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Let's open our Bibles to 1st Peter chapter

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2 and we read from verse 6.

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We'll read a couple of verses from 1st

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Peter chapter 2 from verse 6.

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For in scripture it says, see I lay

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a stone in Zion, a chosen and precious

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cornerstone and the one who trusts in him

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will never be put to shame.

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Now to you who believe, this stone is

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precious, but to those who do not believe,

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the stone the builders rejected has become the

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capstone.

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And a stone that causes men to stumble,

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and a rock that makes them fall.

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They stumble because they disobey the message, which

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is also what they were destined for.

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But you are a chosen people, a royal

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priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to

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God, that you may declare the praises of

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him who called you out of darkness into

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the light of the Lord.

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Once you were not a people, but now

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you are the people of God.

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Once you had not received mercy, but now

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you have received mercy.

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But my friends, I urge you as aliens

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and strangers in the world to abstain from

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sinful desires which war against your soul.

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Lord, here is your word.

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We beseech you, O Heavenly Father, that you

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would bless it to us.

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May it be, Lord, that when we leave

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here, each one of us will be able

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to leave having received some treasures from your

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word.

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Amen.

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There is a lot that has blessed me

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from this passage that we have read.

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God here takes a heavenly comparison and he

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gives it to us here as his congregation,

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as his church on earth.

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And he gave us his son, Jesus Christ,

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that from him we may learn that which

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we need to know.

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And today he presents him to us as

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the foundation, as the cornerstone of the church.

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He presents Jesus to us as that stone

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on which we may build without being ashamed.

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He presents to us Jesus, the foundation of

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the church, someone who is our example and

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of whom we need not be ashamed when

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it is said we should take after him.

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And he has presented, placed on a mountaintop

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for the whole world to see as the

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chief cornerstone and that anybody who builds without

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this cornerstone will never be successful.

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We must build upon him.

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And those who build upon him need to

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believe in him who has been sent to

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us.

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The Bible says that if we believe in

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him and we trust in him, we will

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never be put to shame.

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The one who trusts and believes in Jesus

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will never be put to shame.

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That person will never be disappointed.

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That person will never be criticized or found

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fault with.

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Now you can look at your life and

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see the way in which you live, the

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way in which you believe in the Lord

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Jesus.

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Are you perhaps put to shame?

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The word says draw nigh unto him.

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Even though in the past you were negligent,

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you didn't pay attention, now pay close attention

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to him.

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I don't know how you see the Lord

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Jesus in your life, how you take him

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after having heard so much of him.

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What is he to you?

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Is he just someone who is passing by?

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What is he to you?

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Has Jesus become precious to you?

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Has he become your closest friend?

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The one in whom you put your full

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trust and where you say that he is

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all and all in your life?

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Those who love him surrender their lives to

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him.

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Those who love him surrender all, they forsake

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all for his sake.

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They deny even their very own lives because

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of him.

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Those who love him deny the pleasures of

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this world due to him being king.

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Therefore we also need to draw closer to

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him and come and fully surrender our lives

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to him.

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Then build upon this foundation which is Jesus

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Christ.

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And we are given this guarantee that if

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we build our life of faith upon this

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cornerstone, upon this foundation, we will never be

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put to shame.

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That building will never collapse.

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What is of prime importance is that you

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believe on the Lord Jesus.

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When I say believe on him, I don't

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mean that you just come to church and

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just listen to sermons and God's word, even

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though that isn't bad in itself.

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I know there are such people that are

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satisfied just by the fact of going to

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church.

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But in their going to church, they don't

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believe.

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They've never surrendered themselves to him.

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They've never denied their lives for the sake

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of Jesus.

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They haven't separated with their pet sins because

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of Jesus.

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They still hold on to their old lives

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that is leading them straight to perdition instead

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of surrendering to Jesus.

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Aren't there perhaps such people in our midst?

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Aren't there perhaps in our midst young people,

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maybe even older people that are just attending

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church, but they've never given their lives to

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Christ?

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And then it is said that to you

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who believe this stone is precious, those

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to those who believe this stone is precious,

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he is all in all to them.

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They love him and they trust in him.

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I don't know whether you believe in Jesus.

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I don't know what this belief of yours

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in the Lord Jesus, this faith of yours

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in him, whether it's caused you to fully

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surrender your life to him or not.

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But here's God's promise.

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The one who trusts or believes in him

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will never be put to shame.

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Look carefully at your life.

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How long haven't you disappointed people?

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Perhaps you've disappointed your parents as a young

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person.

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Maybe you've disappointed the church.

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Maybe you've disappointed God.

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Maybe you've disappointed your family.

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All that happened because you hadn't yet believed

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on the Lord Jesus.

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But after having surrendered your life to him,

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believing on him, God says, he who trusts

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and believes in him will not be put

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to shame.

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In other words, those who had been disappointed

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in your life, new hope can arise when

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you now believe in Jesus.

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Those who have given up on you, who

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said, well, there's no help for this person,

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they receive new hope when they see you

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believing in Jesus.

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Maybe your parents are wondering, I wonder what

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will become of this child of mine when

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I see the kind of life that he

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or she is leading.

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They've lost hope concerning you.

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They've got no hope of something good coming

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from your future.

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All that is like that because you haven't

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yet identified with the Lord Jesus, he who

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gives hope to those who are hopeless.

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Surrender to Jesus.

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Identify with him.

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Be one with him.

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Believe on him.

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And something amazing will happen in your life.

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But you are a chosen people, a royal

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priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to

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God, that you may declare and preach the

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praises of him who called you.

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I said earlier on, it might be that

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you don't understand for what reason you're in

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this world.

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It might be that you're in church and

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you don't know what the role is, what

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the function is that you should fulfil in

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church.

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Maybe you're a young member of the church,

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a new member, and you don't yet know

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and understand what is your function, what role

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should you fulfil in church.

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Let me remind you that as God's church,

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there is a calling that he has for

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us in this world.

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There is a great task for each one

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of us that we should accomplish.

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Maybe you look down upon yourself.

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Maybe you have some inferiority complex.

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Maybe you say, now who am I that

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I should do anything or could do anything

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for God?

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Maybe when people are mentioned that work for

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God or do something for God, you say,

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well, I'm the last one to be mentioned,

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and maybe I'm not even mentioned, my name

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doesn't even count.

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Let me tell you, those are whisperings of

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Satan.

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Here is this great and important task that

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God has got for you.

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As you are seated here this morning, you

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have been called of God.

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And you need to accomplish that task.

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You need to do it.

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Nobody else is going to do it for

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you and on your behalf.

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It's not your child, it's not your parent

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that is going to fulfil that task and

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that calling for you.

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You need to do it.

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A person who has been given a task

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or a work is trusted and it's expected

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that he will do it.

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God expects and God trusts that you will

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be able to accomplish that task that he

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has given you to do.

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God hasn't just called ministers and it's not

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just the preacher's job to work for God.

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There is something that God has got for

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each and every individual and for you included

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to do.

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And you need to understand what position God

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has allocated to you as he has given

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you this important task that you've got to

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fulfil.

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That you need to understand how important it

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is to God that you should really fulfil

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that task.

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We have been given the task to declare

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the gospel, to preach the gospel.

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Here is the task that we've been given.

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Go out and declare this message to the

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people.

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It's not just the person next to you

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who's been called to do that.

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You have been called.

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You need to put your name in there

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that you have been called.

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You who have been called, you who are

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built upon this cornerstone which is Jesus Christ,

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you have been chosen for this task, for

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this work, for this ministry, you have been

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chosen for this task.

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God has called you to do this calling,

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to go out and to preach.

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Therefore, get up, go out and fulfil that

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which God has called you.

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Don't make excuses like Moses did when he

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said, but Lord, who am I?

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I can't speak.

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I've got a speech defect.

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I can't go out and speak to people.

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God knows that as well.

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But God knows for what he can use

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you.

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God knows how he can use you.

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But what is essential and what is important

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is that you are faithful to that for

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which God has called you.

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I don't know whether you have fulfilled that

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task, whether you have accomplished that which God

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has called you, where he has trusted you

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and he's allocated this task to you, trusting

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that you would be able to accomplish it.

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Now, let us look at the calibre of

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this church through which God wants to accomplish

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his work on earth.

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God hasn't called the church just to sit

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down and be spectators.

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God hasn't called his church to be spectators

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and to be judges just to see whether

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people are doing things in the right way,

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whether they're doing them in the wrong way.

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But God has called us to do.

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Because if we're just spectators, we will see

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only the faults of others and we'll say,

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oh, that person has done it in the

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wrong way.

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He should have done it like this.

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He should have done it in this way.

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He should have spoken in that way.

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But it's because we are outside, we are

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onlookers and spectators, we are not involved.

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Let's understand, God hasn't called us to be

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spectators.

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He's called us to be involved in his

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work and busy propagating his gospel.

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Now, what kind of people are these who

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preach the gospel?

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What kind of a person should you be?

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You are in the church, you have Jesus

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as your leader, as your cornerstone.

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Here in this passage, there are four characteristics

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that Peter mentions of the kind of person

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that you should be, that I'd like to

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lift out.

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What is this person like who declares the

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praises of God?

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First of all, Peter says he is a

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chosen person.

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He belongs to a chosen people.

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Secondly, he is a royal priesthood.

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Thirdly, a holy nation.

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And fourthly, a people belonging to God.

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A chosen people.

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People that have been chosen and selected out

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from amongst other people.

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Do you understand that as you are here

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this morning, you have been chosen out, you

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have been selected from many others.

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You are chosen, not because you are better

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than others, but as bad and as evil

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as you are.

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God chose you out from amongst other people

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that you might be changed.

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And God has chosen you with the expectation

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that there is something that you are going

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to do for Him.

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I've seen some might have an inferiority complex,

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thinking, well, they aren't able to do anything.

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But nevertheless, Jesus took you out of your

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sin.

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He chose you there where you were, and

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He took you out of your sin, that

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you might be able to do this work.

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He washed you with His blood.

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And you were indeed cleansed.

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That your feet might be ready to now

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go and proclaim the good news.

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I don't know whether you're faithful in this

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work.

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Whether you are taken up by your own

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things.

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I want to tell you this.

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There are those who are perishing right now.

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People that are dying in their sin.

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Just go out and see what is busy

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happening.

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Go to hospital.

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And you see how people are busy dying

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there.

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As they are dying, have they heard, do

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they know God?

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And you have heard of Jesus.

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You have heard of this foundation.

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What have you done concerning these souls that

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are perishing?

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You've been called.

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You are trusted.

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But what are you doing concerning God's calling

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in your life?

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Or have you taken your calling and you've

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discarded it?

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And now you're just paying attention to your

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own interests.

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Your own work.

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Those things that tie you up daily.

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You're just busy with your daily work and

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your daily cares.

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There is not that urgency in your heart

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when you wake up that you say, God,

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what do you want me to do for

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you today?

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Maybe you don't have that prayer in your

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heart any longer.

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When you wake up that you say, oh

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God, may I be able to do something

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for you today before the sun sets?

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Lord, may I be able to tell somebody

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of you before the sun sets today?

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Remember the story of Samson?

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You had been blessed of God.

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Been given power.

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Where he could perform miraculous things through that

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strength that God gave him.

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In all those miraculous things that he did,

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there was nothing that he did from his

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own strength.

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He was only enabled to do those things

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through the power and the strength that God

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gave him for the purpose that God wanted

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to glorify his name.

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But you know how it went and how

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he was caused to deviate and he was

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sidetracked by a woman.

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He saw a woman and he became infatuated.

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He loved her.

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He went closer to her.

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And then the enemy worked through that woman.

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They wanted to obtain to their objectives through

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her.

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And this woman started nagging him saying to

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Samson, now tell me, where is the secret

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of your strength?

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And then Samson started by just saying something

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else saying, if you would do this then

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you would subdue me.

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And then they did it.

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And the enemies were close by to observe

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whether that which he said would happen or

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not.

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And then Delilah would say, but Samson, you

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don't love me.

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Why don't you tell me what the real

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secret is of your strength?

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Now, if you tie me up with fresh

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strings and in this way, then you'll subdue

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me.

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Then you'll be able to overcome me.

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Samson, don't you realize that you're busy talking

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to your enemy?

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Samson, don't you realize that you are busy

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conversing and chatting with Satan himself?

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Samson, don't you realize that this woman, Delilah,

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is only out to make a mockery of

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you, to overcome you and to defeat you?

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Now, I've said it might be that you've

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been called of God.

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But instead of you being busy with your

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calling and doing that which God has called

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you, you are busy holding a conversation with

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Satan himself.

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Satan has no compassion on you.

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There is nothing that Satan can give you.

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Even though so many people are faithful to

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Satan, but there's nothing good that he'll give

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00:35:35,640 --> 00:35:35,840
you.

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If you've forgotten your calling that God has

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given you, it would be good that you

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wake up out of your sleep, that you

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come to the Lord and say, Lord, please

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enable me, give me that which I need,

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that I can do that for which you've

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00:36:10,440 --> 00:36:10,900
called me.

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00:36:10,900 --> 00:36:14,940
Samson died a terrible death.

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He died with his eyes having been removed,

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where he could no longer discern.

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He could no longer see the light of

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the sun and the light of the moon.

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He could no longer discern between colors.

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00:36:33,460 --> 00:36:33,720
Why?

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His eyes had been taken out.

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And those eyes of which his enemy was

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so happy.

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If you are busy toying around with Satan,

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00:37:03,640 --> 00:37:07,340
then realize that Satan won't rest until he's

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00:37:07,340 --> 00:37:11,620
removed your eyes, until he's harmed you and

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00:37:11,620 --> 00:37:15,060
discapacitated you.

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If your eyes have been removed by Satan,

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00:37:22,120 --> 00:37:26,060
then you start finding fault.

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You start to criticize.

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You start to feel sorry for yourself.

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Nobody takes note of me.

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Nobody is really interested in me.

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Even if I'm ill, nobody comes to visit

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me.

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The way in which they speak to me,

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is that the way in which one should

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00:37:56,860 --> 00:37:57,580
speak to somebody?

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Everything that anybody else does is no longer

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acceptable to you.

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You only find fault with everything.

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Your eyes have been gouged out.

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And you've lost your spiritual sensitivity.

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Even if you say something that's wrong, even

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if you act or respond in the wrong

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way, and even if somebody comes to try

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and assist you, you don't see your mistake.

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You don't see your fault.

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You've lost your spiritual sensitivity.

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Your eyes, your spiritual eyes have been taken

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out.

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Samson, remember that you're a Nazarite.

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You are a chosen vessel of God.

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God has got a special calling for you.

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You're a chosen people, loved by God.

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And he wants to be identified with you,

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trusting in you.

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That indeed, you will do that task that

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he's got for you.

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A royal priesthood.

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Here is the church of God.

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Being united with Christ.

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And your position now is a royal priesthood.

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Because we have now been united with Jesus

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Christ.

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Jesus has got both these portfolios or positions.

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That of being a priest.

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And that of being a king.

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All of that is contained in Jesus.

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And those who are living stones, build upon

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this chief cornerstone, which is Jesus Christ, cannot

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have any other character different to that of

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that chief cornerstone.

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They are one with him.

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Being united with him.

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They feel that which he feels.

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And they also recognize that they belong to

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the royal family.

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They love the place where they are.

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The life which they live, his life they

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live.

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Young people, you are here living at this

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place.

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I don't know whether you realize how much

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God has loved you in that he's chosen

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00:41:38,660 --> 00:41:40,600
you to grow up in this place.

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00:41:52,500 --> 00:41:57,160
You should have realized how privileged you are

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00:41:57,160 --> 00:41:59,900
that God has chosen you to be at

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this place where you are protected from so

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00:42:03,620 --> 00:42:05,920
many things that other young people are exposed

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00:42:05,920 --> 00:42:06,320
to.

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00:42:10,620 --> 00:42:13,340
You are protected from many diseases.

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00:42:16,200 --> 00:42:20,340
You are protected from many things that could

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00:42:20,340 --> 00:42:23,320
wrought havoc in your life and damage your

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00:42:23,320 --> 00:42:23,540
life.

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00:42:25,540 --> 00:42:27,440
Or wreak havoc in your life as God

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00:42:27,440 --> 00:42:29,500
has got a purpose for your life.

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You have been called to this royal, to

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00:42:36,540 --> 00:42:37,620
this heavenly priesthood.

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And we need to be proud of it.

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00:42:43,560 --> 00:42:45,440
It is said that you are not like

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00:42:45,440 --> 00:42:46,160
everybody else.

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00:42:57,420 --> 00:43:01,280
But then Satan takes out our eyes and

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00:43:01,280 --> 00:43:03,060
we think we are missing out on so

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00:43:03,060 --> 00:43:03,740
many things.

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00:43:04,080 --> 00:43:06,260
The grass looks greener on the other side

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00:43:06,260 --> 00:43:09,220
of the fence and it seems to us

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00:43:09,220 --> 00:43:11,460
as if we are deprived from so many

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00:43:11,460 --> 00:43:11,820
things.

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00:43:13,720 --> 00:43:15,300
What is it that's so wonderful on the

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00:43:15,300 --> 00:43:16,020
other side of the fence?

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00:43:17,920 --> 00:43:19,800
What is it that's so wonderful there in

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00:43:19,800 --> 00:43:21,140
the world that's drawing you?

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00:43:33,460 --> 00:43:36,260
Don't you realize that you are loved of

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00:43:36,260 --> 00:43:38,380
God, that he has chosen you out?

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00:43:38,800 --> 00:43:40,780
What is it in the world that attracts

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00:43:40,780 --> 00:43:41,480
you so much?

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00:43:49,100 --> 00:43:51,120
Maybe you think those on the other side

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00:43:51,120 --> 00:43:51,220
of the fence are the ones who are

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00:43:51,220 --> 00:43:53,600
going to be those in the world, they

554
00:43:53,600 --> 00:43:55,000
are so much better off.

555
00:44:02,460 --> 00:44:06,220
Maybe you feel in church you are bound.

556
00:44:06,600 --> 00:44:09,280
There are so many rules and regulations that

557
00:44:09,280 --> 00:44:10,400
you can't do what you like.

558
00:44:13,000 --> 00:44:14,720
I'm not allowed to speak to so-and

559
00:44:14,720 --> 00:44:14,900
-so.

560
00:44:17,020 --> 00:44:18,420
I can't just do what I like.

561
00:44:28,440 --> 00:44:31,260
But when will it dawn on you that

562
00:44:31,260 --> 00:44:34,820
you belong to the heavenly family and that

563
00:44:34,820 --> 00:44:36,840
those who are in the world need to

564
00:44:36,840 --> 00:44:39,280
take from your example and not you from

565
00:44:39,280 --> 00:44:39,720
theirs?

566
00:44:59,440 --> 00:45:03,380
Those who belong to the royal priesthood, they

567
00:45:03,380 --> 00:45:05,100
obey God's word.

568
00:45:05,780 --> 00:45:07,740
They obey God's instructions.

569
00:45:08,420 --> 00:45:09,480
That's their very life.

570
00:45:09,640 --> 00:45:11,280
They don't know anything apart from that.

571
00:45:18,520 --> 00:45:21,600
Do you remember and do you realize that

572
00:45:21,600 --> 00:45:23,280
we should be a holy nation?

573
00:45:27,500 --> 00:45:31,220
Now, it costs to be part of a

574
00:45:31,220 --> 00:45:31,840
holy nation.

575
00:45:40,280 --> 00:45:43,900
For us, as young and older people, to

576
00:45:43,900 --> 00:45:46,820
be part of this holy nation, it costs

577
00:45:46,820 --> 00:45:48,040
us something in our lives.

578
00:45:50,180 --> 00:45:53,560
They, such people, wash and are cleansed.

579
00:45:54,860 --> 00:45:56,400
And they are washed.

580
00:45:58,720 --> 00:46:00,540
And they are washed in the blood of

581
00:46:00,540 --> 00:46:00,860
Jesus.

582
00:46:02,640 --> 00:46:04,580
Their sins are forgiven.

583
00:46:08,740 --> 00:46:13,360
All their disgrace and blemishes in their lives

584
00:46:13,360 --> 00:46:14,240
are taken away.

585
00:46:16,340 --> 00:46:18,200
They are separated from the world.

586
00:46:20,400 --> 00:46:22,620
Separated to live for God.

587
00:46:24,680 --> 00:46:26,180
Separated unto God.

588
00:46:27,800 --> 00:46:28,120
Holy.

589
00:46:32,120 --> 00:46:35,660
And that holiness is part of their everyday

590
00:46:35,660 --> 00:46:35,980
lives.

591
00:46:38,520 --> 00:46:40,840
And they love that kind of life.

592
00:46:45,120 --> 00:46:47,860
Now, brother, sister, tell me, as you are

593
00:46:47,860 --> 00:46:50,600
here, do you love walking in holiness?

594
00:46:50,600 --> 00:46:50,860
If

595
00:46:50,860 --> 00:47:01,180
you

596
00:47:01,180 --> 00:47:05,620
love walking in holiness, then you will love

597
00:47:05,620 --> 00:47:09,880
walking in the light and coming for prayer

598
00:47:09,880 --> 00:47:13,280
and coming for counseling that God's servants might

599
00:47:13,280 --> 00:47:14,260
pray together with you.

600
00:47:14,780 --> 00:47:20,160
Let me ask you, when last did you

601
00:47:20,160 --> 00:47:22,260
confess your sin and get right with God?

602
00:47:24,940 --> 00:47:28,180
When last did you draw nigh unto God?

603
00:47:30,400 --> 00:47:32,120
Or do you see that now as something

604
00:47:32,120 --> 00:47:32,880
that's old-fashioned?

605
00:47:35,920 --> 00:47:38,760
Something that's not necessary for you any longer?

606
00:47:42,200 --> 00:47:45,740
When last did you put things right between

607
00:47:45,740 --> 00:47:46,300
you and God?

608
00:47:49,920 --> 00:47:52,200
When last did the blood of Jesus cleanse

609
00:47:52,200 --> 00:47:53,000
you from your sin?

610
00:47:55,980 --> 00:47:57,680
No wonder that you're living the kind of

611
00:47:57,680 --> 00:47:58,660
life that you're leading.

612
00:48:02,260 --> 00:48:05,900
No wonder that there's no determination in your

613
00:48:05,900 --> 00:48:06,900
life to live for God.

614
00:48:08,900 --> 00:48:11,340
Because you haven't been forgiven from your sin.

615
00:48:13,360 --> 00:48:15,340
You haven't been forgiven of the lust of

616
00:48:15,340 --> 00:48:15,780
the flesh.

617
00:48:18,120 --> 00:48:21,520
You are just going according to your own

618
00:48:21,520 --> 00:48:23,300
mind and your way of seeing things.

619
00:48:25,380 --> 00:48:27,540
You say what you like when you like.

620
00:48:34,660 --> 00:48:38,240
Whether it wounds others, whether it builds others

621
00:48:38,240 --> 00:48:39,840
up, you don't care.

622
00:48:40,300 --> 00:48:41,820
If you live that kind of a life,

623
00:48:42,140 --> 00:48:43,760
you've lived the right way.

624
00:48:51,380 --> 00:48:54,280
Gran, when did you last put things right

625
00:48:54,280 --> 00:48:55,520
between you and God?

626
00:49:05,580 --> 00:49:08,620
I'm not speaking about coming to church.

627
00:49:08,800 --> 00:49:10,500
Yes, you do come to church.

628
00:49:10,680 --> 00:49:13,740
But when last did you stop a bit?

629
00:49:14,140 --> 00:49:17,460
Before going out of church, make sure that

630
00:49:17,460 --> 00:49:19,160
your matter with God is sorted out.

631
00:49:23,680 --> 00:49:25,880
But maybe you look at things in your

632
00:49:25,880 --> 00:49:29,100
life and you evaluate them and say, well,

633
00:49:29,180 --> 00:49:30,680
this is a sin, but it's not really

634
00:49:30,680 --> 00:49:31,620
that bad.

635
00:49:37,640 --> 00:49:39,340
This is just a little sin.

636
00:49:39,720 --> 00:49:41,740
It won't separate me that much from God.

637
00:49:41,820 --> 00:49:44,820
I don't need to really be concerned about

638
00:49:44,820 --> 00:49:45,080
it.

639
00:49:46,460 --> 00:49:47,740
But listen to this.

640
00:49:49,840 --> 00:49:55,180
With one sin that's in your life, that

641
00:49:55,180 --> 00:49:58,960
is unconfessed, that will separate you from God

642
00:49:58,960 --> 00:50:01,660
and destroy that fellowship that you have with

643
00:50:01,660 --> 00:50:01,920
God.

644
00:50:12,740 --> 00:50:14,620
And that which God wants to give you

645
00:50:14,620 --> 00:50:17,100
and that which God has given you will

646
00:50:17,100 --> 00:50:20,580
disappear from your life, being finished off by

647
00:50:20,580 --> 00:50:22,500
that sin that you're allowing in your life.

648
00:50:24,740 --> 00:50:31,520
A holy nation takes in and eats that

649
00:50:31,520 --> 00:50:32,300
which is holy.

650
00:50:36,500 --> 00:50:39,240
Spiritually speaking, that which they take in, that

651
00:50:39,240 --> 00:50:41,680
which they eat, spiritually speaking, is holy.

652
00:50:42,120 --> 00:50:44,420
And that which then emanates from their lives

653
00:50:44,420 --> 00:50:45,460
is also holy.

654
00:50:48,320 --> 00:50:53,720
Now, technology has made rapid advances recently.

655
00:50:55,740 --> 00:50:57,180
We are now living in an age of

656
00:50:57,180 --> 00:50:57,920
cell phones.

657
00:51:07,160 --> 00:51:09,920
If one would ever look at some of

658
00:51:09,920 --> 00:51:12,140
the messages that some of you are receiving

659
00:51:12,140 --> 00:51:15,800
on your cell phones, we perhaps discover that

660
00:51:15,800 --> 00:51:16,900
it's only filth.

661
00:51:22,960 --> 00:51:26,000
And some of you use your cell phones

662
00:51:26,000 --> 00:51:27,990
to send dirty messages to others.

663
00:51:34,640 --> 00:51:37,440
What kind of a nation are you if

664
00:51:37,440 --> 00:51:38,180
you're like that?

665
00:51:38,500 --> 00:51:40,420
Is that the kind of nation that belongs

666
00:51:40,420 --> 00:51:40,820
to God?

667
00:51:46,840 --> 00:51:50,080
Is that the kind of nation that should

668
00:51:50,080 --> 00:51:52,780
declare the praise of God that has become

669
00:51:52,780 --> 00:51:53,680
so defiled?

670
00:51:59,800 --> 00:52:03,020
But those who are walking with Jesus, they

671
00:52:03,020 --> 00:52:06,240
are easily discernible that they are different.

672
00:52:06,600 --> 00:52:07,540
They walk with God.

673
00:52:08,540 --> 00:52:09,980
They obey God.

674
00:52:11,360 --> 00:52:13,520
They are separated unto God.

675
00:52:15,440 --> 00:52:16,460
They submit to him.

676
00:52:18,220 --> 00:52:21,340
They have been won over.

677
00:52:21,500 --> 00:52:23,020
They belong to him.

678
00:52:24,820 --> 00:52:26,000
They are now his possession.

679
00:52:28,140 --> 00:52:29,900
And they do that which pleases God.

680
00:52:37,320 --> 00:52:40,360
A child of God, as you're listening, I

681
00:52:40,360 --> 00:52:43,180
trust that you are busy discerning concerning your

682
00:52:43,180 --> 00:52:45,580
own life and examining your life to see

683
00:52:45,580 --> 00:52:47,540
how you are walking before God.

684
00:52:47,920 --> 00:52:49,460
Are you doing it in a way that

685
00:52:49,460 --> 00:52:51,060
is well pleasing to him or not?

686
00:53:02,360 --> 00:53:04,920
Peter writes to the church and he says

687
00:53:04,920 --> 00:53:08,880
to them, Dear friends, I urge you as

688
00:53:08,880 --> 00:53:12,200
aliens and strangers in the world to abstain

689
00:53:12,200 --> 00:53:14,860
from those sinful desires which war against your

690
00:53:14,860 --> 00:53:15,340
soul.

691
00:53:18,080 --> 00:53:20,420
Oh, the lust of the flesh.

692
00:53:23,320 --> 00:53:25,860
It starts by destroying you.

693
00:53:27,380 --> 00:53:28,500
Destroys your life.

694
00:53:29,900 --> 00:53:31,180
It destroys your testimony.

695
00:53:34,720 --> 00:53:37,300
Some are spiritually dead.

696
00:53:37,580 --> 00:53:40,600
Their testimony has been destroyed because of the

697
00:53:40,600 --> 00:53:41,240
lust of the flesh.

698
00:53:53,940 --> 00:53:58,420
Some have been disgraced because of the lust

699
00:53:58,420 --> 00:54:00,760
of the eyes, the lust of the flesh

700
00:54:00,760 --> 00:54:03,380
that started with their eyes, lusting after something

701
00:54:03,380 --> 00:54:04,060
which they saw.

702
00:54:06,020 --> 00:54:08,920
And it also then destroys the church.

703
00:54:13,060 --> 00:54:17,000
The Bible says abstain from those things, from

704
00:54:17,000 --> 00:54:17,460
those desires.

705
00:54:17,800 --> 00:54:24,620
Young person, flee the evil desires of the

706
00:54:24,620 --> 00:54:24,820
youth.

707
00:54:27,380 --> 00:54:30,100
Young man, start living for God.

708
00:54:33,840 --> 00:54:36,360
For how long haven't you been sitting on

709
00:54:36,360 --> 00:54:38,020
the fence where it's not clear where you

710
00:54:38,020 --> 00:54:38,300
stand?

711
00:54:40,720 --> 00:54:43,840
And it's not clear what you are and

712
00:54:43,840 --> 00:54:44,360
where you stand.

713
00:54:46,700 --> 00:54:48,680
One doesn't know where you stand.

714
00:54:50,540 --> 00:54:51,620
Come out into the open.

715
00:54:53,120 --> 00:54:54,020
Serve the Lord.

716
00:54:55,380 --> 00:54:59,500
With all your heart, serve the Lord.

717
00:55:02,800 --> 00:55:07,120
Having done away with all those things that

718
00:55:07,120 --> 00:55:12,820
are filthy and dirty with only one purpose

719
00:55:12,820 --> 00:55:14,860
and goal in your life, and that is

720
00:55:14,860 --> 00:55:15,760
to live for God.

721
00:55:32,040 --> 00:55:36,480
If we were to produce a project or

722
00:55:36,480 --> 00:55:39,360
a display on heaven to present heaven to

723
00:55:39,360 --> 00:55:41,960
people, if we had to perhaps go out

724
00:55:41,960 --> 00:55:46,520
and do marketing, marketing heaven to other people,

725
00:55:46,700 --> 00:55:48,320
what would we present to them?

726
00:56:04,520 --> 00:56:06,820
We would need to start, first of all,

727
00:56:06,860 --> 00:56:09,400
that it becomes part of our lives, that

728
00:56:09,400 --> 00:56:11,400
we know what we're talking about, that we

729
00:56:12,760 --> 00:56:14,820
know it and have experiential knowledge of it

730
00:56:14,820 --> 00:56:15,360
in our lives.

731
00:56:15,600 --> 00:56:17,880
Then we can go to others and tell

732
00:56:17,880 --> 00:56:20,040
them about it in such a way that

733
00:56:20,040 --> 00:56:21,960
they will realize they are busy with something

734
00:56:21,960 --> 00:56:24,760
which is in vain, which is worth nothing.

735
00:56:28,320 --> 00:56:32,020
I hope that you now realize that to

736
00:56:32,020 --> 00:56:33,000
which you've been called.

737
00:56:34,920 --> 00:56:36,400
Now leave your own things.

738
00:56:37,900 --> 00:56:40,600
Leave and stop being just a newspaper.

739
00:56:44,020 --> 00:56:47,880
The daily news, that you're just the daily

740
00:56:47,880 --> 00:56:48,340
news.

741
00:56:51,000 --> 00:56:52,280
Start doing God's work.

742
00:56:53,740 --> 00:56:54,860
Preach the gospel.

743
00:56:57,060 --> 00:56:59,740
That you will be someone who is acceptable

744
00:56:59,740 --> 00:57:00,420
before God.

745
00:57:01,960 --> 00:57:03,480
How will we stand before God?

746
00:57:05,400 --> 00:57:09,740
Having heard so much, having been told so

747
00:57:09,740 --> 00:57:13,100
much, how will we stand before God?

748
00:57:15,700 --> 00:57:19,200
Not having completed that task that God has

749
00:57:19,200 --> 00:57:19,740
called us to.

750
00:57:21,640 --> 00:57:24,480
People are passing away in this world.

751
00:57:29,580 --> 00:57:32,300
When we close our eyes in this world

752
00:57:32,300 --> 00:57:35,120
and we open them and the world over

753
00:57:35,120 --> 00:57:38,080
there on the other side, what will we

754
00:57:38,080 --> 00:57:39,000
say before God?

755
00:57:41,000 --> 00:57:42,620
What will we be able to say before

756
00:57:42,620 --> 00:57:42,780
Him?

757
00:57:44,900 --> 00:57:47,960
The word says, let us forsake our sin.

758
00:57:49,220 --> 00:57:51,500
And let us do that which is important.

759
00:57:53,780 --> 00:57:55,920
And if you have failed in times past,

760
00:57:57,280 --> 00:57:59,260
then be reconciled to God.

761
00:58:00,980 --> 00:58:02,540
Say, oh God, have mercy on me.

762
00:58:04,100 --> 00:58:07,500
Lord, I was taken up by my own

763
00:58:07,500 --> 00:58:07,760
interests.

764
00:58:09,480 --> 00:58:11,400
I was taken up by the cares of

765
00:58:11,400 --> 00:58:11,840
this world.

766
00:58:14,160 --> 00:58:17,480
But now surrender yourself afresh to God.

767
00:58:21,840 --> 00:58:25,280
And that which you know is not right

768
00:58:25,280 --> 00:58:27,240
in your life, put that right.

769
00:58:27,360 --> 00:58:29,180
Get things right between you and God.

770
00:58:35,700 --> 00:58:39,620
That you will be able to experience the

771
00:58:39,620 --> 00:58:42,420
joy and the wonder of being in fellowship

772
00:58:42,420 --> 00:58:45,380
with God, being one with God once again.

773
00:58:46,180 --> 00:58:47,520
May God help us.

774
00:58:48,280 --> 00:58:49,140
Shall we pray?

775
00:58:54,200 --> 00:58:58,160
Our Heavenly Father, your word is amazing.

776
00:59:02,360 --> 00:59:05,940
Teach us, oh Lord, to do your will.

777
00:59:09,740 --> 00:59:11,340
Your will is sweet.

778
00:59:14,360 --> 00:59:18,100
It is sweeter than anything else when we

779
00:59:18,100 --> 00:59:18,700
do it.

780
00:59:22,100 --> 00:59:26,800
Lord, may unbelief be far removed from us.

781
00:59:31,700 --> 00:59:35,160
May we believe and trust in you, oh

782
00:59:35,160 --> 00:59:37,560
Lord, who never disappoint anyone.

783
00:59:41,500 --> 00:59:43,640
We thank you that you have sent us

784
00:59:43,640 --> 00:59:45,860
the Lord Jesus Christ into this world as

785
00:59:45,860 --> 00:59:53,740
our example, over which we may be proud,

786
00:59:55,280 --> 00:59:57,540
from whom we learn so much.

787
01:00:04,180 --> 01:00:07,360
And if we would follow his example, that

788
01:00:07,360 --> 01:00:10,000
he lived here on earth explicitly, we would

789
01:00:10,000 --> 01:00:12,640
also portray heaven whilst on earth.

790
01:00:15,920 --> 01:00:19,400
We would be a church of whom you

791
01:00:19,400 --> 01:00:20,360
would not be ashamed.

792
01:00:30,210 --> 01:00:32,850
We'd be a church, oh Lord, that you

793
01:00:32,850 --> 01:00:35,770
have chosen out, through whom you'd be able

794
01:00:35,770 --> 01:00:37,770
to accomplish your purpose here on earth.

795
01:00:42,210 --> 01:00:44,710
Lord, as we are together here, as your

796
01:00:44,710 --> 01:00:48,950
church, young and old, there are young men

797
01:00:48,950 --> 01:00:56,190
and young women, mothers and fathers, grandfathers and

798
01:00:56,190 --> 01:00:56,730
grandmothers.

799
01:00:59,570 --> 01:01:01,930
We ask you, oh Lord, that not one

800
01:01:01,930 --> 01:01:02,790
would be excluded.

801
01:01:07,050 --> 01:01:09,990
We pray, oh Lord, that you would work

802
01:01:09,990 --> 01:01:12,130
in us, that we would understand that we've

803
01:01:12,130 --> 01:01:12,690
been chosen.

804
01:01:14,990 --> 01:01:17,250
Thank you that you've trusted us.

805
01:01:19,790 --> 01:01:21,550
Help us not to disappoint you.

806
01:01:23,750 --> 01:01:26,070
But Lord, that we would make your word

807
01:01:26,070 --> 01:01:32,410
to be alive and display it as such

808
01:01:32,410 --> 01:01:32,950
to others.

809
01:01:33,150 --> 01:01:35,450
We ask this in the name of our

810
01:01:35,450 --> 01:01:36,410
Lord Jesus Christ.