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Podcast: Acts 29 Vancouver
Episode: Lion and the Lamb
Publishing Date: 2023-07-23T06:00:44-07:00
Podcast URL: https://acts29.ca
Episode URL: https://acts29.ca/lion-and-the-lamb/

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All righty guys.

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Hey, just remember to give Vivek a hug or something

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as the rest of the family is coming back tomorrow.

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So life will change for Vivek.

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He didn't hear it, thank God.

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Yeah.

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Okay.

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Okay, guys, so over the last many weeks,

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we've been going through this list.

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This was a word given beginning of the year

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in Storneway, which is an island off the coast of Scotland,

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which we went to,

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because one of the things the Lord had said early

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in the year was, hey, there used to be a revival

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in the 1940, 1950s at Storneway.

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It was called the Hebrides Revival.

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Could I initiate something like that again through you

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for the teens, the 20s and the 30s?

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And while we were there,

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this was a promise that was given to the church.

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And it's a promise that applies to the rest of the earth.

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And it's not something that Acts 29 owns,

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but Acts 29 can initiate.

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And so here's what God said at the beginning of the year.

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I am sending a purifying fire from heaven

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that burns up religious and historical junk.

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As I, the divine warrior, march,

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and I will deliver young men and women

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from nations into the kingdom.

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And I'm calling sons and daughters

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into that circle of dancing abundance and joy

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before the lion and the lamb.

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And they will be a torch bearing generation

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that goes forth and will not return empty.

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So we've been taking each line,

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and we've been going through it over the last many weeks.

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Last week we did calling,

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before the last, we did calling sons and daughters.

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Last week we did into the circle

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of dancing abundance and joy.

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Today we do before the lion and the lamb.

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And then we'll have maybe another two weeks

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before we finish this.

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So that's what we're planning to do right now.

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Let me just quickly pray for some guys

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who are aching and paining.

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So we'll pray for Emily, who is or is not here.

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Emily C.

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We'll just pray that her aches and pains stop.

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We'll just pray complete recovery for Sue after her fall.

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And we'll pray that Joan recovers

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from pneumonia completely.

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So Father, we so believe in healing.

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That it is your desire, your pleasure.

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That you were brutally striped

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and you overpaid for our healing.

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That scripture says so.

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That it is in the nature of the Father to heal his children.

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We don't examine Father the Hebrew and Greek of things

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to arrive at a conclusion.

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We examine the nature of the Father.

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We have fathers here on earth

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who would do the same for us, how much more you.

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So we believe you are here to heal.

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And so we bring Sue's body to you.

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Wherever there be any bruising, any breaking,

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any healing required in the name of Jesus Christ,

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we as a church say, be healed.

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As we as a church say, be healed completely.

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Be made whole.

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Let the shallowness and the wellness and the healing

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and the pleasure of God come upon you.

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Because we prayed that the Spirit of God

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would fall in this place.

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And may he fall upon you in healing.

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May the same thing happen for Emily Carpenter

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where her body begins to recover from aches and pains.

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And suddenly is quickened with the life of the Spirit of God

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who quickens mortal bodies according to Romans 8.

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Have you remembered Joan who's at home

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and we thank you Father.

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That song says that

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my lungs will inhale breath and express praise.

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So Father we bring wholeness to her lungs.

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So that her bones and her voice may cry out saying,

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great is the Lord.

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By your power, by your healing.

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That is present in the room right now.

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So we thank you Father

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for your great pleasure at doing this.

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You don't need to be cajoled into it, coaxed into it.

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This is your nature.

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We receive your nature.

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We simply receive healing in this room right now.

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We simply receive in Jesus name.

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Amen.

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Cool, so we'll talk about the line on the lamp.

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So,

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if you go to Revelation 5, verse 5 and 6.

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Revelation 5.

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Revelation 5.

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Who's doing Sunday school?

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Who?

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The

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Wow.

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Revelation 5, verse 5 and 6.

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Then one of the elders said to me,

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do not weep, see the line of the tribe of Judah.

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But when I looked, I saw a lamb and he took the scroll.

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Basically 5, verse 5 on, talks about it.

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Let me just read it.

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Let's start at verse one.

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Then I saw in the right hand of him

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who sat on the throne a scroll with writing on both sides

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and sealed with seven seals.

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And I saw a mighty angel proclaiming in a loud voice,

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who is worthy to break the seal and open the scroll?

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But no one in heaven and on earth or under the earth

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could open the scroll or even look inside it.

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I wept and wept because no one was found

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who was worthy to open the scroll or look inside.

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Then one of the elders said to me,

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do not weep, see the line of the tribe of Judah.

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The root of David has triumphed.

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He is able to open the scroll and its seven seals.

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Then I saw a lamb looking as if it had been slain,

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standing in the center of the throne

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encircled by the four living creatures and the elders.

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He had seven horns and seven eyes,

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which are the seven spirits of God

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sent out into all the earth.

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He came and took the scroll from the right hand of him

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who sat on the throne.

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And when he had taken it, the four living creatures

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and the 24 elders fell down before the lamb.

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Each one had a harp and they were holding golden bowls

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full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.

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And they sang a new song.

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You are worthy to take the scroll, open its seals,

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because you were slain and with your blood,

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you purchased men for God from every tribe and language

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and people and nation.

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You have made them to be a kingdom and priests

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to serve a God and they will reign on the earth.

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Then I looked and heard the voice of many angels

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numbering thousands upon thousands

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and 10,000s upon 10,000s.

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They encircled the throne and the living creatures

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and the elders.

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In a loud voice they sang,

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worthy is the lamb who was slain,

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to receive power and wealth and wisdom and strength

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and honor and glory and praise.

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And then I heard every creature in heaven and on earth,

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under the earth, on the sea,

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and all that is in them singing,

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to him who sits on the throne and to the lamb,

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we praise and honor and glory and power forever and ever.

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The four living creatures said, amen.

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And the elders fell down and worshiped.

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So guys, in the Old Testament,

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they had these things called Urim and Tumim.

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Urim and Tumim were two stones

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and they used to be on the breastplate of the high priest.

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And whenever it came to decision-making,

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whenever it came to unfolding the destiny of things,

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they would go and they would seek the counsel of God

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through Urim and Tumim.

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Nobody knows how it worked.

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People have guesses as to how it works.

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These were stones.

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One was called Urim, one was called Tumim,

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one was supposed to be a positive answer,

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one was supposed to be a negative answer.

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And so you see in 1 Samuel 14, or 2 Samuel 14,

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Saul wants to know whether he should go and fight.

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So what does he say?

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He says, bring me the Urim and the Tumim.

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And he asks God, should I go to fight or should I not?

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That's how they used to seek counsel.

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That's how they would know what destiny should unfold.

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That was in the Old Testament.

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That's how they determined things.

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Because sometimes the destiny of a nation

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depended on what was found through the use of Urim and Tumim.

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Nobody knows how it was used.

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To come up with some kind of an explanation

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would just be a guess.

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So 2 Samuel 14 talks about it.

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I mean, you can look at the scriptures.

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For instance, in Exodus 28-30, you see it mentioned.

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Exodus 28-30, you see it mentioned.

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Exodus 28-30.

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It says, also put the Urim and the Tumim in the breast piece

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so that they may be over Aaron's heart

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whenever he enters the presence of the Lord.

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Thus Aaron will bear the means of making decisions

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for the Israelites over his heart before the Lord.

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Go to 1 Samuel 14, verse 41.

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And you'll see Saul using it, attempting to use it.

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Then Saul prayed to the Lord, the God of Israel,

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give me the right answer.

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And Jonathan and Saul were taken by Lot,

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and men were cleared.

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Saul said, cast the lot between me and Jonathan and my son,

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and Jonathan was taken.

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And so what he does there, give me the right answer.

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What he actually does there is go take the Urim and Tumim

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if you read other versions,

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and then decide how things were to be done.

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So that was in the Old Testament.

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In the New Testament, yes, we have the Holy Spirit.

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But one of the reasons this scroll that is being opened

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in Revelation five is so important

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is because this scroll contains the destiny of the world.

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We read past that very quickly, and then there was a scroll.

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We got no idea what the scroll is about.

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The scroll is written on both sides.

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In it is the destiny of the world.

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That's how we need to look at how the scene plays out.

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In Revelation four, one, Jesus actually says to John,

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come up here, let me show you the things

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that are supposed to happen.

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And in Revelation five, one,

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we are about to see what is supposed to happen.

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If you read Revelation four, one, it says there,

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then I saw heaven open, and I heard a voice saying,

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come up here, let me show you.

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Pavel, do you wanna come join?

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No, come in.

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It's good to see you after two weeks.

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That's okay.

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As long as I don't step on him, he'll be fine.

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Come up here and I'll show you

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what must take place after this.

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In Revelation five, one, you see a scroll.

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On the scroll, a decrease, eh?

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On the scroll, a decrease.

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And it's sealed with seven seals.

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Why is it sealed?

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Because the contents are actually secret,

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and they will tell you the destiny of the world.

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But they are sealed with seven seals

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so that secrecy is ensured,

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because not anybody or everybody can come and open it.

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Someone who has, who's earned the right

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to unfold the destiny of the world has to open it.

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It contains the full account of what God has determined

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to do with the world.

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That's what it contains.

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The destiny of each man, woman, and child.

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You.

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The destiny of each man, woman, and child.

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The outcome of wars.

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The rise and fall of nations.

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What happens to the persecuted?

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What happens to the persecutor?

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What happens to the persecuted?

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What happens to the perverse?

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What happens to the wicked?

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What happens to the righteous?

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What happens to oceans, forests, sun, moon, and stars?

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What happens to creation?

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What does new creation look like?

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What about heaven and hell?

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Everything is locked in the scroll.

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That's why this is such a big deal.

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Written on both sides,

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what about the bride?

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What does she look like?

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What about Christ and new creation?

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Everything locked up in one scroll.

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And then there's a voice that goes out

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over all the earth, in the heavens, under the earth.

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And what is it saying?

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Who is worthy?

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And now someone worthy has to step up.

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And you can't find anybody.

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This is not something an imposter will dare touch.

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And that's when John begins to weep.

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Because John realizes suddenly that our shucks,

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if this is not opened,

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then the destiny of the world does not unfold.

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What's a similar scene that you can think of?

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Genesis 6.

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The Nephilim had come down to the earth.

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The earth was rife with evil.

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Genesis 6, verse 10 or something says

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that God looked at these people

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and said, you know,

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they're not worthy of the world.

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And then he said,

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verse 10 or something says

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that God looked at the earth

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and he knew that the man's heart was towards wickedness.

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And had God not intervened,

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it would have been a headlong rush into such depravity

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that we haven't seen even yet,

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despite all the things happening around us.

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And God intervenes.

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It's literally that kind of a juncture

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where if the scroll is not opened,

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then we have no idea of how things will evolve.

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How nations will rise and fall.

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How destinies will be determined.

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What will happen to your purpose?

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What will happen to the new heaven and the new earth?

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What will happen to the bride?

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How does it end for the devil?

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For death, for hell?

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What about all the isms

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that exist on the earth right now?

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What does true justice look like?

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How will the persecuted be treated?

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How will the persecutor be treated?

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Where is mercy?

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Where is justice?

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All this begins to evolve only if the scroll is open.

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And that is why John starts weeping.

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This is not some dream in which he feels like weeping.

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He begins to weep because he realizes

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if this is not open, then destiny is thwarted.

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And what will continue without it being interrupted?

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Any questions on that before we go on?

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God has said this as a background,

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because sometimes when you read Revelation 5

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and stuff like that,

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you just think, oh, a lion, oh, lamb, a scroll, big deal.

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At some point, you'll have to stop that.

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Or I'll eat it too.

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No, I don't want to eat it.

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Any questions, guys?

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Yeah.

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How can I, what, is there like,

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how do you arrive at the conclusion

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that the scroll has the destiny?

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Because the rest of Revelation

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is the reading of the scroll.

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Each seal as it is open shows what happens in nations.

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Shows what happens in Babylon.

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Shows what happens to the harlot.

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Shows what happens to business.

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Shows what happens to militaries.

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Shows what happens to Israel.

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Shows what happens to the nations of the world.

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Shows what happens to the bride.

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Shows what happens to rebellion.

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Shows what happens to mercy.

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Shows what happens to judgment.

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Shows what is involved with the angels coming forth.

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Shows what happens with Christ.

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Shows what happens with the harvest.

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Shows what happens with people being taken to heaven.

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Shows what happens with people being left behind,

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just as in Noah's days.

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And after this, as soon as the scroll is open,

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now unfolds.

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And it's not as if this is,

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one of the things we need to understand is

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we are not waiting for something to happen.

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This has been happening for a while.

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It just increases in intensity.

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Till one day Christ comes and the bride

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or the church is taken.

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The rest of the book of Revelation is just basically

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the scroll being unfolded.

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And if it is not open,

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how many imagine if Jill's destiny

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was contained in this paper?

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And anything from this moment on

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that has to happen in her life

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is contained in this.

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And if this is opened,

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her life begins to take on a pathway

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that God has crafted,

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as he said in Psalm 139.

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Everything in your life,

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every day of your life is numbered and is in this.

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And if someone is not found worthy to open this,

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her life will continue as is.

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Nothing will change.

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Things will get slightly better

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as she tries to do better.

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But you open this and she begins to live

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the days of her life as ordained by God

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by the power of the Spirit.

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And I stand here and I say,

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who is worthy to open this?

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And let's assume it has to be someone

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who is better than Jill.

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And nobody comes up.

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And I begin to weep,

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or Jill begins to weep saying,

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if this is not open, I'm stuck.

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If this is not open, nothing changes.

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Now multiply that.

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You're talking about one Jill,

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talk about all creation.

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Sun, moon, stars, creation groaning

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because it's been subjected to corruption.

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What about the devil?

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What about hell?

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What about death?

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What about demons?

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What about creation?

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Go ahead, Vivian.

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Change our lives, yes.

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So I was using it only as an analogy

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because my life can be changed.

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But how wonderful if you actually knew

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what he wanted to change you into

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instead of guesswork.

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What if you knew how things were supposed to evolve?

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What if you knew that tomorrow

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you were supposed to go a place?

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Let's put it this way.

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There's a completely separate topic.

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Yeah, I'll come back to this later.

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Let's assume that the Holy Spirit directs your life.

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Yeah, but wouldn't it be great to know

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if he told you that tomorrow

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you're supposed to go to Bangkok

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and you knew it today

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and he prepares you to go to Bangkok.

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Or forget Bangkok,

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you're supposed to go to Surrey.

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Sometimes what is in here

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helps me walk in the ways of God even better.

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Yeah, the Holy Spirit supplies us.

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I was using Jill only as an analogy.

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When it comes to the world, it's very different.

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The rise and fall of nations.

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What are people doing in Ukraine right now?

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What are people doing in Russia?

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What about Vietnam?

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What about those in prisons in Gulag somewhere?

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What about Chinese believers?

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What about those being persecuted?

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But we know the end of the story

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because the scroll is open.

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We know what happens to the devil.

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We know what happens to hell.

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We know what happens to death.

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Death loses its sting.

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We know what happens to the demonic.

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We know what happens to oceans,

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forests, sun, moon, and stars.

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We know what happens to the church.

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We know who wins.

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We just assume as Christians that we know everything.

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You know why we know?

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Because the scroll was unwrapped.

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Go ahead.

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Has it already happened?

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Yes, yes.

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It has happened and it continues happening.

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It is present continuous.

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Is your life over?

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No.

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Is your life happening?

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Yes.

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It's both.

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Yeah.

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It's like someone who has it, who's pregnant.

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Do they have a child?

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Yes.

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Do they have a child?

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No.

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It's present continuous.

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So when you look at the importance of the scroll,

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then you realize, okay,

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is there anybody worthy that can open the scroll?

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And then just when John begins weeping,

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because there's nobody that can now deal

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with what is about to happen,

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that's when one of the elders turns to John and says,

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do not weep for the lion from the tribe of Judah

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is worthy to open the scroll.

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Why is the lion from the tribe of Judah?

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You'll have to go to Genesis 49, verse nine and 10.

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And Genesis 49, nine and 10,

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it said about Jesus that he comes from a tribe called Judah.

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And it says about Judah that Judah is like a lion's club.

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Look how he crouches.

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Look how he arises from the kill.

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And the idea is, isn't he the king of kings?

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Then he says, the lion of the tribe of Judah

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is the only one who is worthy to open the scroll.

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And so why is he worthy to open the scroll?

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Because he conquered.

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Let me start writing stuff down.

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So, no one is found worthy.

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Just when he starts crying he says,

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hey, there's someone who can open it.

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So why is the lion of Judah,

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which is basically a title for Jesus,

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why is the lion of Judah,

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which is basically a title for Jesus,

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because he descended from,

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he descended in terms of his

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earthly lineage

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from the tribe of Judah.

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When I was a Christian,

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when I just received Christ into my life,

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I was in India at that time,

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walking in a city called Bangalore.

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There was this guy who was asking me questions

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and he said, so is Jesus man or is Jesus God?

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And I didn't know enough scripturing.

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And then later on I found out,

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okay, so he was 33,

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but he is the ageless ancient one.

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From his father and mother's side,

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he came from a tribe called Judah,

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but on his,

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I mean, if you want to learn about Christ

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and how he was born,

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you must come for Christ's life on Wednesday.

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It talks about how he was born of a virgin,

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not through any sexual contact,

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born of a virgin, impossible, miracle,

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but prophesied multiple times in the Old Testament.

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70 or 80 prophecies about Jesus coming and being born

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and they all come to pass.

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And so on one hand, his spiritual lineage was,

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he is God who appears in flesh.

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In terms of physical lineage,

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he is born in a house with parents,

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but not through sexual contact.

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But born of a virgin, impossible.

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And that's a miracle of Christ's birth, right?

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I didn't know how to answer these questions.

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And then you find scripture saying,

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in Romans it talks about it.

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Romans it says, on his parent's side,

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he was born from the tribe of Judah,

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but he was the son of God.

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So how does God have a son?

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Come on Wednesday.

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What does it even mean when you say God has a son?

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Does he actually have a son?

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Find out on Wednesday.

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It's worth it, it's mind-bending and beautiful.

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Yep.

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Can you tell me some background things?

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Yeah, yeah, you can.

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Christ's life is a lot of fun.

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Christ's life is basically,

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what's the life of Christ about?

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Who is this Jesus Christ?

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Is he 100% God or is he 100% man?

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How can both exist together?

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What about his parents?

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How was he born?

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How can you have someone called the son of God?

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Does God have a son?

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How did the son happen?

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Who is the father?

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Who is the son?

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Who is the Holy Spirit?

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How does God come into my life?

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How does he stay in my life?

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What does it mean to be a new creation?

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What does it mean to actually become

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a child of the living God?

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Not a creation, a child of the living God.

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These are the questions that will be answered.

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It's so worth it, guys.

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I was a pastor when I first started

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exploring Christ's life

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and it changed my entire way of living.

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So if you haven't attended it before, come.

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If you have attended it before, come even earlier.

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So why is the line of Judah,

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which is the title for Jesus,

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worthy of opening the scroll of life?

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Why is the line of Judah,

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which is the title for Jesus,

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worthy of opening the scroll?

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The answer is in chapter five, verse five.

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He is worthy of opening the scroll

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because he has conquered.

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Conquered what?

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Conquered sin, conquered death,

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conquered the devil,

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conquered hell.

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How?

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This is the cool part.

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He conquered the line of Judah,

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as in Jesus, the king of kings.

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The line of Judah conquered

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by becoming the lamb

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by becoming the lamb

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that was slain to purchase you

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and creation out from sin, death,

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devil and hell.

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That's why the line of Judah is worthy to open the scroll.

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Do not weep for behold the line of Judah.

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He is worthy to open the scroll.

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Why is he worthy to open the scroll?

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He is worthy to now unfold the destiny of the world.

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He is worthy now to decree the rise and fall of nations.

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He is worthy now to make all creation new.

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He is worthy now to decide the outcome of wars.

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He is worthy now to handle the persecutor

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and the persecuted.

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He is worthy now to show justice or mercy

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to the wicked and to the righteous.

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He is worthy now to decide who goes to heaven

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and who is part of the church.

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He is worthy.

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He is worthy.

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Why is he worthy?

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Because the lion of Judah, Jesus Christ, the king of kings,

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the one who is the creator of the universe,

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the one who rules everything,

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he decided that even though I am the king of kings,

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I will now take on the role of a lamb.

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He rides into Jerusalem as a king,

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but he's led to slaughter out of Jerusalem like a lamb.

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He rides in like a king.

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People are bowing before him,

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throwing palm trees before him,

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putting their clothes before him so he can ride on them.

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He comes in like a king,

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but he leaves Jerusalem three days later,

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or one and a half days later,

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he leaves Jerusalem as a lamb being led to slaughter.

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Why?

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Because in the Old Testament,

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it didn't matter which religion you practiced

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before Christ.

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Every religion would slay animals

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and cause their blood to flow for the forgiveness of sins.

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And here comes the king of the universe

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who takes on the form of man,

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and he says, even though I am king,

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I will now become a lamb and I will be slain for you,

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not just for you, but for entire creation

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so that everything that has been distorted by sin,

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death, devil, and hell is bought back,

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ransomed back, purchased back.

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Therefore now, the lion of Judah is worthy

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to open the destiny of every man, woman, and child

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in creation, because now what he says will happen.

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This is how it works.

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The reason he is worthy is because one who is lion

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has decided, I'm going to take on the role of a lamb.

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We must introduce people to this Christ

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who is both lion and lamb if this is supposed to happen.

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The central theme of the New Testament is very simple.

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Victory is always through sacrifice.

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Your master, your lord, your savior, the one you worship,

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the one you sang to earlier today, he lives like this.

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You and I don't have a choice.

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Victory is always through sacrifice.

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Victory is always through sacrifice.

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You should, and I should, hold that plumb line

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next to our lives and see what is crooked

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and what is straight.

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Victory is always through sacrifice.

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And when you look at what is sacrificed,

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you know, I love making us uncomfortable

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when it comes to sacrifice.

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I love the fact that our hearts begin to resist it.

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I love the fact that it feels like a pebble in our shoes.

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I love the fact that you will pretend

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that everything is okay right now

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and then you will go out and tell someone,

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I don't think this is a fair demand.

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I'll tell you why this is a fair demand,

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because the one who purchased you is demanding it off you.

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And there will never be a day here on earth

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when I'll become like Christ in terms of sacrifice.

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But my God, I want to get as close as possible

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and so do you.

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So what are we talking about when we talk about sacrifice?

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There is no victory without sacrifice in the kingdom.

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And these are the things we sacrifice, time, talent,

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as in abilities, treasure, relationships.

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As I call out this list, just try and figure out

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as I go down this list, which really irks you.

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And the moment it irks you, put a little star next to it,

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because you know where your problem lies.

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Okay, and if all of them irk you, come and meet me later.

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Victories are sacrifice.

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What do we sacrifice?

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Time, talent, treasure, relationships.

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Security.

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Self, strength.

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This is what we sacrifice if we want victory.

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And here's the strange thing,

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as soon as you include this word in there,

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you're not even trying to get some kind of victory

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for yourself.

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Your intent of victory is always someone else.

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In the kingdom, as in, in,

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here's what Jesus wants of me and wants of you

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and wants of this church.

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Guys, can you be guys who come to a place of victory

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through sacrifice?

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And here's what I want you to sacrifice,

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not for yourself, but for the sake of others.

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Can you sacrifice your time, your talent,

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your treasure, your relationships, your strength,

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your security, yourself?

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Because every time you do this,

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the kernel of the seed falls to the ground,

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it dies, and it bears fruit.

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John 12, 23 or 24.

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Luke 14, 27.

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It falls to the ground and it bears fruit.

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And it always has to be for someone else.

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What if an entire church begins to behave like this?

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And whatever irked you while I was going down that list,

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know that you and I have a problem there.

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Luke 14, 26.

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In case you think, I'm pulling this out of nowhere,

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Luke 14, 26.

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I know you're familiar with it.

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Let me throw some salt into your wounds.

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Luke 14, 26.

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If anyone comes to me and does not hate father and mother,

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wife and children, brothers and sisters,

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yes, even their own life,

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such a person cannot be my disciple.

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What does the word hate mean?

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Let me explain it.

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If you want to be my disciple,

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you must by comparison, hate everyone else,

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your father, mother, wife and children,

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brothers and sisters, yes, even your own life.

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Otherwise, you cannot be my disciple.

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Another way of explaining it is,

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anyone who comes to me but refuses,

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if that alarm is meant for me to stop, it ain't working.

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Anyone who comes to me but refuses to let go

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of father, mother, spouse, nice try Vivian.

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And you took a lot of time asking those questions,

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it's your fault.

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Anyone who comes to me but refuses to let go

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of father, mother, spouse, children, brothers and sisters,

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yes, even one's own self cannot be my disciple.

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Let's go to Mark 10, 28.

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Mark 10, 28.

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Mark 10, 28.

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Here's what it says.

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Peter tried another angle.

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We left everything and followed you.

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Jesus said, mark my words.

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No one who sacrifices house, brothers, sisters,

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mother, father, children, land, whatever,

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because of me and the message, will lose out.

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They'll get it all back, but multiplied many times

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in homes, brothers, sisters, mothers, children and land,

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and also in troubles, and then the bonus of eternal life.

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This is once again the great reversal.

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Many who are first will end up last and the last first.

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Here's the other thing guys.

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If you are a believer, you also need to know

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that every time I hold on to any of these,

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I will eventually lose it.

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Especially if you've been attending this church for a while

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and you hold on to any of this, you will lose it.

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It's not a negative confession.

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It's a fact of life.

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Because whatever you hold on to, you lose.

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Whatever you lose, you gain.

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Any questions?

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If I decide that I am not gonna help you Diana,

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and that I'm gonna keep my time to myself,

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because I am not at a point where I either care for you

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or have a tendency to sacrifice time for you,

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and I use it for something else.

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Let's say I use it to read a book or play games

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or listen to music.

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Eventually what I hold back from you,

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which would have given you life,

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will not turn out well for me

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because it's not being used properly.

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My time, remember these guys,

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there's nothing here that wasn't given to you by God.

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And it was given to you for a purpose.

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And what's the purpose?

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To pour it out for the benefit of others.

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You hold this back.

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It is like manna that has been kept an extra day.

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What happens to manna?

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It turns into maggots.

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Give this away.

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This is how your master lived.

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The intent is not to become like this tomorrow.

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The intent is to never stop becoming this.

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The intent is not to become like this tomorrow.

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The intent is to never stop becoming this.

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Never stop becoming this.

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Continuously moving towards it.

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Doesn't matter whether you run.

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I mean, most people I walk with walk really faster.

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The only person I enjoy walking with is my sister.

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Everyone else walks faster.

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But eventually we get there.

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At some point I take a taxi.

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Another word for sacrifice is giving up or letting go.

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Sacrifice is not a 2023 word of the year.

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So instead the right word would be giving up, given up.

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Anyone who has given up this, that's what Jesus says.

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Anyone who lets go.

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And these are the things we let go of.

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Because victory is always through sacrifice.

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Who represents victory?

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The lion.

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Who represents sacrifice?

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Lamb.

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This is why later on in Revelation 12, 11,

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what does it say?

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They overcame the devil by what?

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By the blood of the lamb,

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as in the blood that Jesus Christ shed,

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by which sin, death, devil, and hell was defeated.

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By the blood of the lamb, that's the first one.

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And then it goes on to say,

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by the word of the testimony,

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and what it means is they faithfully proclaimed

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what Jesus did and what he will do.

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Both, what Jesus did and what he will do.

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And then the third one was that they didn't withhold

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their lives, but were willing to pour it out,

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even if it meant death.

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That's why lion, lamb, lion, lamb.

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You know, almost always churches are either

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super victorious or super lambish.

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I mean, on audio that won't translate at all,

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but hopefully they'll watch the live stream.

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So, because churches either take one or the other.

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Either you have this terrible theology of suffering,

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which is, oh, woe is me,

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or this terrible theology of triumphalism,

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where everything is rah rah.

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It's supposed to be both.

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The church carries the responsibility

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to represent both lion and lamb.

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You and I carry the responsibility

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of representing, of us being

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both lion and lamb.

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Hey, shift your attention to the lamb.

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You know, there were many pictures

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that I could put up for lion and the lamb,

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and they usually show a lion either sitting majestically

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and a lamb sitting meekly.

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And yet, look at the lamb as portrayed

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in the book of Revelation.

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You'll find the strange thing about him.

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He ain't no lamb being led to slaughter.

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He now bears the marks of slaughter,

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but he's not a lamb.

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He's a lamb.

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He's a lamb.

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He's a lamb.

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He now bears the marks of slaughter,

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but he ain't no lamb being led to the slaughter.

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So look at these scriptures.

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It's very different.

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When he was being led to the cross,

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yes, he was like a sheep that does not speak,

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being led to be slain,

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so that with his blood, he can redeem you,

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purchase you, ransom you.

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But once he rises,

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look at the picture of the lamb.

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Go to Revelation 6.16.

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This is no ordinary lamb.

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Strangely enough, Christ as king and lion possesses the nature of a lamb.

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And Jesus as the lamb of God possesses the nature of a lion.

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In Revelation 6, 16, it says,

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Fall on us and hide us from the face of him who is seated on the throne and from the wrath of who?

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The wrath of the lamb.

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Whoever thought that the lamb could be wrathful?

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You know why the lamb can be wrathful?

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Because he's paid the price to redeem everything.

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And if you still resist him, what is there left?

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He took on the wrath of the entire earth to redeem you and you and you.

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And now there's nothing left.

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And it says,

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Fall on us, hide us from him who sits on the throne and the wrath of the lamb.

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Look at another scripture.

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It's in Revelation 17, 14.

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Revelation 17, 14.

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And it says that the nations of the world will gather together and they will make war on the lamb.

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And look at who will conquer them.

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Not the lion.

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The lamb will conquer them for he is the Lord of lords and the King of kings.

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So, at the end of the day,

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This is no ordinary lamb.

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This lamb carries the nature of a king.

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Here's what we see then.

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Can you have your splendor, your weight, your magnificence mingled?

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With humility.

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Can we present that?

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Can you present that?

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Can you present a God who is on one hand transcendent,

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as in he lives beyond time, space, earth, and yet,

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incarnational, as in he's also willing to now dwell amongst men?

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Can you be uncompromisingly just?

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And can you yet be merciful?

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Can you be only good?

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And yet, have patience with evil.

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And suffering.

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Churches choose one or the other.

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Can you understand that you have dominion,

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as God gives you authority?

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And yet, you have learned how to submit to order.

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Can you understand God's majesty,

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and also understand how he is meek?

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Can you understand that he,

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can you understand and display the wisdom to stump scholars,

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and yet, the simplicity to draw children?

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Do you have the power to still a storm,

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and yet refuse to use it,

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to get off the cross,

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or change bread into stone?

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This is how it works, guys.

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It's not one or the other, it's both.

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Can you be like this?

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Do you know what will happen to your wife if you become like this?

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She'll fall in love with you again.

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Did you mean bread into stone or stones into bread?

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Stones into bread.

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Please change the order.

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Can I be this?

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Pardon?

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Sometimes I want bread to be turned into stones.

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You know, it's very odd.

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If people think I have this nasty relationship with Diana,

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I've had people come to me over the last 16, 17 years saying,

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she must be terribly hurt,

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or I wonder why she doesn't leave the church.

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I've had these questions asked of me, just so you know.

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I have no reason why she hasn't left the church.

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I have tried over 16, 17 years.

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She just doesn't get the message, what can I do?

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What do you mean by women can't read?

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What?

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You can't read?

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What is that scripture in the Bible?

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Women should not ask questions.

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They should go home and ask their husbands.

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What the...

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Oh my God, I'm opening a can of worms.

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Oh, it's not a question.

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Okay.

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Okay.

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The writing is terrible.

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I'm sorry.

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The writing is terrible.

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Whoever wrote this?

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I'm still a storm.

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Excuse me.

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I'm telling Dad.

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Okay.

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Stop.

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Oh, stop, sorry.

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Okay, let me read it.

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Oh, sorry.

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Let me read it.

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Can you have glory as in the splendor of God?

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Through you or presenting the splendor of God?

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Can you present the splendor of God through you, mingled with humility?

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It's a hard thing, eh?

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We find it easy to do one or the other.

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Can I boast about God and yet have the humility to at once acknowledge that he's the one doing it?

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Second, can you present God as, listen, he is holy, he's awesome, he's transcendent, he's creator,

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he lives beyond the universe which is expanding and he lives beyond that and yet he is here.

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He's with you right now here, transcendent and incarnational, uncompromisingly just.

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As in he is a God who is holy, he does not settle for sin, he hates sin, he cannot tolerate sin.

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Sin collides with him and is destroyed.

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There's nothing unholy about him.

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He's so pure, he blazes brighter than the midday sun.

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That is the purity that comes from his holiness and yet uncompromisingly just and he's merciful.

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Can you be like that?

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So hard to be like that, eh?

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Next one.

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He's only good.

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Oh my God, he's so patient with evil.

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Don't think of someone else when I say evil.

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Think of yourself.

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He's only good but he's so patient with evil.

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So patient.

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What about me?

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So impatient.

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This is why you either end up being lion or the lamb.

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And for what he wants to do, ignite something amongst the teens and the twenties and the thirties.

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He's saying, church, can you become like this?

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Because they are coming.

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I want them to see the right God because I've done this before and they've seen the wrong God.

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And they leave after five services.

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Can you present him as someone who has given you dominion and authority?

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On one hand, he gives you authority.

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Gives you authority over nations.

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Gives you authority over demons.

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Gives you authority over sickness.

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Sicknesses get healed.

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Demons get chased out.

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Nations get chained.

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On one hand, he gives you dominion and authority.

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On the other hand, can you submit to order?

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Or do you chaff at order?

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Here's a simple truth, guys, when it comes to authority.

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The degree of authority you exert is directly proportional to the degree of authority you submit to.

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The degree of authority you exert anywhere in this world in the name of Jesus Christ is directly proportional to the degree of authority you submit to.

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Directly proportional.

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We see that in the story of the centurion.

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Next one.

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Majesty.

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On one hand, can you present this God as he is king?

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Kiss the king lest he be angry.

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Sound two.

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Can you approach him as one would approach a king?

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And then can you also recognize that he is so meek?

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So meek.

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He actually says it.

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I'm gentle.

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I'm meek.

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Next one.

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He had the wisdom to stump scholars.

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He had the wisdom to stump scholars.

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They came and tried arguing with him.

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Do we have the wisdom for that?

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We are so blooming Christianies.

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We lose our sound bites.

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God hates sin but loves the sinner.

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It means nothing.

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Wisdom.

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Wisdom is not the same as the word of God.

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Wisdom.

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Wisdom is when you ask God for how do I present this.

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Wisdom is not human.

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That's Sophia.

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Sorry.

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Wisdom is something else.

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Sophistry comes from Sophia.

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We've got to do one acrobatics with words.

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Wisdom is different.

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It comes from God.

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It's pure.

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It's peaceable.

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It's got sense in it.

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Wisdom to stump scholars.

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Simplicity to draw kids.

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How, man?

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It's beautiful when people are able to do this.

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When Nick does a silly dance with the kids up here like he did today.

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It was embarrassing but it drew the kids.

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Power to still a stone and yet you refuse to use that power to get off the cross or to change stones into bread.

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This is what it looks like, man.

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I'm done.

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Guys, have the voice of the roar.

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Someone prophesied this on me on April 27th this year.

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Jacob, can you have the voice of the roar of a lion?

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And the embrace of a lamb.

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What a beautiful way to put it, eh?

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Can you have the voice of the roar of a lion?

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Or could you have the embrace of a lamb?

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Last line I want to share with you as to why this is important is because this church

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or the church will not open the destiny of nations or individuals

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if we aren't both lion and the lamb

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because the scroll of their lives will remain sealed and God will have to find someone else.

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Do you have any questions on that?

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If there's a hypothesis that we can draw from the whole thing it would be this or a conclusion.

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Do you realize that is important?

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If Matt decides that he will not voice this, then he will not be able to do it.

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If I decide that I will not sacrifice, that I will be victorious but I will not sacrifice,

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I will not sacrifice my time, treasure, talent, strength, relationships, security, self,

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but I will be victorious, because I will be victorious.

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If I decide that I will not sacrifice my time, treasure, talent, strength, relationships,

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decides that he will not voice things, he will not carry the roar of a lion.

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If I decide that I will not sacrifice,

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that I'll be victorious but I will not sacrifice,

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I will not sacrifice my time, treasure, talent, strength, relationships,

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security, self. That's what I decide.

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So I decide I won't do that. I refuse to

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move from lion to lamb. He decides, no.

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I'll be meek but I will not voice, I will not roar.

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I will not begin to take the finished things of God.

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I will not do anything with them. Now multiply that

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by about 20 or 30 and you have an entire church that is now

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incapable of opening the scroll of nations of lives and God will have to go

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looking for someone else.

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Go ahead Vivian.

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Yeah, if God decides to go and look for somebody else,

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will his original plan for your life forever be unfulfilled?

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The crazy thing about God is he will always give me first dips at what is

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what he planned for me but he also knows whether I'll take it or not.

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So he already has a secondary plan. He knew

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that Moses was going to refuse leading the people so he already had Aaron in

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the background.

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But was Aaron his first choice? Absolutely not.

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Aaron was a standby that was brought in. So God goes to Moses and says, hey Moses,

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didn't I make the mouth? Why are you so scared about stammering?

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I'm sending you. Go. But Moses keeps saying no, no, no. So what does God do?

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Okay, get to your brother, Aaron.

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And now Aaron becomes his spokesman. But Aaron was never supposed to be in the picture

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as Moses' spokesman. It wasn't part of the plan

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but God, because he's a father and he can see into the future and know every decision I make,

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he already has a second plan that is as beautiful as possible.

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When your child does something

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and fails, you don't abandon him. I mean, my parents wanted to make me a doctor.

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That didn't work out so they decided, okay, at least try for dentistry.

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That didn't work out so they sent me for zoology. That didn't work out

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so I went for political science. That didn't work out so I went for journalism.

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That didn't work out so I ended up a pastor.

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That's how this thing works.

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So if you chose any of these subjects,

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vote for you. No, no, no. Blessed are you because you end up

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pastoring. So this is the order of how it goes.

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So that is how God thinks too.

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That's how God thinks. So any, any, any,

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do you have anything to say on this before I ask Jane to come and finish with

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Is He Worthy? Anything to say on this?

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Do you think this is true?

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If Matt does not voice

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and I do not sacrifice and we multiply that by 20 or 30 across this church,

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do you think this church will be able to open

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the destiny of nations or of individuals?

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It's not possible, man.

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We take our cue from the Christ

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who is both lion and the lamb. Who is worthy to open the scroll?

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And the destiny of nations and the earth? The lion. But I looked

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and what did I see? A lamb. Why is He worthy to take on the scroll?

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Because He took on the role of a lamb. What does a lamb do? Sacrifice.

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What is being asked of you? Dhillna, your time, your talent, your treasure, your strength,

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your self and your security.

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And it's a forever thing for the rest of your life. And the moment you hold back on any of

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these things,

00:56:42.540 --> 00:56:45.500
you lose them anyways. Crazy, man.

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This is a win-win thing or a lose-lose thing. Come, Jane.

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Sing this song with a new understanding.

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If you need prayer,

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there'll be people here to pray with you. And the lion and the lamb is here.

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He's one, the Christ.

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Like I said, if you want to know more about how this whole thing works,

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it's brilliant. It's almost mathematical. It's logical.

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It's mysterious. Come on Wednesday, Christ Life.

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This is a beautiful song, but sing it with fresh eyes

00:57:24.380 --> 00:57:31.380
after what we've heard.

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Thanks.

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The reason we can sing this song afresh is when you see the words, you realize

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that this is where... the first verse talks about

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where the world is heading and then someone intervenes.

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And he opens a scroll and it begins to change. But someone has to open the scroll

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for this to end.

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And none was found worthy till he steps up. And he is worthy

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because he paid a price in blood and now it changes.

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Do you wish that you could see it all, man?

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We do.

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Is all creation groaning? It is.

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Is the glory of the Lord's to be

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aligned within our midst? It is.

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Is it good that we remind ourselves of Him? It is.

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Do you feel the world is broken? We do.

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And do you feel the shadows deepening? We do.

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But do you know that all the dark won't stop the light from getting blue?

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We do.

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And do you wish that you could see it all, man?

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We do.

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Is all creation...

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Is all creation groaning? It is.

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Is the new creation groaning? It is.

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Is the new creation coming? It is.

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Is the glory of the Lord to be

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aligned within our midst? It is.

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Is it good that we remind ourselves of Him? It is.

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It is.

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Is anyone worthy? Is anyone whole?

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Is anyone able to break the seal and open the store?

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The Lion of Judah who conquered the grave

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He is deep in truth and the Lamb of God who raised him from the grave

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Is He worthy? Is He worthy

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of all blessing and honor and glory?

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Is He worthy of us?

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Does the Father...

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Does the Father truly love us? He does.

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Does the Spirit move among us? He does.

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And does Jesus our Messiah forever those He loves? He does.

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Does our God intend to dwell among us? He does.

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Does the Father...

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Does the Father truly love us? He does.

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Does the Spirit move among us? He does.

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And does Jesus our Messiah forever those He loves? He does.

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Does our God intend to dwell again with us? He does.

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Is anyone worthy? Is anyone whole?

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Is anyone able to break the seal and open the store?

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The Lion of Judah who conquered the grave

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He is deep in truth and the Lamb of God who raised him from the grave

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Is he worthy? Is he worthy of every nation and song?

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He is made as the Kingdom and Priest to God to reign with the tribe

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Is he worthy? Is he worthy

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of all blessing and honor and glory?

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Is he worthy of every nation and song?

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From every people and tribe

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every nation and song

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He is made as the Kingdom and Priest to God to reign with the tribe

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Is he worthy? Is he worthy

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of all blessing and honor and glory?

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Is he worthy of every nation and song?

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Thank you Holy Spirit. Thank you for showing this about Jesus.

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Our hearts are blessed.

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We know this not because we are Christians.

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We know this not because we read the Bible.

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We know this not because we read the book of Revelation.

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We know this not because some pastor taught us.

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We know this because you, the King of the universe

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laid down your life like a lamb, shed his blood to purchase

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people from every tribe and nation

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because you did that.

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You were worthy to open the scroll

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and show us the life that lies ahead.

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This week, help us to go and bring others in.

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Bring others in. Bring others in.

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They overcame the devil by the blood of the Lamb

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faithfully bearing witness to what Jesus has done

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and what Jesus will do.

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And they did not love their lives to the point

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that they would not lay it down,

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that they would not face rejection.

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No, they did not. They did not love their lives.

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Help us to do that now we pray in Jesus name. Amen.

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Bless you guys. Thank you for listening.

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Hey, Mike, really good playing today, man.

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Yeah.

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Thanks, Steve.