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what drew my attention the most is that

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Paul was talking about the same concepts

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in three different texts in Romans 8 in

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Ephesians 1 and in Galatians chapter 4

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when I was preparing the sermon first I

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chose the text and then I thought no no

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no no this other one is good and then

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the other one is good and I was

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struggling with which one I should

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choose and finally I decided to choose

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Galatians 4 you can see the same

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concepts of how God has redeemed us from

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sin how he has adopted us as children

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not a slaves how we should not be afraid

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how we have a great inheritance and all

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these concepts are so important for you

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and I to know we find them in these

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three scriptures when he talks about

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being sons say with me I am a daughter

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or a son and I have many rights and you

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need to know them because throughout

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your life everything you are the way you

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think about yourself the way you feel

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about yourself the way you think about

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God the way you manage yourself and move

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and relate to other people the way you

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go to work the way you daydream the way

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you see life everything is being based

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of what you think regarding who God is

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and who you are and that's why the

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biggest temptations that the devil will

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put in front of you are going to be in

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these two areas they are the most

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important the image you have of God and

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the image you have of yourself the worst

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enemy is not the devil the worst enemy

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is yourself because the devil cannot

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force you but he can convince you you

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have to know who God is who he is for

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you and who you are for God you must

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know who you are because of all your

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life all your life is going to be

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dependent in that image you must live

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with your head

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do you know that when Arabian horses

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when they're born they stand up when

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they are born you know that the the

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horses stand up right away right people

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buy Arabian horses as an investment

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because they're worth a lot of money

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it's like people who buy art many buy

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Arabian horses Arabian horses cost a lot

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of money and it seems like when they're

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born when those coats

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stand up they lift their heads up as if

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they know that everybody needs to know

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that they are very expensive they have

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that in their DNA and that's so

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important because when you know that

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you're a child of God if you know all

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the rights Jesus has already gotten for

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you and you live with them your life is

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going to be very different your life is

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not going to be all poor little me no

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your life is going to be how great he is

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your life is going to be how great your

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dad is and because he is great and he's

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inside of you who can be against you he

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deserves an applause don't you think and

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that's why it's so important according

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to your faith you're going to experience

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it Jesus always said according to your

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faith let it be done the difference

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between the person next to you and you

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and the level you live in experiencing

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God in the riches of the abundant life

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this church is called abundant life

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because Jesus has come to bring life and

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life abundant that level of abundance of

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richness between you and the person next

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to you is found between your two ears

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right here what do we think what you

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think is what you will believe and what

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you believe is what you're going to

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experience so everything is according to

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your faith according to your faith let

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it be done and that's why it's so

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important that we know the word I'm

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happy that this weekend is dedicated to

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adoption you are an adopted son or

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daughter of God I would like to explain

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something I know the other speakers and

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I are talking about the same thing but

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it's so important that you listen

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to each message because each message is

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a piece of the puzzle that you have to

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put together to know who God is and who

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you are you are for God and what God is

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for you amen everything is based on that

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look what it says in Galatians let's

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read from chapter 4 verse 4 it says but

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when the fullness of the time came God

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sent forth his son born of a woman born

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under the law he came as a man so that

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he may redeem those who were under the

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law that we may receive the adoption as

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sons because you are sons and God has

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sent forth the spirit of his son into

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your hearts crying Abba Father therefore

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you are no longer a slave but a son and

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if a son then an heir through Christ

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let's dig a little deeper let's take

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this piece by piece because I found like

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in Romans 8 is very ample in explaining

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this concept and also a fish is one we

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see here that Paul placed it all

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together so let's hash this out a bit

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let's take it a bit by bit it says when

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the fullness of the time came Jesus came

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in the flesh and have you read in

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Hebrews 2 verse 10 through 17 and the

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rest of the chapter you will see all the

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explanations about the importance of

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Jesus coming into the flesh he died for

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us to bring many sons to glory the goal

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for Jesus coming to earth as a man is

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that he could bring many children to

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glory because in God's heart you were

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there always in God's heart the Bible

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says God calls your life your life

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that's all of us his inheritance what

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God desires the most is that we are his

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he desires us to be his people what

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motivated God he is complete and

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depended he doesn't need anybody God

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doesn't need you to worship Him he

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doesn't need anything

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you praise him because you stand in all

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of his kindness and his love it's your

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natural response to his greatness his

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mercy and His grace in your life but he

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doesn't need you to praise him he

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doesn't need the Angels to worship Him

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that doesn't have any complexes

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he's self-sufficient but he wanted to

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create someone you to have relationship

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with when you see all of his creation

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and you might see movies or

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documentaries where you see the

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greatness of the earth the great variety

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that there is so many things

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the colors flowers nature countries

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cultures all of that all that variety

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with everything God made it says that

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mankind was placed there as the glory of

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his creation he clothed him with honor

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and glory everything you see around you

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all the beauty you see with your eyes he

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made everything so that you would be

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happy so that you would be blessed so

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that you would have a nice place to live

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everything is for you because he doesn't

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need anything he doesn't need the ocean

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to swim in he doesn't need the Sun to be

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warm he doesn't need anything do you

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know why he created them it is for you

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so that you could enjoy it because even

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before he created all things he said he

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wanted to create people for himself for

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himself because of love for love God did

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it for love come to Ephesians 1 verse 4

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and 5

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where's for the Sweden just as he chose

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us in him before the foundation of the

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world that we may be holy and blameless

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before him in love verse five in love he

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predestined us to adoption as sons

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through Jesus Christ to himself

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according to the kind intention of his

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will

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even before the foundation of the world

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he wanted you he wanted your love and

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that's why he created you with a will to

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choose for you well God created you with

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a free will why because he didn't wants

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you to be a robot he wanted you to

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choose to be his beloved because love is

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voluntary love gives freedom and because

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you have that freedom you choose to love

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him freely we got things about you he

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thinks about all the love he has for you

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so much that He gave His only Son for

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you so that he could facilitate all your

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needs this is where Paul uses the word

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Redemption

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in Galatians 4 for him to redeem

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release in Romans 6 the concept Paul

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uses is when all the prisoners they are

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kept by a guard and someone comes to buy

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them to make them theirs I was in

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Memphis and I learned a lot about the

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African Americans I learned a lot

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because now I understand their culture

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more because I could see where there was

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so much slavery I saw the huge stones

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where they would stand up they would

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stand them up for sale and people even

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looked at their teeth they would look at

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everything as if they were animals but

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they were human beings and that's why

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there have been so many consequences as

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much suffering for African American

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people because of the history of slavery

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in the United States it's important here

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to understand this concept because it

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says

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that Jesus came to set us free from the

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power of sin look what it says in Romans

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8:1 it says therefore there is now no

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condemnation for those who are in Christ

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Jesus say with me no condemnation for

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those who walk not according to the

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flesh but according to the spirit for

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the law of the spirit of life in Christ

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Jesus has set you free from the law of

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sin and death

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for what the law could not do weak as it

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was through the flesh God did sending

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his own son in the likeness of sinful

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flesh and as an our sin he condemned sin

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in the flesh Jesus came in the flesh he

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became a man to redeem us as a son of

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God so that you could be free free from

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what the power of sin because you were a

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slave of sin John 8:36 says that he who

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sins is a slave to sin and Jesus came to

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deliver us from the power of sin Jesus

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came and paid a price so you could be

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free from the power of sin because you

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couldn't have done it yourself but Jesus

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came so you could be free if you wanted

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to be free and choose the love of God

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because of sin you were separated from

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God and a slave to sin but Jesus came to

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redeem to buy to pay a price he didn't

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pay with gold or silver but his own

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blood why why did he have to suffer all

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of that for you for you like it says in

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Galatians 4 let's continue to be adopted

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as sons adopted because you couldn't be

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a son but God wanted you to be one so he

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sent his son to be the first of many

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sons to be in glory when they had

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accepted Jesus as Savior and that's why

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you can be a son because you are adopted

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now in the world

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use this term well in the Greek world

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children were adopted only for legal

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issues when a man couldn't have any

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children what he did was take a son of a

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slave and adopted him so that he could

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leave him a legacy and family but in the

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Jewish mind the concept of adopting a

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son was different it was not only to

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have a legacy the next generations who

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had the name of the family not only for

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that and to leave descendants from the

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father of the house but there was also

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something else an inheritance that

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belonged to the son I'm going to talk

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about the inheritance tomorrow I'm going

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to talk about more about that it's very

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important because from the moment that

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the son was recognized by the father as

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a son even if he was the son of a slave

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from the moment the master of the house

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received that son and that son who had

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been a slave from that moment he was

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adopted was treated as a natural son of

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the men totally natural with all the

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rights the other slaves couldn't say

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this is the son of so-and-so no he was

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the son of the master of the house and

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he was treated as such

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honored as such and he was served as

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such and the master of the house elected

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the Lord has elected you our Heavenly

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Father has chosen you to be adopted you

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are adopted it doesn't matter what kind

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of background you have or where you come

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from adoption was not earned by works it

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was by grace because of the kindness of

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the master of the house because he

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wanted him to be his son how many of you

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have seen the movie The Prince of Persia

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the movie have you seen it yes what

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happened to the little boy dastan

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the boy in the little movie that's what

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it was all about the boy who was on the

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streets he was a nobody he was received

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by the king and then treated at his son

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and at the end he inherits the kingdom

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remember Moses how many know Moses Moses

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was a son of slave right and what

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happened with him when he was received

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in Pharaoh's home and was treated as his

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son with all the teachings with all the

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servants with everything while the

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people of Israel were living in slavery

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he lived as the son of Pharaoh in the

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palace so what does this tell us in the

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streets there are a lot of unsaved

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people and they live under that slavery

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and they live serving sin but when

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you're a child of God you are welcomed

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in his home when you're a slave the

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measure of who you are depends on your

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works the relationship between the

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master of the house and the slave is

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only based on works that person is not

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free to go and to talk to the master he

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cannot go and have intimacy with

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confidence to go to the master of the

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house because the slave is to work in

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period you are there and I'm here but we

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have not been called to be slaves

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you