Welcome, everybody.
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Thank you.
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Thanks for
coming up this evening,
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we have an exciting
weekend a head of us.
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Amen. Amen.
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Imagine spending
an entire weekend
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in studying the word
of God, especially focused
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on the understanding
of victory in Christ.
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Amen.
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Even the concept of victory
is a radical concept today,
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you don't hear it
spoken about very much.
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I hear people
giving testimonies,
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taking about how
they struggling with sin.
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I'd give my right arm
one day if somebody stood up
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and said I want to praise God
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that I'm no
longer a slave to sin.
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He has broken the
power of sin within me.
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Amen.
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Praise God, I'm glad you're here
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because it's good to
get some Amen's coming out.
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Thank you.
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Let's bow our heads together
this evening, as we begin.
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Our loving Father in heaven,
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we've come tonight to worship
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and adore You, Father,
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we know that in Jesus
Christ all things are possible,
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that the promises in Revelation
are to those who overcome,
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and we are claming
tonight the privilege
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of overcoming
through Jesus Christ.
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And as we study
these steps biblically,
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Father, we just
pray for clarity of mind,
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conviction of heart
and a willingness of spirit
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to act upon the word of God,
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so that everyone of us
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will leave this
place after this weekend,
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transformed and
rejoicing in the victory
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that Jesus won
and has given to us.
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Thank You, in anticipation,
in Jesus precious name.
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Amen. Amen.
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Open your Bibles with me tonight
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to our introductory
verse, not our primary passage,
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but a verse we're going
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to begin with in an Ephesians 2,
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the Ephesians 2.
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You all know it well
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but it's good to
look at up anyway,
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Ephesians 2:8-9.
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Immortal words here,
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"For by grace"
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let that sink in this evening,
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"For by grace you have
been saved through faith,
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and that not of yourselves,
it is the gift of God,
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not of works, lest
anyone should boast."
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There's some key
words in here, aren't there?
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Yes.
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Who's picking up
the first loaded word
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out of these two verses?
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Grace.
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The word is grace,
yes, "For by grace."
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Wow, whatever we have from God
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it's always by grace.
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Amen.
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And we take hold of it through?
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Faith.
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Faith, so it's
God's grace of work,
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He doesn't force us to grasp it,
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but He will encourage
us, He will convict us,
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He will call us, He will woo us,
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occasionally He'll even give us
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a little push in
the right direction,
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but ultimately, the
faith to respond by,
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He has placed with in us,
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and He calls upon us
to exercise that faith.
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And even the ability
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to exercise the
faith is a gift from God.
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Amen.
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When you analyze it all,
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it turns out that it's
God who has it work in us,
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both to will and to do of,
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his good pleasure.
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It's God, nothing's
been left the chance.
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Sinful mankind
sometimes feels rather hopeless
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and who can blame them?
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But God has left
nothing to chance,
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He's provided the grace,
He's instilled faith within us,
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He's even activated our minds
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by bringing His mind
into union with ours,
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so that we can
actually act upon the faith.
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There's no reason for
any of us to be denied,
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all that God has
offered us through His grace.
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Amen. Amen.
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And the good news tonight is...
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none of it is
the result of works.
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In all my years in ministry
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that I now have
that the end is upon us.
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Amen. Amen.
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There are signs
abounding everywhere,
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not the same signs
as before, there are new
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and deepest
signs emerging today.
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How is your faith tonight?
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Amen. Amen.
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Are you saved by grace?
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Yes. Yes.
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Through faith or
you still paddling
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along trying to do
all the right things
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and hoping that God is
keeping a meticulous record,
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so that you can actually say,
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look, I did this and I
did this, and I did this.
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Please don't ever
put yourself at risk
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of hearing those
words, depart from me,
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ye workers of iniquity,
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I never knew you.
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It's not worth it.
It's all the grace of God.
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Amen. Amen.
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That doesn't mean
we have nothing to do,
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don't fall into
that trap please,
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just exercising faith
is a major accomplishment
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for most of us, isn't it?
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Amen.
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It's not something
we can take for granted.
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Are you ready to move
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into a very exciting
chapter this evening?
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Yes.
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So open your Bibles
with me to Romans 5,
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Romans 5.
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Romans 5,
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and I'm looking at verses 1-10.
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Now this is an
assignment for you
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and your partner or
partners sitting next to you.
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This is for two or
three people at the most.
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So if there are
four of you at the table
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please divide
into two groups of two.
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If there are three
of you come together
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so you can communicate, please.
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This is a very
important discussion now,
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if you really
believe what we just--
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if you really
believe what we just read.
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Now we're trying to
get this group closer
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together yet, come on pull,
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why do we have a
chair separating you here?
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There we go.
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The spirit's alive
and well here, okay?
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There are four characteristics
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of human begins in
their natural condition
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before or as they
receive the grace of God,
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in other words
I'm simply asking,
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upon whom does God
pour out his grace?
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What type of individuals?
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I'm talking about human beings
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in their natural
and unsaved condition.
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These are human characteristic
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we're talking about,
there are four of them
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and they're found
between verses 1-10.
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So go add it, dig this out
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and see how
quickly you can identify
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the four characteristics,
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four characteristics...
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of human beings...
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in their natural state.
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Now don't call out,
talk to your partners.
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Make a list of it
with your partners now.
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By the way, if your
partners are not talking to you,
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please feel free to jump up
and change tables immediately.
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We want you to
have a good discussion.
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If we can divide, John, you're--
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if we can divide that
table there are now into two's?
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William, if you
would move that way?
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Thank you.
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and Gale, you and John will
now become partners, thank you.
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By the way, if you
writing something down
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before you've shared it,
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you haven't got to
first place in learning
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about the spiritual body,
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you're a loner and independent.
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Please need one another.
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It's a very
uncomplicated question.
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So I hope you're not
bringing up things like
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love and faith, and hope,
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they are not natural
human characteristics.
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These are characteristics
that you seen in people
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as they are
receiving the grace of God.
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What kind of people does
God pour out His grace upon?
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All right let's look up now
and we'll get some feedback.
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I'm beginning with
this group over here
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because they made an
interesting discovery
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about verse 6,
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would you go ahead and read out
verse 6 for us to begin with?
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Thank you.
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"For while we
were still helpless,
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at the right time
Christ died for the ungodly."
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So the first
human characteristics
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you came across here was?
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Helpless.
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Helpless, there we go, helpless.
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Now just before you
give us the second one,
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let's see if anyone
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has a different
translation out there tonight,
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anyone with different word can?
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Without strength.
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Without strength, okay,
helpless or without strength,
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that's a good
one, without strength.
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Not only--
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Don't call out, please,
we are taking hands tonight,
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so we know exactly who--
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Who's responding?
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Wait for the
mic, would you, Lind?
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Powerless.
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Thank you, you got that
in your translation, huh?
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How come you're reading
such an advance translation?
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That's very good, okay.
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Powerless, powerless, thank you.
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So open your mind tonight,
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the grace of God
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is poured out upon individuals,
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who are without strength.
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They have no natural ability
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to overcome sin.
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They don't even have
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the natural ability
of being able to repent,
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that is not a human
ability, it's a divine gift.
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The grace of God is
poured out upon individuals,
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who are totally helpless.
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The only group that
Jesus could not reach
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when He walked on the
earth, were the Pharisees,
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because they felt no
need, they felt superior,
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they felt righteous
in the sight of God,
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it must have broken Jesus heart
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to see the leaders
and the teachers of Israel
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who felt no
spiritual need of the right
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and look down their
noses at everybody else.
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The grace of God is
poured out upon the powerless.
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Thank you, for
that, it's a good one.
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The powerless, yes, wow,
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I hope this is
hitting you tonight,
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this is God's specialty,
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He makes His
grace available to those
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who acknowledge the fact
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that they cannot do
anything to save themselves.
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Amen.
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Except throw
themselves on the mercy of God.
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Amen.
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Wow, wow.
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Now I'm going
to let someone else
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take the second
part, if its okay,
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you've done very
well, this table,
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very well indeed.
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Coming back here, looks like
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we have a husband and
wife combination here,
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and they were
communicating well tonight,
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I'm still in verse 6.
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Still in verse 6.
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Is there
anything else in verse 6
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you would like
to pluck out for us?
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Christ died for the ungodly.
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Oh, thank you so much.
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Christ died for the ungodly.
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The grace of God is made
available to the ungodly.
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Amen.
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Not the godly, not those
who have there act together.
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By the way if you
really believe this,
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what should we see in churches
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when we come to worship?
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We should see? Sinners.
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So recite a little
more evangelistically,
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you may get a response.
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Sinners. Amen.
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Amen.
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You got a feeble response,
say it for a third time.
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Sinners should be--
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See there is
life out there, okay,
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if a church is doing
what it ought to be doing,
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the pews should be
filled with sinners
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who are seeking
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an understanding
of the grace of God.
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Amen.
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Your church should be
know as a place of refuge
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with somebody who is
totally overcome by sin,
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could come without
being judged or condemned,
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could be loved,
could be prayed for,
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and could be
led to see the steps
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they can take, with help,
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to receive the grace
of God in their lives.
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Amen.
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This would be a
true justification
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for the existence of a
church in your community.
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This is what Jesus came to do,
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He came to set
the captives free.
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To heal the sick, to
comfort the afflicted.
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Jesus was in a serious
ministry to suffering humanity,
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and anybody who
approached Jesus and declared
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that they had no
goodness within themselves,
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the fullness of the grace
of God was shared upon them.
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Doesn't matter how
far in the pit of sin
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they might have been, that
made no difference to Jesus.
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Because He understood fully
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that His grace is
available to those
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who acknowledge
their ungodliness.
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They have nothing in and
of themselves to offer God.
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Convicted that
there is no righteousness
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of your own, within yourself
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that you can
actually offer to God.
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Are you willing to
come to God in other words,
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just as you are?
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Amen.
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And acknowledge the fact
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that you are an ungodly
sinner, in need of grace.
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You'll have it all.
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You will have it all.
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All right so the
first step is out here,
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now the first two steps are out,
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without strength and ungodly.
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We're going to
pause at this moment
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and have a prayer together
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and then we're going to
move on to our second section.
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Let's bow our heads together,
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Randy, could I call on you
this evening, to pray for us,
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the microphone is miraculously
finding its way to you.
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Thank you.
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Our Father we just
want to lift up Jesus today.
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Amen.
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That He has taken our place,
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for we are ungodly,
Father, unworthy, we have--
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we're sinners, we're helpless
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and right now we
praise You, Father,
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for the grace of
God to fall on us,
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in this meeting together
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and we thank You for
the precious blood of Jesus
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and His grace.
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We ask that each one of
us would recognize that,
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who we are, that we are
ungodly, helpless, sinners
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and need of Your
touching grace this evening,
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we ask and we thank You
for receiving it, it's a gift,
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we can't earn Him,
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and we thank You God
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and we lift and praise
Your name for giving it to us.
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Amen.
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