The Only Way To True Freedom

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Hey everyone, thank you for listening to the

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Faith and Mission podcast, a production of the

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Gospel Mission Network. I'm your host, Steve

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Hannon, and I'm excited for all that God desires

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to do in your life today. The Faith and Mission

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podcast, it features a collection of teachings,

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interviews on a wide variety of Christian topics,

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including leadership and the early church missions,

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Christian living, all meant to equip you, encourage

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you. and challenge you to serve and follow God

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in all new ways. Today is an exciting day as

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we are here recording this episode live in Times

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Square, New York. We're with our dear friends

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from Salem Media Broadcasting and with WMCA AM

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570. We're here to celebrate the 250th anniversary

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of America. The event is called Celebrate America

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and we're here thanking God for all that he has

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done through our country. And we want to give

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special thanks to our friends at WMCA for allowing

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us to be here with them and partner with them

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in this commemoration of America. Now, here's

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a word for you, semi -quincentennial. It's a

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quarter millennium. That's how long America has

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been around and we have been celebrating hope

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and freedom. for 250 years. You know it's significant

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we're here in Times Square. It got its name in

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1904 when the New York Times moved its headquarters

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here and it was renamed in honor of the paper's

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business. But before that it was called Long

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Acre Square and it was a place where horses were

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taken care of. But I want to tell you now it

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has become the crossroad of the world. And in

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just a few weeks, this exact spot will be the

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center of America's 250th birthday celebration.

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And what a lot of people don't know is that Times

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Square used to be a place that was very difficult

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and it had a dark season. But the gospel of Jesus

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Christ changed it. The gospel of Jesus Christ

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was brought by a dear servant of God, David Wilkerson,

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who planted Times Square Church. And when that

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church was planted here, and the message of the

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gospel of Jesus Christ was released, it changed

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the very land that we're broadcasting from today.

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Even George Washington, our first president said,

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is that it is the duty of all nations to acknowledge

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the providence of Almighty God, to obey his will,

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to be grateful for his benefits, and humbly to

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implore his protection and favor. Even Samuel

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Adams, one of the fathers of the American Revolution,

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he had said that we are to worship God and to

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acknowledge that he reigns in heaven from the

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rising to the setting of the sun. My friends,

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America was built by men and women who believed

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in the power of the gospel and the idea of freedom.

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And that's what we're going to talk about today,

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because freedom is something that everyone is

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looking for. They rarely find it, but they're

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even willing to die for it. But freedom, freedom

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is something that is probably one of the most

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celebrated words in culture, but I can humbly

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tell you it's one of the least understood concepts

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in the world. You see, the word freedom appears

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on national monuments, political speeches, campaigns,

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social media feeds, and nations have gone to

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war over it. Even philosophers have spent centuries

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trying to define it, and our Western civilization

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has been pursuing it at all costs. But we have

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to ask a question. Are we really free? Do we

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really understand what freedom truly is? And

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I want to tell you that I honor America. I'm

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proud to be a part of the American history, but

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I want to tell you that there is a reality we

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must all face. And that's that in the midst of

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even civil liberty, there are many people who

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are bound, many people who are hurting, many

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people who are suffering right now. And though

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they may be living even in a free land, and depending

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where you're listening to this right now, I want

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to tell you that even if you're in a part of

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the world, if you're in a country that is not

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quite free, You can experience a deeper freedom.

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A freedom that is not just external. I want to

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dare to tell you to experience true freedom.

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Because true freedom is not going to come from

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any government of human origin. True freedom

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will be internal. It will be spiritual. And it

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only comes through understanding, receiving,

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and abiding in the kind of peace that only comes

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through Jesus Christ. You know, a lot of times

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we think that freedom is a concept, but actually

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freedom is more than that. Freedom is truth,

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and truth is not a thing, it's a person. In fact,

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Jesus Christ said something so powerful. In the

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Gospel of John chapter 14, Jesus said that he,

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yes, he was truth, is truth, is light, and he

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is life. The Bible tells us that truth is a person,

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and truth sets us free. You know, in the Bible,

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every 50 years is something called a Jubilee.

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It was a year of release, restoration, and freedom.

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And every 250 years is five Jubilees. And so

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we have to ask yourself, in this 250th Celebrate

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America, what are the things right now that our

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nation needs to be free from? What are the things

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that your family needs to be free from? What

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are the things that you need to be free from?

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It is vital that we answer this question. It

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is vital that we understand that we, in many

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ways, are mentally, physically, and spiritually

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bound. You know, right now as I share this message

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with you, the most common mental health condition

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on the earth, affecting an estimated 301 million

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people globally, is depression and hopelessness.

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And these numbers keep increasing. There are

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people who are in high income, high freedom Western

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nations, and they are experiencing, listen to

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this, the highest rates of anxiety and depression.

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Do you imagine that? In the places that are the

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most free politically. And those that have the

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highest income are suffering from the highest

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rates of anxiety and depression in the world.

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And that's why we must understand that freedom

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must be approached from a different perspective,

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from the inside. Right now, the CDC reports that

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suicide is also among the leading causes of death.

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for Americans aged between 10 years old and 34

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years old. That means more than 47 ,000 Americans

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have died by suicide annually. This is something

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that we must take seriously. We haven't even

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discussed the addiction rates and substance dependencies

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and many things that people are suffering with.

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addiction to gambling, addiction to pornography,

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addiction to alcohol. These are among the things

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that we must ask. Are we free? But I will tell

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you good news, and that's why we're here. We're

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here for good news. We're here to be encouraged

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and we're here to receive the kind of freedom

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that Jesus Christ can give. So we're not just

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going to define it today. We are actually going

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to tell you how to get it. And I want you to

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take it seriously because there's no one, no

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matter where you are in the world, who cannot

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experience the freedom if we listen to the instructions

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that Jesus Christ gives. So let's do that now.

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Let's go to the Gospel of John. The Gospel means

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the good news. Let's go there. John chapter 8,

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beginning with verse 31. This is what Jesus,

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the King of Kings says. Jesus is our Savior.

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He came to deliver us. He came to bring freedom

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to us. This is what it says in verse 31. said

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to those Jews who believed him, if you abide

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in my word, you are my disciples indeed, and

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you shall know the truth, and the truth shall

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make you free. Well, I want to stop there for

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a moment because I want to tell you that Jesus

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Christ is without any confusion, without any

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debate, telling us that through him we shall

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know the truth and the truth shall make us free.

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You see, if we have truth and when we have truth,

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we have freedom. And Jesus, of course, is speaking

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this message more than 2 ,000 years ago before

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America was ever on the earth. Jesus spoke about

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a freedom. The people that he spoke to, the Jews

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that were there, some of them answered him and

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they said in verse 33, we are Abraham's descendants

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and have never been in bondage to anyone. How

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can you say you will be made free? You see, they

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didn't understand that they were bound. They

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did not understand the nature of their bondage.

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They thought that if they were living with enough

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freedom externally, they must be free. But this

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is what Jesus says in verse 34. He says most

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assuredly, I say to you, whoever commits sin

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is a slave of sin. And a slave does not abide

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in the house forever, but a son abides forever.

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Therefore, if the son makes you free, you shall

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be free indeed. Let me read that again. It's

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verse 36. Therefore, if the Son makes you free,

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you shall be free indeed. They thought they were

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free. They weren't in jail. They weren't bound

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in handcuffs or chains physically. But Jesus,

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Savior of the world, the Son of God, didn't just

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see them physically. He doesn't just see you

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and I outwardly. His eyes see way deep into us,

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into the spirit realm, and he describes that

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where there is sin, there is slavery. My friends,

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we have to realize that sin is the source of

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bondage. You see, many people think we can overcome

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problems through more education. Well, or maybe

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we can throw more money at it. Or maybe we can

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put more intellectual understanding of psychology

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and psychiatry and many of the different disciplines

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that are there. But Jesus is describing that

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the very root of our bondage, the very root of

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anxiety, the very root of the things that we're

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experiencing now, it isn't physical, it's spiritual.

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And once we come to the understanding, that the

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root of our problem, the root of our bondage,

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the root of our anxiety, the root of our depression,

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even the root of our physical infirmities and

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sicknesses is spiritual. It changes everything.

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And that's a good thing because we already know

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now we have enough experience. We have decades

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upon decades of decades of experience knowing

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that education and even money do not solve the

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problem. We have to go to the root and we have

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to listen to the one who is all powerful and

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all -knowing to tell us that we are indeed bound

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by sin. Now, there are some people who get offended

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at this. They get upset with this. They begin

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to wonder, are you saying that I'm a bad person?

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Well, God is good and God is filled with grace

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and he's filled with mercy. He isn't telling

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this. to us, to condemn us. He's not telling

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this to judge us. He's actually telling this

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as someone who desires us to be free. But we

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first need to know our problem. If we know the

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problem, we could begin to understand the solution.

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A long time ago, God told Noah that the earth

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was going to be filled with water, that he would

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flood the earth. And it was a form of judgment

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of sin. But God told Noah, who found grace in

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God's eyes. You can find this in the book of

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Genesis. And God told Noah, rain is coming, a

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flood is coming, build a boat. Well, Noah didn't

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have any argument with it. He of course knew,

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if the problem is a flood, then I understand

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the solution is a boat. And Noah and his family.

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and the animals of the earth were able to survive

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the judgment of God. My brothers and sisters

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and friends, from wherever you may be, a judgment

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is coming, a flood is coming. It's the judgment

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of God, and He's going to be judging the sin

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in our life. And it's His goodness, it's His

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grace, it's His love that is telling us ahead

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of time, you've got to build a boat. In other

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words, you need to be rescued from the sin that

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you have. And how do we do that? Well, we realize

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that Jesus Christ and Jesus Christ alone is the

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one who removes the sin. I can show you all through

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scripture that sin is the root. Jesus came to

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take away the sins of the world. Yes, he fed

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people. Yes, he healed people. Yes, he did mighty

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miracles like walking on water and bringing the

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dead back to life. But the very core of the ministry

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of Jesus Christ was not to give morality or simply

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good teachings of how to love one another. His

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ministry went deeper. His ministry was wider.

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His ministry was even more powerful that says,

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I'm not just going to solve or deliver you or

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rescue. from the consequences of sin, I'm gonna

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deliver you from sin itself. My goodness, that

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means that God is not just taking away symptoms

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of the sickness, he's taking away the rude cause.

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And that's why even when Jesus says that he will

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set us free, that language carries a legal decision,

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a legal transaction in the spiritual realm that

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we have been set free. Now I don't know any one

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of us who could ever declare in disagreement

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with what the Bible says in the book of Romans

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chapter 3 verse 23. It says, for all have fallen

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short. Yes, every single person. There is not

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one person who has not fallen short. Everybody

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has sinned. Everybody has made mistakes. Everybody.

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has been through things in their life. And I

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want to tell you that everybody needs grace.

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The Bible says in Romans 323, the full verse

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reads this, for all have sinned and fall short

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of the glory of God. Yes, we all need grace.

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And through Jesus Christ, this is what Romans

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says. It says, for sin shall not have dominion

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over you, for you are not under law, but under

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grace. I want to ask you, is it time? Is it time

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that you and I would come to the reality in the

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very depth of our being that we can trust what

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a loving God is telling us? He desires to heal

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you. He desires to rescue you. I want to tell

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you, even in our own local church and within

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our ministry, we have people who actually try

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to commit suicide, multiple people. They thought

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there was no hope. They thought there was no

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way out. Even they've been to church and they

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they said, you know, there's nothing but hypocrisy

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there. You see, but I want to tell you something

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today. Maybe people have fallen short, maybe

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even ministers, maybe even many churches have

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fallen short. But someone who has not fallen

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short is Jesus Christ. I know one person who

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is not a hypocrite and he never will be a hypocrite.

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And it's Jesus Christ of Nazareth. It's he who

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is calling you. It's he whose hand is extended

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to you and he's saying come Come to me all you

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who are heavy laden It means if you're burdened

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if you're hurting if you're suffering come to

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him He didn't say go to religion. He didn't say

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even just go to Christian things around churchiness

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No, he he said come to me And that's why no matter

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where you are, whatever you're doing, wherever

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you are, you can call on Him because He is the

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way, the truth, and the life. He and He alone

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is the one that frees us from sin. How do I know

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this? Well, He and He alone went to something

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called the cross. And that's where Jesus Christ,

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listen now, this is important, He took our sin.

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He took the pain, the punishment of our sin on

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the cross. And that's why only Jesus died with

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our sin. Only He suffered with it. And He's the

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only one that could. Because Jesus was sinless.

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You see, if a sinner dies for another sinner,

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they can't help them. But Jesus being perfect,

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holy and righteous. Jesus, being blameless, he

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had no sin, was able to take our sin. But listen,

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it gets even better. He was able to give us his

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righteousness. Yes, that's the problem that God

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has solved, the sin problem. But the gift is

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so much greater than the problem. Because Jesus

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didn't just help us get past some things or overlook

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some wrong things in our life. No. Jesus and

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Jesus alone actually gives us his righteousness.

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That's why if you've even broken one law, the

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Bible says in James 2 10, that if you keep the

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whole law but you stumble at one point, you're

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still guilty. And that's why every man, woman,

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and child needs for Jesus Christ to forgive and

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to receive that. All you need to do is recognize

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this truth. Understand that we do deserve hell.

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We have broken God's law, but God's goodness

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and mercy says, let me wash you. Let me forgive

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you. Let me remove the sin in your life. And

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he will do it. You call on him. Tell him right

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now, wherever you are, who's ever hearing my

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voice now, you can call on him. Whether you're

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in a Western free country or you're in the Middle

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East or wherever you may be, you can call on

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him and say, Jesus, I know that I have sinned

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and I trust you that you are God. You are the

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son of God. You can ask him, please forgive me,

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God. You can ask him, have mercy on me, wash

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me, cleanse me and give me eternal life. You

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see, isn't that what it's all about? We're preparing.

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for the reality that no one is staying on the

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earth. We're preparing for the reality that one

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day we're going to be leaving these bodies and

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these bodies will die. But God's promise is those

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who have believed in Him, those people who have

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trusted Him as Lord and Savior, they will be

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saved from their sin. They will be with God for

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all eternity. This is what Jesus said in the

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Gospel of John 8 24. This is not a human being

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speaking. This is God. He says, therefore I said

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to you that you will die in your sins, for if

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you do not believe that I am he, you will die

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in your sins. But Jesus describes that if we

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would but trust him and put our hearts faith

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in him, you could have the grace. It means undeserved

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favor, you and I, when we believe in Jesus Christ.

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Can believe that he is the son of God and your

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sins will be wiped away Now I have seen too many

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miracles all across the world I just came back

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from a trip to another nation just two days ago

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and Saw people give their life to Jesus Christ.

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I saw their bondage break. I saw physical healing

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I saw the glory of God upon them. This is for

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you. I myself years ago was diagnosed with cancer

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I had a tumor in my neck, and I found the grace

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of God. I thought cancer was my problem, but

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I found out that I had sin. I heard the message

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you're hearing right now, and I put my heart's

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faith in Jesus. And that same day, moments later,

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we prayed to the Jesus who was not dead but resurrected,

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and he heard my prayer, and that cancer left

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my body 100%. And now I'm able to share that

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good news with you. We have seen people with

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mental disorders. We've seen people get released

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from mental hospitals. We've seen money problems

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solved because Jesus desires to do it. Because

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when we're free from sin, we're free from the

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curse. And my brothers and sisters and friends,

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it means we're blessed. Today's your day. Receive

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them. Believe in Jesus Christ. Allow God's love

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to absolutely overcome every one of your problems.

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Please give Him a chance today. No matter where

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you've been, no matter what you have gone through,

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give Jesus Christ of Nazareth the chance to bring

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His love into your heart. I want to tell you,

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you are not waiting for Him. He is waiting for

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you. Will you put your hand out to grab his hand?

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Will you embrace him? Will you bow before him

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as the King of Kings and Lord of Lords? For he

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is our champion and he alone is our deliverer.

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