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God's People

September 6, 2020

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Pastor Ron brings a powerful; biblical message of God’s redeeming love and liberating power that is effectively transforming people.

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- Guys, I am ecstaticthat you're with me today.
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Hold on, don't go anywhere
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because God hasput it in my heart
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to do a exhaustive,detailed approach
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that I believe can cure the ills
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of some of the racial divide
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that has so plaguedour nation today.
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You say, "There reallyare answers, pastor,
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I'm about giving up."
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Hold on, God has answers.
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Let's go to the word andsee what He's going to say.
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(upbeat music)
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RCTV 295Message: 6-14-20Airs: 9-6-20
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Hey guys, you know what?
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It's time to get inthe word of God again,
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it's time to break bread.
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Jesus said, "Give us thisday our daily bread."
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He wasn't just talkingabout beans, tacos,
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and lettuce, andchicken, and pizza,
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and Italian foods,and Mexican foods.
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He wasn't talkingabout all that.
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He was talking aboutgive me something today
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that will feed my soulfrom the word of God.
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In other words, a manlives off every word
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that proceeds outof the mouth of God.
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In other words, it's anongoing thing that God does
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talking to you, speaking toyou, cultivating relationship.
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And this is the beginningof something very special
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in my heart.
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I'm coming at it froma sit-down standpoint.
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I don't know how many weekends
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I will choose to doit in this format,
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but the times are serious,
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and the subjectmatter is serious.
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And so what I needto do is probably
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give it more in aconversational tone.
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I hope you don't turnme off from that.
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I hope you're not just watching
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because I tend tobe one of the guys
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that have anentertainment value.
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I know I can get wound up.
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I know all that, but I don'twant you to watch what I do,
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I want you to hear whatthus saith the Lord.
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I want you to hearwhat God is saying.
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It is my intention thatI'll be taken out of the way
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and just be a vessel usedto speak what God wants.
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And God has made me thispromise in His word,
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if in all my ways Iwould acknowledge Him,
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He would direct my path.
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So let's pray together and I'mgoing to get into some things
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that God has putin my heart today.
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Father, we love you,
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and we believe
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for God so loved the world,
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you loved all of us andyou loved all of it.
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Your son, youronly begotten son,
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was the answer forthe whole world.
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So whichever part inthe world is broken,
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whatever in our world is broken,you gave your son for it.
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We receive the gift
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of healing, restoration, andsalvation for a whole world
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that you packaged inyour son, Jesus Christ.
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And now we pray that we as achurch would take this time
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to manifest the son of God.
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Because we know that whenthe son of God is manifest,
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He destroys theworks of the devil.
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We need this demonicprincipality andpower called racism,
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that has been a blighton our country for years
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to be cast down,broken, and shattered,
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and demolished forever.
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And let the lightof a kingdom people,
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who all got to the same place
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the same way, bythe blood of Jesus,
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let that shine.
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So use me now in these nextfew minutes to bring clarity
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and bring healing.
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In Jesus' name, I ask.Amen, amen, and amen.
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I'm going to ask you brother,
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if you would justcontinue to play.
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Some of you may or maynot be used to that.
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I don't know, but sometime whenyou have a talented musician
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that knows how to givea sound to something,
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it just aids theword going forth.
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And so I just feel like thatwould be appropriate for him
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just to play throughoutthe time that I'm speaking.
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I want to read from Luke 21,
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Luke chapter 21,
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and I'm goingn to readabout four verses.
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Luke 21. Let mestart at verse seven.
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"So they asked Him saying,
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Teacher, when will these thingsbe and what is the sign...
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And, excuse me, whatsign will there be
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that these things areabout to take place?"
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Luke 21 is one ofthose scary chapters
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you hate to hear thepreacher preach about
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when you're a kid,
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because Jesus is speakingon the end times,
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and when thingsstart winding down.
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And so you've got allthis scary picture.
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There's no way you can readthis and not feel uncomfortable.
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Because it's not a pleasantpicture that Jesus paints,
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and the disciples areasking, "Tell us the signs,
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tell us what is a dead giveawaythat things are winding down
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and you are about to returngloriously to the earth.
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We want to knowwhat to look for,
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we want to know that timing,we want to be ready."
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So Jesus begins thislitany of things.
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He begins this narrative
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that to be honest withyou is difficult to read
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because nothing aboutit is attractive.
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I'm going to pull a fewscriptures out of here.
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I don't want to go intoan end time teaching,
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but I want to extract somethingfrom it that's very powerful.
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This is what Hesays in verse 10.
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After telling themthat He says, verse 10,
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He says, "Nation willrise against nation,
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kingdom against kingdom.
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Nation will rise against nation,
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kingdom against kingdom."
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When I read this the otherday, I asked God to lead me,
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I had a feeling.
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I said, I bet that word nation
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does not mean a national entity,
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I bet it's saying ethnicity.
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And sure enough, I went andbegan to do a Greek word study,
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and the Greek word was ethnos.
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I just had a feeling.
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I'm not adept at Greek,
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I took a year of it, justenough to get in trouble.
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So you have to be careful
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and make sure you havegood things to study from.
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The word was the ethnos.It means the ethnicity.
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He said, here is a dead giveaway
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that things are winding down.
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He said, when ethnicity isdivided against ethnicity.
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Oh my goodness,
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it sounds like He's speakingright into June 2020,
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ethnicity will rise.
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He didn't say politicaland national entities,
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He said, this race will bedivided against this race.
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These people will be dividedagainst these people.
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Then He goes, andthis national entity
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or a kingdom will beagainst this kingdom.
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So race will bedivided against race.
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They will be fighting,there will be tension,
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and there will be nationsthat are against nations,
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and there will be tension.
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So that's one of thefirst things He says
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when they said,"Show us the signs."
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Let me keep readingright here at verse 13.
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He goes on and He talks aboutearthquakes and pestilence,
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and stuff nobodywants to hear about,
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all of these which we have had,
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and having at certainparts of the world.
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And then He goes on tosay, listen to this,
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not only will there benation against nation,
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and ethnicity, orrace against race,
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He said there will beparents against children,
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children against parents.
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There will be fatheragainst mother,
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mother against father.
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There will be friendwho can't trust friend.
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People will betray one another.
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So the essence of Luke21, if you stay with me
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and look at everythingin its context,
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He said, there'sgoing to be division.
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He said, there isgoing to be a spirit
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that is releasedin the atmosphere
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that is going to havea man hate his brother.
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That is going to have thisman at odds with his brother,
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fight against his brother,
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arguing with his brother,tension with his brother.
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So this is going tobe in the family,
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it's going to be betweenparent and child,
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it's going to bebetween the marriage,
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and He says it's goingto be brother to brother,
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it's going to benation and nation,
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and it's going tobe race and race.
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The context of Luke 21 and thereturn of Jesus is division.
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We've never had more divorces.
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We've never had more rebellionin the homes about children.
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We've never had a time wheremore parents didn't even try
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or care about wheretheir children are.
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And in my lifetime,
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in my lifetime there's neverbeen more racial tension.
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And every nation hasits own political agenda
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where it wants toexpand its territory.
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So we have kingdomagainst kingdom.
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Everything Jesus talkedabout is happening
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and manifesting rightin front of our eyes.
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No, this is not a messageon the second coming.
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Just roll with me, there'ssomething I want to bring out.
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So what is the sign?
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How will we know when thistime is coming upon us?
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Division and brotheragainst his brother,
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race against racewill be rampant.
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And then Jesus, Hesays this in verse 13,
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"But it will turn out for youas an occasion for testimony."
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It'll be hard for meto stay in this chair.
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He said, when you seethese things happening,
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to everyone else itwill be a sickness,
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but to my people,they will be the cure.
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When you see this going on,you're not a part of it,
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you have been called to heal it.
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Are you hearing what theword of the Lord is saying?
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He's saying, for you,
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this will be anopportunity for testimony.
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The word testimony means proof.
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In other words, Godintended His kingdom people
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to be proof to therest of the world
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that you don't haveto live in division,
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but a brother can live inunity with his brother,
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and not at oddswith his brother.
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So the church is supposed tobe testifying to the world,
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not becoming a part of it,
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but be revealingthe solution to it.
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This is not my opinion.
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I am reading it, and by theway, it's written in red.
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So whatever my nature isdetermines my desires.
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Whatever I desire,determines my actions.
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- [Announcer] "God's People,"
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a new series from Ron Carpenter,
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addressing a biblicalresponse to racism.
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You'll learn how in God'skingdom we are all equal.
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- Why has God askedus to do godly things?
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Because He knows what's in usand He knows what we can do.
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And it's time for Christ tobe formed inside the body,
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and us to grow on the inside,
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with that which we'vebeen born with us.
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Away from being aseed, 10, 20, 30 years,
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it's time to walk in thefullness of the expression
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of being Spirit-filledmen and women of God.
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Greater works shall we dobecause He went to the Father.
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- The son of God himselfsaid these words,
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when you see this division,
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it is an opportunity foryou to insert yourself
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in a generational problemand be a voice of healing,
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and be a voice of peace.
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And I declare today, mayGod, in the name of Jesus,
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raise up a people whoare not ashamed to go out
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and say, there is a betterway, there is another way,
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and there's a Godthat brings equity,
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a God that brings civility,
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and a God that goesstraight to the poor,
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hurt, and disenfranchised.
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There is no way to getaway from the fact.
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Jesus said, "The Spiritof the Lord is upon me.
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Number one, He has anointedme to preach the gospel
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to the poor."
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Jesus would leave the crowd
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and go find the one whowas demon possessed.
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He would go home withthe sinner, Zacchaeus.
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Jesus and His ministrywas always to the poor.
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He always went to the oddball.
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He always went to the less than.
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He always went tothe downtrodden.
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I must needs to goto Samaria. Why?
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Because you Jews thinkthe Samaritans are dogs,
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but I have the first femaleSamaritan woman evangelist
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waiting for me at a well.
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I've got to leave you,and I've got to go to her.
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He went to the poor, Hewent to the minority,
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He went to the dog, He wentto the one off in the side,
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He went to the one who waslooked at as less than,
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He went to the one thateverybody talked about,
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He looked at the onethat everybody devalued
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and thought was a nobody,
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and He went straight in.
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He said, "I am anointed for thepeople you have overlooked."
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I'm supposed to be sitting downand being somber but (sighs)
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Hallelujah!
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Hey hallelujah,hallelujah, hallelujah.
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Thank you, Lord.
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I just prophesy rightnow, a church that cares.
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I prophesy a church that's notconcerned with its own brand.
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I prophesy a church thatevolves into the kingdom.
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I prophesy a churchthat is not concerned
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with building its own empire,
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but concerned aboutbeing the people of God,
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and taking this as anopportunity for testimony.
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Let us bring proof thisthing can be healed.
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It's been healed in us andit can be healed in you.
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And then the nextverse in verse 19,
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odd statement,
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I went over this lastnight, over and over again,
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sitting on thecouch with my wife.
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I read through it, I said, "Thisis what I feel led to say."
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And then I talkedabout the scripture,
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I said, "But Hope, thisis an odd scripture.
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Jesus is giving the signs,He's giving warnings,
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He's talking aboutearthquake and pestilence,
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and race against race,and nation against nation,
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and father and mother.
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And He goes throughthis whole thing,
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and then He ends thenarrative with this statement,
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"By your patience,possess your soul."
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I remember as a kid I usedto watch Sesame Street. I
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It had this little song,
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this little jingle,"Which One Don't Belong?"
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So they would dolike appliances.
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They'd do a washer,they'd do dryer,
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they'd do a dishwasher, andthen they'd do a giraffe.
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Which one don't belong?
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And obviously thatone sticks out.
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This scripturekind of does that.
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Jesus is given thesigns of the times then
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like He throws a deep ball.
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Be patient andpossess your soul.
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That is a powerful statement.
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And it is not out ofline with the narrative,
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it is the climaxof the narrative.
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How do we know?
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There's going to berampant division.
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You are my answer.
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It will be for you, anoccasion for testimony.
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Be patient andpossess your soul.
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When you got saved, Godpossessed your spirit.
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The next part of your person,you're a trilogy like God,
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you are built in threedimensions, spirit,soul, and body.
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God is Father, Son, God,Father, Word, and Spirit.
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And you being made in his imageare spirit, soul, and body.
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Your spirit was born againthe moment you met Jesus.
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But you can leave aborn again experience
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with your heart changedand your mind untouched.
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The soul is not just the mind,but it incorporates the mind.
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He says by patiencepossess your soul.
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He says, take what hashappened in your spirit
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and possess your mind,your will, your emotions.
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Let your thinking,your emotions,
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your desires, your passions,
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all that is your soulish realm.
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And Jesus says, when you seeall this rampant division,
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possess your soul.
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In other words, youdominate your feelings,
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and desires, and passions.
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Don't let them dominate you.
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In other words, He says
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you can't become apart of it and fix it.
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Hear me well.
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I have been in crossoverministry my entire life.
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It's all I know.
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I've never been in achurch of all anything.
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Not all white, notall black, not...
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I have been the guy that hasbeen in crossover ministry.
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And now at age 49,
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God has dropped me inthe most diverse area,
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not just of America,maybe the world,
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the Silicon Valley.
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People come fromall over the world
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to work for thesetech companies.
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I'm the only Caucasianin my subdivision,
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and I'm perfectlycomfortable with that.
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He says, there havegot to be a people
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that don't get caughtup in the fury.
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They don't get caughtup in the emotion of it,
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but they can stand back,look at it clearly,
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hear me, I'm speakingby the Spirit of God,
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and look at it objectively.
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They can put away theirpreconceived notions,
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even what they were taught,and their experiences,
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and look through thelens of other people.
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That is what Ibelieve is being asked
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of my white brothers andsisters, and my white leaders,
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and my white pastorcounterparts.
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To step back a momentfrom our experience
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and view life from anotherperson's vantage point,
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who has had a litany ofdifferent experiences
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that are drasticallydifferent than your own.
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I don't believeme, as a white man,
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that I'm being askedto fix everything,
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but I do believe I ambeing asked to care.
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And I do believe I'mbeing asked to notice.
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And I do believe I'm beingasked to be intentional.
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And that I will do. And Iask you to do it with me.
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He said possess your souls,
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take dominion and takecharge of soulish man,
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your thoughts, because you'regoing to see some stuff
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that's going to offend you.
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You're going to hear somestuff that's going to...
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and then before you know it,
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your feelings have madeyou a part of the problem
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instead of a part of the cure.
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And He said, for the church,
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it doesn't matter yourcultural distinctive,
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if you're a part of the church
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you are of a greaterculture, kingdom culture,
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than the one you were bornof your fleshly father.
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And He says, I have calledyou to a kingdom culture,
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and kingdom culture willmanifest to every other culture
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what it looks likefor the brethren
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to dwell together in unity.
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And Psalm 133 says, "Whenthis has been captured,
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the brethren dwelltogether in unity,
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there, I willcommand my blessing."
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I don't know ifyou amened or not,
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but I'm preaching it goodright now. Hallelujah.
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There're four areasI want to address
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in the next few minutes,
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where I believe that we needrevelation and understanding.
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Number one, Ephesians 4:11-17,
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"And He Himself gave some tobe apostles, some prophets,
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some evangelists, somepastors and teachers,
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for the equipping of the saintsfor the work of ministry,
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for the edifying ofthe body of Christ."
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Verse 13, "Till we allcome to unity of the faith,
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till we all come tounity of the faith,
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till we all come tounity of the faith,
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till we all come tounity of the faith."
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Let that stick out and belike a blinking red light.
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"And the knowledge of theson of God, to a perfect man,
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to the measure of the statureof the fullness of Christ.
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That we should nolonger be children,"
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fighting like children, actinglike children, but mature,
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"tossed to and fro,
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carried around withevery wind of doctrine
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by the trickery of men,
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in the cunning craftinessof deceitful plotting."
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Verse 15, "But speakingthe truth in love,
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that we may growup in all things
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into Him who isthe head, Christ.
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From whom the whole body,
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joined and knit together bywhat every joint supplies,
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according to theeffective working
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by which every partdoes its share,
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causes growth of the bodyfor the edifying of itself."
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Pastor you started off withBlack Lives Matter, explain.
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Jesus says this, when onepart rejoices, we all rejoice.
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When one part suffers,we all suffer.
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We've got a partin the suffering.
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The kingdom model is ifone part's suffering,
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it gets attention.
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My body is built by God,that if I have a wound,
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the white blood cells willimmediately rush to that area.
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They're healingelements of my body
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that are predisposed by God
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not to stay in the area of mybody which is functioning fine
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but to move quickly andimmediate to the area
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that has been wounded, andto bring healing to it.
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(upbeat music)
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- Just let me start by sayingthank you for watching.
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I'm glad you're here,
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and I hope that you'rebenefiting from it. I really do.
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I hope that maybe you feellike something in your mind
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is being rearranged,
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sometime your theologyis being challenged.
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Those are good things,
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to make sure that we're neverin a rut in our thinking.
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So thank you so muchfor being with us,
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and I hope it has beenfruitful in your life.
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This is the time
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where we just want toinvite you to go deeper.
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You know what?
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I invite you to visit ourwebsite, RonCarpenter.com,
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if you'd like toknow what's going on
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and how you can be a part ofour ongoing life and ministry.
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And not only that,
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but if you'd like toget to know us deeper,
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go to one of our social mediaplatforms, Twitter, Instagram,
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We're doing stuff all the time,
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prophetic words, scripturesGod's laid on my heart,
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teachings, words ofencouragement, leadership stuff,
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a prayer.
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There's no tellingwhat we may do.
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So if you're enjoying this alittle bit once or so a week,
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we're doing that every day.
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Maybe there's somethingthat I can help you,
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I'd love to see.
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And now we've come to thatfinal but very big part,
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where we want to say thankyou to those that give,
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and challenge others to bea part of this wonderful
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giving community.
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Notice that we did notbreak for any commercial.
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We didn't go and try tosell you any other products.
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Why? Because we are totally andcompletely viewer supported.
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And it takes resourcesto go to the whole earth.
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It takes highly skilled people.
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It takes people with a lot ofknowledge. It takes engineers.
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It takes high level equipment.It takes buying time.
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I used to, I'm goingto be honest with you,
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be somewhat criticalof TV preachers
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in their plea for fundraising,until I became a TV preacher
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and I realized allthat went into it.
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It's hard to take the world,
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if you don't have theresources to take the world.
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You have helped us getfrom a small camcorder
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and a small metal warehouse
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to covering much of thefootprint of the earth today.
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For that I'm grateful.
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And our next challenge
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is to not just getto the whole earth,
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but to get to the whole earth
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in as much of it's knownnative languages as possible.
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That's our next endeavor.
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Huge challenge, but Ibelieve it can be done.
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Would you help us?
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Those that have beengiving, thank you.
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We couldn't havedone it without you.
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And those that say,"You know what?
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This has blessed me,I'd like to give."
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Whether it's one time, youcan give a one-time gift.
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Or you can become a part ofthis continual giving family
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that keeps us on the air called,Our Covenant Partnership.
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Either way, for your first giftwe're going to send you this
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to say thank you.
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I am so grateful,humbled, and blessed
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that you would find thissoil to be rich enough
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and worthy of theseed that you sow,
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and the gift that you invest.
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We're so grateful for that.
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I can't wait to see whatGod's going to do next
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as we delve deeper in this.
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It's going to be severalweeks stretched out,
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so make sure you don't miss it.
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Record it. Do whatever yougot to do, but don't miss it.
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Until then, blessings.I'll see you soon.
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