I like to welcome you once again
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to another Faith Chapel.
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My name is Jason Sliger,
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I'm an evangelist with
the Amazing Facts Ministries
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and enjoy sharing
the Bible with those
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that I have an opportunity
to share the Bible with.
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And today we are
going to take a look
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at a subject in God's word
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and that is of the
utmost importance to us
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and one that I
found has changed my life
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in a dramatic way.
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I've entitled our study today,
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"For He spoke, And It Was Done."
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You know, as I
look back in my life
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and I see how God
is worked in my life
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and I'm sure that you
could do the same thing
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as you look back
on your own life.
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I think about where I was before
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I gave my heart to the Lord.
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A young man searching
after the things in this world,
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a young man that
loved fame and popularity,
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a young man that
loved wealth and prestige,
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a young man that was searching
after all of these things,
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looking for
friends and family members
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and achieving
goals here in this world
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and God was the last
thing that was on my mind.
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God was the last thing
that was in my thoughts.
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And I know when I used to
go to church on the weekends
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and spend sometime
there inside the church,
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I would sit and think to
myself man, this is so boring,
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I can't wait until this
preacher has done preaching
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so that I can go
and do whatever it is
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that I was gonna do
the rest of that day.
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God was
something that was not in,
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on my interest list
as I was growing up.
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But then all of a
sudden I remember, one day,
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I basically hit a brick wall,
and all I could do was look up
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and I came to a point
in my experience with God
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where I had to say to myself,
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if God is really all
that people crack Him up to be
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then He can do
something in my life.
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I've reached a point
where the things in this world
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were no longer fulfilling,
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where the things in this world
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weren't bringing
true joy and happiness.
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And friends, in case you
haven't figures it out yet,
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the things of this
world don't bring joy.
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The only thing that brings
joy and experience is God.
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And I came to that point,
that brick wall in my life
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and I looked up
and I said, okay God,
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if You all that
You cracked up to be,
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if You are what
everybody says You are,
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I'm gonna give you
a chance and friends,
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when I gave God that
chance I've never regretted it.
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Now that I look
back on my experience
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and see what God
has done in my life,
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I know that God
has changed my life
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and made into a new
person, a new creature,
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one that does not seek
after the things of this world
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but rather has a desire
to seek after God first.
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And I ask myself the question
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as I look at this
experience in my own life
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and I'm sure
many of you here today
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could identify with me.
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What was it that
made the difference?
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What was it that made
the difference in my life
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to go from searching
after the things in the world,
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to go after enjoying all
the pleasures of the world,
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all the simple
things in this world
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to come into a point in my life
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where now I repulse
and hate those things
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and love to spend time with God?
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What was it that
made the difference?
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Friends, the thing
that made the difference?
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The one thing
that made a difference
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as I look back
on this experience
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was God's Word.
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The Bible is what
made the difference
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and I remember shortly after
I gave my heart to the Lord
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and was baptized.
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Spending time in
my dormitory room
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early in the mornings,
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I remember when I first
gave my heart to the Lord
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waking up early in the morning
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before,
everybody else had woken up
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and spending time at
my desk with my light on,
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spending time
studying the Bible.
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The Bible had become something
that was so interesting to me
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that I wanted to
spend as much time as
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I possibly could studying
its, the Bible, God's word
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and getting to know God better.
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Man as I spent that
time early in the mornings,
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early in the morning
before the sun had rouse,
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getting out of my bed
and sitting at my desk
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and pulling out my
Bible and my concordance
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and spending time flipping
through the pages of scripture
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and reading the
stories in the gospels
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and in the Old Testament,
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I realize that God loved
me with all of His heart.
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And God wanted to see
a difference in my life
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and as I studied that
Bible, as I studied God's word,
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God began to
create inside of my heart
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something that was new,
something that was different,
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something that was exciting.
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And friends, I
believe that God can do that
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for each and every one of us.
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That God can
recreate inside of our hearts,
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a desire, a longing
to become a new person,
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a better person.
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I ask myself the
question what is it that takes
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a drunk man that
makes him into a sober man?
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What is it that makes
somebody that addicted to drugs
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become clean
from that addiction?
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What is it that makes a man
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that used to
physically abuse his wife
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become a kind and loving man?
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What is it that changes a woman
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that does not like her children,
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that yells at her children,
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that hates her husband and
yells at them all the time,
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what is it that makes her a kind
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and loving mother and wife?
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What is it that
changes men in this world?
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Friends, it's
not your education,
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it's not your job,
it's not your popularity,
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it's not the things
that you gain in this world,
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the thing that
changes men is God's word.
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The Bible, when
you read God's word
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it changes our
heart, it changes our lives.
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And today I want to
spend a little bit of time
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looking at this idea
of how the Word of God
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changes our
hearts, changes our lives
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and makes us
into different people.
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I would like to take a
look at our first Bible text
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today in Colossians
1:16, the Bible tells us here,
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"For by him were
all things created,
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that are in the heaven,
and that are in the earth,
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visible and invisible,
whether they be thrones,
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or dominions, or
principalities, or powers,
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all things were
created by him, and for him."
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See the Bible tells us here
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that God has created all things,
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that by Him all
things were created,
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He created the
things that are seen,
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He created the
things that are unseen.
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God has created all things.
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See friends, the
Bible tells us that
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God has the
ability to create things
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and that God created
all things in the world.
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He created them in the beginning
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and He is creating
them-- I believe even still
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probably today.
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God has created all things
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and God wants to
create inside of us,
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God wants to recreate
inside of us a new creature,
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a new being, a new person
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that's why I believe that
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God is still working
in His creation today.
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He is working on
creating inside of your heart
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and inside of my heart
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a character that reflects
the character of Christ.
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I remember I was
doing meeting in Kansas,
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I'm in the
flatten lands of Kansas
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and as I was doing the
meeting there was a young lady
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that was attending the
meeting by the name of Rehan.
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She was attending our meetings
and coming night by night
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and then as she was
listening to the Bible
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being presented night by night.
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As she was listening to
those passages or scriptures
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being unfolded
in front of her eyes
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as she was listening to
the appeals night by night.
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As she listened to these
Bible studies for four weeks
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at the end of that
time she came up to me
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and she said, Jason, I want
to give my heart to the Lord.
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I want to be baptized.
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I want to give my life
completely over to God.
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What is it that
changes a person?
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Friends, the thing
that changes somebody,
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the thing that
recreating somebody a new being,
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a new person,
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the thing that recreates inside
of your heart and my heart
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a different
person is God's word.
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And the Bible says that
God has created everything
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and I believe that
today, like I said,
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God is wanting to
recreate inside of our hearts
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something new that
reflects His character.
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We got to the
Book of Psalms 33:6
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and see what
the Bible says here.
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"By the word of the
Lord were the heavens made,
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and all the host of them
by the breath of His mouth."
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The Bible tells us
here, we ask the question,
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how did God create all things?
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How did He create the
things in the beginning
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and how does He
recreate things today?
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The way God
created was by His word.
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The Bible says, "For
by the word of the Lord
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were the heavens made."
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He spoke and-- and
as He spoke those words,
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that is what created the
things here on this earth.
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I believe that
that's how God created
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and I believe
that that is how God
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can recreate in our hearts
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something new by His word,
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by the word that He speaks.
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And friends, God has not
stopped speaking to His people,
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God still
speaks to you and to me
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through the
inspiration of His word.
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The Bible says, "For
He spoke and it was done."
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He spoke these words,
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we go on and we
look at Genesis 1:3.
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Notice what the Bible says here,
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it says first
command to create it says,
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"And God said,
'Let there be light,
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and there was light.'
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" This is the first
creative commandment
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that God has given to us.
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He spoke and He
said, "Let there be light."
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And as soon as He
spoke, there was light.
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As soon as He spoke that word
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the light rolled
in through somewhere
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and now there was
light in this earth.
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When God said let there
be trees, there were trees.
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When God said let there
be fish, there were fish.
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When God said let there be
animals, there were animals.
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When God said let
there be the grass,
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the green grass that carpets
the earth, there was grass.
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When God said let there
be water, there was water.
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When God spoke, it
happened, my friends.
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As soon as He
spoke it, it happens.
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Notice what the Bible
says here in Psalms 33:9.
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The Bible says, "For
He spake, and it was done,
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He commanded,
and it stood fast."
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Now I want you to remember
this passage of scripture
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as we continue our study today
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because it's
very important for us
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as we apply this to
our lives living today.
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The Bible said, "For
He spoke, and it was done,
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He commanded,
and it stood fast."
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So think with me if you would,
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the Bible tells us He
spoke and it was done.
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As soon as God
said, let there be light,
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there was no time that elapse,
from the moment that He spoke,
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let there be
light, to the moment
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when there was
light in the earth,
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it happened instantaneously.
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When He said, let there
be animals on the earth,
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there were
animals instantaneously.
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When He said,
let there be grass,
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there was grass at
the moment He spoke it.
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There was no time that
elapse between the moment
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when He spoke that word
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and then moment
when that thing was done.
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Now, I want you to remember that
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because that's important point
as we come back and apply this
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to our own lives
living here today.
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The Bible tells us in Titus 1:2
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that God cannot lie.
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The Bible says, God cannot
lie, it's not of His nature,
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He cannot speak lying things.
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If He spoke
something it would happen.
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Now the
difference between my word
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and a difference
between my word and God's word
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is that when God speaks,
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when God says something,
when He speaks a word,
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it happens just
the way He spoke it.
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Now if I were to
speak a word and say,
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let there be a house,
would there be a house?
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Of course, it wouldn't.
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I would have to go
down to the local store,
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buy the lumber, buy the
nails, buy the sheetrock,
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buy all the wires,
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buy all the things
that I need to make a house
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and then I'd have to go back,
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I'd have to pound
those nails into the wood.
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I'd have to cut them,
I'd have to run the wires.
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I'd have to lay the sheetrock.
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It would take time
for me to build the house.
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Now God on the
other hand when He speaks
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it happens instantaneously.
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If He said, let
there be a house,
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there would be a house.
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If He said, there is a
car, there would be a car.
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If He said, there is a
field of tulips and roses,
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there would be a
field of tulips and roses.
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Whereas we would
have to go, dig that soil,
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plant those flowers
and allow them to grow.
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God's word and our word
are distinctly different
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because God's
word-- Now, listen to me,
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now this is an important point,
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God's word has creative ability.
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It has a creative
power deep with inside of it
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that as soon as
God speaks the word
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it takes place just
the way He has spoken.
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Now you may think,
well, God did that creation
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back in the time
of Genesis Chapter 1
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and Genesis Chapter 2,
during that time of creation.
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But He's not doing
any creation today.
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Now wait a minute,
God has given us His word,
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God has given us the
Bible composed of 66 books.
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And friends, this word
is spoken by the same God
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that spoke
things into existence.
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These words right here,
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yes, they were
given by holy men of God
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as they spoke as they're
removed by the Holy Ghost.
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Holy men wrote it
down as they were inspired
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by the Holy Spirit.
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But this is God's love
letter to you and to me.
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And this word, I'm
suggesting to you today
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has the same
creative power deep within it
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that God had when He
spoke things into existence
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way back in the
beginning of the Bible,
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back in the time of Genesis.
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The same creative
power that God had
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when He spoke
light into existence,
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when He spoke
animals into existence,
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when He spoke the
grass into existence,
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the same power, the same word
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is right here, my friends,
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that you're
holding in your hands
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and that I am
holding in my hands,
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it has the same power.
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You see, the Bible
is not just any book.
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The Bible is not
just another book
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laying on the shelf,
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it's not one of
the hundreds of books
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that you have in your library.
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The Bible has created power.
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It's a different
book, it's a living book.
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Yes, it's
thousands of years old,
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its thousands and
thousands of years old.
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Yes, that is true my friends,
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but this book,
even though it's old,
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even though it's
thousands of years old
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still has creative power
that can change your life,
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that can change my life
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and that can
change anybody's life
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that's around you.
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That is the Bible that
you're holding in your hands.
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That's why we
become changed people,
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that's why now I love God
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whereas before
God was boring to me.
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That's why I love
to study the Bible now
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whereas before the
Bible was boring to me.
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That's why I enjoy
spending time with God
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when before spending
with God was drudgery.
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Because the Bible
has creative power
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and it changes our hearts.
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Now I want to look at
some passages of scripture
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that illustrate
this from the gospels.
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If you would go
with me in your Bibles
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to Matthew Chapter 8
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and we're gonna be
looking at verse 5.
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Matthew 8:5-8,
the Bible says this.
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"And when Jesus was
entered into Capernaum,
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there came unto Him a centurion,
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beseeching Him.
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And saying, Lord, my
servant lieth at home
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sick of the palsy,
grievously tormented.
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And Jesus saith unto
him, I will come and heal him.
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And the centurion
answered and said,
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Lord, I am not worthy that thou
shouldest come under my roof,
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but speak the word only,
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and my servant shall be healed."
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Notice what the
Bible says here about this
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special man called
the Roman centurion.
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This Roman
centurion, he came to Jesus
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and he said to Jesus, he
said, Jesus, I have a servant,
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he's sick, he's
grievously tormented.
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He has ailment, he has
this disease called palsy.
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And Jesus-- And he
came to Jesus, he said,
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"Jesus, please,
come heal my servant."
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And then when Jesus
said, "I will come."
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His heart was changed
and he said, "Wait a minute,
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I'm not worthy that
you should under my roof
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but just simply speak the word,
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just simply utter the word
and my servant will be healed."
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Notice what the Bible
goes on the same verse 13.
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It says this.
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"And Jesus said
unto the centurion,
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Go thy way and as
thou hast believed,
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so be it done unto thee.
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And his servant was
healed in the selfsame hour."
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Do you see the power--
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the creative power of Gods word?
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The centurion told Jesus he said
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Jesus just speak the
word, just utter the word
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and my servant will be healed
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and Jesus says go
home Roman centurion,
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your servant is now
healed and the Bible says
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in that selfsame hour,
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in that very time
that Jesus utter the word
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even though there was
distance separating Jesus
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from that sick
man that had palsy
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that was laying
there in that bed
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unable to move
because of his ailment.
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Even though there was
distance separating them
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Gods word has
this creative power
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and that's that
centurions servant
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was healed of his ailment.
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You see the
creative power in Gods word.
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Let's look at another example
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here in Mathew 14:24-32.
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Notice what the Bible says.
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"But the ship was now
in the midst of the sea,
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tossed with waves for
the wind was contrary.
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And in the fourth
watch of the night
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Jesus went unto
them, walking on the sea.
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And when the disciple
saw Him walking on the sea,
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they where troubled, saying,
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It is the spirit
and they cried for fear.
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But straight away Jesus
spake unto them, saying,
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Be of good cheer.
It is I be not afraid.
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And Peter answered him
and said, Lord, if it be thou,
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bid me come unto
thee on the water.
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And he said, Come.
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Notice that word come.
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And when Peter was
come down out of the ship,
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he walked on the
water, to go to Jesus.
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But when he saw
the wind boisterous,
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he was afraid and
beginning to sink,
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he cried, saying, Lord, save me.
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And immediately Jesus
stretched forth His hand,
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and caught him,
and said unto him,
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O thou of little faith,
wherefore didst thou doubt?
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And when they were
come into the ship,
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the wind ceased."
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Lets take a look at
the story here of Peter.
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The Bible says that they
were held on these on the water,
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man, the winds
where won't rolling
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the waves are beating
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and they where there
alone and then all the sudden
00:16:13.99\00:16:16.11
they seen this
mysterious figure out
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on the water
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and might have
glowing or whatever it was,
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and they where fearful.
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The Bible says they were afraid
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because they
thought it was a spirit
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and they cried out for fear
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and Jesus said
don't be afraid it's Me.
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And Peter, Peter said
to Jesus, he said, Jesus
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if it is You please have
me come out on the water.
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Now let me ask you a question
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can we physically walk on water?
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No we can't.
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It's very obvious when
you walk into the water
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you begin to sink right away.
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If you jump out of the
boat, you are going to sink.
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If you walk out from
the beach unto the water
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you begin to sink in the water.
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We cannot walk on water.
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But when Jesus,
listen to me now,
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Jesus spoke a four letter word,
that four letter word was come
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C-O-M-E.
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He said come and that enable
Peter to step out of that ship
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and to walk on the water.
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And that word come
created the ability
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for Peter to be
able to walk on water.
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Let's look at
another example here
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in Mark Chapter 4
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and we're gonna look
at beginning in verse 35.
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Mark 4:35 it says this
00:17:07.12\00:17:10.64
"And the same day,
when the even was come,
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He said unto them,
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Let us pass over
unto the other side.
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And when they had
sent away the multitude,
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they took him even
as he was in the ship.
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And there were also
with him other little ships.
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And there arose a
great storm of wind,
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and the waves
beat into the ship,
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so that it was now full.
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And he was in the midst, in
the hinder part of the ship,
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asleep on a pillow
and they awake him,
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and say unto him,
Master, carest thou not
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that we perish?"
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Notice this story here
that Jesus has given to us
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here in the gospels.
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This is the story about Jesus
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and the disciples
passing over the lake,
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and in the midst of that
travel over across the lake.
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The Bible says that
there is a storm that arouses
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great mighty
tempers that took place.
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And the Bible
says that Jesus was
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He was sleeping in
the midst of that storm.
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He was sleeping on His pillow.
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Disciples come to
Him and they say Jesus,
00:18:03.86\00:18:05.85
Master, do you care
whether we perish or not.
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They where so frightful,
00:18:08.26\00:18:09.29
they probably have their buckets
00:18:09.32\00:18:10.85
and they where
trying to get the water
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out of the ship
as fast as they could
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and they look over they
see Jesus He is sleeping.
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And they're
think in their minds,
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they think to themselves,
what how can He be sleeping?
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Doesn't He care
whether we perish or not.
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Can He, can He sense
that we're in the storm
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and that we are
about to loose our lives.
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And so, they come to
Jesus and they say Master,
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carest thou not that we perish.
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Now, let me
then ask you question
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does Jesus care
whether we perish or not,
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brothers and sisters?
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Of course Jesus
cares for each one of us.
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He cares
whether we perish or not
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and that's why He has given us
00:18:39.22\00:18:41.44
His spoken word, His
66 books of the Bible
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to guide us through
our quest of this life,
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to guide us through our
journey here in this world.
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Let's continue the
story and see what it says
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in the very next Bible passage.
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It says this.
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Mark 4:39 it says.
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"And He arose,
and rebuked the wind,
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and said unto the
sea, Peace, be still.
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And the wind ceased,
and there was a great calm."
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The Bible says that
when disciples came to Jesus
00:19:07.90\00:19:11.17
and they said Master,
carest thou not that we perish.
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The Bible says that
Jesus arose and as He arose
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He said to the
wind and the wave.
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He spoke three words,
He said peace, be still.
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And when He
spoke those three words
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all the sudden the
wind and the waves ceased.
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The wind stopped to blow,
00:19:25.76\00:19:27.07
the waves stop
coming into the ship.
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All the sudden the Bible says
00:19:29.44\00:19:31.39
there was a grate calm.
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You see friends, Jesus' word,
00:19:33.72\00:19:35.80
Gods word has creative power.
00:19:35.83\00:19:36.97
If we where in
the midst's of storm
00:19:37.00\00:19:38.04
and I said to the
storm peace, be still
00:19:38.07\00:19:40.05
that storm would
continue to rage.
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But with God on the
other hand when He speaks,
00:19:41.90\00:19:43.78
when He says something
00:19:43.81\00:19:44.89
His word has
creative power in it.
00:19:44.92\00:19:47.20
And whatever He
says has to take place
00:19:47.23\00:19:49.94
because that is God and His word
00:19:49.97\00:19:52.28
and the Bible tells
us that God cannot lie.
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So the Bible tells us
here that when Jesus arose up
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He spake and He
said peace, be still
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and the Bible says that
00:19:59.35\00:20:00.39
when He spoke that
word peace, be still
00:20:00.42\00:20:02.42
that there was a great calm.
00:20:02.45\00:20:04.03
You know what Jesus wants
to arise up in your heart.
00:20:04.06\00:20:06.47
Jesus wants to
come up into our lives.
00:20:06.50\00:20:08.70
He wants to
arise up in our lives
00:20:08.73\00:20:10.46
and in our experience
00:20:10.49\00:20:11.53
and He wants to say
to the winds of life,
00:20:11.56\00:20:13.73
to the strife
that you go through,
00:20:13.76\00:20:15.51
through the job difficulties,
the family difficulties,
00:20:15.54\00:20:18.53
the friend difficulties,
00:20:18.56\00:20:20.21
the financial difficulties
that you are going through.
00:20:20.24\00:20:22.51
God wants to rise up in
the midst of your storm,
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He wants to say peace, be still.
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And friends, He
is given us His word
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to give us that peace
in the midst of storm.
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And all we have to do
is go to those passages,
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the scriptures that
inspired Word of God
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and God will rise up in
the midst of your difficulty,
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in the midst of your trail
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and He will say to
your heart and to your mind
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please, be still.
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So, we've looked
at these examples
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of the creative
power in Gods word.
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Now let's do a
little bit of application
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and apply it to our own lives
and see what the Bible says
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as we continue our study in
Psalms 51:10-12 it says this.
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"Create in me a
clean heart, O God
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and renew a
right spirit within me.
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Cast me not away
from thy presence
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and take not thy
holy spirit from me.
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Restore unto me the
joy of thy salvation
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and uphold me
with thy free spirit."
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The Bible tells us here
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that this is the
experience of David
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right after he
committed that terrible sin
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with Bathsheba
killing her husband,
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taking her to be his wife,
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committing adultery
with her and all that stuff.
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The Bible tells us that
right after that David was
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sorry for his sin.
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And he came and he said
God create in me a clean heart.
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Create in me a clean heart
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this heart that I have
now had been defiled by sin.
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This heart that I
have now has been defiled
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by this terrible deed
that I have just done.
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And now He is coming to
God and he is saying God,
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please create in
me a clean heart.
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How many of you
today have experience
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the burden of
sin, the guilt of sin,
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the experience of
falling and doing things
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that you know or not
pleasing in the sight of God?
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How many of you
have experience that?
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I'm sure we all have.
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And I'm sure each one of us
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would like to have
an experience like David
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where we can cry out to God
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and say God, create
in me a clean heart.
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Create in me a new heart,
take away this stony heart
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and give me a new
heart that is a more like You
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that's more in fashion with You.
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Notice what the
Bible goes on to say.
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As we look at Ezekiel 36:26
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in response to this
Bible passage it says.
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"A new heart
also will I give you,
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and a new spirit
will I put within you
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and I will take
away the stony heart
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out of your flesh,
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and I will give
you an heart of flesh.
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And I will put my
spirit within you,
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and cause you to
walk in my statutes,
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and ye shall keep my
judgments, and do them."
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The Bible tells us here
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that God wants to
give us a new heart.
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David cried out and he said
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create in me a
clean heart oh God,
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and renew a
right spirit within me.
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And then in Ezekiel
36:26 God creates a new heart.
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God creates a clean heart.
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God gives us a new heart,
He takes away that stony heart
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and He replaces
it with a new heart
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that is like in
fashion according to His will.
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Now let's put some
thoughts together here
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that we've been looking out
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with a creative
power of Gods word.
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In Genesis 1 God
said, Let there be a Light.
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We studied in the Bible
that when God spoke that word
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that when He said,
Let there be a Light
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it happened instantaneous.
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When God spoken and
He said peace, be still,
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the waters and the
winds ceased automatically.
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When God said, to
the Roman centurion,
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go thy way, your
servant is healed.
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His servant was
healed immediately.
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When Jesus said to Peter in
that ship when He said come.
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He was able to walk
out of that ship right away
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and walk across that sea.
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When God speaks it
happens instantaneously,
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it happens right away.
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Now let me ask you a question.
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When we cry out to God,
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and say God, create
in me a clean heart.
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Give me a new heart, God.
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Restore to me
the joy of salvation.
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Let me ask you
something, how long does it take
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to receive that
new heart from God?
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If God spoke light
into existence immediately.
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When God said peace, be
still and happen immediately.
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When God heeled the
Roman centurion's servant
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and happened immediately.
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Friends, He can give
you a new heart immediately.
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Now that is an
interesting concept
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that was something that
was life changing for me.
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It was something
that changed my life
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as I understood that God
can create in me a clean heart
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instantly, right away.
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He can change my heart
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and make it in fashion with Him.
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Now obviously this takes place
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if we have a true desire
to follow God and His will.
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If we're truly
repented of our sins,
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when we come to God
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and claim that Bible
promise in 1 John 1:9 it says
00:24:18.70\00:24:21.81
"If we confess our
sins, he is faithful
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and just to forgive us our sins,
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and to cleanse us
from all unrighteousness."
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If we are truly
repented of our sins
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and we come and we ask God,
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God, please create
in me a clean heart.
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Friends, listen to me
now it happens instantly.
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Friends, you can have
that new heart just like that.
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You can have that
new heart right away.
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God can give you that new heart
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if you claim His
promises from His word
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where the Bible says
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a new heart also
will I give you new spirit
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will I put within you.
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Now let me tell you
something very interesting
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about getting and
gaining this new heart.
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When you kneel down and you pray
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just like David
did many years ago
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and prayed and said God,
00:24:54.44\00:24:55.48
create in me a
clean heart, oh, God.
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When you kneel
down and you pray that
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you may not feel
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like you received that
new heart instantaneously.
00:25:00.85\00:25:03.73
You may not feel like
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you've gained
forgiveness for your sins.
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You may not feel
like you're new person.
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But friends, as Christians
we don't go by feelings.
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We go by this four
letter word called, Faith.
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We have faith in Gods promises,
00:25:15.87\00:25:17.74
that when God says I
will give you a new heart,
00:25:17.77\00:25:20.16
I will take
away that stony heart
00:25:20.19\00:25:21.61
and give you a new heart
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we believe by faith
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that God is going to
keep His end of the promise
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that God is going to
keep His end of the deal
00:25:28.15\00:25:30.08
and that He will
truly give us that new heart
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that you and that I
so desperately look after
00:25:33.24\00:25:36.09
and want to receive.
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Friends, let's
continue our study
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and just look at a few
more passages of scripture here.
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In 1 peter 1:23,
the Bible tells us this.
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"Being born again,
not of corruptible seed,
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but of
incorruptible," by the what?
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The Bible says,
"By the word of God,
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which liveth and
abideth for ever."
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How we born
again in John Chapter 3
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the Bible tells us that those
that we need to be born again,
00:25:57.42\00:26:00.17
He was talking to
Nicodemus there Jesus was
00:26:00.20\00:26:02.33
and He says that we
need to be born again.
00:26:02.36\00:26:04.29
And the Bible says that
the way we are born again,
00:26:04.32\00:26:06.51
the way that we receive
this new birth experience
00:26:06.54\00:26:09.17
is by the Word of God.
00:26:09.20\00:26:10.67
When we study the
Bible, when we study Gods word
00:26:10.70\00:26:13.01
that studying of that
Bible of Gods creative word
00:26:13.04\00:26:15.96
is what gives us the
ability to have that new heart,
00:26:15.99\00:26:19.17
the new creative
experience and being born again.
00:26:19.20\00:26:22.11
We are born again
friends, by the Word of God.
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If we don't study the Bible
00:26:24.51\00:26:25.59
how can we expect to born again?
00:26:25.62\00:26:27.49
We cannot be born again
if we do not study the Bible.
00:26:27.52\00:26:30.85
That's what the Bible tells us
00:26:30.88\00:26:35.35
it says this.
00:26:35.38\00:26:36.46
"Thy word have I
hid in mine heart,
00:26:36.49\00:26:38.48
that I might not
sin against thee."
00:26:38.51\00:26:41.36
God has asked us to
hide His word in our hearts.
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And as we hide
Gods word in our hearts
00:26:44.77\00:26:46.82
it's the hiding of
His word in our hearts
00:26:46.85\00:26:48.87
that enables us do
not sin against the God.
00:26:48.90\00:26:52.00
Do you see the importance
of studying Gods word?
00:26:52.03\00:26:54.41
Do you see the
importance of spending time
00:26:54.44\00:26:56.31
looking at the
Bible, studying it
00:26:56.34\00:26:58.26
and reflecting upon it
00:26:58.29\00:26:59.65
and allowing God to
recreate inside of your heart,
00:26:59.68\00:27:02.75
a new heart, a new
mind, a new spirit?
00:27:02.78\00:27:05.70
Friends, God is
looking for a group of people
00:27:05.73\00:27:08.20
that will truly
commit their lives
00:27:08.23\00:27:09.95
completely over to Him.
00:27:09.98\00:27:11.35
And say God, I
want to live my life
00:27:11.38\00:27:13.23
according to the
dictates of Your word.
00:27:13.26\00:27:15.16
I want to live my life
according to how You have
00:27:15.19\00:27:17.36
asked me to live my
life from Your word.
00:27:17.39\00:27:19.26
Not the way I want
to, not would I want,
00:27:19.29\00:27:21.43
not the way I want to live,
but how You want me to live.
00:27:21.46\00:27:23.73
Friends, is that
your desire today?
00:27:23.76\00:27:25.43
Is it your desire
to allow Gods word
00:27:25.46\00:27:27.62
to create inside
of you that new heart,
00:27:27.65\00:27:29.61
that new experience
00:27:29.64\00:27:30.88
and have that new
experience instantly?
00:27:30.91\00:27:33.14
Friends, if that is your desire,
00:27:33.17\00:27:35.31
if it is your desire
to have that new heart,
00:27:35.34\00:27:37.79
that new life
changing experience,
00:27:37.82\00:27:39.48
I would just ask that
you bow your heads right now
00:27:39.51\00:27:41.46
as you sitting in your home
00:27:41.49\00:27:42.86
and that you'll ask
the God and say God,
00:27:42.89\00:27:44.77
I want to
receive that new heart.
00:27:44.80\00:27:46.28
I want to receive
that new experience.
00:27:46.31\00:27:48.20
I want You to
create in me a new heart.
00:27:48.23\00:27:50.25
And friends, I pray Gods
richest blessing upon you,
00:27:50.28\00:27:52.94
as you receive that new heart,
00:27:52.97\00:27:55.30
that He wants to
gift each one of us.
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