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Heavenly greetings in Jesus' mighty name.

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Yes, the Lord be with your[br]spirit wherever you are.

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With your spirit, what does that mean?

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Yes, today we're actually gonna talk

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about what it means to worship God in[br]spirit and truth, which is the fundamental,

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commandment

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that Jesus Christ actually revealed

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to the Samaritan woman in[br]that book of John four.

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And this is central to[br]the university of God.

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This is actually why we[br]started the foundation

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series, which is stepping[br]into the spiritual.

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Why?

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For how long will we stay in the natural[br]without stepping into the spiritual?

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Because it's in the spiritual that we[br]see, hear, and communicate with God.

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Yes, God would not have commanded[br]us to walk in the spirit.

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If he'd not designed us[br]to walk in the spirit.

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We read that in the book of[br]Galatians five, verse twenty five.

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So today we want to break[br]down these key scriptures

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and really ask God for[br]revelation knowledge,

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because many people might[br]have knowledge of the Bible.

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Even from Sunday school,

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many people have knowledge[br]of Bible stories,

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have knowledge of Bible history, even[br]have knowledge of memorizing Bible verses.

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So that's completely different[br]to having a revelation

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of the living word of God in the midst of[br]your heart, that will change your life,

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and be a point of contact[br]between you and the almighty God.

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So you ready? Let's get stuck in. Rastin,[br]what can you say about spirit and truth?

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Thank you for your brilliant[br]introduction. So, why are we here?

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That's the question. What's the purpose[br]of this journey, University of God?

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Knowledge of the bible is everywhere.

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The question is, Christianity is all about[br]relationship with God and with others.

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Relationship with God is[br]by faith. Relationship

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with others

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is love. That's why we said we relate[br]with God by faith, and we relate to others

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by the love of God in our lives.

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The overflows from God to others. Absolutely.[br]God being the source of everything.

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We are not talking about[br]love of men, but love of God.

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As Romans chapter five, verse five says,

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the love of God is poured in[br]our heart by the Holy Spirit.

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We all, including I, Ruth, I suppose,

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we read the Bible many times in our lives.

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There was a time I read the[br]bible roughly every year,

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but something was lacking.

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I went to church like everybody, I read[br]the bible, there were some vital questions

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that I could not understand,

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because Jesus used parables many times.

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He spoke using figurative language.

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And in the old testament

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we have many prophets that[br]spoke about the coming messiah.

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And we realize that the revelation of God

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from the old testament to the new is one[br]continuous stretch of the same truth.

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And there is a link between the two.

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Saul understood the Old[br]Testament, he preached it, right?

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But I asked myself, why did he fight[br]the knowledge of Christ and the gospel?

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And he was at the feet of Gamaliel,

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he knew the law of Moses[br]very well in the letter.

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But he was absolutely sure that[br]this new law is not of God,

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and he fought it. And later, he embraced[br]the gospel and became an apostle of Christ.

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When Jesus came, what did he say?

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I did not come to abolish[br]the law, but to Fulfill it.

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Not to fulfill it, meaning there's a link.

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And Jesus went to say in[br]Matthew five verse seventeen,

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that not one word of the promise in the[br]old testament will fall to the ground.

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He came to fulfill it, means there[br]is a relationship between the two.

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Now, when we talk about God,

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we start in the old testament,[br]right? We say old testament.

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If Jesus came to fulfill and he quoted[br]the scriptures, why do we call it old?

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Why, if it's the same promise of hope?[br]Religiously, we say old, we say new.

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But when Jesus came, he said,[br]I'm not coming to break the law,

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but to forfeit the law. Never decide.

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The question I'm asking to myself and to[br]others, do we really know who Jesus is?

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Do we really know his message?

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Do we have maybe an intellectual,[br]religious way of approaching Jesus?

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Or do we know who Jesus is?

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Who God is? Ruth has mentioned[br]a Samaritan woman, right?

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And the Jewish people were there in the[br]temple, and Samaritans said, We worship

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in this mountain. But they[br]were surely the same God.

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But some say, We are the truth, you are[br]not the truth. And they were fighting.

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Jesus, being a Jew, went to her[br]and spoke to her, as she said,

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and told her that you worship but[br]you do not know God is Spirit.

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This is the core of this program of today.

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Jesus has come to tell us, to teach[br]us what is necessary and essential,

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that God is Spirit.

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And we must worship him[br]in spirit and in truth.

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This means whatever

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we do to receive approval from God[br]must be in spirit and in? Truth.

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This means if it is not in[br]spirit, it is not the truth.

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And so it's all nothing.

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So what is the difference[br]between spirit and truth?

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What I realized from this that[br]spirit and truth, they go together.

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If it is just spirit, without[br]the truth, it's not from God.

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If it is truth without being spirit,[br]that's not the truth. Why am I saying this?

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Let me give an example.

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There was a man called Cornelius, right?

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He was praying earnestly because he[br]wanted to know the God of the Jews.

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He was not a Jew, he was a[br]Roman person. He was praying,

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giving alms to the poor. And one day

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a spirit being called Angel[br]appeared to him and told him, oh

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your prayers and alms[br]has been approved by God.

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Oh la la, bless it. I said to[br]myself, it's the spirit being right?

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Why didn't the angel preach the gospel[br]to him? Ruth, I'm asking you a question.

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Why didn't the angel, a spirit, preach[br]the gospel to the House of Colleges?

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Do you have an idea? Because I'm asking[br]the question to you viewers watching me.

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Well, because it was in God's[br]plan that Peter was the one.

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Jesus said it must be[br]in spirit and in truth.

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This means not just because something[br]is spirit, then we should accept it.

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There are different types of spirit.[br]It is not enough to be only in spirit.

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What kind of spirit is speaking?

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What kind of spirit is operating?

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Jesus said, To be of[br]God, it must be in spirit

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and in truth. The truth must go together.

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So not anyone who speaks in[br]the spirit is of the truth.

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That's what it means for me. When satan[br]tempted Jesus in the book of Matthew,

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when they took Jesus on top of the temple,[br]what did he say? He said, it is written.

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Yes, If you are the Son of[br]God, jump. And the angels will?

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Angel will what? Will catch you.[br]He'll catch you. He quoted the letter

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of the bible. It is in the bible. You[br]can say it. Ninety one. Absolutely.

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But spoken by who? Which spirit spoke it?

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The lying spirit, not the spirit of[br]Satan. You can quote it, you can say it.

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Why did the angel not preach[br]the gospel to Cornelius?

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But the angel said,

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Call one man called Simon Peter.[br]When he comes, he will tell you.

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God used human being. Who was Peter?

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Who was Peter?

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A man like you and me.

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But what makes Peter special was what?

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Peter was what? Born again. At the[br]Pentecost he received the Holy Spirit.

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At home you can read Acts chapter ten,[br]you can see the Spirit of God told him,

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go to this house I'm sending you.

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When he came to the house of[br]Cornelius, what did he do?

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He simply began to preach[br]the gospel of truth.

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Paul called the gospel, the[br]gospel of truth. Ephesians

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chapter one verse thirteen,[br]the gospel of truth.

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Which kind of truth was he preaching?

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Jesus is the way,

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the truth, and the life. Thank you.[br]Natural truth or spiritual truth?

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Spiritual truth. That's the question. We[br]have fact in the nature, and we have truth,

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spiritual truth.

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Remember Jesus said, I will pray to[br]the Father, He will give you another?

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Comforter, the Spirit of truth[br]whom the world cannot receive.

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He neither sees him nor knows him.

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And Jesus further said in John[br]chapter sixteen verse thirteen,

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that when the Holy Spirit comes, he will[br]guide us into the fullness of the truth.

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Guide us in all truth, yeah.

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First John chapter five verse six says,

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It is the Holy Spirit who testifies[br]because the Spirit is truth.

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This being said, let's go back to[br]what we call the Old Testament.

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In the talk about that wilderness,

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in the beginning God revealed[br]himself to the people of Israel

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when they were journeying in the[br]wilderness to the promised land.

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Why God allowed us to[br]be in the wilderness.

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Hosea chapter two verse fourteen.

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God say, I will take you to the wilderness,[br]and there I will speak to your heart.

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Take note of that. I would[br]can you read this first, Ruth?

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That will help us to[br]set the message right.

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Therefore,

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behold, I will allure her,

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and will bring her into the[br]wilderness, and speak comfort to her.

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I will take it what?

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To the wilderness.

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Mhmm. And speak comfort to her. Next[br]verse. I will give her her vineyards

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from there, and the valley[br]of Acor as a door of hope.

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She shall sing there,

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and as in the days of her youth,

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as in the day when she came[br]up from the land of Egypt.

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Why God sometimes has to take us[br]to the wilderness to speak to us?

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That's the question. Yeah.[br]And we all want an encounter

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with God, we all want[br]to hear God's voice, but

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we don't often realize that God gives[br]us an appointment in the wilderness.

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Why? Because in the rush of everyday[br]activities, it's difficult for us to to still

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our spirit and pay attention to[br]the spirit of God talking to us.

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I think one of the greatest[br]hindrance is our senses.

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One of the greatest hindrances

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to perceive the truth from God is[br]our natural common sense, because

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we are always focused

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on the natural. Mhmm. What we see, what[br]we hear, what circumstances look like.

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It's the greatest temptation, actually,[br]just to see everything in the natural.

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The battle we fight each day[br]is with our senses. True.

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So if God want to draw me to a place[br]of fellowship to draw my attention,

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He would cut me off from the noise[br]and destruction of this world.

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Now you understand sometimes, God can use[br]circumstances, difficult circumstances,

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to separate you from[br]the noise of this world.

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It's true, God often works through[br]the circumstances of life. Absolutely.

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When you are alone in your wilderness.

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Mhmm. Widiness mean no friend,

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no people to talk to you. Not not a place[br]you would naturally want to go or be?

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In a wilderness, there's[br]nothing that will comfort you.

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Your money cannot comfort you,[br]people cannot comfort you.

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You are alone left to yourself.

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God said,

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I will take you to the wilderness, Hosea[br]chapter two verse fourteen to fifteen,

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and I will comfort you.

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None of us is ready to that encounter[br]with God when everything is fine.

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Nobody comes to the knowledge[br]of Jesus in comfort. Trouble,

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difficulty brought us into God's presence.

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Questions,

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challenges, just look back[br]at your life and you'll see,

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examine your own journey[br]of encountering Jesus.

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When God rescued them from the land of[br]ancient Egypt, and God opened the Red Sea.

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Ruth,

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honestly speaking, I'm[br]talking to you, listen to me.

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If you witness God opening the[br]sea, and you pass on dry ground,

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you saw the water separated.

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I think no miracle is greater than one.[br]No, I think it's the greatest miracle.

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Can you experience that and later[br]down God? That's the question.

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Well, anything is capable[br]of the human heart.

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The question is,

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no matter how big the miracle[br]is, human beings always forget.

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Why? Because it doesn't affect the heart.

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The purpose of miracles is[br]to affect us in the outwards.

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First, miracle healing,[br]miracle deliverance,

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miracle breakthrough.

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But the greatest miracle the bible is[br]talking about is not on the outside,

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is inside of you. Salvation. Salvation.

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Why is it there? That's the question.

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God said, I took them to the[br]wilderness for one purpose.

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Deuteronomy chapter eight from verse[br]two. I took you to the wilderness

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where you suffer hunger and thirst

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to teach you that man shall not live by[br]bread alone, but by every word that comes.

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From the mouth of God.[br]From the mouth of the Lord.

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In the beginning, in the wilderness.

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Now you can see the parallel. Immediately,

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Jesus came out of the baptism.[br]He went to the wilderness.

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The same Satan meeting[br]there at the wilderness.

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If you are a son of God,[br]turn this stone to bread.

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When God took them to the wilderness,

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the bible says there was the presence[br]of God was visible. Am I right?

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Yeah,

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it was a pillar of cloud by day[br]and a pillar of fire by night that

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they could visibly see and experience.

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They saw the pillar of cloud

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by day and the pillar of fire by[br]night. That represents the presence

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of God physically. They saw physically[br]the presence of God of His glory.

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That's not all. He asked[br]Moses to build a tabernacle.

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In the wilderness where[br]there is no food, am I right?

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They cry out, and the Bible[br]says, manna came from heaven.

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Manna to feed them. When they[br]were thirsty, they cry out.

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God made water to come[br]from the rock itself.

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Even their shoes, their clothes, they[br]never wore out? They saw all these things.

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They saw this great miracle. They[br]saw how God rescued them from Egypt.

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That's supposed to be enough[br]to build a faith forever.

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And that's not all. In Exodus[br]chapter nineteen, God said to Moses,

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prepare the people. I am going[br]to speak to every single person.

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This has never happened in history.

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Prophets heard from God, but God[br]said, I'm going to speak to everyone,

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every member of the congregation will[br]hear my voice. That's what happened.

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And God said to Moses, Sanctify them[br]three days. Go to Naomi chapter four.

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Can you help us? Go to Naomi chapter[br]four verse twelve. Let's listen.

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And the Lord spoke to you[br]out of the midst of the fire.

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You heard the sound of the words, but[br]saw no form. You only heard a voice.

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What strikes you there?

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Well, many things strike me, but[br]the first thing is that God spoke

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from the midst of the fire.

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Yes, God spoke through the[br]midst of the fire. And He said,

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You heard the sound of His voice,[br]but you saw no face, no image.

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No form. The same God will[br]say in this tent, come on,

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Thou shall not make any image of anything[br]in heaven, on earth, and in the earth.

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I mean, don't make any idol. I am[br]not visible. Don't worship them.

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Don't worship them.

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This is what I'm coming from. Don't[br]make an idol and don't worship them.

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And now you remember what Jesus[br]said to the Samaritan woman,

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John chapter four verse twenty four. Yes,

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God is spirit. God is spirit.[br]Mean, you don't need to say him.

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But those who worship in must. Worship in[br]spirit and truth. In spirit and in truth.

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That's where we're, that's where we're[br]going today. They heard the voice of God,

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no image. They saw the miracle[br]and everything in the wilderness.

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Until today, you know, humankind,

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we continue to try and put an[br]image, to something that we worship,

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which is distracting from the real,

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the real place of worship, which is in our[br]heart, a spirit that communes with God.

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The question fundamentally is[br]not God. God cannot change.

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The question is we human beings.

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Relationship with God is deep,[br]deeper. Deepest. Deepest.

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Some people say, I don't believe in God.

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I'm not interested in God. They have no[br]relationship with God. That's their choice.

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Some people say, yes, I believe in[br]God. I go to church every Sunday.

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They go to church every Sunday.

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Every Sunday, they go to church,[br]they listen to the message.

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Some people said, I want to[br]have a relationship with God.

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Daily, every single day of[br]life, they read the Bible,

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to live it and to walk with God, to build[br]relationship with the Holy Spirit daily.

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My daily bread. That's the[br]will of God for everybody,

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to have a relationship with God every[br]day. We saw that God spoke to everybody.

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His will, His might, it just[br]spoke to every single person.

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But you must follow His ways.

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This means knowing God[br]is not to see miracles,

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is not to see great clouds,[br]but to learn his ways.

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It's true because if

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you think about it, the pillar of[br]cloud by day and the fire by night was

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to lead them through the wilderness,

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but they were never meant to[br]stay in the wilderness forever.

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They were meant to get out of[br]it, to go to the promised land.

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Thank you for saying that.

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They were in the wilderness where[br]they see the visible signs of God,

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but they themselves were in the natural.

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God is spirit. God is in the spirit.

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Nobody can see His face,

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but we can hear His voice, the Word.

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But they themselves,

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they were in the natural.

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So at that time, God knew[br]the weakness of their status,

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and God allowed a visible[br]presence to tell you, God is here.

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So they wouldn't doubt.[br]So they wouldn't doubt.

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God was trying

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to start to build the faith so

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they would know that mighty God is with[br]them, so they can fear Him forever.

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All the nations alone who heard what[br]God did in Egypt was afraid of them.

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If they look, they see the[br]cloud, hey, God is there.

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When you see the cloud, hey God is[br]there. The bible says every day God

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spoke to Moses face to face, like a man[br]speaks to his friend. But the others,

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when God descended,

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God want to speak to you,

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want to speak to you, to every[br]one of us, that's the will of God.

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But when God called them in that[br]Deuteronomy four twelve you just read,

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what did they say? Lord, let[br]God not speak to us again.

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We are afraid of hearing His[br]voice. That's what He said,

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Choose somebody, choose a prophet to[br]speak to us. And that's what He said.

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So as they journey on the wilderness,

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God tests them.

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God allows thirst to come. Every[br]time they are thirsty, what happened?

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What did they do? They complained.[br]They complained to God.

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They forgot everything[br]God did. There's no water.

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God said to Moses,

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speak to the rock, or hit the rock. Water[br]came out. God did that in their presence.

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When there was no food, the manna came.

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Even when they were tired of the[br]manna, God actually brought them meat.

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But now the question,[br]where were they heart?

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Jesus said, where your treasure[br]is, there is your heart.

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Take note of your heart.[br]What is your heart?

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Your heart means your spirit.

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Zechariah chapter twelve verse one says,[br]God formed the spirit of man within him.

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First Thessalonians chapter five verse[br]twenty three says that man is spirit,

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soul, and body. The[br]hindrance is from our side.

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We are so much drawn away by[br]the natural, by our senses.

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So they want you to see a sign to believe.

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So when they were in the[br]wilderness, when they came

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in Numbers chapter fourteen,[br]do you know what happened?

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When God wanted them to enter[br]the promised land, he sent spies,

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twelve spies, they went to spy.

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What happened when they came out?

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Well, they all had a negative[br]report about the giants in

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the land that filled people with fear,

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except Joshua and Caleb, that actually[br]maintained the faithfulness and testimony

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of what God had done for them[br]in the past, and said that no,

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they shouldn't be afraid, that God-[br]Why were they afraid? Afraid of who?

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They were afraid of the people[br]inhabiting the land, the giants. Giants.

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Take note of that.

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Giants. They said These[br]people were giants.

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We, we were like grasshoppers in their side[br]and in our side. I mean, they confirmed.

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Yeah, they saw themselves as small,[br]just as the giant saw them as small.

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They didn't see themselves[br]as God saw them.

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When those people that came give the negative[br]report, the scriptures say everybody,

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all the congregation, begin to cry,

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begin to murmur, and they[br]want you to stone Moses.

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Yes,

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you brought us here to kill us. It's better[br]for us to go back to Egypt, to slavery.

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That's what they said. But we have just[br]said that the presence of God was visible.

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The cloud was on top[br]of their head visibly.

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Why they could not see it? The[br]presence of God were visible.

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It was visible.

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Why did they allow what[br]they hear, what they heard,

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to overwhelm them to such a great extent[br]they lost focus of God's presence,

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which were there. If

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they that had the physical presence of[br]God above their head as a constant sign

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could be distracted and[br]overwhelmed by their situation.

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It really shows us that the[br]battle is of the senses.

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This means you can never know God by[br]sight. You can never know God by miracles.

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To know God is to know His ways.

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And because they were[br]so it was so unfamiliar

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to them, that's why they were thinking[br]of the familiarity of of Egypt,

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what they remembered, what they knew,

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what they were comfortable with[br]because they were familiar with it.

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That's why their hearts kept[br]going back rather than trusting

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in in what God said, the promise for them.

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This simply means to know[br]God is to know His word.

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That's the only sound they heard,

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the voice of God.

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To know His ways, you must learn[br]His Word and obey His Word.

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His ways are in His[br]Word. God is in His Word.

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Knowledge of God is in His Word,[br]but they remain in the natural,

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and they went back to the wilderness.

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So we are saying as long[br]as you stay in the natural,

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you will remain in the wilderness.

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Wait. Think about that for a moment.

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Just let that sink in. As long as you're[br]in the natural, you remain in the natural,

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you can just remain going[br]round and round the wilderness.

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Many people that left the slavery of Egypt,[br]so many, in fact, a whole generation,

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never entered the promised land. Why?[br]Because they chose to stay in the wilderness.

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As long as you are in a natural,[br]you can go from churches

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to churches to churches to churches.[br]You are still in the wilderness.

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You can go from experience to experience[br]to experience, spiritual experience,

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watching this, watching that,[br]feeling this, feeling that.

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As long as you are still in the natural,

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you have not yet grasped that revelation

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truth that to worship[br]God is spirit and truth,

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you remain in the wilderness.

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I can worship God in the[br]natural with a beautiful voice.

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I'm still singing in the wilderness.

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I can pray mighty prayer[br]points in the natural.

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I'm stalking to the[br]air and the wilderness.

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We can use beautiful,

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eloquent words,

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have ability to inspire people. But many[br]of our our words, they can entertain men,

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but do they really reach God? Do[br]they really reach the heart of God?

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You heard that? I can have[br]beautiful voice, mighty song,

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sing and tears will come emotionally.

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If it is not in spirit, it is not[br]in truth, and it is all nothing.

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But don't forget, Jesus said in[br]Matthew chapter fifteen verse eight,

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These people come to me with their lips,

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but their heart is far from me.

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When I come to God to raise my hand in[br]worship, God is looking at my heart first.

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Are you such in heart?

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Yes. When I come to give my offering,

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God look in my heart. Isn't my heart[br]giving in spirit for God's sake,

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or me? Moses was called by God who spoke[br]to him. He heard the voice of God clearly.

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He learned the ways of[br]God, took His commandments,

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and wrote them on tablets of stones to[br]give them to his people, not to forget it.

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Moses fulfilled his assignment[br]by bringing them out.

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But what happened? In the[br]wilderness, God took Moses.

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That's weird. They had to now rely[br]on God. They couldn't rely on Moses.

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When God took Moses, they[br]could not see Moses anymore.

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But Moses gave them the[br]word he left behind.

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Joshua came, a young man. God[br]spoke to Joshua chapter one,

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who was afraid, because he[br]saw the mightiness God did.

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And God said, as I was with[br]Moses, so shall I be with you.

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The spirit of God was with Joshua.

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What takes him to the promised land was[br]God through his word, by his spirit.

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Today we are so much[br]conditioned by the symbols,

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by the signs, by the letter, that[br]we forget things in the spirit.

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That's why people say, I[br]go to church every day,

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I do this, why I can't hear God? Why I[br]can't this, why this, why this, why this?

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Is it in spirit and in truth?[br]It is our heart, our spirit,

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that is connected to God in the spirit.

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The only part of us that[br]can receive inspiration,

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revelation, fellowship with God[br]is the human heart, our spirit.

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Romans chapter one verse nine,[br]we serve God with our spirit.

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We have to understand this.

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We have to understand relationship[br]with God deep, deeper, deepest.

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Some are in the letter,[br]but not in the spirit.

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What do I mean by that? It's not just[br]about confessing the word with your mouth.

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But you have to believe in your heart.

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The confession

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of my mouth, my songs, my prayers[br]must be in spirit and in truth,

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for my heart, for my mind,

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and speak by faith. So the question[br]is, how do we enter God's presence?

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That's my question. We said the pillar of[br]cloud was symbolizing the presence of God.

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To be in the spirit is to[br]be in the presence of God.

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And it's sometimes when[br]we're in the midst of a rock

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and a hard place that we sense the presence[br]of the Lord most clearly in our lives,

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that we hear the voice of[br]the Lord most clearly, that

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we see the need to depend on Him alone.

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That's true, what you say, that's very[br]true. But to be in the spirit is to be in

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the presence of God.

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The question is, how do I know I am in[br]the presence of God? That's my question.

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How do I know I am in the presence[br]of God? That's a good question.

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That's the question. How do[br]we know the reality of God?

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How do I know I'm into God's presence?

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How do I know that what I'm hearing[br]is from God or not from God?

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That's the question.[br]Your spirit must testify.

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To what? If you can't distinguish between[br]right and wrong, how can you testify?

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Devil can speak, God can speak, how do you[br]know the difference? That's the question.

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I can give you one hint.

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Paul said, Romans chapter nine verse one,

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I speak the truth, I am not lying.

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My conscience is bearing me[br]witness in the Holy Spirit.

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I'm coming to you.

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Holy Spirit. The Spirit of truth.

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How can I be into God's presence?

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The bible says, simply how can[br]I be into God's presence, Ruth?

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Spirit of truth. Can you see God?

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It has to be in spirit because[br]you can't see him by faith.

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Thank you, now you are talking by faith.[br]That's the word I want you to say.

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To be in the spirit is simply by faith.

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Because the bible says,

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we walk by faith, not by sight.[br]Second Corinthians five:seven.

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Second Corinthians chapter four,

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verse eighteen says, We look not at[br]what is seen, but what is unseen.

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Because what is unseen is eternal.[br]And what is seen is temporal.

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By faith. So we walk by faith.

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We live by faith when we are able[br]to recognize our union with Jesus,

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with God in the spirit, heart[br]to heart, spirit to spirit.

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They were in God's presence.[br]They saw the outward sign,

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but their heart was not connected to[br]God. Moses heart was connected to God.

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To hear his voice,

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to mark his voice, to discern his[br]voice. To obey his voice. Absolutely.

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You said at the beginning,

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God wouldn't have asked us,

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commanded us to walk in the spirit if he[br]had not designed us to walk in the spirit.

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Means I have a spirit.

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Zechariah twelve verse one,

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Job thirty two verse eight, first[br]Thessalonians five, I have a spirit.

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So the question is, how can I identify[br]that it is God speaking to me?

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We said in the Old Testament,[br]they were walking by sight.

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They saw physically God's presence,

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but they never knew the way of the Lord.[br]No matter how big the miracles are,

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that can never anchor your heart[br]and bring it to God's presence.

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Only the word of God can do that.

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The only way to know[br]God is through his word,

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by his spirit. Not every spirit that speaks[br]is from God. How do you speak the truth?

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How do you know the[br]truth? By the Holy Spirit,

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the spirit of truth. You must be led[br]by the spirit of God to walk in the

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Spirit. That's why the Bible says in[br]Romans chapter eight, verse fourteen,

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those who are led by God are what?[br]The sons of God. Sons of God.

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Led not by the emotion,[br]but led by the Holy Spirit.

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So we have to allow the Holy[br]Spirit to guide us? Absolutely.

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But how do we recognize that? The Bible[br]calls it the gift of righteousness.

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Can you go to John chapter[br]sixteen verse ten? Let's listen.

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Of righteousness because I go to my[br]Father, and you will see me no more.

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When the Holy Ghost come, he will[br]convict you, convict me, everybody,

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of righteousness.

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Because you will see me physically

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no more, I'm going to the[br]Father. What does this mean?

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When the Holy Spirit come, He[br]will convict you of righteousness.

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He will reveal to you who Jesus is.

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Philippians chapter three verse seven.

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Let's go to Philippians chapter[br]three verse seven to take an example

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of what you are saying.

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How the Holy Ghost

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convict his soul of righteousness[br]in Christ and to bring him to Jesus,

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to the knowledge of Christ. But[br]what things were gained to me,

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these I have counted[br]loss for Christ. Mhmm.

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Yet indeed I also count all[br]things loss for the excellence

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of the knowledge of Jesus Christ my Lord,

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for whom I have suffered the loss of[br]all things and count them as rubbish,

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that I may gain Christ.

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But what things were gain to me,[br]these I have counted loss for Christ.

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Okay, good. What were those[br]things he considered gain?

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Those things he considered[br]gain. Verse five.

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Circumcised the eighth day of the stock[br]of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin,

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a Hebrew of the Hebrews,[br]concerning the law, a Pharisee.

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Pharisee, concerning the law of[br]Moses, Concerning the symbols,

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outward form of worship.[br]Religion. Religion.

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You say all this now, I[br]consider as a Rubbish.

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Rubbish and loss.

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Why? Because you receive a[br]revelation of Jesus Christ.

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Romans chapter three verse twenty.

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To twenty one, twenty two.

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Therefore, by the deeds of the law, no[br]flesh will be justified in his sight.

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For by the law is the knowledge of sin.

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But now the righteousness[br]of God Now the righteousness

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of God, let's take note what Jesus said.

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The Holy Ghost will[br]convict of righteousness.

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Go ahead. But now the righteousness[br]of God apart from the law is revealed.

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Is revealed.

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By who? By the Spirit. Continue. Being[br]witnessed by the law and the prophets.

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Even the righteousness of God[br]through faith in Jesus Christ

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to all and on all who believe. Through[br]faith in Christ Jesus it is revealed.

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This means we live by faith when[br]we recognize our union with God,

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with Jesus Christ,

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in the Spirit. When we accept[br]Jesus as our Lord and Savior,

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we have the very presence of God in our[br]heart through the person of the Holy Spirit.

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And when the Holy Spirit comes,

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he will be the conviction of righteousness.[br]He will show us what is to come.

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He will guide us into[br]spiritual understanding of God.

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He will teach us His ways,

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and then we walk in the Spirit.

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That's why we say we walk in the Spirit.

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We worship in the Spirit,

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led by the Holy Spirit.

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How do you worship

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in spirit and in truth?

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Romans chapter two twenty eight. Let's[br]go there. Romans chapter two verse twenty

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eight and twenty nine, key verses.

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For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly,

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not in circumcision that[br]which is outward in the flesh,

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but he is a Jew who is one inwardly,

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and circumcision is that[br]of the heart in the spirit,

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not in the letter, whose praise is not[br]from men but from God. Do you hear that?

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Circumcision of your[br]heart, of your spirit.

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Not done by man, done by God.

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The praise and worship of that person come[br]from God the Holy Spirit, who inspired.

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That's why when Jesus[br]came to fulfill the law,

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the people couldn't understand. There's so[br]much belief in the symbol, in the ritual,

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in the natural things,

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and they forget that these were just[br]shadows. What's the purpose of the symbol?

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The reality is found in Christ.

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Thank you. The substance is in[br]Christ, reality is in Christ.

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But the symbol was, what is the symbol?

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The symbol is only a sign[br]or something in the natural

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that will remind them of their[br]relationship with God in the spirit.

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When you see the ark of the covenant,

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it is to remind them of[br]their relationship with God

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in their spirit, in their heart.

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Means the purpose of the law[br]was to bring their heart to God.

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And Paul said, by the law no[br]man is justified by the law.

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Despite the presence of God, their[br]hearts went away far from God,

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and they erred in the wilderness.

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The Bible says we are in the world,

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but we're not part of it. As long as we[br]live in the natural, we are in this world.

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But as long as you are born again,

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as long as you are led by the[br]spirit to walk in the spirit,

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you are in this world physically,[br]but not separately in spirit.

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When you worship God,

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you worship God

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in spirit and in truth led by the[br]spirit of God right from your heart.

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To know God, to know His way,[br]you must be in the Spirit,

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led by the Spirit of revelation.

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Let's talk about Jesus and Nicodemus.

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Nicodemus was the teacher of the law[br]who knew the law of Moses perfectly.

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He was teaching the people, guiding the[br]people principle of the law of Moses as

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he received it. But one day he[br]heard there's one man called Jesus.

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When they reported to him[br]what this man was doing,

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he came to see Jesus to[br]inquire, to find out the truth.

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What I wanted to say,

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the Holy Spirit always gets[br]into the heart of the matter.

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To get into the heart of the matter is to[br]find out the truth from God's perspective.

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And that can only happen if we enter[br]the spirit, not in the natural.

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So when He came, He said,

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Rabbi,

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no one can do what you are doing[br]unless God is with him. Yeah.

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Jesus said, unless a man is born again,[br]he cannot see the kingdom of God.

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Now Nicodemus,

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we find out by the question[br]he asked Jesus, despised

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all his knowledge was in the natural.

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So how can this be?

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How How can a man be born again? How[br]can an old man enter his mother's womb?

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That's what he said. He was just[br]looking at it in the natural.

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And Jesus said, You were the teacher of[br]Israel and you do not know these things.

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Truly, truly, I say to you, unless[br]a man is born of water and a spirit,

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you're going to enter the kingdom[br]of God. What is mortal spirit?

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Unless a man is born of the Word

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and the Spirit of the Word in[br]truth, the Word and the Spirit,

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he's gonna enter the kingdom of God.

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That which is born of flesh is flesh,[br]that which is born of spirit is spirit.

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Nicodemus was absolutely in the natural.

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Ruth, can we go to John chapter[br]three from verse thirteen to sixteen?

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Let's listen. No one has ascended to[br]heaven, but he who came down from heaven.

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No one has been to heaven except me who[br]came from heaven, Jesus is saying to him.

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That is the Son of Man[br]who is in heaven. Yes.

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And as Moses lifted up the serpent in[br]the wilderness Now, another parallel.

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As Moses lifted up the what?

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The serpent in the wilderness.

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The serpent in the wilderness. You[br]know what happened in the wilderness?

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The bible says there was a time the[br]people began to murmur against God,

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and God allows serpents, snakes[br]to come everywhere as judgement.

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When the snakes began to bite them,[br]they were dying. They cry out and Moses

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interceded. God said,

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do a poll and do an image of a snake

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and attach it to the poll. Everybody[br]who looks at it will save his life. Now,

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that pole was a symbol[br]of Jesus on the cross.

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The substance of that[br]signal symbol is in Christ.

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Jesus is saying, as Moses lifted up[br]the serpent, so the Son of Man must be?

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Lifted up. Must be lifted up.

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That with a symbol, the substance[br]of it is Christ on the cross.

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Everybody who puts his faith in what[br]he did on the cross wishes salvation

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and everlasting life.

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He was teaching Nicodemus

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what's the purpose why I'm coming.[br]You have read that Moses had this.

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I am this. I am more than[br]a poor. If you look at me,

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you'll know I am the savior. That's what[br]I came for, to save new and new. Continue?

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But whoever believes in him should[br]not perish but have eternal life.

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Yes. For God so loved the world[br]that he gave his only begotten son.

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And as a symbol. That[br]whoever believes in him

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should not perish but have everlasting[br]life. Everybody knows this word.

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The most famous word of the gospel.

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John three sixteen. Another parallel[br]symbol. He mentioned the snake.

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This is what Abraham did.

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Take your own leprokad, not son[br]Isaac. Genesis chapter twenty two.

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Go and sacrifice it for me. He's saying

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Isaac was spared, but I'm[br]coming to give my life.

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I'm the promise of Abraham.[br]I'm the seed of Abraham.

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Through the promise, I'll be fulfilled.

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If Nicodemus was dead[br]by the Spirit of God,

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He would perceive and[br]understood this thing,

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but he was listening to it[br]in the natural. Who is Jesus?

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That means we can only[br]know Jesus in the spirit.

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You can only know Jesus in the[br]spirit, led by the spirit of God.

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Thank you for what you're saying. Go

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to first Corinthians[br]chapter twelve verse three.

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Therefore I make known to[br]you that no one speaking

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by the spirit of God calls Jesus cursed,[br]and no one can say that Jesus is Lord

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except by the Holy Spirit. No[br]one can say Jesus Christ is Lord.

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Jesus Christ, the Son of God.[br]He's the Lord God Almighty

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without the help of the Holy Spirit. It[br]takes revelation to know that in the Spirit

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and in truth. Now for something[br]to be in spirit and in truth,

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it must be in the spirit by the[br]spirit of truth, the Holy Spirit.

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The word you hear must be sanctioned[br]by the testament of the Holy Spirit

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to say it is true.

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The Bible says the spirit joined himself[br]with our spirit to testify that we are

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sons of God.

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When he comes,

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he reveal the truth,

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he leads us into the spiritual

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understanding of the truth, and give[br]us conviction, and give us faith.

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And we know God is speaking[br]to us clearly through him.

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Now let's see another[br]example I want to take,

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which is the natural, from natural[br]to the spirit, to know Jesus.

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Let's see Jesus and his disciples. Jesus[br]had disciples. We know Peter very well.

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Let's go to Matthew chapter sixteen.

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We start with verse thirteen.[br]Listen to what Jesus said.

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When Jesus came into the region of[br]Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples,

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saying, Who do men say that I, the Son[br]of Man, am? That's what you imagine.

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Jesus want to know your opinion about him.

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He wants to know His opinion,

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Larson's opinion about Him, Ruth's[br]opinion about your opinion about Him.

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Who is Jesus to you? Who is Jesus to you?

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That's life's most important decision,[br]what you do with Jesus Christ.

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What did they say?

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So they said, some say John the Baptist,

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some Elijah, and others[br]Jeremiah or one of the prophets.

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They were still in the symbol of[br]the Old Prophet of the history.

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Elijah, John the Baptist, another prophet.

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Some of them looked at Jesus on the[br]outside. Go to Mark chapter six verse three.

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Is this not the carpenter, the son of[br]Mary and the brother of James, Joses,

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Judas, and Simon? And are they[br]not his sisters here with us?

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So they were offended at[br]him. They were offended.

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Is it not the son of the carpenter? We[br]know him, we know his brothers and sisters.

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They were offended. John seven verse[br]twelve, some say he deceives people.

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Some say he's good. They didn't know who[br]Jesus was. They only saw him in the body.

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The child they knew, the son[br]of Joseph, the carpenter,

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that's all they knew about Jesus.

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They were in the natural,[br]completely in the natural.

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But some people say he's good,[br]and they even followed him.

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Let's go now to John chapter six.

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Now, Jesus went and did miraculous[br]things. They multiplied the bread

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and the fish, just like the manna that[br]fell in the wilderness and they ate.

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And they say, what kind of miracle?

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Is this when the prophet is[br]supposed to come? He gave us food.

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Manah came, and they followed Jesus.

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The question is, why did they follow Jesus?[br]What's the purpose of following Jesus?

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Because they wanted him to[br]give them natural blessing,

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like the the food multiplied thing.

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It's like Jesus was in a period of fame.

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Mhmm. So they many followed him because[br]they saw, wow, He can multiply food.

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You know, He can do miraculous things. And[br]they were amazed and wanted more of that.

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They came to Jesus in the natural.

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Anytime we come to Jesus, to God,

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for selfish reason,

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for classical material, we are[br]bound to come in the natural,

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led by our circumstances.

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Because I face financial[br]difficulty, I pray for breakthrough.

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Because I have sickness,

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I pray for healing.

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Because of this, I ask without[br]knowing the will of God in the matter.

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So let's start on verse thirty.[br]Let's just try to break it down.

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Therefore they said to[br]him, They said to him,

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What sign will you perform then?[br]That we may see it and believe you.

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What work will you do?[br]Why did they ask for sign?

0:44:41.530,0:44:45.545
Because they related to the visible.

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They they wanted to see to[br]believe, like like Thomas.

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Yes, because they saw the visible[br]sign in the Old Testament of the cloud

0:44:53.940,0:44:56.520
of the presence of God.[br]Visibly to believe,

0:44:56.900,0:45:02.825
yes. Why can't you show us a sign for[br]us to believe? What did Jesus say?

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Our fathers ate the manna in the desert,

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as it is written. He gave[br]them bread from heaven to eat.

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Then Jesus said to them, Most assuredly,

0:45:10.650,0:45:14.110
I say to you, Moses did not[br]give you the bread from heaven,

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but my Father gives you[br]the true bread from heaven.

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Now Jesus knew they were[br]following Him because of miracle,

0:45:21.445,0:45:25.465
but Jesus wanted to take them[br]to the Spirit. He said to them,

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Moses gave you the manna,

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but my father gave you[br]the bread of heaven.

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For the bread of God is he who comes down[br]from heaven and gives life to the world.

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Then they said to him, Lord, give[br]us this bread always. Thank you.

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Do you need something?[br]Do you need something?

0:45:41.285,0:45:43.225
Jesus said, for the bread of heaven is?

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The one who come from heaven. He[br]who comes from heaven. And what?

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Gives life to the world. Life to the[br]world, nobody wants to die. Life.

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Remember what they said to the woman,

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somebody told me, Here who drinks[br]his water will let him thirst again.

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He said, We give you life.

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Give us this bread. What did Jesus say?[br]Jesus said, I am the bread of life.

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I am the bread of life. He who[br]comes to me shall never hunger,

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and he who believes in me shall never[br]thirst. Go to verse thirty five.

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That's what Jesus said.

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But I say to you that you have seen[br]me and yet do not believe. Uh-huh.

0:46:17.860,0:46:22.200
All that the father gives me will come[br]to me, and the one who comes to me,

0:46:22.580,0:46:27.165
I will by no means cast out. Jesus said[br]you saw me see me, but you don't believe?

0:46:27.225,0:46:30.365
For I have come down from[br]heaven, not to do my own will,

0:46:30.425,0:46:33.230
but the will of him who sent[br]me. The will of the father,

0:46:33.310,0:46:36.610
I came to do the will of God in your[br]life. What does that mean? Let's continue.

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This is the will of of the Father.[br]This is the will of the Father. Yes.

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That all

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that of all he has given[br]me, I should lose nothing.

0:46:43.615,0:46:46.195
Yes. I should raise it[br]up on the last day. Yes.

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And this is the will of him who sent[br]me, that everyone who sees the son

0:46:50.400,0:46:54.500
and believes in Him may have everlasting[br]life. Meaning, when you see me,

0:46:55.040,0:46:58.080
you have to believe in me and I[br]will give you everlasting life.

0:46:58.080,0:47:00.305
That's what Jesus Christ came to do.

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Spiritual thing. And I will raise him up.

0:47:03.585,0:47:07.500
I will raise him. At the last day. At the[br]last day. That's Jesus we're looking for.

0:47:07.740,0:47:11.440
Do I believe in Jesus because of miracle?[br]Or do I believe in Jesus for everlasting

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life, for salvation,

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and for eternal life? Are we in the[br]natural or are we in the spiritual?

0:47:18.025,0:47:18.845
Let's continue.

0:47:18.985,0:47:20.105
See what happen after.

0:47:20.105,0:47:21.865
The Jews then complained about him

0:47:21.865,0:47:24.685
because he said, I am the bread[br]which came down from heaven.

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And they said, Is this not Jesus,[br]the son of Joseph? You hear that?

0:47:28.480,0:47:32.340
Now they went in a nutshell. Is this not[br]the son of Joseph? Jesus in a nutshell.

0:47:32.525,0:47:35.425
How can he say I came down from[br]heaven? We know you're here.

0:47:35.565,0:47:38.705
They were in a nutshell. Whose[br]father and mother we know?

0:47:38.765,0:47:40.270
We know your father, your own?

0:47:40.350,0:47:42.830
How is it then that he says,[br]I have come down from heaven?

0:47:42.830,0:47:44.450
How could he say you[br]come down from heaven?

0:47:44.830,0:47:49.485
Jesus therefore answered and said to[br]them, do not murmur amongst yourselves.

0:47:50.105,0:47:53.465
No one can come to me unless the[br]Father who sent me draws him.

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Praise the Lord, take note[br]of this verse. Read it again.

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No one can come to me unless the Father who[br]sent me draws him. No one can come to me

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except the Father Himself draws him to me.

0:48:08.615,0:48:13.610
I mean, no one can come to me unless the[br]Father open your spiritual understanding

0:48:14.150,0:48:16.330
to be in the spirit to know whom I am.

0:48:17.430,0:48:20.330
You see me in the natural, I[br]am more than natural, you see.

0:48:22.125,0:48:26.065
Let's continue, and then we go[br]back to continue. What happened is?

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It is written in the prophets, and[br]they shall all be taught by God.

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Therefore everyone who has heard and[br]learned from the Father comes to me. Yes.

0:48:35.975,0:48:39.435
Not that anyone has seen the[br]Father, except he who is from God,

0:48:39.495,0:48:40.795
he has seen the Father.

0:48:41.095,0:48:46.800
Yes. Most assuredly, I say to you, he[br]who believes in me has everlasting life.

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Verse sixty. Therefore,[br]many of his disciples,

0:48:50.220,0:48:53.680
when they heard this, they[br]said, it is hard saying,

0:48:54.065,0:49:00.565
who can understand it? Many of his disciples[br]who followed him for natural thing,

0:49:01.330,0:49:03.990
they say it is hard to hear this.

0:49:04.290,0:49:09.270
When he said he who eats my flesh and[br]drinks my blood, bites in me. Yes.

0:49:09.845,0:49:11.305
How can he eat his flesh?

0:49:11.365,0:49:14.345
This is hard to understand.[br]This means no one can believe

0:49:15.205,0:49:16.745
what he has not understood.

0:49:17.600,0:49:21.200
And no one can understand unless the Father[br]open your heart to spiritual revelation

0:49:21.200,0:49:22.420
to who Jesus is.

0:49:23.520,0:49:27.675
And they were offended because they[br]were in the natural. And many left him.

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And they left him. They turned away[br]and left and said, this is too hard.

0:49:30.535,0:49:34.470
We don't understand. So what happened[br]next? What happened next? When they left?

0:49:34.550,0:49:36.810
When Jesus knew in[br]himself that his disciples

0:49:36.950,0:49:40.170
complained about this, he said[br]to them, does this offend you?

0:49:40.710,0:49:44.545
What then if you should see the Son[br]of Man ascend where he was before?

0:49:45.325,0:49:48.765
It is the Spirit who gives life.[br]It is the Spirit who gives life.

0:49:48.765,0:49:51.820
The flesh profits nothing.[br]The flesh profits nothing.

0:49:51.960,0:49:56.280
The words that I speak to you, The words[br]I speak to you, Are spirit, Oh my Lord.

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And they are life. Spirit and[br]life mean in spirit and in truth.

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The word I speak, when the Holy[br]Spirit of truth speaks and testify,

0:50:04.685,0:50:08.545
you know, the truth, not just[br]words, spirit and life words.

0:50:08.750,0:50:11.010
Word that God speaks[br]himself through his mouth.

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Word that come from the mouth of God,[br]mouth of the Holy Ghost, the word of truth

0:50:15.070,0:50:18.085
from the spirit of God.[br]Next sentence, let's listen.

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But there are some of[br]you who do not believe.

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For Jesus knew from the beginning[br]who they were who did not believe,

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and who would betray him.

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Yes.

0:50:28.760,0:50:30.920
And he said, therefore I have said to you

0:50:30.920,0:50:34.220
that no one could come to me[br]unless it has been granted to him

0:50:34.665,0:50:39.705
by my father. From that time, many of his[br]disciples went back and walked with him

0:50:39.705,0:50:42.205
no more. No one can be in the spirit

0:50:42.345,0:50:44.570
without the spirit of the[br]father, the holy spirit.

0:50:46.490,0:50:49.770
No one can be in the spirit in[br]Christ without the Holy Spirit.

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That's why it's the narrow way.[br]That's the narrow way of faith.

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Not everyone will go their path.[br]Not everyone will go their path.

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Without the Holy Ghost, we are natural.[br]Without the inspiration of the Holy Ghost,

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we can see the truth in the spirit.

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Without Him no faith.

0:51:06.210,0:51:10.055
Without Him is faith in faith, faith in[br]the word. We quote the word in our mouth.

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Without him, nobody can believe in[br]our heart. Convicts the righteousness

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in your heart, it takes the[br]spirit of truth. Let's continue.

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From that time, many of his disciples[br]went back and walked with him no more.

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They went back to the wilderness.

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They went back to the[br]natural where they came from.

0:51:26.955,0:51:29.648
And they were on actually on the way to[br]the promised land, but they went back

0:51:29.835,0:51:32.815
the promised land. And they[br]went back to the wilderness.

0:51:32.955,0:51:34.400
And they never get after the wilderness.

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They never get after the natural.[br]The living is natural forever.

0:51:37.680,0:51:41.620
Then Jesus said to the twelve,[br]do you also want to go away?

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Now Jesus said to the twelve, disciple,[br]you, do you want to go away? What happened?

0:51:46.095,0:51:49.395
But Simon Peter answered[br]him, Lord. You said, Lord?

0:51:49.455,0:51:51.400
To whom shall we go? Where do we go?

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You have the words of eternal life.[br]Now we can go back to Matthew.

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Let's go back to Matthew sixteen,[br]talk about Peter. He has one gift.

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Peter was in the spirit[br]with the help of God.

0:52:04.095,0:52:07.315
When Jesus says, you have[br]the words of eternal life.

0:52:07.935,0:52:09.235
What is Peter saying?

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The manna you are talking about is[br]not natural food, but spiritual food.

0:52:14.400,0:52:17.780
The words of your mouth[br]gives me everlasting life.

0:52:18.425,0:52:21.885
Who revealed that to to[br]to Peter? Holy Spirit.

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Let's go to Matthew chapter sixteen[br]now. That means that he was with Jesus,

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not because of the miracles he was doing,[br]but because of the change- Absolutely.

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That had been wrought in his heart. Called[br]by God. That's why deep, deeper, deepest.

0:52:36.355,0:52:40.295
Peter, the first people came to[br]Jesus because of natural want,

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as we come to church for blessing,

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But Peter was deep beside, he served God[br]with his life, heart to heart with God,

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and God revealed him. He[br]believed for everlasting life.

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Now let's go to Matthew chapter sixteen.

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Let's go now to verse sixteen.

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Simon Peter answered and said, you are[br]the Christ, the Son of the living God.

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Jesus answered and said to him,[br]blessed are you, Simon Barjona.

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Do you know what you said? In John[br]chapter six, when everybody left,

0:53:12.325,0:53:17.180
Jesus said, you, why you don't go? Peter[br]said, you have the words everlasting life.

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This time Jesus said, who did I[br]say I am? Like Jeremiah, Jeremiah.

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And you, you who knows me, who[br]are with me. What do you say?

0:53:24.755,0:53:27.875
Peter said, you are the Christ,[br]the Son of the living God.

0:53:27.875,0:53:29.415
He spoke the word of Revelation.

0:53:30.435,0:53:35.310
Who Jesus was, He said it. Why? Let's go.[br]Next verse, what did Jesus say? Listen.

0:53:35.530,0:53:38.350
Jesus answered and said[br]to him, blessed are you,

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Simon Barjona,

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for flesh and blood has not revealed this[br]to you, but my Father who is in heaven.

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Now you understand what Jesus[br]said in John chapter six,

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nobody comes to me except[br]the father draws him.

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No one knows whose I am unless the[br]father revealed to him whom I am.

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The father revealed to Peter, who said[br]you are the words of everlasting life,

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to speak the same word in the power of[br]the Holy Spirit, to know who Jesus was.

0:54:06.620,0:54:10.960
Peter was in the Spirit to receive that[br]revelation. You must be in the Spirit.

0:54:12.035,0:54:14.375
To be in the spirit, you[br]must believe for salvation's

0:54:14.435,0:54:18.455
sake, for God's sake, for heaven's[br]sake, not for classical reason.

0:54:18.900,0:54:20.680
For the sake of eternity. Absolutely.

0:54:22.820,0:54:25.240
Now, Peter was in the spirit.

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But something happened after.[br]Go to verse twenty two,

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twenty one, let's listen, twenty one.

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From that time, Jesus began to show to[br]his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem

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and suffer many things from the[br]elders and chief priests and scribes,

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and be killed and be raised the third day.

0:54:46.955,0:54:50.255
Then Peter took him aside and[br]began to rebuke him, saying,

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Far be it from you, Lord,[br]that this shall happen to you.

0:54:55.210,0:54:56.350
What happened here?

0:54:57.130,0:54:59.550
When Jesus told him they would kill me,

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I will die. On the third day,[br]I will resurrect what happened.

0:55:03.915,0:55:07.695
Peter went back to the natural[br]immediately in these emotions.

0:55:09.600,0:55:13.040
Ah, I love you? No, this will never[br]happen to you. Never ever, God forbid.

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It was his flesh talking. The[br]flesh was talking, it was natural.

0:55:17.535,0:55:19.075
What Jesus said to him,

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verse twenty three.

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But he turned and said to Peter, get[br]behind me, Satan. Come to imagine.

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You are an offense to me, for you[br]are not mindful of the things of God,

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but the things of men. Means you are[br]thinking like a natural man thinking.

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You are not thinking like a spiritual[br]man must think, like God may think.

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To think like Jesus is to think like[br]God, is to think like the Holy Ghost.

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To have the mind of Christ[br]is to have the mind of God.

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That's the Holy Spirit, the mind of God.

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Romans chapter eight,

0:55:53.965,0:55:55.645
let's read from verse twenty seven.

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How can we have the thoughts of[br]Christ, the mind of Christ, to think

0:55:59.085,0:56:01.890
the way God wants me to[br]think? That is in the spirit.

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How to be in the spirit, that's[br]what we're talking about.

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How can I be in the spirit? Now[br]let's listen to Romans chapter eight.

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Likewise, the spirit also helps in our[br]weaknesses. Oh my God. Listen to that.

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What can you say, Martie? Oh,

0:56:16.890,0:56:17.630
this is,

0:56:19.050,0:56:22.030
really what we need. This is[br]the meaning of the comforter

0:56:22.170,0:56:25.925
that Jesus left. Thank you very much. The[br]Spirit help us. What's our weaknesses?

0:56:25.985,0:56:29.845
We are natural. We are in the[br]natural. We are in the flesh.

0:56:29.985,0:56:31.445
We know nothing in the Spirit.

0:56:32.660,0:56:35.240
We need help in our natural weaknesses,

0:56:35.300,0:56:38.920
in the ability to see in the spirit, so[br]the spirit can take a stay in the spirit.

0:56:39.485,0:56:43.505
Say it again. Likewise, the spirit[br]also helps us in our weakness.

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For we do not know what we[br]should pray for, for as we ought.

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But the spirit himself makes intercession

0:56:51.080,0:56:55.080
for us with groanings which cannot be[br]uttered. Good. We do not know what we?

0:56:55.080,0:56:58.075
We do not know what we should[br]pray. What do you understand?

0:56:58.135,0:57:00.395
As we ought. What do[br]you understand by that?

0:57:00.695,0:57:04.795
We do not know, we pray, we pray,[br]we don't know what we're asking.

0:57:05.720,0:57:10.780
Why? We don't know what we need. We know[br]what we need. I'm hungry. I need food.

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But am I asking the right thing? Do[br]I know the will of God on the matter?

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That's the key.

0:57:16.385,0:57:19.765
To pray in the spirit, we need to also[br]pray. You pray according to the will of God.

0:57:21.510,0:57:22.330
You are asking,

0:57:22.870,0:57:26.730
God heal me. Is it the will of God to heal[br]you? That healing might be for a purpose.

0:57:26.950,0:57:29.850
Is it the will of God for you[br]to go there while you're asking?

0:57:30.875,0:57:33.855
You want to have a vehicle. Is it the[br]will of God for you to have a vehicle?

0:57:34.395,0:57:37.150
At that moment, we don't[br]know what to ask for.

0:57:37.790,0:57:38.350
That's this

0:57:38.430,0:57:42.830
the Holy Ghost will help us now to enter[br]the spirit, to know the mind of God in

0:57:42.830,0:57:46.655
the matter, so we can ask in[br]accordance to the will of God.

0:57:47.615,0:57:52.835
Continuously. Now he who searches the[br]hearts knows what the mind of the spirit is.

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Say it again,

0:57:55.920,0:58:00.020
Now he who searches the hearts knows[br]what the mind of the spirit is,

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because he makes intercession for the[br]saints according to the will of God.

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And we know that all things[br]work together for good

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to those who love God and to those who[br]are called according to his purpose.

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Come back to verse twenty[br]seven. That's the key now,

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That put things barely open[br]to the eyes of everybody.

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Now he who searches the heart. He who[br]searches the heart. Who searches the heart?

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Do you know what is in the heart of a[br]person? The spirit. Only the Holy Spirit.

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He who searches the heart[br]knows what is the mind of what?

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The mind of God. The mind of God. Means He[br]knows what is in the mind of God for you.

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He knows the thoughts of God for the[br]situation where you are. And what?

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He? Makes intercession.

0:58:42.615,0:58:46.775
Intercede meaning he thinks. For the[br]saints according to the will of God.

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What's intercession?

0:58:49.310,0:58:51.870
I don't know God. I need somebody[br]to help me, to take me to God,

0:58:51.870,0:58:53.010
to intercede for me.

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I cannot hear from God. I need[br]an mediator, and in Jesus' name,

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Holy Spirit will take my prayers,

0:59:00.005,0:59:02.505
intercede in the presence[br]of God. Pray for me

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so I can know the will of God in the[br]presence of the heart. Without him,

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our voice will never[br]go beyond the ceiling.

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He's the one that carries our[br]prayer to the presence of God.

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He searches the heart.

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What does he mean, searches the heart?[br]Let's go, is this a repetition, a reminder?

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Let's go to First Corinthians chapter[br]two verse nine to verse thirteen.

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But as it is written, eye[br]has not seen, nor ear heard,

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nor have entered into the heart of man

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the things which God has prepared for[br]those who love Him. Mean the things of God,

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no human eye has seen can see.

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But God has revealed them[br]to us through His Spirit.

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God revealed the things of[br]God to us by His Spirit.

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He revealed His ways,[br]He revealed His mind,

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He reveals His will to us by His Spirit.[br]First Corinthians two verse fourteen.

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But the natural man does not receive[br]the things of the Spirit of God.

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The natural man does not[br]receive the things of God.

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The natural man will always go[br]by what he sees, what he hears,

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the symbol, the sign, does[br]not know the things of God.

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When we are in the natural, we don't[br]know Jesus in spirit and in truth.

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We don't pray in spirit and in truth.[br]We don't worship in spirit and in truth.

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Now, let's see now the[br]spiritual man, verse fifteen.

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But he who is spiritual judges all things,

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yet he himself is[br]rightly judged by no one.

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For who has known the mind of the[br]Lord that he may instruct him?

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But we have the mind of Christ.

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The mind of Christ is meant for[br]those who are the spirit of Christ.

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When we have the spirit of God,

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he will intercede to us[br]according to the mind of God.

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While I'm praying for my suggestion,

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I pray you will tell me this is[br]the mind of God for this truth.

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Some people will tell you in your[br]heart, this is the will of God.

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What happened to you? God asked for[br]the purpose, and we'll tell you.

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That's what happened to Paul.

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He speaks to the saints through His[br]word, by His spirit in our heart.

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That's why we are in the[br]spirit, led by the Holy Spirit,

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to know the mind of God, to know the[br]heart of God, to know the will of God.

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He supplied the inspiration to pray, what[br]to pray for, what to worship God in spirit

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and in truth, and reveal[br]to us the way of God.

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Are we such? Are we led by the[br]spirit? Are we inspired by him?

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Are we seeking for Him?

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Are we waiting for Him to guide us[br]in our actions and deeds every day?

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When we are in a situation, do[br]we allow him to come, to inspire,

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do we wait for, upon him?

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Do we pray to receive revelation,[br]guidance from him before we do anything?

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As long as we are in the natural, we[br]are in the wilderness without direction,

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without purpose. But when the Holy Ghost[br]comes, He will lead you with purpose,

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with direction to the right place to be.

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So when Jesus was saying,

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eternal things will speak about things[br]of heaven, not things that are natural.

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It takes a spiritual man to understand this.[br]So now what is the heart of the matter?

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The lesson we learned from all this,[br]Ruth. What lessons can we learn from this?

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We live in the spirit when we recognize

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our union with Jesus Christ in the spirit.[br]To be in the spirit is to be in God's

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presence. Who can take us to[br]God's presence? The Holy Spirit.

1:02:29.725,1:02:31.585
When He takes us into God's presence,

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His word, His revealing[br]word, which inspires

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The question is now, for how long[br]are we going to stay in the natural?

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What you were saying? When are we[br]going to get out of the wilderness?

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What does it take to get out of[br]the wilderness into God's promises?

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What does it take to get out of the[br]natural, to be in the spirit, and to hear

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God clearly? To be led by the[br]spirit of God? It's a hard decision.

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It's a hard decision.

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Mean engage your heart. Your body can never[br]be in the spirit, but your heart count,

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Your spirit count. It is your heart,[br]your spirit, that receive inspiration,

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revelation from the Holy Ghost, from the[br]mind of Christ, to know His will, His ways.

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He will inspire us to act faith on his[br]revelation to go to the right direction.

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So to walk in the spirit is to walk[br]in accordance to the word of God.

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And that word of God is spirit and life.

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When the Holy Ghost revealed that[br]word, you know the will of God.

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It's not quoting the word. The will of God[br]come when the spirit of God reveals you.

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When satan uses Psalm ninety one, it[br]wasn't the will of God for him to jump,

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but Jesus was worded by the Holy Spirit[br]of truth. He recognized his voice.

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The word and the spirit must come[br]together to become the truth,

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in spirit and in truth. Holy[br]Ghost will take you to the spirit

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and he will reveal the truth of the[br]mind of God, of the will of God.

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Once he revealed it to you, he[br]will guide you to understand it.

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Once you understand it, you will be[br]convinced by faith and act faith.

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That's the highway to enter the promised[br]land, to be in the spirit of Jesus,

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the promise of God. Revelation from the[br]Holy Ghost, spiritual understanding,

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Job chapter thirty two verse eight, where[br]understanding come, conviction will come.

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This is from God in my heart. And you act[br]faith and you walk with God in the spirit.

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So walking in spirit does not mean you open[br]your heart to good humility to any kind

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of spirit. Be careful not every spirit[br]is from God. To know the truth now,

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everything must be done through His word,

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by His Spirit. You can't separate[br]the word from the Spirit. That's

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why Christianity is not[br]mysticism. It's not mysticism.

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It's not any kind of spirit we welcome.[br]Not every spirit that speaks is from God.

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We have Balaam,

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we mentioned Balaam last time in the book[br]of Numbers. He was a divination spirit.

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He was doing things, sacrifices,

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but not of God.

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The spirit of God never came because[br]of Balaam, he came because of Israel,

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for God's sake. He turned that curse to a[br]blessing. To turn the curse to blessing.

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The same way the Holy Ghost came and[br]opened the mouth of a donkey to speak words

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of men, the only way to[br]know God, to know Jesus,

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is through the word of God and by the[br]Holy Spirit. The two have to go together.

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It's not about confessing, it's about[br]believing your heart led by the holy spirit.

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To be in spirit and in truth.

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So if you hear this in[br]spirit, is it in truth?

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We need the guidance of the Holy Spirit.

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He's the one that will[br]tell you this is from God,

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this is not from God. That's the testimony[br]of the Spirit in our heart, in our mind.

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He would guide us into the[br]understanding of the truth.

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So if you are wondering is[br]this from God or not from God,

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what to do? Go to the closet[br]and pray to your Father.

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Ask the Holy Ghost to reveal to you, who[br]is this person? Who is this situation?

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What is your mind? What is your will?

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And pray as Paul did in second Corinthians[br]chapter twelve verse seven to twelve,

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until God gives you a revelation[br]of His mind and purpose,

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then you will know His will,[br]you will know what to do.

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The believer who works in[br]the natural has no strength.

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If we want to know Jesus, we need[br]to know him in spirit and in truth.

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Whatever we do must be done in spirit[br]and in truth. We can see the importance

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of the guidance of the[br]Holy Spirit in our life,

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and the Holy Ghost does nothing[br]without the word, the scriptures.

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That's why. He uses the,

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the Holy Spirit uses the word of[br]God to bring peace into our hearts,

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to bring joy into our hearts,[br]to bring faith into our hearts.

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The word must go along with the spirit.

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Moses, the prophet, they heard[br]this voice directly in their heart,

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and then God instructed them to write[br]them on the pages. This is the letter.

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But they heard from their heart[br]directly. First in the heart. First.

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So this word must come to the same heart[br]to be processed to become spirit and life.

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And that's the faith we are talking[br]about. Not faith, and faith by confessing,

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but real faith that comes from your heart.

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Hearing all the way from your heart.[br]The instruction of the Holy Spirit.

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That's divine faith.

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That's why when Peter said to Jesus,

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where should we go? You have the[br]words of eternal life. That is it.

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He was not talking about the letter alone.

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The words of eternal life are the[br]words, the living word of God,

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spirit and life. That's why Jesus say[br]in John chapter six, verse forty five,

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no one comes to me except[br]the father draws him. Why?

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What part does the father[br]draw? Your heart. Your heart.

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No one comes to me and the father[br]draws him. They will be taught by God.

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No one can say Jesus is Lord, in spirit[br]and in truth, without the Holy Spirit.

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So it's time for you to develop your[br]own relationship with the Holy Spirit,

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to get out of the wilderness in your life.

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So now,

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this holy bible is a Christian guide for[br]belief and practice and contains the truth.

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When you read this bible,[br]ask the author of the bible,

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the Holy Spirit,

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to guide you.

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That's the secret God gave to Joshua,

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and we told you last time,[br]we'll repeat it again.

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Joshua chapter one verse eight,[br]Keep the words in your mouth.

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Meditate on this word day and night.

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And do what it says. Do whatever I say.

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Meditation, not incantation.[br]We don't call it in spirit.

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We meditate the word of God, the promise[br]of God here. This word. We meditate

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on this word day and night.

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And then the spirit of God come, we[br]give you spiritual understanding and

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strengthen you to obey this word and to[br]put it into practice. God said it, not me.

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Walk in the spirit, led by the spirit.

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What do we do? Engage your heart, not[br]your eyes, not your brain, to God.

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Seek His face, ask for[br]guidance from the Holy Ghost,

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ask for God to pour the spirit of revelation,[br]Ephesians chapter two verse seventeen.

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Ask Him to guide you and the Lord will[br]guide you, and you will be in the realm

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where you can be able to[br]discern his mind in your life.

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So please,

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we give you the grace.

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Go and read and study the book of Romans[br]chapter eight from beginning to end,

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and the book of first[br]Corinthians chapter two,

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verse one to the end. Every Christian

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who want to be in the spirit[br]should know these two chapters.

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Write that down. Romans eight. Romans[br]chapter eight, from verse one to the end.

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And then first Corinthians. First[br]Corinthians chapter two. Two.

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From verse one to the end.

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Read it. Ask God to give you[br]spiritual understanding of it.

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How to become spiritual,[br]how to walk in the spirit,

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how to allow the spirit of God[br]to take us into God's presence.

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And then you will get[br]after the wilderness.

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Then the word will become a lamp to[br]your feet and a guide to your path.

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You would never miss a target.

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A guide to your path to get out of the[br]wilderness. To get out of the wilderness.

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To get out of doubt. Amen. To get out[br]of lack of want. Not to know God's way.

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Thank you.

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God bless you. We can't wait to hear[br]your testimony of how the living word

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has really been a a light to your feet[br]and light lamp to your path. And we just

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are excited to feel what God is[br]doing in your life through his word

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and by his spirit. Remember, this is[br]the purpose and vision of the University

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of God. Through his word, by his[br]spirit. In spirit. Into the spiritual.

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Through his word, by his spirit.

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In spirit and in truth. The word[br]and the spirit must go together.

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It is important to store this word[br]of God and to walk onto this word.

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That's the safety net,

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and the spirit of truth will guide you and[br]lead you into the fullness of that truth.

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Amen. Amen. God bless you.[br]The Lord be with your spirit.