>>THE FOLLOWING IS A PAID
PRESENTATION BROUGHT TO YOU
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BY AMAZING FACTS, INCORPORATED.
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(MUSIC) >>THIS DOCTRINE OF ONCE
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YOU'RE SAVED IT DOESN'T MATTER
HOW YOU LIVE - YOU CAN'T BE LOST
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- YOU COULD BE COHABITING WITH
THE DEVIL, BUT YOU REALLY LOVE
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JESUS AND ARE
PLANNING ON GOING TO HEAVEN.
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AT'S AN INSULT.
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THE BIBLE DOESN'T TEACH THAT.
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>>FOR OVER FORTY YEARS
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WE INVITE YOU TO SIT BACK AND
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FACTS PRESENTS.
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>>WE'RE STUDYING LESSON 10
THIS MORNING, IN OUR QUARTERLY
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WHERE WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT 'LOVED AND LOVING'
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JOHN'S EPISTLES. TALKING
ABOUT THE THREE LETTERS OF JOHN,
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CIPALLY. AND TODAY, LESSON #10,
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DEALING WITH CONFIDENCE.
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MEMORY VERSE IS 1
JOHN CHAPTER 5, VERSE 14.
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AND I'LL READ IT RIGHT HERE
OUT OF THE RSV FROM YOUR LESSON.
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YOU WANT TSAY IT WITH ME PLEASE?
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1 JOHN 5:14.
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HERE WE GO.
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"AND THIS IS THE CONFIDENCE
WHICH WE HAVE IN HIM, THAT IF WE
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ASK ANYTHING ACCORDING
TO HIS WILL, HE HEARS US."
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THE CENTRAL THEME OF THIS LESSON
IS HOW THE BELIEVER CAN HAVE
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CONFIDENCE IN GOD.
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AND WE'RE ALSO TALKING
ABOUT ASSURANCE OF SALVATION.
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HOW FAR DO YOU
TAKE THAT ASSURANCE.
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IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT QUESTION
AND IT'S BEEN THE DEBATE OF
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GREAT THEOLOGICAL
MINDS FOR MANY YEARS.
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1 JOHN, CHAPTER 5.
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I'M GOINTO BE READING RSE
13 TO THE END OF THE CHAPTER.
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IT'S NOT VERY MUCH.
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"THESE THINGS I HAVE WRITTEN TO
YOU WHO BELIEVE IN THE NAME OF
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THE SON OF GOD, THAT YOU MIGHT
KNOW THAT YOU HAVE ETERNAL LIFE,
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AND THAT YOU MIGHT CONTINUE
TO BELIEVE IN THE NAME OF
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THE SON OF GOD.
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NOW THIS IS THE CONFIDENCE" -
THIS IS WHERE OUR LESSON COMES
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FROM TODAY - "NOW THIS IS THE
CONFIDENCE THAT WE HAVE IN HIM,
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THAT IF WE ASK
ANYTHING ACCORDING TO HIS WILL
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HE HEARS US.
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AND WE KNOW THAT IF HE HEARS US,
WHATEVER WE ASK, WE KNOW THAT
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WE HAVE THE
PETITIONS THAT WE ASK OF HIM.
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IF ANYONE SEES HIS BROTHER
SINNING A SIN THAT DOES NOT LEAD
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TO DEATH, HE WILL ASK, AND HE
WILL GIVE HIM LIFE FOR THOSE WHO
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COMMIT SIN NOT LEADING TO DEATH.
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THERE IS A SIN LEADING TO DEATH
AND I DO NOT SAY THAT HE SHOULD
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PRAY ABOUT THAT.
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ALL UNRIGHTEOUSNESS IS
SIN, AND THERE IS A SIN
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NOT LEADING TO DEATH.
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WE KNOW THAT WHOEVER IS BORN OF
GOD DOES NOT SIN; BUT HE WHO HAS
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BEEN BORN OF GOD KEEPS
HIMSELF AND THE WICKED ONE
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DOES NOT TOUCH HIM.
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WE KNOW THAT WE ARE OF GOD
AND THE WHOLE WORLD LIES UNDER
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THE SWAY OF THE WICKED ONE.
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AND WE KNOW THAT THE SON OF
GOD HAS COME AND HAS GIVEN US AN
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UNDERSTANDING THAT WE MAY KNOW
HIM WHO IS TRUE AND WE ARE IN
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HIM WHO IS TRUE, IN
HIS SON JESUS CHRIST.
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THIS IS THE TRUE
GOD AND ETERNAL LIFE."
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ALL RIGHT.
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I WANT YOU TO DRAW A CONNECTION
BETWEEN KNOWING AND BELIEVING.
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NOW, I'M GOING TO READ FOR
YOU JOHN, THE GOSPEL OF JOHN,
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CHAPTER 15, VERSE 6.
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"IF ANYONE DOES NOT ABIDE IN ME,
HE IS CAST OUT AS A BRANCH AND
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IS WITHERED; AND THEY GATHER
THEM AND THROW THEM INTO THE
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FIRE AND THEY ARE BURNED."
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ALL RIGHT.
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SO, IF YOU BELIEVE, AND
THE BIBLE TALKS ABOUT HAVING
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CONFIDENCE, DOES THAT
MEAN THAT YOU CAN BE SURE THAT
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YOU'LL BE SAVED?
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IT SAYS HERE - LET ME READ
IT FOR YOU AGAIN - "I'VE WRITTEN
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THESE THINGS TO YOU WHO BELIEVE
IN THE NAME OF THE SON OF GOD
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THAT YOU MIGHT KNOW
THAT YOU HAVE ETERNAL LIFE.
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AND THAT YOU MIGHT
CONTINUE TO BELIEVE..."
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THIS VERSE, IF YOU GRAB ON TO
THIS - DON'T JUST WRAP YOUR HAND
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AROUND IT, WRAP BOTH
ARMS AND BOTH LEGS AROUND THIS
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- IT'S GOI TO HELP
YOU THE REST OF YOUR LIFE.
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THERE'S A LOT OF
CONFUSION OUT ERE.
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THIS IDEA THAT YOU COME TO
CHRIST DURING JUSTIFICATION AND
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YOU BELIEVE ONCE, AND
THAT IF, DURING THE PROCESS OF
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SANCTIFICATION, YOU FALL
AWAY, YOU'RE STILL SAVED.
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YOU CAN KNOW YOU HAVE ETERNAL
LIFE, NOTHING TAKES THAT AWAY.
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YOU BASICALLY LOSE
YOUR FREEDOM TO BE LOST.
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THAT'S A DANGEROUS BELIEF AND,
YET, THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE IN
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THE WORLD WHO SAY, 'LOOK' -
YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT THE OTHER
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EXTREME - PEOPLE WHO SAY, 'WELL,
IF MY KNOWING I HAVE ETERNAL
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LIFE IS CONDITIONAL ON MY
WORKS.' THEN YOU'VE GOT PEOPLE
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WHO SAY, 'WELL, I'VE GOT GOOD
WORKS THIS HOUR, BUT I FELL THE
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NEXT HOUR, SO I'M SAVED
- NO, NOW I'M LOST. BUT I
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REPENTED SO NOW I'M SAVED AGAIN.
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BUT I BLEW IT AND NOW I'M LOST
AGAIN AND SO I'VE GOT TO FIND
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THAT ASSURANCE.
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I REPENTED AND NOW I'M SAVED
AGAIN BUT, OH, I WAS TEMPTED AND
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I FELL SO NOW I'M LOST AGAIN.'
AND IT'S ALMOST LIKE SOMEBODY
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WHO'S STUCK IN A REVOLVING DOOR
WHO DOESN'T KNOW WHETHER OR NOT
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THEY'RE IN OR
OUT OF THE BUILDING.
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CAN ANYONE RELATE TO
WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT?
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WELL, LET ME TELL
YOU WHAT IT IS NOT.
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SALVATION AND ASSURANCE IS NOT
A REVOLVING DOOR WHERE FROM HOUR
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TO HOUR OR MINUTE TO MINE, OR
EVEN DAY TO DAY OR WEEK TO WEEK
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YOU SAY, 'SAVED. LOST.
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SAVED. LOST. SAVED.
LOST.' AND YOU'RE SCHIZOPHRENIC
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ABOUT YOUR ASSURANCE.
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IT IS ALSO NOT THAT YOU COME
TO THE LORD ONCE AND YOU BELIEVE
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WHAT YOU HEAR.
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YOU ACCEPT SALVATION AND THEN,
NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS BEYOND
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THAT POINT YOU ARE SAVED.
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YOU'VE LOST YOUR FREEDOM TO TURN
YOUR BACK ON THE LORD OR TO TAKE
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YOUR HAND OUT OF HIS HAND.
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NOW DON'T MISS THAT.
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CHRIST WILL NEVER LET GO OF YOU.
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BUT DO YOU LOSE YOUR
FREEDOM TO LET GO OF HIM?
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IF YOU HAVE LOST YOUR FREEDOM
- IN OTHER WORDS, WHAT GOD SAYS
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IS, 'I DECIDE
WHO'S SAVED AND LOST.
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I'M GOING TO LET YOU PARTICIPATE
BY CHOOSING ONCE IN YOUR LIFE,
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AND ONCE YOU CHOOSE,
YOU HAVE NO MORE CHOICE.'
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NOW, YOU CANNOT CHOOSE TO BE
LOST BECAUSE YOU'RE BASICALLY
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A HOSTAGE TO HEAVEN.
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CAN YOU FORCE LOVE?
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BUT YOU'VE ALL HEARD
'ONCE SAVED ALWAYS SAVED.'
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NOW, I BELIEVE THERE ARE GOING
TO BE SOME PEOPLE IN HEAVEN
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WHO BELIEVE THAT.
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THEY MAY BE MIXED UP.
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THEY MAY BE SINCERE.
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THERE'S SOME GREAT THEOLOGIANS
THROUGH HISTORY WHO HAVE
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BELIEVED THAT, BUT THEY
LIVED A CONSISTENT LIFE.
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THEY BELVED ONCE SAVED
ALWAYS SAVED, BUT THEY ALSO
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BELIEVED IN HOLINESS.
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AND SOME THINGS ABOUT THAT MAY
SEEM INCONSISTENT, BUT THE BIBLE
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CERTAINLY DOES NOT TEACH THAT
YOU CAN DELIBERATELY BLIVING A
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LIFE OF REBELLION AND BE SAVED.
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NOTICE IN THIS VERSE, I WANT
TO READ IT FOR YOU AGAIN IN CASE
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YOU DIDN'T CATCH IT.
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IT SAYS, "THESE THINGS ARE
WRITTEN TO YOU WHO BELIEVE IN
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THE NAME OF THE SON OF GOD THAT
YOU MIGHT KNOW YOU HAVE ETERNAL
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LIFE, AND YOU MAY
CONTINUE TO BELIEVE.
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SO, YOU BEEVE INITIALLY WHEN
YOU COME IN JUSTIFICATION AND
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YOU ARE SAVED
BASED ON JUSTIFICATION.
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BUT THEN, SANCTIFICATION
IS A CONTINUING TO BELIEVE.
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PLEASE CATCH THIS.
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IT'S NOT JUST BELIEVING ONCE,
'S A CONTINUING TO BELIEVE.
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IN THE JEWISH MIND, BELIEVING
WAS NOT ONE TIME MENTAL ASSENT.
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THE DEVILS BELIEVE THAT WAY.
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IT'S A BE-LIVING IN HIM.
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THAT'S WHERE YOU
GET THE WORD BELIEVE.
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WHOSOEVER BE-LIVES IN HIM.
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SO YOU CAN HAVE CONFIDENCE
THAT IF YOU ARE BE-LIVING IN HIM
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- SEE WHAT I'M SAYING?
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THIS IDEA THAT YOU
JUST SAY ONCE, YOU KNOW,
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'I TAKE THIS VOW.'
WHAT WOULD YOU THINK ABOUT A
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MARRIAGE WHERE SOMEONE - THEY
COME TO THE ALTAR, THEY SAY THE
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TRADITIONAL VOWS, BUT THEN THE
MAN LEAVES HIS WIFE AND HE MOVES
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IN WITH SOMEBODY ELSE AND
HE SUPPORTS THIS ONE - HE NEVER
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SUPPORTS THE OTHER ONE.
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HE GIVES ALL OF HIS LOVE, TIME,
ATTENTION TO THIS FOREIGN WOMAN.
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FOR HIM TO SAY,
'BUT I STILL LOVE YO
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WELL, BECAUSE I TOOK
A VOW.' BUT YOU'RE NOT
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LIVING BY YOUR VOW.
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DO YOU SEE WHAT I'M SAYING?
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IT'S AN INSULT.
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THIS DOCTRINE OF ONCE YOU'RE
SAVED IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW YOU
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LIVE - YOU CAN'T BE LOST -
YOU COULD BE COHABITING WITH THE
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DEVIL BUT YOU REALLY
LOVE JESUS AND ARE PLANNING ON
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GOING TO HEAVEN.
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THAT'S AN INSULT.
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THE BIBLE DOESN'T TEACH THAT.
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WHEN IT SAYS 'BELIEVE' IN THE
JEWISH MIND, IT'S TALKING ABOUT
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WHOEVER BE-LIVES IN HIM.
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IT'S NOT JUST
BELIEVING ONCE IN JUSTIFICATION,
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IT'S CONTINUING TO BELIEVE.
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DID YOU SEE THAT IN THE VERSE?
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AND SO, WE REALLY
NEED TO HAMMER THAT HOME.
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THAT OUR ASSURANCE - YOU
CAN HAVE ASSURANCE - BUT THAT
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ASSURANCE IS ALWAYS GOING TO BE
LINKED WITH BELIEVING/BE-LIVING.
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YOU SEE WHAT I'M SAYING?
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AS LONG AS
YOU'RE BE-LIVING IN HIM.
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NOW, THAT DOESN'T MEAN IF YOU
FALL THAT ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU
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MEAN 'SAVED. LOST. SAVED.
LOST.' I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU,
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BUT MY LIFE IS A
CONSTANT BATTLE OF UPS AND DOWNS
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WITH THE LORD AND I FREQUENTLY
HAVE TO ASK GOD R FORGIVENESS.
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I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU -I
WON'T ASK FOR A SHOW OF HANDS
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- MAYBE I'M THE ONLY ONE HERE.
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BUT, THE WAY I READ MY BIBLE,
AND THE WAY I OBSERVE THE WORLD,
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IS THIS WORLD IS
HOSTILE ENEMY TERRITORY.
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THE CURRENT IN THE WORLD IS
RUSHING QUICKLY AWAY FROM GOD.
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IT'S LIKE A RIVER
RUSHINAWAY FROM GOD.
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THE WHOLE CREATION GROANS
AND TRAVAILS AND MY BODY I
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PART OF THAT.
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READ ROMANS CHAPTER 6.
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THERE IS THIS NATURAL DESI TO
GO THE WRONG WAY, SO, IF I WANT
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TO BE SAVED, I'VE GOT TO
SWIM AGAINST THE CURRENT.
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AND IF I EVER CEASE FOR A MINUTE
AND SAY, 'LOOK, I'M JUST GOING
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TO TREAD WATER.'
WHERE AM I GOING TO GO?
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YOU'RE GOING DOWNSTREAM.
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AND SO, AS LONG AS YOU ARE
SWIMMING AGAINST THE CURRENT YOU
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CAN HAVE ASSURANCE.
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BUT DON'T BE OVER-CONFIDENT.
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DO YOU REMEMBER PETER?
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"THOUGH ALL MEN SHOULD FORSAKE
THEE, I'LL NOT FORSAKE THEE."
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DID PETER BELIEVE IN JESUS?
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HE DID, BUT HE BEGAN TO
FALTER AND TRUST IN HIMSELF
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AND HE FELL.
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I WANTO READ SOMETHING TO YOU.
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AS A MATTER OF FACT, I'LL HAVE
SOMEONE ELSE READ SOMETHING TO
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ME FIRST.
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JOHN 3:36.
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THE GOSPEL NOW, NOT 1 JOHN.
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THE GOSPEL OF
JOHN, CHAPTER 3:36.
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WHO DID I GIVE THAT TO?
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>>HE WHO BELIEVES IN THE SON
HAS EVERLASTING LIFE; AND HE WHO
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DOES NOT BELIEVE THE SON SHALL
NOT SEE LIFE, BUT THE WRATH OF
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GOD ABIDES ON HIM."
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>>SAME AUTHOR.
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WHOEVER BELIEVES MIGHT
HAVE - OR DOES IT SAY HE HAS IT?
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YOU CAN HAVE CONFIDENCE THAT
IF YOU BE-LIVE IN HIM YOU HAVE
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EVERLASTING LIFE.
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FROM JESUS. DON'T TURN AWAY
DON'T TAKE YOUR EYES OFF OF HIM.
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IF YOU CONTINUE TO TRUST
IN HIM, HE IS THAUTHOR AND
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FINISHER OF YOUR FAITH.
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YOU CAN BE CONFIDENT THAT HE
THAT HAS BEGUN A GOOD WORK IN
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YOU - THOUGH YOU MAY SLIP AND
FALL ALONG THE WAY, YOU'RE GOING
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TO GET ACROSS THE RIVER BECAUSE
YOU ARFIXING YOUR EYES ON HIM.
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YOU'RE LAYING ASIDE THE WAIT.
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YOU'RE RUNNING THAT RACE.
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DON'T MEASURE YOUR EXPERIENCE
FROM DAY TO DAY BY THE
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OCCASIONAL GOOD DEED OR MISDEED.
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WHAT'S YOUR DIRECTION?
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THAT'S WHAT YOUR
CONFIDENCE IS BASED UPO
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THAT HE WILL FINISH
WHAT HE STARTED IN YOUR LIFE.
00:12:09.56\00:12:12.93
BUT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE
COIN, DON'T BECOME PRESUMPTUOUS
00:12:12.93\00:12:18.50
IN SAYING, 'WELL I SAID THAT
PRAYER WHEN I WAS 10 YEARS OLD,
00:12:18.50\00:12:21.80
WHEN I CAME TO THE ALTAR, SO NOW
I'M SAVED AND I CAN LIVE FOR THE
00:12:21.80\00:12:24.90
WORLD, I'LL JUST REPENT LATER.'
THAT IS VERY DANGEROUS TO
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PRESUME ON GOD'S
MERCY AND TO LIVE FOR SIN.
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LET ME READ
SOMETHING ELSE TO YOU.
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AND THIS IS FROM THE
BOOK CHRIST'S OBJECT LESSONS,
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PAGE 155.
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"THOSE WHO ACCEPT CHRIST
IN THEIR FIRST CONFIDENCE SAY,
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'I AM SAVED.' ARE
IN DANGER OF TRUSTING
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TO THEMSELVES.
00:12:46.13\00:12:47.40
THEY LOSE SIGHT OF THEIR OWN
WEAKNESS AND THEIR CONSTANT NEED
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OF DIVINE STRENGTH.
00:12:50.73\00:12:52.46
THEY'RE UNPREPARED FOR SATAN'S
DEVICES AND UNDER TEMPTATION
00:12:52.46\00:12:55.53
- LIKE PETER - THEY FALL
INTO THE VERY DEPTHS OF SIN.
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WE'RE ADMONISHED, 'LET HIM WHO
THINKS TAKE HEED, LEST HE FALL.'
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1 CORINTHIANS 10:12 OUR
ONLY SAFETY IS IN CONSTANT
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DISTRUST OF SELF AND
DEPENDENCE ON CHRIST."
00:13:07.63\00:13:11.03
AS LONG AS YOU BE-LIVE IN HIM
AND YOU ARE DEPENDENT ON HIM,
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YOU CAN HAVE CONFIDENCE.
00:13:14.53\00:13:15.96
THAT'S WHERE YOU FIND IT.
00:13:15.96\00:13:16.86
OUR ONLY SAFETY, OUR
ONLY CONFIDENCE IS IN THAT.
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DID PAUL HAVE
ASSURANCE OF SALVATION?
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SOMEONE READ F ME
PHILIPPIANS CHAPTER 3, VERSE 12.
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I GA THAT TO SOMEBODY.
00:13:27.23\00:13:29.00
>>NOT THAT I HAVE
ALREADY ATTAINED OR AM ALREADY
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PERFECTED; BUT I PRESS ON, THAT
I MAY LAY HOLD OF THAT FOR WHICH
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CHRIST JESUS HAS
ALSO LAID HOLD OF ME."
00:13:36.73\00:13:40.83
>>THAT'S A GOOD ATTITUDE.
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SO, IN THE MIDST OF PAUL'S
MINISTRY, HE SAYS THERE IN
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PHILIPPIANS, 'I DON'T
COUNT MYSELF TO BE PERFECTED.
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PAUL WAS NOT BOASTING,ATTAINED.'
'I'M SAVED. I'M SAVED.'
00:13:47.93\00:13:53.23
BUT, HE'S SAYING - HE
HAD CONFIDENCE - HE SAYS,
00:13:53.23\00:13:55.10
'I'M PRESSING ON.'
WE NEED TO CONSTANTLY
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BE-LIVE IN HIM.
00:13:58.06\00:13:59.80
THERE'LL BE UPS AND DOWNS BUT WE
CAN STILL HAVE ASSURANCE AS LONG
00:13:59.80\00:14:02.36
AS WE KEEP OUR EYES
FIXED UPON HIM AND DO NOT
00:14:02.36\00:14:05.03
GIVE UP OUR FAITH.
00:14:05.03\00:14:06.36
SOME PEOPLE HAVE THE
IDEA - THEY SAY, 'BUT WHAT IF
00:14:06.36\00:14:08.70
- WHAT IF ALL OF A SUDDEN,
DURING ONE OF MY WEAK MOMENTS,
00:14:08.70\00:14:14.40
WHEN I'VE FAILED, I'VE SINNED,
I FELL, AND I HAVEN'T REPENTED
00:14:14.40\00:14:18.43
YET - IF ALL OF A SUDDEN I
SHOULD HAVE A CAR ACCIDENT.'
00:14:18.43\00:14:22.73
OR IT'S LIKE GOD IS UP THERE IN
THE SKY WAITING TO FIND YOU IN
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SOME MOMENT OF WEAKNESS
TO SEE IF HE CAN TAKE YOU OUT
00:14:27.13\00:14:29.80
WHILE YOU'RE DOWN.
00:14:29.80\00:14:31.73
IS THAT HOW HE OPERATES?
00:14:31.73\00:14:33.56
YOU KNOW, GOD IS
LOOKING FOR US TO SAVE US.
00:14:33.56\00:14:38.03
HE WANTS TO DO EVERYTHING HE CAN
TO SAVE US, BUT IF WE, ON THE
00:14:38.03\00:14:40.13
OTHER HAND, IF YOU'RE FOLLOWING
THE LORD IS THE EXCEPTION AND
00:14:40.13\00:14:43.46
NOT THE RULE, THEN YOU PROBABLY
WILL DIE IN A LOST STATE.
00:14:43.46\00:14:48.00
SEE WHAT I'M SAYING?
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PEOPLE TYPICALLY
DIE THE WAY THEY LIVE.
00:14:49.26\00:14:51.00
THOSE WHO PLAN ON TURNING TO THE
LORD AT THE 11TH HOUR OF THEIR
00:14:51.00\00:14:53.43
LIFE - THEY ARE PLAYING
RUSSIAN ROULETTE WITH ETERNITY.
00:14:53.43\00:14:57.83
I THINK I GAVE
SOMEBODY REVELATION 3:11.
00:14:57.83\00:15:01.50
>>I AM COMING SOON.
00:15:01.50\00:15:03.40
HOLD FAST TO WHAT YOU
HAVE SO THAT NO ONE MAY
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SEIZE YOUR CROWN.
00:15:06.13\00:15:08.06
>>ALL RIGHT.
00:15:08.06\00:15:08.63
SO CHRIST IS SAYING THAT WE NEED
TO HANG ON TO WHAT WE HAVE OR WE
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WON'GET OUR
CROWN, SOMEONE ELSE WILL.
00:15:14.93\00:15:17.06
WHAT DOES THAT
VERSE CLEARLY IMPLY?
00:15:17.06\00:15:19.30
THAT YOU MIGHT BE SAVED -
BY THE WAY, HE'S TALKING TO THE
00:15:19.30\00:15:21.40
CHURCHES - IT'S ASSUMED
THAT THOSE IN THE CHURCHES ARE
00:15:21.40\00:15:24.60
BELIEVERS - AND HE'S
TELLING THOSE IN THE CHURCHES,
00:15:24.60\00:15:26.80
'YOU NEED HOLD ON.'
THAT'S WHAT JESUS SAYS,
00:15:26.80\00:15:30.56
E THAT ENDURES TO
THE END WILL BE SAVED."
00:15:30.56\00:15:34.83
IT DOESN'T SAY, 'HE THAT
BELIEVES ONCE AND THEN TURNS HIS
00:15:34.83\00:15:36.93
BACK ON THE LORD.
00:15:36.93\00:15:37.86
ONCE YOU'RE SAVE
YOU CAN'T BE LOST.'
00:15:37.86\00:15:39.50
"HE THAT ENDURES TO THE END."
00:15:39.50\00:15:41.76
WE NEED TO HANG ON.
00:15:41.76\00:15:43.56
THEY WILL BE SAVED, AMEN?
00:15:43.56\00:15:46.10
SO I THINK THERE'S A LOT
OF SUPPORT FOR THAT PRINCIPLE.
00:15:46.10\00:15:49.53
NOW, LET'S TALK ABOUT PRAYING
ACCORDING TO HIS WILL AND I'LL
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READ THIS TOOU.
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1 JOHN 5:14.
00:15:54.16\00:15:57.13
NOW, THIS IS THE CONFIDENCE THAT
WE HAVE IN HIM, THAT IF WE ASK
00:15:57.13\00:16:01.23
ANYTHING ACCORDING TO
HIS WILL, HE HEARS US."
00:16:01.23\00:16:05.83
NOW, SOME PEOPLE HAVE TAKEN
IT WHERE YOU CROSS OUT THE PART
00:16:05.83\00:16:11.20
THAT SAYS ACCORDING TO
HIS WILL - IF WE ASK ANYTHING.
00:16:11.20\00:16:14.63
THERE ARE VERSES IN THE BIBLE
WHERE JESUS SAYS, 'IF WE ASK
00:16:14.63\00:16:16.80
ANYTHING IN HIS NAME
WE'LL HAVE THE PETITION WE ASK.
00:16:16.80\00:16:19.33
AND PEOPLE GO, 'ALL RIGHT!
00:16:19.33\00:16:21.50
HERE I'VE GOT A BLK CHECK.
00:16:21.50\00:16:22.80
PRAISE THE LORD.
00:16:22.80\00:16:23.70
WHATEVER I WANT.
00:16:23.70\00:16:24.50
RUB THE GENIE
BOTTLE AND MAKE YOUR WISH.'
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NO.
00:16:27.86\00:16:28.43
WHEN YOU READ THOSE STATEMENTS
IN THE BIBLE THEY'RE ALL GIVEN
00:16:28.43\00:16:30.76
IN THE CONTEXT OF THE OTHER
CONDITIONS TO ANSWERED PYER.
00:16:30.76\00:16:36.20
THERE ARE CONDITIONS IN
THE BIBLE TO ANSWERED PRAYER.
00:16:36.20\00:16:38.50
ONE THING IS, OF COURSE,
PRAY ACCORDING TO GOD'S WILL.
00:16:38.50\00:16:41.80
THERE NEEDS TO BE A WILLINGNESS
TO SURRENDER TO, SUBMIT TO, AND
00:16:41.80\00:16:45.03
TO DO GOD'S WILL
IN ANSWERED PRAYER.
00:16:45.03\00:16:47.63
NOW, IF YOU READ, FOR INANCE,
IN JAMES CHAPTER 4, VERSE 3,
00:16:47.63\00:16:52.46
HE SAYS, "YOU ASK AND YOU DO NOT
RECEIVE" - SOME PEOPLE PRAY AND
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THEY DON'T GET AN ANSWER.
00:16:55.43\00:16:56.30
WHY?
00:16:56.30\00:16:57.70
"BECAUSE YOU ASK AMISS."
00:16:57.70\00:16:59.40
YOU ASK OFF-TARGET,
"THAT YOU MIGHT CONSUME IT
00:16:59.40\00:17:02.73
ON YOUR PLEASURES."
00:17:02.73\00:17:03.80
YOU'RE PRAYING SELFISH PRAYERS
THAT ARE OUT OF GOD'S WILL.
00:17:03.80\00:17:06.76
YOU CAN'T EXPECT TO
HAVE THOSE PRAYERS ANSWERED.
00:17:06.76\00:17:10.10
HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE HEARD
PEOPLE SAY, 'WELL, YOU KNOW,
00:17:10.10\00:17:12.20
THIS PRAYING BUSINESS DOESN'T
WORK BECAUSE I'VE PRAYED AND
00:17:12.20\00:17:14.90
ASKED GOD TO GIVE ME A
NEW CAR AND I DIDN'T GET IT.'
00:17:14.90\00:17:19.63
WELL, MAYBE THAT'S
NOT GOD'S WILL FOR YOU.
00:17:19.63\00:17:21.93
THERE MIGHT BE OTHER
THINGS MORE IMPORTANT YOU OUGHT
00:17:21.93\00:17:23.70
TO BE PRAYING ABOUT.
00:17:23.70\00:17:25.36
THE FIRST PRAYER THAT EVERYBODY
OUGHT TO PRAY IS ONE OF
00:17:25.36\00:17:27.00
SURRENDER OF THEMSELVES.
00:17:27.00\00:17:29.16
YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT A
CRITERIA FOR ANY ANSWERED PRAYER
00:17:29.16\00:17:32.30
IS PRIORITIES.
00:17:32.30\00:17:37.20
THE BIBLE SAYS THAT IF WE
REGARD INIQUITY IN OUR HEARTS,
00:17:37.20\00:17:39.73
THE LORD WILL NOT HEAR US.
00:17:39.73\00:17:41.63
MEANING IF WE'RE LIVING IN
REBELLION TO GOD'S KNOWN WILL
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AND WE'RE SAYING,
'HERE'S MY CHRISTMAS LIST LORD.'
00:17:45.80\00:17:49.06
GOD SAYS, 'WAIT A SECOND HERE.
00:17:49.06\00:17:50.26
YOU'RE SAYING THAT I'M YOUR
FATHER AND I'M GOING TO OPEN THE
00:17:50.26\00:17:53.26
WINDOWS OF HEAVEN FOR YOU AND
IN THE BASICS OF DOING MY WILL
00:17:53.26\00:17:56.83
YOU'RE REBELLING AGAINST ME.'
I MEAN, EVEN SANTA CLAUSANTS
00:17:56.83\00:17:59.80
TO KNOW IF YOU'RE
DOING GOOD AND BAD, RIGHT?
00:17:59.80\00:18:03.03
AND SO, IF YOU'RE LIVING
IN REBELLION TO GOD AND YOU'RE
00:18:03.03\00:18:05.36
SAYING, 'HERE'S MY
LIST, HOW COME HE'S NOT
00:18:05.36\00:18:06.73
ANSWERING MY PRAYER?'
NOW GOD WILL ALWAYS HEAR THE
00:18:06.73\00:18:09.23
PRAYER OF REPENTANCE.
00:18:09.23\00:18:11.73
GOD WILL ALWAYS HEAR THE PRAYER
OF 'LORD, CHANGE MY HEART.
00:18:11.73\00:18:16.06
HELP ME TO SURRENDER TO
YOU.' ANIT DOESN'T MEAN PRAYING
00:18:16.06\00:18:19.36
ONCE OR TWICE.
00:18:19.36\00:18:20.33
GOD WANTS SOMETIMES TO
TEST OUR DETERMINATION.
00:18:20.33\00:18:23.33
THERE SHOULD BE A
PERSISTENCE IN PRAYER.
00:18:23.33\00:18:27.40
JESUS USES THE PARABLE
OF AN UNRIGHTEOUS JUDGE.
00:18:27.40\00:18:31.83
THERE'S A WIDOW IN THE
TOWN - THIS IS LUKE CHAPTER 18,
00:18:31.83\00:18:34.00
I BELIEVE.
00:18:34.00\00:18:35.90
SHE GOES TO TH JUDGE
WHO PRABLY TAKES BRIBES AND,
00:18:35.90\00:18:38.13
YOU KNOW, HE DOESN'T REALLY CARE
ABOUT WHAT'S RIGHT AND WRONG,
00:18:38.13\00:18:42.00
AND THIS WIDOW COMES AND
SHE SAYS, 'PLEASE AVENGE ME
00:18:42.00\00:18:44.00
OF MY ADVERSARY.' AND HE SAYS,
00:18:44.00\00:18:45.63
'LOOK YOU'RE A POOR WIDOW.
00:18:45.63\00:18:46.16
YOU CAN'T PAY ME A BRIBE.
00:18:46.16\00:18:47.33
I'VE GOT MORE
IMPORTANT THINGS TO DO.'
00:18:47.33\00:18:49.50
SO HE IGNORES HER.
00:18:49.50\00:18:51.86
BUT SHE KEEPS COMING
AND SHE KEEPS COMING,
00:18:51.86\00:18:54.43
AND SHE KEEPS COMING.
00:18:54.43\00:18:55.76
FINALLY HE SAYS,
'LOOK, SHE'S GOING TO WEAR
00:18:55.76\00:18:57.13
ME DOWN SO I'M GOING TO
GIVE HER WHAT SHE WANTS.'
00:18:57.13\00:18:59.50
AND JESUS USES
THAT TO ILLUSTRATE.
00:18:59.50\00:19:01.20
HE SAYS, 'LOOK, EVENN
UNRIGHTEOUS JUDGE WILL HEAR THE
00:19:01.20\00:19:04.53
CASE OF A PERSISTENT
WIDOW WHO KEEPS PRAYING
00:19:04.53\00:19:07.16
ABOUT THE SAME THING.
00:19:07.16\00:19:09.23
HOW MUCH MORE WILL YOUR
RIGHTEOUS FATHER IN HEAVEN HEAR
00:19:09.23\00:19:11.23
THE PRAYEROF THOSE
WHO CALL DAY AND NIGHT.'
00:19:11.23\00:19:14.33
IN OTHER WORDS,
ELIJAH PRAYED SEVEN TIMES.
00:19:14.33\00:19:16.73
WHY DID GOD MAKE HIM PRAY SEVEN
TIMES FOR THE RAIN TO COME?
00:19:16.73\00:19:20.33
WAS GOD SLEEPING THE FIRST
SIX TIMES AND FINALLY WOKE UP?
00:19:20.33\00:19:24.36
OR WAS GOD STRENGTHENING
ELIJAH'S FAITH BY PERSISTENCE?
00:19:24.36\00:19:29.40
SOMETIMES GOD WANTS US
TO PRAY LONGER FOR SOMETNG,
00:19:29.40\00:19:33.90
BECAUSE WE APPRECIATE
IT MORE WHEN WE GET IT.
00:19:33.90\00:19:37.73
THERE'S A LOT OF
REASONS THAT GOD WANTS US
00:19:37.73\00:19:39.20
TO PERSIST IN PRAYER.
00:19:39.20\00:19:40.66
SO, PERSISTENCE IS SOMETHING,
ALONG WITH PRAYING IN HARMONY
00:19:40.66\00:19:44.13
WITH GOD'S WILL.
00:19:44.13\00:19:46.00
SOMEBODY READ FOR
ME 1 JOHN 5:18, 19.
00:19:46.00\00:19:49.80
>>WE KNOW THAT WHOEVER IS BORN
OF GOD DOES NOT SIN; BUT HE WHO
00:19:49.80\00:19:54.00
HAS BEEN BORN OF GOD KEEPS
HIMSELF, AND THE WICKED ONE DOES
00:19:54.00\00:19:57.86
NOT TOUCH HIM.
00:19:57.86\00:19:59.66
THE WHOLE WORLD LIES UNDER
THE SWAY OF THE WICKED ONE.
00:19:59.66\00:20:04.73
>>DOES ANYONE ELSE HERE
GET NERVOUS WHEN THEY READ
00:20:04.73\00:20:07.26
THAT VERSE?
00:20:07.26\00:20:08.63
DOES THAT MAKE YOU KIND OF SIT
UP A LITTLE HIGHER AND LOOK TO
00:20:08.63\00:20:13.00
YOUR RIGHT AND LEFT AND WONDER,
'DOES THAT MEAN WHAT IT SAYS?'
00:20:13.00\00:20:17.36
"WE KNOW WHOEVER IS
BORN OF GOD DOES NOT SIN."
00:20:17.36\00:20:21.33
IF SOMEONE WERE TO ASK
YOU BEFORE WE READ THAT VEE,
00:20:21.33\00:20:23.76
'HAVE YOU BEEN BORN
AGAIN?' WOULD YOU SAY, 'YEAH.'?
00:20:23.76\00:20:29.63
BUT THEN IT SAYS, "WHOEVER
IS BORN OF GOD DOES NOT SIN.
00:20:29.63\00:20:33.46
BUT HE WHO HAS BEEN BORN OF GOD
KEEPS HIMSELF AND THE WICKED ONE
00:20:33.46\00:20:36.76
DOES NOT TOUCH HIM."
00:20:36.76\00:20:38.93
LET ME TELL YOU, THAT
VERSE MEANS WHAT IT SAYS.
00:20:38.93\00:20:42.20
BUT YOU MAY NOT
KNOW WHAT IT SAYS.
00:20:42.20\00:20:45.73
FIRST OF ALL, WHEN
IT YS, 'DOES NOT SIN.'
00:20:45.73\00:20:48.36
HE'S NOT TALKING ABOUT THE
OCCASIONAL SIN - ONE REASON WE
00:20:48.36\00:20:51.03
KNOW THAT IS BECAUSE EARLIER
IN THE SAME BOOK HE SAYS,
00:20:51.03\00:20:53.53
'IF ANY MAN SINS' AND
HE'S WRITING TO THE CHURCH.
00:20:53.53\00:20:57.30
SO, HE'S NOT SAYING
SOMEONE BORN OF GOD NEVER SINS.
00:20:57.30\00:20:59.86
HE'S SAYING,
'THAT'S NOT THEIR PRACTICE.
00:20:59.86\00:21:01.93
THEY DO NOT
PRACTICE A LIFE OF SIN.
00:21:01.93\00:21:03.53
WHOEVER IS BORN OF
GOD DOES NOT PRACTICE SIN.
00:21:03.53\00:21:07.86
NOW, WAS JOB A SINLESS MAN?
00:21:07.86\00:21:14.76
THAT'S AN EASY
YES OR NO QUESTION.
00:21:14.76\00:21:16.10
IT'S NOT A HARD ONE.
00:21:16.10\00:21:18.50
HOW MANY ARE
SINLESS IN THE WORLD?
00:21:18.50\00:21:22.33
JUST JESUS.
00:21:22.33\00:21:22.96
"ALL HAVE SINNED AND COME
SHORT OF THE GLORY OF GOD."
00:21:22.96\00:21:24.90
I HEARD SEVERAL
PEOPLE SAY JOB WAS SINLESS.
00:21:24.90\00:21:27.20
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN.
00:21:27.20\00:21:28.30
DID JOB SIN?
00:21:28.30\00:21:30.16
AT SOME POINT.
00:21:30.16\00:21:30.90
BUT WHAT IS THE
BIBLE RECORD ABOUT JOB?
00:21:30.90\00:21:32.86
"THERE WAS A MAN IN THE
LAND OF UZ WHOSE NAME WAS JOB.
00:21:32.86\00:21:35.10
THAT MAN WAS
BLAMELESS KING JAMES SAYS,
00:21:35.10\00:21:37.63
'PERFECT, UPRIGHT,
FEARED GOD, HATED EVIL.'
00:21:37.63\00:21:40.40
SO, DID JOB FIT IN WITH JOHN'S
IDEA OF BORN AGAIN NOT LIVING
00:21:40.40\00:21:45.93
A LIFE OF SIN.
00:21:45.93\00:21:47.30
HE DID.
00:21:47.30\00:21:49.16
BUT DOES THAT MEAN THAT
JOB HAD NEVER SINNED? NO.
00:21:49.16\00:21:53.16
HE HAD A CONSISTENTLY
SURRENDERED, OBEDIENT LIFE.
00:21:53.16\00:21:56.06
SIN DID NOT REIGN OVER HIM.
00:21:56.06\00:21:59.70
ALL RIGHT.
00:21:59.70\00:22:00.73
LUKE CHAPTER 1, VERSES 5 AND 6.
00:22:00.73\00:22:04.30
"AND THERE WAS IN THE DAYS
OF HEROD THE KING OF JUDAH, A
00:22:04.30\00:22:07.93
CERTAIN PRIEST NAMED ZACHARIAS,
OF THE DIVISION OF ABIJAH.
00:22:07.93\00:22:11.26
HIS WIFE WAS OF THE
DAUGHTERS OF AARON, AND HER NAME
00:22:11.26\00:22:13.46
WAS ELIZABETH."
00:22:13.46\00:22:14.23
NOW LISTEN TO THIS.
00:22:14.23\00:22:15.36
"AND THEY WERE BOTH RIGHTEOUS
BEFORE GOD, WALKING IN ALL THE
00:22:15.36\00:22:20.26
COMMANDMENTS AND ORDINANCES
OF THE LORD, BLAMELESS."
00:22:20.26\00:22:25.96
DID ZACHARIAS AND ELIZABETH SIN?
00:22:25.96\00:22:28.73
YEAH, ALL HAVE SINNED.
00:22:28.73\00:22:30.46
BUT WERE THEY LIVING A LIFE
OF SURRENDERED OBEDIENCE? YEAH.
00:22:30.46\00:22:35.46
EVEN IN THE ACCOUNT OF ZACHARIAS
WHEN HE'S IN THE TEMPLE,
00:22:35.46\00:22:39.13
HE'S STRICKEN DUMB BECAUSE
HE SINNED IN NOT BELIEVING
00:22:39.13\00:22:42.23
THE ANGEL'S PROMISE. BUT THAT
WAS NOT HIS PATTERN. HIS PATTERN
00:22:42.23\00:22:45.46
WAS ONE OF CONSISTENT OBEDIENCE.
00:22:45.46\00:22:47.30
ISN'T THAT TRUE?
00:22:47.30\00:22:49.36
AND SO, WHATEVER YOU THINK
JOHN IS SAYING HERE - YOU MAY BE
00:22:49.36\00:22:54.36
CONFUSED ABOUT IT - BUT I'LL
TELL YOU, IF YOU LOOK AT JOB AND
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YOU LOOK AT ELIZABETH, AND
YOU LOOK AT ZACHARIAS, THEY ARE
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EXHIBIT A OF THE LIFE
THAT GOD WANTS US TO HAVE.
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IF THEY HAD IT, YOU CAN HAVE IT.
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HE WANTS US TO HAVE LIVES WHERE,
VERY SIMY, CHRIST REIGNS IN
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YOUR HEART, NOT SIN.
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NOT THE WICKED ONE. CHRIST.
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SIN NO LONGER REIGNS OVER YOU.
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THERE'S A NEW
MASTER ON THE THRONE.
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AND, BY THE WAY, JUST GOING BACK
TO 1 JOHN 5:18 IT SAYS, "WE KNOW
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THAT WE ARE OF GOD AND
THE WORLD LIES UNDER THE SWAY
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OF THE WICKED ONE."
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THAT MEANS THAT IF YOU ARE BORN
AGAIN THE WICKED ONE DOES NOT
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HAVE SWAY OVER YOUR LIFE.
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GOD HAS SWAYVEYOUR LIFE.
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HE IS THE ONE
WHO IS GUIDING YOU.
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YOU'RE NOT BEING
GUIDED BY SIN ANYMORE.
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THAT'S WHAT HE'S SAYING.
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ALL RIGHT.
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DOES THAT MAKE SENSE?
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IT'S A LITTLE CLEARER, I HOPE,
BECAUSE I'VE HEARD PEOPLE TAKE
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THAT TO TWO DIFFERENT TREMES.
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FINAL POINT HERE, AND I THINK
WE'RE JUST GOING TO GET THERE -
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HAVING THE TRUE KNOWLEDGE OF THE
GODHEAD IS OUR LAST SECTION HERE
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- WE'RE GOING TO
GO THROUGH THURSDAY.
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1 JOHN 5:20, 21.
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"AND WE KNOW THAT THE SON OF
GOD HAS COME AND HAS GIVEN US AN
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UNDERSTANDING THAT WE MIGHT
KNOW HIM WHO IS TRUE; AND WE ARE
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IN HIM WHO IS TRUE,
HIS SON JESUS CHRIST.
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THIS IS THE TRUE
GOD AND ETERNAL LIFE."
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AND HE CLOSES BY
SAYING, "LITTLE CHILDREN,
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KEEP YOURSELVES FROM IDOLS."
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HOW IMPORTANT IS
IT TO KNOW THE LORD?
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YOU KNOW, I LIKE THAT VERSE IN
HOSEA 6, VERSE 3: "THEN WE SHALL
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KNOW, IF WE FOLLOW
ON TO KNOW THE LORD."
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AND YOU KNOW, HOSEA ALSO SAYS,
"MY PEOPLE ARE DESTROYED BY
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LACK OF KNOWLEDGE."
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IT'S THE LACK OF
KNOWING HIM THAT DESTROYS US.
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DO YOU KNOW THE LO?
00:24:43.10\00:24:43.93
WHAT WILL THE LORD
DECLARE TO THE LOST?
00:24:43.93\00:24:46.66
EVEN THE ONES WHO
SAY, 'LORD, LORD.'
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MANY OF THEM - HE'LL SAY
TO THEM, 'I D'T KNOW YOU.'
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SO, IT'S FOLLOWING ON TO
KNOW THE LORD AND WE KNOW HIM
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THROUGH HIS WORD.
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JOHN 17:3: "AND THIS IS LIFE
ETERNAL: THAT THEY MIGHT KNOW
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THEE, THE ONLY TRUE GOD, AND
JESUS CHRIST WHOM HE HAS SENT."
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(MUSIC) >>WE ALL HAVE TWO
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DESTINIES: LIGHT OR DARK.
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NEVER HAS THERE BEEN MORE
MAN-MADE LIGHT AND YET WE'RE
00:25:27.50\00:25:30.10
LIVING IN A TIME IN THE
WORLD WHERE THERE'S NEVER BEEN
00:25:30.10\00:25:32.73
MORE DARKNESS.
00:25:32.73\00:25:38.63
BUT AS WE WALK IN THE LIGHT
AS HE IS IN THE LIGHT, HIS BLOOD
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WILL CLEANSE US FROM ALL SIN.
00:25:41.56\00:25:43.73
(MUSIC) >>MOMMY!
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DADDY!
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HELP ME!
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(MUSIC) >>NO, I DON'T THINK SO.
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YOU DIDN'T DO VERY WELL
ON YOUR REPORT CARD THIS LAST
00:26:35.83\00:26:37.63
QUARTER SO - NO.
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>>YOU HAVEN'T BEEN PULLING
YOUR WEIGHT AROUND HERE LATELY.
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YOU WANT HELP?
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WELL, I WANTED HELP
WITH THE DISHES LAST NIT.
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HELP YOURSELF!
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>>HUH?
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>>HONEY, DID YOU
BRING THE MARSHMALLOWS?
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(MUSIC) >>FRIENDS, IMAGINE
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PASTOR BATCHELOR SPOKE
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THFACT THAT GOD
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