Reclaiming What The Western Church Has Lost

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Hey, everybody. Welcome to Faith and Mission.

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I'm your host, Steve Hannett. Excited to be with

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you today. I want to send special greetings to

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all our friends all over the world. The Faith

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and Mission podcast is all about equipping you

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for the work that God has you to do. It's filled

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with conversations and teachings and a collection

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of even studies that are helping you to understand

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leadership, church planning, missions, and even

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just living the Christian life. We're excited

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to be with you today, and I really believe that

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God has appointed a time for us to understand

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our destiny. And we want to equip you for the

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work that God has for you. Today, I have a special

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friend, Reverend Fabio Pellucci, who is an international

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speaker. He's a pastor, and he's actually the

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CEO of International Union. He's doing amazing

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work worldwide. He's mobilizing leaders and organizations

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and social and spiritual transformation all over

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the world. He's got his hands on the pulse of

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what God is doing in the nations today. And we're

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going to hear it because we want to know, especially

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as church leaders, what God is doing, making

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sure that we're serving him with excellence.

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and that we discern the times that we're in.

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Pastor Fabio, it's so good to be with you, my

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brother. God bless you. So glad to see you again.

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Amen. Amen. I have been blessed from the first

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time that we began speaking. And I want the audience

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to get to know you a little bit. You've been

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working in Sub -Saharan Africa. You've been all

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over the world. You're working with leaders.

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Tell us your personal story a little bit. I think

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it's valuable for them to hear where you've come

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from and what you're doing today. Amen. My personal

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story is so simple. One day we just choose with

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my family to be available for Jesus Christ and

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for the gospel. And in my Bible studies, in my

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classroom, one day during a study of eschatology,

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we focused on Revelation chapter five. verse

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9, that it talks and says that they will sing

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a new song and sing it to the Lamb, Jesus Christ.

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People of every nation, tongues, tribes. And

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I felt a uniform on me wow that was my call that

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already got prepared before in my secular job

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and studies for high standard luxury hospitality

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the language that i learned all the background

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that i had now i realized in that classroom that

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i was ready to go for every tribe people language

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nations wow so god gave you a mandate to leave

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what you were doing I really felt to receive

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like a uniform to go for every nation. And I

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knew that I was ready to deal with every kind

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of culture and every kind of people. I really

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see my life already there. And I knew that something

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was starting to happen. So I gave everything

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away because I was trying to do a decision with

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me and my God. But then I really felt that if

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I didn't choose that kind of life for the gospel,

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for Jesus Christ, I just missed the point over

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my life. You know, and this is a powerful thing

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because a lot of people who are in ministry today,

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they have answered a call. We can't deny it.

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It caused me to leave things behind. We must

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pursue what God has given to us to do. I really

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want to talk with you because you may be thinking

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that, you know, you're going to church on Sunday

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or maybe you're in Christian leadership now.

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But I want to tell you, you always have to find

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that that fire of the call, that that that that

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unction in inside of you that says, I cannot

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stay the same. I must do what God's called me

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to do. And be bold about that, because that's

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where your destiny is. And it's powerful that

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you're saying that, Pastor Pellucci, because

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you couldn't remain the same. You couldn't miss

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the purpose of your life. I'm not the same anymore.

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Of course, when you start the journey with Jesus

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in Christ with the Holy Spirit, you will not

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be the same. running hospitality business, three

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hotels in Rome, St. Moritz, Lando, Victoria Castles.

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My guests were leaders of the world of the so

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-called... VIP and you know that everybody was

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there and I was serving but I was walking on

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their marbles in that luxury style and I felt

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something it was wrong with me, with my call,

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with the call that God gave to me and so I had

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the decision. The book of Hebrew really showed

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me a clear path. One day the Lord showed me the

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life of Moses that was called Prince of Egypt,

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then he choose to be in the desert with the people

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of God. I was literally just thinking about Moses

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when you were sharing. Yeah. And this is what

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happened. So I felt to be myself as an Amaya

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also, because Amaya was in the building of Susa,

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you know, with these beautiful buildings and

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the palace, the royal palace. And with this condition,

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it was fine. But then something happened in my

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heart. Something really has to be there for a

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decision for my God. And I made it. And so...

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So tell us, because you didn't just go to any

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area in the world. You went to the 1040 window.

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You went into areas that were dangerous. So you

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really took the call seriously. And for those

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who don't know, the 1040 window is a term that's

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utilized for where the gospel is essentially

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illegal to preach and to live. So tell us a little

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bit about your experience. When I was running

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and cooperating as a pastor, co -pastor in Rome,

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then with our elders, we just knocked the door

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of a mission department. It was opening. And

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so I said to my wife, we need to pray. I think

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that there is a great need, as I knew, in Niger,

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Sahel, in sub -Sahara. And at that time, the

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2013, if you remember, there was the Charlie

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Hebdo and they start to burn. at least 70 churches

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in that country, and they were just a family,

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Italian family there. So I felt and I said to

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the elders, I will go where it's needed now.

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So we started our journey in 2016 in Mission

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Field in Jadis area, in Attila Berry area, and

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we preached the gospel with such joy, and we

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see a fruit that today is amazing what we're

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seeing today. Tell us a little bit about what

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you experienced, because I, you know, I think

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having served in Italy and in Europe and familiar

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with the westernization of Christianity and now

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you're in Niger and you're preaching the gospel.

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What did you experience when you preach the gospel

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there? What was different maybe about what you

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saw or how they live in sacrifice? for Christ.

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When I stepped in Niger, I remember that red

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sand of the desert. But when I stepped with my

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family there, we discovered our call and our

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identity, because, you know, in that areas, you

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don't have any help. You don't have the church.

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You have the brotherhood, the fellowship, the

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songs. You don't have your ambulance. You have

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your doctors. So many things. What do you have?

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is God Almighty. And so we discovered that when

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we step in that land in mission field without

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any comfort, we discover a different God in our

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life. And our identity as a minister, it just

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showed up in a different way because we saw healing.

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We saw people demon possessed. There's a lot

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of animism. 98 % is a Muslim country, but mainly

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is an animism that is there. And so we saw different,

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different experience, but we were just led by

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the Holy Spirit and the anointing of God every

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day. And so from Maifa style luxury hotels to

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the desert, they will come, they became that

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place, Maifa style luxury, five star, because

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it was a blessing to us. the real, the pureness

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of God in our life, in our identity, while we

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were serving people and preaching the gospel,

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proclaiming Jesus. You know, I know you recently

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ministered at the United Nations. We were able

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to be together. And we're gonna meet your wife

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Francesca soon. And they had pictures. in the

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UN that were depicting the area that you were

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in, correct? And I saw Francesca's eyes tear

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with so much love for the people. And I can feel

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you're still carrying that now. Of course. Our

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heart is in Niger, it's for Africa. We don't

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belong anymore to Rome or Italy. We belong to

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Africa and Europe. Of course, our family is still

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there. We had the privilege to baptize, adopt

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spiritual sons, the church, the orphanage that

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we take care of, and now also in other countries

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like Burkina Faso. We opened Mission Field in

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Ethiopia. In Senegal, we touched Gambia. Next

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will be Rwanda and Kenya for Africa. And so,

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of course, our heart is there. Our family is

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there. We can't wait always to go back when we

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can. So tell me, what did this do to change your

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perspective of Christianity, of God, or even

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missions? What did this experience being in that

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environment change your perspective? It changed

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my perspective, Pastor Steve, because our Western

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world and Christianity lives in a comfort. But

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when you're there, you really discover that you

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can live with the essential, but also you can

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not live without Jesus in your heart, to be filled

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of all the spirit, to have that intimacy with

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him, to hear his voice, because when you are

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in that place, it's so dangerous, you really

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be, you need to hear the voice of God that it

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tells you go forward or go back, or. you know,

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continue to do this work. It teach you in a different

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ways. So you you really need you. You cannot

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joke. You just need to be in intimacy with the

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Almighty God. So we were we were. Kind of discussing

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a little bit this this idea that the Western

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Church, the America, UK and some of Australia

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and things, what we know of Christianity today

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is is different. A lot of people are trying to

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get more comfortable. And you're saying that

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there's a reality that faith is operating at

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a different level. Tell us about Europe, though.

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Let's shift from Africa to Europe. And what have

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you seen in even Europe and in the United States?

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Because there's a difference. There is a huge

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difference. Yeah, but I believe that if the Lord

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give us comfort to us that comfort it means that

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we can be a solid help for others in these countries

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like Africa or the south of the world so the

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comfort that we have is a blessing in a measure

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that we give this comfort for the kingdom of

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God and for the work of God and for the 1040

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window, for example. So the difference is that

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now in Africa, there is a huge need of Jesus

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Christ, the sound doctrine, and people are waiting

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for the good news. But for Europe, for example,

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I believe that Europe now is the prodigal son

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that has to come back to the father and search

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again that kind of identity that we are losing.

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which is a shame because we are still the people

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of God that can continue to do mission and honor

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is word. It's interesting you're bringing out

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this idea that Europe is a prodigal son, so on

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some level they've left the heart of the father

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in the church. I believe so. God is calling them

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back. There is this risk and God is calling us

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back to leave the book of Acts. God is calling

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us back to leave the Holy Spirit, the fresh anointing,

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the fresh oil that every day is for His people.

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In America, America in many ways needs to do

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the same thing. We thank God for America. Amen.

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America has sent so many missionaries all over

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the world. Much of the movement of God in many

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countries was started from American missionaries.

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But I believe that American Christians have forgotten

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their beginnings. And there's a big shift that's

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happening. And we know, or many know, that about

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every 500 years or so, from first century church

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Christianity that was apostolic, missional, reliant

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on the Holy Spirit, they spread the gospel. all

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throughout Europe, all throughout Asia, and they

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didn't have money, they didn't have the internet,

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they didn't have political favor in many places.

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It was persecuted, but the faith spread. And

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about every 500 years, we went to medieval Catholicism

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and the Crusades, and we move all the way through,

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through the Reformation, and much time has passed

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since Jesus Christ walked on the earth. And I

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hear you saying that we need to return. We need

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to return. And actually, I want to tell you something

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because you mentioned the United States of America.

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We are blessed. My Bible school has been blessed

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from the United States. If I was sitting in that

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classroom, it's because of American Christians.

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Yes. So the gospel that had arrived in Italy,

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I received that fruit of you guys. And so I really

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want to thank and I would love to really Share

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these with all the American Christians from the

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bottom of my heart. Please continue to shine

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and continue to bless the nations. We have such

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an example for you, from you. We've been blessed.

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I've been blessed. My family has been blessed.

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Has been blessed even in Niger, in the sub -Sahara

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where we were working. We remember the encouragement

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that we had. my son has been trained in school

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by American missionaries. And so we will continue

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to tell you, continue to shine, to shine with

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your light, your generosity, your personality,

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your smile, your doctrine, the teaching, the

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comfort that we received from you American Christians.

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Continue to go to the nations. We are grateful

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for each one of you and also I want to thank

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Pastor Steve because there in Niger, I remember

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that I had not any material in French for our

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kids. Hundreds of kids that want to know about

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Jesus and thank God for the Samaritan Purse with

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the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. They

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delivered all the materials. Where did it come

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from? from the United States. So thank you for

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what you have continued to do, continue to shine

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for the world together. Amen. Amen. And it's

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beautiful because God has not given up on America.

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God has not given up on Europe. And I believe

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the greatest days for the church are not behind

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us. I believe they're ahead of us. But I think

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we need to understand and unpack a little bit.

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What did we lose? What's been the gradual shift

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in values and our understanding of Christianity?

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Maybe you can talk with that a little bit. What

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are the things that you've seen and experienced?

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If we go all the way back in time and look at

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the first century church, and we look at the

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movement of the institutional church today, what

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are some of the things we need to recover? We

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need to recover for sure. the fear of God. We

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are losing the fear of God. If we are losing

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the fear of God, we are losing everything. If

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you can see the Christian world today, Pastor

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Steve, we can have the mobs, we can have the

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dancing, we can have all the activities that

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we have. But in front line for the Christian

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community worldwide, we have women, and children.

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For other religions, for others, for example

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the Muslims, we do have men in front line and

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with their own kind of respecting the doctrine

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of their own religion. We as a Christian, we

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are losing the fear of God and we are not respecting

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our God. So we need to come back for that. Jesus

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even said this, he said to even the Jews then,

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he said, you worship me with your lips, but your

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heart is far from me. I think there's so much

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religious activity, but have we met God? Have

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we met him in a way that we fear him? That's

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a different question. We need to come back and

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also for the next generation, we need to meet

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God again in intimacy. Advice we will have we

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will be forced to meet God in time of persecution

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That will be the time that for sure people they

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will have to make a choice I believe that we

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are in a time that the world is really divided

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There will be songs of darkness. Yeah songs of

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light Judeo -christian values other values Darkness

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and light. That's what we are facing today even

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in the politics, you have the right and the left.

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And there will be not anymore a great zone soon.

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Even Christians, they will make a choice which

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part they have to fight for. Yeah, this is very,

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very, very vital. The reality is that we're often

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trying to blend in, and God wants us to glorify

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him. Amen. Which means you don't put a city down

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below, you put it on a hill. You don't put the

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light down. You put it up where people can see

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it. And I believe that God is calling for that

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separation. And I believe God is calling for

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those who can represent him as he truly is. Amen.

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And we need to fear him. We need his fear. And

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also what we need, we need to worship and adore.

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the god of the genesis that from the first day

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is separate light to the darkness right yes so

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let's come back from that god yes we want that

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god we will proclaim that kind of god we want

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to see that god then it will manifest will continue

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to manifest even in the last days from the very

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beginning in genesis god said let there be light

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and it was light and it says god divided the

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light from the darkness and all throughout the

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scripture there's a separation and um One of

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the things that's amazing is about the nation

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of Israel. Much controversy about the nation

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of Israel. But one of the things that really

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impacts me is in Exodus chapter 19 verse 6, God

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says, I'm making a people to be my special treasure.

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And he called Israel to show forth his glory

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so that all the nations of the earth would see

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the goodness of God. they would see the glory

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of God. And Israel was created as a type of grace

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so that all the Gentile nations would come and

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long after. We know that God called Abraham and

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he called him out of the land of the Chaldeans

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and he separates him from his previous life and

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he calls him to a new land. And many people know

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the story when God called Abraham to sacrifice

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the son of Providence, Isaac. And a lot of people

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think that God was showing forth Abraham's faith.

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But I wanna read a verse that I believe is powerful

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because right when Abraham was going to sacrifice

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his son, his son of promise, in Genesis chapter

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22, It says here, it says in verse 11, it says,

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but the angel of the Lord called to him from

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heaven and said, Abraham, Abraham. And so he

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said, here I am. And he said, do not lay your

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hand on the lad or do anything to him for now

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I know that you fear God. Since you have not

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withheld your son, your only son from me. Pastor

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Fabio, I'm really moved by this text because

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a lot of people, they're saying, you know, it's

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just about faith. But I believe even deeper than

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faith, even deeper than mentally agreeing with

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God is has Abraham met God in such a way that

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he would obey him even to the point of sacrificing

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his own son. And that's what I think about, that

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fear of the Lord is the beginning. It's the beginning.

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It's the genuine feeling that bring us to others

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and to God and deliver to the next generation

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the right way to serve the Almighty God. Otherwise

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is everything so superficial and with mediocracy.

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It's time now that we need to avoid every kind

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of mediocracy. We need to excel in Jesus Christ.

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Even the Ten Commandments has been done and created

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for the people, for the nation. What are we waiting

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for? Why are we waiting to give this kind of

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love and light to the world? Yes. So what Abraham

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did and what you're speaking about is No middle

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ground. It's all in. I obey. Obedience. That's

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radical. Radical. There's no other way. What

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we're teaching our next generation, what we're

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teaching all the next missionaries about every

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kind of missions, it can be humanitarian, it

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can be any kind of creativities, but if we don't

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teach the nation that the Almighty God has been

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full of radical, because with radical act, he

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gave Jesus Christ, and radically we will follow

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him, we lose, we miss the point. You know, I've

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often said that the measure of our faith can

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be measured by the depth of our bow. How much

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I know God will determine how deeply I bow. Even

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in the Asian cultures, it's very, very common

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that the greater the respect, the deeper and

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the longer that they will bow before the individual

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they're in front of. How much more Be son of

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God. If we don't know him, we don't bow. And

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if we don't know him well, we don't bow deeply.

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I remember this experience that I had when my

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son was born. For the doctor, it was very difficult.

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We can have... a child, probably with an artificial

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insemination, they said. But when we went to

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the honeymoon in Zanzibar, Francesca, my wife,

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she came back pregnant. But when Samuele was

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delivered, I felt from the spirit. It was a 2009

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July. I took my son and I say, Lord, this is

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a gift that you gave to us. Help us to to grow

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and to help this boy, but I want to give it to

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you, consecrate this boy for you, for your service,

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for the gospel, because you are worth it. You

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deserve whatever we will go, whatever we will

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do. But then 2009, then 2016 in Samoile, he was

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like six years old almost, and we were ready

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to go to the mission field. And the Holy Spirit

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reminded me that day and say, now you're going

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in a mission field in an area which is difficult.

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You don't know really if you can come back. They're

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burning churches. You don't know. And so the

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Holy Spirit reminded me Abraham and reminded

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me that kind of feeling that I had. So I took

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again some while in prayer and I said, Lord,

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we will go in Niger and we will go for you. If

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we live or if we die, we belong to you. I consecrate

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even my son, my wife to you on the altar. Why

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this? Because I remember that when we passed

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through that red ribbon that was after the Capitol,

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we were just in the middle of the desert and

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we didn't know really what can happen for American

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soldiers, unfortunately, they've been killed

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in Tilleberry City, 2018, and it all really helped

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me in that situation. So I realized that that

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kind of radical position for my God, for our

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God, for the one that He sent us, for the one

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that He gave His only Son, which kind of life

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I can live without these mission, without this

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life, fearing our God and give everything that

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belongs to us for His glory. So when we become

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saved, we're supposed to become crucified with

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Christ. We're supposed to die. Our dreams, our

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personal passions, our personal plans, our personal

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preferences are supposed to die with Christ on

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the cross. And then in resurrection, we experience

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a new life. Hallelujah. And now we receive the

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glorious plans that Jesus Christ created us to

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walk in. So Ephesians chapter 2 verse 10 says

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that we are his workmanship, translated creative

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masterpieces, and that God has already prepared

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the works for us, but we can't get to that work

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unless we die with Christ. We need to die. Let's

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die. Let's die. Let's die to Jesus Christ. When

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we die for Jesus Christ, then we can experience

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the power of resurrection. We'll be not me that

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is living, but it's Christ that is living in

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me. So let's die together for Christ so that

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the power of resurrection that can live in your

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house. through your children, with your husband,

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through the illness, for wherever you are passing

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through, you will be standing by the power of

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His resurrection. Let's die in Christ. Amen.

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We have to hear this. Go ahead. I need to tell

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you something else. You know, when I was in a

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Bible school, everybody, we wear a tie. And as

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Italian, we'll lie. to have the tie, the shoes,

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and stuff. So I say, oh, I'm learning the Word

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of God. Soon I will preach. I love to preach

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the Word. And then I serve in a church. I helped

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my pastor with the youth ministry, evangelism,

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whatever I was trying to do. And then with him

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as elder for six months, three months, six years.

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And then I was in a hospitality business. So

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our church was full of professionals, stylists

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and lawyers. And so I had my time, my jacket.

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And I love to, of course, preach the word. And

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I refer myself as a preacher. Okay, I thought

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to be a preacher. But then when I and then and

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then a pastor, right? But then when I stepped

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in mission field in Africa, I discovered different

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stuff, different thing for me. I became a doulos,

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doulos in Greek is a slave. Chapter one, verse

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one of Romans. Wow. Paul called. To be a bond

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servant. To be a doulos. Yeah, doulos, yeah.

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Yeah. Paul, doulos of Jesus Christ. Yeah, yeah.

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Called to be an apostle. And what's so powerful

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about that. And so, from there, you die. So what's

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so powerful about that language is that Paul

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describes that slavery as a bond servant slave,

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which means he willingly. Willingly. became that

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he wasn't he wasn't conscripted or or drafted

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or or enslaved. He willingly died. Amen. Because

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I want to be a slave or my father king. Hallelujah.

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Because we were slaves of Satan. Yes, Satan.

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He takes your life and he brings you like a dog.

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Around the cities and killing your life, that's

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slavery. but our my god yes the king of king

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is a king is a father yes and i willingly submit

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to my father the king so so so powerful because

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a slave isn't doing what they want to do a slave

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is doing what their master wants to do exactly

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the people that they were they were slaves they

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had no choice they could not ask for um today

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i would love to eat a lasagna You cannot. You

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have whatever your master gives you. And the

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master can sell you or keep you. He can make

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you die or live. You're a slave. We are slaves

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of Jesus Christ. He knows what we need. And we

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don't ask, we don't argue. because he's a lovely

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king, lovely father. And you know what's amazing

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is even this language that we're using as we're

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speaking, this is not common language in the

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American or in the European church, you know?

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The message of the gospel is often presented

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as saying, do you want peace? Do you want this

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good thing? Do you want prosperity? Do you want

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this? No, the invitation of the true gospel of

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Jesus Christ is die with him so that you could

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live with him. And even living as a slave in

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the kingdom, you live better, you live better,

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you live better than the kings of the world.

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And if some Christian and bond server of the

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kingdom of God, they are rich because God make

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them rich, guess for what reason? To bless. To

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bless. Because it's the purpose of our king or

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our father to bless others. So that's not a problem

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at all. So let me unpack this a little bit further

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because I want us to be really clear. A lot of

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times in the European, especially, anyway, all

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over the world, the American version of the gospel

00:34:45.650 --> 00:34:48.489
has infiltrated. But I want to help you understand

00:34:48.489 --> 00:34:50.269
something because we're not going to experience

00:34:50.269 --> 00:34:54.909
this power unless we understand how. The American

00:34:54.909 --> 00:34:58.489
church in many ways preaches a gospel that doesn't

00:34:58.489 --> 00:35:04.010
require death. And the resurrection power of

00:35:04.010 --> 00:35:10.320
Jesus Christ only is experienced when we die.

00:35:10.579 --> 00:35:15.460
Exactly. But if we go into a coma, and this is

00:35:15.460 --> 00:35:18.599
why I think the American church is in, we look

00:35:18.599 --> 00:35:22.360
dead. We lay down, look dead, but didn't die.

00:35:23.039 --> 00:35:28.300
We only act like our old life is dead. We never

00:35:28.300 --> 00:35:33.599
experience true resurrection power. So we need

00:35:33.599 --> 00:35:36.860
an awakening. starting from Europe, from the

00:35:36.860 --> 00:35:40.659
Western world. We need to found ourself on the

00:35:40.659 --> 00:35:43.880
Bible again. We need to teach our children, and

00:35:43.880 --> 00:35:47.000
I hope that my nation, Italy, pray for Italy,

00:35:47.239 --> 00:35:49.820
please pray for my nation, Italy, and for Europe.

00:35:50.360 --> 00:35:52.800
We need, and I want, and I would love to have

00:35:52.800 --> 00:35:55.239
the Bible back in school. I think that we need

00:35:55.239 --> 00:35:59.230
for the next generation, and yes. And here's

00:35:59.230 --> 00:36:01.369
my conviction, the conviction because to some

00:36:01.369 --> 00:36:03.030
people that says, wow, I have to die, I have

00:36:03.030 --> 00:36:05.590
to become a slave. But the reality is that you

00:36:05.590 --> 00:36:09.110
won't give your life up if you haven't really

00:36:09.110 --> 00:36:13.690
met Jesus. That's true. Because you're evaluating,

00:36:13.969 --> 00:36:17.329
right? We're evaluating. Maybe, maybe I'll give

00:36:17.329 --> 00:36:20.090
a little bit. Maybe I'll give a little bit more.

00:36:20.550 --> 00:36:22.730
Yeah, wow, that's really radical to give most

00:36:22.730 --> 00:36:27.369
of your life. But when you meet Jesus, You meet

00:36:27.369 --> 00:36:31.309
the King of all creation, the King of kings,

00:36:31.809 --> 00:36:35.369
the Lord of lords, the Alpha and the Omega. You

00:36:35.369 --> 00:36:39.690
meet the Holy One of Israel and you see His value.

00:36:40.349 --> 00:36:44.860
You behold Him. We have no problem falling prostrate

00:36:44.860 --> 00:36:47.800
before Him and saying, Lord, here I am. Take

00:36:47.800 --> 00:36:51.239
all of me. You're worth all my life. You don't

00:36:51.239 --> 00:36:54.820
even think about it. You realize what He did

00:36:54.820 --> 00:36:58.000
for us. He gave His life on the cross. He gave

00:36:58.000 --> 00:37:01.610
everything to make us sons and daughters. And

00:37:01.610 --> 00:37:04.289
we don't any longer measure out our offering.

00:37:04.710 --> 00:37:07.369
This is what I believe we need to be called back

00:37:07.369 --> 00:37:11.030
to, that you would seek his face, that you would

00:37:11.030 --> 00:37:13.289
seek him, that you may find him, because when

00:37:13.289 --> 00:37:16.309
you find him, you're going to give everything

00:37:16.309 --> 00:37:20.989
with joy. Yeah, but everybody today, probably

00:37:20.989 --> 00:37:24.050
they are consuming their life for something.

00:37:24.050 --> 00:37:30.780
Yeah. Any somehow. Yeah. So probably Today people

00:37:30.780 --> 00:37:34.260
are consuming, giving their life to something,

00:37:35.780 --> 00:37:39.960
legal and illegal. They're destroying their life.

00:37:40.099 --> 00:37:46.199
So your life probably is consuming by the work,

00:37:46.300 --> 00:37:49.619
the business, the worries, and everything that

00:37:49.619 --> 00:37:53.860
you are doing probably with drugs, under alcohol,

00:37:54.340 --> 00:37:57.480
and prostitution. You're consuming your life

00:37:57.480 --> 00:38:03.929
anyway. we can make a choice today to make Jesus,

00:38:04.469 --> 00:38:09.510
the King of Kings, consume our life for Him because

00:38:09.510 --> 00:38:13.690
the life will be absorbed for somebody, for something

00:38:13.690 --> 00:38:16.449
anyway, so I prefer that it will be absorbed

00:38:16.449 --> 00:38:19.429
and consumed by Jesus Christ and for the Gospel.

00:38:19.550 --> 00:38:24.230
Who gives life eternal. Amen. Let's read this,

00:38:24.230 --> 00:38:28.579
Romans chapter 6 verse 16. And it speaks about

00:38:28.579 --> 00:38:31.960
slavery. So let's look at this. It says, do you

00:38:31.960 --> 00:38:35.719
not know that to whom you present yourselves

00:38:35.719 --> 00:38:41.420
slaves to obey? You are that one slave whom you

00:38:41.420 --> 00:38:47.920
obey, whether of sin leading to death or of obedience

00:38:47.920 --> 00:38:52.860
leading to righteousness. But God be thanked

00:38:52.860 --> 00:38:57.090
that though you were slaves of sin, Yet you obeyed

00:38:57.090 --> 00:39:00.510
from the heart that form of doctrine to which

00:39:00.510 --> 00:39:05.730
you were delivered and having been set free Hallelujah

00:39:05.730 --> 00:39:12.730
from sin you became slaves of Righteousness.

00:39:12.929 --> 00:39:16.329
Amen. We're not making this up. This is in the

00:39:16.329 --> 00:39:19.570
text exactly So that's that's that that's the

00:39:19.570 --> 00:39:22.610
answer. It's a it's a it's some choice is a choice

00:39:22.800 --> 00:39:26.559
that we need to make. It's a one more day choice

00:39:26.559 --> 00:39:30.000
that every nation has to make so we can go to

00:39:30.000 --> 00:39:31.820
the other nation that are going to go to gospel.

00:39:32.039 --> 00:39:34.820
We can preach the gospel. They will choose. And

00:39:34.820 --> 00:39:38.039
trust me, they choose Jesus. There are many are

00:39:38.039 --> 00:39:40.760
just this month. We had the twelve baptism in

00:39:40.760 --> 00:39:44.219
a sub Sahara. Why? Because people are choosing

00:39:44.219 --> 00:39:49.420
the light. And so we need to choose again. This

00:39:49.420 --> 00:39:54.599
is the story that we see. patterned from Genesis

00:39:54.599 --> 00:39:58.980
throughout 66 books of the Bible into Revelation

00:39:58.980 --> 00:40:02.880
that says, like Moses, he said, I place before

00:40:02.880 --> 00:40:09.500
you life and death. Choose life. Choose. This

00:40:09.500 --> 00:40:13.480
is the decision that every church leader, every

00:40:13.480 --> 00:40:18.480
pastor, every minister of God, every mom, every

00:40:18.480 --> 00:40:22.719
dad, we need to have the gospel clear that the

00:40:22.719 --> 00:40:27.739
gospel is a proclamation that Jesus Christ is

00:40:27.739 --> 00:40:32.380
Lord. He's the Son of God. He came to die for

00:40:32.380 --> 00:40:37.239
us, but He's coming back. Amen. And the Bible

00:40:37.239 --> 00:40:41.500
is telling us throughout the entire library of

00:40:41.500 --> 00:40:51.409
books, choose. Whom will you serve? So leaders,

00:40:51.590 --> 00:40:53.909
I want to tell you and believers in Jesus, this

00:40:53.909 --> 00:40:57.269
is not just about where are you going to go to

00:40:57.269 --> 00:41:00.909
church or what Bible translation are you going

00:41:00.909 --> 00:41:04.630
to read or what denomination are you going to

00:41:04.630 --> 00:41:07.869
ascribe to. This is deeper than all of that.

00:41:08.150 --> 00:41:14.150
This says who truly will be my Lord. Amen. If

00:41:14.150 --> 00:41:18.429
we choose the cross, we will have a multiplication.

00:41:19.590 --> 00:41:22.590
If we choose other things, we have subtraction

00:41:22.590 --> 00:41:27.469
and division. It's a choice that we need to make

00:41:27.469 --> 00:41:33.250
as leaders today to put at a center Jesus Christ

00:41:33.250 --> 00:41:36.809
in every nation, the Bible, the Word of God,

00:41:37.110 --> 00:41:39.489
the pure Word of God, and receive that kind of

00:41:39.489 --> 00:41:42.789
intimacy with God. the fresh anointing of the

00:41:42.789 --> 00:41:48.289
Holy Spirit, and most of all to share the Bible

00:41:48.289 --> 00:41:51.409
to the next generation before it can be too late.

00:41:51.909 --> 00:41:55.889
You know, one of the verses that has really impacted

00:41:55.889 --> 00:41:58.530
me, especially in leadership, because we lead

00:41:58.530 --> 00:42:01.210
the church, we help build churches, we minister

00:42:01.210 --> 00:42:06.590
to churches, and the church is the grand strategy

00:42:06.590 --> 00:42:10.969
of Jesus Christ. And in the book of Revelation,

00:42:12.259 --> 00:42:19.260
preceding Revelation 5 .9 is this chapter where

00:42:19.260 --> 00:42:24.860
the angel of the church of Ephesus is described,

00:42:24.880 --> 00:42:28.519
and they're really doing well. They're really,

00:42:28.519 --> 00:42:33.400
really doing well. I mean, Ephesus was a hub

00:42:33.400 --> 00:42:36.119
of the Apostle Paul. It was a training center.

00:42:36.360 --> 00:42:39.079
Paul spent the majority of his time there. Longest

00:42:39.079 --> 00:42:41.659
time anywhere he spent was in Ephesus. It was

00:42:41.659 --> 00:42:48.300
a major area for the gospel and for the mission,

00:42:48.340 --> 00:42:52.940
but it says here in verse four of chapter two

00:42:52.940 --> 00:42:56.599
in the book of revelations, nevertheless, I have

00:42:56.599 --> 00:43:02.659
this against you that you have left your first

00:43:02.659 --> 00:43:09.480
love. Can you talk to us about what God is looking

00:43:09.480 --> 00:43:15.260
for in Him being our first love? Because this

00:43:15.260 --> 00:43:18.900
conversation says we leave everything that we

00:43:18.900 --> 00:43:23.199
used to love. Exactly. We leave every other girlfriend.

00:43:23.940 --> 00:43:28.320
Exactly. We leave every other affection for one.

00:43:28.579 --> 00:43:32.820
For one. Yes, because when we meet Jesus, if

00:43:32.820 --> 00:43:36.380
you really meet Jesus, For the eternal purpose

00:43:36.380 --> 00:43:42.179
they ask What has value more than that? the love

00:43:42.179 --> 00:43:49.480
that you receive and you received when you Received

00:43:49.480 --> 00:43:53.639
Jesus and the salvation in him that kind of love

00:43:53.639 --> 00:44:00.079
that kind of peace They kind of embrace Who else

00:44:00.079 --> 00:44:04.760
can give that? then We are people that probably

00:44:04.760 --> 00:44:10.559
we abuse of love and we forget what we received

00:44:10.559 --> 00:44:13.639
and where they come from because we are human.

00:44:14.400 --> 00:44:18.760
God bless us and then we forget our devotion

00:44:18.760 --> 00:44:22.880
and intimacy with them. If I don't have intimacy

00:44:22.880 --> 00:44:26.739
with him, if I don't make myself in a corner

00:44:26.739 --> 00:44:32.300
with him and to receive the... the communion

00:44:32.300 --> 00:44:35.659
with him and with the fellowship of the church,

00:44:36.480 --> 00:44:40.659
I lose that love. Do you remember the time that

00:44:40.659 --> 00:44:45.480
God saved you? Yes, I do. That's kind of love.

00:44:45.860 --> 00:44:48.960
Yeah. Where is it now? This is what we need to

00:44:48.960 --> 00:44:52.039
ask ourselves every leader. And in the measure

00:44:52.039 --> 00:44:55.159
that we will continue to have their first love

00:44:55.159 --> 00:44:58.400
with them, we continue to love family and others.

00:44:58.960 --> 00:45:04.800
Otherwise will be only a comfort Christian area.

00:45:05.760 --> 00:45:10.480
That's why I believe that this reveals the heart

00:45:10.480 --> 00:45:16.329
by whom we cry out Abba, Father. Abba Father.

00:45:17.550 --> 00:45:21.010
That even though he's Elohim, even though he's

00:45:21.010 --> 00:45:24.929
Adonai, even though he's Jehovah or Yahweh's

00:45:24.929 --> 00:45:28.929
Sidkynu and all these grand names, he's a father.

00:45:29.869 --> 00:45:33.969
And he's preparing a bride for his son, Jesus

00:45:33.969 --> 00:45:38.889
Christ, the church. And the church needs to come

00:45:38.889 --> 00:45:44.000
out from the world. We have to remember. Yes,

00:45:44.059 --> 00:45:47.300
we need to separate. We need to separate. We

00:45:47.300 --> 00:45:51.460
need to rediscover the fear of the Lord through

00:45:51.460 --> 00:45:55.960
genuine encounter. We need to become slaves of

00:45:55.960 --> 00:46:00.440
righteousness and we need to discover that intimacy.

00:46:02.079 --> 00:46:05.579
The intimacy. That creates an environment of

00:46:05.579 --> 00:46:13.550
first love faith. We have just a little bit longer

00:46:13.550 --> 00:46:17.550
to talk. I'd like you to just minister from your

00:46:17.550 --> 00:46:22.210
heart to the people who are listening or watching

00:46:22.210 --> 00:46:27.170
because we're in a kairos moment on the earth.

00:46:28.670 --> 00:46:32.210
The very first conversation we had, you made

00:46:32.210 --> 00:46:37.230
the statement, we don't have a lot of time. Can

00:46:37.230 --> 00:46:39.849
you just for a couple of minutes just share your

00:46:39.849 --> 00:46:43.880
heart and exhort those who are believers, those

00:46:43.880 --> 00:46:47.440
who are leaders, and those who desire to serve

00:46:47.440 --> 00:46:51.239
Jesus Christ. Just share what you feel God gives

00:46:51.239 --> 00:46:54.460
you. Yes. This is my pleasure to do that, Pastor

00:46:54.460 --> 00:46:59.280
Steve, and to you. I'm so glad to talk to you.

00:46:59.440 --> 00:47:03.579
Actually, I really wish to embrace and hug each

00:47:03.579 --> 00:47:07.719
one of you. We are his church, and time is near.

00:47:07.940 --> 00:47:10.969
There's no time to lose time. As you can see,

00:47:11.090 --> 00:47:18.030
the word is coming in a division so clear in

00:47:18.030 --> 00:47:21.849
every ambience, in every sector. Persecution

00:47:21.849 --> 00:47:27.210
may come. How will we respond? It's time to connect

00:47:27.210 --> 00:47:31.289
each other in the right koinonia. But first of

00:47:31.289 --> 00:47:36.210
all, with the union with Christ, with God, to

00:47:36.210 --> 00:47:40.780
find that intimacy together as a leader. just

00:47:40.780 --> 00:47:47.039
to search purity, sanctification, to be set apart,

00:47:47.840 --> 00:47:51.179
the royal priestess that we are. So let's continue

00:47:51.179 --> 00:47:54.480
to build together as an international union.

00:47:54.500 --> 00:47:58.320
We're working with global leaders around the

00:47:58.320 --> 00:48:02.219
world and nations. And we are so glad to know

00:48:02.219 --> 00:48:07.099
that you can be added in this network that we're

00:48:07.099 --> 00:48:11.699
having. because we know that one day that people,

00:48:12.219 --> 00:48:15.460
nation, tribes, languages, they will sing one

00:48:15.460 --> 00:48:19.420
song. They will be united. The unity, this miracle.

00:48:20.099 --> 00:48:23.699
There will be the miracle of the miracles, the

00:48:23.699 --> 00:48:26.840
unity. Sometimes we don't have a unity in us

00:48:26.840 --> 00:48:30.840
and we need to stop this. There's no time to

00:48:30.840 --> 00:48:35.800
joke. Satan and other religions, they're very

00:48:35.800 --> 00:48:40.679
united to destroy what God wants to do. We need

00:48:40.679 --> 00:48:44.820
to be united under Christ. We can continue to

00:48:44.820 --> 00:48:48.039
have our beautiful pizza, lasagna, or beautiful

00:48:48.039 --> 00:48:52.739
barbecue and have time together, but time is

00:48:52.739 --> 00:48:55.619
coming that we will be called to fight and we

00:48:55.619 --> 00:48:59.360
need to stand right now with the sons of light

00:48:59.360 --> 00:49:03.639
rather than with the sons of darkness. Leaders,

00:49:04.239 --> 00:49:09.449
stay together. We be one. We are the union in

00:49:09.449 --> 00:49:13.230
Christ, in Jesus Christ, the King of Kings. We

00:49:13.230 --> 00:49:15.849
will continue to pray together. Let's connect.

00:49:16.309 --> 00:49:19.210
Don't be isolated. Just connect one another.

00:49:19.769 --> 00:49:23.329
Just show the book of Acts. The Holy Spirit is

00:49:23.329 --> 00:49:26.679
continuing to do wonders and miracles. In Jesus'

00:49:26.940 --> 00:49:29.579
name, we will tell and we will pray with people.

00:49:30.199 --> 00:49:33.840
We can say, we can continue to say, gold and

00:49:33.840 --> 00:49:36.920
silver I don't have, but what I have I will give

00:49:36.920 --> 00:49:40.400
you in Jesus' name, stand up. and walk we are

00:49:40.400 --> 00:49:43.039
the people with that kind of power resurrection

00:49:43.039 --> 00:49:46.460
us we can continue to give to the world the difference

00:49:46.460 --> 00:49:49.519
and when the persecution will come don't be afraid

00:49:49.519 --> 00:49:54.099
because god will continue to save buddhist muslims

00:49:54.099 --> 00:49:58.619
terrorists and catholics evangelicals everyone

00:49:58.619 --> 00:50:03.039
because he has his way but you want to be with

00:50:03.039 --> 00:50:07.469
your lamp full of oil. We need to have that oil

00:50:07.469 --> 00:50:12.559
now, together, starting for every The tribes

00:50:12.559 --> 00:50:16.880
are waiting for that oil. We can go to the tribes.

00:50:17.219 --> 00:50:19.920
They're waiting for us. They're waiting for the

00:50:19.920 --> 00:50:23.400
church. The work is not finished. We will continue

00:50:23.400 --> 00:50:26.260
to have that oil because the oil is coming down

00:50:26.260 --> 00:50:28.699
every day, day and night and night and day on

00:50:28.699 --> 00:50:32.659
your head in silence. The oil doesn't make sound,

00:50:32.659 --> 00:50:37.400
but is anointing you. Please go to work with

00:50:37.400 --> 00:50:41.019
the. open arms, like on a cross, dying to yourself

00:50:41.019 --> 00:50:43.840
with us, encouraging me, I would encourage you

00:50:43.840 --> 00:50:46.559
to be one, united, because we will be in front

00:50:46.559 --> 00:50:49.719
of the lamb soon. There's no other life to live,

00:50:49.940 --> 00:50:54.880
no other gospel to preach. Amen. Pastor Pelucci,

00:50:55.460 --> 00:50:58.960
can you share for those who want to learn more

00:50:58.960 --> 00:51:02.699
about the international union, can you share

00:51:02.699 --> 00:51:05.019
your website so they'll know where to learn more

00:51:05.019 --> 00:51:11.889
information? Yes, our website is www .internationalunion

00:51:11.889 --> 00:51:17.030
.org. International Union, it was born from the

00:51:17.030 --> 00:51:19.250
Bible verse of Revelation chapter five verse

00:51:19.250 --> 00:51:23.329
nine, because I knew and I had this vision also

00:51:23.329 --> 00:51:28.690
in 2003. One day I was on a rock and like the

00:51:28.690 --> 00:51:33.789
Grand Canyon rocks, I was there and I saw under

00:51:33.789 --> 00:51:39.530
the river no water, but people of every color

00:51:39.530 --> 00:51:45.909
skin, skin colors. And I was there saying, love

00:51:45.909 --> 00:51:52.289
Jesus, love Jesus, love Jesus. I was weeping,

00:51:52.389 --> 00:51:56.550
that kind of vision. I know, and I knew that

00:51:56.550 --> 00:52:00.989
people, nation, tribal language, they will be

00:52:00.989 --> 00:52:04.519
there. Wow, and this is what happening with the

00:52:04.519 --> 00:52:07.199
international union. Yeah today We serve in it

00:52:07.199 --> 00:52:09.739
in government and marketplace intersection of

00:52:09.739 --> 00:52:12.960
faith leader. Yes, but we covering every nation

00:52:12.960 --> 00:52:16.699
We started in Africa Niger and the law is bringing

00:52:16.699 --> 00:52:21.880
us to every sector and we are so glad to have

00:52:21.880 --> 00:52:26.139
the global leaders Join this network and then

00:52:26.139 --> 00:52:31.639
and actually I also have something that is a

00:52:31.639 --> 00:52:37.699
riot for you from Italy. This is our global leader

00:52:37.699 --> 00:52:42.079
scarf that we have. Wonderful. When we have our

00:52:42.079 --> 00:52:46.260
encounters with diplomacies and prayer as is

00:52:46.260 --> 00:52:48.519
happening in the Knesset of Israel or the Senate

00:52:48.519 --> 00:52:53.059
of Italy. Oh my goodness. And this is for you.

00:52:53.059 --> 00:52:55.619
My goodness, thank you. From our international

00:52:55.619 --> 00:52:57.559
union team. Wow, thank you, Pastor Pellucci.

00:52:58.219 --> 00:53:01.679
tied up with this oh my goodness we are together

00:53:01.679 --> 00:53:04.460
please it oh man thank you my brother thank you

00:53:04.460 --> 00:53:07.400
jesus i'm gonna treasure this and i'm gonna remember

00:53:07.400 --> 00:53:11.059
this today i want you to know that um you were

00:53:11.059 --> 00:53:14.719
invited to learn more about what God is doing

00:53:14.719 --> 00:53:18.039
in the nations. And you are invited to learn

00:53:18.039 --> 00:53:21.059
about the International Union. And you can go

00:53:21.059 --> 00:53:23.159
to them directly. You could also reach out to

00:53:23.159 --> 00:53:27.239
us at the Gospel Mission Network. And Pastor

00:53:27.239 --> 00:53:29.440
Pellucci and I are gonna be working together

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for the Lord and would love to hear from you.

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Send us an email at contact at Gospel Mission

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Network. We're so excited for the things that

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God wants to do in your life, in your ministry,

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and in your church. This is the hour. And so

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reach out to us. And if you have a topic, if

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you have a question that you'd like to see in

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the Faith and Mission podcast, please let us

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know because we want to help you to walk out

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what God has called you to do. I'm gonna end

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this time together by reading Revelation chapter

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five, verse nine. Let us take this to heart.

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All the world, every tribe, every tongue will

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sing the same song. And they sang a new song

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saying, you are worthy to take the scroll and

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to open its seals, for you were slain. and have

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redeemed us to God by your blood, out of every

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tribe and tongue and people and nation. Let us

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as one bow before Him, serving Him, to glorify

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Him. He's coming back soon. Let's do it today,

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not tomorrow. Today. Give your everything for

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His glory. Again, this is the Faith and Mission

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podcast. I'm Pastor Steve Hannett. We love you.

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We look forward to hearing from you. God bless

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you. Amen. Thank you for listening to the Faith

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and Mission podcast. If this episode blessed

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establish you in the fullness of His grace and

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