>> WELCOME BACK TO OUR SPECIAL
THURSDAY NIGHT LIVE WERE SO GLAD
THAT YOU HAVE JOINED US AGAIN
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THIS EVENING. THE FIRST HOUR HAS
GONE BY SO QUICKLY AND WE ARE
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PASTOR DOCTOR DAVID CHIN A LONG
TIME FRIEND OF JILL AND MYSELF
AND A LONG LONGTIME FRIEND OF
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THE MINISTRY HERE WHAT AN
INCREDIBLE TOPIC BECAUSE PRETTY
MUCH WHEN WE INVITED WE SAID
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PAST DAVID WHAT DO YOU WANT TO
SHARE AND IT IS SURRENDERING OUR
IDEAS WHICH WAS MENTORING THIS
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WAS THE CLOSE OF THE FIRST HOUR
AND I HAVE BEEN CONVICTED THIS
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EVENING AS WELL. TO HANG ONTO
CERTAIN THINGS AND YOU DO THINGS
A CERTAIN SPEAKS TO US AND WE
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NEED TO LISTEN. >> A POWERFUL
EXAMPLE OF PAUL, SAUL, AND JUST
INCREDIBLE. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
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WE LOOKING FORWARD AS WE LOOK
FORWARD TO THE SECOND HOUR. >>
WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO TEXT IN
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HER E-MAIL YOUR QUESTION. TO
PASTOR DAVID TONIGHT. MAYBE YOU
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HAVE IDEAS YOU'RE DEALING WITH
AND YOU'RE WONDERING ABOUT
PRESUPPOSITIONS IN YOUR OWN
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LIKELIHOOD OF PRAYER NEEDS OR
SOMETHING THAT YOU WANT TO SHARE
WITH US TONIGHT. TEXT IN YOUR
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QUESTIONS ARE PRAYER NEEDS RIGHT
NOW (618)228-3975. THAT IS
(618)228-3975 OR YOU CAN
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ALWAYS E-MAIL US AT LIVE L IDE
AT THREE ABN THAT WORK THAT IS
LIVE AT THREE ABN . ORG.
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THIS MESSAGE CAME IN WE WANT TO
INVITE YOU TO SPEAK AT OUR
RESUME MEETINGS HERE IN THE
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PHILIPPINES HOW CAN I CONTACT
YOU. IS THERE A WAY THEY CAN
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CONTACT YOU? >> YES IF YOU GO TO
O HC .ORG THERE IS A PLACE YOU
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CAN CONTACT THE CAKE THEY PUT IN
THEIR DEAR PASTOR DAVID AND IT
GETS TO ME THAT'S AN AMAZING
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THING WITH COVID. A LOT
OF ZOOM MEETINGS. >> I KNOW.
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YOU CAN BE EVERYWHERE. MULTIPLE
PLACES AT ONCE. >> AND YOU DON'T
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HAVE TO TRAVEL. >> IT'S A GREAT
THING. THE ABILITY TO EXTEND
YOUR REACH >> WERE TALKING
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TONIGHT ABOUT OUR IDEAS TO
SCRIPTURE PRESUPPOSITION AND
IDOL, IDOLATRY OF IDEAS.
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HOW WE CARRY TIS AND OUR MINDS
AND HEARTS AND SURRENDER OF OUR
HEART AND CONVERSION PROCEEDING
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THAT SURRENDER OF IDEAS. AND
THEN YOU SHARE ABOUT THE
IMPORTANCE OF BEING FILLED WITH
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THE HOLY SPIRIT. LET'S GO TO
THE NEXT NEXT STEP. >> I WANT TO
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START BY READING FROM EPHESIANS
CHAPTER THREE VERSE 16 THROUGH
19. THAT HE WOULD GRANT YOU
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ACCORDING TO THE RICHES OF HIS
GRACE TO BE STRENGTHENED WITH
MIGHT THROUGH HIS SPIRIT IN THE
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INNER MAN OF CHRIST AND MAY HE
DWELL IN YOUR HEART. TO KNOW THE
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LOVE OF GOD WHICH PASSES
KNOWLEDGE THAT YOU MAY BE FILLED
WITH ALL THE FULLNESS OF GOD.
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THIS IS PAUL AND HE HAS SO
MANY OF THESE PRESUPPOSITION OF
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PHRASES IN HERE. THE FIRST
PRESUPPOSITION OF PHRASE IS THAT
YOU MIGHT BE STRENGTHENED TO THE
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SPIRIT. THIS IS ANOTHER PASSAGE
THAT WE ARE RENEWED IN THE INNER
MAN DAY BY DAY AND SO THE INNER
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MAN AND THIS IS TALK ABOUT
SIGNIFICATION BUT DAILY
STRENGTHENING OF THE INNER MAN
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DAY BY DAY, AND IT IS THE SPIRIT
THAT STRENGTHENS THE INNER MAN.
WE PUT IT TOGETHER WITH THIS
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PASSAGE. AND THEN HE SAYS THAT
CHRIST MAY DWELL IN YOUR HEARTS
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THROUGH FAITH. WHEN WE RECEIVE
WE ARE RECEIVING CHRIST INTO OUR
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HEARTS BECAUSE WHEN JESUS WAS
INCARNATED HE DIVESTED HIMSELF
OF OMNIPRESENCE THE ABILITY TO
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BE EVERYWHERE AT ONCE. AND WHEN
HE WENT TO HEAVEN TO THE AGENCY
OF THE HOLY SPIRIT HE
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WAS ABLE TO BUY REPRESENTATION
BE ABLE TO BE IN ALL OF US
THROUGH THE INDWELLING OF THE
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HOLY SPIRIT. HERE PAUL PUTS IT
TOGETHER, WE ARE STRENGTHENED BY
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THE SPIRIT OF THE INNER THAT
CHRIST MAY DWELL IN YOUR HEARTS
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THROUGH FAITH. IN OTHER WORDS
CHRIST IN US, THE HOPE OF GLORY.
SO JESUS BEING IN US IS BEING
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MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE
HOLY SPIRIT. SO WE WOULD LIKE TO
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INVITE THE HOLY SPIRIT TO COME
INSIDE OF OUR LIFE BUT BECAUSE
JESUS IS INSIDE OF HER LIFE AS
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WELL. HE BREAKS IT DOWN AND SAYS
THAT YOU BEING ROOTED AND
GROUNDED IN LOVE IS THAT THE
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SPIRIT IS POURED OUT INTO OUR
HEARTS AND THAT BRINGS THE LOVE
AND SO THAT POURING OUT, THE
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HIGH PRIEST BRINGS AND POURS THE
OIL AND THAT IS ALSO THE FRUIT
OF THE SPIRIT WHICH IS A LOVE
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AND JOY AND SO IT'S PUTTING IT
ALL TOGETHER HERE. SO IF YOU
WANT TO BE A LOVING
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AND LOVABLE CHRISTIAN, RECEIVE
THE HOLY SPIRIT, IF YOU WANT TO
JESUS IN YOUR LIFE RECEIVE THE
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HOLY SPIRIT. THE HOLY SPIRIT IS
THE GIFT THAT HAVEN'T LONGS TO
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BE STOUT BUT THEN THERE
SOMETHING ELSE THAT HAPPENS, IT
SAYS THAT YOU MAY BE
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UNDERSTANDING. REMEMBER, WE TALK
ABOUT THE HOLY PLACE EXPERIENCE,
THE LIGHT SO YOU CAN SEE, THAT
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YOU MAY BE ABLE TO COMPREHEND.
SO WHEN THE HOLY SPIRIT COMES
INTO YOUR LIFE NOT ONLY DOES
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CHRIST COME IN AND NOT ONLY ARE
YOU ABLE TO BE ROOTED AND
GROUNDED IN LOVE BUT YOU ARE
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ABLE TO SEE. IF YOU ARE ABLE TO
COMPREHEND WITH ALL THE SAINTS,
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WHAT IS THE WITS, THE LENGTH,
THE DEPTH, THE HEIGHT, TO KNOW,
IN OTHER WORDS, KNOW THE LOVE OF
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GOD WHICH PASSES KNOWLEDGE AND
YOU MAY BE FILLED WITH ALL THE
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FULLNESS OF GOD. HAVING THE HOLY
SPIRIT IS SO ESSENTIAL AND WE
NEED TO RECEIVE THE HOLY SPIRIT
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EVERY DAY BECAUSE WE LEAK. THAT
IS WHY WE NEEDED. WE NEED TO
DRINK WATER EVERY DAY
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WE CANNOT DRINK FOR THE WHOLE
YEAR OR THE WHOLE MONTH WITH A
DRINK EVERY DAY WE HAVE TO EAT
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EVERY DAY WE HAVE TO BREATHE
EVERY MINUTE. PREFERABLY EVEN
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MORE AND SO PHYSIOLOGICALLY, WE
ARE IN THIS REALM OF DOING
THINGS BECAUSE WE ARE DEPENDENT
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ON A REGULAR BASIS AND IT'S THE
SAME WAY WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT
YOU CANNOT SAY I WAS CONVERTED I
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DON'T NEED THE HOLY SPIRIT
ANYMORE BECAUSE I RECEIVED HIM
ONCE. WE NEED A DAILY EXPERIENCE
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WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT AND THROUGH
THE DAILY EXPERIENCE WE ARE ABLE
TO KNOW AND TO COMPREHEND WHICH
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PAUL BRINGS TOGETHER SO
BEAUTIFULLY. AND EPHESIANS
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CHAPTER THREE VERSUS 16 TO 19 IS
A WONDERFUL SYNTHESIS OF THE
WORKING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.
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HERE IS THE IS IT POSSIBLE FOR A
CONVERTED AND SPIRIT FILLED
PERSON TO STILL HAVE IDEAS IN
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THE MIND THAT GOD IS
STILL WORKING ON? GETTING US TO
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SURRENDER? IS IT POSSIBLE?
BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE BELIEVE,
LOOK, I AM A CHRISTIAN, I AM A
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VEGAN, AND I'M DOING EVERYTHING
RIGHT. WHATEVER YOU HOLD OFF AS
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DOING EVERYTHING RIGHT. A VERY
HEALTHY AND I'VE BEEN A
CHRISTIAN FOR 15, 20, 35 YEARS
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AND THEY WERE LIKE AM BEYOND
HAVING PRESUPPOSITIONS IN MY
MIND AND I AM OBJECTIVES.
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I AM OBJECTIVE. >> THAT IS A
PRESUPPOSITION. >> OR WE COULD
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EVEN ASSUME THAT WE DON'T HAVE
ANY PRESUPPOSITIONS WHICH IS A
WHOLE OTHER PERSPECTIVE AS WELL
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AND I WANT TO SHOW IN OUR STUDY
OF THE BOOK OF ACTS HOW
PRESUPPOSITION IS MANIFESTING
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ITSELF IN THE NEW TESTAMENT
CHURCH BECAUSE WHEN YOU LOOK AT
THE BOOK OF ACTS, YOU SEE THE
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CHURCH IN STATE THAT WE HAVE
NEVER BEEN IN. I BELIEVE THAT
THE CHURCH RIGHT BEFORE THE
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SECOND COMING OF JESUS IS GOING
TO RECEIVE THE LATTER RAIN WHICH
WILL HAVE THE EXPERIENCE OF THE
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FIRST CENTURY CHURCH BUT THAT
MOUNTAINTOP EXPERIENCE IN THE
BOOK OF ACTS, WE OBTAIN OR WE
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STRIVE FOR BUT WE HAVE NOT YET
ATTAINED. THIS IS THE CHURCH IN
ITS RELATIVE PURITY.
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YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT?
WERE TALKING ABOUT PENTECOST,
THE APOSTLES ARE ALL A LIVE,
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PETER AND JAMES ARE WALKING
AROUND IN THE FLESH, THEY HAVE
EXPERIENCED JESUS, AND I
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NATURALLY HAVE THE
PRESUPPOSITION THAT THE FIRST
CENTURY CHURCH WHEN THEY RECEIVE
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THE HOLY SPIRIT AT PENTECOST
WAS LIKE THE DIVINE AND YOU KNOW
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WHAT I MEAN? TOOK ALL THE BAD
PRESUPPOSITIONS AWAY AND THEN
SUDDENLY IT WAS LIKE HOW MUCH
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BETTER CAN YOU GET THEM
PENTECOST? BUT WHEN I STUDIED
THE DATA IT WAS SURPRISINGLY
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DIFFERENT BECAUSE I HAD TO LET
GO OF THAT PRESUPPOSITION IN
REGARD TO THE BOOK OF ACTS
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INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH. I WANT TO
GO TO ACTS ONE VERSE SIX HERE AT
THE BEGINNING OF THE
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MOMENTS OF THE EARLY CHURCH AND
HEAR AND ACT CHAPTER ONE VERSE
SIX WE CAN SEE THAT JESUS IS
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ABOUT TO GO TO HEAVEN AND LET'S
PICK IT UP IN ACTS CHAPTER ONE
VERSE TWO NUMBER UNTIL THE DAY
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IN WHICH HE WAS TAKEN UP AFTER
HE THREW THE HOLY SPIRIT HAD
GIVEN COMMANDMENTS TO THE
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APOSTLES THAT HE HAD CHOSEN TO
WHOM HE ALSO PRESENTED HIMSELF A
LIVE AFTER HIS SUFFERING BY MANY
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INFALLIBLE PROOFS BEING SEEN BY
THE 40 DAYS AND SPEAKING OF THE
KINGDOM OF GOD AND BEING
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ASSEMBLED TOGETHER HE COMMANDED
THEM NOT TO DEPART FROM
JERUSALEM BUT TO WAIT FOR THE
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PROMISE OF THE FATHER WHICH HE
SAID YOU HAVE HEARD FROM ME FOR
JON TRULY BAPTIZED WITH WATER
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BUT YOU SHALL BE BAPTIZED WITH
THE HOLY SPIRIT NOT MANY DAYS
LET'S THERE -- STOVE AS THEY ARE
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THE DISCIPLES JUST EXPERIENCE
THE CROSS AND WALK WITH JESUS
FOR 40 DAYS IN THE FLESH.
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AND WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT
THEY BUT IT MUST HAVE BEEN AN
EXPERIENCE AND JUST ABOUT TO GO
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TO HEAVEN AND LEAVE THE CHURCH
OF THE APOSTLES AND HE SAID IT
LOOKS IN JERUSALEM YOU WILL
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RECEIVE THE HOLY SPIRIT IN ACTS
CHAPTER ONE VERSE SIX LOOK AT
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THE RESPONSE. THEREFORE WHEN
THEY HAD COME TOGETHER THEY ASK
HIM SAYING, LORD, WHAT DO YOU AT
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THIS TIME RESTORE THE KINGDOM
THE ISRAEL? >> THEY STILL
THOUGHT HE WAS COMING AS A KING.
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>> HE IS TRYING TO GET RID OF
THIS PRESUPPOSITION. HE SAID
MAKING KINGDOM IS NOT OF
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THIS WORLD AND THEY ARE STILL
FIXATED ON ISRAEL. >> AND THIS
IS AFTER THE CROSS.
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>> THIS IS AFTER 40 DAYS AFTER
THREE AND HALF YEARS OF TEACHING
IS TRYING TO REMOVE THE
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PRESUPPOSITION IS ABOUT TO GO TO
HEAVEN TO LEAD THE CHURCH TO
THESE GUYS AND HE'S LIKE I'M
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ABOUT TO GO AND THEY'RE LIKE
WAIT A MINUTE NO ARE YOU GONNA
DO YOU OVERTHREW TO THE ROMANS
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AND ESTABLISH A POLITICAL EMPIRE
AND JESUS MUST HAVE BEEN LIKE
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YOU KNOW WHAT? I WOULD HAVE BEEN
LIKE NEVERMIND I AM GOING TO GO.
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IN OTHER WORDS THE
PRESUPPOSITIONS ARE STILL THERE.
WHICH TELL US YOU SOMETHING.
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THEY ARE NOT VERY EASILY REMOVED
THEY ARE LIKE THE PIECE OF GUM
THAT KEEP TICKING OF THE BOTTOM
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OF YOUR -- STICKING AT THE
BOTTOM OF YOUR SHOW. >> AND HE'S
THE BEST TEACHER THEY STILL AND
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UNDERSTAND AND THE LORD IS A
PATIENT. AND HE SAID LOOK, IT'S
NOT TIME FOR YOU TO KNOW THE
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TIMES AND THE SEASONS THAT HE
GOES BACK TO THE HOLY SPIRIT,
YOU SHALL RECEIVE POWER AND THE
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HOLY SPIRIT AND HE TAKES THE
ACTIVE MISSION BUT THEY STILL
HAVE THIS IDEA, THIS CULTURAL
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PRESUPPOSITION IN THEIR MIND IN
THE BOOK OF ACTS IN THAT CHAPTER
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IT'S JUST THERE. -- IN CHAPTER
ONE. IT'S JUST THERE. OF COURSE
YOU THINK CHAPTER TWO.
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>> IT TO THE COMPONENT. HE COULD
SAY THIS TOOK PLACE BEFORE.
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>> YOU COULD DO THIS WAS BEFORE.
IT'S ALL GOOD. >> WE HAVE ASKED
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CHAPTER TWO AND THEN PETER IS
THE PROMINENT FIGURE IN THE
EARLY PART OF THE BOOK OF ACTS
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PREACHING THE POWERFUL 3,000
SOULS SOULS WANTED DAY THE HOLY
SPIRIT FALLS ON THE CHURCH IS
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TAKING OFF LOOKING FROM 120
UPPER ROOM TO 3,000 PLUS AND THE
GOSPEL IS BEING TAKEN TO
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JERUSALEM AND JERUSALEM HAS BEEN
TURNED UPSIDE YOU THINK IT'S
BEFORE BUT SURELY AN ACTS
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CHAPTER TO THE HOLY SPIRIT CAME
DOWN AND YOU THINK IT IS THE
THINGS THAT YOU DRAW ON LIKE A
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ETCHANT SKETCH AND THEN YOU HAVE
ALL THE STUFF SHAKING IT OUT.
AND I THOUGHT ACTS CHAPTER SHE
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WAS A ETCH-A-SKETCH. THE HOLY
SPIRIT COMES DOWN AND IT'S GONE.
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THOSE PRESUPPOSITIONS WE HIT THE
DELETE BUTTON AND THEY ARE GONE.
AND I WAS READING TO THE BOOKS
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OF ACTS AND THEN I HEAR ACTS
CHAPTER TEN PAIR A LOOK AT ACTS
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CHAPTER TEN. THE SAME PETER THAT
PREACHED THE POWERFUL SERMON ON
THE DAY OF PENTECOST AS A SOUL
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WINNER AND ADMINISTRATOR AND
APOSTLE AND THERE HE IS HAVING A
NAP. IN THE DREAM THIS BLANKET
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OF ALL THESE UNCLEAN ANIMALS
COME DOWN. AND THEN ARRIVES
PETER AND HE SAYS NO BUT I HAVE
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NEVER EATEN COMMON OR UNCLEAN
AND BY THE WAY SOME PEOPLE
ASSUME THAT THIS IS ABOUT DIET
00:14:07.04\00:14:11.88
BUT PETER KNEW IT WAS NOT ABOUT
TO DIE BECAUSE LATER ON HE COMES
TO THE CONCLUSION THAT THIS IS
00:14:11.88\00:14:16.75
TALKING ABOUT CALLING ANY
PERSON, OR UNCLEAN SPIRIT AND
THEN CORNELIUS COMES AND THEN
00:14:16.75\00:14:24.93
THEY HAVE THIS DIALOGUE AND EACH
WITH GENTILES IN THE HOLY SPIRIT
FALLS UPON THEM. HERE IS THING,
00:14:24.93\00:14:34.74
WHAT WAS THE IDEA THAT THE
HOLY SPIRIT WAS WORKING ON? IN
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PETER'S MIND? WAS THERE A
CULTURAL PRESUPPOSITION? THIS IS
00:14:40.11\00:14:49.28
ACTS CHAPTER TEN. HERE IS A
PROMINENT APOSTLE THAT IS IN
LEADERSHIP OF THE CHURCH THAT
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THE GODDESS AS A LOOK YOU'RE
DOING GREAT WORK, -- THAT GOD
SAYS LOOK YOU ARE DOING A GREAT
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WORK BUT I'M ABOUT TO TAKE THIS
THE GENTILES PAUL HAS BEEN
CONVERTED HE IS BRINGING THE
00:15:01.13\00:15:05.73
GOSPEL TO THE GENTILES AND YOU
HAVE SOME CULTURAL IDEAS IN YOUR
HEAD RELATED TO PEOPLE THAT ARE
00:15:05.73\00:15:12.14
NOT ETHNICALLY JEWS THAT I NEED
TO CHALLENGE. SO HE GIVES THEM
THE SUBMISSION AND CAN YOU
00:15:12.14\00:15:16.88
IMAGINE THAT? AND HE SAYS, LOOK,
YOU CANNOT COMMON OR UNCLEAN. IN
OTHER WORDS THE GOSPEL WAS
00:15:16.88\00:15:26.45
JUST AS MUCH FOR THEM AS
IT IS FOR THE JEWS. YOU SEE
00:15:26.45\00:15:34.13
PRESUPPOSITIONS CONTINUED TO
EXIST IN ACTS CHAPTER TEN. THIS
IS THE THING AND ASKED
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CHAPTER 11, HERE A BROTHER IN
JUDEA THAT GENTILES TRIED TO
RECEIVE THE WORD OF GOD AND
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PETER CAME TO JERUSALEM AND
THOSE OF THE SORT OF SCHISM
CONTENDED WITH HIM SAYING YOU
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WENT INTO UNCIRCUMCISED MEN AND
ATE WITH THEM. THESE ARE JEWISH
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CHRISTIANS, JEWS THAT HAVE
CONVERTED TO CHRISTIANITY BUT
BROUGHT WITH THEM THESE CULTURAL
00:16:04.56\00:16:09.33
PRESUPPOSITIONS. THEY HAVE
EXPERIENCED PENTECOST BUT THEN
WHEN PETER EATS WITH
00:16:09.33\00:16:14.80
GENTILES, THIS IS LIKE TOBACCO
AND THEY ATE WITH THOSE UNCLEAN.
THEY HAVE LEFT -- THEY HAD LIVED
00:16:14.80\00:16:35.62
IN UNPRECEDENTED PURITY BUT THEY
HAVE THIS IDEA THAT ONLY JEWS
00:16:35.62\00:16:39.73
CAN BE SAVED. IF YOU LOOK AT
ACTS CHAPTER 11 PETER GOES TO
THE WHOLE EXPLANATION AND THEN
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THEY GO AND THEY COME TO THIS
CERTAIN CONCLUSION IN REGARD TO
WHAT GUIDE IS DOING AND THEN
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THIS IS VERSE 18 AFTER PETER'S
EXPLANATION WHEN THEY HEARD
THESE THINGS THEY BECAME SILENT,
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THEY GLORIFIED GOD SAYING GOD
HAS ALSO GRANTED GENTILES
REPENTANCE TO LIFE IN OTHER
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WORDS, I GUESS PEOPLE THAT ARE
NOT JEWISH CAN BE SAVED AS WELL.
THAT IS LIKE LOOK AGAINST THEIR
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CULTURE. >> LOOK AT THE PICTURE,
THE COMMUNITY OF FAITH TO THIS
00:17:18.30\00:17:23.51
POINT WAS AND 99 PERCENT JEWISH
AND THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH WAS 99
PERCENT JEWISH AND THE
00:17:23.51\00:17:28.71
MAJORITY OF THEM HELD TO THIS
NOTION THAT ONLY. JEWS COULD BE
00:17:28.71\00:17:37.89
SAVED. THIS IS A MOMENT. I GUESS
GENTILES CAN BE SAVED AS WELL.
00:17:37.89\00:17:43.59
IN OTHER WORDS OF THIS WAS AN
IDEA AND EMBEDDED IN THEIR BRAIN
THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT IS CALLING
00:17:43.59\00:17:48.13
THEM TO GIVE UP AND SO LOOK, IF
THE EARLY CHURCH HAD THIS IDEA
THAT IS SO LIKE MIND-BOGGLING
00:17:48.13\00:18:03.01
FROM OUR STANDPOINT -- WE ARE
NOT ETHNICALLY JEWISH UNLESS
THEY ARE THINGS I DON'T KNOW
00:18:03.01\00:18:13.89
ABOUT. WE ARE NOT ETHNICALLY
JEWISH. PRAISE GOD THEY CAME TO
00:18:13.89\00:18:19.26
THIS REVELATION BECAUSE WE WOULD
NOT BE HERE TODAY IF IT WAS NOT
FOR THE HOLY SPIRIT WORKING DOWN
00:18:19.26\00:18:27.10
THEM SURRENDER THIS
PRESUPPOSITION BECAUSE THE
CHURCH WOULD HAVE DIED AT THIS
00:18:27.10\00:18:31.31
POINT OR STALLED IF THE GOSPEL
WAS LIMITED TO JUST THOSE THAT
WERE ETHNICALLY JEWISH.
00:18:31.31\00:18:41.92
>> WHEN TO THE PRESUPPOSITION
FOR THE JEWS COME? THAT THE
GOSPEL WAS ONLY FOR
00:18:41.92\00:18:46.62
THEM? BECAUSE YOU THINK WITH
THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL LIKE WHEN
00:18:46.62\00:18:49.16
THEY LEFT EGYPT AND THE
STRANGERS AD THE FOREIGNERS WHO
JOINED THEM VALVES TO THEM AND
00:18:49.16\00:18:55.50
IF THEY FOLLOW THE RIGHTS AND
THE RITUALS AND DID ALL THE
THINGS AND SO WHEN DID THAT
00:18:55.50\00:19:01.34
PRESUPPOSITION COME ABOUT? >>
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE BOOK DESIRE
OF AGES THE AUTHOR GIVES
00:19:01.34\00:19:05.84
A FASCINATING PERSPECTIVE ON THE
CHANGE IN PERSPECTIVE RELATED TO
00:19:05.84\00:19:12.71
OTHER ETHNICITIES. IN THAT
SHORTLY AFTER THE EXILE WHEN
THEY CAME BACK TO JERUSALEM THEY
00:19:12.71\00:19:23.19
RECOGNIZED OF BEHOLDING TO THE
COMMANDMENTS OF GOD AND NOT
BEING INDOCTRINATED BY THE
00:19:23.19\00:19:28.36
PEOPLE AROUND THEM THAT GOD
WOULD BLESS THEM. AND RATHER
THAN BEING AN ENTITY THAT WAS
00:19:28.36\00:19:38.91
HOLDING TO A CERTAIN IDENTITY
AND ADMINISTERING TO THOSE
AROUND THEM, THEY WENT THROUGH
00:19:38.91\00:19:45.08
BY PLACING BARRIERS TO THE
COMMUNITY AND WOULD NOT
ASSOCIATE WITH THE GENTILES
00:19:45.08\00:19:50.12
BECAUSE THEY RECOGNIZED THAT
THESE IDEAS ARE COMING IN AND IT
WAS LEADING TO THEM BEING TAKEN
00:19:50.12\00:19:55.72
OFF INTO CAPTIVITY. IT LED TO A
VERY EXCLUSIVE COMMUNITY OF
FAITH THAT CARRIED ON TO THE
00:19:55.72\00:20:03.10
TIME OF WHEN IT CAME TO THIS
POINT THAT THERE WAS A SAYING IN
THE EARLY JEWISH FIRST CENTURY
00:20:03.10\00:20:10.97
WHERE A JEWISH MAN WOULD GET UP
IN THE MORNING AND HE WOULD SAY,
LORD, I THINK GOD THAT I AM A
00:20:10.97\00:20:17.28
JEW. AND I THANK GOD THAT I
AM NOT THE GENTILE. AND A WOMAN.
00:20:17.28\00:20:23.25
THAT IS ALL THE SAME THAT THEY
WOULD SAY. A JEWISH MAN AND SO,
00:20:23.25\00:20:29.92
VERY FASCINATING PERSPECTIVE ON
THAT DYNAMIC AND SO YOU CAN SEE
THE MINDSET THAT WOULD CREEP IN
00:20:29.92\00:20:38.30
AND THIS WAS A VERY ESTABLISHED
PART OF A JEWISH PRESUPPOSITION
A TO ACTS CHAPTER TEN.
00:20:38.30\00:20:48.24
AND AS YOU CAN SEE THE
PRESUPPOSITION OF FRAMEWORK THAT
00:20:48.24\00:20:54.05
CONTINUES. >> YOU BEING A
THEOLOGIAN, HOW MUCH TIME FRAME
ACTS ONE TO TEN ARE WE TALKING A
00:20:54.05\00:20:59.62
COUPLE WEEKS, MONTHS, YEAR? WHAT
WE TALK ABOUT FRAME WISE? >> TO
BE HONEST I'M NOT EXACTLY
00:20:59.62\00:21:05.69
SURE THE EXACT TIME FRAME BUT
ACTED CHAPTER ONE TO TEN WE
WOULD PUT TOGETHER THAT THIS WAS
00:21:05.69\00:21:14.07
AT LEAST -- WE GET TO SEE THIS
VERY QUICKLY. THAT'S 34 AND THEN
00:21:14.07\00:21:22.71
YOU GET TO THE THREE YEARS OF
PAUL IN ARABIA AND SO THIS IS
SOME TIME WITH IN THOSE THREE
00:21:22.71\00:21:34.06
YEARS. >> OKAY SO SOME TIME HAS
PASSED IT'S NOT BAM BAM BAM. >>
SO YOU SEE THE PATIENCE OF
00:21:34.06\00:21:40.06
GOD IN WORKING WITH US AND YOU
CAN ALSO SEE THE EVIDENCE THAT
WHEN THE HOLY SPIRIT FELL IN
00:21:40.06\00:21:46.84
ACTS CHAPTER TO KNOW HIM WHO WAS
NOT AS THOUGH THEY THEY STEADILY
THOUGHT GENTILES COULD BE SAVED
00:21:46.84\00:21:50.54
AS WELL. THE PRESUPPOSITIONS
LINGERED. UNTIL ACTS CHAPTER TEN
00:21:50.54\00:21:56.38
THEN THE HOLY SPIRIT WAS WORKING
WITH THEM AND IT WAS AT A PLACE
WHERE THEY THOUGHT NON-JEWS
00:21:56.38\00:22:01.68
COULD ALSO BE SAVED. AND SO IT
DOES SHOW YOU IN PRINCIPLE FROM
00:22:01.68\00:22:11.09
THE DATA FROM THE BOOK OF ACTS
THAT PRESUPPOSITION CONTINUES IN
THE LIFE OF THE BELIEVER AFTER
00:22:11.09\00:22:18.13
CONVERSION AND AFTER CONVERSION
AFTER BEING SPIRIT FILLED, AFTER
WINNING THOUSANDS OF SOULS AFTER
00:22:18.13\00:22:26.24
BEING LEADERSHIP, AFTER THE
BOARD BUS IN YOUR MINISTRY, WE
CAN STILL HAD IDEAS IN IS LIKE I
00:22:26.24\00:22:35.25
NEED TO HAVE HIM SURRENDER THOSE
IDEAS THAT ARE COMING FROM
CULTURE IN OTHER WORDS, BEING
00:22:35.25\00:22:41.06
CONVERTED AND SANCTIFIED DOES
NOT SUDDENLY MAKE AS INFALLIBLE.
>> WHY DO YOU THINK THEN THAT
00:22:41.06\00:22:45.73
GOD DID NOT GIVE PETER THE DREAM
RIGHT AT PENTECOST? BECAUSE IT
DOES TAKE TIME SO WHY
00:22:45.73\00:22:51.93
DIDN'T HE JUST GIVEN EVERYTHING
OUT OF THE FIRE HYDRANT? >> THE
PROVERBS THAT THE PATH OF
00:22:51.93\00:23:00.11
THE RIGHTEOUS IS LIKE THE SUN
THAT DONS MORE AND MORE INTO THE
00:23:00.11\00:23:04.28
PERFECT DAY. IF YOU ARE IN
DARKNESS, PRAISE THE LORD, THAT
GOD DOES NOT JUST PUT HIS
00:23:04.28\00:23:13.29
SPOTLIGHTS ON US. BOOM. HERE
IT IS. WE WOULD GO INTO SHOCK.
00:23:13.29\00:23:17.66
YOU DON'T I'M SAYING? AND IT'S A
GOD OF MERCY THAT HE DOES NOT
JUST DO A MILLION WATS
00:23:17.66\00:23:23.97
OF LIGHT ON US AND SAY HERE YOU
GO. BUT IT'S LIKE THIS A GRADUAL
00:23:23.97\00:23:29.27
THING. CAN YOU IMAGINE THE SUN
CAME UP LIKE THAT MIDNIGHT BOOM.
00:23:29.27\00:23:35.84
WHAT JUST HAPPENED. BUT WE CAN
HANDLE THE NOON DAY SUN BECAUSE
IT IS LIKE SUNRISE,
00:23:35.84\00:23:43.42
AND THEN IT STARTS PROGRESSING
AND THE SAME ON A MACRO LEVEL IN
TERMS OF THE REFORMATION TO THIS
00:23:43.42\00:23:49.42
DAY BUT IT'S ALSO STAYING ON A
MICRO LEVEL, LOOK, I AM SO GLAD
THAT WHEN I ACCEPTED JESUS AS MY
00:23:49.42\00:23:55.83
SAVIOR, THAT HE DID NOT PULL OUT
THE LIST AND SAY LIKE SON, I
WILL ACCEPTED THE WAY YOU ARE
00:23:55.83\00:24:03.47
BUT WE HAVE SOME WORK TO DO AND
I WOULD BE WAY -- -- I ACCEPTED
WAY THE WAY YOU ARE BUT WE HAVE
00:24:03.47\00:24:18.55
SOME WORK TO DO AND I'LL BE
BLOWN AWAY. BUT IT'S LIKE ONE
00:24:18.55\00:24:22.56
STEP AT A TIME AND IN THE NEXT
STEP. FOR THE NEXT STEP. >> IT'S
00:24:22.56\00:24:26.90
THE MERCY OF GOD. HIS LOVE. AND
I THINK ABOUT PETER WHEN HE
REALIZES TO MAKE A CHANGE.
00:24:26.90\00:24:32.47
INCREDIBLE. HE GOES TO
DISCOURAGEMENT AND DESPAIR HE
DOESN'T DO ANYTHING.
00:24:32.47\00:24:37.84
MY LENSES ARE GETTING CLEARER
AND CLEANER AND IT'S LIKE YES
00:24:37.84\00:24:43.04
ABSOLUTELY. ABSOLUTELY. LOOK
AT THE MERCY OF GOD AND PETER.
00:24:43.04\00:24:45.85
PENTECOST AND PETER. PETER
DENIES JESUS AT PASSOVER. IT IS
50 DAYS FROM PASSOVER TO
00:24:45.85\00:24:57.13
PENTECOST 50 DAYS. THAT'S LESS
THAN TWO MONTHS. AND SO YOU SEE
00:24:57.13\00:25:07.87
PETER THE DENIER TO 50 DAYS
PREACHING A POWERFUL SERMON.
LOOK AT THE MERCY OF GOD.
00:25:07.87\00:25:14.38
AND THEN THREE YEARS LATER THERE
IS THIS EXPERIENCE. THIS IS THE
00:25:14.38\00:25:21.85
MERCY OF GOD RIGHT HERE. THE
MERCY OF GOD IN HIS EXPERIENCE
00:25:21.85\00:25:26.05
OF PETER AND DETERMINING HOW HE
WORKS WITH OUR IDEAS THAT ARE
EMBEDDED WITHIN OUR BRAIN >>
00:25:26.05\00:25:36.00
THIS IS A TEXT MESSAGE FROM
WYOMING. HOW DO WE DISCERN IF
THEY ARE POSITIONED ON A SUBJECT
00:25:36.00\00:25:43.47
IS TAINTED BY THE PRESUPPOSITION
OR IF IT IS FORMED BY THE BOOK
OF TRUTH IT SEEMS LIKE WE SHOULD
00:25:43.47\00:25:48.24
PLANT OURSELVES WITH THE LORD
AND NOT ENTERTAIN OTHER
VIEWPOINTS THAT INTRODUCE
00:25:48.24\00:25:52.65
CONFUSION ON THE MATTER
BUT WHERE THAT LINE? >> THAT IS
00:25:52.65\00:25:59.02
GUIDE. WE ARE NOT ALWAYS IN THIS
REALM OF UNCERTAINTY. WE SHOULD
HAVE A SOLID PLATFORM
00:25:59.02\00:26:03.69
OF TRUTH IN TERMS OF THE PILLARS
OF OUR FAITH AND SO WE SHOULD
NOT BE IN A POSITION OF SAYING,
00:26:03.69\00:26:10.67
I WILL MOVE THE PILLARS AND SO
WE COME TO SCRIPTURE WITH A
CERTAIN FOUNDATION THAT THE
00:26:10.67\00:26:20.28
VOLUME OF EVIDENCE HAS BEEN
PRESENTED AND IT IS THROUGH
CONTINUOUS STUDY OF SCRIPTURE
00:26:20.28\00:26:27.95
THAT WE HAVE THIS ENHANCEMENT
THAT TAKES PLACE BUT WHEN I'M
TALKING ABOUT THIS HERE IT IS
00:26:27.95\00:26:35.66
FROM OUR SOLID PLATFORM OF TRUTH
WHEN WE COME FACE-TO-FACE WITH
OVERWHELMING EVIDENCE LIKE PAUL
00:26:35.66\00:26:45.73
ON THE ROAD TO DAMASCUS, THAT
SHOWS US THAT IDEAS IN MY HEAD
CERTAIN IDEAS THAT I HAVE HELD
00:26:45.73\00:26:55.71
ONTO, NEED TO BE SURRENDERED.
THAT IS WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT
00:26:55.71\00:27:02.28
HERE. I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT
SAYING THAT YOU NEED TO REVISIT
YOUR POSITION ON THE STATE OF
00:27:02.28\00:27:06.62
THE DEBTOR THE SABBATH. THOSE
ARE PILLARS AND FOUNDATIONS THAT
00:27:06.62\00:27:13.09
WE COME TO APPEAR BUT I THINK
THAT IS WHEN WE COME TO OTHER
MACRO VIEWS OKAY, IN TERMS OF
00:27:13.09\00:27:25.27
LIKE POLITICS. SOMETIMES WE
UNASSUMING WE HAVE A POLITICAL
LENS THAT AND WHEN WE READ
00:27:25.27\00:27:31.08
SCRIPTURE THE BIBLE SAYS LOOK,
THE POLITICAL LENS THAT YOU ARE
USING IS REALLY A BIBLICAL.
00:27:31.08\00:27:35.12
AND THAT IS A TYPE OF THING.
THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. I'M NOT
ADVOCATING RELATIVE
00:27:35.12\00:27:41.56
TERMS BUT IN ADVOCATING THAT
LOOK, THIS NEEDS TO BE THE
PLATFORM AND THE FOUNDATION
00:27:41.56\00:27:48.70
THROUGH WHICH WE CRITICALLY LOOK
AT EVERY IDEA THAT COMES INTO
OUR MIND FROM CULTURE AND
00:27:48.70\00:27:58.47
SOCIETY BUT WE DO NEED TO HAVE A
SOLID PLATFORM OF TRUTH. >>
VIRGINIA SAYS I CONTINUALLY
00:27:58.47\00:28:06.61
ASK THE HOLY SPIRIT FOR
SPIRITUAL UNDERSTANDING BUT I
HAVE DOUBTS AND BEING HEARD.
00:28:06.61\00:28:10.89
I'M A DISABLED AND UNABLE TO GET
THE CHURCH SO THIS HAS BEEN MY
CHURCH FOR EIGHT YEARS NOW.
00:28:10.89\00:28:15.69
THANK YOU FOR BEING PART OF
OUR FAMILY. IS THERE ANYTHING
00:28:15.69\00:28:19.93
ANYTHING A HOMEBOUND PERSON CAN
DO TO WITNESS OR GET CLOSER
JESUS. AND IT SAYS BY THE WAY
00:28:19.93\00:28:27.60
PASTOR HER CHIN YOU HAVE BECOME
ONE OF MY FAVORITE CREATURES YOU
ARE EASY TO LISTEN TO THANK YOU.
00:28:27.60\00:28:33.64
BUT HOW TO GET CLOSE TO JESUS
BECAUSE OF THE ISOLATED? >> YES
AND YOU KNOW THE PANDEMIC
00:28:33.64\00:28:39.85
HAS PLACED MUCH OF SOCIETY AND
THIS REALM OF ISOLATION AND THEN
TO ADD TO THAT SOME ARE BOUND BY
00:28:39.85\00:28:48.66
AND I AM SO GLAD FOR PAUL'S
LETTER IN THE PHILIPPIANS TO THE
CHURCH OF PHILIPPI BECAUSE HERE
00:28:48.66\00:28:58.40
IS AN INDIVIDUAL THAT IS A UNDER
HOUSE ARREST. HIS EXPERIENCE
00:28:58.40\00:29:08.21
RIGHT THERE IS THAT HE IS IN
ISOLATION UNDER HOUSE ARREST
LIMITED BUT WHAT HE DOES IS THAT
00:29:08.21\00:29:16.79
HE MINISTERS AND HE IS
CONTINUING TO MINISTER EVEN
THOUGH HE'S GONE THROUGH THE
00:29:16.79\00:29:22.19
LETTERS THAT HE WROTE UNDER
HOUSE ARREST AND SO LOOK YOU
TOOK THE GREATEST CHAMPION AND
00:29:22.19\00:29:27.66
THE GREATEST EVANGELIST IN THE
NEW TESTAMENT AND HE PLACED HIM
UNDER HOUSE ARREST. BUT THEN, HE
00:29:27.66\00:29:33.03
CONTINUES TO MINISTER.
HE CONTINUES. SO THERE IS AN
00:29:33.03\00:29:36.40
OPPORTUNITY. HE WRITES A LETTER
TO THE PHILIPPIANS AND HE READ
THE N IT IS THE MOST OPTIMISTIC
00:29:36.40\00:29:43.88
MESSAGE. REJOICE TO THE LORD
ALWAYS AND AGAIN I SAY REJOICE I
HAVE LEARNED IN WHATSOEVER STATE
00:29:43.88\00:29:48.32
I AM TO BE CONTENT HE SAYS WORRY
ABOUT NOTHING BUT PRAY ABOUT
EVERYTHING IN THE PEACE OF GOD
00:29:48.32\00:29:53.49
THAT PASSES UNDERSTANDING SHALL
ABIDE IN YOUR HEARTS BY FAITH
AND SO I WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU
00:29:53.49\00:29:57.69
TO READ THE BOOK OF PHILIPPIANS
AND BE INSPIRED HOW GOD CAN USE
A PERSON THAT IS IN ISOLATION
00:29:57.69\00:30:06.10
BECAUSE HE. HE CAN GIVE YOU
INSPIRATION TO MINISTER TO
PEOPLE WE LIVE IN A
00:30:06.10\00:30:10.27
PHENOMENAL AGE PAUL HAD TO SEND
A LETTER THROUGH A MESSENGER BUT
TODAY THROUGH A TEXT YOU HAVE
00:30:10.27\00:30:20.05
THE WORLD AT YOUR FEET. YOU CAN
TEXT PEOPLE, CALL PEOPLE ,
MINISTER TO THEM, YOU
00:30:20.05\00:30:25.62
CAN EVEN SEND THEM VIDEOS TO SAY
LOOK I AM PRAYING FOR YOU I WANT
TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO HAVE A
00:30:25.62\00:30:30.36
PRAYER LIST AND THE CHURCH OF
PHILIPPIANS SAID I MENTION YOU
IN MY PRAYERS EVERY DAY SO HE IS
00:30:30.36\00:30:38.57
MINISTERING THE AND WHAT A
POWERFUL MINISTRY IT WAS. I WANT
TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO READ
00:30:38.57\00:30:42.04
THE BOOK OF PHILIPPIANS AND KNOW
THAT GOD CAN USE YOU THERE AND
BE INSPIRED AND IT'S ONE OF THE
00:30:42.04\00:30:47.81
WAYS THAT WE GROW IN GRACE
IS THAT YOUR MINISTRY. AND TO BE
00:30:47.81\00:30:55.12
INSPIRED BY PAUL'S EXAMPLE. >>
THIS LOOKS LIKE ARNOLD AND HE IT
SAYS IS A THEOLOGY STUDENT IN
00:30:55.12\00:31:01.66
THE PHILIPPINES AND HIS QUESTION
IS AND ASKING FOR THE INDWELLING
OF THE HOLY SPIRIT BUT HOW CAN I
00:31:01.66\00:31:06.63
KNOW THAT THE SPIRIT IS ALREADY
DWELLING IN MY HEART? HOW CAN I
DISTINGUISH IF THIS IS
00:31:06.63\00:31:11.80
IT JUST ME OR IF IT'S REALLY GOD
SPIRIT? >> ONE OF THE VISIBLE
00:31:11.80\00:31:21.14
MANIFESTATIONS OF THE SPIRIT IS
WHAT WE CALL FRUIT. AND THE --
NOTICE THAT GALATIANS
00:31:21.14\00:31:32.99
522 DOESN'T SAY FRUITS IT AND
THERE ARE GIFTS PLURAL AND ONE
OF THE REASON IS THAT FRUIT
00:31:32.99\00:31:43.57
IMPLIES THAT THEY ALL COME
TOGETHER LOVE JOY PEACE LONG
SUFFERING MEEKNESS AND
00:31:43.57\00:31:48.64
TEMPERANCE. AND SO YOU CANNOT
SAY LOOK AT LOVE IS JUST NOT MY
00:31:48.64\00:31:55.24
FRUIT. IT'S LIKE LOVE MAY BE YOU
ARE FREE BUT IT'S NOT MINE.
GENTLEMEN, THAT IS YOUR FRUIT
00:31:55.24\00:32:00.72
BUT THAT'S NOT MINE. THAT
DOESN'T WORK. A GIFT CANNOT BE A
00:32:00.72\00:32:07.56
GIFT BUT YOU CAN'T SAY IT'S NOT
MY FRUIT. PRAISE THE LORD FOR
THAT WE WOULD HAVE QUITE HERE
00:32:07.56\00:32:15.03
YOU ARE RUDE TO SOMEONE AND YOU
CAN JUST SAY THAT'S NOT MY GIFT.
00:32:15.03\00:32:19.23
AND SO FORTH. BUT ONE OF THE
WAYS THAT YOU TRANSFER ME -- IS
THE TRANSFORMATION.
00:32:19.23\00:32:25.84
IN THE WAY THAT FRUIT WORKS,
WHAT, IF YOU HAVE THE ROUTE YOU
00:32:25.84\00:32:33.98
HAVE THE FRUIT. YOU DON'T PLAN
TO APPLETREE AND THE NEXT DAY
YOU GET THE FRUIT. IT IS A
00:32:33.98\00:32:39.99
GRADUAL PROCESS. IT IS A GRADUAL
PROCESS. AND THE THING IS MANY
TIMES WE ARE UNCONSCIOUS OF
00:32:39.99\00:32:47.13
THIS. WE ARE UNCONSCIOUS OF IT
AND I WOULD SAY LOOK, IF YOU
FIND YOURSELF GETTING THE
00:32:47.13\00:32:54.34
VICTORY VICTORY YOU KNOW, THE
LORD IS THERE TO PICK UP US --
AS A POINT FALL BUT IF YOU FIND
00:32:54.34\00:33:03.04
YOURSELF AGREE MORE LIKE JESUS
AND YOU CAN KNOW THAT THE HOLY
SPIRIT IS WORKING IN YOUR LIFE
00:33:03.04\00:33:07.58
AND IN THAT SAME CHAPTER OF
GALATIANS THEY TALK ABOUT THE
WORKS AND YOU CAN COMPARE THAT
00:33:07.58\00:33:12.85
WITH THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT AND
IF YOU FIND THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT
IS MAKING YOU A MORE LOVING AND
00:33:12.85\00:33:20.53
LOVABLE CHRISTIAN YOU CAN KNOW
THAT IT IS THE HOLY SPIRIT, GOD
'S SPIRIT IS WORKING.
00:33:20.53\00:33:29.20
>> WE WERE IN ACTS CHAPTER TEN
AND WHAT WE KNOW IS THAT PETER
EVEN AFTER BEING A SOLDIER WAS
00:33:29.20\00:33:41.78
STILL IN NEED OF GOD WORKING ON
THE PRESUPPOSITIONS BUT I WANT
TO SKIP OVER TO GALATIANS
00:33:41.78\00:33:47.59
QUICKLY BECAUSE WE HAVE THIS
FASCINATING EXCHANGE BETWEEN THE
TWO MOST PROMINENT INDIVIDUALS
00:33:47.59\00:33:52.99
IN THE BOOK OF ACTS. BETWEEN
PETER AND PAUL AND THIS IS A
FASCINATING EXCHANGE.
00:33:52.99\00:33:59.23
LOOK, WE JUST NOTED THAT PAUL
AND IT IS MY TO THE
PRESUPPOSITION THAT WAS FRAMING
00:33:59.23\00:34:04.17
HIS MIND AT THIS POINT AND HE
SPENT THREE YEARS IN ARABIA BUT
THEN IN THE BOOK OF GALATIANS WE
00:34:04.17\00:34:13.31
INTERESTING EXCHANGE BETWEEN
PETER AND PAUL. AND GALATIANS
00:34:13.31\00:34:25.43
CHAPTER TWO AND VERSE 11 WE SEE
THAT THERE IS THIS CONFRONTATION
BETWEEN TWO PROMINENT APOSTLES.
00:34:25.43\00:34:31.20
AND GALATIANS CHAPTER TWO VERSE
11, WHEN HE PETER HAD COME TO
ANTIOCH, I WITHSTOOD HIM TO HIS
00:34:31.20\00:34:38.01
FACE. BECAUSE HE WAS TO BE
BLAMED FOR -- OR A CERTAIN MAN
00:34:38.01\00:34:44.01
CAME FROM JAMES HEALEY WITH THE
GENTILES BUT WHEN HE WAS A AND
SEPARATED HIMSELF WITH THOSE WHO
00:34:44.01\00:34:51.69
WERE OF THE CIRCUMCISION. AND
THE REST OF THE JEWS ALSO PLAYED
THE HYPOCRITE WITH HIM SO
00:34:51.69\00:34:59.19
EVEN BARNABAS WAS CARRIED AWAY
WITH THEIR HYPOCRISY. A LITTLE
ISSUE GOING ON HERE.
00:34:59.19\00:35:06.10
TAKE A LOOK AT THIS. >> SO YOU
HAVE PETER WHO'S HANGING OUT THE
00:35:06.10\00:35:12.61
GENTILES AND THEN SUDDENLY THESE
AND HE CANNOT HANG AROUND WITH
THEM ANYMORE AND THEN PAUL
00:35:12.61\00:35:20.32
REBUKES HIM OPENLY BEFORE
EVERYBODY AND THEN PETER'S
EXAMPLE WAS SO INFLUENTIAL THAT
00:35:20.32\00:35:26.86
EVEN BARNABAS WAS INFLUENCED BY
IT. AND, SO, YOU HAVE TWO
PROMINENT INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE
00:35:26.86\00:35:35.20
HAVING THIS CONFRONTATION AND
THERE HAVING A CONFRONTATION AND
00:35:35.20\00:35:40.17
WHAT IS IT OVER? IT IS OVER
GENTILES. THE ASSOCIATION. THE
SAME ISSUE IN ACTS CHAPTER
00:35:40.17\00:35:45.01
TEN. I WOULD ARGUE THAT AT THIS
POINT IS IT AFTER ACTS CHAPTER
00:35:45.01\00:35:49.41
TEN EXPERIENCE. YOU
CAN SEE A. THE REVERSAL.
00:35:49.41\00:35:54.02
AND IN OTHER WORDS, HERE PETER
IS SUCCUMBING TO HIS OLD
PRESUPPOSITION OF FRAMEWORK.
00:35:54.02\00:36:00.46
HE IS SUCCUMBING TO THE PRESSURE
AND PAUL SPENT THREE YEARS IN
ARABIA APPEAR AND CONFRONTS HIM
00:36:00.46\00:36:10.40
ON IT. THIS IS A
PRESUPPOSITION OF CONFRONTATION.
00:36:10.40\00:36:13.64
THIS IS GALATIANS. >> I AM
PROCESSING THIS. DOES THIS MEAN
00:36:13.64\00:36:22.01
THEN THAT PRESUPPOSITIONS CAN BE
FEELINGS AND NOT JUST IDEAS? >>
00:36:22.01\00:36:26.82
ABSOLUTELY. >> PETER CLEARLY
KNEW THAT THE GENTILES COULD BE
SAVED AND YET HE WAS AFRAID OR
00:36:26.82\00:36:32.79
APPEAR PRESSURE WAS PUSHING HIM
TO MAKE THE WRONG DECISION BUT
HE KNEW IT WAS THE RIGHT
00:36:32.79\00:36:38.23
DECISION AND NUMBER FOUR ACT TEN
MAYBE DIDN'T KNOW BUT AFTER THAT
HE SHOULD HAVE KNOWN HERE IT WAS
00:36:38.23\00:36:44.63
FEELING BASED. >> YES.
AND ONE COULD ARGUE THAT PETER
00:36:44.63\00:36:51.87
KNEW INTELLECTUALLY BUT
SUCCUMBED ON AN EMOTIONAL LEVEL
BUT YOU COULD ALSO ARGUE THAT
00:36:51.87\00:37:00.45
THE CONVICTION OF ACTS CHAPTER
TEN HAD BECOME A BIT MORE
DIMINISHED IN THE LIGHT OF THE
00:37:00.45\00:37:11.46
EXTERNAL PRESSURE. SO IT SHOWS
SOMETHING ABOUT CONVICTION.
00:37:11.46\00:37:16.23
YOU CAN READ SOMETHING AND BE SO
CONVICTED AND THEN YOU DON'T
READ IT FOR A WHILE AND THEN THE
00:37:16.23\00:37:22.40
CONVICTION STARTS TO DIMINISH A
LITTLE BIT AND YOU'RE CAUGHT IN
A CERTAIN SITUATION AND THEN
00:37:22.40\00:37:27.58
IT'S LIKE OKAY THE CONVICTION IS
NOT THERE IS MUCH AND SO YOU CAN
SEE THAT ENGAGEMENT HERE IN
00:37:27.58\00:37:36.62
GALATIANS CHAPTER TWO BETWEEN
PETER AND PAUL. I WILL KEEP
READING IN REGARD TO
00:37:36.62\00:37:41.42
WHAT TOOK PLACE, BUT WHEN I SAW
THAT THEY WERE NOT
STRAIGHTFORWARD ABOUT THE TRUTH
00:37:41.42\00:37:45.06
I SAID TO PETER BEFORE THEM ALL,
IF YOU BEING A JEW WHO LIVED NOT
IN THE MATTER OF THE GENTILES
00:37:45.06\00:37:51.67
AND NOT AS THE JEWS WHY DO YOU
COMPEL GENTILES TO LIVE AS JEWS?
WE WHO ARE JEWS BY NATURE ARE
00:37:51.67\00:37:59.61
NOT SINNERS OF THE GENTILES AND
THEN HE GOES ON INTO
JUSTIFICATION BY DAVID AND THIS
00:37:59.61\00:38:05.31
WAS A CRITICAL MOMENT BECAUSE IF
PAUL WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED?
>> IT WOULD HAVE PROGRESSED.
00:38:05.31\00:38:16.96
>> YES THIS IS A PROMINENT
INDIVIDUAL THERE ARE CERTAIN
TIMES THAT CALL FOR COURAGE AND
00:38:16.96\00:38:21.20
FOR OPEN REBUKE. THIS IS ONE OF
THOSE THIS IS WHERE PAUL HAD THE
00:38:21.20\00:38:28.10
COURAGE TO SAY LOOK, BROTHER,
YOU ARE WRONG YOU ARE WRONG. AND
WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO THE
00:38:28.10\00:38:34.01
GENTILE CHRISTIANS HERE? WOULD
HE DO TO THE GENTLE CHRISTIANS?
00:38:34.01\00:38:38.01
THESE PREPOSITIONS -- IS PERFECT
AS PRESUPPOSITIONS ARE POWERFUL
AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THEY BRING
00:38:38.01\00:38:46.42
WITH IT. ESPECIALLY WHEN
EVERYONE ELSE HAD THE SAME
00:38:46.42\00:38:50.09
PRESUPPOSITION OF FRAMEWORK AND
THEY EXPECT YOU TO TOW THE LINE
IN A CERTAIN PERSPECTIVE.
00:38:50.09\00:38:55.86
YOU CAN KNOW IT HERE BUT THEN
IT'S IN A CERTAIN ENVIRONMENT
00:38:55.86\00:39:05.74
FROM THE PRESSURE. IT IS AROUND
US. PRESUPPOSITIONS BRING A
SOCIAL PRESSURE AS WELL.
00:39:05.74\00:39:13.25
BUT WE COME TO ACT CHAPTER 15 WE
SEE THE FIRST GENERAL. AS IT
WERE, AND IT'S INTERESTING
00:39:13.25\00:39:23.43
BECAUSE ACTS CHAPTER 15 IS
INCIDENTALLY DEALING WITH
PRESUPPOSITION AS WELL BUT
00:39:23.43\00:39:26.90
BEFORE WE GO THERE TO HAVE A
QUESTION? >> IDEA AND THAT'S TO
00:39:26.90\00:39:31.40
DO WITH WITH CHAPTER 11 THIS
PERSON CHECKED IN ABOUT ACT 1111
SO SINCE WE COVERED THIS AT THIS
00:39:31.40\00:39:36.14
IS BROUGHT FROM NORTH CAROLINA
THINK YOU FOR YOUR QUESTION. HOW
DOES IT HAPPEN LIKE IT SAYS
00:39:36.14\00:39:40.81
IN ACTS 1115. THAT THE
HOLY SPIRIT FELL ON THAT.
00:39:40.81\00:39:44.61
I DO NOT GRASP FULLY WHAT THAT
MEANS. WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR THE
00:39:44.61\00:39:48.62
HOLY SPIRIT TO FALL ON ON
SOMEONE? >> THAT IS A
FASCINATING QUESTION BECAUSE YOU
00:39:48.62\00:39:53.62
SEE THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT FALL
SEVERAL TIMES IN THE BOOK OF
ACTS. HE FALLS IN ACTS A CHAPTER
00:39:53.62\00:39:58.56
TO DO WITH THE WHOLE HOUSE WAS
SHAKING AND THEY ARE FILLED WITH
THE HOLY SPIRIT THEN IN ACTS
00:39:58.56\00:40:04.43
CHAPTER FOR IN HIM I THINK IT IS
THERE IS ANOTHER OUTPOURING OF
THE HOLY SPIRIT AND THIS IS THE
00:40:04.43\00:40:10.44
FIRST INSTANCE IN WHICH THE HOLY
SPIRIT FELL UPON THE GENTILES IN
00:40:10.44\00:40:16.85
PARTICULAR. THE ONLY WAY TO
EXPLAIN IT IS THAT THE BIBLE
TALKS ABOUT THE EARLY AND THE
00:40:16.85\00:40:23.95
LATTER RAIN. ON A MACRO LEVEL
WHEN WE LOOK AT THE CHURCH THE
EARLY RAIN WAS PENTECOST AND THE
00:40:23.95\00:40:30.96
LATTER RAIN WILL TAKE PLACE
SOMETIME BEFORE THE SECOND
COMING OF JESUS AND THE RAIN IS
00:40:30.96\00:40:37.93
A METAPHOR DESCRIBING THIS
AGRICULTURAL ELEMENT OF THE LIFE
OF A PLANT AND SO WANT TO SEED
00:40:37.93\00:40:46.84
IS PLANTED IN YOU NEED TO EARLY
RAINS OF THE SEED CAN GERMINATE.
SO HERE ARE EARLY CHURCH NEEDED
00:40:46.84\00:40:52.51
A EARLY RANGE OF THE CHURCH
COULD START AND THEN RIGHT
BEFORE THE HARVEST AND THE
00:40:52.51\00:40:57.12
SECOND COMING OF JESUS COMES
WITH A SICKLE AND ITS
REVELATIONS THAT YOU HAD A
00:40:57.12\00:41:01.42
LATTER RAIN FOR THE LAST BOOST
BEFORE THE SECOND COMING AND ON
THE MACRO LEVEL, THAT IS THE
00:41:01.42\00:41:06.09
DYNAMIC OF THE EARLY IN THE
LATTER RAIN BUT THERE'S ALSO THE
MICRO LEVEL IN WHICH MY LIFE WE
00:41:06.09\00:41:11.43
HAVE THE EARLY RAIN AND THE
LATTER RAIN BUT ON THE MACRO
LEVEL YOU HAVE OUTPOURING OF THE
00:41:11.43\00:41:16.07
HOLY SPIRIT AND OUTPOURING OF
THE HOLY SPIRIT THE EARLY RAIN
IS IN THE BOOK OF ACTS AND NOW
00:41:16.07\00:41:20.04
AS A JUST POINTED OUT, WE NEED A
DAILY REFRESHING OF THE HOLY
SPIRIT AND THAT IS A DEALING
00:41:20.04\00:41:28.42
ABIDING IN CHRIST AND AGENCY TO
THE HOLY SPIRIT BUT THIS IS
TALKING ABOUT THE EARLY AND
00:41:28.42\00:41:37.16
LATER TALKING ABOUT THESE
SPECIAL OUTPOURINGS OF THE HOLY
SPIRIT THAT IS GIVEN TO THE
00:41:37.16\00:41:41.30
CORPORATE BODY AND YOU CAN SEE
THAT HAPPEN SEVERAL TIMES. WHEN
IT SAYS THE HOLY SPIRIT
00:41:41.30\00:41:47.50
FALLS UPON THE DISCIPLES OR THE
GENTILES, IT'S TALKING ABOUT THE
00:41:47.50\00:41:53.17
EARLY RAIN. IT'S TALKING ABOUT
THESE EMPOWERMENT FOR MISSIONS
BECAUSE IN ACTS CHAPTER ONE HE
00:41:53.17\00:41:59.91
SAYS THE HOLY SPIRIT SHALL COME
UPON YOU AND YOU SHALL HAVE
POWER TO BE WITNESSES IN
00:41:59.91\00:42:04.59
JERUSALEM JUDEA AND THE
UTTERMOST PARTS OF THE WORLD SO
THIS HOLY SPIRIT POWER, WHAT
00:42:04.59\00:42:09.72
DOES IT DO DURING PENTECOST? THE
GIFT OF TONGUES FOR GOSPEL
MINISTRY THIS IS SPECIAL
00:42:09.72\00:42:15.36
EMPOWERMENT THAT IS GIVEN TO THE
CORPORATE BODY TO TAKE THE
GOSPEL TO THE WORLD AND THAT IS
00:42:15.36\00:42:19.57
WHAT. THAT IS IN A NUTSHELL THE
FALLING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
EARTHLY RING THAT EMPOWERS THEM
00:42:19.57\00:42:23.24
FROM WITHIN THE MINISTRY. >> WE
COME TO ACT CHAPTER 15 AND ACT
CHAPTER 15 IS ALSO DEALING
00:42:23.24\00:42:33.08
WITH PRESUPPOSITIONS BECAUSE IF
YOU LOOK IN ACTS CHAPTER 15,
VERSE ONE AND AND CERTAIN MEN
00:42:33.08\00:42:39.55
CAME DOWN FROM JUDEA AND SPOKE A
BROTHER AND UNLESS YOU ARE
CIRCUMCISED, ACCORDING TO THE
00:42:39.55\00:42:44.96
CUSTOM OF MOSES, YOU
CANNOT BE SAVED. HERE'S ANOTHER
00:42:44.96\00:42:49.96
PRESUPPOSITION, CAN YOU IMAGINE,
JEWISH CHRISTIANS WERE STILL
HOLDING ONTO THE PRESUPPOSITION
00:42:49.96\00:42:54.34
OF FRAMEWORK OF CIRCUMCISION.
AND LOOK WHAT THEY SAID, UNLESS
YOU ARE CIRCUMCISED YOU CANNOT
00:42:54.34\00:42:59.34
BE BLESSED. SAVED. WOW.
00:42:59.34\00:43:02.61
OKAY THAT THE PRESUPPOSITION OF
FRAMEWORK. AND CAN YOU IMAGINE?
00:43:02.61\00:43:05.85
AND BAPTISMAL STUDY TODAY YOU
TYPICALLY LEAVE THE HEART TILL
THE LAST AND YOU GO THROUGH ALL
00:43:05.85\00:43:10.82
THE BIBLE STUDY AND THEN YOU'RE
LIKE OKAY, WE JUST WANT TO BREAK
SOMETHING TO YOU HERE, BEFORE
00:43:10.82\00:43:17.93
YOU CAN ACCEPT INTO OUR
FELLOWSHIP, MY BROTHER, YOU HAVE
TO GO THROUGH A LITTLE BIT OF
00:43:17.93\00:43:26.00
SURGERY HERE AND YOU MAY BE LAID
UP BUT IT IS CRITICAL BECAUSE IF
YOU DON'T HAVE THE SURGERY, YOU
00:43:26.00\00:43:33.48
ARE NOT SAVED. TALK ABOUT
A HIGH BAR FOR FELLOWSHIP.
00:43:33.48\00:43:43.65
I MEAN THIS IS A CRITICAL MOMENT
BECAUSE THEY WERE CULTURAL. >>
00:43:43.65\00:43:49.72
THIS IS CULTURAL. PEAK HANGING
ONTO CULTURE IDEAS. >> BUT THEY
THOUGHT WAS BIBLICAL >> THEY
00:43:49.72\00:43:54.93
THOUGHT IT WAS BIBLICAL. >> IS
THE BIBLICAL EVIDENCE FOR
CIRCUMCISION? ABSOLUTELY.
00:43:54.93\00:44:02.40
ESPECIALLY FOR THE JEWISH
COMMUNITIES OF THIS IS A
TRANSITION BUT THE MEANING OF
00:44:02.40\00:44:06.57
CIRCUMCISION AND THE IN TERMS
OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE WAS AN
00:44:06.57\00:44:13.98
IMPORTANT ONE. JEWS ARE
CIRCUMCISED BUT NOW WE SEE A
TRANSITION WHERE THE JEWISH
00:44:13.98\00:44:24.79
STATUS AS THE FAVORED NATION IN
TERMS OF THE STEWARDSHIP OF
TAKING THE GOSPEL TO THE WORLD
00:44:24.79\00:44:33.13
WAS LOST WHEN STEPHEN WAS
STONED. IT WAS OVER. THIS IS NOT
00:44:33.13\00:44:37.17
SAYING THAT JEWS CANNOT BE SAVED
AND THAT STEWARDSHIP WAS THE
COVENANT THAT INVOLVED
00:44:37.17\00:44:45.51
CIRCUMCISION. THAT ENDED. NEVER
SING A TRANSITION BUT A LOT OF
THE JEWS WERE HOLDING
00:44:45.51\00:44:50.92
ONTO THIS BELIEF OF CIRCUMCISION
AND IT LED TO THIS DISSENSION
AND ACTS CHAPTER 15 VERSE TO
00:44:50.92\00:44:58.13
THERE FOR PAUL AND BARNABAS HAD
NO SMALL DISSENSION AND DISPUTE
WITH THEM THEY DETERMINE THAT
00:44:58.13\00:45:02.03
PAUL AND BARNABAS AND CERTAIN
OTHERS GO UP TO JERUSALEM SO
THIS WAS A HOT QUESTION THAT WAS
00:45:02.03\00:45:08.00
IN THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL I'M
STARING AT THE CHILDREN OF
ISRAEL BUT THE COMMUNITY OF
00:45:08.00\00:45:11.57
FAITH AND YOU COULD ASK CHAPTER
15 VERSE FIVE BUT SOME OF THE
PHARISEES WHO BELIEVED ROSE UP
00:45:11.57\00:45:17.81
SAYING IT IS NECESSARY AND TO
COMMAND THEM TO KEEP THE LAW OF
00:45:17.81\00:45:24.75
MOSES. AND HERE WE HAVE, THE
STAGE IS SET FOR ACTS CHAPTER 15
00:45:24.75\00:45:32.99
WHICH IS REALLY. AND I WONDER,
HOW MANY OF OUR THEOLOGICAL
DEBATES THAT ARE HEATED TODAY --
00:45:32.99\00:45:43.84
I WON'T MENTION THEM. BUT THE
CULTURAL PRESUPPOSITION
ASSOCIATED WITH IT.
00:45:43.84\00:45:49.38
BECAUSE WE LIKE TO FOCUS ON
METHODOLOGY BUT LOOK, THIS IS A
STRONG PRESUPPOSITION OF
00:45:49.38\00:45:54.82
FRAMEWORK AND IT LED TO THIS
HUGE DISCUSSION IN THE BOOK OF
ACTS SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO
00:45:54.82\00:46:01.79
THEY HAVE THIS OPEN DISCUSSION
YOU CAN PICK IT UP AND SEE THE
MINUTES HERE FROM THE JC SESSION
00:46:01.79\00:46:06.29
ACTS CHAPTER 15 VERSE SEVEN AND
WHEN THERE HAD BEEN MUCH DISPUTE
PETER ROSE UP AND SAID, MEN AND
00:46:06.29\00:46:12.23
BRETHREN YOU KNOW A GOOD WHILE
AGO GOD CHOSE AMONG US GENTILES
THAT THEY SHOULD HEAR THE WORLD
00:46:12.23\00:46:16.54
OF THE GOSPEL -- WORD OF
THE GOSPEL AND BELIEVE. WE DON'T
00:46:16.54\00:46:23.78
KNOW WHAT HAPPENED PRIOR TO ACTS
CHAPTER FIVE, 15 VERSE SEVEN BUT
WE KNOW THIS IS A HOT TOPIC.
00:46:23.78\00:46:32.75
THEN FINALLY PETER SPEAKS THAN
PAUL AND BARNABAS PEAKS AND YOU
CAN SEE WHERE THE DECISION TURNS
00:46:32.75\00:46:37.96
IN ACTS CHAPTER 15 VERSE 13 AND
AFTER THIS THEY HAD BECOME
SILENT JAMES ANSWERED AND SAID,
00:46:37.96\00:46:44.33
MEN AND BRETHREN, LISTEN TO ME,
SIMON HAS DECLARED HOW GOD AT
FIRST VISITS TO GENTILES AND
00:46:44.33\00:46:49.20
TAKE THEM AS A PEOPLE FOR THEIR
NAME AND WITH THIS, THE WORDS OF
THE PROPHET AGREEING.
00:46:49.20\00:46:55.94
JUST AS IT WAS WRITTEN. AND THEN
HE QUOTES THE OLD TESTAMENT HERE
00:46:55.94\00:47:02.38
AND THEN AFTER THIS THEY SAY
AMEN AS A DECISION BEING MADE.
LOOK AT THE THEOLOGICAL DEBATE.
00:47:02.38\00:47:07.82
FOR THE DISCUSSION I SHOULD
SAY. YOU KNOW BIG DECEPTION. --
00:47:07.82\00:47:19.17
DISSENSION. THEN JAMES SPEAKS
AND HE SAYS, WITH THIS THE WORDS
00:47:19.17\00:47:25.74
OF THE PROPHET. AGREE. IN OTHER
WORDS, COOPERATION. BASED ON
00:47:25.74\00:47:31.15
WHAT THEY HAD A SCRIPTURE WHICH
WAS THE OLD TESTAMENT AND THEN
AFTER THAT WHEN YOU READ ACTS
00:47:31.15\00:47:36.15
CHAPTER 15, IT IS DISCUSSION.
IT'S OVER. IN OTHER WORDS, THE
00:47:36.15\00:47:41.69
BIBLE BECAME THE AUTHORITY ON
WHICH THE EARLY CHURCH SETTLED
THE PRESUPPOSITION ALL DILEMMA.
00:47:41.69\00:47:51.33
THE BIBLE SETTLED. IN OTHER
WORDS, THIS IS TO BE THE
AUTHORITY FOR DETERMINING
00:47:51.33\00:47:58.47
WHETHER MY PRESUPPOSITIONS ARE
RIGHT OR WRONG. AND IN THIS
WHOLE DYNAMIC IT IS
00:47:58.47\00:48:03.81
VERY INTERESTING BECAUSE LATER
ON WHEN THEY SENT OUT A LETTER
TO IN ACTS CHAPTER 15 VERSE 28
00:48:03.81\00:48:09.85
YOU CAN SEE A PART OF THE LETTER
PAYING FOR IT SEEMS GOOD TO THE
HOLY SPIRIT AND TO US TO LAY
00:48:09.85\00:48:16.02
UPON YOU NO GREATER BURDEN THAN
THESE THINGS NECESSARY OF
CIRCUMCISION WHICH WAS
00:48:16.02\00:48:23.20
INCIDENTALLY CIRCUMCISION NOT
PART OF AND THE WORD SAID SO IT
SEEMS GOOD TO THE HOLY SPIRIT
00:48:23.20\00:48:27.57
AND TO US AND IN OTHER WORDS,
THEY VIEWED THE OLD TESTAMENT
COOPERATION AS THE HOLY SPIRIT.
00:48:27.57\00:48:38.55
IN OTHER WORDS, THE HOLY SPIRIT
SPEAKS TO >> I LIKE THAT. >> YOU
CAN SEE IN ACTS CHAPTER
00:48:38.55\00:48:47.16
ONE WHERE PETER STANDS UP IN THE
UPPER ROOM AND SAYS, FOR GOD
SPOKE TO THE MOUTH OF DAVID IN
00:48:47.16\00:48:51.83
OTHER WORDS, THE HOLY SPIRIT
TOTE THAT SPOKE TO THE AMOUNT OF
DAVID, AND OTHER WORDS, THE HOLY
00:48:51.83\00:48:57.80
SPIRIT IN THE BOOK OF ACTS
THROUGH THE SCRIPTURE. MANY
TIMES IN THE HOLY SPIRIT IS
00:48:57.80\00:49:06.64
JUST AN IMPRESSION AND I DO
BELIEVE THE HOLY SPIRIT GIVES
IMPRESSIONS BUT THE HOLY SPIRIT
00:49:06.64\00:49:12.38
SPEAKS WITH THE WORK
SPECIFICALLY. >> HOLY MEN OF
00:49:12.38\00:49:16.99
GOD. SPOKEN BY THE HOLY GHOST.
>> RESULT IN ACTS CHAPTER 15 THE
CHURCH STRUGGLING WITH THESE
00:49:16.99\00:49:25.59
PRESUPPOSITIONS AND I WANT TO GO
HERE TO ACTS CHAPTER 21 AS WE
LOOK AT A VERY FASCINATING
00:49:25.59\00:49:33.13
DYNAMIC THAT TAKES PLACE BETWEEN
JAMES AND PAUL. ACTS CHAPTER 21
00:49:33.13\00:49:41.94
VERSE 17 THROUGH 24. AND WHEN
WE HAD COME TO JERUSALEM THE
00:49:41.94\00:49:45.35
BRETHREN RECEIVED EYES AND ON
THE FOLLOWING DAY PAUL WENT WITH
US TO ALL THE ELDERS WHO ARE
00:49:45.35\00:49:53.76
PRESENT AND WHEN HE GREETED TOLD
THEM ALL THE THINGS THAT GOD HAD
DONE TO THE GENTILES IN THE
00:49:53.76\00:49:58.56
MINISTRY AND WHEN THEY HEARD IT
THEY GLORIFIED GOD AND SAID TO
HIM, YOU SEE BROTHER HOW MANY
00:49:58.56\00:50:03.23
MYRIADS OF JEWS THERE ARE WHO
HAVE BELIEVED AND ZEALOUS AFTER
THE LAW BUT THEY HAVE INFORMED
00:50:03.23\00:50:09.24
ABOUT YOU THAT YOU TEACH ALL THE
JEWS WHO ARE AMONG THE GENTILES
TO FORSAKE MOSES SAYING THAT
00:50:09.24\00:50:14.54
THEY OUGHT NOT TO CIRCUMCISE
THEIR CHILDREN OR WALK ACCORDING
TO THE CUSTOMS AND THEN HE GOES
00:50:14.54\00:50:22.75
ON. JAMES IN ACTS CHAPTER 15
PRESIDE OVER COMES IN AND SAID
THAT CIRCUMCISION IS NOT
00:50:22.75\00:50:29.06
ESSENTIAL. PAUL GOES ON THE NEXT
MISSION AND COMES BACK TO
JERUSALEM SAYING WHETHER JAMES,
00:50:29.06\00:50:34.76
AND HE SAYS, PAUL, MY BROTHER,
THERE ARE SOME JEWISH CHRISTIANS
HERE THAT HAVE HEARD SOME RUMORS
00:50:34.76\00:50:43.47
ABOUT YOU THAT YOU ARE SAYING
THAT JEWISH CHRISTIANS SHOULD
NOT HAVE CIRCUMCISE ANYMORE AND
00:50:43.47\00:50:48.64
HE SAID NOW WE HAVE ONE CRITERIA
BUT THE JEWS ARE DIFFERENT IN
OTHER WORDS THERE IS SOME
00:50:48.64\00:50:57.29
REVERSION TAKING PLACE IN JAMES
AND SO HE SAID LOOK, PAUL, JUST
SO YOU CAN SHOW THAT YOU ARE
00:50:57.29\00:51:03.53
ORTHODOX TO THE JEWISH
CHRISTIANS WHY DON'T YOU GO TO
THE CEREMONIAL RIGHT IN
00:51:03.53\00:51:08.30
JERUSALEM AND SHOW YOUR ORTHODOX
AND THAT TO THE BEGINNING OF THE
END OF PAUL BECAUSE HE GETS
00:51:08.30\00:51:14.70
ARRESTED AND HE'S BASICALLY
INCARCERATED TO THE TIME OF HIS
00:51:14.70\00:51:18.77
EXECUTION. SO IN ACTS CHAPTER
21, YOU SEE THE CHURCH STILL
WRESTLING FOR THE PRESUPPOSITION
00:51:18.77\00:51:26.05
FRAMEWORK. IN OTHER WORDS, IT
STILL DOES NOT GO AWAY. IT STILL
00:51:26.05\00:51:34.19
DOESN'T GO AWAY. THE BEAUTY OF
THE BOOK OF ACTS IS THAT THE
BOOK OF ACTS AND'S IN ACTS
00:51:34.19\00:51:42.76
CHAPTER 28 WITH A FASCINATING
DYNAMIC HERE IN ACTS CHAPTER 28
PAUL IS UNDER HOUSE ARREST AND
00:51:42.76\00:51:51.04
HE IS GIVING A BIBLE STUDY TO
JEWS THAT HAVE COME INTO HIS
HOME AND IN ACTS CHAPTER 28
00:51:51.04\00:51:56.31
VERSE 23 WHEN THEY HAD APPOINTED
HIM A DAY MANY CAME TO HIM
PERSUADING THEM CONCERNING JESUS
00:51:56.31\00:52:06.92
FROM BOTH ADULT LAW OF MOSES AND
THE PROFITS FROM MORNING UNTIL
THE EVENING. THE FASCINATING
00:52:06.92\00:52:14.30
THING ABOUT THIS IS THAT LUKE
CHAPTER 24 YOU HAVE JESUS GIVING
A BIBLE STUDY FROM MOSES AND THE
00:52:14.30\00:52:23.51
PROPHETS AND THEN LATER ON IN
THE UPPER ROOM HE GIVES ANOTHER
BIBLE STUDY. THERE ARE TWO
00:52:23.51\00:52:29.68
STUDIES. IN ACTS CHAPTER 28 YOU
HAVE PAUL GIVING A BIBLE STUDY
ALL DAY FROM MOSES AND THE
00:52:29.68\00:52:38.52
PROPHETS. AND HE'S TALKING TO
THE JEWS WHO DON'T BELIEVE THAT
JESUS IS THE MESSIAH.
00:52:38.52\00:52:43.93
HOW DOES HE ATTEMPT TO CONVINCE
THEM? THAT THERE PRESUPPOSITIONS
00:52:43.93\00:52:49.86
ARE OFF? IT'S HIS OLD TESTAMENT
AND THE WORD OF GOD AND THROUGH
00:52:49.86\00:52:54.47
SCRIPTURE AND SO YOU CAN SEE
HERE THAT THE BIBLE IS THE
ENTITY THROUGH WHICH OUR
00:52:54.47\00:53:02.48
PRESUPPOSITION IS TO BE
CONTINUING, REFINED, ENHANCED,
AND SURRENDERED BY THE GRACE OF
00:53:02.48\00:53:11.69
GOD. THIS IS KEY HERE AS WE
ENGAGE SCRIPTURE I
PRESUPPOSITIONS ARE
00:53:11.69\00:53:18.93
REFINED, SURRENDERED, AND
ENHANCED AS WE APPROACH IT FROM
A SOLID PLATFORM OF TRUTH.
00:53:18.93\00:53:26.30
>> INCREDIBLE STUDY. WE HAVE
SO MANY QUESTIONS COMING IN.
00:53:26.30\00:53:29.67
>> THIS IS FROM SHARON IN OHIO
AND THEY WILL PROBABLY BE OTHER
PEOPLE FEELING THIS WAY SO I
00:53:29.67\00:53:35.08
WANTED TO ASK THIS. SHE SAYS
SHE'S IN HER EARLY 60s AND WAS
00:53:35.08\00:53:39.11
JUST BAPTIZED THIS PAST JULY AND
FEELS LIKE SHE NEEDS TO FAST
CHECK FOR SIGNIFICATION.
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SHE SAID I PROBABLY DON'T HAVE
MANY YEARS OF LIFE OR MEANING
AND NOW THAT I KNOW ABOUT THESE
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PRESUPPOSITIONS I CAN SURRENDER
AND BE CONSCIOUS OF IT BUT SHE'S
TRYING TO FAST TRACK OF THE
00:53:57.03\00:53:58.87
PROCESS OF DEALING WITH
PRESUPPOSITION. >> THE BIBLE
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BRINGS OUT THIS CONCEPT THAT IT
SAYS WALK IN THE LIGHT LESS TO
BE LEFT IN DARKNESS JON 1235.
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HERE'S THE KEY, THE BIBLE SAYS
IT IS A WALK. THE THING IS THAT
00:54:09.64\00:54:19.39
EVERY TIME GOD SHOWS YOU LIFE,
BY THE GRACE OF GOD TODAY, YES
LORD, I SURRENDER IN THE BIBLE
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SAYS SANCTIFY THEM THROUGH THE
TRUTH, THEY WORD IS TRUTH, IN
OTHER WORDS, GROWTH TAKES PLACE.
00:54:30.07\00:54:37.07
BECAUSE OF TRUTH. NO GROWTH, NO
TRUTH, NO GROWTH, AND THE TRUTH,
00:54:37.07\00:54:42.88
NO GROWTH. NOW IF YOU WANT TO BE
ON MIRACLE GROW AND FAST TRACK
EVERY TIME GOD SAYS HERE IS THE
00:54:42.88\00:54:50.92
TRUTH SAY YES. >> ACCEPT IT.
>> THE REASON WE DO NOT GROW AT
00:54:50.92\00:54:54.72
A CERTAIN RATE IS BECAUSE GOD
SHOWS US THE TRUTH AND AND WE GO
THROUGH THIS THING BUT I HAVE
00:54:54.72\00:55:03.53
KNOWN INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE
ON THIS FAST TRACK. I STAYED IN
00:55:03.53\00:55:11.07
ALASKA FOR LITTLE WHILE AND
ALASKA IN THE SUMMERTIME THERE
IS SON AND I MEAN LIKE IT CAN BE
00:55:11.07\00:55:17.71
11:00 AT NIGHT AND YOU CAN BE
YOU ARE LIKE I WONDER WHY IT'S
SO TIGHT IT'S 10:30 P.M.
00:55:17.71\00:55:25.32
AND THE THING ABOUT IT IS I AM
LIKE MOWING THE LAWN EVERY OTHER
00:55:25.32\00:55:30.33
DAY WHY? BECAUSE THERE IS SO
MUCH LIGHT. THERE IS SO MUCH
LIGHT. THEY HAVE CABBAGE THAT IS
00:55:30.33\00:55:36.50
THIS BIG. IT GROWS AND GROWS.
CERTAIN TYPES OF DON'T GROW VERY
00:55:36.50\00:55:40.70
WELL BUT YEAR ROOT VEGETABLES DO
VERY WELL AND HERE'S THE THING.
IF YOU WANT TO GROW AND
00:55:40.70\00:55:48.68
KNOWLEDGE OF JESUS CHRIST EVERY
TIME GOD SHOWS YOU TRUTH, WALK
00:55:48.68\00:55:54.08
IN THE LIGHT. ACCEPT IT. FOLLOW
IT, LIVE IT IN YOUR LIFE AND
THEN GOD SAYS OKAY I WILL
00:55:54.08\00:55:59.29
SHOW YOU MORE AND STEP-BY-STEP
EXPERIENCE BY EXPERIENCE, THE
LORD WILL CAUSE YOU TO GROW IN
00:55:59.29\00:56:05.56
GRACE. AND IT'S NOT
ABOUT THE DESTINATION.
00:56:05.56\00:56:08.20
IT IS ABOUT PROCESS. >> AND
FINDING THE TRUTHS IN THE WORD
OF GOD AND STUDYING THE
00:56:08.20\00:56:15.80
WORD OF A DAILY BASIS. >> THY
WORD IS TRUTH. >> ABSOLUTELY.
00:56:15.80\00:56:20.51
>> THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. >>
I HAVE LEARNED SO MUCH AND WE (
00:56:20.51\00:56:26.65
YOU HAVE AS WELL. I WANTED TO
SHARE THIS QUICK PRAYER REQUEST
IN FROM ANITA. HER SON IS IN THE
00:56:26.65\00:56:34.32
HOSPITAL WITH COVID AND
PNEUMONIA AND HE IS AT DEATH'S
DOOR RIGHT NOW. JUST WE ARE
00:56:34.32\00:56:41.96
PRAYING FOR YOU AND WE WILL
CONTINUE TO INTERCEDE TO HEALING
OVER YOUR SON AND COMFORT AND
00:56:41.96\00:56:48.90
PEACE FOR YOUR FAMILY. THANK YOU
SO MUCH FOR JOINING US TONIGHT
FOR THIS STUDY AS WE
00:56:48.90\00:56:53.14
LEARN HOW TO VIA THE AUTHORITY
OF THE WORD OF GOD. AND I
ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO THIS
00:56:53.14\00:57:02.55
EACH AND EVERY DAY. EXCEPT HIM
AND SAID YES EVERY TIME HE
SPEAKS TO YOUR HEART.
00:57:02.55\00:57:07.02
WE WILL SEE YOU AGAIN.
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