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His Desire

February 14, 2021

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Pastor Robert continues the Living in His Presence series with a message titled “His Desire;” where he discusses God’s greatest desire for us.

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His Desire

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ROBERT MORRIS: And what you haveto understand about God is
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that any time you give to God,you'll receive back.
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That's just His nature.
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I mean, He -- if you say toGod, "I love You."
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He'll say, "I love you, too."
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God wants arelationship with us.
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He loves us, and He wants usto choose Him willingly,
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but He won't force us.
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Join my pastor, Robert Morris,as he explains God's desire
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for us to live in His presence.
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ROBERT: We're gonna continue ourseries called,
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"Living in His Presence", so ifyou can turn to one scripture
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this week, Genesis 1, and we'llactually hit a verse
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in Genesis 2 also.
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But Genesis 1.
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And so, this week, we'regonna talk about His desire.
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So we've talked about Hispresence, His instruments,
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now we're gonna talkabout His desire.
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Does God, who is completelyself-sufficient,
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self-existent, self-sustaining,does God have a desire?
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And if He does,what is His desire?
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I am a bottom-line person.
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There are two types of people inthe world, in my opinion.
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Bottom-line people, andbeat-around-the-bush people.
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And it's funny.
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And if you don't know if you'rea bottom-line person or not,
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you aren't.
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You are a beat-around-the-bushperson.
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We know who we are.
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And you're either abottom-line person,
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or if you're married,you're married
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to a bottom-line person.
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One or the other.
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So the reason I say that isI like to think this way,
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what's God's bottom line?
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What's the bottomline of the Bible?
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And so, we wanna talk aboutthat, and I think the best way
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to figure out Hisdesire, or His bottom line,
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is go back to Genesis 1.
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So I have three pointsfor us again today.
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Here's number one, God mademe from Him, or another way
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to say it wouldbe out of Him.
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All right?
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So I'm gonna make anotherstatement about this,
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and I tried to, you know, be agrammarian, but --
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and there is a way to say thisgrammatically correct,
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but it doesn't make any sense.
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So it's not grammaticallycorrect, but it's theologically
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correct, okay?
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When God wanted something,in the beginning,
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when He was creating and makingthings, when God wanted
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something, He spoke to whatHe wanted it, whatever it was
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He was creating, to bemade out of, or made from.
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Let me say thatone more time.
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When God wanted something,if He wanted plants, or trees,
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or animals, He spoketo what He wanted it, the plant
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or the animal orwhatever, to come from.
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To take this a little bitfurther, also, He spoke
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to what He wanted it not onlyto come out of,
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but to be sustained by,and then to return to.
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Now, I said when God wascreating and making,
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let me explain that, becausemany, many people never
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understood that God created somethings, and He made some things.
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The things He created,theologically,
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when you create something, youform something out of nothing.
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When you make something,you form something out
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of something else.
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This might disappoint you alittle bit, but you actually
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don't create anything.
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You make things.
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Now, we have some creativetendencies and abilities,
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'cause we're made by acreative God, but we really
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can't create somethinglike God created things.
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In other words, we can'tmake something out of nothing.
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Like, if I came over to yourhouse and, you know,
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you do pottery, and you said,
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"Come here, let me show yousomething.
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Look at this vase.
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I created this vase."No, you didn't.
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You made the vase.
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You started with clay, andyou molded it into a vase.
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You made it, youdidn't create it.
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You did not say, "Let therebe a vase."
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And there was a vase, okay?
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You didn't do that.
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But God did it.
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God said, "Let there be light."
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And there was light.
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You see what I'm saying?
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So God created some things,and He made some things.
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So when He made things, it'svery, very important for you
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to catch this principle.
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When God made things, Hespoke to what He wanted it,
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whatever He was making, tocome from, to be sustained
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by that which it came outof, and then to return to that.
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So lemme give you someexamples, all right?
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Genesis 1:11.
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"Then God said, 'Let theearth bring forth,'" --
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I will come back to thosewords: "Earth bring forth,"
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"Let the earth bring forthgrass, the herb that yields
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seed, the fruit freethat yields fruit according
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to its kind," goes on.
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So here's what God's saying.
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Let the earth bring forth.
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Let me say it another way.
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He says let inall these things.
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Let there be light.
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In that sense, He wassaying, "Light, come forth."
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And it came forth.
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In this sentence, He'ssaying, "Earth, bring forth."
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Let theearth bring forth.
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God is saying, "Earth, bringforth plants and trees
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and grass."
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The reason is, God did not say,"Let there be trees."
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He said, "Earth,bring forth trees."
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Why?
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Because He wanted treesto come from dirt,
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to be sustained by dirt,and to return to dirt.
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Now, you're gonna find outin just a moment why
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this is extremely important.
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Extremely important.
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Genesis 1:20.
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"Then God said, 'Let thewaters abound with abundance
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of living creatures,'" --just showing you that to show
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you that fish aresustained by water.
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Genesis 1:24.
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"God said, 'Let the earth bringforth living creatures,'"
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so earth, bringforth living creatures.
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Animals come from dirt,sustained by dirt,
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and go back to dirt.
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So why am I making sucha big deal of this?
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Let me say it one more time.
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When God wanted something,He spoke to what He wanted
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it to come from, to besustained by, and to return to.
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So why is thatsuch a big deal?
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Listen, carefully.
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Because when God wantedus, He spoke to Himself.
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Remember, whatever He spoketo is what He wanted what He
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was making to come from, tobe sustained by --
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are y'all following me?
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'Cause this is betterthan you're acting.
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To be sustained by,and to return to.
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To come out of, to besustained by, and to return to.
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Genesis 1:26.
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"Then God said, 'Let Us makeman,'" -- make, not create.
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Make, man.
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So we came from something.
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"Let Us make man in Our image,according to Our likeness."
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So we came from God, we'resustained by God,
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and we go back to God.
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Now, what you might say is,"Okay, wait,
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I got a little problem.
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Because it says that Godformed man out of the dust
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of the ground, so didn't wecome from dirt,
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and we go back to dirt, andwe're sustained by dirt,
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and we go back," --no, no, no, no. Listen.
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God made my bodyout of dirt.
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My body came from dirt.
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It's sustained by dirt,and goes back to dirt.
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But my spirit came from God,it's sustained by God,
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and goes back to God.
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See, my body issustained by dirt.
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My body is sustained by fruitsand vegetables and ice cream
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and thingsthat come from dirt.
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So plants come from dirt,they're sustained by dirt,
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and they go back to dirt.
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Everyone got that?Okay.
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What would happen if a plantsaid to the dirt,
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"I'm pulling out"?
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"I'm gonna make it on my own."
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What would happen?It'd die.
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Man said to God,"I'm pulling out.
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I'm gonna make it on my own."
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God said, "The day you do,you'll die."
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Their bodies didn't die.
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Because their bodies came fromdirt, are sustained by dirt,
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and go back to dirt.
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Now, death entered,and man began to die.
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And our lifetime has gottenshorter and shorter, physically.
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But it was ourspiritual died.
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I've been asked thatby seminary students.
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They say, "Why didn'tAdam and Eve die?
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God said, 'You eat, you'lldie.'"
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They did die.
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Died spiritually.
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Let me -- just acouple scriptures.
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Ephesians 2:1.
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"And you He made alive, whowere dead in trespasses
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and sins," -- John 10:10, wefocused on the second part
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of the verse.
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"I've come that they mayhave life, that they may have
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it more abundantly."
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Well, watch the first part ofthe verse.
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"I've come that they mayhave life," --
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we weren't even alive untilJesus redeemed us.
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We were dead.
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So God made me fromHim, here's number two.
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God made me like Him.
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In His image.
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In His likeness.
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So God made me like Him.
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So I'm the bottom-line person,I'm trying to figure out
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if God has a desire,what is His desire?
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So I want you to think aboutthis, that God made someone
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just like He is.
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Adam.
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And you have to rememberthat what we're about to read
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is before the sin,before the fall.
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So Adam has no impure thought,he has no impure desire.
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But God makes a replica ofHimself, and the one that He
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makes, that God makes,that's exactly like He is,
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has a desire.
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Ever thought about that?
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So we're trying to mirrorwhat God's desire is, and yet,
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He made a mirror image ofHimself, and the one that He
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made had a desire.
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Look at this, Genesis 2:10.
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"So Adam gave names to allcattle, to the birds of the air,
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and to every beastof the field."
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Now, watch carefully,your Bibles.
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"But," why isit saying that?
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"But for Adam there was notfound a helper comparable," --
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this is the root wordof companion,
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that's why we said companion.
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Comparable, a companion for him,or comparable to him.
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Okay.
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Why would theBible say that?
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It says, "Adam named theanimals, but while he was naming
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the animals, he didn't find onethat could be a companion."
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Why'd he say that?
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Because it's possible thatsomething like this happens.
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It's possible that Adam,who's made just like God,
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he has not sinned,no sin in the world.
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He has no impure desire.
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If he has a desire,it's completely pure.
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He goes to God, in essence,and says something like this.
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"You know, Ilove the garden.
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I love all -- everything,but I have a desire,
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but I don't know howto express it.
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I don't know what it is,but I want something.
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I'm kinda lonely.
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I enjoy walking and talkingto You, but I want something,
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but I don't know what I want."
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So God says, "Well, I dideverything in six days.
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Didn't have a lot of time,and I didn't have time to name
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all the animals, so whydon't you name the animals?
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And while you're doing that,see if you like any of 'em."
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And while he's naming theanimals, he goes to sleep.
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Right?
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And you remember whathappened when he was asleep?
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God takes a rib out, forms Eve.
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So when Adam wakes up, now,he's been naming animals.
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Looking for a companion.
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When he wakes up, there'sthis new animal there,
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and he says, "Whoa, man."
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That's how she got her name.
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In case you don't know.
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"Whoa, man."You know, okay.
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Woman actuallymeans from man.
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Out of man.
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Adam came out of God,Eve came out of man.
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So out of God as well.
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See?Out of.
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That's what the Word means,woman, out of man.
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So why didn't God makea remote control?
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I mean, I love remote-- how did God know?
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Are y'all following me?
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This is really, really good.
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How did God know that theonly thing that would satisfy
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the desire ofAdam's heart was a bride?
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How did God know that?
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Because God hasthe same desire.
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And remember, sin has not --it's not entered the world yet.
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They've not eaten the fruit,so Adam's desire was pure.
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He wanted a bride.
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And God knew that, becauseHe has the same desire.
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See, God created you inHis image, which means
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He created you with a will,because God has will.
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And love is a choice.
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And when you talk about acompanion, you want someone
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to choose to love you.
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Not to have to love you.
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Right?
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I mean, God, He could'vecreated robots, and then we'd
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have walked around andsaid, "We love God."
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But it wouldn't havebeen love, right?
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He knew, I've gotta --they've gotta choose to love Me.
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So He created -- it's notlove if you, you know, duct tape
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your wife to the chair and say,"Now, you gotta love me."
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She'd probablysay, "Yeah, let me go,
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and I'll show you how much Ilove you, buddy."
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And go to the garage, and getthe hammer, so I can show you.
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See, love is a choice.
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So God made me from Him,so I would come from Him,
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be sustained by Him,and go back to Him.
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And then, He made me in Hisimage, so I have the same desire
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that He has.
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So I know what His desireis, His desire is a bride.
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Now, here's the third thing,we talked about
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love is a choice.
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God made me to love Him.
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Now, it's my choice, butGod made me to love Him.
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And we're talking aboutliving in His presence,
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and I'm telling you that thebest way to live in His presence
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is to live alifestyle of worship.
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Maybe you've never connectedthe dots this way,
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but worship is expressing love.
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That's what it is.
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It's -- when you praise Him,you're expressing
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your love to Him.
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When you say, "Thank You forsending Your Son for me.
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I love You, God."You're expressing love.
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See, it's like a man sayingto his wife, "I love you.
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There's no one I'drather be with than you.
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I would die that you couldlive."
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You know, he's expressing love.
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That's -- maybe you've neverseen worship and praise
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that way, but that's what it is.
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And what you have tounderstand about God
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is that any time you give toGod, you'll receive back.
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That's just His nature.
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I mean, He -- if you say toGod, "I love you."
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He'll say, "I love you, too."
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There's no one I'd rather bewith than You.
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"There's no one I'd ratherbe with than you."
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I'd die, so that You could live.
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"I did.
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I did die, so that you couldlive."
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Are y'all following me?
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Now, God's greatestdesire is you.
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That's His desire, you.
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That you wouldchoose to love Him.
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And there's a verse that Ithink is the most repeated
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phrase in the Bible.
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Now, there may be a morerepeated phrase,
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I don't know of one.
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But you start seeing it asyou're going through the Bible
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three times in a year, justconstantly, and sometimes
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in 12 or 24 days.
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So I wanna show you this thing,and I wanna see if you get it.
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Okay?
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What God's desire is.
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Exodus 6:7.
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"I will take you as My people,and I will be your God."
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Leviticus 26:12.
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"I will walk among you andbe your God,
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and you shall be My people."Jeremiah 7:23.
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"But this is what I commandedthem, saying,
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'Obey My voice, and I willbe your God,
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and you shall be My people.'"
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Jeremiah 11:4.
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"So shall you be My people,and I will be your God."
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Jeremiah 24:7.
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"Then I will give them aheart to know Me,
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that I am the Lord.
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And they shall be My people,and I will be their God," --
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Jeremiah 30:22.
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"You shall be My people,and I will be your God."
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Jeremiah 31:33.
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"I will be their God, andthey shall be My people."
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Ezekiel 11:20.
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"That they may walk inMy statutes and keep
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My judgments and do them.
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And they shall be My people,and I will be their God."
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Ezekiel 14:11.
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"That the house of Israelmay no longer stray from Me,
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nor be profaned anymore withall their transgressions,
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but that they may be Mypeople and I may be their God,"
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Ezekiel 36:28.
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"Then you shall dwell in theland that I gave
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to your fathers.
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You shall be My people, andI will be your God."
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Ezekiel 37:23.
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"They shall not defilethemselves anymore
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with their idols, nor with theirdetestable things,
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nor with any of theirtransgressions.
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But I will deliver them fromall their dwelling places
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in which they have sinned,and I will cleanse them.
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And they shall be My people,and I will be their God."
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Ezekiel 37:27.
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"My tabernacle alsoshall be with them.
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Indeed I will be their God,and they will be My people."
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Hosea 2:23.
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Speaking specificallyto Gentiles.
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"Then I will say to thosewho were not My people,
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'You are My people!'
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And they shall say,'You are my God!'"
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Zechariah 8:8, speakingspecifically to Jews.
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"I will bring them back,and they shall dwell
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in the midst of Jerusalem.
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And they shall be My people,and I will be their God,"
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Zechariah 13:9.
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"They will call on My name,and I will answer them.
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I will say, 'This is Mypeople,' and each one will say,
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'The Lord is my God.'"
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2 Corinthians 6:16.
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"I will dwell in themand walk among them.
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I will be their God, andthey will be My people."
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Hebrews 8:10.
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"For this is the covenantthat I will make with the house
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of Israel after those days, saysthe Lord: I will put My laws
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in their mind and write them ontheir hearts.
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And I will be their God,and they shall be My people."
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Revelation 21:1-3.
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"Now I saw a new heaven anda new earth, for the first
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heaven and the firstearth had passed away.
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Also there was no more sea.
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Then I, John, saw the holy city,New Jerusalem, coming down
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out of heaven from God,prepared as a bride adorned
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for her husband.
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And I heard a loud voicefrom heaven saying,
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'Behold, the tabernacle of Godis with men, and He will dwell
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with them, and theyshall be His people.
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And God Himself will be withthem and be their God."
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Did you get it?
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Did you get it?
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God wants you tobe His people.
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He wants to be your God.
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Okay, let me take youback to the beginning.
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Let's pretend for a moment,pretend, that Adam had not been
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with Eve whenshe ate the fruit.
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Now, we know Adam was with her,right there with her.
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Didn't stop it,didn't do anything,
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and ate the fruit, too.
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They both sinned.
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But let's think about for amoment that Adam might've been
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on the other side of the garden,and Eve ate the fruit.
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If that had happened, then aconversation like this would
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have taken place.
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God would've had to go toAdam and say, "Son, I am so
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sorry to tell you this, butyour bride has sinned,
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and she's going to die."
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Now, we know that didn't takeplace with Adam,
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but ittook place with Jesus.
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Because you see, when wetalk about His desire,
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what do you get someonewho has everything?
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What could God theFather give God the Son?
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Except a bride?
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And this conversationhad to have taken place.
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God the Father had to go toHis Son, put His hand on His
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shoulder, and say, "Son,I am so sorry to tell You this,
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but Your bride has sinned, andshe's going to die."
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And you can see Jesus just putHis head down, heartbroken.
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And say, "But Dad, I don'twant her to die."
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And then, I think the Fathersaid something like this.
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"Someone has to die."
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And I think Jesus raised Hishead back up,
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wiped away His tears, and said,"Then let it be Me.
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I'll die, so thatMy bride can live."
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ROBERT: Jesus died sothat we can live.
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He died so that we, as Hisbride, could be made alive
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again, could live.
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He died for us.
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He died so we could live.
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And He died so we couldlive, because you and I are
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His greatest desire.
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He's madly in love with you.
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He loves you.
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We are God'sgreatest desire.
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And when we realize that,and stop listening to the lies
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of Satan, welive in His presence.
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Everyday, we live fullyaware of how much He loves us,
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and His presencein our lives.
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I'm so thankfulthat you watched.
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I'm gonna continuethis series next time.
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I'll see you then.
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♪ Praise the Lord, praise theLord With every breath in me ♪
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♪ With creation, I will singFor all eternity ♪
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♪ Praise the Lord, praise theLord With every breath in me ♪
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♪ Praise the Lord, praise theLord With every breath in me ♪
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♪ With creation, I will singFor all eternity ♪
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♪ Praise the Lord,praise the Lord ♪
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♪ Praise the Lord ♪
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♪ ♪
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♪ Let my soul,Let my soul cry out ♪
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♪ Singing hallelujah ♪
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ANNOUNCER: Living your best lifeisn't about having a dream home,
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With humor, passion,and clarity,
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"The Secretsof Living Your Best Life."
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