(Music) ? Jesus is worthy ?
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? Oh yes he's
worthy ? ?Worthy of all.?
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?all the praise? For
Christians, Jesus is the
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central figure of the Bible.
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His life fulfilled God's
promises made through the
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Old Testament prophets.
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The good news that he brought
salvation was God's offer of
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a covenant of salvation.
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His story, Jesus' is, is so
important that it's told four
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times over:
Matthew, Mark, Luke, John.
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Told all over in the gospels.
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The brief years of his
public ministry transformed the
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entire course of
western civilization.
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Jesus, the equivalent of
the Hebrew term Messiah, meaning
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God's anointed one.
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His ministry was anointed by
the Holy Ghost at his baptism,
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because the Holy Ghost
is symbolic of the oil.
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Christians confess him
as son of God, expressing
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faith in his divinity.
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Many other titles are
given until him as well.
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Lord, Savior, Son of Man, Son
of David, Lamb of God, Prince
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of Peace, lily of the
valley, bright and morning star,
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fairest of ten thousand, making
a way out of no way, bridge
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over troubled waters, rent
payer when the rent is due and
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you have no
money in your pockets.
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His name is Jesus.
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Jesus existed before
time and before his birth.
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He existed in the bosom of
his Father behind the purple
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curtain of eternity.
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Before the world even
existed, Jesus existed.
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The life of Christ did not
begin in a manger, nor did it
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end at the cross.
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Jesus has always been here.
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Jesus even spoke of his
preexistence when he spoke to
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his father in John 17:5,
when he prayed and said to
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his Father, "Glorify me
with the glory that I had before
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the world began." Jesus even
speaking to the Jews spoke of
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his preexistence, when he
told them at his existence at
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presence went back
further than Abraham's past.
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He said, "Before Abraham was,
I am." What do we have here?
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Jesus, who was born
2,000 years after Abraham,
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but yet he said he
was before Abraham.
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Jesus, who was David's
Savior, was also David's Lord.
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Jesus, who was Abraham's
seed, was also Abraham's Savior.
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Jesus, who created flesh,
became flesh when God reversed
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the beginning, when he took a
motherless woman from the body
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of a man at creation, but
then turned around and took a
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fatherless man from the
body of a woman in redemption.
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Jesus, the God man, two
natures in one personality.
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He protected the interests
of heaven with his divinity, but
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yet looked out for
the interests of earth
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in his humanity.
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In his divinity he
is God's way to man.
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In his humanity he's man's
way right back on up to God.
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Two natures harmonized
but never completely blended.
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He got tired as man.
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But as God he said, "Come
until me, all ye that labor
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and are heavy laden, and I
will give you rest." As man he
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got hungry, but as God he
took two fish, five loaves of
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bread, fed 5,000
men, women and children.
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As man he prayed, but
as God he answered prayer.
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As man he got thirsty,
but as God he said, "Drink of
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fountains of living waters
that shall never run dry." As
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man he wanted companionship,
but as God he had to tread the
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wine press alone.
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As man he wept at Lazarus'
grave, but as God he raised
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and resurrected
Lazarus from the grave.
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Who do you know today who can
turn water into wedding punch?
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Who do you know who
can make an ax head float?
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Who do you know who can
change rocks into rivers?
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Who do you know who
can make a donkey talk?
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Who do you know who can
make the sun stand still?
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Who do you know who can
get into a fiery furnace
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and not get burned?
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Who do you know who
can lay down their life,
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take it up again?
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Jesus. Jesus! Jesus!
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And so it was, that after sin
entered, God instituted animal
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sacrifices to illustrate
the mission that Jesus
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would be our Savior.
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To obtain forgiveness, a
repentant sinner brought a
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sacrificial animal
that had no blemishes.
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Representation of the
sinless Savior that was to come.
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The sinner places his
hand on the forehead of the sin
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offering, that animal,
symbolically transferring the
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sin from the sin
bearer to the sin offering.
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The throat of the sin
offering would be slit.
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The throat of that lamb,
that goat, would be slit because
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blood had to be
spilled, because there can be
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forgiveness of sin
without the shedding of blood.
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But the good news today is
that when Jesus died for my
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sins, when he died for my
sins, there was no more need
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for a goat, no more need for
a lamb, because behold, the Lamb
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of God, which taketh
away the sins of the world.
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And so now I don't have
to ask forgiveness for my
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sins from somebody else.
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I don't have to go
anywhere in any room to ask
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forgiveness of my sins.
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I don't have to tell my
business to somebody else
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and worry about if they're
going to tell my business.
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But because Jesus is God,
because Jesus died for me,
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my Bible says if we confess our
sins, he is faithful and just
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to forgive us of our
sins and cleanse us from
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all unrighteousness.
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Acts 4:12 says there is
no other name under heaven
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whereby we can be
saved, save the name of Jesus.
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Thank God for Jesus.
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But remember,
God is three in one.
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The Father, the
Son, and the Holy Ghost.
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The Father gave the Son.
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The Son gave the Holy Ghost.
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Now, let's be clear.
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The Holy Ghost is a
person, not an impersonal force.
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The Holy Ghost is a person.
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The Holy Ghost has personality.
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Genesis 6:3 says he strives.
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Luke 12:12 says he teaches.
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John 16:9 says he convicts.
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Romans 8:26 says he
helps and intercedes.
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II Peter 2:21 says he
inspires, and I Peter 1:2
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says he sanctifies.
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Now, these activities cannot
be formed or performed by a
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mere power, influence or
only an attribute of God.
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Only a person could do this.
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The Holy Ghost is truly God.
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The works of God
are associated with the
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Holy Ghost.
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Only a personal God, not
an impersonal influence, nor a
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created being, could
perform the miracle of bringing
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the divine Christ and
impregnating a human Mary.
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The Holy Ghost
brings the truth of Christ.
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The Holy Ghost brings
the presence of Christ.
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The Holy Ghost fills
the hearts of the believers.
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The Holy Ghost
assists believers.
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In other words, the
Holy Ghost helps me. Yeah.
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The Holy Ghost is my helper.
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He helps me.
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The Holy Ghost strengthens me.
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What I like about the Holy
Ghost is, the Holy Ghost has a
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specialized ministry to
those who suffer, that when you
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suffer the Holy Ghost has a
specialized ministry that you
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come to him, and you can
come to him in your time of need
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and he will help you in your
suffering Are you hearing what
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I'm saying?
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Let me go a
little deeper on this.
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When you read John 14,
read it on your own, John 14:16,
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Jesus says I'm going away.
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He says, I'm going
away, but I'm going to leave
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you the Comforter.
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Everybody say Comforter.
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He says, I'm going
away, but I'm going to leave
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you the Comforter.
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Now, let's go a
little deeper here.
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The Greek word for
Comforter is paraclete.
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Everybody say paraclete.
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Paraclete.
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Now, para is where
you get parallel from.
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Kleto means "called to."
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The Comforter, the Holy
Ghost, is the paraclete.
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Parallel called to.
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When you combine these
words, you get the paraclete.
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It forms the idea that
the Holy Ghost has been called
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alongside of us.
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The Holy Ghost has been called
parallel to us, to help us in
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moments where we
can't help ourselves.
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Do you all hear what I'm saying?
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In other words, God has given
us the paraclete to help us,
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so that no matter what
we're going through in our
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suffering, God is
right there, parallel to us,
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alongside of us.
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So I understand as a child
of God that as I suffer that God
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gave me something.
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God gave me something
to overcome suffering.
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But if I don't know
it, I'm still depressed.
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I'm still suicidal.
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I'm still troubled.
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I'm still restless.
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I still can't sleep at night.
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I still don't eat because
I don't know that God has
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given me something.
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But when I know that I know
that I know that I know, that
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Jesus died for my sins, when
I know that he rose up in power,
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when I know that Jesus rose
up with power over death, hell
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and the grave, and he's
give us the paraclete, the Holy
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Ghost, then I don't walk
around defeated, I don't walk
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around depressed, I
don't walk around devastated.
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The Holy Ghost is the paraclete.
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Para means alongside, the
Holy Ghost is alongside me.
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Let me make this a
little bit more plain for you.
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Paraclete is like the parachute.
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When I fall, the parachute
catches me so I don't hurt
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myself, so I don't
cause permanent damage to me.
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The paraclete is the parachute.
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Oh, you don't understand that.
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The paraclete is
then like the paramedic.
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If I have an accident, if
I get hurt, if I get sick,
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somebody please call 911.
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Don't play with that thing.
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If I get sick, call 911.
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Send me a paramedic.
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And the paramedic will come
right where I am, pick me up,
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bandage me up, and
take me to the hospital.
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But you
understand, the paraclete is
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like the paramedic.
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When I get in a mess, somebody
knows what I'm talking about.
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When I get wounded, when I get
broken, Jesus says, I'm going
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to leave you the Comforter.
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What are you saying, Jesus?
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Jesus I saying, Carlton Byrd,
you don't have to dial 911.
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You can just call 111.
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What do you mean?
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One for the Father,
one for the Son, one for
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the Holy Ghost.
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And the angels will come
down as paramedics, scoop you on
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up, rock you in the midnight
hour, all night, all day,
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angels watching over me.
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Why are you
walking around so pitiful?
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You got the Holy Ghost.
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Why are you walking
around so sad and depressed?
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You got the Holy Ghost.
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Why are you
walking around so sad?
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You've got the Holy Ghost power.
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Let me tell you something.
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When a believer's faith is
in God, then the Lord's power
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becomes the
power of the believer.
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You see, when the church, when
the people of God grasp this
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truth, that we are as strong
as in whom we put our trust,
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we will revolutionize the world.
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If you are as strong as you
trust in yourself, you are as
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strong as you are.
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But when you trust in
God, you're as strong as he is.
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Let me needle
this a little bit more.
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I said it once,
I'll say it again.
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I cannot fly. I can't fly.
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I know my last name
is Byrd, but I can't fly.
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Because you know why?
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I tried it.
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I tried to jump off a bed, I
jumped off a bed and fell and
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busted my head.
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And so you have to
understand, I had to understand
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that I can't fly.
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I learned as a boy that
the law of gravity is real.
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Do I have a witness in
this place? I cannot fly.
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But when I put myself on
an airplane and yield to its
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power, suddenly I have
the ability to soar 36,000
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feet in the air.
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I cann run 70 miles per hour.
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But when I get in my
car, and I yield to its power,
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I suddenly have the
ability to achieve speeds that
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I never could on my own.
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And understand that when
my faith is in God, and in his
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Holy Ghost's power, then his
strength becomes my strength.
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His power becomes my power.
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That's why Paul said, now,
unto him that is able to do
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exceeding abundantly above
all we could ever ask or think,
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according to the
power that worketh in us.
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Greater is he that is in me
than he that's in the world.
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Because if you have a
greater than, you must
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have a less than.
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So whoever is greater inside
of you than he that is in the
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world is less than
whatever is inside of you.
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And the greater is he that
is within you is the Holy Ghost.
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So let me say this clear.
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You don't know
what you have in here.
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You don't know the
strength that's in you.
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You don't know the
power that's in you.
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You don't know the
authority that you have.
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Let me tell you something.
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The devil is not afraid of you.
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The devil is afraid
of who's inside of you.
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You're sitting on
a ton of dynamite.
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Let me tell you something.
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No Christian has
ever been demon possessed.
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Check your Bible out on that.
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No Christian has
ever been demon possessed.
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If the Holy Ghost is living
in you, you cannot be possessed
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by a demon, you can be
influenced but not possessed.
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Why?
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Because I'm already possessed!
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Hallelujah!
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By the Holy Ghost.
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And the Holy Ghost and a demon
can't live inside of you at
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the same time.
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You're not
possessed by the Holy Ghost.
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You're dealing
with demonic influence.
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But all you've got to
do is yield to the power of
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the Holy Ghost.
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God the Father.
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God the Son.
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God the Holy Ghost.
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They're trying to save somebody.
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For there are three
that bear record in heaven.
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The Father.
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The Word, Jesus Christ.
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The Holy Ghost.
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They are three in one.
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And so it's
complex, but it's commanding.
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It's complicated,
but it's conquering.
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It's baffling
but it's brilliant.
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It's intricate,
but it's inspiring.
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It's mystifying but it's mighty.
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It's perplexing
but it's powerful.
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It's rare but it's rousing.
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It's mind-boggling but
it's also mind-blowing.
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It's God the Father.
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God the Son.
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And God the Holy Ghost.
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They are three in one.
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You can't explain it, you
can't understand it, you can't
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make sense out of it, but
you can't live without it.
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Except God build a
house, they labor in vain.
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Except God keep the city,
the workman worketh in vain.
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God is our refuge and strength.
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God is our shield and buckler.
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God is our
protection and defense.
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God is our all in all.
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God is.
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The Lord is my
light and my salvation.
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The Lord is the
strength of my life.
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The Lord is my shepherd.
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The Lord is my protector.
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The Lord is my keeper.
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Jehovah jireh, my provider.
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Jehovah rapha, my healer.
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Jehovah shalom, my peace.
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Jehovah nissi, my banner.
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I don't know why Jesus loves me.
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I don't know why he cares.
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I don't know why he
sacrificed his life.
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Oh, I believe I've got
a witness in this place.
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Oh, but I'm glad.
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I'm so glad he did.
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Where would I be if
Jesus didn't love me?
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Where would I be
if Jesus didn't care?
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Where would I be if he
didn't sacrifice his life?
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Oh, but I'm glad.
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Is somebody glad today?
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Oh, but I'm glad!
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I'm glad that he did.
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And so God the Father, the
Son, the Holy Ghost, performed
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God's greatest act when
God sent God's only Son so that
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one day we could
live forever with God.
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Let me close this way.
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There was a little boy,
a little boy named Johnny.
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And Johnny, little
Johnny loved boats.
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Little Johnny loved boats.
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I'm talking about the
greatest gift God gave us.
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I mean, he loved him.
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Little Johnny made paper
boats, little Johnny made
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plaster boats, little
Johnny made wood boats.
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Little Johnny loved boats.
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And one day little Johnny made
a boat, little Johnny took the
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boat to the ocean.
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He was playing with his boat,
but then he lost his boat when
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a strong current took
the boat out of his reach.
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And Johnny was sad.
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He had lost his boat.
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Little Johnny had
lost the boat he had made.
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One day Johnny was with his
mother in a shopping mall, and
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they stopped by, you know,
they have these gently used
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stores in
shopping plazas and malls.
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And when they stopped there
at one of these gently used
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stores in the mall, to
Johnny's amazement, little
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Johnny saw the boat
he had made for sale.
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Little Johnny saw his boat.
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His eyes got big.
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Tears began to fill
his eyes, because he said,
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there's my boat!
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I see the boat that I made!
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Johnny went immediately to the
sales clerk, and when he asked
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for it, the sales clerk
told him, little Johnny, you can
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have your boat back,
but it will be for a price.
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Little Johnny got the amount,
he got the price, and little
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Johnny began to work
hard for that amount.
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Cutting grass, raking leaves,
distributing telephone books,
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whatever he could do to
earn some money for the price to
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buy the boat back.
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And so one day, one day after
little Johnny had enough for
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the price, he went to the
gently used store, he bought
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the boat back, and he held
the boat up in his hands, and he
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said, "Little
boat, you're mine twice.
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Mine because I made you,
and mine because I bought
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you back." Genesis
1:26 says, "Let us make man
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in our own image after
our likeness." God made
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man, God fashioned
man after his likeness.
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But because of
sin, man was lost.
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Two thousand years
ago, God sent his Son,
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Jesus Christ, to
buy you and me back.
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And he looks at you and
he looks at me and he says,
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little children,
you're mine twice.
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Because I made you,
and I bought you back.
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I don't care what you did last
night, I don't care what you
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did last week,
last month, last year.
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God is saying to
you today, I made you.
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And now I bought you back.
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So the utmost, Jesus saves.
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To the gutter-most, Jesus saves.
00:26:09.56\00:26:14.56
He will pick you up,
turn you around, hallelujah,
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Jesus saves.
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God formed you.
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Sin deforms you.
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But God and God
alone will transform you.
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God has made you.
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God has bought you back.
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