Give us a cool scripture now
that is pregnant with meaning.
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Colossians 1:13, 14.
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Oh, what a clear
reference here to Colossians 1.
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Those who have
strength would to turn to this.
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Colossians 1:13, 14.
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If you would read it
out for us please, Ken.
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Thank you.
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"He has delivered us
from the power of darkness
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and conveyed us
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into the kingdom of
the Son of His love,
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in whom we have
redemption through His blood,
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the forgiveness of sins."
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Amen. Amen. So...
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So, we have both
redemption and forgiveness.
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We have redemption,
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which means to be purchase back
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and we have forgiveness of sins,
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wow, excellent.
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Beginning verse two
points for one verse
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that's excellent, thank you.
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Who begin in Hebrews 2
as I suggested and okay,
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Williams got his hand up here.
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What verse are you in Hebrews 2?
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Verse 14.
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Okay, let's hear it please.
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"Inasmuch then as the children
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have partaken
of flesh and blood,
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He Himself
likewise shared in the same,
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that through death
He might destroy him
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who had the power of
death, that is, the devil."
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So, let's hear it
in another version,
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because the term destroy here
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is not really as
good as another term
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because the devil is
in fact not destroyed yet.
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Hebrews 2. But
there is a better--
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Hebrews 2:14 who has that in--
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Maddy has got her
hand up, halleluiah.
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"Therefore, since the children
share in flesh and blood,
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He Himself likewise
also partook of the same,
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that through death He
might render powerless him
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who had the power of
death, that is, the devil."
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A better term, thank you.
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That's the devil
has been rendered...
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Power less. Power less.
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Do you believe it? Amen.
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If you believe it, you will
never ever get into a struggle
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with the devil.
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You'll let him know
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that he has no power
and authority over you,
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because the
atoning death of Jesus
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has rendered him powerless.
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Appreciate the
amen's to that statement.
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Amen. Amen.
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Your enemy has
been rendered powerless.
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He has no authority over you.
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Amen.
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Think of the
implications of this.
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He is disarmed.
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He is, he is more than disarmed.
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He is rendered powerless. Amen.
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Hey, Reese, we got
your hand up there.
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Moral is, he is
changed, he is powerless.
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Have you got
another contribution for us?
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Halleluiah.
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Hebrews--
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Romans 6:3.
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Romans 6:3.
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"Or do you not know
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that all of us who have
been baptized into Jesus Christ
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have been
baptized into His death."
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So, we're being baptized in
to His death which is His life.
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So, we have-- well
that's actually His death.
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Yeah, technically
His dead, but His death--
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You mean baptized in to His...
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Death. Death.
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If we have
verse 4 it adds more--
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I know but it's, that's
talking about His resurrection
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and you move to a different.
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Now pick out
another verse in chapter 6
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to go with the one you've got.
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So, it becomes crystal
clear to us what is happening.
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We're still in
chapter 6 of Romans.
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Can you find
another verse for us
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to go with the one you've got?
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Yeah, verse 6.
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Okay, let's hear verse 6.
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"Knowing this, that our old self
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was crucified with Him,
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in order that our body of
sin might be done away with,
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so that we would no
longer be slaves to sin."
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And read verse 8
as well, would you?
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"Now if we have
died with Christ,
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we believe that we
shall also live with Him."
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So, what are we learning
about the crucifixion of Jesus?
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Freedom.
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No don't put words
in his mouth, please.
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Freed us from sin.
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Yes, but there's something
else much more substantial.
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It's coming through
you, you just read it.
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We live with Him.
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Now, what are we
learning about His death?
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Okay.
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I know you two are
anxious to get in to His life,
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but we're talking about
His death at the moment.
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It's in verse 6 and it's also
in verse 8, you just read it.
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We were crucified with Him--
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We were crucified with Him
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and in verse 8 doesn't it say...
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We died with
Christ. We died with Christ.
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So, the death
of Jesus on Calvary
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was our death to sin.
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We actually died
in Him at that moment.
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It's a very profound thing
to see that we died in Him.
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Our death is
not separate to His.
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I know people who believe that
the death of their old nature
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is a struggle every
day against the flesh.
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The death of our old
nature is a faith struggle
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because it happens
when we come to the cross
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and we realize that
in His death we died.
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Amen. Amen.
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We've already died to
self in the death of Jesus.
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That was my death to sin.
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That's why verse 11 by the way
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becomes such a power full verse.
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Look at verse 11 in Romans 6.
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"Even so" say's,
Paul, what's the next word?
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Reckon. Consider yourself--
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The King James says reckon,
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the modern
translation say reckon.
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Consider. Oh, I say consider.
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Consider yourself to be what?
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Dead. The Dead.
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It doesn't say feel dead,
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it doesn't say struggle
against your self every day
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and get some help from
God, you might win the struggle.
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It doesn't say that.
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It says reckon or
consider yourself to be?
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Dead. Dead. Dead to sin and?
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Alive.
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Alive under God
because, because...
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We died with Him. We
died with Him and we also?
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Rose with Him. Rose with Him.
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His death was our death to sin.
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His resurrection was
our being raised from life
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as a slave to sins
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and now a slave of
righteousness. Amen, amen.
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These things are ours in Christ.
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Amen.
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It's a faith step.
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This is my
favorite verse in Romans 6.
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Finally and I give
God glory over this.
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So, I have
programmed my mind to believe,
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when my feet touch the ground,
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I get out of the
bed in the morning,
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zap Romans 6:11 jumps
into my mind now automatically,
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thank you for that God.
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Amen. Amen.
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And I say to myself, wow.
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I consider myself
again for another day to be?
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Dead. Dead to sins.
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Got nothing to do
with how I feel. Amen.
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It has nothing to do
with how well I'm doing.
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Amen.
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It has to do with how
well Jesus did in human flesh.
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Amen. Amen.
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Consider yourself to be
dead to sin and alive unto God.
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Most people are
loosing this battle
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because they're failing to
see that it's a faith struggle,
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not a struggle against self.
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That struggle has
been won at the cross.
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If you're coming to the cross
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and claiming the benefits
of the atoning death of Jesus,
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you're already in
Christ a victorious person.
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Amen. Amen.
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Because you've
seized the struggle
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and you've started believing
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that God really did
accept Jesus in your stead.
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Amen.
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How's your faith. Amen.
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Are you acting by faith
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or are you falling back into
struggle with help from God?
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I wish you luck, you'll
dig the hole deeper and deeper.
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I did it for years.
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I begged God for years.
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I prayed that self
defeating prayer God,
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help me not to
do these same things
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over and over again.
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Finally God hit me over the head
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with the giant
sized cricket bat,
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because my game is
cricket not softball.
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And God said to me, hey, I
didn't ask you to be Christ,
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I asked you to
put on Christ. Amen.
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He's already won this battle,
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why are you continuing to fight
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and then begging Him to
help you to be strong enough.
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There's only ever
been one human being
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who was strong
enough to win this battle
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and He's either in
you or He is not. Amen.
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If He is in you,
you're walking by faith,
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you consider your
self to be dead to sin
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and alive unto God.
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What a huge step this is.
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