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Welcome to NECF Sermons. Each message here is

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designed to uplift and strengthen you in your

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walk with God. Don't miss out. Stay with us until

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the end for a rewarding experience. Let's dive

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right in. Turn to your left and right. You see

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a brother or a sister? Tell the person you are

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my supernatural relationship. Or you don't believe?

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You're looking for another relationship somewhere.

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Say it again. You are my supernatural relationship.

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Hallelujah. See, when you got born again, you

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were born into a supernatural relationship. Hallelujah.

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Because you're not the only one that is born

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again. You are born into a community of peace.

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Alright? Men of equal spirit. Men of the Spirit

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of God, we carry the Spirit of God. So we are

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united by the Spirit of God. Hallelujah. So I

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want you to begin to see your brother and your

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sister in that light. The connection you need

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to excel in all that God has called you to do

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is seated right at your right hand or at your

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left hand side. Don't begin to look for something

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elsewhere. Oh, only if God can give me divine

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relationship and you begin to look at some people

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elsewhere. Some people you see on the television,

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the newspapers you read, those are the people

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you regard as supernatural relationships. Whereas

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the man and the woman by your side is your supernatural

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relationship. Hallelujah. So what we'll be studying

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today is how to maximize this supernatural relationship.

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How we can enjoy this supernatural relationship.

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Matthew chapter 20, verse 20. On Sunday, our

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brother talked about honor, right? The practice

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of honor. And I'm going to continue building

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from that. Because one of the important ways

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we can enjoy and maximize the relationship that

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God has given us as members of his family, as

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members of the kingdom of God, is honor. Right?

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Without honor, it is impossible to maximize the

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relationship. So what I'll be teaching is a practice

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of honor in continuation to what our brother

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taught us. The culture of the kingdom of God,

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the practice of honor, the culture of the kingdom

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of God. Now let's go to Matthew 20 verse 20 and

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let's read something that happened here briefly

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to lay foundation. Matthew 20 verse 20 to 28.

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There was a political happening that happened

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here. Then the mother of Zebedee's sons came

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to him with her sons. That is, The disciples

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of Jesus. Kneeling down. Look at, she was kneeling

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down and asking something from him. And he said

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to her, what do you wish? She said to him, grant

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that these two sons of mine may what? They may

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sit one on your right hand and the other on the

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left in your kingdom. Okay? And the request is

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concerning what? It's concerning the kingdom.

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But Jesus answered and said, You do not know

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what you ask. Are you able to drink the cup that

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I am about to drink and be baptized with the

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baptism that I am baptized with? They said to

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him, We are able. So he said to them, You will

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indeed drink my cup and be baptized with the

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baptism that I am baptized with? But to sit on

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my right hand and on my left is not mine to give,

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but it is for those for whom it is prepared by

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my Father. And when the ten heard it, they were

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greatly displeased with the two brothers. Perhaps

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all of them were eyeing that position. You know,

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the position of honor, of respect, of authority,

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of influence. They also want to... sit on the

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right hand and on the left hand side and look

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at the altitude. And when they turn, who are

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they turn? The remaining 12 apostles, right?

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When they heard it, so these two went and bring

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their mom to lobby for them. And she came and

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they probably, they might have discussed at home

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about the kingdom because you see, they were

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requesting for something that is in the kingdom.

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And they are on the sign of the kingdom is something

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physical. Are we together? So when the ten heard

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it, they heard the conversation. What happened

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to them? They were greatly displeased with the

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two brothers. You see, conflict started. They

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were greatly displeased. Jesus called them and

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then from there, Jesus began to teach about the

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kingdom. Okay? You know that the rulers of the

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Gentiles lord over them and those who are great

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exercise authority over them. So Jesus is teaching

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about what we see in the natural kingdom, all

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right? The kingdom that is earthly, the kingdom

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that is natural that we see, that is generally

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refers to the unbelieving, okay? The kingdom

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of the world, the worldly system. So the system

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of the world has its own culture and its tradition.

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The world has its way of doing things. In the

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kingdom of the earth, in the kingdom of the world,

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there's a practice, there's a general culture.

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You have a perception of... of how they do things,

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how they honor, how they practice love. They

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have their own definition on how they do it.

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Yet, Jesus said, it shall not be so among you.

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So we who are in the kingdom of God cannot act

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in the same way as those who are in the kingdom

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of the world. There's a distinction between the

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kingdom of God and the kingdom of the world.

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Jesus will say, yet. Go back to verse 25. Let's

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see how the world acts or how the kingdom of

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the world operates. You know that the rulers

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of the Gentiles, that is those who are ruling

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in the kingdom of the world, what do they do?

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They exercise lot. What kind of a lordship is

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this? Huh? Tyrannically, right? They are like

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decletors. They exercise a very, you know, controlling

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leadership, I would say, rulership over the Gentiles,

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the Lord over them, and those who are great with,

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those who are great exercise authority over them.

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Okay? Jesus said, it shall not be so among you.

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That is not the kind of kingdom that you are

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born into. For whoever desires to be great among

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you, let him be what? It's the opposite of what

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we see in the world. So, what we see in the kingdom

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of God is not the same as what should happen

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in the kingdom of God. Alright? Verse 27. And

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whoever desires to be first among you, let him

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do what? Let him be your slave. Whoever desires.

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Now, influence in this kingdom, impact in this

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kingdom, honor in this kingdom is actually in

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serving. That is how we define honor in this

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kingdom. All right? It's a service. Just as a

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son of man, example with himself, just as a son

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of man did not come to be served, but to serve

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and do what? And to give his life a ransom for

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many. So Jesus came to serve and to give his

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life for many. Right? So there is a distinction

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between how we practice. There's a culture. There's

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a cultural difference between the kingdom of

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God. and the kingdom of the world. So, our brother

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taught us about the concept of honor, particularly,

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you know, in the church, the church of God. In

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the church of God simply means in the kingdom

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of God, simply means in the family of God. It

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means in the sphere of God's influence, which

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we are. 1 Timothy 5, verse 17, where he read

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and then he... taught us from 1 Timothy 5, from

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verse 17 to 18. Let the elders who rule, well,

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be counted worthy of what? Of double honor. Okay?

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So in the family of God, those who rule over

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us, what do we do? We apportion double honor.

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And I believe he explained what double honor

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is, right? Double means double. There's no...

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It means double honor. Especially those who labor

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in word and doctrine. For the scripture says,

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you shall not muzzle an ox while it treats out

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the grain. And the laborer is worthy of his wages.

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And let me add verse 19. Do not receive an accusation

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against an elder except from two or three witnesses.

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And then, We learned that the elders are who?

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Who are the elders? Those who oversee and preside

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over the local church, right? We saw that these

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people, they label in word and in doctrine. Word,

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which is doctrine. They label in teaching us

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the word, in correcting us. Sometimes we may

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not enjoy the correction, but it is the responsibility

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of these elders to correct us in the word. to

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guide us in the world, to teach us the word.

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Because you see, in this kingdom, there is order.

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Are we together? Even in the Bia Palo, okay,

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there's order. If you go to Bia Palo, they respect

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each other there. Those who get drunk, they know

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who is the oldest and the most senior in the

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Bia Palo. Even if they are fighting, there are

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people that, once a person say, it's okay, they

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just keep quiet. All right. That's just by the

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way. Even the kingdom of darkness is under some

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order, right? So in the kingdom of God, we have

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order. And the order is that which God has established.

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The church, in the church, we have elders. We

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have those whom God has appointed by grace. The

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election of leadership is by grace. So they label

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in the world and in doctrine. And we saw that

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these elders are what we call overseers. They

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oversee. They are what we call the bishops. At

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the same time, they are what we call the pastors.

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So we've been taught to honor such men. Our responsibility

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is to honor such men. We honor them because they

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label in word, they label in serving us, they

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label in teaching us. And what does it mean to

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honor? To honor means to respect. Number one,

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it means to respect. To treat as uncommon. We

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don't treat them as common people. We don't treat

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those who label in word as common. Listen, if

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you treat the man that labels in the word and

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doctrine to you as common, you will not be blessed

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by that person. Alright? So, we treat them with

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honor, with respect, as uncommon. As uncommon.

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It implies to treat them as sacred. Alright?

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It means to treat them with what? Treat them

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as sacred. What is sacred? Special. We treat

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them as what? As special. Sacred simply means

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special. It should be our attitude towards the

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things of God. This should be our general attitude

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towards the things of God. Now, honor will mean

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that we treat the things of God, we treat the

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things of God also with honor. Okay? We don't

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take the things of God dishonorably. All the

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things that God has given us in the spirit, the

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blessings of God, we treat it what? As sacred,

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as uncommon. So it should be our attitude towards

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all the things of God. Also the people of God.

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Okay? We treat the people of God as what? As

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sacred, as special, as with honor. In order for

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us to enjoy the blessings that are in the people.

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So we treat the people of God with honor. We

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treat the places of God as uncommon, as sacred.

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Listen, right now, this place is a sacred gathering.

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All right? So your attitude towards coming to

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this hall will determine how much you're going

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to be blessed by what will happen in this hall.

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So if this place has been designated as a place,

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places as a place where the people of God will

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gather. Okay? You don't just come to this place

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as though you are going to the basketball court.

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The attitude to which you come to this place

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must be an attitude of what? Of honor to the

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gathering. You are coming to a sacred gathering

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where God's will will be. So, coming to this

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place, how the attitude you keep in this place

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will show your honor to the people that you meet

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in this place, to the leaders in this place.

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To what? To the people, fellow people that you

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meet in this place. And even to the God that

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is in this place. Hallelujah. So when you come

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here, you know, it's not the time. In the midst

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of service, I see some people that will just

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cross their leg. I've once told somebody to switch

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off his phone in the midst of a church service.

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You know. So, If it were a governor or a president

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or whatever political leadership in your country,

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I think you give honor to that meeting. But because

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of a lack of understanding of the gathering of

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God's people, you treat it as common. So the

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places are treated as uncommon. The events of

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which God has put his name in, events, programs

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that are organized, We treat them as sacred events,

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not as common events. Because every single event,

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for example, now this, the Wednesday service

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is a sacred meeting of God's people. We treat

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it with honor, with dignity. On Wednesday, on

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Friday, is another opportunity to do what? To

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be blessed, it's a moment for us to meet with

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the people of God. So we treat those events,

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those programs as sacred events. It's not a common

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Friday meeting. The Sunday service is not just

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a common, normal meeting you come into. It's

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not the way you do your group studies in the

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library. All right? So we must treat those meetings

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as what? As with honor. Because that is how we

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can receive and enjoy the best of it. So despite

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prevailing circumstances in our world, as our

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brother Riley put it, where the things of God

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and the people of God are treated as common,

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we must remain unspotted. We must guard our mind

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with all diligence, right? He told us that we

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have a duty of guarding our mind from the things

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we see around us. When you go to social media,

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you know, they make jokes of the spirit of God

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every day. They make jokes of the name of God

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every day. And then some of us, we participate

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in laughing. We participate in sharing some memes.

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that are very, very unspiritual. You commonize

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the things that are sacred. Your tongues, tongues

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becomes something you use to play. The man of

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God that God has blessed you with, you turn them

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into a caricature of jokes. And you want to be

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blessed by those people. Hallelujah. So we have

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a responsibility to God. our mind from those

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influences. Renewing our mind as well as from

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all worldly information that has gained mastery

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over our thinking because the influence, Romans,

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we read from Romans 12, verse 2, we have to renew

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our mind constantly with the word of God so that

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we will be able to gain mastery over the thoughts

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that comes into our mind in order for us to hold

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in honor the things of God, all the things of

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God with honor. The people of God with honor.

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The word of God with honor. The programs and

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events that are organized in the name of God

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with honor. Hallelujah. So it is very important

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for us to do that. Okay? So how did we learn

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to honor those who labor in teaching us the word?

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First of all, we say we respect them, right?

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We honor them. 1 Thessalonians 5 verse 12. We

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read 1 Thessalonians 5 verse 12 to tighten quickly.

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Help me, media. And we urge you, brethren, to

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recognize those who labor among you and are over

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you in the Lord and admonish you and to esteem

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them. How do we esteem them? We esteem them very

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highly in love for their work's sake. Be at peace

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with one another. Hebrews chapter 13, verse 7.

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Hebrews 13, verse 7. Remember those who rule

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over you. who have spoken the word of God to

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you, whose faith, what do you do? You follow,

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right? Considering the outcome of their conduct.

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So we respect, we hold them in high esteem. How

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do we honor them? We honor them by submitting

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and obeying them. Hebrews chapter 13, verse 17.

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Yes, I think verse 17 talks about obeying them.

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Obey those who rule over you and be submissive

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for they watch out for your souls. as those who

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must give account. You see, honor is not in words.

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It's not in morning, sir. Some of us, we've learned

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how to dramatize. Okay? We learn how to dramatize,

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how we learn, we can sleep on the floor. Some

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of us, we come from cultures that we want to

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greet elders, we sleep on the ground. But as

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we are sleeping on the ground, you are insulting

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them in your heart. That's not honor. I remember

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when we were back in the secondary school, you

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know, we are obligated to greet our seniors.

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So, because we are very disrespectful to them,

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we don't say, who born you, sir? We know what

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we're saying. We're not just saying, good morning,

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sir. We're saying, who born you, sir? Because

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we don't want to respect the one. We don't want

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to honor them. And one day, what? So then he

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mistakenly said, who born you, sir? I heard.

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So what did you say? And that's how we demonstrate

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honor. We don't really honor. Honor begins from

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the heart. And the demonstration of honor to

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the men that God has blessed us with is that

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we obey the things they teach us because they

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teach us the word of God. They rule over you

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and be submissive for they watch over your souls

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as those who must give account. Let them do so

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with joy and not with grief for that will be

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unprofitable for you. And then 1 Corinthians

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16, 16 again, where we read also. All right,

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1 Corinthians 16, verse 16. Another way by which

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we all know them is to submit, that you also

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submit to such and to everyone who works and

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labor with us. And labor with us. Another way

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our brother mentioned on Sunday was we support

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them materially, right? Galatians 6, verse 6.

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That's how we honor. That's how we honor men

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who labor in the word for us. Let him who is

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taught the word share in all good things within.

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Share with him in all good things. First, it's

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not only your problems, but it's also sharing

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good things. Good things has to do with everything

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that is good. Alright? It's not only prayer porn.

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We know how to share prayer porn. Our inboxes

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are full of prayer posts. I will not say you

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shouldn't send your prayer, your needs and whatever

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your problems are, but you must know that you

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have a duty, you have a responsibility. This

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is what we call the kingdom culture. We have

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a tradition in this kingdom. This is our culture

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in the kingdom. This is what we do as members

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of the family of God. Hallelujah. So it is our

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responsibility to do this. It is our duty to

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do this one to two issues. to our leaders. Hallelujah.

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So, much more to that, to build up from there,

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we must choose to honor these elders. Who are

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the elders? Those who teach us the word, right?

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We honor them regardless of their flaws and humanity.

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Because sometimes what we expect, the standard

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we expect from the elders and the pastors and

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the leaders is an extraordinary standard. As

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though these men fell from, they fell from the

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sky. So we ignore the place of their humanity.

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We forget that these are men. In fact, the base

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of men are what? Are still men, isn't it? So

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these are men. The base of men are always men.

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So what do we do? We must choose to honor these

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elders regardless of their flaws and their humanity.

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Let's go and see an example. Popular example

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we always read. 1 Samuel 1 verse 8. 1 Samuel

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1 verse 8. The story of Elkanah and his wife

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and then Eli. Then Elkanah, her husband said

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to her, Anna, why do you weep? Why do you not

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eat? And why is your heart grieved? Am I not

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better to you than ten sons? Verse 9. So Anna

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arose after they had finished eating and drinking

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in Shiloh. Now Eli, the priest, was sitting in

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the seat by the doorpost of the tabernacle of

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the Lord. And she was in bitterness of soul and

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prayed to the Lord and wept in anguish. Then

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she made a vow and said, O Lord of hosts, if

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you only need look on the affliction of your

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maidservant and remember me and not forget your

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maidservant. but will give your maidservant a

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male child, then I will give him to the Lord

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all the days of his life, and no razor shall

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come upon his head. And it happened, as she continued

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praying before the Lord, that Eli watched her

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mouth, he watched her praying. And then he made

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his conclusion. He jumped into conclusion. Now

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Anna spoke in her heart, only her lips moved.

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But her voice was not heard. Therefore Eli thought

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she was drunk. That was his conclusion. This

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lady, this young woman that they were partying

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in church, you know, they used to drink wine

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in the, what do you call it? In the temple, right?

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She was thinking it's all these people that will

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come and then they will overdrink. And then they

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will drink to stupor. So Eli said to her, how

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long will you be drunk? Put your wine away from

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you. if you try to use this generation, they

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will first of all put away the respect that you

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have as a man of God. And they will tell you

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their mind first. You know, they will address,

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they will, how do they used to say? They will

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tell you the peace of their mind. You know? But

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Hannah answered and said, No, my Lord, I am a

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woman of sorrowful spirit. I have drunk neither

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wine nor intoxicating. But have poured out my

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soul before the Lord. Do not consider your maidservant

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a wicked woman, for out of the abundance of my

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complaint and grief I have spoken until now.

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Then Eli answered and said, Go in peace, and

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the God of Israel grant your petition which you

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have asked of him. And she said, Let your maidservant

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find favor in your sight. So the woman went her

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way and ate. Her face was no longer sad. Hallelujah.

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And when we read forward, we see the result of

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this encounter that she had, especially with

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the man of God in the temple. So Anna's attitude

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is that of what? Is that of honor and respect,

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despite the man of God wrongly judging her situation,

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isn't it? Verse 15 and 16, we see her reply is

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full of honor. You know, full of honor. Her words

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were full of grace and honor. She didn't go online

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and begin to post illicit things about the man

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of God, all these men of God. You know, before

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you know it, you just correct somebody in church.

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Before you know it, you see their status on WhatsApp.

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First of all, they will not put your name. But

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you know it's you they are talking about. All

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these church people. And whenever we see, we

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laugh because we know that, you know, Your situation

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needs emergency. So, but in honor, because you

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will never be corrected. You will never enjoy

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the blessings of this prayer you pray for supernatural

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relationship. It's honor that will make that

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relationship work. It's honor that will make

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you, you know, enjoy the benefit of such supernatural

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relationship. So, we didn't see how going to

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gather people and begin to come and begin to

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talk about. You know, how the man of God did

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what he don't like. You know? How the man of

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God said rubbish to you. She didn't go on TikTok

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and begin to talk about how bad the family of

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the man of God is. You know, Eli had a problem

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with his family, right? We know that when you

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study, you see, he had some unruly sons. They

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were misbehaving in the temple. She didn't look

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at him and say, you that you cannot even handle

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your own children, you want to say, you want

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to correct me. But then she saw a man in a place

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of God, regardless of his flow. I'm telling you

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how you can enjoy supernatural relationship.

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And some of you, when you go online, you begin

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to type things about men of God. Now we've corrected

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some of you here. You see, you don't have the

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liberty, okay, to speak anything ill about any

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person that is a man. You did not call the person

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to ministry. Are we together? We are not training

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you. We are training you to what? To distinguish

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between the truth and a lie. Now, there's a difference

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between the man of God and what he teaches. Are

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we together? Now, you are able to differentiate

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what is truth. You don't attack a man. You are

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conscious of what is truth. Are we together?

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So, you must be able to remove truth from the

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person. Okay? So, we are not saying that you

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should take everything from anybody. That is

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not honor. The honor is that you're able to distinguish

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truth from God, whatever we're training you to

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do. But you've never seen us go online to begin

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to castigate any person that is saying something

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that is not right or is not correct. That's not

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honor. That is not you living as a child and

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a member of God's family. Are we together? So

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we have an obligation to honor men, the men of

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labor and the servants. So Eli became a means

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by which we see God's blessings coming to Anna

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because she holds him in high esteem. verse 17

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to 18, we'll see that he quickly understood her

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situation and then he was able to pray and then

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release her to go on. Hallelujah. So, this is

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one aspect of honor, okay, in the church, in

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the community of God's people. This is an aspect

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that was purely dealt with by our brother on

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Sunday. Now, beyond the honor we bestow on our

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elders, the pastors, we must understand that

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honor is for all men. Okay? Honor is for who?

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It's for all men. The brother by your right -hand

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side, the sister by your right -hand side, by

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your left -hand side, you must honor such an

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individual. Without honor to your brother, to

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your sister, you cannot enjoy the blessings of

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your brother and your sister. And what do we

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say is honor? To treat them as what? As uncommon.

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Are we together? to treat your brother as sacred,

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to treat your brother or your sister as uncommon.

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She's not just anybody. Some of us have stayed

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with our friends in church that we don't see,

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we don't read them. Let me use that word. We've

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seen them finish. Okay? So even if they give

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me a word by the Spirit, ah, you're not upon

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that. Either I know, I know, we know, we know

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where you're coming from. probably may have shared

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some intimate weaknesses with you. So all what

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you see is the humanity of the person. You don't

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see the person in the light of, you judge. Jesus

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will say, we no longer judge men by what? By

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the flesh, right? We judge, it's Paul, Paul in

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Corinthians. He judges people by what? By physical

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appearance. You don't judge them based on who

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they are. Supernatural beings. Spiritual beings.

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Hallelujah. So you will not be able to benefit

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from the relationship you have because that relationship

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is a supernatural relationship. It's not only

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natural because we see ourselves in the natural,

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but every brother and sister in church is a supernatural

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relationship for your advantage. And when you

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don't honor your brother, you don't honor your

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sister, there's no how you will benefit from

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the blessings of God in your brother and your

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sister. For you to honor men of God and dishonor

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your brother, that's hypocrisy. Okay? Oh, you

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honor Pastor Fred, you honor Pastor Chidi, Pastor

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Kostin. We had so many wonderful testimonies

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you gave on Sunday. Blessed be the name of the

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Lord. Well, some of you will look at your life,

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you don't even have regard for your aspects.

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So, we will question that honor because our honor

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is not complete. Hallelujah. So, Honor is for

00:32:20.609 --> 00:32:22.789
all men, our brothers and sisters in the faith.

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Honor among believers means mutual respect and

00:32:27.210 --> 00:32:32.069
care. We esteem each other. We see each other

00:32:32.069 --> 00:32:35.109
as valuable, as important in the plan and the

00:32:35.109 --> 00:32:37.190
agenda of God. In the body of Christ, all is

00:32:37.190 --> 00:32:39.970
not reserved only for leaders, as I said, but

00:32:39.970 --> 00:32:44.309
it is a mutual calling of all believers. God

00:32:44.309 --> 00:32:47.720
designed the church as a family. where each member

00:32:47.720 --> 00:32:52.720
is valued and respected and cared for. All right?

00:32:53.019 --> 00:32:57.000
Each member is what? Is respected, is valued,

00:32:57.200 --> 00:33:03.539
and is cared for. So we honor through love and

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preference. Romans 12, verse 10. Romans 12, verse

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10. Look at this text. It says, Is it only to

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men of God? He's talking about what? One another.

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In our conduct, in our relationship with one

00:33:35.650 --> 00:33:40.490
another. We are kindly affectionate to one another.

00:33:40.990 --> 00:33:45.799
We are... devoted to one another in love, we

00:33:45.799 --> 00:33:49.500
honor one another above ourselves. That is, putting

00:33:49.500 --> 00:33:54.000
others' needs above yours. Putting others' needs

00:33:54.000 --> 00:33:59.900
above yours. Exterminating others, honoring them

00:33:59.900 --> 00:34:04.240
and putting them before yourself. That's selflessness.

00:34:05.900 --> 00:34:08.960
So to honor others means we put their needs before

00:34:08.960 --> 00:34:15.059
our own needs. True love is selfless. Okay? It

00:34:15.059 --> 00:34:18.760
seeks the good of others first. The well -being

00:34:18.760 --> 00:34:22.260
of others. You honor them. You esteem them. You

00:34:22.260 --> 00:34:24.420
see them as valuable. You don't see yourself

00:34:24.420 --> 00:34:26.099
more important than them. That's what we're trying

00:34:26.099 --> 00:34:28.699
to say here. You don't put yourself above them.

00:34:28.920 --> 00:34:31.179
Looking at yourself, you see yourself more important

00:34:31.179 --> 00:34:37.739
than them. So we honor through valuing every

00:34:37.739 --> 00:34:41.829
member. No member of the church is irrelevant.

00:34:43.610 --> 00:34:47.889
Okay? There is no brother or sister in the faith

00:34:47.889 --> 00:34:53.329
that is irrelevant. Everybody is important. 1

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Corinthians 12 verse 23 And those members of

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the body which we think to be less honorable

00:35:05.530 --> 00:35:09.510
on this we bestow greater honor. No, Paul was

00:35:09.510 --> 00:35:12.670
using the physical human body to describe the

00:35:12.670 --> 00:35:16.570
church, how we interrelate, how we work together,

00:35:16.650 --> 00:35:21.289
how we are much more a blessing together. And

00:35:21.289 --> 00:35:23.670
our unpresentable parts have greater modesty.

00:35:24.429 --> 00:35:32.429
24. But our presentable parts have no need. But

00:35:32.429 --> 00:35:34.909
God composed the body, having given greater honor

00:35:34.909 --> 00:35:38.300
to the part which lacks it. Verse 25, last verse

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here. It says that there should be no schism

00:35:42.179 --> 00:35:45.400
in the body, but that the members should have

00:35:45.400 --> 00:35:49.800
what? The same care of one for another. Hallelujah.

00:35:50.320 --> 00:35:53.320
So even those who seem less important are giving

00:35:53.320 --> 00:35:56.139
greater honor in the body. No one in the church

00:35:56.139 --> 00:36:00.900
is useless or irrelevant. All of us are crucial

00:36:00.900 --> 00:36:06.469
to one another. Brother Gabriel was talking about

00:36:06.469 --> 00:36:10.110
one person doing everything in the church. It's

00:36:10.110 --> 00:36:14.289
impossible. It's practically impossible. The

00:36:14.289 --> 00:36:16.530
church is a community of people and everybody

00:36:16.530 --> 00:36:20.389
is important in this. For God's plan to be done

00:36:20.389 --> 00:36:24.550
on earth is a collaborative responsibility. And

00:36:24.550 --> 00:36:29.650
everybody is part of that plan. Hallelujah. So,

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honor counselors' pride and division. It makes

00:36:33.699 --> 00:36:36.780
us see Christ in each member. It makes us see

00:36:36.780 --> 00:36:43.920
God walking in each member of the body. We honor

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through humility and service Philippians 3, verse

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2 to 4. Philippians 2, verse 3 to 4. Philippians

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2 verse 54. Look at it. It says, let nothing

00:37:00.699 --> 00:37:05.559
be done through selfish ambition or conceit in

00:37:05.559 --> 00:37:09.099
everything we do. But in lawlessness of mind,

00:37:09.159 --> 00:37:13.739
how do we treat ourselves? Let each esteem others

00:37:13.739 --> 00:37:18.420
better than himself. Let each body esteem others

00:37:18.420 --> 00:37:21.199
better than himself. Let each of you look out

00:37:21.199 --> 00:37:26.309
only. Let each of you. Look outward, not only

00:37:26.309 --> 00:37:32.130
for his own interest, but also for the well -being,

00:37:32.150 --> 00:37:33.869
for the interest of others. When you always put

00:37:33.869 --> 00:37:37.650
yourself first, then there's no how you're going

00:37:37.650 --> 00:37:40.670
to enjoy the blessings of the body. You're at

00:37:40.670 --> 00:37:45.010
a selfishness. Hallelujah. You reap corruption.

00:37:46.730 --> 00:37:49.489
So in humility, we value others above ourselves.

00:37:49.969 --> 00:37:52.469
Not looking at our own interests, but each of

00:37:52.469 --> 00:37:57.360
us. looking for the interest of others. Honor

00:37:57.360 --> 00:38:01.139
means not competing for position, but serving

00:38:01.139 --> 00:38:06.260
one another in humility. Hallelujah. So when

00:38:06.260 --> 00:38:08.420
I honor you, I acknowledge the grace of God in

00:38:08.420 --> 00:38:12.739
you. I honor what God is doing in you. I honor

00:38:12.739 --> 00:38:14.860
what God is, I believe in what God is doing in

00:38:14.860 --> 00:38:21.780
you. We honor through respect and peace. 1 Peter

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2, verse 17. 1 Peter 2, 17. Honor how many people?

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Look up. Let's read together. One, two, go. One,

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two, go. Look up. Stop writing. Let's read the

00:38:42.989 --> 00:38:46.610
screen together. One, two, go. Honor all people.

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Love the brotherhood. Fear God. And honor the

00:38:51.230 --> 00:38:57.269
king. In that order. Hallelujah. We honor who?

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All men. Okay? All men means all men. Even those

00:39:05.550 --> 00:39:09.650
that are not believers. We honor them. Are we

00:39:09.650 --> 00:39:12.289
together? Because they are what? They are people

00:39:12.289 --> 00:39:15.750
that God died for. Talk more of those that are

00:39:15.750 --> 00:39:19.230
in the body that have belief and are in the kingdom

00:39:19.230 --> 00:39:23.130
and the family of God. We honor all what? All

00:39:23.130 --> 00:39:28.679
people. Not selective honor. All right? But all

00:39:28.679 --> 00:39:35.920
people. All people. In church, we honor one another.

00:39:36.039 --> 00:39:37.739
When we go back to our homes and our rooms, we

00:39:37.739 --> 00:39:42.179
honor even our housemates, our parents. Some

00:39:42.179 --> 00:39:43.380
of you, when you listen to the way you talk to

00:39:43.380 --> 00:39:45.139
your parents, I think some of you will begin

00:39:45.139 --> 00:39:46.719
to see the way you chat with your parents. It's

00:39:46.719 --> 00:39:51.900
full of dishonor and disrespect. You don't honor.

00:39:52.099 --> 00:39:55.219
There's no honor. The only time you call your

00:39:55.219 --> 00:40:01.440
parents is when there's need for something. The

00:40:01.440 --> 00:40:03.059
relationship between you and your parents is

00:40:03.059 --> 00:40:10.360
parasitic. Whenever your parents see your call,

00:40:10.400 --> 00:40:12.219
they know that, in fact, before they even, they

00:40:12.219 --> 00:40:13.780
say, what do you need? Because that's the only

00:40:13.780 --> 00:40:16.300
thing, that's the reason you call your parents,

00:40:16.340 --> 00:40:20.739
only because you need something. Now, that is

00:40:20.739 --> 00:40:25.000
not a lifestyle of a child of God. Okay? That

00:40:25.000 --> 00:40:27.340
is not biblical. That is not the life of the

00:40:27.340 --> 00:40:29.260
kingdom. That is not the culture of the kingdom.

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We'll look at that later. So we honor our people.

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We love the brotherhood. That brotherhood is

00:40:33.900 --> 00:40:38.119
like cultic. Brotherhood is like something that

00:40:38.119 --> 00:40:42.019
is cultic. Not the occult, but it's cultic. There's

00:40:42.019 --> 00:40:46.800
a bond that cannot be separated. If you don't

00:40:46.800 --> 00:40:48.840
like me, sorry, you're going to see me forever.

00:40:50.960 --> 00:40:53.420
Because I'm born again, you're born again, and

00:40:53.420 --> 00:40:57.960
we'll live forever. Alright? So, if I offend

00:40:57.960 --> 00:41:01.099
you, you have to forgive me. Because we have

00:41:01.099 --> 00:41:05.539
a long way to go. Alright? We have a long way

00:41:05.539 --> 00:41:09.400
to go, both here and even, you know, at the coming

00:41:09.400 --> 00:41:13.659
of the Lord. Alright? So, we live in peace because

00:41:13.659 --> 00:41:17.329
of that. We honor one another. We love one another.

00:41:17.489 --> 00:41:19.269
We honor all people. We love the brotherhood.

00:41:19.429 --> 00:41:23.369
We reverence God. And of course, if you don't

00:41:23.369 --> 00:41:25.510
honor the king, honoring the king, we don't need

00:41:25.510 --> 00:41:27.969
to preach that one. The world has a way of making

00:41:27.969 --> 00:41:35.269
you honor them. If you don't do your taxes, they'll

00:41:35.269 --> 00:41:38.210
come for you, you know? And then you'll pay in

00:41:38.210 --> 00:41:43.730
prison. Even Jesus Christ paid tax, so you know

00:41:43.730 --> 00:41:46.380
that. When he was on earth, he honored the Adelaide

00:41:46.380 --> 00:41:51.719
government by paying tax. Talk more of you. So

00:41:51.719 --> 00:41:55.400
we preserve the unity and the peace in the fellowship

00:41:55.400 --> 00:41:57.679
by honoring one another, by loving one another,

00:41:57.800 --> 00:41:59.659
by caring one for one another. So why must we

00:41:59.659 --> 00:42:03.739
honor one another? Why? Because we are all together

00:42:03.739 --> 00:42:05.500
members of God's family. That is the reason.

00:42:06.500 --> 00:42:10.019
Because all of us are brothers and sisters in

00:42:10.019 --> 00:42:15.449
faith. So we have to honor one another because

00:42:15.449 --> 00:42:18.929
we are brothers and sisters in faith. Let's look

00:42:18.929 --> 00:42:24.889
at an example in Acts of the nine. When Paul

00:42:24.889 --> 00:42:29.210
became brother Paul, when he was Saul, before

00:42:29.210 --> 00:42:34.650
he became brother Paul, Ananias had a vision

00:42:34.650 --> 00:42:41.909
about God. Okay, let's read from verse 10. Acts

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chapter 9 verse 10. Now there was a certain disciple

00:42:45.050 --> 00:42:47.929
at Damascus named Ananias. That's after the encounter

00:42:47.929 --> 00:42:51.289
Paul had. You know, Paul was, he was Saul previously.

00:42:51.710 --> 00:42:54.510
And what we see him before now is that he was

00:42:54.510 --> 00:42:57.590
busy terrorizing the entire church. He was a

00:42:57.590 --> 00:43:00.690
very senior member of the Al -Qaeda terrorist

00:43:00.690 --> 00:43:04.789
network. Prosecuting believers all over the world.

00:43:05.130 --> 00:43:07.010
You know, arresting them and locking them up

00:43:07.010 --> 00:43:08.909
in jail. Now there was a certain disciple at

00:43:08.909 --> 00:43:13.280
Damascus named Ananias. And to him the Lord said

00:43:13.280 --> 00:43:15.880
in a vision, Ananias. And he said, Here I am,

00:43:15.960 --> 00:43:19.519
Lord. So the Lord said to him, Arise and go to

00:43:19.519 --> 00:43:22.079
the street called straight, and inquire at the

00:43:22.079 --> 00:43:26.320
house of Judas, one called soul of Tarsus. For

00:43:26.320 --> 00:43:30.840
behold, his word is praying. And in a vision

00:43:30.840 --> 00:43:33.719
he had seen a man named Ananias coming and putting

00:43:33.719 --> 00:43:36.179
his hand on him so that he might receive his

00:43:36.179 --> 00:43:40.019
sight. Then Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard.

00:43:40.489 --> 00:43:42.489
I have heard, you see this man, he's a sinner.

00:43:42.849 --> 00:43:45.909
I have heard from many about this man. He's a

00:43:45.909 --> 00:43:50.090
very wicked man. This man, after the devil is

00:43:50.090 --> 00:43:55.250
him. You know, after Osama Bin Laden, he was

00:43:55.250 --> 00:44:00.369
at his right hand. This man is a wicked man.

00:44:00.849 --> 00:44:03.969
How much harm he has done to your sins in Jerusalem.

00:44:05.599 --> 00:44:07.980
and here he has authority from the chief priests

00:44:07.980 --> 00:44:11.420
to bind all who call on your name. You are saying

00:44:11.420 --> 00:44:14.880
I should go to him? But the Lord said to him,

00:44:14.940 --> 00:44:19.179
Go, for he is a what? He is a chosen vessel of

00:44:19.179 --> 00:44:22.099
mine to bear my name before the Gentiles, kings,

00:44:22.260 --> 00:44:25.480
and the children of Israel. You see, even the

00:44:25.480 --> 00:44:28.719
unbeliever, you don't have the plan of God. You

00:44:28.719 --> 00:44:30.579
are not the one that is, you don't determine

00:44:30.579 --> 00:44:35.000
the fate of even the unbeliever. Yours is to

00:44:35.000 --> 00:44:38.519
preach to the unbeliever. Are we together? So

00:44:38.519 --> 00:44:40.800
for I will show him how many things he must suffer

00:44:40.800 --> 00:44:45.800
for my name's sake. Okay? Verse 17. And Ananias,

00:44:45.820 --> 00:44:48.400
what did he do? He went out in obedience. He

00:44:48.400 --> 00:44:50.539
went his way and entered the house, laying his

00:44:50.539 --> 00:44:53.719
hand on him and said, how did he approach Paul

00:44:53.719 --> 00:44:57.860
with your understanding of who Saul has become?

00:44:58.119 --> 00:45:03.449
He said, brother Saul. All right? The Lord Jesus

00:45:03.449 --> 00:45:06.650
who appeared to you on the road as you came has

00:45:06.650 --> 00:45:09.630
sent me that you may receive your sight and be

00:45:09.630 --> 00:45:16.250
filled with the Holy Spirit. Verse 18. Immediately

00:45:16.250 --> 00:45:19.289
there fell off his eyes something like scales

00:45:19.289 --> 00:45:22.409
and he received his sight at once and he arose

00:45:22.409 --> 00:45:27.409
and was baptized. Hallelujah. So he called him

00:45:27.409 --> 00:45:31.429
what? Brother Saul. Amen. He called him a brother.

00:45:32.360 --> 00:45:33.860
See, some of you, when they call you brother,

00:45:33.920 --> 00:45:36.019
say, ah, don't call me brother. I'm not a brother.

00:45:36.079 --> 00:45:40.800
I'm just me. Just call me Paul. Ah, you know,

00:45:40.820 --> 00:45:43.559
this bro don't bro me here. Bro is false. It's

00:45:43.559 --> 00:45:47.300
really sounding, ah, my name is not sister. Sister

00:45:47.300 --> 00:45:49.559
queen. Don't call me sister. Just call me queen.

00:45:49.699 --> 00:45:53.480
I'm not sister. Let me tell you, the title brother

00:45:53.480 --> 00:45:58.059
and sister is an honor. Okay? Some of us are

00:45:58.059 --> 00:46:05.389
so much bastardizing that we say bro. And then

00:46:05.389 --> 00:46:10.570
we use it as a mockery. All right? As a mockery

00:46:10.570 --> 00:46:15.389
term. But it's an honor that we use it revering

00:46:15.389 --> 00:46:19.090
one another as brothers and sisters in faith.

00:46:20.469 --> 00:46:23.789
Hallelujah. So he referred to him as a brother.

00:46:23.889 --> 00:46:27.389
And Ananias saw him and then he called him a

00:46:27.389 --> 00:46:31.190
brother in verse 17. Women are also called sisters,

00:46:31.289 --> 00:46:35.920
isn't it? We see Paul. Romans 16 verse 1, calling

00:46:35.920 --> 00:46:41.239
Phoebe his sister in faith. So as I say, it's

00:46:41.239 --> 00:46:44.340
an honorable title. Yes, I commend to you Phoebe,

00:46:44.679 --> 00:46:49.719
our sister, who is a servant of the church, servant

00:46:49.719 --> 00:46:54.800
of the church. So it's an honor. It's not a derogatory

00:46:54.800 --> 00:46:59.119
title. It's an honor that you call. In fact,

00:46:59.159 --> 00:47:03.199
you don't even call your friend with you. Adding

00:47:03.199 --> 00:47:06.179
brother to your friend is an honor. And a sister

00:47:06.179 --> 00:47:08.559
to your friend is an honor. Meaning that you

00:47:08.559 --> 00:47:11.099
are recognizing the oneness that you share. Meaning

00:47:11.099 --> 00:47:12.920
that you are recognizing what God has done in

00:47:12.920 --> 00:47:15.880
this person. And this person is a member of a

00:47:15.880 --> 00:47:20.739
brotherhood, of a family. A family of God's people.

00:47:21.280 --> 00:47:30.179
A member of God's family. And then we'll read

00:47:30.179 --> 00:47:35.079
through Acts chapter 10, verse 48. We see another

00:47:35.079 --> 00:47:40.900
situation with Peter. All right? Peter was brought

00:47:40.900 --> 00:47:46.940
up in a very Jewish tradition, right? Very racist

00:47:46.940 --> 00:47:49.940
Jewish tradition where they consider some people

00:47:49.940 --> 00:47:54.719
unclean and some people clean. Some of us, our

00:47:54.719 --> 00:47:58.920
culture, we see some people as... as inferior

00:47:58.920 --> 00:48:02.179
people. We see some tribes as inferior. That's

00:48:02.179 --> 00:48:05.800
cultural. That's worldly. That's natural. That's

00:48:05.800 --> 00:48:09.460
carnal. So in a vision, he also had a vision

00:48:09.460 --> 00:48:13.519
and then he said he has never eaten anything

00:48:13.519 --> 00:48:16.280
unclean. What did he just tell him in the vision?

00:48:17.840 --> 00:48:30.420
Verse what? Acts chapter 10. Let me check. Acts

00:48:30.420 --> 00:48:34.780
chapter 10, verse 15. Okay, give me verse 15.

00:48:38.920 --> 00:48:43.719
And a voice speak to him again. What God has

00:48:43.719 --> 00:48:48.980
cleansed, you must not call what? Does that word

00:48:48.980 --> 00:48:52.300
sound familiar? You must not call what? Common.

00:48:52.480 --> 00:48:54.940
And what is he referring to? He's referring to

00:48:54.940 --> 00:48:56.960
the Gentiles that he has been called to go to

00:48:56.960 --> 00:48:59.800
the house of Cornelius. And later on, we see

00:48:59.800 --> 00:49:02.960
that he moved in obedience. And then he saw something

00:49:02.960 --> 00:49:06.480
that has not happened before. When God has called

00:49:06.480 --> 00:49:09.380
people, you don't call them common. You don't

00:49:09.380 --> 00:49:12.039
commonize people that have been called by God.

00:49:12.199 --> 00:49:13.639
You don't commonize people that have been called

00:49:13.639 --> 00:49:18.119
by God. You hold them in high esteem. You value

00:49:18.119 --> 00:49:20.559
them. You honor them. You respect them because,

00:49:20.679 --> 00:49:23.440
you know what? The Spirit of God lives in them.

00:49:24.980 --> 00:49:28.130
Are we together? And the Spirit of God that lives

00:49:28.130 --> 00:49:31.730
in you is not superior to the Spirit of God that

00:49:31.730 --> 00:49:36.889
lives in them. Same Spirit. In all of us, same

00:49:36.889 --> 00:49:39.550
Spirit. We are born again by the same Spirit.

00:49:39.590 --> 00:49:44.289
Same Spirit. Hallelujah. So, we must learn to

00:49:44.289 --> 00:49:47.550
honor people. We don't live from a traditional

00:49:47.550 --> 00:49:51.750
way of thinking that we were brought up. But

00:49:51.750 --> 00:49:54.550
we live by the transformative mind that we have.

00:49:54.969 --> 00:49:59.110
In the word of God. Hallelujah. How do we treat

00:49:59.110 --> 00:50:05.510
women? Not from an earthly cultural perspective.

00:50:05.610 --> 00:50:09.670
Some of us are so African. Alright? That I doubt

00:50:09.670 --> 00:50:13.769
whether we are born again. You are so African

00:50:13.769 --> 00:50:18.289
to the point that the way you treat sisters in

00:50:18.289 --> 00:50:24.230
church reflects where you are coming from. not

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knowing that these are people that must be honored

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and dignified. Hallelujah. What does the scripture

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say? 1 Timothy 5, verse 1 to 2. Do not rebuke

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an older man. Now, this is in a church setting.

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Okay? Sometimes the way we speak, there's order,

00:50:56.380 --> 00:50:58.280
there's honor in the body of Christ. There's

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order and, you know, structure in the church.

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So Paul is telling Timothy, do not rebuke an

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older man. Okay? But what? But exalt him as what?

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As a father. Does that apply to our relationship

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in church here? Right? You do not rebuke an older

00:51:18.519 --> 00:51:23.170
man. But what? But exalt him as a father. Younger

00:51:23.170 --> 00:51:27.630
men as what? As brothers. As slaves? No. As what?

00:51:27.750 --> 00:51:33.489
As brother. Older women as what? As mother. Younger

00:51:33.489 --> 00:51:37.449
women as what? As sisters. And they act in all

00:51:37.449 --> 00:51:43.090
what? All purity. Okay. Now, because Paul was

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writing to a brother, so he says to the sisters

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in all purity. Now, if you apply that principle

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to you as a lady, You treat all brothers, young

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and men as what? As brothers with all what? With

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all purity. That's the application to you. Are

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we together? So you don't objectify women or

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men in our relationship as we relate. Okay? We

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treat each other with honor because we are equally

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members of God's family. Hallelujah. To the married.

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How do we treat each other? Ephesians 5 verse

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20. I'm not married. I'm part of this now. Glory.

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Hallelujah. Ephesians 5 verse 20. to one another

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in the fear of God. Submission. See, when they

00:52:55.389 --> 00:52:58.610
talk submission, Pastor have taught us, the moment

00:52:58.610 --> 00:53:00.769
they say submission, the African man in you want

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to rise. You know, women should submit. Submit

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to what? One to another in what? In the fear

00:53:07.730 --> 00:53:11.369
of God. All right? So, who is the one another

00:53:11.369 --> 00:53:16.369
here? Brothers and sisters, we submit one to

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another in church here. Hallelujah. We submit

00:53:19.469 --> 00:53:33.010
one to another. Okay? Where am I? Verse 22. Wives.

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Okay? Submit to your own husband, not another

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person's husband. This one is in the context

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of what? Marriage. It's different from other

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submission. Are we together? As to the Lord.

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Alright? This is under the umbrella of marriage.

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And all of us here, by the grace of God, are

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potential husbands and potential wives. Unless

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God has not said you should not marry, which

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we will know by knowledge and by prophetic ability.

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Someone came to me and said, Samir, I think I

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will not marry. I said, who told you you will

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not marry? I said, you will not marry, you will

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be hopeless. You enter one relationship, small

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relationship, you enter, anyhow, they break your

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heart and you conclude you're not going to marry.

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When they say you should come, sort of would

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teach you the word of God. Some of you, your

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heart is so broken that it can only be repaired

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by mercy and grace. The mercy and the grace of

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God. Hallelujah. So, We see submission even in

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the marital relationship. Are we together? Submission.

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Turn to verse 32. Now, give me verse 23 here.

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Verse 23 and verse 32. For the husband is the

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head of the wife, as also Christ is the head

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of the church, and he is the Savior of the body.

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Now, verse 32 and 33. This is a great mystery,

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but I speak concerning Christ and the church.

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Nevertheless, let each one of you in particular

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so love his own wife as what? As himself. And

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let the wife see that she respects her husband.

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All right? Now move to chapter 6, verse 1 to

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4. We'll see that even at the family level, honor

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is expected to be seen in our relationship with

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one another. Children, what do we do? We obey

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our parents how? In the Lord, the context is

00:55:53.829 --> 00:55:56.469
what? Do you know what it means to obey them

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in the Lord? The boundary of our obedience to

00:56:01.409 --> 00:56:03.429
our parents is within the circumference of the

00:56:03.429 --> 00:56:09.650
Word of God. Okay? In the Lord. The honor and

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the submission in marriage is also within the

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boundary of what? Of in the Lord. If an instruction

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coming is outside the Lord, alright, then you

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seek the counsel of your pastor to know what

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to do. But I believe that with the Spirit of

00:56:23.360 --> 00:56:26.360
God, you know what to do. Are we together? So,

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children, obey your parents in the Lord, for

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this is what, this is right. Honor your father,

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and what? And mother, which is the first commandment

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that comes in the promise, that it may be well

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with you, and you may live long on earth. And

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you, fathers, do not provoke your children to

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wrath. but bring them up in the training and

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admonition of the Lord. So we see here where

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it goes down to family. 1 Peter 3, verse 1 to

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7. Because of time, let's move. Let's conclude.

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1 Peter 3, verse 1 to 7. Wise, likewise, be submissive

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to your own husbands, that even if someone do

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not obey the word, they without a word may be

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warned by the conduct of their wives. When they

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observe your trust, conduct accompanied by fear.

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Do not let your adornment be merely outward,

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arranging the air, wearing gold, or putting in

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fine apparel. Rather, let it be a hidden person

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of your heart, with the incorruptible beauty

00:57:37.219 --> 00:57:39.800
of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is very precious,

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and a side of God. For in this manner, in former

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times, the holy women would trust in God. Also

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adorn themselves, being submissive to their own

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husbands, as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him

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Lord, whose daughters you are, if you do good,

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and are not afraid with any terror. Now verse

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7, which I was looking for too. It says, Husbands,

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likewise, dwell with them, with what? With understanding,

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with honor, with understanding, giving honor

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to the wise, as to the weaker vessel, as being

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what? Now this is the reason. Because she is

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an heir together of the grace of life. The woman

00:58:23.030 --> 00:58:26.670
is also an heir together of what? Of the grace

00:58:26.670 --> 00:58:32.409
of life. Are we together? So, male and female

00:58:32.409 --> 00:58:37.929
are what? Are one in Christ. Hallelujah. How

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do we treat people who are rich in the goods

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of this world? I was telling my class yesterday,

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I said that that brother is a rumor, I'm not

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saying that he's a fact, that was sinning and

00:58:55.460 --> 00:58:57.639
sleeping with his father's wife in that church.

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And the church was not doing it. Probably he

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is rich. Probably he saw influential that the

00:59:05.679 --> 00:59:09.059
pastor was not willing to correct him. So they

00:59:09.059 --> 00:59:10.940
can allow him to do whatever he wants to do.

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That's not the conduct in the church. Hallelujah.

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So how should we treat those who are rich and

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those who are less privileged in the things of

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the world? Because sometimes when you come to

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church, you see the church is built in strata.

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Those who are economically strong have a committee

00:59:32.329 --> 00:59:37.570
in one side. Those who are political influencers,

00:59:37.849 --> 00:59:39.710
they have power and connection, they are in one

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side. And then the rest. That is all the love

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of God. Honor must cut across all. We are equal

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in the sight of God. Hallelujah. James chapter

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2, verse 1 to 7. James chapter 2, verse 1 to

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7. As we run up, the man of God says that the

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correct man of God that is teaching must say

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finally at least seven times. before you finally

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finish. James 2, verse 1 to 7 says, My brethren,

01:00:19.690 --> 01:00:28.150
do not hold the feet of our Lord Jesus Christ,

01:00:28.369 --> 01:00:31.010
the Lord of glory, with partiality. How do we

01:00:31.010 --> 01:00:33.329
treat this other? We don't treat each other with

01:00:33.329 --> 01:00:35.769
what? With partiality. That is, we see this person,

01:00:35.769 --> 01:00:37.989
he's Kenyan, so I'll favor him. I'll honor this

01:00:37.989 --> 01:00:41.309
one. This one is from, she's from Cameroon. I

01:00:41.309 --> 01:00:45.500
don't rate her. No. We don't treat each other

01:00:45.500 --> 01:00:47.579
with all the partiality. For if they should come

01:00:47.579 --> 01:00:51.920
into your assembly, a man with gold ring, a fine

01:00:51.920 --> 01:00:55.440
apparel, that is, he's looking very well to do.

01:00:56.400 --> 01:00:59.039
He's wealthy. He's looking very economically

01:00:59.039 --> 01:01:05.300
up and doing. A fine apparel. And they should

01:01:05.300 --> 01:01:08.139
also come in a poor man in filthy clothes. What

01:01:08.139 --> 01:01:12.619
should we do to a poor person? Huh? He recognized.

01:01:13.420 --> 01:01:15.360
We work in love. What do we do? We supply the

01:01:15.360 --> 01:01:18.400
needs. Are we together? And you pay attention

01:01:18.400 --> 01:01:21.019
to one wearing the fine clothes and say to him,

01:01:21.039 --> 01:01:24.619
you sit here. This seat is for rich people. The

01:01:24.619 --> 01:01:28.739
rest you can sit behind. You honor those who

01:01:28.739 --> 01:01:31.139
are rich in the material things and then you

01:01:31.139 --> 01:01:34.820
dishonor. You take as less as common those who

01:01:34.820 --> 01:01:38.019
are financially not able. Say, wearing the fine

01:01:38.019 --> 01:01:40.199
clothes and say to him, you sit here in a good

01:01:40.199 --> 01:01:44.590
place. And say to the poor man, you stand there

01:01:44.590 --> 01:01:48.829
or sit here at my footstool. Thank God our ushers

01:01:48.829 --> 01:01:54.710
don't do this. Have you not shown partiality

01:01:54.710 --> 01:01:57.329
among yourselves and become judges with evil

01:01:57.329 --> 01:02:00.710
thoughts? Meaning that the lenses by which you

01:02:00.710 --> 01:02:03.849
demonstrate this activity is evil thoughts. It's

01:02:03.849 --> 01:02:08.769
not spiritual. It's not godly. Hallelujah. Listen,

01:02:08.949 --> 01:02:12.170
my beloved brethren. Has God not chosen the poor

01:02:12.170 --> 01:02:16.289
of this world to be rich in faith and heirs of

01:02:16.289 --> 01:02:18.329
the kingdom which he promised to those who love

01:02:18.329 --> 01:02:23.650
him? It's salvation cut across social and economic

01:02:23.650 --> 01:02:27.349
strata. All right? The same spirit of God that

01:02:27.349 --> 01:02:29.349
is in the rich. Because sometimes where we're

01:02:29.349 --> 01:02:32.550
coming from, the poor are made to look as though

01:02:32.550 --> 01:02:34.769
their own salvation is a second -class salvation.

01:02:36.559 --> 01:02:38.280
As though the spirit of God that is the rich

01:02:38.280 --> 01:02:39.880
people is different from the spirit of God in

01:02:39.880 --> 01:02:43.440
the poor. As though the poor are poor because

01:02:43.440 --> 01:02:48.480
they are sinners. But the stem spirit that is

01:02:48.480 --> 01:02:53.539
in us works in all. For God has even chosen the

01:02:53.539 --> 01:02:55.539
poor of this world. Poor of where? Where are

01:02:55.539 --> 01:02:58.000
they poor? They are poor only in the physical

01:02:58.000 --> 01:03:01.360
and the material things. But they are rich in

01:03:01.360 --> 01:03:05.130
the spirit. Hallelujah. So, He has chosen them

01:03:05.130 --> 01:03:07.489
rich in faith and heirs. What are they? They

01:03:07.489 --> 01:03:10.329
are called heirs with us. Of the kingdom which

01:03:10.329 --> 01:03:14.150
he promised to those who love him. Verse 6. But

01:03:14.150 --> 01:03:18.210
you have dishonored the poor man. Do not the

01:03:18.210 --> 01:03:22.429
rich oppress you and drag you into courts? Do

01:03:22.429 --> 01:03:25.829
they not blaspheme that noble name by which you

01:03:25.829 --> 01:03:34.599
are called? If you really fulfill the royal law

01:03:34.599 --> 01:03:36.820
according to the scripture, you shall love your

01:03:36.820 --> 01:03:40.619
neighbor as yourself. You do what? You do well.

01:03:40.699 --> 01:03:44.360
Hallelujah. So we must honor people regardless

01:03:44.360 --> 01:03:47.380
of whether you are richer than them or we are

01:03:47.380 --> 01:03:50.199
more economically stronger than them or not.

01:03:51.920 --> 01:03:58.639
1 Timothy 6 verse 17. 1 Timothy 6 verse 17 and

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18. Commanders who are rich in this present age

01:04:06.570 --> 01:04:10.750
not to be hearty or to trust in what? Uncertain

01:04:10.750 --> 01:04:14.369
riches. There's no certainty in riches. Okay?

01:04:17.110 --> 01:04:20.929
Because the riches of this world is not certain.

01:04:21.710 --> 01:04:23.909
You can wake up today and then you are poor.

01:04:24.230 --> 01:04:26.250
Once upon a time, Bill Gates was the richest

01:04:26.250 --> 01:04:29.630
man in the world. Then something happened to

01:04:29.630 --> 01:04:34.179
his marriage and other things. And then we don't

01:04:34.179 --> 01:04:36.900
see him as the richest man again. Are we together?

01:04:37.400 --> 01:04:40.199
So there's no guarantee. Of course, he's still

01:04:40.199 --> 01:04:43.460
rich. I mean, I'm not saying he's poor. He's

01:04:43.460 --> 01:04:46.280
still rich. Richer than many, many, many people.

01:04:47.260 --> 01:04:50.860
Hallelujah. But then, riches is uncertain. But

01:04:50.860 --> 01:04:53.119
what is certain is the spiritual riches we have

01:04:53.119 --> 01:04:57.239
in Christ. The blessedness we have. The eternal

01:04:57.239 --> 01:05:00.460
riches we have in Christ Jesus. Is that which

01:05:00.460 --> 01:05:06.219
cannot... decay is eternal. So command those

01:05:06.219 --> 01:05:08.300
who are rich in this present age not to be haughty,

01:05:08.300 --> 01:05:10.920
not to trust in uncertainties, but in the living

01:05:10.920 --> 01:05:14.599
God who gives us richly all things to enjoy.

01:05:14.719 --> 01:05:18.360
Verse 18. Let them do good that they may be rich

01:05:18.360 --> 01:05:22.139
in good works, ready to give what, willing to

01:05:22.139 --> 01:05:26.559
share. Hallelujah. So do not choose who to honor.

01:05:27.539 --> 01:05:30.320
Okay? We don't segregate in our choice of who

01:05:30.320 --> 01:05:32.719
to honor. We honor all men. We honor those God

01:05:32.719 --> 01:05:37.739
has chosen by faith and all men. You can't afford

01:05:37.739 --> 01:05:40.039
to live in dishonor against your brother and

01:05:40.039 --> 01:05:43.059
sister because when you do, you miss all that

01:05:43.059 --> 01:05:47.059
God has in store for you. God's blessings are

01:05:47.059 --> 01:05:52.360
administered by who? By men. Okay? So if God's

01:05:52.360 --> 01:05:54.400
blessings are administered by men and you dishonor

01:05:54.400 --> 01:05:56.800
the vessel by which God has sent you, you will

01:05:56.800 --> 01:05:58.579
not enjoy the blessings of God in your life.

01:06:00.019 --> 01:06:03.860
So you must be able to honor those that God has

01:06:03.860 --> 01:06:09.059
sent around you. Kill him is administered through

01:06:09.059 --> 01:06:13.820
who? Through men. Okay? Insert and revelation

01:06:13.820 --> 01:06:17.659
in God's word are administered through who? Through

01:06:17.659 --> 01:06:20.840
men. Instructions and guidance are given through

01:06:20.840 --> 01:06:24.699
who? Through men. So when you dishonor men, you

01:06:24.699 --> 01:06:29.000
don't receive in their ministry to you. Hallelujah.

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So our culture in the kingdom is that of honor

01:06:32.300 --> 01:06:35.940
and reverence one another because that way we

01:06:35.940 --> 01:06:39.780
enjoy the blessings of one another. Hallelujah.

01:06:40.480 --> 01:06:42.980
So it is very easy to pretend to love and honor

01:06:42.980 --> 01:06:46.679
men of God we see online who are popular on TV

01:06:46.679 --> 01:06:52.760
or with huge followership. Right? And then see

01:06:52.760 --> 01:06:58.050
as common your pastor in your local church. Or

01:06:58.050 --> 01:07:03.289
your cell leader. Or your team leader. As common.

01:07:04.349 --> 01:07:09.050
Or your brothers and sisters in church. Or your

01:07:09.050 --> 01:07:12.389
wife. You see her as common. You see your husband

01:07:12.389 --> 01:07:14.630
as common. You see your wife as common. You see

01:07:14.630 --> 01:07:17.329
your brothers and sisters as common. In front

01:07:17.329 --> 01:07:20.530
of even your parents, because you've seen their

01:07:20.530 --> 01:07:28.000
weaknesses, you see them as common. This is not

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what God intends for us as believers. Are we

01:07:32.139 --> 01:07:36.360
together? So honor cut across every sphere. In

01:07:36.360 --> 01:07:38.840
fact, it is the way we live. We live a life of

01:07:38.840 --> 01:07:42.719
honor. Amen? I just want you to just close your

01:07:42.719 --> 01:07:46.099
eyes and begin to speak to God. I want you to

01:07:46.099 --> 01:07:50.659
pray for God, for God's help. Probably this will

01:07:50.659 --> 01:07:56.099
have sound and then have shown to you where you

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stand. We appreciate you being here today. We

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hope you carry this word with you throughout

01:08:04.250 --> 01:08:07.150
your week. Don't forget to check the show notes

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