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Nobody dies and comes back from the dead

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on their own.

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Only one did it, Jesus of Nazareth.

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He died and He rose from the dead

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with His own powers, by Himself.

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So the ultimate enemy is death.

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The ultimate enemy to every human being is

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death, my beloved.

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Jesus Christ, His tomb is empty.

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He who has the Lord, their tomb will

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be empty as well.

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There is no death to those who have

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Christ as their Lord and Savior.

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For in Christ there is only one thing,

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life.

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And eternal one too, never ending.

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Moses saved the Israelites from Pharaoh.

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And Christ, the true Moses, saved humanity from

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Satan.

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You want to be delivered from the snares

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of the enemy, from the hands of Satan,

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you better make Jesus Christ your Lord and

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Savior.

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Verse 4, these are the ones who were

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not defiled with women, for they are virgins.

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Now here, it's kind of a, not a

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very clear verse.

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You'll say, what do you mean, they were

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not defiled with women?

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Well, let me assure you, the verse is

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not talking about women, as in literal women.

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Yes, okay, it's not talking about women.

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But here it's saying, they were not defiled

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with women, meaning, they were not defiled with

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their, with false gods.

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With false gods.

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Every human being has one or more false

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gods, which they have created for themselves.

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Maybe to someone a false god is pride.

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Maybe to someone a false god is money.

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Maybe another one false god is envy, jealousy,

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hatred, anger.

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There are so many false gods.

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Saint Peter says, there are some people, their

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gods is their own tummy.

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And tummy is not only food.

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But let me ask you this.

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Even when it comes to the literal sense

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of food.

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We stand in the kitchen for hours on

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end, preparing the meal for the family.

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And we're happy to do that.

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We come to church for an hour, and

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then we say, that's it, I've had enough.

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You can't stand for an hour before the

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Lord, but you stand before your kitchen for

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hours on end.

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Then your God has become that tummy.

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So who is your God?

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Is it Christ?

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Or is it all these false gods?

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Well these 144,000, they were not defiled

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with women.

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Meaning, they did not follow false gods.

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They did not worship false gods.

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Because it says that, for they are virgins.

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They remained loyal.

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They remained loyal to the Lord Jesus.

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It is not taken in the literal sense,

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but in the spiritual sense.

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So they did not create false gods and

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worship them.

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But they remained virgins.

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And a virgin belongs to no false gods.

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Because the virgin belongs to only one who

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is the true divine God.

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His name is Jesus Christ of Nazareth.

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And these are the ones who follow the

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Lamb wherever He goes.

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There you go.

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So who are the virgins?

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Those who follow the Lamb of God wherever

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He goes.

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And who are the defiled with women?

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Those who follow the lusts and the pleasures

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and the treasures of the world.

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People fight over materialistic things.

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We've made those materialistic things our false gods.

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If you don't buy me a 50,000

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diamond ring for my engagement, I will not

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end up marrying you.

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But my darling, my wage is only $800

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a week.

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I can't afford a 50,000 diamond ring.

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But I can assure you, my love for

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you is more than a diamond ring.

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Which one are you going to choose, my

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child?

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The 50,000 material diamond ring?

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Or that love which surpasses all prices?

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What are you going to do with a

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Mercedes Benz and a mansion but a life

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of hell?

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I'd rather live at the gutter but live

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in love, respect, harmony, sharing and caring.

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What is the mansion going to do?

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What is that expensive car going to do?

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What is that expensive ring going to do?

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It is the heart that matters, my child,

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not materialistic things.

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Because they remained virgins.

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They followed the Lamb wherever He went.

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They didn't follow the world.

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They didn't follow the temptations of the world.

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They didn't follow their own heart's desires.

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But they followed the desire of God.

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Wherever the Lord wants me, I chose to

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be there.

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I want to remain a virgin.

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I do not want to be defiled by

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the women who are the false gods of

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this world.

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These were redeemed from among men, being first

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fruits to God and to the Lamb.

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First fruits.

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What are the first fruits?

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First born.

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You see, in the Old Testament, when the

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Lamb gave fruits, the very first harvest was

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given to the house of the Lord.

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The first fruits.

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The Lord is saying to all of us,

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Are you going to give me your first

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fruits?

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Or are you going to leave me till

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the end?

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An example of a first fruit.

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When you open your eyes in the morning,

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Are you saying thank you Lord first, before

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anyone else?

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Are you mentioning the Lord?

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Are you remembering the Lord first?

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Or are you remembering every single one and

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everything, and the last one, if lucky, is

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the Lord?

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Give your first fruits to the Lord.

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Every time you wake up my child, the

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moment you open your eyes, Jesus I love

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you man.

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Now this man is like our way of

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talking, your bro.

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Jesus I love you.

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Thank you Lord for another day.

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Because this day is a new life, is

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a new beginning.

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It's another chance given to me to fix

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what I couldn't fix yesterday.

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Whatever is gone is dead.

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Don't dwell on the past.

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Don't live the past.

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You are deceiving yourself.

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You are living a lie, because the past

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is gone, dead, never come back.

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But thank the Lord, because it was the

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mercy of God.

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It was the grace of Jesus Christ of

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Nazareth, who is God revealed in the flesh,

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that gave you another day.

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It is his grace that gave you another

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chance, to fix what you couldn't fix yesterday.

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Take this day, a new beginning, a new

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life given to me.

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I am a new creation on this day.

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Therefore do not waste this new day, by

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dwelling on the past, crying for yourself, because

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I've done this and I've done this, and

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I should have known better.

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Move on.

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Stop living the past.

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Move on.

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Move on.

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Yes.

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We need to move on.

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We need to move on.

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One day we will talk to you about

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time.

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Time is one of the most precious gifts,

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ever given by God to humanity.

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Time.

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So precious.

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So precious, so priceless.

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Make the most of it.

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Use time as the wise merchant, and make

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it profitable for you.

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Make it profitable, my beloved.

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Give the first fruits to the Lord Jesus.

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I mentioned this true story a while back.

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I'll mention it again.

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This priest went to meet this man.

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This man happened to be a multi-billionaire,

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not millionaire, a billionaire.

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Extremely rich.

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He said, I went to his palace, and

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we were sitting outside having a cup of

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tea.

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And this man, who happens also to be

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a father, he was overwhelmed with joy and

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happiness.

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He could not stop smiling, laughing.

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He was over the moon, so happy.

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It made the priest curious to ask the

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question.

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He said, so and so, please allow me

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to ask you this question.

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He said, what is it?

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He said, I couldn't really withstand the amount

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of joy I could see being expressed on

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your face.

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Can you tell me what is the reason

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behind all this joy and happiness?

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He said, Father, it's the shirt I'm wearing.

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He said, I looked at the shirt, the

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best maybe would have cost a hundred bucks,

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hundred dollars.

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He said, this man is a multi-billionaire.

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He could have endless shirts made out of

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gold.

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It was just an ordinary shirt anyone can

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afford to buy.

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He said, what do you mean the shirt?

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He said, Father, you don't understand.

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You don't understand.

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My son, my son, Father, my son, he

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went and worked.

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He found a job.

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And the first pay he received, he bought

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his dad a shirt with that pay.

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He said, Father, this shirt to me is

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more precious than all the wealth I have,

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because my son remembered his dad first.

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He said, Firstborn, I will treasure this shirt

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till the day I die.

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The most expensive thing this dad has, a

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shirt bought by his son.

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It is not the shirt, it's the thought.

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The thought that matters.

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Don't buy me a diamond ring and give

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me hell.

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I don't want a diamond ring.

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I want you.

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Your heart.

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I want your love.

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This is the Lord.

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The Lord says, don't come and say, I've

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donated a million dollars in your treasury house.

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Don't come and say, Lord, I've built a

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church for you worth millions of dollars.

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Don't come and say to me, I've done

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this, I've preached, and I've brought the whole

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world to you.

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Don't say that to me, because all of

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this I've done it, not you.

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I'm a piece of dust.

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It is not me speaking.

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It's the Lord through His Holy Spirit.

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You need to believe this.

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Don't ever say we went and listened to

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this bishop.

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This bishop is a nothing.

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I am today, tomorrow I'm gone with the

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wind.

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I am a piece of dust, the weakest

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of all weaks.

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It is the Lord that has called you

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by your name.

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It is the Lord that has brought you

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here today.

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There is no luck coincidence in the index

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of Christianity.

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These two words, plug them from your life.

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Plug them from your head.

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Plug them from your thought.

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Don't ever, as a Christian, say this is

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luck or this is a coincidence.

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You are offending your Lord and God, Jesus

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Christ.

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For luck and coincidence do not exist when

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we worship the omnipresent, the omniscient God who

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knows everything, who is present everywhere at the

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same time.

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Nothing is hidden from the Lord.

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Nothing is coincidental.

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Nothing is luck.

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It was planned.

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Planned.

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So you being here, planned by the Lord,

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approved by the Lord, stamp sealed by the

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Lord.

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And for you to be here, since the

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Lord allowed it, it is saying one thing

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and one thing only to all of you.

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The Lord still loves you and He still

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wants you.

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Simple.

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He still loves you.

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And He still wants you.

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Whoever was the reason to bring you here

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to the church, it was the Lord.

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Not my mom, not my dad.

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The Lord spoke through them all.

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But it was the Lord.

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It was the Lord.

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So you should be happy.

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The Lord loves me.

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That's why He brought me to His house,

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His holy house, the church.

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No one can escape the wisdom and the

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knowledge of God.

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He is all knowledge.

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Everything is vividly clear right before His eyes,

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even if we do things in the secret.

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Nothing is secret to God.

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So therefore, we offended the infinite God.

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Our sin, our debt is greater than everything

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that is finite.

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The only one that can pay the infinite

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debt is the infinite being and that is

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God.

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That's why God had to become a man

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on earth to save us forever.

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It's an infinite debt.

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Only the infinite God can wash it away,

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pay the price.

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So now, it says, and no one, neither

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in heaven, angels, nor on earth, men, nor

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under the earth, below the human race is

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Satan and his foul spirits because the sin

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is greater than all of them.

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John the Beloved in verse 4 says, So

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I wept much.

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He cried like a baby because no one

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was found worthy to open and read the

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scroll or to look at it.

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But one of the elders said to me,

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Do not weep.

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Behold, the lion of the tribe of Judah,

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the root of David, has prevailed to open

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the scroll and to loose its seven seals.

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When I heard the voice saying, No one

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is worthy, neither in heaven, nor on earth,

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nor beneath it, to open the scroll and

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to loose its seven seals, he said, I

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fell on the ground and I wept so

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much because I said, We are definitely dead.

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Why?

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For as long as the scroll remains sealed,

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we are judged.

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The day that comes, that someone comes along

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and opens the scroll, whoever believes in that

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someone who was able to open the scroll,

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you will escape the judgment of God.

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You will not be judged, meaning you will

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live forever.

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So he said, I fell on my face

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and I wept much because I said, We

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are all going to perish now.

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If no one is worthy to open it,

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then who is?

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And then he said, One of the elders,

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the elders, the 24 elders that sat around

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the throne.

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Remember, we spoke about this in chapter 1

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of Genesis.

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And we are going to come later on

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in this chapter about the 24 elders.

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So he said, One of the elders came

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to me.

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And what did he say?

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But one of the elders said to me,

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Do not weep.

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Behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah,

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the Root of David, has prevailed to open

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the scroll and to loose its seven seals.

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One is worthy, the Lamb of God, Jesus

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Christ of Nazareth.

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He is the Lion of the tribe of

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Judah.

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He is the Root of David.

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Jesus Christ of Nazareth is the only one

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that is worthy to open the scroll and

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loose its seven seals.

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Jesus Christ.

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Wow!

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Now, John the Beloved, where is he seeing

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this in heaven?

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Remember this.

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Now this is an answer to Jehovah's witnesses

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that say Jehovah is greater than Jesus Christ.

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Well, John the Beloved said that in heaven

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there is only one worthy to open the

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scroll.

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Now the scroll is the word of God.

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The word of God is the judgment of

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God to the entire human race.

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Who is the judge?

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Only God.

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There is no one else but Him.

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Only God qualifies to judge.

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And John the Beloved saw this in heaven.

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And he said, there is only one worthy

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to open the scroll.

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And that is the Lion from the tribe

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of Judah, the Root of David.

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Jesus Christ of Nazareth.

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Now, if Jesus Christ of Nazareth, all glory

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to His Holy Name, is the only one

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worthy to open the scroll in heaven, then

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where is Jehovah?

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Where is God?

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If God is greater than Jesus and there

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is only Jesus that is worthy, then isn't

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Jehovah worthy?

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If Jehovah was greater than Jesus Christ, wouldn't

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He be the worthy one, not Jesus?

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But here it says, it is Jesus only.

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What does that tell you?

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And me, Christ, is Jehovah.

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He is God, the Almighty, revealed in the

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flesh, the Creator of everyone, everything that is

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visible and invisible.

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Amen?

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Now behold, John the Beloved, do not weep,

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and do not be so hopeless.

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I just want to stand for a moment

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and contemplate on this.

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How many times in our life on earth,

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how many times with our journey in this

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wilderness of this world, how many times have

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we fell on the ground and said, I

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am dead.

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I am finished.

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It is all over.

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No one can help me.

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No one can come to my rescue.

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You know what?

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It's a dead end.

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It is finished.

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I can't do it.

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No one can.

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You know, the doctor said it's over.

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The lawyer said it's finished.

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The whole world have shut their door in

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my face and I am at a dead

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end.

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I have given up and I'm crying for

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myself because I didn't want to get to

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this moment in my life where I hate

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my own self.

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I am so disappointed with me.

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I am so disappointed with everyone and everything

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and life in general.

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I've given up and I cried.

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The voice, an elder came and said, Why

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are you crying?

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Behold, there is one that can come to

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your rescue.

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When we say it is impossible, one and

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one only can say, what is impossible to

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man is possible to God for I am

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God revealed in the flesh and my name

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is Jesus Christ of Nazareth.

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How dare you say it is over when

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I am your Lord.

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How dare you say it is finished when

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I am the I am, the Alpha and

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the Omega.

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How could you say I am dead when

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I raised the dead from the grave with

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one word.

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Lazarus, come forth.

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He was rotted in the grave for four

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days yet Jesus raised him to fullness and

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perfection with one word.

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It is never too late.

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For as long as Christ lives, I live.

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You better have faith.

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Don't ever give up.

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Don't ever.

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He said, but I know you are only

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human.

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You are a piece of dust.

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You are so weak.

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I know when you encounter an obstacle in

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life, you struggle.

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And it is so easy for all of

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us to give up and to give in

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to it.

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And who came to John's rescue?

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Not an angel, an elder.

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Now why?

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Why wouldn't an angel come to the rescue?

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No, an elder came.

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An elder meaning once upon a time this

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elder was a human being like me and

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you.

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An angel has no body.

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An angel has no soul.

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Angels are only spirits.

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Therefore angels do not share our feelings and

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emotions.

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Angels do not understand what tears are and

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pains are.

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But an elder who lived on earth shares

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everything that you and I share.

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An elder out of the 24.

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Who are the 24 elders?

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The church of Christ both of the Old

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and the New Testament.

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The Lord Jesus has two branches to His

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beloved church.

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The Old Testament church made out of the

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12 tribes of Israel.

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And the New Testament church made out of

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the 12 apostles.

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12 of the Old Testament and 12 of

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the New Testament.

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12 and 12, 24.

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The 24 elders is the church of Christ

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both Old and New Testament.

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And He is the only good shepherd to

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both branches.

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So, this elder since he is one of

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the 24 so he is of the Old

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Testament and the New Testament.

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The Old Testament prophets the New Testament, the

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Gospels the epistles of Saint Paul and the

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book of Acts and the Catholicons the epistles

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of Saint Peter John and James and Jude

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all these are this elder.

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When you go to the Old Testament what

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are the prophets of the Old Testament saying?

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They are saying hope in Christ for no

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matter what happens we are awaiting for the

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coming of the Messiah.

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When the Messiah comes all of those who

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have slept on the hope of resurrection when

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Christ comes He will raise us all from

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the dead.

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So, prophets of the Old Testament give you

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hope that salvation is coming your way even

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if all the doors are shut in your

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face Christ is the only one that is

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worthy to open the scroll and loose its

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seven seals.

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Nothing stands in the Lord's way.

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No matter how many doors Satan tries to

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shut Jesus will make you not open the

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door He will make you walk through the

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closed door.

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That is Jesus baby.

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Jesus will not come and open the door.

562
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He will say, my son I don't need

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to open doors.

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00:26:38,940 --> 00:26:42,160
Just like I walked through closed doors and

565
00:26:42,160 --> 00:26:45,160
closed windows in that upper room I will

566
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give you that authority to walk through closed

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doors.

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So, the prophets of the Old Testament give

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you hope and the elder of the New

570
00:26:57,300 --> 00:27:03,960
Testament give you salvation redemption Christ is here

571
00:27:03,960 --> 00:27:06,420
now What are you worried about?

572
00:27:08,970 --> 00:27:13,410
There was this governor in Milano, Italy He

573
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was a very faithful Christian to the Lord

574
00:27:15,990 --> 00:27:18,250
Jesus and he was a governor of Milano

575
00:27:18,750 --> 00:27:21,930
Italy The people of Milano used to come

576
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to him and open up to him with

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their problems and troubles and issues of life

578
00:27:27,730 --> 00:27:29,450
So, he used to address them as much

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as he could One day, he said People

580
00:27:32,610 --> 00:27:35,330
always come to me with their burdens and

581
00:27:35,330 --> 00:27:38,570
their troubles and their issues You know what?

582
00:27:39,190 --> 00:27:40,530
Why are they coming to me?

583
00:27:41,130 --> 00:27:42,190
Here is what I am going to say

584
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to them So, he walks out and there

585
00:27:43,870 --> 00:27:45,250
was a lot of people waiting for him

586
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He said, my beloved people of Milano Since

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God became man, what is your problem?

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00:27:52,870 --> 00:27:56,650
There is no problem Since God became man

589
00:27:56,650 --> 00:27:58,970
you don't have a problem anymore You know

590
00:27:58,970 --> 00:27:59,390
why?

591
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Because, for as long as God was only

592
00:28:02,750 --> 00:28:05,250
God it was a problem when you had

593
00:28:05,250 --> 00:28:08,490
a problem because you cannot go to this

594
00:28:08,490 --> 00:28:11,150
God and tell him your problem since you

595
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don't know him you can't get to him,

596
00:28:13,590 --> 00:28:16,190
you can't understand him you can't see him

597
00:28:16,190 --> 00:28:18,850
you can't, you can't, you can't Therefore, you

598
00:28:18,850 --> 00:28:21,810
are stuck with your problem But since God

599
00:28:21,810 --> 00:28:24,570
became man you can go and see him

600
00:28:24,570 --> 00:28:27,750
now and talk to him embrace him, hug

601
00:28:27,750 --> 00:28:30,750
him and tell him everything that is bothering

602
00:28:30,750 --> 00:28:34,530
you So, you don't have a problem since

603
00:28:34,530 --> 00:28:38,110
God became man This God who became man

604
00:28:38,110 --> 00:28:40,890
is the lion of the tribe of Judah

605
00:28:40,890 --> 00:28:44,070
and the root of David, his name is

606
00:28:44,070 --> 00:28:55,000
Jesus Christ of Nazareth So,

607
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this tribe of Judah this lion has prevailed

608
00:29:00,620 --> 00:29:03,360
to open the scroll and to loose its

609
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seven seals Today, I'll be very generous with

610
00:29:08,670 --> 00:29:13,980
you guys, I'll let you go early I'll

611
00:29:13,980 --> 00:29:17,140
leave you with this I'll leave you with

612
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this Now, to those who are coming for

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the first time you probably have heard me

614
00:29:20,820 --> 00:29:23,420
saying this on YouTube but every time I

615
00:29:23,420 --> 00:29:25,480
say I'll leave you with this, everybody laughs

616
00:29:25,480 --> 00:29:28,180
because they know they will never hear the

617
00:29:28,180 --> 00:29:30,060
end of it I'll leave you with this

618
00:29:30,060 --> 00:29:31,380
and it never ends and I'll leave you

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with this and I'll leave you with this

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and after 10 hours, I'm still saying I'll

621
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leave you with this So, whenever you hear

622
00:29:37,640 --> 00:29:39,600
me say I'll leave you with this, get

623
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up and run away please, otherwise you'll be

624
00:29:42,360 --> 00:29:45,420
sleeping here tonight and I would love for

625
00:29:45,420 --> 00:29:47,080
you to stay in the church don't go

626
00:29:47,080 --> 00:29:50,240
anywhere, especially downtown brother, I'll kill you, my

627
00:29:50,240 --> 00:29:57,120
name is Ahmed We need to pray for

628
00:29:57,120 --> 00:30:04,640
Ahmed Now He is the lion of the

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tribe of Judah He is the root of

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David David is a king and by the

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way, the Israelite people till now the most

632
00:30:14,740 --> 00:30:20,820
venerated king of the entire Israelite history is

633
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David The flag of Israel has the star

634
00:30:25,060 --> 00:30:29,740
of David The flag of Israel now has

635
00:30:29,740 --> 00:30:33,520
the star of David, King David His tomb

636
00:30:33,520 --> 00:30:38,460
is actually in Mount Zion Now, Mount Zion

637
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is part of this mountain where once upon

638
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a time the Temple of Solomon was built

639
00:30:44,980 --> 00:30:50,340
upon Mount Zion is very, very holy place,

640
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especially to the Jewish people God willing, one

641
00:30:55,460 --> 00:30:57,980
day you go to Israel and visit Jerusalem,

642
00:30:58,260 --> 00:31:01,000
you'll know what I'm talking about, you'll visit

643
00:31:01,000 --> 00:31:03,920
Mount Zion, because we've been there and it's

644
00:31:03,920 --> 00:31:07,960
a magnificent place Israel is just stunning You

645
00:31:07,960 --> 00:31:09,200
may have a chance to go this year

646
00:31:09,200 --> 00:31:14,360
with us We'll be making an announcement soon

647
00:31:16,060 --> 00:31:22,640
And I looked So this lion of the

648
00:31:22,640 --> 00:31:26,340
tribe of Judah is worthy, verse 6 And

649
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I looked and behold, in the midst of

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00:31:29,220 --> 00:31:33,220
the throne and in the four living creatures

651
00:31:33,220 --> 00:31:35,840
and in the midst of the elders stood

652
00:31:35,840 --> 00:31:39,940
a lamb as though it had been slain

653
00:31:45,620 --> 00:31:49,940
The elders said to John the Beloved Behold,

654
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the lion of the tribe of Judah the

655
00:31:54,140 --> 00:31:56,240
root of David is the one who is

656
00:31:56,240 --> 00:31:58,200
worthy, for he has prevailed and he is

657
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worthy to open the scroll and loose its

658
00:32:01,440 --> 00:32:04,780
seven seals So what did these elders say

659
00:32:04,780 --> 00:32:08,300
to John, the lion of the tribe of

660
00:32:08,300 --> 00:32:12,360
Judah He said, verse 6, and I looked

661
00:32:12,360 --> 00:32:14,420
John the Beloved, he said, and I looked

662
00:32:14,420 --> 00:32:17,460
and behold, in the midst of the throne,

663
00:32:17,840 --> 00:32:19,560
now who sits on the throne?

664
00:32:20,260 --> 00:32:26,100
God the Divine Christ, the King is sitting

665
00:32:26,100 --> 00:32:29,120
on the throne of the King, and God

666
00:32:29,120 --> 00:32:32,780
in His nature is King God in His

667
00:32:32,780 --> 00:32:35,820
nature is King, so and in the midst

668
00:32:35,820 --> 00:32:39,260
of the throne and of the four living

669
00:32:39,260 --> 00:32:41,960
creatures, and in the midst of the 24

670
00:32:41,960 --> 00:32:46,720
elders stood a lamb as though it had

671
00:32:46,720 --> 00:32:52,540
been slain The elder said to John, the

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00:32:52,540 --> 00:32:55,340
lion of the tribe of Judah is worthy,

673
00:32:56,080 --> 00:32:57,880
he said, when I looked I saw a

674
00:32:57,880 --> 00:33:01,680
lamb, not a lion I saw a sheep

675
00:33:02,400 --> 00:33:05,400
but hang on John, which one is it,

676
00:33:05,900 --> 00:33:09,360
is it the lion or the lamb he

677
00:33:09,360 --> 00:33:12,780
said both he is the lion, and he

678
00:33:12,780 --> 00:33:16,800
is the lamb at the same time and

679
00:33:16,800 --> 00:33:21,520
this lamb was standing but he was slain,

680
00:33:21,940 --> 00:33:24,920
and to slain an animal, you kill it

681
00:33:24,920 --> 00:33:27,300
and when you kill it, the animal can't

682
00:33:27,300 --> 00:33:31,340
stand, so this lamb was killed but is

683
00:33:31,340 --> 00:33:35,820
standing, is alive living so who was the

684
00:33:35,820 --> 00:33:40,440
lamb that was slain, killed and yet lived,

685
00:33:40,680 --> 00:33:43,760
came back to life again, Jesus Christ of

686
00:33:43,760 --> 00:33:47,400
Nazareth he was slain on the cross on

687
00:33:47,400 --> 00:33:50,080
Calvary, he was put in the tomb, but

688
00:33:50,080 --> 00:33:52,180
on the third day he rose from the

689
00:33:52,180 --> 00:33:55,680
dead the lamb that was slain stood on

690
00:33:55,680 --> 00:33:58,140
its feet on the third day rose from

691
00:33:58,140 --> 00:34:05,610
the dead victorious, triumphant forever but the lion

692
00:34:05,610 --> 00:34:08,550
of Judah and I looked and I saw

693
00:34:08,550 --> 00:34:12,929
a lamb, not a lion now for the

694
00:34:12,929 --> 00:34:15,650
next ten hours I'd like to focus on

695
00:34:15,650 --> 00:34:24,480
this for any Christian, for any faithful for

696
00:34:24,480 --> 00:34:28,080
any human being that is seeking God the

697
00:34:28,080 --> 00:34:32,380
true God, Christ the King you need to

698
00:34:32,380 --> 00:34:35,100
have two things in you at the same

699
00:34:35,100 --> 00:34:40,340
time in order to be spiritually successful and

700
00:34:40,340 --> 00:34:45,480
in every aspect of life prosperous two things

701
00:34:46,060 --> 00:34:49,699
you need to be a lion and you

702
00:34:49,699 --> 00:34:51,540
need to be a lamb, at the same

703
00:34:51,540 --> 00:34:55,840
time not a lion at one stage and

704
00:34:55,840 --> 00:34:58,300
a lamb at another stage, no the lion

705
00:34:58,300 --> 00:35:01,160
and the lamb they walk together all the

706
00:35:01,160 --> 00:35:04,580
time at every single moment of life both

707
00:35:04,580 --> 00:35:13,610
of them have to be present now why

708
00:35:13,610 --> 00:35:17,610
is he the lion why is Jesus Christ

709
00:35:17,610 --> 00:35:20,450
here resembled by the lion, well we know

710
00:35:20,450 --> 00:35:23,050
the lion is the king of the jungle

711
00:35:23,050 --> 00:35:26,330
and Christ is the king of all kings,

712
00:35:26,390 --> 00:35:31,470
so symbolically speaking there is certain characteristics in

713
00:35:31,470 --> 00:35:34,790
an actual lion as an animal those characteristics

714
00:35:34,790 --> 00:35:39,130
are taken and given to Christ, so just

715
00:35:39,130 --> 00:35:40,790
like the lion is the king of the

716
00:35:40,790 --> 00:35:43,710
jungle Christ is the king of all kings

717
00:35:44,970 --> 00:35:48,930
now because he is the lion because when

718
00:35:48,930 --> 00:35:53,010
we read in verse 2 then I saw

719
00:35:53,010 --> 00:35:55,670
a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice

720
00:35:55,670 --> 00:35:59,750
we said this strong angel is Satan Satan

721
00:35:59,750 --> 00:36:03,670
is resembled in the epistle of Saint Peter

722
00:36:03,670 --> 00:36:07,390
as the roaring lion seeking those whom he

723
00:36:07,390 --> 00:36:11,730
can swallow and devour so Satan is also

724
00:36:11,730 --> 00:36:15,150
resembled as a lion but in which way

725
00:36:15,150 --> 00:36:17,890
he is resembled as a lion as the

726
00:36:17,890 --> 00:36:25,250
vicious killer Satan is so vicious he devours

727
00:36:25,250 --> 00:36:32,600
the prey and destroys that prey just like

728
00:36:32,600 --> 00:36:35,540
Satan is a lion that tries to kill

729
00:36:35,540 --> 00:36:38,920
humanity he needs to be met by another

730
00:36:38,920 --> 00:36:43,840
lion like him lions fight with lions, chicken

731
00:36:43,840 --> 00:36:46,340
can't fight with a lion you need a

732
00:36:46,340 --> 00:36:50,940
lion to withstand another lion, so Satan you're

733
00:36:50,940 --> 00:36:54,100
a lion Jesus he is the lion of

734
00:36:54,100 --> 00:36:56,000
the tribe of Judah, he came and he

735
00:36:56,000 --> 00:36:58,180
said I am the lion from the tribe

736
00:36:58,180 --> 00:37:00,860
of Judah and let me see Satan what

737
00:37:00,860 --> 00:37:02,920
kind of a lion you are when you

738
00:37:02,920 --> 00:37:05,120
face the lion of the tribe of Judah

739
00:37:05,910 --> 00:37:08,160
when Jesus came as the lion and he

740
00:37:08,160 --> 00:37:10,640
said to Satan come on let's fight Satan

741
00:37:10,640 --> 00:37:13,640
looked at Jesus as the lion from the

742
00:37:13,640 --> 00:37:17,440
tribe of Judah, Satan turned from a lion

743
00:37:17,440 --> 00:37:24,390
into a little mouse and ran away because

744
00:37:24,390 --> 00:37:28,570
when you face this lion Jesus there is

745
00:37:28,570 --> 00:37:38,430
no other lion that can roar anymore when

746
00:37:38,430 --> 00:37:42,990
Jesus shows you a touch a drop of

747
00:37:42,990 --> 00:37:51,220
his mightiness and power I feel sorry for

748
00:37:51,220 --> 00:37:55,880
those people who follow Satan I feel sorry

749
00:37:55,880 --> 00:38:00,720
for those people who acknowledge Satan I feel

750
00:38:00,720 --> 00:38:06,180
sorry for those people who fear Satan and

751
00:38:06,180 --> 00:38:10,220
be silent to the truth I feel sorry

752
00:38:14,650 --> 00:38:18,310
so the lion came to face Satan the

753
00:38:18,310 --> 00:38:22,190
lion and Satan became a mouse when he

754
00:38:22,190 --> 00:38:24,510
met the lion from the tribe of Judah

755
00:38:25,730 --> 00:38:29,430
now but I looked back and I saw

756
00:38:29,430 --> 00:38:40,520
a lamb the Lord Jesus in

757
00:38:40,520 --> 00:38:47,090
the gospel of St. Matthew chapter 5 in

758
00:38:47,090 --> 00:38:50,170
the gospel of Matthew chapter 5 the Lord

759
00:38:50,170 --> 00:38:54,030
Jesus says two things he said you are

760
00:38:54,030 --> 00:38:56,730
the salt of the earth and you are

761
00:38:56,730 --> 00:39:00,310
the light of the world in another place

762
00:39:00,310 --> 00:39:03,850
the Lord Jesus says be innocent as a

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00:39:03,850 --> 00:39:08,170
dove and be wise as a serpent be

764
00:39:08,170 --> 00:39:11,090
innocent as a dove and be wise as

765
00:39:11,090 --> 00:39:13,510
a serpent you are the salt of the

766
00:39:13,510 --> 00:39:15,610
earth and you are the light of the

767
00:39:15,610 --> 00:39:18,230
world you are the lion and you are

768
00:39:18,230 --> 00:39:23,150
the lamb two parallel lines that can never

769
00:39:23,150 --> 00:39:26,230
meet but these two parallel lines if you

770
00:39:26,230 --> 00:39:28,970
have them in your life every single moment

771
00:39:28,970 --> 00:39:32,570
of your life you are a successful Christian

772
00:39:33,270 --> 00:39:47,470
you imitate your Christ I

773
00:39:47,470 --> 00:39:49,710
was going to say something the Holy Spirit

774
00:39:49,710 --> 00:39:57,250
will remind me later a lion the one

775
00:39:57,250 --> 00:40:01,570
that roars and shakes the whole earth a

776
00:40:01,570 --> 00:40:05,090
lamb the one that is so quiet no

777
00:40:05,090 --> 00:40:10,710
one hears the sound of it opposite see

778
00:40:10,710 --> 00:40:12,250
I told you the Holy Spirit will remind

779
00:40:12,250 --> 00:40:16,790
me as one of the church fathers said

780
00:40:16,790 --> 00:40:32,170
for every

781
00:40:32,170 --> 00:40:38,870
theology is stavrology and for every orthodoxy is

782
00:40:38,870 --> 00:40:43,110
paradoxy I'll say it again he said for

783
00:40:43,110 --> 00:40:49,910
every theology is stavrology and for every orthodoxy

784
00:40:49,910 --> 00:40:58,590
there is paradoxy every theology is stavrology stavros

785
00:40:58,590 --> 00:41:03,270
in greek means the cross stavros cross so

786
00:41:03,270 --> 00:41:07,610
every theology is the cross stavrology and every

787
00:41:07,610 --> 00:41:11,410
orthodoxy is paradoxy because when you read the

788
00:41:11,410 --> 00:41:14,230
entire gospels you read the entire bible they

789
00:41:14,230 --> 00:41:18,430
all focus and are centered around the cross

790
00:41:22,450 --> 00:41:25,260
christianity is about the cross you take the

791
00:41:25,260 --> 00:41:30,380
cross out there is no christianity you deny

792
00:41:30,380 --> 00:41:33,600
the cross you are not a christian christianity

793
00:41:33,600 --> 00:41:37,560
seizes because the cross is the center of

794
00:41:37,560 --> 00:41:42,160
the christian faith so every theology the study

795
00:41:42,160 --> 00:41:44,780
of the divine is stavrology is the cross

796
00:41:44,780 --> 00:41:50,700
and every orthodoxy true faith is paradoxy paradoxy

797
00:41:50,700 --> 00:41:55,900
means two parallel lines never meet God brought

798
00:41:55,900 --> 00:42:01,100
out of the grave life you can't use

799
00:42:01,100 --> 00:42:04,140
your logic you cannot use your head when

800
00:42:04,140 --> 00:42:06,340
you walk with God because when you use

801
00:42:06,340 --> 00:42:07,780
your head your head will lead you to

802
00:42:07,780 --> 00:42:10,460
logic logic says 1 plus 1 equals 2

803
00:42:10,870 --> 00:42:13,400
God says 1 plus 1 equals 1 good

804
00:42:13,400 --> 00:42:21,600
luck using your head now paradoxy lion and

805
00:42:21,600 --> 00:42:24,500
lamb this is paradoxy two parallel lines never

806
00:42:24,500 --> 00:42:27,920
meet but they are perfect salt and light

807
00:42:29,260 --> 00:42:33,220
two parallel lines salt from the earth light

808
00:42:33,220 --> 00:42:39,360
from heaven opposite parallel lines innocent as a

809
00:42:39,360 --> 00:42:43,920
dove wise as a serpent parallel lines now

810
00:42:43,920 --> 00:42:45,360
why is he the lion and the lamb

811
00:42:45,360 --> 00:42:47,100
and why do we need to be the

812
00:42:47,100 --> 00:42:48,960
lion and the lamb the salt and the

813
00:42:48,960 --> 00:42:54,100
light the dove and the snake innocent as

814
00:42:54,100 --> 00:42:55,980
a dove wise as a snake don't be

815
00:42:55,980 --> 00:42:58,460
a snake but be wise as a snake

816
00:43:00,040 --> 00:43:02,720
now we come to the lion the Lord

817
00:43:02,720 --> 00:43:06,800
Jesus says to be a successful christian to

818
00:43:06,800 --> 00:43:10,680
be a true servant of Christ that brings

819
00:43:10,680 --> 00:43:13,640
people to me I Jesus Christ I want

820
00:43:13,640 --> 00:43:15,440
you to be the lion and the lamb

821
00:43:15,440 --> 00:43:17,560
at the same time I want you to

822
00:43:17,560 --> 00:43:20,380
be the lion when it comes to stand

823
00:43:20,380 --> 00:43:22,760
for the truth to fight for the truth

824
00:43:22,760 --> 00:43:26,420
and to stand firm in what you believe

825
00:43:26,420 --> 00:43:29,340
as your Jesus has taught you you be

826
00:43:29,340 --> 00:43:32,280
the lion and let the whole world rumble

827
00:43:32,280 --> 00:43:35,640
before your feet and tell the world this

828
00:43:35,640 --> 00:43:38,500
is what my Jesus says and this is

829
00:43:38,500 --> 00:43:41,240
what I will do as his servant you

830
00:43:41,240 --> 00:43:44,720
go against me you do whatever I will

831
00:43:44,720 --> 00:43:47,500
speak the truth and there is no compromise

832
00:43:48,840 --> 00:43:54,460
that's a lion don't be a chicken chickens

833
00:43:54,460 --> 00:44:00,810
don't enter God's kingdom only lions do so

834
00:44:00,810 --> 00:44:03,310
don't just stand at the pulpit and say

835
00:44:03,850 --> 00:44:07,190
hallelujah Jesus loves you Jesus wants you to

836
00:44:07,190 --> 00:44:08,350
be healthy get a life get a life

837
00:44:10,390 --> 00:44:15,370
yes get a life where was the lion

838
00:44:15,370 --> 00:44:18,810
that Christ put in you when all those

839
00:44:18,810 --> 00:44:21,310
evil things were happening where was the lion

840
00:44:21,310 --> 00:44:24,970
in you you became a chicken as a

841
00:44:24,970 --> 00:44:30,320
church leader did money turn you into a

842
00:44:30,320 --> 00:44:38,040
chicken where was the lion see we think

843
00:44:38,040 --> 00:44:41,860
Christianity is just a a passage we read

844
00:44:41,860 --> 00:44:45,240
and a gospel we preach or a song

845
00:44:45,240 --> 00:44:48,060
we sing or a shout we shout hallelujah

846
00:44:48,060 --> 00:44:49,720
Jesus is here I'm filled by the Holy

847
00:44:49,720 --> 00:44:55,240
Spirit somebody hold me you know what please

848
00:44:56,800 --> 00:45:02,560
I know it's very sad it's laughable but

849
00:45:02,560 --> 00:45:06,340
it's very sad Christianity is a life you

850
00:45:06,340 --> 00:45:10,040
need to live it every single moment it's

851
00:45:10,040 --> 00:45:12,300
not a time on the pulpit or on

852
00:45:12,300 --> 00:45:14,640
the stage or a guitar in your hand

853
00:45:14,640 --> 00:45:16,920
and you say Jesus is the lamb of

854
00:45:16,920 --> 00:45:20,780
God no it is a life you need

855
00:45:20,780 --> 00:45:25,800
to live Christ every single moment you need

856
00:45:25,800 --> 00:45:28,800
to be a warrior for the Lord not

857
00:45:28,800 --> 00:45:33,860
a singer not an actor a warrior a

858
00:45:33,860 --> 00:45:36,740
lion be a lion when it comes to

859
00:45:36,740 --> 00:45:40,500
the truth and speaking of the truth and

860
00:45:40,500 --> 00:45:42,820
be a lamb when it comes to the

861
00:45:42,820 --> 00:45:49,050
salvation of humanity sacrifice your life to bring

862
00:45:49,050 --> 00:45:57,480
one soul to Christ when it comes to

863
00:45:57,480 --> 00:46:04,360
saving a soul be the lamb don't ever

864
00:46:04,360 --> 00:46:07,380
let anyone out of the church even if

865
00:46:07,380 --> 00:46:10,640
that person that entered the church now came

866
00:46:10,640 --> 00:46:14,220
out of the brothel you embrace him you

867
00:46:14,220 --> 00:46:17,840
embrace him you are not here to judge

868
00:46:17,840 --> 00:46:24,440
you are here to save but without compromising

869
00:46:24,440 --> 00:46:30,580
the truth don't just embrace give him the

870
00:46:30,580 --> 00:46:35,760
truth but as a lamb but for the

871
00:46:35,760 --> 00:46:37,580
world I am not a lamb, I am

872
00:46:37,580 --> 00:46:44,220
a lion but for salvation of souls no,

873
00:46:44,340 --> 00:46:47,920
no, I will slain myself to save you

874
00:46:47,920 --> 00:46:52,620
my dear friend be a lion for the

875
00:46:52,620 --> 00:46:57,640
truth, be a lamb for saving souls be

876
00:46:57,640 --> 00:47:00,680
the salt of the earth and the light

877
00:47:00,680 --> 00:47:05,620
of the world Jesus is incredible man he

878
00:47:05,620 --> 00:47:11,820
talks so simplistically yet so much depth and

879
00:47:11,820 --> 00:47:15,900
wisdom that's why he is God it takes

880
00:47:15,900 --> 00:47:20,840
a wise man to speak simplistic things it

881
00:47:20,840 --> 00:47:23,120
takes a wise man to speak in a

882
00:47:23,120 --> 00:47:28,580
simplistic term be the salt of the earth

883
00:47:28,580 --> 00:47:31,160
and the light of the world wow, light

884
00:47:31,160 --> 00:47:35,480
comes from heaven, salt comes from earth the

885
00:47:35,480 --> 00:47:38,580
lord Jesus says you want to be a

886
00:47:38,580 --> 00:47:41,620
successful servant you want to be a true

887
00:47:41,620 --> 00:47:45,160
follower of your lord Jesus you better first

888
00:47:45,160 --> 00:47:49,540
live with me in heaven because if you

889
00:47:49,540 --> 00:47:51,960
don't live with me in heaven you can't

890
00:47:51,960 --> 00:47:55,840
make people taste me on earth you see

891
00:47:55,840 --> 00:48:00,540
the salt when you add it to the

892
00:48:00,540 --> 00:48:04,300
food you are cooking the salt dissolves in

893
00:48:04,300 --> 00:48:07,120
whatever you are cooking you don't see the

894
00:48:07,120 --> 00:48:10,800
salt any longer, but what happens once the

895
00:48:10,800 --> 00:48:13,960
food is cooked you taste the flavor of

896
00:48:13,960 --> 00:48:16,480
that salt in that food but you don't

897
00:48:16,480 --> 00:48:17,220
see the salt, why?

898
00:48:17,440 --> 00:48:21,160
because the salt dissolved in that food and

899
00:48:21,160 --> 00:48:24,420
was hidden in that entire food, in that

900
00:48:24,420 --> 00:48:27,480
meal, but when you ate you said wow

901
00:48:27,480 --> 00:48:31,440
this food tastes so beautiful that beautiful taste

902
00:48:31,440 --> 00:48:35,040
was that salt that gave it nice flavor

903
00:48:35,640 --> 00:48:38,440
you see Christ is living in you, the

904
00:48:38,440 --> 00:48:42,260
world do not see him the world do

905
00:48:42,260 --> 00:48:44,700
not see him, they see you but when

906
00:48:44,700 --> 00:48:48,140
you are living with Christ as the light

907
00:48:48,140 --> 00:48:50,880
in heaven, when you live with him you

908
00:48:50,880 --> 00:48:54,600
will give people the taste of Christ on

909
00:48:54,600 --> 00:49:03,960
earth, the salt but it takes dissolvement what

910
00:49:03,960 --> 00:49:04,820
is dissolvement?

911
00:49:05,320 --> 00:49:07,140
sacrifice, what is sacrifice?

912
00:49:07,520 --> 00:49:11,500
self-denial I no longer exist, but Christ

913
00:49:11,500 --> 00:49:13,860
who lives in me is the one who

914
00:49:13,860 --> 00:49:17,120
is my existence so when you speak to

915
00:49:17,120 --> 00:49:23,960
people, let people see Jesus, not you let

916
00:49:23,960 --> 00:49:26,400
people see the Lord, you become the salt,

917
00:49:26,700 --> 00:49:30,340
dissolve into Christ and let people taste Christ,

918
00:49:30,660 --> 00:49:33,500
not you, because when they taste me, I

919
00:49:33,500 --> 00:49:36,380
am nothing but bitter, but when they taste

920
00:49:36,380 --> 00:49:40,540
the Lord, they say no I am back

921
00:49:40,540 --> 00:49:47,780
to life be the salt, but you cannot

922
00:49:47,780 --> 00:49:51,260
make people taste Christ that is in you

923
00:49:51,260 --> 00:49:53,420
unless you live with him in heaven the

924
00:49:53,420 --> 00:49:59,300
light, the Lord Jesus entered the house of

925
00:49:59,300 --> 00:50:02,560
Lazarus, Mary and Martha the sisters of Lazarus,

926
00:50:02,640 --> 00:50:04,380
whom he raised from the dead after four

927
00:50:04,380 --> 00:50:10,180
days Mary and Martha were Lazarus sisters Mary

928
00:50:10,180 --> 00:50:12,060
came and sat at the feet of the

929
00:50:12,060 --> 00:50:15,140
Lord Martha was too busy in the kitchen

930
00:50:16,900 --> 00:50:22,080
chopping baby cooking, sizzling and then Martha was

931
00:50:22,080 --> 00:50:25,540
so busy trying to prepare a meal Jesus

932
00:50:25,540 --> 00:50:28,720
is in our house whoa, so she turns

933
00:50:28,720 --> 00:50:32,040
around and she sees Mary cares for nothing

934
00:50:32,960 --> 00:50:37,280
she is so quiet, humble sitting at the

935
00:50:37,280 --> 00:50:40,320
feet of the Lord not a whisper as

936
00:50:40,320 --> 00:50:43,160
if nothing is happening in the kitchen, world

937
00:50:43,160 --> 00:50:45,700
war 3 is happening in the kitchen, so

938
00:50:45,700 --> 00:50:48,700
Martha out of frustration at her sister turns

939
00:50:48,700 --> 00:50:51,520
to the Lord, Lord can you please tell

940
00:50:51,520 --> 00:50:55,060
her off rebuke my sister shame on her,

941
00:50:55,440 --> 00:50:57,920
doesn't she see her sister so much in

942
00:50:57,920 --> 00:51:00,660
trouble and so busy and she does not

943
00:51:00,660 --> 00:51:02,420
move a finger tell her to get up

944
00:51:02,420 --> 00:51:05,760
and help me thinking that the Lord is

945
00:51:05,760 --> 00:51:08,180
going to rebuke Mary, the Lord turns to

946
00:51:08,180 --> 00:51:16,740
Martha and says Martha, Martha Martha, Martha there

947
00:51:16,740 --> 00:51:19,380
is only one thing that is asked of

948
00:51:19,380 --> 00:51:25,120
anyone and your sister Mary chose that portion

949
00:51:25,920 --> 00:51:32,060
sitting at the feet Martha Martha the house

950
00:51:32,060 --> 00:51:37,980
is mine, not yours the house is mine

951
00:51:38,560 --> 00:51:42,000
but you know what Martha the house requires

952
00:51:42,300 --> 00:51:44,720
Mary and Martha at the same time two

953
00:51:44,720 --> 00:51:52,260
parallel lines but there is priorities here, Martha

954
00:51:52,260 --> 00:51:56,400
you cannot serve me in my house unless

955
00:51:56,400 --> 00:52:00,100
you first sit at my feet how can

956
00:52:00,100 --> 00:52:03,320
you serve in the master's house if you

957
00:52:03,320 --> 00:52:06,680
don't get to know the master first how

958
00:52:06,680 --> 00:52:09,860
can you know what I want of you

959
00:52:09,860 --> 00:52:11,680
to do in my house if you don't

960
00:52:11,680 --> 00:52:13,860
sit at my feet and listen to the

961
00:52:13,860 --> 00:52:17,320
teacher to the great teacher the one and

962
00:52:17,320 --> 00:52:19,540
only if you don't sit at my feet

963
00:52:19,540 --> 00:52:21,520
and I teach you what you need to

964
00:52:21,520 --> 00:52:24,180
do you can never be successful in my

965
00:52:24,180 --> 00:52:27,200
home you cannot serve me you need to

966
00:52:27,200 --> 00:52:29,360
get to know me to serve me, you

967
00:52:29,360 --> 00:52:31,040
need to be the light in order to

968
00:52:31,040 --> 00:52:32,720
be the salt, you need to live with

969
00:52:32,720 --> 00:52:35,540
me in heaven in order to bring heaven

970
00:52:35,540 --> 00:52:38,060
to earth and bring people to my heaven

971
00:52:43,450 --> 00:52:47,790
you can't live in darkness and expect people

972
00:52:47,790 --> 00:52:50,890
to see Christ in you impossible Christ is

973
00:52:50,890 --> 00:52:56,470
the light of the world need to move

974
00:52:56,470 --> 00:53:02,470
on innocent as a dove wise as a

975
00:53:02,470 --> 00:53:13,330
servant man innocence

976
00:53:14,050 --> 00:53:24,440
is loyalty wisdom is power innocence is

977
00:53:24,440 --> 00:53:32,800
loyalty wisdom is power now innocence alone is

978
00:53:32,800 --> 00:53:40,260
ignorance wisdom alone is evilness Satan is wise

979
00:53:40,260 --> 00:53:46,560
but not innocent therefore Satan is evil people

980
00:53:46,560 --> 00:53:52,060
are sinners people naturally speaking they are not

981
00:53:52,060 --> 00:53:55,660
evil they are sinners but when are they

982
00:53:55,660 --> 00:53:59,720
called evil doers when they do Satan deeds

983
00:54:01,700 --> 00:54:05,420
and love it when they do Satan deeds

984
00:54:05,420 --> 00:54:08,300
they love it then they are evil doers

985
00:54:09,280 --> 00:54:12,220
but those who sin and hate it they

986
00:54:12,220 --> 00:54:15,820
are sinners Christ came to call not the

987
00:54:15,820 --> 00:54:19,820
righteous but sinners to repentance Christ came for

988
00:54:19,820 --> 00:54:23,880
you all of us are sinners when you

989
00:54:23,880 --> 00:54:27,040
sin and you hate it Christ came exactly

990
00:54:27,040 --> 00:54:29,140
for you when you sin and you love

991
00:54:29,140 --> 00:54:32,660
it Satan is your portion you are an

992
00:54:32,660 --> 00:54:38,480
evil doer so now wisdom alone is evilness

993
00:54:38,480 --> 00:54:42,880
innocence alone is ignorance innocence and wisdom put

994
00:54:42,880 --> 00:54:45,620
together is the power of God what is

995
00:54:45,620 --> 00:54:51,100
the power of God the Holy Cross Saint

996
00:54:51,100 --> 00:54:54,560
Paul puts it beautifully he says the cross

997
00:54:54,980 --> 00:54:59,320
to the Greeks is ignorance to the Jews

998
00:54:59,320 --> 00:55:02,680
is a stumbling stone but to us the

999
00:55:02,680 --> 00:55:09,850
saved ones is the power of God why

1000
00:55:09,850 --> 00:55:12,690
is it ignorance to the Greeks because he

1001
00:55:12,690 --> 00:55:15,410
is speaking to the big heads Plato and

1002
00:55:15,410 --> 00:55:18,170
Socrates the philosophers of the world big heads

1003
00:55:18,170 --> 00:55:21,590
baby big calibers so you speak to a

1004
00:55:21,590 --> 00:55:24,290
wise man and go and say to this

1005
00:55:24,290 --> 00:55:27,710
great philosopher a man of wisdom say to

1006
00:55:27,710 --> 00:55:30,090
him you know what I worship God he

1007
00:55:30,090 --> 00:55:31,850
is going to say which God is the

1008
00:55:31,850 --> 00:55:33,910
one you worship I am going to say

1009
00:55:33,910 --> 00:55:35,950
the one who was nailed on the cross

1010
00:55:35,950 --> 00:55:37,710
and died on the cross he is my

1011
00:55:37,710 --> 00:55:39,430
God he is going to say what an

1012
00:55:39,430 --> 00:55:42,310
ignorant man you are how can you worship

1013
00:55:42,310 --> 00:55:45,130
a God that was nailed on the cross

1014
00:55:45,130 --> 00:55:47,510
this is a very weak God that is

1015
00:55:47,510 --> 00:55:51,310
ignorance and to the Jews is a stumbling

1016
00:55:51,310 --> 00:55:54,870
stone because to the Jews the Messiah never

1017
00:55:54,870 --> 00:55:58,150
dies and how dare you you say to

1018
00:55:58,150 --> 00:56:02,590
me our Messiah was crucified crucifixion crucifixion is

1019
00:56:02,590 --> 00:56:07,050
degradation humility at its lowest level and you

1020
00:56:07,050 --> 00:56:10,070
are saying Messiah was you know brought to

1021
00:56:10,070 --> 00:56:12,810
this low level impossible this is a stumbling

1022
00:56:12,810 --> 00:56:15,590
stone for me but to me I Paul

1023
00:56:15,590 --> 00:56:17,970
the saved one it is the power of

1024
00:56:17,970 --> 00:56:21,270
God because the cross is the innocence of

1025
00:56:21,270 --> 00:56:24,030
the dove and the wisdom as a snake

1026
00:56:29,060 --> 00:56:31,340
and I have said this before and I

1027
00:56:31,340 --> 00:56:34,420
will say it again why a dove a

1028
00:56:34,420 --> 00:56:37,360
dove out of the entire birds of the

1029
00:56:37,360 --> 00:56:39,620
sky out of the entire birds of the

1030
00:56:39,620 --> 00:56:45,000
sky any other bird than a dove any

1031
00:56:45,000 --> 00:56:48,240
other bird when they build a nest and

1032
00:56:48,240 --> 00:56:51,100
have their own babies the moment they just

1033
00:56:51,100 --> 00:56:54,140
sense not see they just sense there is

1034
00:56:54,140 --> 00:56:57,120
danger coming straight away they pack up and

1035
00:56:57,120 --> 00:57:00,120
leave and go and build a nest elsewhere

1036
00:57:00,420 --> 00:57:04,080
they shift their path they shift their position

1037
00:57:04,080 --> 00:57:08,360
their location the dove builds a nest lays

1038
00:57:08,360 --> 00:57:11,720
those eggs and babies goes searching for food

1039
00:57:11,720 --> 00:57:14,620
for the babies comes back the enemy has

1040
00:57:14,620 --> 00:57:17,060
devoured some of her babies some are missing

1041
00:57:17,060 --> 00:57:19,260
some are killed and left in the nest

1042
00:57:19,260 --> 00:57:23,020
the dove sits in the nest and mourns

1043
00:57:23,020 --> 00:57:25,780
like a human being the tears of the

1044
00:57:25,780 --> 00:57:29,100
dove are exactly like a human like a

1045
00:57:29,100 --> 00:57:32,560
human tears they mourn exactly like a human

1046
00:57:32,560 --> 00:57:38,080
being the dove exactly same feeling she cries

1047
00:57:38,080 --> 00:57:43,340
her heart is shattered she is devastated for

1048
00:57:43,340 --> 00:57:46,440
the loss of her children but the dove

1049
00:57:46,440 --> 00:57:52,080
never moves her nest elsewhere stays there brings

1050
00:57:52,080 --> 00:57:56,040
more babies and continues the lord says I

1051
00:57:56,040 --> 00:57:58,420
want you to be as innocent as the

1052
00:57:58,420 --> 00:58:02,800
dove innocence is loyalty he is saying the

1053
00:58:02,800 --> 00:58:05,080
lord you want to be a successful servant

1054
00:58:05,080 --> 00:58:07,080
you want to be a true christian no

1055
00:58:07,080 --> 00:58:09,320
matter how many times you get persecuted for

1056
00:58:09,320 --> 00:58:12,340
the sake of your lord don't ever shift

1057
00:58:12,340 --> 00:58:15,160
your way and move away from me don't

1058
00:58:15,160 --> 00:58:18,320
ever change your position don't ever walk from

1059
00:58:18,320 --> 00:58:21,100
the path that I put you in stand

1060
00:58:21,100 --> 00:58:24,960
firm in there and be faithful to your

1061
00:58:24,960 --> 00:58:28,500
lord because the lord will give you his

1062
00:58:28,500 --> 00:58:31,740
glory in the end be like a dove

1063
00:58:31,740 --> 00:58:35,200
don't ever shift your nest out of fear

1064
00:58:35,200 --> 00:58:39,780
out of persecution and change your religion change

1065
00:58:39,780 --> 00:58:43,020
your faith change your principles, ethics and values

1066
00:58:43,020 --> 00:58:47,740
and morals in christianity don't be as wise

1067
00:58:47,740 --> 00:58:51,420
as a serpent the serpent the moment it

1068
00:58:51,420 --> 00:58:57,140
faces an enemy that realizes this enemy is

1069
00:58:57,140 --> 00:58:59,840
more powerful than me the serpent does one

1070
00:58:59,840 --> 00:59:04,620
thing curls that body of hers on that

1071
00:59:04,620 --> 00:59:07,740
head covers the head the enemy devours the

1072
00:59:07,740 --> 00:59:10,500
body chops the snake to pieces as long

1073
00:59:10,500 --> 00:59:13,300
as the head is intact the snake cannot

1074
00:59:13,300 --> 00:59:17,440
die the body is chopped to pieces after

1075
00:59:17,440 --> 00:59:19,840
a little while the body will regrow again

1076
00:59:19,840 --> 00:59:22,060
and the snake will go on its own

1077
00:59:22,060 --> 00:59:25,020
life as if nothing has happened the day

1078
00:59:25,020 --> 00:59:26,960
you can kill the snake is when you

1079
00:59:26,960 --> 00:59:30,180
crush the head the lord says I gave

1080
00:59:30,180 --> 00:59:33,700
you my word keep my word intact in

1081
00:59:33,700 --> 00:59:36,700
your head don't let anyone brainwash you and

1082
00:59:36,700 --> 00:59:40,380
take the truth out of here stay firm

1083
00:59:40,380 --> 00:59:46,920
protect the head be wise be wise we

1084
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protect the true faith we stand firm in

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the true way and we live with christ

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00:59:53,740 --> 00:59:56,480
in heaven light we will make the world

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taste the sweetness of christ on earth salt

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00:59:59,120 --> 01:00:02,140
and be like a lion roaring for the

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01:00:02,140 --> 01:00:05,340
truth and be a lamb slain for the

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01:00:05,340 --> 01:00:08,500
salvation of mankind bring people to christ and

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01:00:08,500 --> 01:00:18,290
be the servant of everyone and I'll

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01:00:18,290 --> 01:00:20,890
finish it off on this I didn't say

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01:00:20,890 --> 01:00:25,330
I'll leave you with this see and in

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01:00:25,330 --> 01:00:27,130
the midst of the throne and of the

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01:00:27,130 --> 01:00:28,890
four creatures and in the midst of the

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01:00:28,890 --> 01:00:31,010
elders stood a lamb as though it had

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01:00:31,010 --> 01:00:33,670
been slain now why john the beloved or

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01:00:33,670 --> 01:00:35,670
the holy spirit reveals through john the beloved

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01:00:35,670 --> 01:00:37,950
that this lamb was in the midst of

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01:00:37,950 --> 01:00:41,070
the throne why because the lamb is the

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01:00:41,070 --> 01:00:44,010
humanity of christ the one who sits on

1102
01:00:44,010 --> 01:00:46,750
the throne is the divinity of christ christ

1103
01:00:46,750 --> 01:00:50,250
is perfect god king and perfect lamb priest

1104
01:00:52,250 --> 01:00:56,180
christ is perfect god king and perfect lamb

1105
01:00:56,410 --> 01:01:02,490
priest christ king divinity priest humanity his humanity

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01:01:02,490 --> 01:01:04,470
was in the midst which is the lamb

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01:01:04,470 --> 01:01:06,450
was in the midst of the throne meaning

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01:01:06,450 --> 01:01:12,370
humanity was united completely and perfectly to divinity

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01:01:12,370 --> 01:01:16,350
so divinity was revealed in fullness in this

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01:01:16,350 --> 01:01:20,850
humanity called jesus of nazareth god was revealed

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01:01:20,850 --> 01:01:25,290
in jesus in absolute perfection and completion that's

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01:01:25,290 --> 01:01:28,250
what the midst of the throne here refers

1113
01:01:28,250 --> 01:01:32,410
to the perfect unity and revelation of divinity

1114
01:01:32,410 --> 01:01:36,510
and humanity that is the midst humanity united

1115
01:01:36,510 --> 01:01:44,480
to divinity perfectly and completely and this lamb

1116
01:01:44,480 --> 01:01:49,660
have having seven horns and seven eyes which

1117
01:01:49,660 --> 01:01:52,220
are the seven spirits of god sent out

1118
01:01:52,220 --> 01:01:55,080
into all the earth last time we said

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01:01:55,080 --> 01:01:58,540
seven spirits god does not have seven spirits

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god has only one spirit the holy spirit

1121
01:02:02,040 --> 01:02:04,800
is god and god is one spirit only

1122
01:02:04,800 --> 01:02:08,260
but the seven spirits are the seven sacraments

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01:02:08,260 --> 01:02:11,800
of the apostolic true church of christ where

1124
01:02:11,800 --> 01:02:15,260
the holy spirit operates through these seven sacraments

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01:02:15,260 --> 01:02:18,200
to bring salvation to the human race or

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01:02:18,200 --> 01:02:20,700
to the christian world so these are the

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01:02:20,700 --> 01:02:24,100
seven sacraments but the lord this lamb had

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01:02:24,100 --> 01:02:27,860
seven horns and seven eyes which are the

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01:02:27,860 --> 01:02:33,400
seven spirits of of god sent out into

1130
01:02:33,400 --> 01:02:37,260
all the earth he had seven horns and

1131
01:02:37,260 --> 01:02:40,020
seven eyes which are the seven spirits seven

1132
01:02:40,020 --> 01:02:43,960
spirits, seven sacraments baptism, priesthood body and blood

1133
01:02:43,960 --> 01:02:50,560
of christ holy eucharist now the seven horns

1134
01:02:50,560 --> 01:02:58,030
and seven eyes seven horns when you read

1135
01:02:58,030 --> 01:03:00,270
in the holy bible about horns, it talks

1136
01:03:00,270 --> 01:03:07,240
about authority, kingdoms kingdoms, so horns kingdoms, what

1137
01:03:07,240 --> 01:03:07,780
is kingdom?

1138
01:03:08,420 --> 01:03:10,000
that is authority, what is authority?

1139
01:03:10,140 --> 01:03:16,640
power so seven horns is god power seven

1140
01:03:16,640 --> 01:03:19,740
eyes and eye every time you see the

1141
01:03:19,740 --> 01:03:22,680
word eye in the holy bible replace it

1142
01:03:22,680 --> 01:03:29,800
with knowledge replace it with knowledge eye represents

1143
01:03:29,800 --> 01:03:35,660
knowledge number seven we said is perfection completion,

1144
01:03:35,900 --> 01:03:38,460
seven days a week it's a perfect cycle

1145
01:03:38,460 --> 01:03:42,880
so christ in his knowledge eyes is perfect

1146
01:03:42,880 --> 01:03:46,020
seven eyes, he is perfect in his knowledge

1147
01:03:46,020 --> 01:03:49,620
and horn power, seven horns he is perfect

1148
01:03:49,620 --> 01:03:53,600
in his power this lamb of god from

1149
01:03:53,600 --> 01:03:56,140
the tribe of judah is perfect in his

1150
01:03:56,140 --> 01:04:00,620
power and perfect in his knowledge power outside

1151
01:04:00,620 --> 01:04:04,380
knowledge inside from outside no one can beat

1152
01:04:04,380 --> 01:04:07,320
him and from inside no one can deceive

1153
01:04:07,320 --> 01:04:13,180
him he is all knowledge you cannot bribe

1154
01:04:13,180 --> 01:04:15,700
him, you cannot cheat on him, you cannot

1155
01:04:15,700 --> 01:04:18,760
lie to him he knows everything and he

1156
01:04:18,760 --> 01:04:22,100
knows you more than you so he is

1157
01:04:22,100 --> 01:04:24,700
all knowledge from within and he is all

1158
01:04:24,700 --> 01:04:28,320
power from without you cannot overcome him and

1159
01:04:28,320 --> 01:04:32,780
you cannot lie to him he is perfect

1160
01:04:33,800 --> 01:04:37,660
one thing you can do come to him

1161
01:04:37,660 --> 01:04:42,360
come to him with a contrite heart and

1162
01:04:42,360 --> 01:04:46,020
say lord i have sinned have mercy on

1163
01:04:46,020 --> 01:04:49,680
me son of david have mercy on me

1164
01:04:52,520 --> 01:04:55,220
confess your sins that's all you can do

1165
01:04:55,220 --> 01:04:58,620
don't ever go and say lord i sinned

1166
01:04:58,620 --> 01:05:01,080
but believe me lord it wasn't my fault

1167
01:05:01,080 --> 01:05:05,280
it was that guy over there he will

1168
01:05:05,280 --> 01:05:08,140
not hear you say lord i have sinned

1169
01:05:08,140 --> 01:05:12,740
and it was my fault lord i said

1170
01:05:12,740 --> 01:05:15,380
this and it was my doing it was

1171
01:05:15,380 --> 01:05:19,540
my fault confess your sins don't blame no

1172
01:05:19,540 --> 01:05:24,180
one, blame yourself then he will love you

1173
01:05:24,180 --> 01:05:26,100
and he will say now you are talking

1174
01:05:27,420 --> 01:05:29,580
since you spoke the truth i am the

1175
01:05:29,580 --> 01:05:33,540
truth you got me now now i have

1176
01:05:33,540 --> 01:05:36,960
got you don't worry about your sins i

1177
01:05:36,960 --> 01:05:40,000
will make you whiter than snow just trust

1178
01:05:40,000 --> 01:05:40,340
in me