus, they have nothing

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to do with it. The church now replaces it. No.

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Yes to the fact that if your definition is that

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the church is both Jew and Gentile. But if your

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definition is God's done with the Jewish people

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and it's only Gentiles they're going to save.

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Absolutely not. It is the Jewish believers who

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believe in Jesus first because it's their first

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portion. And us second doesn't make us second

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class citizens. It just means that we get served

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second. It's like the waiter that waits on us

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at the table. He never looks at me first. Now

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I get that he looks at Jenny. I look at Jenny

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first too. I don't hold up my phone and look

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at myself. I like looking at something beautiful.

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But the reality is the waiter comes to the table

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and he always starts with. Jenny, I don't look

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at the waiter and go, listen, that's not fair.

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I want you to serve me first. No, I'm serving

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her first and then I'll serve you second. Your

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second is like the first, but you're still second.

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It's that simple. It's that simple. Quit. mocking

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it up. Okay. All right. All right. So you're

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all right. I'm having a little fun today. We

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got to, we got to push through this here a little

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bit. He said, but now listen, here's where the

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great truth lies. He says there for the gospel

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concerning the gospel, Israel, the whole, the

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whole of them, except for the messianic ones

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are your are enemies for your sake, but concerning

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the election. Now, please, we're not talking

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about politics here. It's not the election of

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politics. When he uses that word concerning the

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election, what is he talking about? He's talking

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about in the sovereignty of God, who knows all

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things, sees all things, and looks from eternity.

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And has made a determination on bringing people

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to himself. And who he chooses out of his own

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will. This word, election, is dealing with the

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foreknowledge of those that have the opportunity

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to be grafted to God. It does not mean they're

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automatically grafted. It means that they have

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the promise of God and the covenant of God extended

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to them. Are you there? And so that's a whole

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doctrine in itself on the election and the foreknowledge

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of God. And we'll deal with that in Romans when

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I can finally get out of this message. But moving

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on. But concerning the election, they are beloved

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for the sake of the fathers. Okay, what does

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that mean? So they're enemies? As far as the

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gospel is concerned, Matt, they're enemies for

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your sake, but concerning the election and the

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foreknowledge of God, of promises made and covenants

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extended, they are beloved for the sake of the

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fathers. So now you have to ask the question

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because this is one of the key tenets of faith,

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Jed. Good to see you, by the way. This is one

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of the tenets of faith, by the way, that is being

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absolutely assaulted in wokeism today. And it's

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the very core tenet that's actually what we would

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call being deconstructed in many people's faith,

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even on college campuses and Bible college campuses.

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And the issue is, and maybe you've heard this,

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well, we're just removing the patriarchy. Have

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you heard that? Don't smoke that if you've heard

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it. Okay? Because that is a stinking lie. Listen,

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he's not talking about every father here. First

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of all, you have to drill down on that fact.

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He's not talking about the fathers are every

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father in Israel. He's talking about three. If

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you understand from Paul's understanding of what

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he's actually trying to communicate to the church

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that would have Jew and Gentile, he's saying,

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listen, you need to understand that your very

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root system of salvation is connected to the

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election and the promise that God holds dear

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of what he gave of himself to the three. Who

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are the three? The three represent what? A type

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and shadow of Trinity. That when God says, Abraham,

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Isaac, and Jacob, he's looking at father, son,

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and expansion of the family through the Holy

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Spirit. Those three represent, now I'm not saying

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that Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob are the father,

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are the son, or the Holy Spirit. They represent

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a type and shadow of what God does. To bring

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a covenant expression that was in limited capability

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and bring it into the New Testament so that you

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understand that the promise he made to them,

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that he would fulfill it and still fulfill it,

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is what actually causes your promise and everything

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from God to actually be proven and sure. So you

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think of it, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. I'm going

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to try to be a little bit funny today. Don't

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get upset at me being sacrilegious. But you need

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to understand something. If you don't understand

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what took place in Genesis 12 in the previous

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two chapters of Genesis 10 and Genesis 11. You

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will get lost in the deconstruction arguments.

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You'll get lost in what I would call a woke mindset

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because you didn't understand what God actually

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was saying and doing because you actually have

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to have Bible understanding and knowledge to

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see the power of what took place from Genesis

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10 and 11 to Genesis 12. It is not going to read,

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and God did this. But in what is read, you're

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supposed to have enough understanding of the

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nature of God and the power of God of what he

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did that you can see the connections. And that's

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my job to try to help you pull that out. If you

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remember, now are you ready? We're gonna go deep

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in the kimchi this morning, all right? Okay,

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here we go. All right, number one. We all know

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what happened in the garden and we all know the

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fall, right? And from that point, we look at

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sin entered the world and we look at Genesis

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4 and we see the issue of Cain and Abel and we

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see murder happened within moments or years,

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however that was calculated, between brothers.

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Hatred, jealousy, covetousness, envy, murder.

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Bam, right off the bat. And then we move through

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the corridors of time and we don't know how long

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those spans were, but men were living many, many

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years on the earth. And in that process, the

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Bible says when we get to Noah in Genesis 6,

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7, and 8, specifically, we see that between Genesis

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4 and by the time God brings the flood, that

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all of humanity had been corrupted. Now, I don't

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have time to spend too long on this. You'll have

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to come to a freedom encounter and an understanding

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of spiritual things to understand what I'm about

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to dive into in fuller detail. But Genesis 6

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gives us a picture that it was not just sin on

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an earthly level between people that actually

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throughout corruption, then what happened that

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there was a what? That the sons of God, and that's

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a deep topic in itself, fell and they came into

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the daughters of men. And through that union,

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there became giants on the earth. And it says,

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and man's thoughts were corrupt continually.

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Now, if I was to extrapolate and spend another

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hour showing you the reality of this, in all

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of that, you'll need to understand that there

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was a, there was, if I will, sinful, demonic.

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and perverse, not just sexuality, even though

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that was the case of the sons of God, whether

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you believe that's angels or whether you believe

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whatever your thought process is. I have some

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theories and ideas, but God doesn't go into that.

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He just lets us know that what was the product

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of that was not of human only origin. It was

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of origin that was fallen of a higher level and

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of human origin, and it was evil. And it implies

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that, not technology, excuse me, that ideas and

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information about how to do life was given from

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another realm, not just from the realm of God

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giving it. Everything you study, everything you

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understand, trust me, I've looked at this for

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years and I've studied it with a passion. But

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I'm making it very, just trying to encapsulate

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it because of time. From that point on, God does

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what? He says, I haven't found anything that's

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whole except Noah. And that was Noah's claim

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to fame as Noah was found as a righteous man

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before the Lord. And for a hundred years, Noah

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performed his faith and stayed righteous in the

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midst of a culture that was contrary in every

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dimension. And God promised that he would send

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the flood. And there's so much more to that.

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But Noah, his wife, three sons, Noah, wife, three

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sons, and three wives. That's eight. Eight people

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were preserved on the ark. What does eight mean

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in numerology biblically? New beginnings. So

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just type in shadow. God was saying in the ark,

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which is a type of salvation, in the ark closed

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up, being lifted above all the circumstances,

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having all the atmosphere of destruction and

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death. You see God having patterns like this

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all the way through the scriptures. that what

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would happen? They would be preserved. Judgment

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would take place. All the Nephilim on the earth

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would be wiped out at that time. All the people

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of the earth would be wiped out at that time.

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And only eight people would emerge out of that

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ark as it would come to rest. And then they would

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begin to populate. Now, as you begin to read

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that, God gave Noah a sign. And of course, it's

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been hijacked by the culture of debauchery, that

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they would use the rainbow as was a sign given

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of God's mercy that he would not destroy the

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whole earth with a flood because of man's perversion

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and because of the perversion of thought completely.

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And God made Noah a promise. He said, I will

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not destroy ever again the earth with a flood.

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So please keep that in mind. As you begin to

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read now the accounts of Genesis 8 and Genesis

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9, and this is a byproduct, by the way. If you

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decide to grow a vineyard and drink of its fruit,

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you better think twice. You better read the story

00:31:42.859 --> 00:31:46.240
of Noah. Because moms and dads, if you choose

00:31:46.240 --> 00:31:48.819
to drink in front of your children, Noah decided

00:31:48.819 --> 00:31:51.680
to do that the same way and nothing good happened

00:31:51.680 --> 00:31:57.170
from that point on. Not saying you can't. Have

00:31:57.170 --> 00:31:58.990
something in your own house. But you probably

00:31:58.990 --> 00:32:02.710
ought to be wise and read that story. Because

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it brought shame and hardship and pain. For generations.

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And as you read that. You begin to see. God promised

00:32:14.730 --> 00:32:17.650
not to destroy the earth with a flood. And you

00:32:17.650 --> 00:32:21.990
begin to see in the paintings of scripture. That

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from those eight people. tribes began to be born.

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And you begin to hear the offspring of Shem,

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Japheth, and Ham. And you follow the lines through

00:32:38.190 --> 00:32:41.509
it. You see it in Genesis 9 and 10. And from

00:32:41.509 --> 00:32:46.490
Genesis 9 and 10, you read some real weird, funky

00:32:46.490 --> 00:32:50.750
things. Now, I don't know about you, but I'm

00:32:50.750 --> 00:32:54.640
kind of the guy or maybe the kid. That when somebody

00:32:54.640 --> 00:32:57.980
puts something weird out there, I'm asking the

00:32:57.980 --> 00:33:03.619
question, hmm, why is this different? And hmm,

00:33:03.819 --> 00:33:05.900
I need to kind of figure it out. And so when

00:33:05.900 --> 00:33:09.859
you read like Genesis 10, it makes obscure comments.

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It says, in the days of peg leg, the earth was

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divided. First of all, that's a word of wisdom

00:33:16.740 --> 00:33:20.640
to all of us. Don't name your kids peg leg, okay?

00:33:22.359 --> 00:33:27.859
Second, okay, second is that in the days of Pegleg,

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the earth was divided. Well, okay, what does

00:33:31.339 --> 00:33:35.079
that mean? We're getting somewhere with this.

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It means that most scholars believe that there

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was a larger mass of land that in those days,

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on the basis of how things moved from the flood

00:33:46.599 --> 00:33:51.440
and what God decided to do with all things, separation

00:33:51.440 --> 00:33:54.039
began to take place with different continents

00:33:54.039 --> 00:33:58.880
and land mass. There's your science. And we can

00:33:58.880 --> 00:34:00.559
go through science, but it's right there in the

00:34:00.559 --> 00:34:05.859
scriptures. Because God in his foreknowledge,

00:34:05.920 --> 00:34:07.859
now remember, we're talking about election, right?

00:34:08.500 --> 00:34:11.760
We're talking about promises that will be stood

00:34:11.760 --> 00:34:15.460
by that God sees in advance before you ever say

00:34:15.460 --> 00:34:20.269
yes or no. You don't think God knew? What was

00:34:20.269 --> 00:34:23.690
about ready to come down on the earth? He held

00:34:23.690 --> 00:34:27.389
his covenant that he would not destroy the earth

00:34:27.389 --> 00:34:31.409
again by water. And what takes place? Here are

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the eight people, eight people that he saved

00:34:35.670 --> 00:34:39.250
in the ark. And now you read it in Genesis 10,

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what takes place? He lists 70 different potential

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tribes that will become nations out of that.

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And the earth was what? populated again between

00:34:51.389 --> 00:34:54.269
Genesis 8, and this is what we miss, between

00:34:54.269 --> 00:34:59.250
Genesis 8 and Genesis 10, the earth was filled

00:34:59.250 --> 00:35:05.269
with people. And they made a choice. Now remember,

00:35:05.449 --> 00:35:08.710
Noah was a righteous man. Noah would have given

00:35:08.710 --> 00:35:12.269
the answers on how to communicate with God. Remember,

00:35:12.389 --> 00:35:14.610
God told him to build ark. They were not without

00:35:14.610 --> 00:35:17.989
knowledge. Noah would have said, this is how

00:35:17.989 --> 00:35:20.989
we hear from God. This is how we understand God.

00:35:21.210 --> 00:35:24.090
Noah was still living. He was still there when

00:35:24.090 --> 00:35:27.010
he was teaching Shem, Ham, and Japheth. And then

00:35:27.010 --> 00:35:30.050
they were passing that on to their children,

00:35:30.190 --> 00:35:33.309
wives, and so forth and so forth. And guess what

00:35:33.309 --> 00:35:39.800
happens? That moment at Babel, Genesis 11. When

00:35:39.800 --> 00:35:43.420
they all gathered to come to the plain of Shinar.

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In essence, you want to describe what's happening?

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It was burning men. They all came to the plain

00:35:53.280 --> 00:35:59.840
of Shinar to do what? To build a tower and a

00:35:59.840 --> 00:36:05.239
system to worship God the way they wanted to.

00:36:06.119 --> 00:36:08.440
And if you were to look at history and look at

00:36:08.440 --> 00:36:11.860
all the ziggurats of temples that were built,

00:36:11.920 --> 00:36:16.679
most likely Babel was a type of temple that was

00:36:16.679 --> 00:36:22.719
built to do what? To communicate with a, quote,

00:36:22.719 --> 00:36:27.880
God, but not the one out of the Bible. And you

00:36:27.880 --> 00:36:29.980
have to ask yourself the question, where did

00:36:29.980 --> 00:36:33.960
they get that knowledge? Come on. Things that

00:36:33.960 --> 00:36:37.849
make you go, hmm. Where did they get that knowledge?

00:36:37.889 --> 00:36:39.949
Why? Because those spirits that fell that took

00:36:39.949 --> 00:36:43.150
the daughters of men in Genesis way back, they

00:36:43.150 --> 00:36:47.269
don't die. And so what was happening? They were

00:36:47.269 --> 00:36:50.409
still speaking wisdom. Wasn't a godly wisdom,

00:36:50.489 --> 00:36:53.710
but a wisdom that was earthly, sensual, and demonic.

00:36:53.969 --> 00:36:57.550
And there were people that had, here has how

00:36:57.550 --> 00:37:00.650
you serve the true living God, and yet a whole,

00:37:00.909 --> 00:37:07.340
almost a whole world. came to Babel to do what?

00:37:07.420 --> 00:37:14.900
To make bricks and mortar and to build a temple

00:37:14.900 --> 00:37:20.280
and tower that would reach the sky. And that's

00:37:20.280 --> 00:37:24.860
why the Bible calls Babel, it's the root of Babylon.

00:37:25.900 --> 00:37:29.619
It's what? When the Bible ends it in Revelation

00:37:29.619 --> 00:37:33.280
saying Babylon, the city, the mother of all harlots,

00:37:33.420 --> 00:37:36.019
he's not talking about the city being a sexual

00:37:36.019 --> 00:37:39.179
prostitute. He's talking about the very system

00:37:39.179 --> 00:37:44.300
that beget another way to worship the God of

00:37:44.300 --> 00:37:47.739
your choosing that looks like you versus the

00:37:47.739 --> 00:37:52.900
one who said, I want you to look like me. That's

00:37:52.900 --> 00:37:56.320
the difference between antichrist and Christ.

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It started all the way back. It started all the

00:38:02.010 --> 00:38:04.849
way back. So this is why I say, well, where are

00:38:04.849 --> 00:38:07.170
we going with this? Well, we're going back to

00:38:07.170 --> 00:38:12.730
Romans 11 for the sake of election and the promise

00:38:12.730 --> 00:38:18.269
of the Father. What you need to read in Genesis

00:38:18.269 --> 00:38:24.070
11 is this. When they chose Babel, what did God

00:38:24.070 --> 00:38:29.610
do? Matt, God did something. That is mind boggling.

00:38:30.269 --> 00:38:35.789
He said, okay, I'm coming down. And I know that

00:38:35.789 --> 00:38:38.230
what they decide to do, there will be nothing

00:38:38.230 --> 00:38:40.909
that stops them. Why? He wasn't talking about

00:38:40.909 --> 00:38:44.630
human power. I have the power. No, he wasn't

00:38:44.630 --> 00:38:47.869
talking about that. He was talking about that

00:38:47.869 --> 00:38:49.889
the counsel that they were giving, that there

00:38:49.889 --> 00:38:53.429
was nothing that they wouldn't try to do to reach

00:38:53.429 --> 00:38:56.570
and communicate with something that was not holy.

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Are you there? And in that process, he did what?

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He came down and he confused their language as

00:39:05.280 --> 00:39:07.380
you read it. And that's why it's called the Tower

00:39:07.380 --> 00:39:10.579
of Babel. The language that they had to form

00:39:10.579 --> 00:39:15.099
unity, strength, faith in it, he now did what?

00:39:15.179 --> 00:39:18.900
He dispersed it. And he had already prepared

00:39:18.900 --> 00:39:21.019
that the continents were separated. And they

00:39:21.019 --> 00:39:23.599
did what? They took their tribes. They took their

00:39:23.599 --> 00:39:26.420
clans. And they spread out over the face of the

00:39:26.420 --> 00:39:28.380
earth because they couldn't stand it. One was

00:39:28.380 --> 00:39:32.380
speaking Chinese. And the other was speaking

00:39:32.380 --> 00:39:37.920
Indian. Right? And the reality is they didn't

00:39:37.920 --> 00:39:42.460
understand each other. Okay? Sorry. I'm trying

00:39:42.460 --> 00:39:44.420
to make it fun here. Interactive. Here we go.

00:39:48.200 --> 00:39:51.119
You should have seen some eyebrows go up on that.

00:39:51.179 --> 00:39:57.539
Anyway, the reality is they did what? They scattered

00:39:57.539 --> 00:40:00.960
and the project stayed left abandoned. But it

00:40:00.960 --> 00:40:03.380
wasn't abandoned because the spirit had already

00:40:03.380 --> 00:40:07.579
been released. And we would find the spirit of

00:40:07.579 --> 00:40:10.039
Babel or Babylon that would now be the thread

00:40:10.039 --> 00:40:13.480
and theme all the way through until we get...

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to the book of Revelation. Now, it's important

00:40:18.239 --> 00:40:23.159
because Genesis 12 is the breaker and the key

00:40:23.159 --> 00:40:28.260
point of Revelation. Meaning, when they scattered

00:40:28.260 --> 00:40:32.360
the nations, it was this. It was like this. God

00:40:32.360 --> 00:40:37.780
turned in essence and said, go pursue the gods

00:40:37.780 --> 00:40:41.019
of your own heart. Now you'll not read a chapter

00:40:41.019 --> 00:40:43.360
and verse that, but that is in essence what he

00:40:43.360 --> 00:40:46.559
did. Because when you go to Genesis 12, what

00:40:46.559 --> 00:40:51.739
did he do? He abandoned all the 70 nations that

00:40:51.739 --> 00:40:56.840
are listed in Genesis 10, and he finds a moon

00:40:56.840 --> 00:41:22.909
worshiper. In Ur of Chaldees. Now, can I tell

00:41:22.909 --> 00:41:27.730
you? Ur of Chaldees is where? Modern day Iraq.

00:41:30.190 --> 00:41:34.250
He finds a moon worshiper out of the Chaldeans.

00:41:34.269 --> 00:41:37.360
That was the God that they served. Listen. did

00:41:37.360 --> 00:41:39.619
the Chaldeans even get? Well, anyways, moving

00:41:39.619 --> 00:41:42.860
on from all the families in the earth, what were

00:41:42.860 --> 00:41:46.360
they worshiping? We see in Genesis 12, they'd

00:41:46.360 --> 00:41:50.159
abandoned Jehovah and Yahweh to do what? The

00:41:50.159 --> 00:41:55.579
worship, the moon. And God found Abraham whose

00:41:55.579 --> 00:41:58.980
heart was right. And he said, what? Get out of

00:41:58.980 --> 00:42:01.559
your country. I'm quoting straight out of Genesis

00:42:01.559 --> 00:42:05.469
12 chapter verse three. Get out of your country,

00:42:05.550 --> 00:42:07.829
out of your father's house into a place that

00:42:07.829 --> 00:42:10.670
I will show you. And I will make you a father

00:42:10.670 --> 00:42:13.550
of many nations. And those who bless you shall

00:42:13.550 --> 00:42:15.710
be blessed and those who curse you shall be cursed.

00:42:15.789 --> 00:42:19.250
And in your seed, all the families of the earth

00:42:19.250 --> 00:42:22.090
will be blessed. If you don't understand that

00:42:22.090 --> 00:42:25.630
language, you don't understand your covenant.

00:42:27.019 --> 00:42:29.699
Because that covenant was where God said, if

00:42:29.699 --> 00:42:31.920
all the other nations and all the other lineages

00:42:31.920 --> 00:42:36.800
want to follow all these ones that fell and try

00:42:36.800 --> 00:42:39.639
to make themselves gods, and they've chosen in

00:42:39.639 --> 00:42:42.579
their heart to deny me, I'm going to give them

00:42:42.579 --> 00:42:46.019
up. It's Romans 1, folks. Read Romans 1 again.

00:42:46.159 --> 00:42:48.820
I'm going to give them up to the desires of their

00:42:48.820 --> 00:42:52.500
heart to pursue what is inside of them, and I'm

00:42:52.500 --> 00:42:54.239
going to turn them over that they won't even

00:42:54.239 --> 00:42:58.070
be able to find their way back. And I'm going

00:42:58.070 --> 00:43:02.170
to choose Abraham. And as Abraham believed God,

00:43:02.230 --> 00:43:05.610
God counted it to him as righteousness. And from

00:43:05.610 --> 00:43:12.409
that point, God developed the nation out of Abraham.

00:43:13.909 --> 00:43:16.949
And so when you look at Abraham as a type and

00:43:16.949 --> 00:43:21.320
shadow, he represents what? The father. Of our

00:43:21.320 --> 00:43:24.579
faith. Now I'm not saying he is the father. I'm

00:43:24.579 --> 00:43:27.380
not saying Isaac is the son. I'm not saying that

00:43:27.380 --> 00:43:30.039
Jacob is the Holy Spirit. It's type and shadow.

00:43:30.320 --> 00:43:34.400
What did the father God do with Abraham? He promised

00:43:34.400 --> 00:43:40.099
him a son. And when Abraham tried to manifest

00:43:40.099 --> 00:43:43.980
a son. Through Sarah's language. It's not happening.

00:43:43.980 --> 00:43:47.559
We're too old. I'm past time. Just take my handmaiden.

00:43:47.679 --> 00:43:52.219
That never works. You just need to ask yourself

00:43:52.219 --> 00:43:56.380
one question. What part of negotiation with God

00:43:56.380 --> 00:43:59.880
when you tried to make it happen has ever blessed

00:43:59.880 --> 00:44:07.440
you? Never happens. So he had to say, Ishmael,

00:44:07.579 --> 00:44:10.559
I'm going to bless because it came from you,

00:44:10.579 --> 00:44:12.579
Abraham, because I'm determined to bless you.

00:44:12.659 --> 00:44:15.320
But if I hadn't already determined, I would be

00:44:15.320 --> 00:44:18.099
pretty ticked with you. But I'm going to bless

00:44:18.099 --> 00:44:21.489
Ishmael, but he's not your son. And they send

00:44:21.489 --> 00:44:25.289
Ishmael away. And there's a whole truth about

00:44:25.289 --> 00:44:31.329
that. So God waits longer. I don't know about

00:44:31.329 --> 00:44:36.449
you, but this was part of the supernatural reality

00:44:36.449 --> 00:44:39.489
of where our covenant comes from and why you

00:44:39.489 --> 00:44:42.710
can begin to believe God. How many 90 -year -old

00:44:42.710 --> 00:44:45.369
women in this room would like to say, God, give

00:44:45.369 --> 00:44:55.159
me a baby? And I'm trying not to be crass, but

00:44:55.159 --> 00:44:57.719
that was Sarah's argument. Oh, you're going to

00:44:57.719 --> 00:45:02.719
wait now? Now that I'm dry? Now that the milk

00:45:02.719 --> 00:45:11.239
has curdled? Come on. Come on, we're getting

00:45:11.239 --> 00:45:14.920
real in church here. Now you're going to give

00:45:14.920 --> 00:45:22.420
me a son? You see, folks, God had to step in

00:45:22.420 --> 00:45:26.800
beyond until what? Until Abraham and Sarah had

00:45:26.800 --> 00:45:32.159
no way of pushing their fleshly ideas and actually

00:45:32.159 --> 00:45:35.280
had to have a platform that only God could do

00:45:35.280 --> 00:45:41.059
it. It's the only way it could happen. And God

00:45:41.059 --> 00:45:44.079
covenanted with that son and the promise of how

00:45:44.079 --> 00:45:46.860
God walked Abraham and grew Abraham. And then

00:45:46.860 --> 00:45:50.139
what? He sent Isaac, the promised son. And what

00:45:50.139 --> 00:45:54.579
did Isaac have to do? Isaac had to covenant with

00:45:54.579 --> 00:45:59.079
God again. And God came to Isaac the same way

00:45:59.079 --> 00:46:02.500
he came to Jacob. And Isaac had to take a wife

00:46:02.500 --> 00:46:08.679
from his what? From his own kind. Not an outsider.

00:46:11.119 --> 00:46:17.300
Then after Isaac and Rebecca had twins. One proved

00:46:17.300 --> 00:46:21.559
to be a son of the earth and flesh who the Bible

00:46:21.559 --> 00:46:25.679
ends up saying as Esau was a fornicator and a

00:46:25.679 --> 00:46:30.059
selfish person versus Jacob who started with

00:46:30.059 --> 00:46:34.219
deception, learned to lean on the Lord and value

00:46:34.219 --> 00:46:37.980
the covenant. And that's the promise that Paul

00:46:37.980 --> 00:46:40.699
through the Holy Spirit is making reference to

00:46:40.699 --> 00:46:45.929
saying for the sake. of election. They are beloved

00:46:45.929 --> 00:46:48.829
for the sake of the fathers. It was the promise

00:46:48.829 --> 00:46:52.570
to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Jacob representing

00:46:52.570 --> 00:46:56.869
the 12 sons that went in. That promise to them

00:46:56.869 --> 00:47:02.489
is why God is being faithful to their offspring

00:47:02.489 --> 00:47:05.469
that have hardened their heart and don't believe.

00:47:06.570 --> 00:47:10.920
Please hear me say that. That's the answer. To

00:47:10.920 --> 00:47:13.219
some of these things that you're hearing in podcasts.

00:47:13.420 --> 00:47:15.760
And people that are trying to throw out the.

00:47:16.940 --> 00:47:20.940
Not. It's not the political Israel. It's not

00:47:20.940 --> 00:47:28.000
the Knesset. It's not. Yahoo. Okay. It's not

00:47:28.000 --> 00:47:31.219
any of those guys that. The Bible is saying because

00:47:31.219 --> 00:47:33.980
of political Israel. No, no, no, no. For the

00:47:33.980 --> 00:47:39.889
sake of the fathers. He has given favor and continues

00:47:39.889 --> 00:47:43.269
to uphold his promise waiting for the fullness

00:47:43.269 --> 00:47:48.789
of time. And the question is this. If he would

00:47:48.789 --> 00:47:52.369
shuck that promise, then what would he shuck

00:47:52.369 --> 00:48:00.230
with us? You need to really grasp that. If God

00:48:00.230 --> 00:48:04.519
is faithful to his promise, promised to the what

00:48:04.519 --> 00:48:08.880
he made to Abraham Isaac and Jacob and he said

00:48:08.880 --> 00:48:12.519
no to that that doesn't mean that all of Israel

00:48:12.519 --> 00:48:15.300
will automatically get it get into heaven no

00:48:15.300 --> 00:48:18.500
because you have to accept Jesus Christ he add

00:48:18.500 --> 00:48:22.619
that you have to but but even still the fact

00:48:22.619 --> 00:48:26.079
that God cares about them and leaves that opportunity

00:48:26.079 --> 00:48:28.960
for the Holy Spirit to keep wooing them is the

00:48:28.960 --> 00:48:33.789
very reason that you and I have been saved and

00:48:33.789 --> 00:48:39.289
can believe that God's heart is for us. And he

00:48:39.289 --> 00:48:43.889
won't change his mind. Now this is so important

00:48:43.889 --> 00:48:47.389
as we get to now the chapter that I wanted to

00:48:47.389 --> 00:48:53.530
get to. John chapter 4. Let's get there. John

00:48:53.530 --> 00:48:56.469
chapter 4. Now Jesus is dealing with the Samaritan

00:48:56.469 --> 00:48:59.369
woman. And I believe this passage is probably

00:48:59.369 --> 00:49:01.969
one of the most critical passages in the New

00:49:01.969 --> 00:49:04.090
Testament. It's probably one of the most preached,

00:49:04.110 --> 00:49:08.769
but it's the one most underdeveloped of the treasure

00:49:08.769 --> 00:49:14.030
that's in it. Jesus comes to the Samaritan woman.

00:49:14.590 --> 00:49:16.969
Now you have to understand, the Samaritan woman

00:49:16.969 --> 00:49:23.739
is a product of mixture. She comes from a lineage

00:49:23.739 --> 00:49:27.420
of people that refused out of Israel. That refused

00:49:27.420 --> 00:49:31.719
to obey God. They got judged first. Assyria came

00:49:31.719 --> 00:49:34.940
in and scattered them to pagan lands and issues.

00:49:35.219 --> 00:49:38.320
And the Jewish people were driven. And the tribes

00:49:38.320 --> 00:49:41.780
of Israel that used to be ten. Ten tribes were

00:49:41.780 --> 00:49:45.820
circumnavigated all around the globe. Only two

00:49:45.820 --> 00:49:48.039
tribes remained loyal. The tribe of Judah. The

00:49:48.039 --> 00:49:50.239
Samaritans were part of the ten that got dispersed.

00:49:51.630 --> 00:49:56.050
So here she's coming to the well and the Jewish

00:49:56.050 --> 00:50:01.809
son of God is at the well. There's so much more

00:50:01.809 --> 00:50:04.789
I can say, but this woman was mixed in every

00:50:04.789 --> 00:50:09.059
capacity. She was mixed. In her cultural understanding.

00:50:09.340 --> 00:50:11.880
She was mixed in her religious understanding.

00:50:12.239 --> 00:50:15.280
She was mixed in her moral understanding. She

00:50:15.280 --> 00:50:18.679
was mixed in community understanding. That's

00:50:18.679 --> 00:50:21.539
why she was coming alone in the heat of the day.

00:50:22.199 --> 00:50:28.320
It's like in Arizona. You don't go out at two

00:50:28.320 --> 00:50:33.239
in the afternoon just to play in the yard in

00:50:33.239 --> 00:50:38.139
the summer. Unless you want to call yourself

00:50:38.139 --> 00:50:44.199
lobster. The reality is she was coming in the

00:50:44.199 --> 00:50:48.000
heat of the day to do work. That's not normal.

00:50:49.019 --> 00:50:51.840
And so Jesus sitting at the well, and I'll just

00:50:51.840 --> 00:50:58.440
use that and jump in here. He says, if you knew

00:50:58.440 --> 00:51:04.300
the gift of God and who it was that was saying

00:51:04.300 --> 00:51:09.090
to you, give me a drink, you would ask of him

00:51:09.090 --> 00:51:13.309
and he would have given you living water. I want

00:51:13.309 --> 00:51:16.409
you to say this with me, if you knew. If you

00:51:16.409 --> 00:51:22.849
knew. If you knew. Means what? A lot of us are

00:51:22.849 --> 00:51:24.969
like the Samaritan woman with our understanding

00:51:24.969 --> 00:51:31.949
of God. We've received a lot of mixture. We've

00:51:31.949 --> 00:51:36.929
put together Little cute sayings. We've put together

00:51:36.929 --> 00:51:42.230
maybe some understandings from those that walk

00:51:42.230 --> 00:51:45.130
before us. And because we haven't really read

00:51:45.130 --> 00:51:47.969
the Bible and really dove in to search it out

00:51:47.969 --> 00:51:50.530
for ourselves, we've found the easier track of

00:51:50.530 --> 00:51:52.630
just gleaning a little here and gleaning a little

00:51:52.630 --> 00:51:55.590
there. And most Christians in today's Western

00:51:55.590 --> 00:51:59.130
culture have what I call a spiritual potpourri

00:51:59.130 --> 00:52:03.960
of understanding of who God is. And there's no

00:52:03.960 --> 00:52:08.519
difference. Jesus could be talking to 2026 right

00:52:08.519 --> 00:52:11.340
now. Fact is, he is as much as he was talking

00:52:11.340 --> 00:52:19.400
in 4 AD. He said, if you knew. If you knew the

00:52:19.400 --> 00:52:21.539
gift of God and who it was that was saying it

00:52:21.539 --> 00:52:23.960
to you. You see, the first thing that Jesus is

00:52:23.960 --> 00:52:28.619
trying to get to a woman that had mixed parts

00:52:28.619 --> 00:52:33.619
of her life in every category His first job wasn't

00:52:33.619 --> 00:52:36.980
trying to just fix the mixture. His first job

00:52:36.980 --> 00:52:42.260
was to do what? Is to reveal himself that God

00:52:42.260 --> 00:52:48.559
wants to give something to you. Now, if you've

00:52:48.559 --> 00:52:51.840
been ostracized by some of the choices you made,

00:52:52.039 --> 00:52:56.500
if you have experienced some things from people

00:52:56.500 --> 00:52:59.199
and life has not gone well, because remember,

00:52:59.380 --> 00:53:02.489
Jesus is gonna find out. That she'd been married

00:53:02.489 --> 00:53:05.090
five times and the man she was with was not her

00:53:05.090 --> 00:53:07.550
own. That means she's on number six and she's

00:53:07.550 --> 00:53:11.289
chosen to just set aside what should be done.

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She's living in a state of mixture. But God moves

00:53:16.389 --> 00:53:20.429
right past the mixture at the first part and

00:53:20.429 --> 00:53:23.550
he gets right into the core and he's saying,

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if you knew the gift of God and who it was, who

00:53:29.210 --> 00:53:31.710
it was that was saying to you, give me a drink,

00:53:31.889 --> 00:53:37.150
you would have asked. Meaning, you don't know

00:53:37.150 --> 00:53:43.070
the God that I know that's a gift giver. And

00:53:43.070 --> 00:53:48.969
his whole nature is different than what you've

00:53:48.969 --> 00:53:53.250
been told. His whole nature is different than

00:53:53.250 --> 00:53:56.110
what you've been told. You see, the nature of

00:53:56.110 --> 00:53:58.110
the Father, what Jesus was trying to reveal is

00:53:58.110 --> 00:54:02.570
the nature of the Father himself is that he wants

00:54:02.570 --> 00:54:10.369
to give of himself. God is not like us at the

00:54:10.369 --> 00:54:15.989
core. At the core, I'm gonna, see how I'm gonna

00:54:15.989 --> 00:54:20.230
pick on you here. Because you got hair. That's

00:54:20.230 --> 00:54:22.210
why, that's why I'm picking on you. Okay, not

00:54:22.210 --> 00:54:25.670
messing with you. At the core, We're selfish,

00:54:25.829 --> 00:54:30.010
aren't we? That's the difference why we need

00:54:30.010 --> 00:54:33.409
the transformation power of Christ is to change

00:54:33.409 --> 00:54:38.610
the nature of what we were born with. It isn't

00:54:38.610 --> 00:54:42.190
about color of skin. It's about all of us having

00:54:42.190 --> 00:54:47.650
what? A heart that serves self first. That's

00:54:47.650 --> 00:54:51.010
not who God is at the core. Who God is at the

00:54:51.010 --> 00:54:55.949
core is a giver of himself. We don't understand

00:54:55.949 --> 00:54:59.849
that because we constantly default to our own

00:54:59.849 --> 00:55:02.409
thinking that we have to do something to keep

00:55:02.409 --> 00:55:06.670
what is ours. That is not the nature of who God

00:55:06.670 --> 00:55:12.570
is. God is the source of all. He doesn't experience

00:55:12.570 --> 00:55:17.599
lack ever. And therefore, Jesus was trying to

00:55:17.599 --> 00:55:21.199
explain by asking this question to the Samaritan

00:55:21.199 --> 00:55:23.739
woman to get her to come out of her framework

00:55:23.739 --> 00:55:26.400
where everywhere she turned, all she's getting

00:55:26.400 --> 00:55:31.400
what is leftovers. You understand that? She's

00:55:31.400 --> 00:55:33.679
leaving leftovers and she's getting leftovers.

00:55:35.760 --> 00:55:39.019
And God moves. He doesn't come and start arguing

00:55:39.019 --> 00:55:41.219
with her, trying to pull the mixture out immediately.

00:55:41.559 --> 00:55:44.079
He first comes to her by identifying himself

00:55:44.079 --> 00:55:46.619
that the one who's standing in front of you,

00:55:46.659 --> 00:55:49.800
if you knew his nature, there would be something

00:55:49.800 --> 00:55:53.980
in you automatically to ask. There would be no

00:55:53.980 --> 00:55:57.199
reproach. There would be no, I'm not sure if

00:55:57.199 --> 00:55:59.880
he'll accept me. There would be none of those

00:55:59.880 --> 00:56:03.429
thoughts. You would know who he was. The second

00:56:03.429 --> 00:56:06.269
thing that Jesus does by standing there is he

00:56:06.269 --> 00:56:10.230
would let this woman know that God wants to be

00:56:10.230 --> 00:56:15.309
known. Because her next argument was, well, you

00:56:15.309 --> 00:56:18.829
people worship over there and we worship over

00:56:18.829 --> 00:56:21.889
here. And I know that when Messiah comes, he's

00:56:21.889 --> 00:56:24.489
going to sort this all out. No, Jesus was saying

00:56:24.489 --> 00:56:28.909
that isn't what it is about. I'm here and God

00:56:28.909 --> 00:56:32.179
wants to be known. You don't have to travel to

00:56:32.179 --> 00:56:34.599
that mountain. You don't have to travel to that

00:56:34.599 --> 00:56:36.460
mountain. You don't have to go to that land.

00:56:36.599 --> 00:56:39.239
You don't make a pilgrimage to over here. And

00:56:39.239 --> 00:56:40.960
you don't have to make a pilgrimage over there.

00:56:41.340 --> 00:56:47.800
God is looking to come to you to be known. And

00:56:47.800 --> 00:56:49.739
he's saying this to the woman and to all the

00:56:49.739 --> 00:56:54.920
Gentiles. Then he says, go ahead. Thank you,

00:56:54.940 --> 00:57:10.199
sweetheart. And he says, okay. He says, when

00:57:10.199 --> 00:57:15.199
she makes that argument, the Jews worship on

00:57:15.199 --> 00:57:16.940
this mountain and we worship on this mountain,

00:57:17.000 --> 00:57:19.980
Jesus corrects her. So one time he moves into

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a correction. He said, my people know salvation

00:57:26.980 --> 00:57:32.460
is of the Jews. Why was he saying that? because,

00:57:32.579 --> 00:57:34.800
and I gotta end here, and I know I'm keeping

00:57:34.800 --> 00:57:37.300
you right up to time, and Pastor Trent's getting

00:57:37.300 --> 00:57:42.360
ready to come up. He validated something that

00:57:42.360 --> 00:57:44.219
we need to get, and I'm gonna use you guys as

00:57:44.219 --> 00:57:48.320
an example. He validated something that was in

00:57:48.320 --> 00:57:52.500
every Jewish person from the time of Abraham

00:57:52.500 --> 00:57:57.300
forward, and he called it out, and he was showing

00:57:57.300 --> 00:58:01.449
it to this woman. From the very beginning, seed

00:58:01.449 --> 00:58:05.710
of Abraham who was not a Jew who was made a Jew

00:58:05.710 --> 00:58:09.590
okay let's get that down he was made one through

00:58:09.590 --> 00:58:14.769
covenant and exchange he said from that point

00:58:14.769 --> 00:58:17.889
on listen he's saying salvation is of the Jews

00:58:17.889 --> 00:58:23.210
they knew are you ready they knew instinctively

00:58:23.210 --> 00:58:31.340
that they were a gift to the world Now you say,

00:58:31.360 --> 00:58:33.019
well, pastor, how are you getting up? Because

00:58:33.019 --> 00:58:36.300
if you, if you understand what God said to them

00:58:36.300 --> 00:58:40.679
over and over, especially, especially when he

00:58:40.679 --> 00:58:44.880
said you are to be my own special people, a holy

00:58:44.880 --> 00:58:49.800
race appointed. to minister to me. God said that

00:58:49.800 --> 00:58:52.119
over the children of Israel. And he said that

00:58:52.119 --> 00:58:54.400
they were to be what? That they were to be a

00:58:54.400 --> 00:58:58.019
witness and a light to the nations, to draw the

00:58:58.019 --> 00:59:01.519
nations who had partnered with darkness and dark

00:59:01.519 --> 00:59:04.489
spirits to come to the light. That's why when

00:59:04.489 --> 00:59:08.409
Jesus uses all the phraseology about you're the

00:59:08.409 --> 00:59:11.789
light of the world, he was borrowing from language

00:59:11.789 --> 00:59:15.510
that was part of a covenant responsibility. That's

00:59:15.510 --> 00:59:17.710
why he said, that's why in first Peter, when

00:59:17.710 --> 00:59:21.949
it said, hey, you are a holy race, a chosen generation,

00:59:21.989 --> 00:59:27.030
that was the same language that God used in Deuteronomy

00:59:27.030 --> 00:59:31.000
over God's people in Israel. Why? Because right

00:59:31.000 --> 00:59:35.119
from birth of their covenant in Abraham, Isaac,

00:59:35.179 --> 00:59:39.280
and Jacob, they knew from the time you were able

00:59:39.280 --> 00:59:43.860
to hear anything out of the loins of that family

00:59:43.860 --> 00:59:46.960
that came out of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, immediately,

00:59:47.320 --> 00:59:50.480
I'm going to say his name is David, David would

00:59:50.480 --> 00:59:55.760
have known, I'm a gift. That would have been

00:59:55.760 --> 01:00:01.510
in his DNA. I'm a gift. And everywhere I go,

01:00:01.610 --> 01:00:06.750
I've been given favor. Please hear me say that.

01:00:07.050 --> 01:00:12.070
Have you ever wondered why even though non -believing

01:00:12.070 --> 01:00:15.969
Jewish people have such favor and grace on their

01:00:15.969 --> 01:00:20.670
life? It's because right from birth. they have

01:00:20.670 --> 01:00:24.250
instinctively instilled in them based on an old

01:00:24.250 --> 01:00:28.789
covenant that they were a gift from God and everywhere

01:00:28.789 --> 01:00:33.329
they go, they had God's touch, presence, and

01:00:33.329 --> 01:00:37.170
favor. Even though like Paul, they were doing

01:00:37.170 --> 01:00:40.530
things in ignorance, it was what was instilled

01:00:40.530 --> 01:00:46.409
in them. Folks, you have a better covenant. Why

01:00:46.409 --> 01:00:51.489
is it? Why is it? That when we get born again,

01:00:51.550 --> 01:00:57.010
all we think about is self. You see, that's what

01:00:57.010 --> 01:01:00.530
happens in Western Christianity. Western Christianity

01:01:00.530 --> 01:01:05.550
only preaches. I get saved. Jesus is for me.

01:01:05.710 --> 01:01:08.690
He forgave my sin. Yes, that's true. That's the

01:01:08.690 --> 01:01:13.510
true portion. But you miss the other side. See,

01:01:13.570 --> 01:01:16.389
most of our Christianity focuses about us. If

01:01:16.389 --> 01:01:19.510
you think about how Christianity has been spread,

01:01:19.610 --> 01:01:22.789
it's about my fellowship time, my worship time,

01:01:22.869 --> 01:01:26.550
my issue with God, my going to heaven, my hell

01:01:26.550 --> 01:01:28.889
insurance paid up, so to speak. And it's all

01:01:28.889 --> 01:01:31.869
about me. But there's the other side. The other

01:01:31.869 --> 01:01:37.280
side was, hey, you're a gift. There should be

01:01:37.280 --> 01:01:39.480
something inside that when you're born again,

01:01:39.559 --> 01:01:42.739
a superior covenant, that right from the DNA

01:01:42.739 --> 01:01:45.460
of how you were born again, there should be something

01:01:45.460 --> 01:01:51.840
in you saying, I am a gift to the nations. I'm

01:01:51.840 --> 01:01:57.260
a gift to my region. I'm a gift because God is

01:01:57.260 --> 01:02:02.260
on me and everywhere I go, I carry his favor.

01:02:03.059 --> 01:02:07.539
If that's not operating, then we've got what?

01:02:07.599 --> 01:02:12.179
We've got barriers in our understanding of the

01:02:12.179 --> 01:02:21.179
gift giver himself. My job, one of them, is to

01:02:21.179 --> 01:02:26.199
preach the message to expose where you don't

01:02:26.199 --> 01:02:31.300
actually believe the gift giver completely. Where

01:02:31.300 --> 01:02:37.150
experience or voice or disappointment, or loss

01:02:37.150 --> 01:02:40.929
has come in and removed your understanding of

01:02:40.929 --> 01:02:45.769
the gift giver just back to salvation. The goal

01:02:45.769 --> 01:02:48.190
that the Holy Spirit is working in the church

01:02:48.190 --> 01:02:54.210
today is to what? Remove the pins that are only

01:02:54.210 --> 01:02:57.510
around salvation. and to bring his church into

01:02:57.510 --> 01:02:59.809
an understanding that, yes, salvation is the

01:02:59.809 --> 01:03:03.230
first unnecessary step, but you must trust him

01:03:03.230 --> 01:03:06.289
as the gift giver in everything so that what

01:03:06.289 --> 01:03:12.210
is of him and what is from him you desire. That's

01:03:12.210 --> 01:03:15.010
the goal. That's the goal of the Holy Spirit.

01:03:15.809 --> 01:03:18.050
That's the goal of understanding the Father,

01:03:18.090 --> 01:03:20.750
which makes you understand the Son, which now...

01:03:21.119 --> 01:03:24.340
brings you into partnership with the Holy Spirit

01:03:24.340 --> 01:03:28.440
that says, I trust the gift giver because the

01:03:28.440 --> 01:03:33.219
gifts that come from him are good. Would you

01:03:33.219 --> 01:03:35.840
pray with me this morning as Pastor Trent comes?

01:03:38.780 --> 01:03:46.099
Father, in Jesus' name this morning, we, I'm

01:03:46.099 --> 01:03:48.239
so grateful for those that are here. I'm grateful.

01:03:49.579 --> 01:03:53.559
for those that are pursuing you. Lord, I stand

01:03:53.559 --> 01:03:56.780
this morning and I begin to extend your invitation

01:03:56.780 --> 01:04:01.820
to those, Lord, who by circumstances, just like

01:04:01.820 --> 01:04:07.139
the Samaritan woman, have been mixed, mixed in

01:04:07.139 --> 01:04:11.480
their understanding, mixed through their experiences,

01:04:11.559 --> 01:04:17.500
mixed through brokenness, mixed. through betrayal,

01:04:17.559 --> 01:04:21.440
mixed through accident and injury, mixed through

01:04:21.440 --> 01:04:25.820
faulty understanding, and mixed through selfishness.

01:04:26.679 --> 01:04:31.039
But today, Lord, you do not withhold yourself

01:04:31.039 --> 01:04:35.059
and say, until you figure this out, I am restrained

01:04:35.059 --> 01:04:40.260
by your own mixture. No, Lord. Jesus said to

01:04:40.260 --> 01:04:42.659
the Samaritan woman, just like he says to us

01:04:42.659 --> 01:04:47.320
today, if you knew, the gift of God, and you

01:04:47.320 --> 01:04:50.480
knew who it was that is speaking to you right

01:04:50.480 --> 01:04:53.860
now. It's not Pastor Brad that's speaking. He

01:04:53.860 --> 01:04:57.000
has nothing to give, but Jesus has everything

01:04:57.000 --> 01:05:00.960
to give. If you knew the gift of God and you

01:05:00.960 --> 01:05:04.380
knew who it was was speaking, you would ask him

01:05:04.380 --> 01:05:13.389
and he would give you living water. You see,

01:05:13.429 --> 01:05:15.969
Jesus tells that Samaritan woman and he's telling

01:05:15.969 --> 01:05:20.809
us today, if you ask, he's not going to put up

01:05:20.809 --> 01:05:24.849
a bunch of restrictions. If you ask, he's not

01:05:24.849 --> 01:05:27.590
going to make you jump through hoops. If you

01:05:27.590 --> 01:05:32.250
ask, he's not going to viciously parade all of

01:05:32.250 --> 01:05:37.710
your mistakes before you. If you ask, he will

01:05:37.710 --> 01:05:41.809
reach in to who he is. and the gift that he is

01:05:41.809 --> 01:05:47.329
himself, and give of himself to you as God himself.

01:05:47.530 --> 01:05:53.610
God who gives the gift of God's grace, mercy,

01:05:53.849 --> 01:05:58.050
love, and fellowship. If you're here this morning,

01:05:58.150 --> 01:06:02.110
you say, you know what? I've never invited Jesus

01:06:02.110 --> 01:06:07.110
Christ into my life. I'm not talking about...

01:06:07.480 --> 01:06:10.019
External knowledge that you might believe that

01:06:10.019 --> 01:06:14.920
he existed or that even that he was born and

01:06:14.920 --> 01:06:17.559
that he came to die. It's wonderful that you

01:06:17.559 --> 01:06:21.360
believe that, but there has to be a personal

01:06:21.360 --> 01:06:27.159
knowledge that you welcome him and that you are

01:06:27.159 --> 01:06:30.679
willing to say, Lord, I want you in my life.

01:06:30.840 --> 01:06:34.300
I want to know you. That's why the scripture

01:06:34.300 --> 01:06:39.199
says, if you knew. not just have an idea of knowledge,

01:06:39.400 --> 01:06:45.079
but if you actually become acquainted with and

01:06:45.079 --> 01:06:48.400
have an experience with the one who is the gift.

01:06:50.440 --> 01:06:52.760
And I'm inviting you in the next few moments,

01:06:52.920 --> 01:06:57.920
if that's you, and you would like to get to know

01:06:57.920 --> 01:07:00.280
Jesus Christ because he desires to know you,

01:07:00.340 --> 01:07:03.500
this is him coming and sitting by the well of

01:07:03.500 --> 01:07:09.559
your life. This is him coming. and saying, I

01:07:09.559 --> 01:07:14.900
choose you. He invites you to himself. Maybe

01:07:14.900 --> 01:07:18.440
you're one that's walked away and been estranged

01:07:18.440 --> 01:07:21.639
for a while. This is Jesus inviting you back

01:07:21.639 --> 01:07:25.699
to that place of fellowship. Would you be so

01:07:25.699 --> 01:07:27.940
bold just to say, that's me right now. Just lift

01:07:27.940 --> 01:07:30.360
your hand. I'll send somebody to you. I'm not

01:07:30.360 --> 01:07:32.739
asking you to come to the front, but I will send

01:07:32.739 --> 01:07:35.539
somebody right now to pray with you and say,

01:07:35.579 --> 01:07:40.070
Lord, I want to know you and I want to be aligned

01:07:40.070 --> 01:07:43.210
and in right relationship with you. If that's

01:07:43.210 --> 01:07:45.929
you, would you just do that right now as I'm

01:07:45.929 --> 01:07:53.750
just making this plea? Thank you. Awesome. Thank

01:07:53.750 --> 01:08:00.250
you, Jesus. Thank you, Lord. Thank you. Father,

01:08:00.329 --> 01:08:04.880
I pray over this congregation. I thank you. Lord,

01:08:04.920 --> 01:08:08.199
for hearts that hear, and Lord, I'm asking for

01:08:08.199 --> 01:08:12.420
you to do your work. Lord, you would cause us

01:08:12.420 --> 01:08:17.100
to want everything that is of God and from God.

01:08:18.199 --> 01:08:25.619
In Jesus' name, amen. Thank you for taking the

01:08:25.619 --> 01:08:28.460
time to listen to this week's message. We are

01:08:28.460 --> 01:08:31.260
so grateful for those who tune in each week and

01:08:31.260 --> 01:08:44.449
have given generously to this ministry. If you

01:08:44.449 --> 01:08:47.449
are in need of prayer, send us a text message

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01:08:53.090 --> 01:08:53.289
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