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 I'm very grateful to be with you this morning.

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 I thank the leadership in the church for giving me this privilege.

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 And thank you for your generosity.

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 For many years you've been partners with us and been a blessing for us

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 and for so many people and many refugees as well.

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 I'd like, if I may, read Matthew 25, verse 31 to 46.

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 Matthew 25, start with verse 31.

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 When the Son of Man comes in his glory and all the angels with him,

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 he will sit on his glorious throne.

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 All the nations will be gathered before him,

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 and he will separate the people one from another,

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 as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.

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 He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left.

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 Then the king will say to those on his right,

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 Come, you who are blessed by my Father,

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 take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world.

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 For I was hungry, and you gave me something to eat.

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 I was thirsty, and you gave me something to drink.

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 I was a stranger, and you invited me in.

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 I needed clothes, and you closed me.

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 I was sick, and you looked after me.

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 I was in a prison, and you came to visit me.

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 Then the righteous will answer him,

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 Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you,

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 or thirsty and give you something to drink?

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 When did we see you stranger and invite you in,

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 or needing clothes and close you?

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 When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?

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 The king will reply,

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 Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine,

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 you did for me.

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 Then he will say to those on his left,

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 Depart from me, you who are cursed,

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 into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.

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 For I was hungry, and you gave me nothing to eat.

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 I was thirsty, and you gave me nothing to drink.

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 I was a stranger, and you did not invite me in.

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 I needed clothes, and you did not close me.

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 I was sick and in prison, and you did not look after me.

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 They also will answer,

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 Lord, when did we see you hungry, or thirsty, or stranger,

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 or needing clothes, or sick, or in prison, and did not help you?

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 He will reply,

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 Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these,

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 you did not do it.

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 You did not do for me.

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 Then they will go away to eternal punishment,

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 but the righteous to eternal life.

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 May God bless his word.

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 Let us pray.

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 Just ask God to bless his word to us.

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 Lord, we thank you for this moment.

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 Lord, we pray to open our hearts and our minds.

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 I pray to give us freedom as we share,

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 and freedom as we listen to your word.

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 And we pray to cover our weakness, Lord Jesus,

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 under your precious blood.

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 And I pray that you help us continue to be clothes walking with you,

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 as you continue walking with us in this wonderful journey.

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 We love you, and we give you all the honor and the praise.

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 In Jesus' name we pray.

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 Amen.

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 The date, it was December 7, 1941.

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 The American soldier saw some signals on the screen radar

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 that there is Japanese jets fighter coming.

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 The soldiers on the operation system informed junior soldier

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 who disregard and neglect this warning.

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 And we know what's happened with Beryl Harbor

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 when the Japanese jets fighters bombed there.

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 The damage was huge.

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 And the main cause, probably it was,

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 because they're neglect and they're not really prepared.

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 And they didn't take the warning very serious.

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 More than 2,400 American soldiers been killed at that time.

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 Hundreds, about more than 180 lands been destroyed.

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 And the damage could be minimized,

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 but because lack of a preparation and receiving this warning,

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 this what's happened.

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 What I want to say, loved one,

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 the second coming of our Lord Jesus is reality,

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 that he is coming back.

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 Many people around the world are waiting for that moment.

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 The Christians, the Jews, the Muslims.

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 Even though each group, they have their own perspective

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 about second coming of the Lord Jesus.

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 But what we know for sure,

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 that the Lord Jesus,

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 who was faithful according to hundreds of prophecies

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 in the Old Testament,

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 came true for his first coming,

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 for sure he is faithful in his second coming.

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 For every prophecy about the first coming

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 in the Old Testament,

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 there is eight prophecies about the second coming

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 of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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 One person said,

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 probably in every average,

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 every five verses in the New Testament,

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 in a way or another,

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 it talks about the second coming of the Lord Jesus.

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 Though the second coming,

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 it's reality that Jesus Christ,

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 he will come back as he promised.

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 We see so many prophecies in the Old Testament,

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 but also we see in the New Testament,

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 for example, in Matthew 24,

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 the Lord Jesus talks about the signs,

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 which precede his second coming,

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 and we see many of these signs already fulfilled.

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 And in the end of chapter 24,

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 and in chapter 25,

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 he talks about three parables,

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 about be ready for the second coming.

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 And the first parable about the faithful servant

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 who was waiting,

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 and he was faithful,

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 and he was taking care of his fellow servants.

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 So when the master came,

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 he was prepared,

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 and he was ready.

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 And the second parable in Matthew 25,

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 you know the ten virgins,

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 when we're ready,

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 five is ready,

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 and the other five wasn't ready

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 because there wasn't enough oil in the lamb,

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 and they missed the opportunity.

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 And the third parable,

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 it's about,

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 where is the master give five talents

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 to one of his servants,

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 and another two talents,

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 and another one talent,

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 and we know the parable,

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 where is the five multiply the talents,

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 and the second,

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 the two,

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 have the two also multiplied his talent,

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 but the one,

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 he missed it.

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 The question is,

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 are we prepared for the second coming

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 of our Lord Jesus Christ?

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 I want to say,

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 loved one,

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 the Lord Jesus,

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 the first time when he came,

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 he came as the Lamb of God

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 who laid his life on the cross

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 for you and for me.

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 He shed his blood

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 to give us forgiveness,

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 healing,

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 restoration,

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 and to experience wonderful relationship

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 with him.

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 But in the second coming,

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 he will come as a judge.

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 And I want to say,

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 if you didn't meet with him now

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 at the cross,

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 as the Lamb of God,

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 and experience this wonderful salvation,

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 you have to meet with him

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 before the white throne of God.

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 But you will meet with him as a judge,

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 and it will be too late,

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 and you will be eternally separated

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 from the very presence of God.

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 Are we ready

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 to the second coming

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 of our Lord Jesus Christ?

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 In the verses

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 I just read with you

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 this morning,

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 it talks about that

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 the Son of Man,

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 named Son of Man,

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 because he's the one

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 who's going to judge humanity.

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 And I want to say,

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 he's the one and the only one

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 qualified to judge,

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 because the one

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 who has the right to judge,

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 he should be that he died,

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 that he raised,

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 that he's sitting

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 in the right hand of the Father,

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 and he intercedes for us.

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 And this is what Romans 8

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 talks about,

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 that Jesus is the one

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 and the only one

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 have these qualifications.

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 But when he is coming

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 with his glory,

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 and with all the angels,

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 he will be sitting

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 in his glorious throne,

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 and then all the nations

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 will stand in front of him.

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 And then he will,

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 what the shepherd does,

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 he will do,

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 he will separate the sheep

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 from the goats,

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 the goats,

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 and the sheep will be

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 on the right

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 and the goats will be

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 on the left.

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 And then he will say

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 to the sheep on the right,

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 come,

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 you have been blessed

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 by my heavenly Father.

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 You have been blessed.

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 Come enter,

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 come take the inheritance,

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 enter the kingdom

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 which has been prepared

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 for you

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 before the foundation

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 of the earth.

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 I want to say,

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 when Jesus said these words

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 to his children,

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 that every person

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 who put his trust

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 on the Lord,

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 who believed what Jesus

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 did in Calvary for him,

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 and became a child of God,

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 he been blessed

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 by our heavenly Father.

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 And I want to say,

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 loved one,

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 every one of us

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 as the children of God,

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 we have this privilege,

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 we have this honor,

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 and this blessing.

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 And this is what

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 Ephesians chapter 1 say,

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 that all of us

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 have been blessed

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 by our heavenly Father.

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 And we have been blessed

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 by every heavenly blessing.

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 We have the redemption,

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 we have the reconciliation,

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 we have the forgiveness,

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 we have the restoration,

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 we experience,

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 we experience these blessings

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 in our life.

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 What I want to remind you

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 and to remind myself,

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 especially when we go

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 through tough times,

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 and all of us

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 go through that.

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 When you go through

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 time of trials,

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 when you feel down,

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 when there is sadness,

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 or even depression,

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 please remember

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 that you've been blessed

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 by your heavenly Father.

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 Don't listen to the liar,

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 don't listen to the evil one

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 when he tries to put

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 these lies into your head.

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 Remember,

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 you are blessed

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 by your heavenly Father.

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 And then he said,

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 come to inherit the kingdom,

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 the kingdom of God,

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 which is prepared for you

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 from the very beginning,

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 before the foundation,

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 or before the creation

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 of this universe.

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 before this world.

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 And I want to say,

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 this kingdom,

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 the moment you give

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 your life to the Lord

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 and you allow him

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 to rule in your life,

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 you become part

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 of this kingdom.

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 The kingdom of God,

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 it's within,

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 where Jesus ruling

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 in your life.

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 But the kingdom,

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 as we say,

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 it's now,

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 and yet to come.

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 Which means,

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 this kingdom

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 will be completed

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 in the second coming

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 of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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 And this kingdom,

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 loved one,

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 is not by chance,

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 but he said,

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 it's been prepared

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 for you

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 before the foundation,

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 before the creation

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 of this world.

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 What I want to say,

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 that you and I

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 have been in the mind

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 of God

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 and in the heart of God

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 before this creation.

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 This is how much

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 he loves you,

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 and this is how much

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 he cares about you.

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 I love the words

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 in Ephesians chapter 1,

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 that he chose us

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 before anything else.

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 Before God created

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 this wonderful universe,

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 this wonderful world,

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 he chose you.

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 You've been in his mind

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 and in his heart.

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 I love the verse

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 in Ephesians 2,

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 chapter 2,

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 verse 10,

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 where he said,

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 you are his workmanship,

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 you are his masterpiece.

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 You've been created

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 in Christ Jesus

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 for good works.

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 God already prepared

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 for you

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 in order

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 that you walk

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 in these good works.

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 imagine with me

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 God saying,

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 I want to do

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 wonderful work

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 in the 20th century

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 or 21st century.

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 In specific,

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 in 1960 to 2020

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 or 2040,

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 I want to do

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 good works

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 in this part of the world.

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 And I know

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 my son,

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 so and so,

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 whom I created

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 in my image,

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 whom I preparing him,

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 he will be the one

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 and the right one

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 to go

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 and to do

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 this good works

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 in certain time,

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 in certain place.

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 Many people

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 may be doing

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 good things,

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 but they're not doing

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 the best.

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 The best which is

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 God prepared

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 for you

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 and for me,

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 loved one,

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 and the blessed

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 the man

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 and the woman

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 who are able

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 to discover

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 and to experience

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 God's ultimate

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 plan

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 for their life.

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 You know,

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 the sad thing

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 is many people

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 wasting their life,

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 wasting many years

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 of their life.

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 Imagine with me,

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 a person after 50 years,

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 he relies,

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 he laying

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 the ladder

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 of his life

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 in the wrong building.

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 the Lord

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 put passion

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 in your heart

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 when you are

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 created in Christ Jesus,

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 a special passion

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 for certain things

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 to do

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 in this life.

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 And he will give you

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 the talents,

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 the abilities,

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 in order to do

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 the things

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 which he prepared

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 for you.

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 There are special things

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 no one

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 could do

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 better than you.

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 the way

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 God created,

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 designed you,

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 the way

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 he allowed

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 you to go

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 through

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 different

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 tribulation

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 in life,

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 different

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 trials in life,

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 different circumstances,

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 all these things,

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 loved one,

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 to prepare you,

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 to make you

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 the person

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 he wants you

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 to be.

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 And no one

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 else could do it

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 better than you.

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 But the sad thing,

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 if you miss

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 what God

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 best for you,

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 I pray

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 God help us all

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 as a believer

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 continue

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 to discover

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 these good works

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 which God

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 already preceded

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 and prepared

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 for his children

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 to walk

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 into

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 and

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 to reflect

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 his love

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 through these

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 wonderful

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 things.

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 Thanks.

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 we see

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 in verse

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 34,

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 after he said,

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 you blessed

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 come to inherit,

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 then he

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 invites

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 his children

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 when he

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 said,

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 because

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 I was hungry,

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 you give me

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 something to eat,

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 I was thirsty

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 and you give me

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 something to drink,

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 I was

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 stranger

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 and you invited

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 me

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 in.

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 I want to say,

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 loved one,

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 the Lord Jesus

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 didn't give them

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 the kingdom

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 according to

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 their good works.

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 We didn't

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 inherit God's

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 kingdom

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 because of

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 good things

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 we do.

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 We know

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 who we are.

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 But these

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 good works

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 coming as

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 naturally

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 as the

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 good seed

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 of faith

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 been planted

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 in you

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 as you received

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 his goodness

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 and his grace

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 and his work

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 on the cross,

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 naturally

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 after you're

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 born again,

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 good works

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 start to come

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 out naturally

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 from you.

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 I want to

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 say,

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 when Jesus

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 said,

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 I was hungry,

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 I was thirsty,

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 he knows

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 what he was

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 talking about.

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 Because for

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 40 days

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 and 40 nights

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 he was in

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 the desert

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 in Palestine,

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 hungry.

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 He knows

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 what it means

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 to be hungry.

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 hungry.

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 And when he

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 was on the

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 cross,

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 he said,

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 I'm thirsty.

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 And they

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 gave him

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 vinegar

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 instead of

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 water.

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 When he

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 said I

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 was a

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 stranger,

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 he's the

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 one who

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 lived the

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 heavens.

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 He's the

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 eternal one.

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 He's the

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 Logos.

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 He chose

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 to incarnate

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 through Mary,

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 lift the

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 glorious

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 heaven and

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 born in

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 simple place

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 in Palestine

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 in Bethlehem

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 as a

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 stranger.

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 And when

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 he was a

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 baby,

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 he left

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 his town

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 where he

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 been

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 home for

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 him and

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 went to

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 Egypt as

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 a stranger

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 and as a

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 refugee.

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 So he

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 knows what

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 it means to

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 be a

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 refugee.

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 I never

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 forget

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 when we

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 have to

00:19:02.460 --> 00:19:03.420
 evacuate from

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 Gaza, my

00:19:04.540 --> 00:19:06.060
 family, and

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 about seven,

00:19:07.240 --> 00:19:07.640
 eight other

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 families, because

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 it became very

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 dangerous.

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 One of our

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 church members

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 had been

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 kidnapped and

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 after ten

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 hours been

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 executed because

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 of his faith and

00:19:17.740 --> 00:19:18.180
 because he

00:19:18.180 --> 00:19:19.900
 refused to be

00:19:19.900 --> 00:19:20.540
 converted to

00:19:20.540 --> 00:19:21.300
 another faith.

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 He was

00:19:22.740 --> 00:19:23.380
 willing to pay

00:19:23.380 --> 00:19:23.860
 the ultimate

00:19:23.860 --> 00:19:24.480
 price.

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 So when we

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 went to

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 another town

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 in Palestine,

00:19:28.600 --> 00:19:29.240
 even though

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 that town is

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 Bethlehem, it's

00:19:31.000 --> 00:19:31.400
 part of

00:19:31.400 --> 00:19:32.780
 Palestine, but

00:19:32.780 --> 00:19:33.100
 when we

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 left Gaza, we

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 felt a

00:19:34.960 --> 00:19:36.200
 stranger and

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 that was

00:19:36.680 --> 00:19:37.160
 hard.

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 I don't

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 know if you

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 were able to

00:19:39.000 --> 00:19:39.500
 imagine what

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 it means to

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 leave your

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 home, to

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 leave the

00:19:41.880 --> 00:19:42.460
 streets you

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 love and

00:19:42.980 --> 00:19:43.400
 the people

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 you like.

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 And then

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 the Lord

00:19:46.460 --> 00:19:46.940
 put in my

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 heart to

00:19:47.400 --> 00:19:48.280
 come back to

00:19:48.280 --> 00:19:50.160
 Jordan and

00:19:50.160 --> 00:19:50.900
 I was a

00:19:50.900 --> 00:19:51.780
 pastor in

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 the exile.

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 But then

00:19:55.039 --> 00:19:55.519
 the Lord

00:19:55.519 --> 00:19:57.740
 connected me

00:19:57.740 --> 00:19:58.740
 with Iraqi

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 Christian

00:19:59.259 --> 00:19:59.759
 refugees.

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 Both of

00:20:00.920 --> 00:20:01.559
 us went

00:20:01.559 --> 00:20:01.799
 through

00:20:01.799 --> 00:20:02.559
 suffering and

00:20:02.559 --> 00:20:03.099
 persecution.

00:20:04.220 --> 00:20:04.779
 Both of

00:20:04.779 --> 00:20:07.240
 us experienced

00:20:07.240 --> 00:20:07.779
 what it's

00:20:07.779 --> 00:20:08.899
 like to

00:20:08.899 --> 00:20:09.539
 leave home.

00:20:10.639 --> 00:20:11.039
 But you

00:20:11.039 --> 00:20:11.379
 know, loved

00:20:11.379 --> 00:20:12.000
 one, through

00:20:12.000 --> 00:20:13.440
 suffering and

00:20:13.440 --> 00:20:14.399
 persecution, God

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 connected us

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 together.

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 And many

00:20:18.879 --> 00:20:19.779
 of our

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 Christians,

00:20:20.339 --> 00:20:20.899
 brothers and

00:20:20.900 --> 00:20:21.340
 sisters,

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 especially in

00:20:22.240 --> 00:20:24.420
 2014, when

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 ISIS came

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 in, literally

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 they lost

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 almost everything.

00:20:29.540 --> 00:20:30.040
 Their homes,

00:20:30.160 --> 00:20:30.740
 their properties,

00:20:30.940 --> 00:20:31.700
 their cars, and

00:20:31.700 --> 00:20:32.519
 some of them

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 even lost

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 their savings.

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 It wasn't

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 easy to see

00:20:38.940 --> 00:20:39.640
 that, and

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 some of them

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 are doctors,

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 engineers, and

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 professors at

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 the university.

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 And they

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 never thought

00:20:46.480 --> 00:20:48.180
 one day they

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 will be coming

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 to church,

00:20:50.460 --> 00:20:52.960
 waiting for

00:20:52.960 --> 00:20:53.400
 a parcel

00:20:53.400 --> 00:20:54.680
 of food.

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 And always

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 I tell my

00:20:58.740 --> 00:20:59.700
 brothers, any

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 one of us in

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 the Middle

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 East, especially

00:21:01.900 --> 00:21:02.620
 as a Christian,

00:21:02.800 --> 00:21:03.400
 could be in

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 their place.

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 We see

00:21:06.740 --> 00:21:07.680
 widows and

00:21:07.680 --> 00:21:08.980
 losing their

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 husbands and

00:21:09.840 --> 00:21:10.660
 the mother

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 become overnight,

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 the father and

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 the mother for

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 their children.

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 children.

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 But we

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 saw also

00:21:18.579 --> 00:21:19.379
 many people

00:21:19.379 --> 00:21:20.879
 are rejoice

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 and very

00:21:21.699 --> 00:21:24.000
 excited in

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 spite of

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 everything.

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 What's

00:21:27.799 --> 00:21:28.319
 happened and

00:21:28.319 --> 00:21:28.619
 the things

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 they lost,

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 they still

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 have this

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 joy and

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 that they

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 didn't deny

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 their faith and

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 continue to be

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 faithful even

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 they lost

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 almost everything.

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 I want to

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 say, is it

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 possible to

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 have joy in

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 the midst of

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 persecution?

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 This is what

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 we read in

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 Matthew 5,

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 in the

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 beatitude

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 number 8,

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 that to

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 rejoice.

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 And we

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 experience that

00:22:00.660 --> 00:22:01.180
 by the grace

00:22:01.180 --> 00:22:01.519
 of God.

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 But I want to

00:22:02.139 --> 00:22:02.519
 say we

00:22:02.519 --> 00:22:03.940
 cannot experience

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 the 8th

00:22:05.539 --> 00:22:06.160
 beatitude

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 before we

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 are able to

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 experience what

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 is the first

00:22:09.000 --> 00:22:09.920
 beatitude is all

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 about, what

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 it means to

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 be meek,

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 what is to

00:22:15.019 --> 00:22:15.779
 be poor and

00:22:15.779 --> 00:22:16.500
 desperate that

00:22:16.500 --> 00:22:17.240
 you desperate

00:22:17.240 --> 00:22:18.320
 want God in

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 your life and

00:22:19.040 --> 00:22:20.440
 what it means to

00:22:20.440 --> 00:22:22.380
 mourn over your

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 sins, what it

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 means to be

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 humble and

00:22:26.040 --> 00:22:28.220
 before the

00:22:28.220 --> 00:22:28.800
 Lord and what

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 it means to

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 hunger and

00:22:30.000 --> 00:22:30.620
 thirst for the

00:22:30.620 --> 00:22:31.420
 things of God,

00:22:32.640 --> 00:22:34.100
 what it means to

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 forgive and have

00:22:35.160 --> 00:22:35.840
 mercy toward

00:22:35.840 --> 00:22:37.100
 others and how

00:22:37.100 --> 00:22:38.160
 to be pure in

00:22:38.160 --> 00:22:39.960
 your heart, to

00:22:39.960 --> 00:22:40.519
 do the right

00:22:40.519 --> 00:22:41.460
 thing when it's

00:22:41.460 --> 00:22:42.500
 nobody's watching,

00:22:42.860 --> 00:22:44.299
 what it means to

00:22:44.299 --> 00:22:44.799
 be man of

00:22:44.799 --> 00:22:45.000
 peace.

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 When we

00:22:45.620 --> 00:22:46.120
 are able to

00:22:46.120 --> 00:22:46.940
 experience these

00:22:46.940 --> 00:22:48.160
 seven beatitudes,

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 I assure you

00:22:49.400 --> 00:22:50.440
 loved one, when

00:22:50.440 --> 00:22:51.279
 you go through the

00:22:51.279 --> 00:22:52.140
 toughest days of

00:22:52.140 --> 00:22:53.680
 your life, you

00:22:53.680 --> 00:22:54.380
 are able to

00:22:54.380 --> 00:22:56.740
 experience joy and

00:22:56.740 --> 00:22:58.100
 peace in the

00:22:58.100 --> 00:22:59.559
 midst of

00:22:59.559 --> 00:23:00.180
 persecution.

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 And we

00:23:01.140 --> 00:23:02.360
 saw that in

00:23:02.360 --> 00:23:03.360
 the life of

00:23:03.360 --> 00:23:04.440
 so many

00:23:04.440 --> 00:23:05.120
 people.

00:23:07.559 --> 00:23:08.500
 The Lord

00:23:08.500 --> 00:23:08.960
 Jesus

00:23:08.960 --> 00:23:13.920
 said, I

00:23:13.920 --> 00:23:14.720
 was hungry, I

00:23:14.720 --> 00:23:15.420
 was thirsty, I

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 was a stranger.

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 And then he

00:23:20.420 --> 00:23:23.559
 said, if you

00:23:23.559 --> 00:23:25.819
 did that, because

00:23:25.819 --> 00:23:26.579
 they asked him,

00:23:26.640 --> 00:23:27.480
 Lord, when, when,

00:23:27.559 --> 00:23:30.220
 when, because when

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 we did that to

00:23:31.079 --> 00:23:31.900
 you, you know, to

00:23:31.900 --> 00:23:32.440
 you, and he

00:23:32.440 --> 00:23:33.420
 said, if you did

00:23:33.420 --> 00:23:34.799
 it to the least of

00:23:34.799 --> 00:23:36.059
 these, you did it

00:23:36.059 --> 00:23:36.579
 to me.

00:23:36.940 --> 00:23:38.419
 Because his

00:23:38.419 --> 00:23:39.319
 children, his

00:23:39.319 --> 00:23:40.279
 disciples did

00:23:40.279 --> 00:23:41.099
 that out of

00:23:41.099 --> 00:23:44.139
 love to the

00:23:44.139 --> 00:23:44.960
 people and to

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 their master.

00:23:51.059 --> 00:23:53.359
 Why, as the

00:23:53.359 --> 00:23:54.240
 body of Christ,

00:23:54.899 --> 00:23:55.819
 why, as a

00:23:55.819 --> 00:23:56.779
 church, we need

00:23:56.779 --> 00:23:57.519
 loved one to

00:23:57.519 --> 00:23:58.460
 continue to do

00:23:58.460 --> 00:24:00.159
 what we do?

00:24:00.659 --> 00:24:01.259
 Again, I'm

00:24:01.259 --> 00:24:02.099
 grateful for your

00:24:02.099 --> 00:24:02.519
 church.

00:24:02.639 --> 00:24:03.240
 They've been very

00:24:03.240 --> 00:24:04.480
 generous and

00:24:04.480 --> 00:24:05.559
 standing with us

00:24:05.559 --> 00:24:06.460
 all these years.

00:24:08.500 --> 00:24:09.259
 We need to

00:24:09.259 --> 00:24:10.639
 continue to do

00:24:10.639 --> 00:24:11.659
 that and to

00:24:11.659 --> 00:24:12.440
 reach out to our

00:24:12.440 --> 00:24:13.000
 brothers and

00:24:13.000 --> 00:24:14.700
 sisters and also

00:24:14.700 --> 00:24:15.819
 to the people even

00:24:15.819 --> 00:24:16.779
 who's unbelievers,

00:24:17.039 --> 00:24:17.720
 because this is

00:24:17.720 --> 00:24:18.179
 what the Lord

00:24:18.179 --> 00:24:18.859
 Jesus teaches.

00:24:19.519 --> 00:24:20.379
 We need to do

00:24:20.379 --> 00:24:21.399
 that because Jesus

00:24:21.399 --> 00:24:23.740
 command us.

00:24:23.940 --> 00:24:24.819
 And he said, if

00:24:24.819 --> 00:24:25.919
 you do that, if

00:24:25.919 --> 00:24:26.879
 you reach out to

00:24:26.879 --> 00:24:27.940
 the people, if

00:24:27.940 --> 00:24:28.879
 you reach out to

00:24:28.879 --> 00:24:30.519
 the refugees, and

00:24:30.519 --> 00:24:31.379
 if you did it in

00:24:31.379 --> 00:24:32.240
 my name as if you

00:24:32.240 --> 00:24:33.039
 do it to me

00:24:33.039 --> 00:24:33.960
 personally.

00:24:35.559 --> 00:24:39.079
 You know, the

00:24:39.079 --> 00:24:39.960
 theologian William

00:24:39.960 --> 00:24:41.359
 Barclay, he

00:24:41.359 --> 00:24:42.339
 say these two

00:24:42.339 --> 00:24:42.980
 stories.

00:24:44.159 --> 00:24:45.379
 The first one, it's

00:24:45.379 --> 00:24:46.200
 about Francis

00:24:46.200 --> 00:24:46.839
 Assisi.

00:24:49.240 --> 00:24:50.679
 Francis Assisi in

00:24:50.679 --> 00:24:53.019
 Italian town, you

00:24:53.019 --> 00:24:53.579
 know, he was a

00:24:53.579 --> 00:24:55.539
 rich person, but he

00:24:55.539 --> 00:24:57.059
 didn't feel content

00:24:57.059 --> 00:24:58.759
 at a certain time in

00:24:58.759 --> 00:24:59.379
 his life.

00:24:59.819 --> 00:25:00.859
 So the story said

00:25:00.859 --> 00:25:02.700
 he was walking

00:25:02.700 --> 00:25:03.679
 down and he

00:25:03.679 --> 00:25:04.720
 noticed there a

00:25:04.720 --> 00:25:06.259
 leper, a person

00:25:06.259 --> 00:25:07.100
 with leprosy.

00:25:07.700 --> 00:25:08.740
 And when he saw

00:25:08.740 --> 00:25:09.799
 him, he moved

00:25:09.799 --> 00:25:11.559
 by what he

00:25:11.559 --> 00:25:11.880
 saw.

00:25:12.500 --> 00:25:13.180
 And he came

00:25:13.180 --> 00:25:14.579
 close to him and

00:25:14.579 --> 00:25:15.920
 he held his head

00:25:15.920 --> 00:25:17.420
 in his hand.

00:25:18.000 --> 00:25:18.720
 And the story

00:25:18.720 --> 00:25:20.240
 said, the face

00:25:20.240 --> 00:25:21.920
 of that leper, it

00:25:21.920 --> 00:25:23.500
 changed to become

00:25:23.500 --> 00:25:24.539
 the face of Jesus

00:25:24.539 --> 00:25:25.720
 in his hand.

00:25:26.360 --> 00:25:27.400
 And remind him,

00:25:27.559 --> 00:25:28.420
 when you did it

00:25:28.420 --> 00:25:29.819
 to one of these,

00:25:29.920 --> 00:25:30.819
 as if you did it

00:25:30.819 --> 00:25:32.220
 to me personally.

00:25:32.220 --> 00:25:33.480
 And the second

00:25:33.480 --> 00:25:34.640
 story he mentioned,

00:25:34.960 --> 00:25:36.100
 it's about Martin

00:25:36.100 --> 00:25:37.120
 of Taurus.

00:25:37.880 --> 00:25:39.600
 Martin was a

00:25:39.600 --> 00:25:40.680
 Roman soldier, but

00:25:40.680 --> 00:25:41.519
 he was a Christian.

00:25:42.200 --> 00:25:42.980
 One day he was

00:25:42.980 --> 00:25:44.100
 working downtown

00:25:44.100 --> 00:25:46.360
 and he, a beggar,

00:25:46.700 --> 00:25:48.440
 approached him and

00:25:48.440 --> 00:25:49.660
 asking for money.

00:25:50.720 --> 00:25:51.860
 And Martin didn't

00:25:51.860 --> 00:25:52.579
 have anything.

00:25:53.579 --> 00:25:54.480
 He didn't have

00:25:54.480 --> 00:25:55.299
 money to give him,

00:25:55.440 --> 00:25:56.819
 but he gave him

00:25:56.819 --> 00:25:57.519
 what he had.

00:25:57.519 --> 00:25:59.259
 And it was a

00:25:59.259 --> 00:26:00.180
 cold night and

00:26:00.180 --> 00:26:01.980
 this beggar was,

00:26:03.279 --> 00:26:03.900
 you know,

00:26:04.079 --> 00:26:05.119
 it was very cold

00:26:05.119 --> 00:26:05.900
 and so he took

00:26:05.900 --> 00:26:08.039
 his, his coat,

00:26:08.819 --> 00:26:09.900
 the Roman soldier

00:26:09.900 --> 00:26:11.139
 coat and even

00:26:11.139 --> 00:26:11.839
 though it was an

00:26:11.839 --> 00:26:12.799
 old coat and

00:26:12.799 --> 00:26:14.700
 torn, but he cut

00:26:14.700 --> 00:26:15.440
 it in half.

00:26:16.480 --> 00:26:17.579
 And he kept

00:26:17.579 --> 00:26:18.460
 half and he

00:26:18.460 --> 00:26:20.660
 gave the person

00:26:20.660 --> 00:26:21.680
 the other half.

00:26:22.440 --> 00:26:23.220
 And the story

00:26:23.220 --> 00:26:24.720
 said that Martin,

00:26:24.720 --> 00:26:26.920
 that night he

00:26:26.920 --> 00:26:28.100
 saw a dream

00:26:28.100 --> 00:26:29.700
 when he was

00:26:29.700 --> 00:26:30.579
 asleep and in

00:26:30.579 --> 00:26:31.279
 that dream he

00:26:31.279 --> 00:26:32.180
 saw the heavens.

00:26:33.039 --> 00:26:33.519
 And in the

00:26:33.519 --> 00:26:34.640
 heavens he saw

00:26:34.640 --> 00:26:35.920
 the Lord Jesus

00:26:35.920 --> 00:26:37.460
 and there's

00:26:37.460 --> 00:26:38.380
 angels around

00:26:38.380 --> 00:26:39.220
 him and he

00:26:39.220 --> 00:26:39.700
 was in the

00:26:39.700 --> 00:26:40.759
 midst and

00:26:40.759 --> 00:26:41.799
 Jesus have

00:26:41.799 --> 00:26:42.579
 this coat.

00:26:43.279 --> 00:26:43.860
 He were

00:26:43.860 --> 00:26:44.799
 wearing that

00:26:44.799 --> 00:26:45.180
 coat.

00:26:45.559 --> 00:26:46.259
 And one of the

00:26:46.259 --> 00:26:47.120
 angels he said,

00:26:47.400 --> 00:26:48.019
 what do you

00:26:48.019 --> 00:26:49.160
 have on, you

00:26:49.160 --> 00:26:49.460
 know, from

00:26:49.460 --> 00:26:49.960
 where you get

00:26:49.960 --> 00:26:50.920
 that coat,

00:26:51.620 --> 00:26:52.019
 master?

00:26:52.819 --> 00:26:53.339
 And Jesus

00:26:53.339 --> 00:26:54.620
 softly said,

00:26:54.720 --> 00:26:56.259
 my servant

00:26:56.259 --> 00:26:58.440
 Martin gave

00:26:58.440 --> 00:26:59.460
 me that

00:26:59.460 --> 00:26:59.880
 coat.

00:27:00.579 --> 00:27:01.420
 If we do

00:27:01.420 --> 00:27:02.559
 it to one

00:27:02.559 --> 00:27:04.240
 of these as

00:27:04.240 --> 00:27:05.500
 if you do

00:27:05.500 --> 00:27:06.079
 it to me.

00:27:06.279 --> 00:27:07.480
 Why we

00:27:07.480 --> 00:27:07.860
 need to

00:27:07.860 --> 00:27:08.339
 continue?

00:27:08.680 --> 00:27:09.880
 Because our

00:27:09.880 --> 00:27:10.500
 brothers and

00:27:10.500 --> 00:27:11.380
 sisters belong

00:27:11.380 --> 00:27:12.000
 to the same

00:27:12.000 --> 00:27:13.779
 body, the

00:27:13.779 --> 00:27:14.180
 body of

00:27:14.180 --> 00:27:14.620
 Christ.

00:27:15.120 --> 00:27:15.839
 And if it's

00:27:15.839 --> 00:27:16.400
 part of the

00:27:16.400 --> 00:27:17.360
 body has

00:27:17.360 --> 00:27:18.039
 been hurt,

00:27:19.420 --> 00:27:20.079
 all the

00:27:20.079 --> 00:27:20.819
 body is

00:27:20.819 --> 00:27:21.200
 hurting.

00:27:21.900 --> 00:27:22.600
 It's wonderful

00:27:22.599 --> 00:27:23.240
 to see,

00:27:23.699 --> 00:27:25.279
 my beloved,

00:27:26.059 --> 00:27:26.559
 the east

00:27:26.559 --> 00:27:27.000
 and the

00:27:27.000 --> 00:27:28.179
 west get

00:27:28.179 --> 00:27:29.719
 together and

00:27:29.719 --> 00:27:31.119
 to do what

00:27:31.119 --> 00:27:32.039
 God called

00:27:32.039 --> 00:27:32.619
 us to do.

00:27:32.959 --> 00:27:33.519
 The last

00:27:33.519 --> 00:27:34.059
 thing I want

00:27:34.059 --> 00:27:34.619
 to say,

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 why we should

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 continue to do

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 what we do,

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 because history

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 will keep the

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 records.

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 History will

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 write down

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 how the

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 body of

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 Christ,

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 how the

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 church of

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 the Lord

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 Jesus around

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 the Lord

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 responded when

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 our brothers

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 and sisters

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 became

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 refugees.

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 May God

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 help us all

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 to stand

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 together and

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 to do what

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 God called

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 us to do.

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 Thank you

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 and God

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 bless you.

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 Thank you.

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 Well, brothers and sisters, we come now to the Lord's Supper where we remember what it means.