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Sermon #S019 - (Let
Your Hair Down - Part 2)
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Welcome to The Breath of Life
Television Ministries broadcast
with Pastor Debleaire Snell.
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In today's episode, Pastor Snell
will share part two of the
dynamic message titled “Let Your
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Hair Down”. Let's learn more
about the transformational power
of Christ through the study of
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God's word. Pastor Snell: See, I
need somebody to get this that
we, I'm not against standards. I
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just believe we have misused
them. You see, how many of us
know the standards that make a
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church or a person holy? It is
the outgrowth of somebody who's
already holy. Okay, let me
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unpack this. Standards
don't make holiness. They simply
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preserve holiness. It is the
outgrowth of somebody that's
already been transformed by the
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power of God. Does anybody even
know what a standard is? Do you
realize that the word comes
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from, in the Old Testament of
somebody's house, or their
valuables next to a stream or a
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lake? What they would do is they
would erect a number of
sandbags. They built a standard
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so that if a flood came, it
would help protect or seal their
valuables. In other words,
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because they had something of
value. They erected a standard
so that the flood could not come
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and sweep it away and what I'm
saying to somebody is that when
a child of God recognizes their
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value, they automatically erect
a standard because they don't
want what they have to be swept
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away. In other words, the reason
a young person that's
promiscuous you as the reason
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they don't have any standards is
because they don't know their
value. But when they understand
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their value, they automatically
erect a standard. Are you all
hearing me today? The reason a
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brother mistreats his body is
because he doesn't understand
his value, but when you
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understand your value, you
automatically begin to erect a
standard. When somebody doesn't
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understand their value. They let
people talk to them and beat on
them, but when they know their
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value, they automatically erect
a standard because they know who
they are. They know whose they
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are, and they understand their
value in Jesus Christ.
[Congregation: Amen] And so
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standards don't make us holy,
they preserve the transformation
that Jesus has done in their
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life. Are you all hearing
me today? [Congregation: Amen]
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Pastor Snell: And so I need us
to understand, beloved that we
need to recognize that we are
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all saved by grace. Are you all
hearing me today? And see if God
has delivered you, your job is
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not the then turn around and
inspect those who are where you
used to be your job is to then
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turn around and give a blueprint
or a road map so that they can
get where you are. Are you
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hearing me today, friends? See,
if your holiness repels or
rejects sinners, it's because
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you ain't really holy.
[Congregation: Laughing]
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How do I know this? We're here
on a University campus because
remember Newton's third law,
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where simply this,
that opposites attract.
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So that something with a
negative charge is going to
automatically repel something
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else with a negative charge
where you at church, that
something with a positive charge
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is going to reject something
with another positive charge.
But guess what? When a negative
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is put in the same space with a
positive, guess what? The
positive is going to draw the
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negative into his space. Why?
Because opposites will go always
attract. That's why sinners,
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we're attracted to Jesus because
opposites attract. And so, if
sinners are repelled by you,
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it's not because you're holy
it's because you're the same
type of sinner and that's why
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they run from you. It's why they
hide from you. It's why they
want nothing to do with you
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because there is no contrast,
you just put a tie on yours and
a suit on yours and a brooch on
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yours and you don't put it on
Facebook. But when you've been
changed, you don't repeal
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sinners but you draw them in and
receive them like Christ. Are
you all hearing me today,
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friends? Third thing, I want to
say real quick, it's going to
get a little rough right in
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here. But I would be remiss if I
didn't tell my students, be
careful what you become known
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for. See, the word says this,
she wasn't just a sinful person
by nature. The Bible says that
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she was known for being a sinner
and it's crazy because they're
upset, not just because she's
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washing feet. That was the
custom that you did for any
guests that entered into a
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house. Like they are literally
tripping because they know how
she gets down. Let me just say
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this, this is not so much a
spiritual point, it's a life
point because Christ doesn't
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care. Nothing about your
reputation. Are you all hearing
me today? [Congregation: Amen]
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But reputation doesn't affect
you in heaven. But it still
affects you down here on this
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Earth. See you all act brand-new
on me here today. So you want to
be careful young people what you
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become known for? Because this
is the crazy thing about
reputation. We used to teach
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that it follows you where you're
going but reputation doesn't
just follow you, it runs ahead
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and beats you where you're
headed to. I want to say be
careful what you become known
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for, you know what's crazy, like
the older I get the more I
realize how small this world
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really is and how few degrees of
separation there are between all
of humanity and you know what
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makes the world even smaller. It
is the presence of social media
that does not allow you to get
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away from your past. It's going
to always catch up to you
somehow. Am I preaching to
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somebody today? And the real
talk that even if you're black.
We are only 13% of the
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population and even if you're in
the church world, which is a
subculture of the larger
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culture, I need you to
understand what in the church
culture, where everybody knows
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everybody, and everybody is
related to everybody. You got to
be careful what you become known
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for. See, at some point, your
reputation is going to matter to
your future employer. Your vitae
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and your resume may look good.
But at some point, they're going
to ask some questions that
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cannot be found on your resume.
At some point brother and
sister, your reputation is going
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to matter to your future spouse.
See, at some point when you get
serious, somebody's going to ask
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the question about your body
count And they going to say it
doesn't matter, but if it
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doesn't really matter, why are
they asking the question in the
first place? Are you all hearing
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what I'm saying today? And what
I'm saying is you got to be
careful to not be known for
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certain things because
reputation doesn't just trail
you, it beats you into the
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future that God has planned for
you. So students you want to be
careful not to become known as
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snooze button students because
you're always running late
because you hit the snooze
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button three times before you
wake up. You want to be careful
not to be known as the chimney
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guy because you smell like smoke
every time we run across you.
You want to be careful not to
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become known as the doorknob
girl. You know the one where
everybody gets a turn, you all
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might be quiet today. Make sure
you're not known as a beach
Christian because you've got the
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dirt on everybody that comes
your way. You don't want to be
known as a rubber band person
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because you're always stretching
the truth. You don't want to be
known as a Cadillac Man with a
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nice body and nice features but
the engine goes bad. You don't
want to be known as an EBT
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brother because you got so many
baby mamas chasing after what
you got. You don't want to be
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known as a seafood place because
everybody that leaves you walks
away with crabs. Almighty quiet
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in this place today. You want to
be careful what you become known
for. [Congregation: Shouting
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indistinct] Pastor Snell: You
want to make sure you guard your
reputation. See, Ecclesiastes
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seven says, a good name is more
precious than ointment. Proverbs
22 says a good name is worth
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more money than riches. Are you
all hearing me today?
[Congregation: Amen] And what
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I'm saying is you came all the
way from Detroit, from
California, from Toronto, from
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Florida don't come all the way
here and drag your good name,
that your parents and
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grandparents sacrificed to help
establish. A good name is worth
more than gold the Bible says.
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And so one our text. We found
this woman who comes to
repentance in Christ and it's
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crazy because she's experienced
correction from Christ but not
condemnation from Christ. And
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let me just say there's nothing
wrong with correction in the
church, we just got to learn how
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to correct without condemning.
Are you all hearing me today,
friends? [Congregation: Amen]
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And so this lady has repentance
that comes in an obvious way
because if one of the signs of
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repentance is that your former
values become depreciated. Are
you still with me, church?
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[Congregation: Amen] It's crazy
because see what initially
causes this woman to spring into
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action, is that there is a
service gap. What do you mean
Pastor? Because she's been
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watching this thing from the
outside. She's looking at the
window and she notices, that
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ain't none of these egghead
fools in the room, humbled
themselves to wash the feet of
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the Lord Of Glory. It's amazing
because in the culture at the
time where most people walked
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wherever they were going and
when you were walking barefoot
or with sandals on, you would
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get particles of dust or clay on
your feet. And whenever you
entered a home, either the owner
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of the home or a servant would
take a basin of water and a
towel, and they would bow down
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and wash the feet of the honored
guests. But have you noticed
that Simon the Pharisee and all
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of the additional guests,
they're so busy trying to be on
Christ's level? They're so busy
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trying to prove that they
belong. They're so busy trying
to bring him down so that he's
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like them, that they forgot to
do for Christ, that which they
were due for an ordinary
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citizen. And it's amazing that
this woman is fueled. Number one
by thanksgiving. Number two by
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an outrage. In other words, she
came just to give the alabaster
box full of oil, she didn't
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really come to wash, no feet.
But because nobody else would do
the job, she didn't have time to
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get water. She didn't have time
to get a towel. She just fell
down at the savior's feet and
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begin to wash the feet with the
tears off her face and dry them
with the hair from her head. In
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other words, she's one of those
people that didn't tell somebody
what needed to be done. She
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didn't say, you get some water
and you get a towel. She
realizes when a job needs to be
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done, you point nobody to the
gap. You just take what you have
and you get it done even if you
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have to do the job yourself.
[Congregation: Clapping] And I
need you to get that one of the
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most courageous acts friends of
mine is not when she gave this
expensive bottle or box of
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perfume. One of the most
courageous things happened, when
this woman simply took her hair
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down. When she takes the pin out
and removes the bun and the
cover from her head and lets
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this hair flow all the way down
to her shoulders. I need you to
know all the brothers are
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tripping because she lets her
hair down. All the ladies are at
gasp because she let her hair
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down. All the rules of etiquette
are upset because she lets her
hair down. That everybody's
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ready to pick up a stone simply
because in the presence of
Jesus, you've got a sinful woman
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who lets her hair down. And
understand friends of mine this,
that in ancient times, you all
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still with me? They're about
three ways that a woman found
value or identity in the
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culture. Number one, a woman
needed to be married and it
wasn't so much about
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companionship because in the
culture being married was
actually a component of actual
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survival. Number two a woman was
defined by whether or not she
had children. So, to be barren
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or to miscarry was seen as being
under the curse or the judgment
of God. But the third thing that
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brought a woman value, the thing
that set her apart was her long
hair, head of beautiful hair. Do
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you realize that in ancient
cultures there was a theology
about a woman's hair, that was a
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mystique about a woman's hair?
In a culture where a woman would
be rolled from top to the
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bottom. What would set her apart
is not the way that she was
built. It was not the form of
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her physique, but she would
stand out in two ways simply
because of the beauty of her
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eyes or the length of her hair.
In other words, there was a
theology about hair. Even in
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First Corinthians 11, I think
it's verse five, even Paul talks
about how a woman with long hair
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that their hair is her crown.
The hair is her glory. The hair
is what sets her apart. So,
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understand how this woman would
go about managing this hair. She
will spend a lifetime growing
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the hair. She was been all day
oiling up the hair. She was
being great lengths doing her
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hair and it's what usually set
her apart. The hair is how she
found value. The hair is what
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separated her. The hair is what
made her stand out. But now that
she has found her identity in
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Jesus Christ. Now, that she
knows who she is and she knows
who she is. She realized that
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what brings her value is not
what comes out of her head. So
that when she finds the muddy
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feet of Jesus, that former value
has been so depreciated that she
takes the hair and wipes the mud
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off the crusty feet of our Lord
and Savior Jesus because once
you get converted. What used to
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mean a whole lot, loses all of
its value in the presence of
Jesus. [Congregation: Amen] And
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what I'm saying to somebody
today is that when you begin to
be blinded and overwhelmed by
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the glory of the cross. When you
become smitten by the riches of
divine grace. When you become
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settled on the assurance of the
heavenly promise, one of the
automatic byproducts of knowing
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the grace of God is that this
stops value, and automatically
depreciates. If you all don't
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believe me, go to Philippians
chapter three in verse three.
Philippians chapter three in
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verse three, I'm almost done.
Philippians chapter three in
verse three, when you get there,
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let me hear you say, amen.
Philippians chapter three and
verses seven. Philippians
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chapter three and verse seven.
When you get there, let me hear
you say, amen. Philippians
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chapter three, actually, let's
look together at verse four. He
says, Paul says, though I also
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might have confidence in the
flesh. If anyone else thinks, he
may have confidence in the
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flesh, I'm also. He says, I was
circumcised on the eighth day of
the stock of Israel of the Tribe
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of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews
concerning the law, a Pharisee
concerning Zeal, persecuting the
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church concerning the righteous
righteousness, which is in the
law I was blameless. And noticed
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what he says, this is the
summation of the matter. What
things which were once gain to
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me? I have counted them loss for
Christ yet, indeed, I also count
all things loss for the
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excellence of the knowledge of
Christ. Jesus Christ my lord for
whom I have suffered the loss of
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all things. I count them rubbish
the Bible says. That I might
know him and the power of his
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resurrection and the fellowship
of suffering. See i hope
somebody's understanding this
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because see with God is at work
in your life friends. Those
things that you used to use to
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identify yourself. The things
that used to make you the man.
The things that used to make you
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that girl. The stuff that you're
used to put so much value in, it
automatically loses its value,
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it depreciates, once you realize
your value in Jesus Christ. You
see, I'm not saying that in
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Christ, you got to just throw
away and discard everything. I'm
saying you just don't attach
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that much value to it anymore. I
get to as far as I say this,
there are some things that just
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mean too much to some of us.
See, when you're immature, what
people think about you means too
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much to you. What you wear and
how people perceive you, it
means too much to you. In other
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words, having a certain title,
to some of us it means too much
to us. Listen education is good.
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I think you ought to get all
that you can but for some of us
having a certain, it just means
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too much to us. And what I'm
saying to us beloved is that
we've got to begin to reassess
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our values, and attach the right
amount of value to things in the
light of the Cross. Because I
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need you to know friends of mine
that I'm somebody not because of
what I wear, not because of the
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shoes on my feet, not because of
the title I have, not because of
the letters behind my name. I'm
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somebody because I have been
created in the image of God.
I've been born again. I've been
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filled with the Holy Ghost. I've
been sealed by the Holy Spirit.
I need you to know, that having
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God's seal is more important
than having a tattoo. Are
hearing me today, friends?
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[Congregation: Amen] And it's
crazy. The grace of God. See,
too many of us see grace as a
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license to sin, but grace is
actually what transforms you
from sin. How do we know the
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woman has been transformed? It's
not just because she comes with
tears on her face. The Bible
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says, friends, that she takes
her box of alabaster oil. And
she doesn't dab it. Are you all
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hearing today? That she doesn't
do this number. But the Bible
says she pours everything she
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has onto the head and to the
feet of Jesus. And understand
this saying that little stuff
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you get from Route 21. This
ain't that discounted stuff you
get in that little Locker at
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Ross or Marshals. Are hearing
what I'm saying? Like this is
the good stuff that's so
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expensive that your boy Judas
got mad because he's like, we
could have fed the poor for a
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long time based on what the
woman poured out. But I need you
to understand that this sign of
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pouring the oil out was not just
a symbolic gesture. It wasn't
just an act of indulgence. It
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was actually a demonstration of
repentance. What do you mean
Pastor? Because understand that
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scholars suggest that this woman
is a harlot that someone who
gives her body away for money.
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She is one that interacts with
several men in the course of a
day but understands that
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whenever you share intimate
space with a personal partner,
how many of us know that you
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don't just leave unaffected by
each man she deals with leaves a
scent on her. In other words,
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she's got to have something that
covers the scent. So as not to
offend the next client that is
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coming her way. And it's
amazing, that's why cheating
adulterous people. The first
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thing that they do is they take
a shower to wash away the scent
to cover the deed that had just
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been done. But understand this
lady takes the perfume that she
uses to cover the scent she has
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used the perfume to cover her
tracks. She has used the perfume
to wash away what she is done.
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She has used the perfume to get
her ready for the next client
and the reason she pours it all
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out is because she doesn't need
to be covered by perfume
anymore. She doesn't need to be
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covered by Chanel number five.
She's got a better covering.
She's got a permanent covering.
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She doesn't need the perfume
because she knows that she is
covered by the righteousness and
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the amazing grace of our Lord
and Savior Jesus Christ. What
can wash away my sins? Nothing
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but the blood of Jesus. What can
make me whole again? Nothing but
the blood of Jesus. Oh, how
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precious is that flow? I said it
washes white as snow. What can
wash away my sins? Nothing but
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the blood. So you're saying
Pastor, why did she pour it all
out? Why did she save some for
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the next day? Why doesn't she
keep some just in case? The
reason she got rid of all the
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oil. It was a step in faith to
let Jesus know that I don't need
that no more. Because I ain't
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going back no more. Ain't laying
on my back no more. The former
things have passed away. All
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things have been made new. I've
got a new start and a new slate,
and a new beginning in Jesus
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Christ. Are you all hearing the
word today? [Congregation: Amen]
And it's crazy because all four
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writers of the Gospel are
careful to point out that the
woman brought an alabaster box.
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I need you to know that was not
by accident. There was a greater
methodology and what they were
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saying because how many of us
know that Alabaster is actually
a precious stone? It's actually
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a form of granite and alabaster
stone is white. But of all the
stones, it's the softest stone.
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In other words, they thought the
alabaster stone was so soft,
that it felt like flesh. The
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reason alabaster stone had value
was that it was easy to carve.
It was easy to engrave. It was
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easy to leave a mark on.
Alabaster stone was one you
could put holes in, but it
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wouldn't break, oh yall didn't
get it. Alabaster stone could
get holes but it still would not
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break. See, that's why Ephesians
five says that Christ loved us
and he gave himself for us so
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that he can leave a
sweet-smelling aroma. In other
words, Jesus went to the Cross.
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He allowed his flesh to be
engraved. Had your name tattooed
on the palms of his hands so
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that when his body was broken,
he can release something that
will cover up our sins and it
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will take away the stain of
death and decay, some of us
still didn't get it. But how
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many of us know that Jesus is my
alabaster? He was the one that
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transgressions. He was bruised
for our iniquities. The
chastisement of our peace is
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upon him and by his stripes, we
are healed. (Breath of Life
Theme Music) Hello. I'm Pastor
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Debleaire Snell , Speaker,
Director of the Breath of Life
Television Ministry. was wounded
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for my I need you to know that
the greatest deficit in our
world is a deficit of hope. When
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we look at everything that's
affecting our culture, the
pandemic mass shootings, the
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escalating prices of gas,
someone's wondering, what reason
do I have for hope? I want to
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invite you to be a part of the
2022 Hope Rally here in
Huntsville, Alabama. We're going
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to start on September the 24th
through October the first. We're
going to meet each night at 7:00
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PM and dinner is going to be
served at 6 p.m. On September
the 26th. We'll be blessed by
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the Dynamic Ministry of Kurt
Carr and the Kurt Carr Singers.
And on October the first, we'll
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be favored by the Musical
Ministry of Jonathan Nelson. I
want you to know that during our
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