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Welcome to NECF. We're thrilled you're here.

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Make sure to stay with us till the end, where

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we'll share some great resources to deepen your

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faith. Now, let's dive into this week's sermon.

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It's a beautiful morning, and I'm so excited

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once again to be in this place. Yesterday was

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a great moment for us, and I believe once again

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God will continue in what he has been doing in

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our midst. You know, we go gradually. The way

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God exposes us to his truth is step by step.

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Amen. Step by step, gradually. You know, Isaiah

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28. Verse 10. Isaiah 28. Verse 10 says, he tells

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us everything. Yes, give me the NLT. Give me

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the NLT. I love the way the NLT put it. So he

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tells us everything over and over. One line at

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a time. One line at a time. A little here and

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a little there. See, this is how. You know, truth

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is unveiled gradually, little by little, here

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and there. And then before we know it, we see

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the insight that comes from God's word. So what

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I want you to do is that you should be encouraged

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to follow every single thing that is done in

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this place. All right? Just know that this meeting

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is arranged specifically for you. This meeting

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is for you, and it's not for anybody. Just have

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this kind of mindset that this meeting is for

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you. Even if there's nobody here and I'm the

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only one here, I'm going to enjoy what God is

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doing. God is taking this moment to invest into

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my life because he has a plan for my life. So

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from what we will be doing and everything that

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every other speaker will be coming to lead us,

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it is a build -up on every aspect of what God...

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We want us to see in this season. So please be

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very conscious. And see how it links. See how

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it links. See how it's connected. Because step

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by step. Little by little. We see the build up

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of what God is doing for us. And there is an

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admonition. Paul gave to Timothy. In 2 Timothy

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chapter 3. From verse 10. 2 Timothy chapter 3.

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From verse 10. He says but you. You have carefully

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followed my doctrine, manner of life, purpose,

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faith, long -suffering, love, perseverance, persecutions,

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afflictions, which happened to me at Antioch,

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at Iconium, at Lystra. What persecutions I endured,

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and out of them all the Lord delivered me. Yes.

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and all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus

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will suffer persecution. But evil men and impostors

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will grow worse and worse, deceiving and being

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deceived. This is what is happening. But then

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for you, that is for us individually here, it

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says, but you must continue in the things which

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you have learned. and being assured of knowing

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from whom you have learned them. How we are learning

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in this place will be productive. We'll see the

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fruitfulness in your life is when you continue,

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that is when you practice what you learn in this

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place. So whatever thing that will be coming

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to us and coming for us, let our mindset be that

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we are looking at how we can apply, where we

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can obey. But continue, you must continue in

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things which you have learned and been assured

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of knowing from whom you have learned them. And

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that from childhood, you have known the holy

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scriptures. From childhood, from when you were

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born again, you've been exposed to God's word,

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which are able to make you wise for salvation

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through faith, which is in Christ Jesus. All

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scripture. That is all scripture is given by

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inspiration of God. And it is profitable, meaning

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that it is advantageous, meaning that it is useful.

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It is important for doctrine. Doctrine here means

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teaching. It is important. The scripture is a

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material by which we receive instruction for

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life. So the scripture. is advantage, is profitable,

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is advantageous for doctrine, for reproof, for

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correction, for instruction in righteousness.

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And this is a goal that the man of God may be

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complete, thoroughly equipped by, equipped for

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every good work. So the goal is for our equipping.

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that we will be made ready for every good work.

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So the intention is that God will help us to

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be equipped for the work that he has for us.

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And moving down to chapter 4, he continued by

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saying, I charge you therefore before God and

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the Lord Jesus Christ, who will judge the living

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and the dead at his appearance. At his kingdom.

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Preach the word. Be ready in season and out of

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season. Convince, rebuke, exhort. With all longsuffering

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and teaching. Verse 3. For time will come when

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they will not endure sound doctrine. People will

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not be willing to sit for a long time. Enduring

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has to do with making yourself to be under the

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authority of the word of God. Time is coming

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that many will not endure, many will not give

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themselves up to the instruction that comes from

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God's word. For the time will come when they

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will not endure sound doctrine, but according

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to their own desires, because they have itching

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ears, they will heap up for themselves teachers,

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and they will turn their ears away from truth

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and be torn aside to fables. But you, Be watchful

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in all things. Endure afflictions. Do the work

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of an evangelist and fulfill your ministry. Hallelujah.

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So what I want to encourage us is to endure every

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single thing. It's not easy. Training is not

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an easy task. Discipline is not easy. It's not

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easy for the body. But when we look at the goal

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that it will achieve in our lives, it will motivate

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us to do what? To make ourselves readily available

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under the instruction of God's word so that we

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will be built up. So my desire is that our hearts

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will be here, our mind will be here, and our

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attention will be fixed on seeing what God will

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say. Hallelujah. That we will be fixed, fixated

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on seeing. Our desire is to see. what God will

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say, and then what we will do from what God will

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say. Hallelujah. Now let's get to our scripture,

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our key scripture for this conference that we've

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been looking at since yesterday. Manifesting

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the kingdom of God. Matthew chapter 16. Matthew

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chapter 16. From what's starting. When Jesus

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came into the region of Caesarea Philippi, he

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asked his disciples, saying, Who do men say that

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I, the Son of Man, am? So they said some say

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John the Baptist, some Elijah, others Jeremiah,

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or one of the prophets. He said to them, But

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who do you say that I am? Simon Peter answered

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and said, You are the Christ, the Son of the

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living God. Jesus answered and said to him, Blessed

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are you, Simon Barjona, for flesh and blood has

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not revealed this to you, but my Father who is

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where? Who is in heaven. And I say to you that

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you are Peter, and on this rock, I will build

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my church and the gates of Hades shall not prevail

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against it. And I will give you the keys of the

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kingdom of heaven. And whatever you bind on earth

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will be bound in heaven. And whatever you lose

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on earth will be loosed in heaven. Hallelujah.

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And we're able to go through, you know, the preliminary

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verses. We look at the context. And then we say

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that, you know, the disciples were sent out by

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Jesus Christ to go out and preach the gospel.

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And then when they came back, Jesus was asking

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them of their reports. Of course, they came back

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very joyful, you know, seeing what God has worked

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by their hands. They went to preach concerning

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the kingdom. They went to proclaim the kingdom.

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And then signs and wonders were done by them.

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Because Jesus Christ has authorized them, has

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given them power, has given them authority. They

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cast out devils, they heal, they perform wonderful

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miracles, accompanying, you know, the preaching

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of the kingdom, preaching of the message of the

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kingdom. And we saw from the text we read yesterday

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that, you know, there were different accounts.

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People have different perception. People have

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different, you know. about who Jesus is. And

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we established that the idea about who Jesus

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Christ is is founded on ignorance, is founded

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on unbelief. And we say that for us to be effective

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in the work of ministry, it is important that

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our theology about Jesus Christ be accurate because

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Jesus Christ shifted from what they heard from

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the people, from the crowd, to what they themselves.

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Say about the Messiah. About the son of man.

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About Jesus Christ. Which shows to us the importance

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of. Understanding. The importance of understanding.

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Who God is. The importance of understanding.

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What the message is. And we say that the message

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is a person. The message is Jesus Christ. And

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it is important for us. To comprehend. To understand.

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To know who Jesus is. To have a revelation. We

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say revelation of Christ. is crucial, is important,

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is vital to doing the work of ministry. And our

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preparation is knowing God, having a revelation

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of who Jesus is so that we can be able to preach

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him accurately. And we see, you know, the instance

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where Peter made a proclamation. you know, about

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who Jesus is. And we establish also that Peter's

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revelation of Jesus Christ was founded on the

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writings of the prophets, which means that he

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believed on the prophetic writings of, you know,

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the scriptures concerning who Jesus is. And this

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is what we define as revelation. From this revelation,

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you know, He professed or he confessed who Jesus

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is. So we're going to continue from verse 18.

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From verse 18 of this text. Let me read verse

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17, then I will go down to verse 18. Jesus answered

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and said to him, Blessed are you, Simon Barjona,

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for flesh and blood, which means that this understanding

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is not coming from human point of view. Flesh

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and blood has not revealed this to you, but my

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Father who is in heaven. So what God does to

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us is that he opens us to his word. That is what

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God does to us, give us revelation. And the revelation

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which God will give us is in the word of God,

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is in the scriptures. And I also say to you that

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you are Peter. And on this rock, I will build

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my church. And the gates of Hades shall not prevail

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against it. On this rock, verse 18. And I also

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say to you that you are Peter. And on this rock,

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I will build my church. And the gates of Hades

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shall not prevail against it. If you are an intelligent

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reader of the text. I think a question should

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rise in your heart. What is this rock? Because,

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you know, Jesus Christ was not talking about,

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was not teaching about the types of rocks. Right?

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The conversation in this text is not geology

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or geography or construction. In a way, they

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are building a house, so Jesus is explaining

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construction, engineering, or whatever. Where

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will Jesus, or what will Jesus mean by the rock?

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The rock. What did Jesus mean when he said this

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rock? Was he pointing at a rock? Was he pointing

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at a rock? When he said this rock, was there

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a rock there that Jesus pointed at? What is this

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rock? So it is important. Jesus is not speaking

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out of point. Amen. He's not just, you know,

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he's talking, he's on a conversation and then

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lo and behold, he switches to another entirely

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not. This consistency in what Jesus is saying

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and it's left for us to investigate, to understand

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what is this rock that Jesus is explaining? What

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is the implication of the rock that Jesus? He's

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explaining. And that is what I trust God will

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help us to see and to establish as we go through

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what we'll be doing today. Hallelujah. So, what

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is this rock? What is the church that Jesus is

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referring to? What is the church which Jesus

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is referring to in this particular verse? Now,

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the Roman Catholic Church, you know what the

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Roman Catholic Church is? The global Roman Catholic

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Church holds the assertion that the Apostle Peter

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is the rock. Not only them, but some, of course,

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some scholars also, you know, hold the assertion

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that the Apostle Peter is a rock upon which the

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church is built. Because if you look at the verse,

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it seems that that's what he's saying. And I

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also say to you that you are Peter. And on this

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rock, I will build my church and the gates of

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Hades shall not prevail against it. Of course,

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we know that there's no scripture that is of

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private interpretation. If we must interpret

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this text as Jesus is referring to Peter as the

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rock, then we should be able to find collaborative

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scriptures that will help us in establishing

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this particular idea. So, they also hold that

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the church that Jesus Christ is referring to

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here is the Roman Catholic Church and that Apostle

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Peter is the rock upon which the church is built.

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Therefore, he is the first pope. He is the pope

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of the church. Now, how true is this assertion?

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Because our basic knowledge of scriptures will

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help us to understand that Peter had a wife,

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right? He was married. He had a family. And then

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the Pope of today does not marry. So when we

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try to, I mean, it becomes difficult to establish

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this fact. But let's go deeper and we'll see.

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Now it is important to note that the background.

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we've said this time and time and time immemorial,

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that the background of everything that Jesus

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would do, the background of everything that Jesus

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did while he was on earth, the background, the

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context of everything Jesus taught while he was

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on earth is from the writings of Moses, from

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the Psalms, and from the prophets. That is to

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say that there's nothing that Jesus Christ do

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that is from the blues. Including the words he

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speak. Including the actions he took. Including

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what he accomplished. It's from what? It's from

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the writings of Moses. And what are the writings

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of Moses? The first five books of the Bible.

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And then the Psalms and the prophets. Luke chapter

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24 verse 44. Luke 24 verse 44. Then he said to

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them, these are the words which I spoke to you

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while I was still with you. The words Jesus spoke

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to them. And what are the words Jesus was speaking

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to them? That all things must be fulfilled which

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were written in the law of Moses and the prophets

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and the Psalms concerning me. So Jesus Christ

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spoke to them or he taught them The generality

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of all that Jesus taught them was from the writings

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of Moses, was from what the prophets have prophesied

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about, and from what the Psalms have written

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concerning Jesus. Matthew 5, verse 17, we see

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where Jesus Christ will say that he has not come

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to destroy the law. Do not think that I have

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come to destroy the law. All the prophets, that

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is, Jesus Christ did not come to condemn or to

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do away with what the laws, the laws of Moses,

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what Moses have written, what the prophets have

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said. I did not come to destroy, but to do what?

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But to accomplish them, to fulfill them. Because

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these were promises, these were prophecies. So

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my coming... Is to bring toward to accomplishment.

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What all the prophets have said. Verse 18. For

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as surely I say to you. Till heaven and earth

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pass away. One dot. Or one little. Or one little.

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Will by no means pass. From the law. Till all

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is what. Till all is fulfilled. So Jesus Christ

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was to fulfill what has been said or what has

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been written. So if Jesus preaches a message

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apart from that of the prophets, he wouldn't

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be the Christ. If Jesus Christ would teach anything

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that is outside the scriptures, if Jesus Christ

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would say any word that is outside the scriptures,

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then he would not be the Messiah. Because the

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writings in the Old Testament were actually...

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The words of Jesus. The prophets were able to

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see by divine inspiration what Jesus will do.

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So specifically, the prophets and Moses were

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writing the words of Jesus Christ. They were

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writing what Jesus will come to do. So therefore,

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whatever Jesus will say, the vocabulary and the

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choice of words, that Jesus will use in his ministry,

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the language, the verbiage by which Jesus will

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use in his teachings will definitely be from

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where? From what the prophets have said. From

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what Moses have written. From what we will see

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in the Holy Scripture. His words must be from

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what we call the Old Testament Scripture. From

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Genesis to Malachi. So the rock and the church

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that Jesus Christ will be speaking, because remember

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I said that Jesus Christ asked a question. He

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said, who do men say I am? And we agree or we

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saw that the question that Jesus Christ was asking

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was not out of what? Was not out of identity

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crisis, right? He was not trying to know from

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them, but the goal of his question is to what?

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Is to teach. Hallelujah. The goal of his question

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is what? Is for teaching. It's to explain a truth.

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It's to bring light to a reality, to a truth.

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So the rock and the church that Jesus will speak

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about, the rock and the church that Jesus Christ

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will teach about, will speak about, or will speak

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of must be those spoken or that which was spoken

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of by the prophets. All right? That which was

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spoken of by the prophets, that which was spoken

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of, was written by Moses, was taught by Moses

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and in the Psalms. Jesus only came to do what?

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To fulfill and not to establish something new.

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So if we see Jesus Christ making reference to

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something, it must be something that has already

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been what? Been prophesied or has been said by

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the prophets. So, most of what Jesus said in

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the four gospels, you know, will be fulfilled

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in his resurrection. I want you to note this

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very, very well. Because Jesus says, upon this

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rock, I will build, which means that upon this

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rock, he has not built yet, right? It's a promise.

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So, while Jesus was on earth, before dying, Most

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of the things he taught were promises. They were

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not fulfilled before his death, his burial, and

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his resurrection. So, most of what Jesus would

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say in the four gospels was not fulfilled there

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when he was saying them. Which means that much

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of Jesus' sermon in the four gospels will be

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promises to be fulfilled when? When will these

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promises be fulfilled? In his resurrection, right?

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In his resurrection. So that is a very important

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truth we should note. So, for example, now the

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Sermon on the Mount. Let's go to the Sermon on

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the Mount and see the teachings he did before

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he died and rose again. Matthew chapter 5 from

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verse 1. And seeing the multitude. He went up

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on a mountain, and when he was seated, his disciples

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came to him. And then he opened his mouth and

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taught them, saying, Blessed are the poor in

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spirit, for theirs is a kingdom of heaven. How

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will the kingdom of heaven be established? In

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his resurrection. All right? So what Jesus Christ

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will be teaching here will actually be what will

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be established at his resurrection. He will say,

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What is the source of comfort of the believer?

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Who comforts the believer? The Holy Spirit. So

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by this time, has the Holy Spirit been given?

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It has not been given. Why? Because he has not

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yet died. He has not died. He has not been raised

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from the dead yet. He has not been taken up to

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glory yet. Because we saw that the condition

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for the outpouring of the Spirit of God is that

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Jesus will be taken away, that Jesus will be

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gone to heaven. So it is important to note that.

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Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit

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the earth. Blessed are those who hunger and thirst

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for righteousness. For they shall be filled.

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Blessed are the merciful. For they shall obtain

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mercy. Blessed are the pure in heart. For they

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shall see God. Blessed are the peacemakers. For

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they shall be called the sons of God. How will

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men be called the sons of God? Men will be called

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the sons of God. The Bible will say that as many

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as did receive him, right? He gave them the ability.

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As many as did believe. Receiving him means believing

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in what he has, he will do, believing in what

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he has done. That is how they will become the

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sons of God. From the viewpoint of his resurrection.

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Alright? So blessed are those who are persecuted

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for righteousness' sake. For theirs is the kingdom

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of heaven. Blessed are you when they revile and

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persecute you and say all kinds of evil against

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you, falsely for my sake. Rejoice and exceedingly

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glad, for great is your reward in heaven, for

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they persecuted the prophets who were before

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you. So all these things, the ability, right,

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to become all. That has been taught in these

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scriptures. If you go on and on. We see Jesus

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Christ teaching several things. You know. We

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see where Jesus Christ is talking about. Love

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for your enemies. Like in verse 43. It says you

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have heard that it was said. You shall love your

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neighbor. And hate your enemy. That is what the

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law says. But I say to you. Love your enemies.

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Bless those who curse you. Do good to those who

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hate you. And pray for those who spitefully use

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you and persecute you. That you may be the sons

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of your father in heaven. For he makes his son

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to rise on the evil and on the good. And send

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rain on the just and on the unjust. It takes

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only a man that has been filled by the spirit.

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That can what? That can express this kind of

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life. I believe so much that those who were listening

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to him did not have the ability to what? To live

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out these things that Jesus was saying. Amen?

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Imagine someone that is not born again and I

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tell him to love his enemies. How is he going

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to do it? How is he going to do it? So, most

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of Jesus' teachings and what he taught were what?

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Were what will be fulfilled or what will be accomplished

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at his word, at his resurrection. So, Matthew

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16, verse 18 will also be similar, right? It

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will be what will be accomplished when? At his

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resurrection. All his miracles, not only teachings,

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but even the miracles, the sermons, and the parables

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are about his death, his burial, and his resurrection.

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It's about the kingdom. Hallelujah. The parables

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are not just for fun. It's not comedy. They are

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to teach about what he will do at his death,

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his burial, and his resurrection. They are to

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proclaim, to help in bringing about the knowledge

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of what he will do. You know, in his death, his

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burial, and his resurrection. Let's look at one

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of his miracles. Let's look at one of his miracles.

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The first miracle he did. Which was the first

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miracle recorded by Jesus? Turn your water into

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wine. Amen. Let's go to John chapter 2. John

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chapter 2. From verse 1 to 10. We'll read from

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verse 1 to 10. On the third day, there was a

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wedding in Cana of Galilee. And the mother of

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Jesus was there. Now both Jesus and his disciples

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were invited to the wedding. And when they ran

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out of wine, the mother of Jesus said to him,

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they have no wine. Okay? She came to Jesus and

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said, see. Their wine has finished. There's a

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debate. Some say it's alcohol. Some say it's

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not alcohol. But let's just know that there's

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something called wine. All right? And when you

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drink wine, what will happen to you? If you drink

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it in excess, what will happen to you? Eh? You'll

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be drunk, right? So, wine. Whatever way you want

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to explain it is wine. And if you drink plenty

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of it, you'll be drunk. Hallelujah. So Jesus

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turned water into wine. That's the context here.

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Look how Jesus replied to her. She came to Jesus

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and said, Your wine has finished. And Jesus said

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to her, Woman, what does your concern have to

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do with me? My hour has not yet come. My hour

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has not yet come. His mother said to the servants,

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whatever he says to you, do it. Now they set

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their six water pots of stone according to the

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manner of purification of the Jews containing

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20 or 30 gallons apiece. Jesus said to them,

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fill the water pots with water and they fill

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them up to the brim. And he said to them, draw

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some out now. Draw some out now and take it to

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the master of the feast. That is the chairman

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of the wedding. And they took it. When the master

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of the feast had tested the water that was made

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wine and did not know where it came from, but

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the servants who had drawn the water knew, the

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master of the feast called the bridegroom. And

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he said to him, every man at the beginning set

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out the good wine. And when the guests have well

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drunk, then the inferior, you know, the wine

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Jesus was a quality wine, you know, original

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wine, not diluted. He was surprised. At every

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wedding, people bring out the best so that people

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will drink. And when they drink, they are drunk.

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Then we can now see, you know, when you are drunk,

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you will not know, you know. When you're hungry,

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no matter how bad the food is, the food is always

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sweet in your mouth when you're hungry. Understand?

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But when you keep eating, you keep eating, no

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matter how sweet it is, when you are full, you

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know, we call it diminishing utility, right?

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The more you take of a substance, the value or

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the satisfaction you get from it drops. So the

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master said of the wedding says, every man at

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the beginning set out the good wine. And when

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the guests have well drunk, then the inferior,

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you have kept the good wine until now. I think

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he was shouting there. Because it's an exclamation

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mark. Right? This beginning of signs Jesus did

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in Cana of Galilee and manifested his word, his

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glory, and his disciples' word, they believed

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him. Now. Why wine? Upon all the miracles that

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Jesus will set out his ministry. Why alcohol?

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Amen? Why wine? And we say that everything that

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Jesus will teach, will do, okay, will say, must

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have his root from where? From scripture. Hallelujah.

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So why wine? We will see from the story that

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fiscal wine, we will see from the story that

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the fiscal wine finished at the party, right?

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When Jesus was approached, he said in verse 4,

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give me verse 4. He says, my hour is not yet

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come. My hour has not yet come. Give me verse

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4 again. He said, my hour has not yet come. What

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does Jesus mean by my hour has not yet come?

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Which means that he's talking about time, right?

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This is not my time. This will mean that at his

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hour, there shall be wine. Okay? He said, my

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hour has not come, which means that at his hour,

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what will happen? There will be wine. There will

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be wine. So what does his hour mean? Or when

00:36:37.780 --> 00:36:42.400
is his hour? If you are writing, you can put,

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when is his hour? Let's investigate and see his

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hour. What does his hour mean? What kind of wine

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will we have at his hour? The original wine.

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Amen? Remember, when he brought out the wine,

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it was what? It was a high quality wine. It says,

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my hour has not yet come. What is that hour?

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And what kind of wine will we have at his hour?

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Now, my hour will refer to a particular time,

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a specific time. My hour will refer to a specific

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time. Let's look at it in scriptures. John chapter

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4 verse 21. John chapter 4 verse 21. John 4 verse

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21. Jesus said to her, this is Jesus' interaction

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with, you know, the Samaritan woman, right? Jesus

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said to her, Woman, believe me. The hour, you

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see the hour. My hour. The hour is coming. When

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you will need on this mountain in Jerusalem worship

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the father. Do you have an idea of when this

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will happen? Huh? When? Help me. When? At his

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resurrection, right? That's a hint. Verse 22.

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You will worship what you do not know. We know

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what we worship, for salvation is of the Jews.

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23. But the hour, the hour, the hour is coming.

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And now is when the true worshipers will worship

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the Father in spirit and truth. In spirit, which

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is truth. So the hour is the hour where worship

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will be what? By the spirit. For the father is

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seeking such to worship him. Verse 24. God is

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spirit. And those who worship him must worship

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him in spirit. Which is truth. Which is true

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worship. Jump to chapter 12. That same John.

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Chapter 12 verse 23. John 12 verse 23. John chapter

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12 verse 23. But Jesus answered them saying.

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The hour has come. All right. Previously, we

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established that the hour is when? It's after

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his resurrection, right? Now, the specific time

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where we see as the hour is after his resurrection.

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Here, but Jesus answered them saying, the hour

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has come that the son of man should be glorified.

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Most assuredly, I say to you, unless a grain

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of wheat, he explains. How the son of man will

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be glorified. I say to you, unless a grain of

00:39:39.670 --> 00:39:42.869
wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains

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all alone. But if it dies, it produces much grain.

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So it produces much grain. Verse 26, 25, 25,

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25. He who loves his life will lose it. And he

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who hates his life in this world will keep it

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for eternal life. If anyone serves me, let him

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follow me. And there where I am, there my servant

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will be also. If anyone serves me, him my father

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will honor. Now, go back to the previous verses.

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It talks about unless a ground of wheat is what?

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Dies. And he's making reference to what? To himself.

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He's making reference to his death. If you plant

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a seed on the ground, right? What happens to

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the seed? A corn. It dies. then it comes back

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to life. It germinates. And when it grows, it

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has different, much more, it multiplies. That

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is to say that at his death, right, at his death

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and his resurrection, there will be many. There

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will be many. There will be us. There will be

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many. The grain of wheat falls into the ground

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and dies. It remains alone. Unless it is dead,

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as of that moment, it remains alone. He's the

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only begotten. But once he dies and then he rise

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again from the dead, we all became sons of God.

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We share in that sonship with him. Hallelujah.

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So that hour is referring to what? It's referring

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to the time of his resurrection. Amen? His resurrection.

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Now, chapter 17, John chapter 17, verse 1 also,

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we'll see also. Referring to the hour. John chapter

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17 verse 1. Jesus spoke this word, lifted up

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his eyes to heaven and said, Father, the hour

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has come. Glorify your son that your son may

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also glorify you. Hallelujah. So the hour, from

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the text we've read, we can derive that the hour

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refers to Jesus' resurrection. The specific time,

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okay, that Jesus Christ, He's referring to is

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what? His resurrection. So the miracle of turning

00:42:06.739 --> 00:42:11.699
water into wine is symbolic of what will happen

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in Jesus' resurrection. Okay? The symbolism of

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what the miracle of turning water into wine is

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a teaching on what Jesus will do at his resurrection.

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Mary, was speaking of what? What was she speaking

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of? She was speaking of a physical wine. Right?

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While Jesus' focus is on something spiritual,

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is on spiritual wine. Because the hour of Jesus

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Christ will be at his resurrection. And what

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will happen at his resurrection is a spiritual

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activity. So we'll see that his wine will be

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what? Will be at his hour. Jesus will give God's

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wine in his hour, in his time, at his time, at

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his hour. Now this new wine will be in the father's

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kingdom. The kingdom is at his resurrection.

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This one will be at his father's resurrection.

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His father's kingdom, rather. Matthew 26, 29,

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we see where he said this clearly. This wine

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will be what? Will be in his father's kingdom.

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Matthew 26, 29. But I say to you. Now the context

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is that he was at a table with the disciples.

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But I say to you, I will not drink of this fruit

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of the vine. That is wine. From now until the

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day. When I drink it new with you in my father's

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kingdom. What is this wine? He also referred

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to the wine as his blood. Now, what we're trying

00:44:10.480 --> 00:44:12.579
to do right now is we're trying to find definitions,

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terminologies that Jesus used in his teaching.

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And the goal is to help us to explain that rock.

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Don't be confused. All right? So here, what is

00:44:25.559 --> 00:44:29.659
Jesus' wine? What is the wine? He also called

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the wine his blood. Go back to verse 26 of that

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same Matthew 26, from verse 26. And as they were

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eating, Jesus took the bread and blessed and

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broke it and gave it to the disciples and said,

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take, eat, this is my body. So what did he call

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the bread? He called the bread his body. All

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right? If I were you, I would also cycle somewhere

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the bread. Because it is something. It symbolizes

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something. So, 27. Then he took the cup and gave

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thanks and gave it to them, saying, drink from

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it, all of you. Drink from it, all of you. For

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this is my blood. This is my blood of the new

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covenant, which is shed for many for the remissions

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of sins. So what is he talking about here? His

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resurrection, right? What will happen in the

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resurrection? But I say to you, I will not drink

00:45:40.510 --> 00:45:44.869
of this fruit of the vine from now until that

00:45:44.869 --> 00:45:49.510
day when I drink it now, new rather, with you.

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In my father's kingdom. So he also referred to

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the wine as his blood. So it is important to

00:45:59.760 --> 00:46:03.219
take note of how Jesus uses vocabularies and

00:46:03.219 --> 00:46:08.079
terminologies. Okay? It is important to see.

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Now let's study more about his usage of words.

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John chapter 6 verse 26. John chapter 6. Verse

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26. Jesus answered them and said, Most assuredly,

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I say to you, you seek me not because you sowed

00:46:28.980 --> 00:46:33.780
the signs, but you ate of the loaves and were

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filled. Remember we saw bread when he was with

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his disciples, right? Now we're going to explain

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what is his bread. Because do not label. Take

00:46:46.099 --> 00:46:49.199
me back to verse 26. Jesus answered them and

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said, most assuredly I say to you, you seek me

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not because you saw the signs, but because you

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ate of loaves and were filled. They ate what?

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They ate physical bread and they were filled.

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Verse 27. Do not labor for the food which perishes,

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but for the food which endures to everlasting

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life. Which the son of man will give you because

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God, the father, has set his seed on him. Now

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in this verse 27, we can see that there are two

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types of food. Okay? First, there is a food which

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perishes. And what is that food? The physical

00:47:37.630 --> 00:47:41.210
food that you eat. And then the perishing of

00:47:41.210 --> 00:47:43.570
that is that you go and throw it in the sewage.

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Right? And it has perished. But Jesus now introduces

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another food that yields, that he says, but for

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the food which endures to everlasting life, which

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the Son of Man will give you. So Jesus will give

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a certain food, which when you eat, will lead

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to eternal life. Amen? It will lead to eternal

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life. So the background story here in this John

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chapter 6. It's from verse 1. When Jesus had

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performed the miracle of the feeding of the 5

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,000, and then he began teaching about the kingdom.

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Now, in verse 27, we see him contrasting two

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kinds of food. Fiscal food and what? And spiritual

00:48:33.980 --> 00:48:38.119
food. Amen? Fiscal food and what? And spiritual

00:48:38.119 --> 00:48:41.739
food. Now, let's go to, let's continue our reading.

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Verse 28. Then they said to him, what shall we

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do that we may walk the works of God? As if they

00:48:50.809 --> 00:48:54.389
are, you know, really out for the work of God.

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What shall we do to walk the works of God? Now

00:48:57.469 --> 00:48:59.670
look at what the work of God is. What is the

00:48:59.670 --> 00:49:02.789
work of God? This is the work of God. Jesus said

00:49:02.789 --> 00:49:07.329
to them, that you what? That you believe in him

00:49:07.329 --> 00:49:11.789
whom he sent. Therefore they said to him, what

00:49:11.789 --> 00:49:16.619
sign? Will you perform then that we may see it

00:49:16.619 --> 00:49:20.420
and believe you? What work will you do? These

00:49:20.420 --> 00:49:24.019
guys, they want food. They make reference to

00:49:24.019 --> 00:49:27.920
their father. Who is their father? Their ancestors

00:49:27.920 --> 00:49:32.059
under Moses. They said, our fathers ate the manna

00:49:32.059 --> 00:49:37.019
in the desert as it is written. They knew from

00:49:37.019 --> 00:49:40.599
scriptures, right? He gave them bread from heaven

00:49:40.599 --> 00:49:45.539
to eat. Then Jesus said to them, most assuredly,

00:49:45.539 --> 00:49:48.199
I say to you, Moses did not give you the bread

00:49:48.199 --> 00:49:53.780
from heaven. All right? The bread you eat is

00:49:53.780 --> 00:50:01.960
a physical bread. Moses did not give you the

00:50:01.960 --> 00:50:06.199
bread from heaven, but my father gives the true

00:50:06.199 --> 00:50:09.000
bread from heaven. The true bread from heaven,

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true bread means, what does it mean? The word

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true. The real bread, right? The one that is

00:50:21.360 --> 00:50:24.599
permanent. We're not saying that the bread they

00:50:24.599 --> 00:50:27.739
ate is a false bread, no. True here means one

00:50:27.739 --> 00:50:33.039
that lasts forever and is from heaven. For a

00:50:33.039 --> 00:50:35.860
bread of God, let's look at the definition of

00:50:35.860 --> 00:50:38.519
a God's bread now. What is the definition of

00:50:38.519 --> 00:50:43.989
their own bread? It's flour. Mixed with dough

00:50:43.989 --> 00:50:46.769
baked in the oven. That is their own bread, right?

00:50:46.909 --> 00:50:49.630
That is the definition of their bread. What is

00:50:49.630 --> 00:50:52.590
God's definition of bread? For the bread of God

00:50:52.590 --> 00:50:58.909
is what? Is a person. Amen? So when you see bread,

00:50:59.090 --> 00:51:03.210
in God's language, the bread is a person. For

00:51:03.210 --> 00:51:08.010
the bread of God is he who comes down from heaven

00:51:08.010 --> 00:51:13.090
and gives life to the world. It means that what

00:51:13.090 --> 00:51:17.170
Moses did was a picture or was speaking about

00:51:17.170 --> 00:51:22.670
what Jesus will do. Jesus is the bread that gives

00:51:22.670 --> 00:51:28.409
life. But started, yeah, 34. Then he said to

00:51:28.409 --> 00:51:31.510
him, then they said to him, Lord, give us this

00:51:31.510 --> 00:51:38.510
bread always. Give us this bread when? Always.

00:51:38.570 --> 00:51:43.260
And Jesus said to them, I am the bread of life.

00:51:45.260 --> 00:51:50.260
I am the bread of life. He who comes to me shall

00:51:50.260 --> 00:51:54.679
never hunger. Because it's a true bread. It's

00:51:54.679 --> 00:51:56.679
an eternal bread. Once you eat this bread, you

00:51:56.679 --> 00:52:01.960
will never be hungry again. Alright? And he who

00:52:01.960 --> 00:52:07.719
believes in me shall never thirst. But I say

00:52:07.719 --> 00:52:11.880
to you, that you have seen me and yet do not

00:52:11.880 --> 00:52:15.159
believe. So what does it mean to eat? It means

00:52:15.159 --> 00:52:18.280
to believe. Yet you've seen this bread, but you've

00:52:18.280 --> 00:52:21.639
refused to eat of this bread. God's definition

00:52:21.639 --> 00:52:26.360
for eating is believing, right? We've done this

00:52:26.360 --> 00:52:28.900
several times in church here. But I said to you

00:52:28.900 --> 00:52:31.300
that you have seen me and yet do not believe.

00:52:33.159 --> 00:52:38.730
All that the Father gives me, Will come to me.

00:52:39.130 --> 00:52:42.150
And the one who comes to me. I will by no means

00:52:42.150 --> 00:52:47.349
cast out. For I have come down from heaven. Not

00:52:47.349 --> 00:52:50.889
to do my own will. But the will of him. Who sent

00:52:50.889 --> 00:52:55.130
me. This is the will of the father. Who sent

00:52:55.130 --> 00:53:00.610
me. That of all that he has given me. I should

00:53:00.610 --> 00:53:04.469
lose nothing. But should raise it up. At the

00:53:04.469 --> 00:53:08.570
last day. And this is the will of him who sent

00:53:08.570 --> 00:53:12.369
me. That everyone who sees the son will do what?

00:53:13.329 --> 00:53:16.849
And believes in him may have everlasting life.

00:53:18.050 --> 00:53:20.429
And I will raise him up at the last day. Now,

00:53:20.449 --> 00:53:23.949
what Jesus is doing here is telling them what

00:53:23.949 --> 00:53:29.710
Moses did. Amen? He's teaching them Moses here.

00:53:29.809 --> 00:53:32.369
What Moses did by giving them the physical bread.

00:53:32.489 --> 00:53:37.329
The miracle Moses demonstrated of. Of feeding

00:53:37.329 --> 00:53:40.449
the nation of Israel with the loves of bread.

00:53:41.829 --> 00:53:47.650
Jesus replicated that by feeding 5 ,000. Moses

00:53:47.650 --> 00:53:49.809
fed the children of Israel in the wilderness.

00:53:51.590 --> 00:53:57.369
For how long? For 40 years. Jesus replicated

00:53:57.369 --> 00:54:05.900
that miracle by feeding the 5 ,000. Verse 41.

00:54:08.059 --> 00:54:12.059
And the Jews then complained about him because,

00:54:12.139 --> 00:54:14.099
you know, the bread they were looking for is

00:54:14.099 --> 00:54:17.679
not really Jesus. They want bread. They want

00:54:17.679 --> 00:54:21.659
to eat food. The Jews then complained about him

00:54:21.659 --> 00:54:24.920
because he said, I am the bread which came down

00:54:24.920 --> 00:54:31.920
from heaven. And they said, is not this Jesus

00:54:31.920 --> 00:54:34.079
the son of Joseph whose father and mother we

00:54:34.079 --> 00:54:36.849
know? But you people ate 5 ,000, you people ate

00:54:36.849 --> 00:54:39.130
that bread after, you didn't complain. Now when

00:54:39.130 --> 00:54:40.590
he's telling you that he's a bread of life that

00:54:40.590 --> 00:54:43.630
comes down from heaven, even with a sign he did,

00:54:43.670 --> 00:54:47.190
he didn't believe. Whose father and mother we

00:54:47.190 --> 00:54:53.909
know. How is it then that he says, I came, I

00:54:53.909 --> 00:54:56.510
have come down from heaven. Jesus therefore answered

00:54:56.510 --> 00:54:59.590
and said to them, do not murmur among yourselves.

00:55:00.809 --> 00:55:04.599
No one can come to me unless the father. Who

00:55:04.599 --> 00:55:07.139
sent me draws him. And I will raise him up at

00:55:07.139 --> 00:55:09.860
the last day. It is written in the prophets.

00:55:10.039 --> 00:55:13.039
Look at Jesus. Continuation of his teaching.

00:55:13.099 --> 00:55:16.579
It is written in the prophets. And they shall

00:55:16.579 --> 00:55:23.659
be taught by God. Therefore. Therefore. Everyone

00:55:23.659 --> 00:55:26.840
who has heard and learned from the father. Comes

00:55:26.840 --> 00:55:31.440
to me. Not that anyone. Has seen the father.

00:55:31.539 --> 00:55:36.219
Except he. who is from God, he has seen the Father.

00:55:38.119 --> 00:55:40.599
Most assuredly, I say to you, that is verily,

00:55:40.780 --> 00:55:46.199
he who believes in me has everlasting life. He

00:55:46.199 --> 00:55:52.500
who believes in me has everlasting life. 48.

00:55:53.960 --> 00:55:59.400
I am, what? The bread of life. He keep hammering,

00:55:59.480 --> 00:56:02.809
I am the bread of life. I am the bread of life.

00:56:02.929 --> 00:56:07.030
Verse 49. Your fathers ate manna in the wilderness.

00:56:07.110 --> 00:56:09.690
Now he's bringing home the teaching to them.

00:56:09.869 --> 00:56:13.570
Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness

00:56:13.570 --> 00:56:18.949
and what happened to them? They died. Which means

00:56:18.949 --> 00:56:21.110
that that bread is not a true bread. Which means

00:56:21.110 --> 00:56:22.829
that that bread, if you eat it, you will not

00:56:22.829 --> 00:56:26.449
live forever. You will not live everlasting life.

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You will not have everlasting life. If you eat

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the physical bread, you yourself will even perish.

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This is the bread which comes down from heaven,

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that one may eat of it and not die. So there's

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a contrasting between the bread that Jesus was

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speaking about and the bread that the men were

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expecting. Similarly with the wine that we saw

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earlier on at Cana. Okay? I am the living bread

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which comes down from heaven. If anyone eats

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of this bread, he will live when? Forever. And

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the bread that I shall give is what? What is

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the bread? The bread is my flesh. This bread

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is my flesh which I shall give for the life of

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the world. The bread is my flesh which I shall

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give for the life of the world. Then the Jews

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therefore quarreled among themselves saying,

00:57:28.739 --> 00:57:34.760
how can this man give us his flesh to eat? How

00:57:34.760 --> 00:57:37.219
can this man give us his flesh to eat? Then Jesus

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said to them, most assuredly I say to you, unless

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you eat the flesh of the son of man and drink

00:57:43.119 --> 00:57:47.300
his blood, you have what? You have no life in

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you. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood,

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Has eternal life. And I will raise him up at

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the last day. So is Jesus referring to physical

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flesh? Is Jesus referring to physical blood?

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For my flesh is food indeed. And my blood is

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what? Is drink indeed. So I want you to make

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some parallel assumptions here right now. The

00:58:18.800 --> 00:58:25.539
wine is what? Is a blood. Alright? The flesh

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is also the what? Is the bread. Do we agree?

00:58:30.699 --> 00:58:33.840
Can we see the parallel of this in his teachings?

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So do we know the wine of God? Is the blood,

00:58:37.980 --> 00:58:42.039
right? Do we know the bread of God? It is flesh.

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Alright? So, let's continue. He who eats my flesh

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and drinks my blood abides in me. Amen? You eat

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the flesh, you drink the blood, you abide in

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him, and I in him. How does a man come in union

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with God? How does a man come in union with God?

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How does God enter a man? By faith. By what?

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The Spirit. All are there. As the living Father

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sent me, and I live because of the Father, so

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he who feeds on me will live because of me. Last

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verse. This is the bread which comes down from

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heaven, not as your fathers ate the manna and

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are dead. He who eats this bread will live forever.

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He who eats this bread will live forever. So

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in verses 32, 33, we will see the bread Moses

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gave their fathers and also the bread God gives.

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Contrast of two different breads. Two kinds of

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bread. The true bread means it is real and permanent.

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It gives eternal life for one who eats it will

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never hunger again. And what is their bread?

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Their bread is what is egg make. It's flour.

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And it is a shadow. It is a shadow. It is a symbol.

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It is pointing toward the God's bread, the true

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bread, the body of Jesus Christ. So we accept

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the divination of Jesus, right? So when we see

01:00:30.949 --> 01:00:33.909
bread, we know what it means. It's a vocabulary

01:00:33.909 --> 01:00:37.869
in the kingdom. We know what it means. Hallelujah.

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So when you say bread, when we say bread in this

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house, we know what bread is. What is bread?

01:00:44.090 --> 01:00:46.630
Bread is the body of Jesus Christ. We know what

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blood is, blood of Jesus Christ. Blood of Jesus

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Christ is what we drink in the kingdom so that

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we can have life. Amen? But if you tell an unbeliever

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outside there that you eat flesh and you drink

01:00:59.630 --> 01:01:02.170
blood, how will they understand what you are

01:01:02.170 --> 01:01:06.429
saying? It becomes what? It becomes a mystery.

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But this mystery can be explained. By what? By

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explanation, by teaching. As we are knowing now,

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that when we say blood, flesh and blood in the

01:01:20.219 --> 01:01:22.760
context of Jesus Christ, we are referring to

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his body. And that is what we eat. So that we

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can have him in us. Hallelujah. So we accept

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the definition of Jesus as the kingdom vocabulary.

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Our bread is the body of Jesus. We have eaten.

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And what does it mean to eat? We have believed.

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the body, and have drunk his blood. And then

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from verse 60 to 65, that's John 60, 65, chapter

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6, verse 60 to 65, we see they refuse to believe.

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Give me verse 60, from verse 60. It says, therefore

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many of his disciples, when they had this said,

01:02:07.429 --> 01:02:12.130
this is a hard saying, who can understand it?

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When Jesus knew in himself that his disciples

01:02:16.139 --> 01:02:18.579
complained about this, he said to them, does

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this offend you? Do you get offended by this

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thing? What then if I should see, what if you

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should see the son of man ascending where he

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was before? And then he made it clear. This is

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what I'm meaning. What gives life? It is the

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spirit who gives life. You eat bread, you have

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life. So what he's explaining to disciples here,

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he's telling them that the bread is what? Is

01:02:50.059 --> 01:02:58.320
spirit. Alright? The bread, the blood, the wine,

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is his spirit. Do we understand? Do you understand?

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Jamila, what is the bread? His spirit. What is

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the wine? His spirit. What is the blood? His

01:03:20.099 --> 01:03:28.019
spirit. Alright? So, these symbols is referring

01:03:28.019 --> 01:03:31.019
to what? His spirit. It is the spirit who gives

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life. The flesh profits nothing. The words that

01:03:35.480 --> 01:03:38.000
I speak to you are spirit and they are life.

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But there are some of you who do not believe.

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For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were,

01:03:49.320 --> 01:03:52.079
who did not believe, and who would betray him.

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And he said, therefore I have said to you that

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no one can come to me unless it has been granted

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to him by my Father. And of course, it's through

01:04:00.880 --> 01:04:04.980
faith. Hallelujah. So we can see that the flesh

01:04:04.980 --> 01:04:08.659
of Jesus Christ, the blood of Jesus Christ, refers

01:04:08.659 --> 01:04:13.340
to what? To his spirit, to his spirit. So our

01:04:13.340 --> 01:04:16.840
definition of the flesh is a spirit. Our definition

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of the bread is a spirit. Jesus also used water

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in teaching about the spirit. Symbolism, right?

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Jesus also used water in teaching about the spirit.

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John chapter 3 from verse 1, we'll see. Let's

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go to John chapter 3 verse 1. John chapter 3

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verse 1. There was a man of the Pharisees named

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Nicodemus. This man came to Jesus by night and

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said to him, Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher.

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Come from God, for no one can do these signs

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that you do unless God Is with him. Unless God

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is with him. Jesus answered and said to him.

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Most assuredly I say to you. Unless one is born

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again. He cannot see. The kingdom of heaven.

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So to be in the kingdom of heaven. You must be

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born again. So Nicodemus. Now there is a contrast

01:05:30.380 --> 01:05:36.000
here. Okay. Jesus Christ was explaining. Birth.

01:05:38.140 --> 01:05:40.940
Alright? Jesus Christ was explaining birth, the

01:05:40.940 --> 01:05:44.500
new birth. And then what Nicodemus was able to

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see was a physical birth. Now, let's continue.

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Nicodemus said to him, how can a man be born

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when he is old? Can he enter a second time into

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his mother's womb and be born? Jesus answered,

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most assuredly I say to you, unless one is born

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of what? Of water. And the spirit, now we've

01:06:09.539 --> 01:06:13.400
explained in church here that the water, that

01:06:13.400 --> 01:06:17.300
idea is best explained as what? Which is, right?

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Born of water, which is the spirit. He cannot

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enter the kingdom of God. That which is born

01:06:25.599 --> 01:06:29.139
of the flesh is flesh. That which is born of

01:06:29.139 --> 01:06:32.920
the spirit, spirit. Do not marvel that I say

01:06:32.920 --> 01:06:37.500
to you, you must be born again. The wind blows

01:06:37.500 --> 01:06:40.360
where it wishes, and you hear the sound of it,

01:06:40.440 --> 01:06:43.880
but cannot tell where it comes from and where

01:06:43.880 --> 01:06:47.699
it goes. So it's everyone who is born of the

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Spirit. Nicodemus answered and said to him, How

01:06:53.000 --> 01:06:57.380
can these things be? Jesus answered and said

01:06:57.380 --> 01:07:00.659
to him, Are you the teacher of Israel and not

01:07:00.659 --> 01:07:02.679
know these things? Because these things have

01:07:02.679 --> 01:07:05.679
been explained in the writings of the prophets.

01:07:06.139 --> 01:07:08.239
These things have been explained by the writings

01:07:08.239 --> 01:07:11.280
of Moses. How can you not understand these things

01:07:11.280 --> 01:07:17.380
and you are a teacher of Israel? Most assuredly

01:07:17.380 --> 01:07:20.519
I say to you, we speak what we know and testify

01:07:20.519 --> 01:07:24.000
what we have seen. And you do not receive our

01:07:24.000 --> 01:07:26.199
witness. It's referring to the unbelief of the

01:07:26.199 --> 01:07:29.340
people. If I have told you earthly things and

01:07:29.340 --> 01:07:32.239
you do not believe, how will you believe if I

01:07:32.239 --> 01:07:35.860
tell you heavenly things? No one has ascended

01:07:35.860 --> 01:07:40.460
to heaven, but he who came down from heaven,

01:07:40.599 --> 01:07:44.219
that is the son of man who is in heaven. Now,

01:07:44.239 --> 01:07:48.139
he went back to the books of Moses, Numbers 29.

01:07:49.019 --> 01:07:52.480
To bring home the point, he says, and as Moses

01:07:52.480 --> 01:07:55.400
lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even

01:07:55.400 --> 01:07:59.300
so must the son of man be lifted up. That is,

01:07:59.300 --> 01:08:05.860
as Moses taught the children of Israel. All right?

01:08:06.380 --> 01:08:09.579
Lifting up the serpent is Moses' teaching about

01:08:09.579 --> 01:08:13.800
Jesus. As Moses lifted up the serpent in the

01:08:13.800 --> 01:08:16.579
wilderness, the men will look up, the men will

01:08:16.579 --> 01:08:21.720
see and believe that whoever believes in him

01:08:21.720 --> 01:08:27.180
should not perish, but have eternal life. And

01:08:27.180 --> 01:08:29.979
then, for God so loved the world that he gave

01:08:29.979 --> 01:08:32.640
his only begotten son. It was not direct. Whoever

01:08:32.640 --> 01:08:35.560
believes in him should not perish, but have what?

01:08:35.699 --> 01:08:39.680
Have everlasting life. For God did not send his

01:08:39.680 --> 01:08:42.199
son into the world to condemn the world, but

01:08:42.199 --> 01:08:48.140
that the world through him might be saved. And

01:08:48.140 --> 01:08:51.939
of course, this prophecy about water being the

01:08:51.939 --> 01:08:57.039
spirit, we see it in Ezekiel 36, verse 25 to

01:08:57.039 --> 01:09:03.010
27. That is where Jesus Christ Was. Teaching

01:09:03.010 --> 01:09:10.369
from. Water as the spirit. Where is that you

01:09:10.369 --> 01:09:16.590
must be born. You must be what. So let's look

01:09:16.590 --> 01:09:19.970
at John. John chapter 7 verse 37. Where he explicitly.

01:09:21.949 --> 01:09:30.779
John 7 verse 37. On the last day. That great

01:09:30.779 --> 01:09:33.100
day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out saying,

01:09:33.279 --> 01:09:38.699
if anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink.

01:09:39.300 --> 01:09:42.619
If anyone thirsts, let him come to me and do

01:09:42.619 --> 01:09:55.119
what? And drink. He who believes in me, as the

01:09:55.119 --> 01:09:59.239
scripture has said, out of his heart will flow.

01:09:59.989 --> 01:10:06.109
Rivers of living water. Verse 39. But this. Look

01:10:06.109 --> 01:10:09.510
at it. The rivers of living water. But this he

01:10:09.510 --> 01:10:14.069
speaks of what? He spoke concerning the spirit.

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Whom those believing in him will receive. For

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the Holy Spirit was not yet given. Because Jesus

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was not yet what? Glorified. So what is the water?

01:10:27.409 --> 01:10:33.640
The spirit. All right? Go back to verse 38. He

01:10:33.640 --> 01:10:42.920
says, verse 37. If anyone tasks, let him come

01:10:42.920 --> 01:10:47.399
to me and drink. 38, yes. He who believes in

01:10:47.399 --> 01:10:50.020
me as the scripture has said. Jesus said, as

01:10:50.020 --> 01:10:52.239
the scripture has said. Okay, what does it mean

01:10:52.239 --> 01:10:56.109
by as the scripture has said? Is there any verse

01:10:56.109 --> 01:10:58.930
in the Bible that said this specific thing that

01:10:58.930 --> 01:11:07.229
Jesus said? As the scripture have said, out of

01:11:07.229 --> 01:11:09.989
his heart will flow the rivers of living water.

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Now, if you go through the Old Testament, right,

01:11:13.430 --> 01:11:16.390
you will not see anywhere in scripture exactly

01:11:16.390 --> 01:11:20.490
as portrayed at the heart of his heart. Some

01:11:20.490 --> 01:11:24.250
people, oftentimes, they say it's Zechariah 14

01:11:24.250 --> 01:11:26.109
verse 8. Let's look at Zechariah chapter 14 verse

01:11:26.109 --> 01:11:32.510
8. This is not this text. That's not a reference.

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Zechariah 14 verse 8. Zechariah 14 verse 8. Media,

01:11:45.810 --> 01:11:54.539
help me. They don't have Zechariah in their Bible.

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Okay? Zechariah 14 verse 8. Alright, they are

01:12:13.880 --> 01:12:21.260
here. And in that day, It shall be that living

01:12:21.260 --> 01:12:24.000
water shall flow from Jerusalem, half of them

01:12:24.000 --> 01:12:26.359
towards the eastern sea and half of them towards

01:12:26.359 --> 01:12:28.880
the western sea, in both summer and winter, and

01:12:28.880 --> 01:12:34.760
in all winter it shall occur. And the Lord shall

01:12:34.760 --> 01:12:37.359
be king over the earth. In that day it shall

01:12:37.359 --> 01:12:40.579
be the Lord is one, and his name is one. Now,

01:12:40.720 --> 01:12:45.600
this is not exactly the same quotation. But then,

01:12:45.619 --> 01:12:49.460
when Jesus Christ said that, As the scripture

01:12:49.460 --> 01:12:52.460
says, what he's meaning here, right? Listen to

01:12:52.460 --> 01:12:55.060
me carefully. What he's meaning here is that

01:12:55.060 --> 01:12:58.380
the entire scripture is a context of what Jesus

01:12:58.380 --> 01:13:02.659
say here. Are we together? The entire scripture

01:13:02.659 --> 01:13:05.180
that is from Malachi, from Genesis to Malachi,

01:13:05.279 --> 01:13:09.199
is the context of what Jesus Christ is speaking

01:13:09.199 --> 01:13:14.319
here. So we can conclude based on this evidence

01:13:14.319 --> 01:13:17.000
that what? That the teachings, this is what we

01:13:17.000 --> 01:13:18.689
are trying to hit. This is where we're headed

01:13:18.689 --> 01:13:21.909
to. That the teachings and the miracles of Jesus

01:13:21.909 --> 01:13:28.649
Christ are concerning what he will do when? When

01:13:28.649 --> 01:13:33.930
will he do them? In his resurrection. Alright?

01:13:34.369 --> 01:13:37.329
These are the things that will be accomplished

01:13:37.329 --> 01:13:45.069
at his resurrection. The vocabulary or the use

01:13:45.069 --> 01:13:49.069
of words Jesus employed in teaching about the

01:13:49.069 --> 01:13:53.390
kingdom, in explaining the things concerning

01:13:53.390 --> 01:14:01.890
the kingdom, are different from that of which

01:14:01.890 --> 01:14:07.109
we see in the world. Meaning that what? That

01:14:07.109 --> 01:14:12.229
what Jesus Christ will say is bread. Okay? Will

01:14:12.229 --> 01:14:14.069
be different from what the world will say is

01:14:14.069 --> 01:14:20.229
bread. What Jesus Christ will say is water. When

01:14:20.229 --> 01:14:23.750
you see water, what Jesus Christ will mean will

01:14:23.750 --> 01:14:26.109
be different from what the world will say is

01:14:26.109 --> 01:14:32.630
water. Are we together? So in this kingdom, we

01:14:32.630 --> 01:14:37.470
have a vocabulary. We have terminologies that

01:14:37.470 --> 01:14:41.689
we must understand. It's very important. It's

01:14:41.689 --> 01:14:48.000
crucial to understanding scriptures. It's important

01:14:48.000 --> 01:15:00.939
in understanding scriptures. Hallelujah. Are

01:15:00.939 --> 01:15:05.819
we together? So, in the same light, the rock

01:15:05.819 --> 01:15:09.699
and the church, right? When Jesus Christ said

01:15:09.699 --> 01:15:14.479
the rock and when he said the church, it must

01:15:14.479 --> 01:15:19.689
be the same. Rock and church that has been spoken

01:15:19.689 --> 01:15:24.109
of by Moses. That have been taught by the writings

01:15:24.109 --> 01:15:27.529
of Moses. The Psalms and the prophets. Because

01:15:27.529 --> 01:15:29.550
we have seen the background of all that Jesus

01:15:29.550 --> 01:15:33.909
did and taught. Where from what? Where from the

01:15:33.909 --> 01:15:39.689
Old Testament text. The church will be the church

01:15:39.689 --> 01:15:47.289
when? In his resurrection. So. What is expected

01:15:47.289 --> 01:15:51.909
of us, therefore, is that we can accept, that

01:15:51.909 --> 01:15:54.489
we should accept Jesus' use of terminologies.

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What he says is what it is. God's definition

01:15:58.670 --> 01:16:05.729
must be our definition. We believe what he says

01:16:05.729 --> 01:16:11.590
it is so that we can understand his word and

01:16:11.590 --> 01:16:16.609
walk in his word. Now, what is the rock? What

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is the rock? Matthew 16, verse 18. Matthew 16,

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verse 18. And I also say to you that you are

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Peter. And on this rock, I will build my church,

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and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against

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it. So how are we going to explain this rock?

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Someone should help us. How are we going to explain

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this rock now? We've done, this is a biblical

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interpretation, right, Pastor Victor? Okay, so

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how are we going to explain this rock now? Someone

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should chorus it for us. How are we going to

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explain this rock? Hmm? From the scripture? From

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Matthew? Because Matthew is scripture too. From

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where? From the Old Testament. What is Old Testament?

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Hmm? Sisters, do you agree with him? If we want

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to understand what that rock is, where should

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we go to? Speak louder, we can hear. Writings

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of Moses, right? Because Jesus Christ will not

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bring in something from somewhere. Are we together?

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Because he came to fulfill, to accomplish what

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was already written. So if you want to see what

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the rock is, then we have to go back to where?

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Let's go back. to the writings of Moses in order

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for us to understand what that rock is. So let's

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see what Moses wrote concerning the rock. What

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Moses wrote concerning the rock. Exodus chapter

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33. Exodus 33. Amen. Move to verse 12, from verse

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12. Then the Lord said to Moses, no, then Moses

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said to the Lord, see, you say to me, bring up

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these people, bring up these people, but you

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have not let me know whom you will send with

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me. Yet you have said, I know you by name, and

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you have also found grace in my sight. Now, therefore,

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I pray, if I have found favor in your sight,

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show me your way, that I may know you, that I

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may find grace in your sight, and consider that

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this nation is your people. And he said, my presence

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will go with you and I will give you rest. Then

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he said to him, if your presence does not go

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with us, do not bring us up from here. For how

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then will it be known that your people and I

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have found grace in your sight, except you go

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with us? So we shall be separate, your people

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and I, from all the people who are upon the face

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of the earth. So the Lord said to Moses, I will

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also do this thing that you have spoken. For

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you have found grace in my sight. And I know

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you by name. And he said, please, please, please

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show me your glory. Then he said, I will make

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all my goodness pass before you, and I will proclaim

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the name of the Lord before you. I will be gracious

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to whom I will be gracious, and I will have mercy

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on whom I will have compassion. That's what compassion

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is, mercy. But he said, you cannot see my face,

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for no man shall see me and live. And the Lord

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said, here is a place by me. And you shall stand

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on the rock. Do we see a rock here? Amen? Do

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we see the rock? And you shall what? And you

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shall stand on what? On the rock. So the terminology

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of Jesus Christ is not what? It's not new. Okay?

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In fact. Even when Jesus Christ was talking about

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a house, that he will hear my word and what?

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Matthew 7, right? It's likened unto a man who

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do what? Who build his house on what? On a rock.

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Okay? That is way because he will not bring out

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something from nowhere. And the Lord said, here

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is a place by me. and you shall stand on the

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rock. So it shall be while my glory passes by,

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that I will put you in the cleft of the rock,

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and will cover you with my hand while I pass

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by. Then I will take away my hand, and you shall

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see my back, but my face shall not be seen. Hallelujah.

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So, verse 18. Verse 18. Moses asks for something.

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Say, please, show me your glory. Show me your

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glory. Amen? And the question is, what is glory?

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What is the glory that Moses wants to see? You

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know, when we were younger, we've been, oh, ignorance

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of consumers. We used to pray this prayer, you

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know. God, show us your glory. And what we define

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as glory was we want to see power. You know?

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Moses was asking for power from God. Moses was

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asking for a new dimension. He was asking for

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a new dimension of operation. And that is how

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oftentimes we've interpreted this passage. Moses

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requested to see the glory of God. Now, I want

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us to pause a little bit and look at who Moses

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is. Right? Moses has experienced the power of

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God. Do we agree? That Moses have seen the miraculous.

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Do we agree? In fact, in the entire scriptures,

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right? Nobody. Nobody. has worked in the dimension

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of power that Moses has worked in. If it's miraculous,

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nobody has performed the miracles that Moses

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did. Even Jesus Christ, when he was in earth,

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did not do the miracles Moses did. Do you know

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why? Okay, let's take one miracle and analyze.

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Jesus fed the 5 ,000, right? Moses fed the entire

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nation of Israel for 40 years. With bread. Jesus

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asked for lots of bread and do the miracle. Moses

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commanded the bread to appear for 40 years. Only

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men and women above, right? Okay, only men. That's

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the census, right? 20 years and above were counted,

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right? In the time of Moses. So over 600 ,000

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people. Without women and children. For how many

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years? For 40 years. Okay. Imagine the magnitude

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of miracle that Moses performed. When they were

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tasked for water, Moses made water come out of

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rock, rock, stone. Water came out of it. Is this

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not power? Peter walked on water, right? Moses

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separated the sea. People walk on dry ground.

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Peter even doubted. Amen? Moses is a dangerous

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man. He asked the water to separate. Part in

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one end. Let them march until the entire nation

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of Israel pass through the Red Sea. Then he turned

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and said, we are closed back. This is power.

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This is miracle. This is dimension. Let's even

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go to Egypt and let's begin to count the things

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that he did in Egypt. What was the first thing

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he did in Egypt? Let's count it randomly. Please

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tell me. What are the plagues? Give us one. Water

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in the entire country. He turned it into blood.

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What else again? Frogs were everywhere, full

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everywhere. What again? Flies and locusts. What

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again? Darkness. Imagine you cause the entire

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nation to be dark. No sunlight. He controlled

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nature. Tell me who in the Bible performed this

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kind of miracle apart from Moses? What is again?

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Just imagine. That one is the pig. He performed

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snake. Came out from his staff. He turned into

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snake. All right. What else? I want us to, this

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is important in understanding what Moses was

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asking for. If you cannot catch this revelation,

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then it will be difficult. When we begin to interpret

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what that glory is, it's going to be difficult.

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He saw the burning bush. In fact, when he encountered

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God first, God gave him an appetizer. Say Moses,

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throw your stuff on the ground, right? It didn't

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turn to snake. Say pick it up, pick it up. This

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is stage one. Stage one is burning bush. Fire

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was burning, right? And it was not burning. Imagine,

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you see fire catching something and then it's

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not burning. Moses, let me just turn and see.

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Okay? And then leprosy. His hand became leprous.

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This one came too close. So if it's power and

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the miraculous, even the birth and the survival

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of Moses is a miracle. When they were killing

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people, killing children, How did Moses survive

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that age? Was it ordinary? His survival, he grew

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up in the very place where the order to kill

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children was made. So Moses is a definition of

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what? of the experience of power, of the miraculous,

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and even his death was a miracle. Even his death

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is a miracle. He died, nobody could know where

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his body is. Some contemporary writers, when

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they write about Moses, they see him as a mystery.

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No wonder when you begin to write the things

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you wrote in Genesis, Exodus, sometimes you begin

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to wonder what kind of understanding did this

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man have? Where did he get this wisdom of writing

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the things he wrote? He was not there. He was

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not even born. Some of the things he saw, he

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wrote. The entire Bible, let me tell you, the

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entire scripture. is founded on what Moses wrote.

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The writings of Moses is the Bible. If you take

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away the writings of Moses, there is no Bible,

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there is no Christianity. So this is a man that

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I've tested. That's tested. He has experienced

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God mightily. You know. We've not even talked

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about the tabernacle. Where Moses will climb

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up to the mountain and then cloud will cover.

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All the mysterious things that happen. In the

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wilderness, when some people gang up against

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him, the ground open and swallow them up. See,

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sometimes I wonder. With the kind of, with the

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things you see in this man's life, you're not

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scared of Miriam and Cody. We're not scared of

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even saying bad things about him. Somebody that

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when he comes down, the Bible says that he covers

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his face, right? Hallelujah. But Moses requested,

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say Lord. Show me what? Show me thy glory. Show

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me thy glory. What is this glory? What is this

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glory? There was something that he was looking

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for to see. I just want you to just begin to

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pray. I feel that you just start praying on your

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seat. Just speak to God. Open your mouth and

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speak to God. Speak to God. Speak to God. What

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is your desire? What do you desire? What do you

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desire? We look forward to having you with us

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next time. God bless.