March 25, 2026 • 58 mins
If God is for us, no force—whether opposition, sin, or hardship—can prevail against us or separate us from the Messiah's love. We are victorious because He was victorious on The Cross. Believers are "more than conquerors," and that spiritual victory is guaranteed by God's redemptive acts. The Church is called to live the victorious life.
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We want to pray for you. Starting out with praise well,
I praise the Lord for my home, my wife, my family, sons,
daughter in law's, grandchildren's furry kids. Everything I have is
because of him. I praise Him for his provision and
his protection. I praise him for the dreams and the visions.
For divine health and healing is a divine abiding favor
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and the continuing revelation of the Holy Spirit. Each and
every day can live without that for making me a
new creation, allowing me to live in these prophetic time
and work in the family business. Let's pray pray for
the peace of Jerusalem. May they prosper who love you
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some one twenty two, verse six. I know it's very
controversial right now to care about Israel and care about Jerusalem.
It shouldn't be. The Bible's pretty clear on the matter.
Here at the porch we do I do. I pray
for my Jewish brothers and sisters every day, pray for
their protection, especially with everything going on in the Middle East.
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I pray for America. Oh boy, do I pray for America,
that God may forgive us she had his grace upon
us and guide our leaders into the right decisions and
the right actions. I pray for the people of Iran.
Are Persian brothers and sisters who are fighting to be
free from a oppressive regime. Pray for the fatherless, the widows,
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the persecuted, and the martyr, the innocence and those who
are victims of injustice. I pray against the slaughter of
the innocence, for missing and exploited children, for the victims
of human sex trafficking, For our brothers and sisters around
the world being persecuted and slaughtered for their faith, having
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their homes and their places of worship destroyed. I pray
against the growing religious persecution and the anti Semitism that's
in the world, indicating to me that we are in
the last days. That means the spirit of the Antichrist
is out and about. So we need to pray against
its plans and its efforts and be the church that
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pushes back. I pray for divine wholeness, health and healing
and you and me as we get back to our
divine design, undoing anything we've done to ourselves or that
the world or food, or the systems or whatever Sure
has done to keep us from living the life he
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designed us to live. I pray for His protection and
his inspiration. That's Psalm ninety one, covering to be upon us,
for the remnant to wake up, to hear the alarm
clock and get busy. I pray for the open doors
for all of his projects and plans, for kingdom finances,
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for kingdom business. So Father, thank you, thank you for
your love, thank you for your blessings, thank you for
your favor. Just thank you, thank you for you sure
your son whom you sent to pay our debts so
that we could come home. Lord, there's no words to
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express our appreciation except to say, we love you, we
worship you, and we thank you from the bottom of
our heart. For the cross, the empty tomb in the
upper room, for the sending the Holy Spirit to walk
with us, to teach us, to guide us. We need
it today and every day and every minute of every hour.
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So let it be so today. Let your spirit be
with us. Let it be upon this Bible study. Let
us hear what you want us to hear, to see
what you want us to see, empower us and change us.
And I pray all these things in your Shoe's name. Amen.
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Let's go to Romans eight, starting verse thirty one. What
shall we say to these things? If God is for us,
who can be against us? He who did not spare
his own son, but delivered him up for us all.
How shall he not with him also freely give us
all things? Who shall bring a charge against God's elect
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It is God who justifies. Who is he who condemns?
It is Messiah who died, and furthermore has also risen,
who is even at the right hand of God, who
also makes intercession for us? Who shall separate us from
the love of Messiah? Shall tribulation or distress, or persecution,
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or famine or nakedness or peril or sword, as it
is written, for your sake, we are killed all day long.
We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. Yet in
all these things we are more than conquerors through Him
who loved us. For I am persuaded that neither death,
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nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present,
nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any
other created thing shall be able to separate us from
the love of God which is in Messiah. Ya sure,
our Lord, What then are we to say to these things?
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Will opposition from people or satan be too great? Will
we fail because of our tendency to sin? Will we
be overcome by difficult times? Those are questions we have
to ask and we have to be conscious of what
is the evidence that God is for us?
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Well? Paul lays that out for the believers in Rome
when he asked the question, what shall we say in
response to the fact that there is now no condemnation
for those who are in Messiah Yeshua Romans eight one,
Or what shall we say in response to the fact
that the Spirit helps us in our weakness? What shall
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we say in response to the fact that in all
things God works for the good of those who love
him Romans eight twenty eight. The other option for considering
what to say in response to the choice that Paul makes,
he asks rhetorical questions, the answers to which require application
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of the pattern God has already established for our day
to day the experiences. This is in every day consideration.
Paul wants to let believers know in no uncertain terms
that their salvation is sure and secure. When we fully
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realize that God has called, justified and glorified us in him,
we can do nothing but fall before Him in humble gratitude.
If God is for us, who can be against us?
We have to remind ourselves of that, because Satan, the
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kingdom of darkness, and those under their power are against us.
It never ends, at least not in the here and now,
but in the end. At the end, God promises us
the victory. No one will oppose God and his followers forever.
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Their dreadful, destructive end is sure. And it is written
Romans eight thirty five. What shall separate us from the
love of Messiah? Shall tribulation or distress, or persecution or famine,
or nakedness or peril or the sword? Nothing, nothing can
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separate us from Messiah's love for us. So Paul lists
several situations which we might think could come between us
and God. See if you don't know that, you know that,
you know in your heart where you are in relationship
with God, these things will enter your mind. Paul knew
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from experience that they could not separate believers from God,
because he had experienced them. In Two Corinthians eleven, starting
verse twenty three, he lays it out the argument, are
they ministers of Messiah? I speak as a fool? I
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am more in labors, more abundant in stripes above measure,
in prisons, more frequently, in depths, more often from the Jews.
Five times I received forty stripes minus one three times
I was beaten with rods, once I was stoned, three
times I was shipwrecked a night and a day. I
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have been in the deep, in journeys, often in perils
of water and perils of robbers, in perils of my
own countrymen, in perils of the gentiles, in perils in
the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in
the sea, in perils among false brethren, in weariness and toil,
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in sleeplessness, often in hunger and thirst, in fastings, often
in cold and nakedness. Besides the other things would have
come upon me daily, my deep concern for all the churches.
Basically what Paul is saying, I've been through it all
and He's always been with me. So when you get
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a testimony, you want it from somebody who knows what
they're talking about, someone who has witnessed it, someone who
has experienced it, someone who has what I call experiential knowledge,
and that's Paul. This means that the love of Messiah
doesn't separate us from the experiences, but that even in
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the most devastating of times, the love of the Lord
is with us, His for us and hopefully ours for him.
Show trouble or hardship, or persecution or famine or nakedness
or danger or sword huh. He asked a question that
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became prophetic because the Roman Church would face severe persecution
within just a few years of him writing that. But
no matter what happens, believers can never be lost to
God's love. When suffering comes, it should not drive us
away from God, but should drive us to God. And
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it should help us identify with Him further and allow
His love to reach us and heal us. I like
what it says in Romans eight thirty six, as it
is written, for your sake, we are killed all day long.
We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter as it
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is written. We should remember that phrase because it means
we go to the Word for our answers. He's quoting
from Psalm forty four, verse twenty two, and it reminds
believers the people who trust in God should expect to
face persecution, maybe even death. Some forty four made the
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specific point that difficulties and suffering were coming to people
who had been faithful as believers. Suffering is the rule,
not the exception. I know that doesn't preach well, and
there aren't a lot of pulpits that want to tell
you the truth. But I will and I always will,
because I am just like you, preparing for the end,
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walking it out day by day, Verse thirty seven. Yet
and all these things, we are more than conquerors through
Him who loved us. I love that phrase. I love
that scripture. More than conquerors. Instead of being separated from
Messiah through all these things, the trials, the hardships that
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are mentioned in verse thirty five, we are the conquerors.
We are the overcomers. Now it doesn't mean that we're superheroes.
It just means that we have the victory, and that
victory is intensified by virtue of our relationship and our
union with Messiah. That word conqueror means a decisive, overwhelming victory,
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and we know it's the victory of the cross. You
don't just win, you do it in an overwhelming manner,
something that is notable, something that everyone can see. So
being quote more than a conqueror means you've won before
the battle begins. No matter what you're going through right now,
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no matter what I'm going through right now, we've already won.
And this kind of victory makes you wonder why the
enemy would even sit foot on the battlefield, But they do.
So we have to play it out. We have to
fight to fight, and that's why victory starts with the
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verse what shall we say to these things? If God
is for us, who can be against us? Verse thirty one,
Who can be against us? Why would Satan even bother? Well,
he's diabolical, he's insane, he's got his eyes on the end.
He doesn't consider his actions. We can give him all
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the reasons, but it doesn't matter. If God is for you,
who can ever be against you? These wonderful things, God,
your Father, your Abbah, the Lord, the Holy Spirit there
for you, and they are with you. And there is
no condemnation because we share the righteousness of God, and
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the law cannot condemn us. There's no obligation because we
have the spirit of God, who enables us to overcome
the flesh and to live for God. There's no frustration
because we share the glory of God, the blessed hope
of Messiah's return. There's no separation because we experience the
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love of God. Nothing can separate us from the love
of Messiah. That's the security of the believer and That's
what Paul's emphasizing here. We do not need to fear
the past, the present, or the future because we are
secure in the love of the Lord. So Paul is
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presenting five arguments, and he likes to do that. Remember,
he's very learned, studied under Gamillel, the Pharisee of all Pharisees,
and his arguments are very intellectual, very legal. In giving
his testimony and teachings, he lays things out for us,
point by point. God is for us verse thirty one.
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The Father is for us, and he provided it and
proved it by giving us his only son verse thirty two.
The Son is for us verse thirty four, and so
is the Spirit verse twenty six. Of Romans eight. God
is making all things for us verse twenty eight. In
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his person and his providence, God is for us. Sometimes,
like Jacob, we lament all these things are against me
in Genesis forty two thirty six. But when everything is
working for us, the conclusion must be and is obvious.
If God is for us, who can be against us?
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That's an argument that we cannot refute. So as believers,
we need to enter each new day realizing that our Abba,
our Abba Father the God of the universe is for
us and with us. That's why every day I get
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up and I greet Him, and I greet the Lord
and the Holy Spirit. I acknowledge them because I am
starting my day with them and they with me. There's
no need to fear. The Loving Father desires only the
best for his children, even if they must go through
trials to receive his best. So I'm twenty three verse four. Yea,
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though I walk through the Valley of the Shadow of Death,
I will fear no evil, for you are with me,
your rod and your staff. They comfort me. It's a
real place, that valley. Safe passage through the Valley of
the Shadow of Death. It was a very dangerous place.
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People had to go through it to get to the
next town, and there were robbers and thiefs. They were
trying to steal and trying to kill a maame and destroy.
So if you're going through a shadow or deep waterless, gloomy,
wild beast infested, rocky, dangerous ravine that was common to
Jerusalem in that day, you had no fear, no fear
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of evil, because of the Shepherd's constant companionship, his watch,
and his protection over you. The comfort of the shepherd's
rod and staff. The club and the crook the only
two things carried by shepherds for defense and help. The
rod was a short club used to fend off wild animals.
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Some shepherds had a rope wrapped around it so that
they could throw it and hit the predator from a
distance and then pull it back. And the staff represents
that long shepherd's step stick, the long shepherd's stick. Say
that three times fast with a crook, and that represents
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his guidance, his ability to rescue us when we fall
into the ditch Romans eight thirty four. Who is he
who condemns It is Messiah who died, And furthermore is
also Risen, who is even at the right hand of God,
who also makes intercession for us every day and all
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the time. He doesn't sleep. God is the one who
chose us. He's also the judge who has already declared
us not guilty. Your sins have been covered by the blood.
Your name is written in the Lamb's book of life.
You are not guilty. So when Satan, when Hasatan and
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the fallen accuse us when they do what they do,
we have an advocate. We have issue at the right
hand of God. He's there for a defense, and he
presents our case. And the result is there is no case,
because who can bring a charge against God's children, God's
chosen once Isaiah fifty, starting verse eight, is near? Who
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justifies me? Who will contend with me? Let us stand together?
Who is my adversary? Let him come near me? Surely
the Lord God will help me. Who is he will
condemn me? Indeed, they will all grow old like a garment.
The moth will eat them up. The adversary. We know
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that satan. That's what satan means, the adversary. His name
is no longer spoken in heaven or earth. What can
he do? He can't do anything. He can't condemn you.
He can't say a word against you, because we have
an high priest, a compassionate high priest, sitting at the
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right hand of the Father Hebrews four, starting verse fourteen.
Seen then that we have a great high priest who
has passed through the heavens. You're sure of the son
of God. Let us hold fast our confession, for we
do not have a high priest who cannot sympathize with
our weaknesses. But was in all points tempted as we are,
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yet without sin. Let us therefore come boldly to the
throne of Grace, that we may obtain mercy and find
grace to help in time of need. We don't need
to be afraid, We don't need to be worried. Oh,
I can't go before him, I will be judged instantly. No,
we have a compassionate high Priest who sits there ready
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to advocate on our behalf. Who is there to condemn us?
Will the Messiah who died, or rather who was raised
from the dead, who is at the right hand of
God actually pleading as he intercedes for us? Messiah, you
sure the Savior intercedes for us, and so does the
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Holy Spirit. We have to jump to Verses twenty six
through twenty nine for that revelation from Paul. Likewise, the
Spirit also helps in our weaknesses, for we do not
know what we should pray for us we ought, but
the Spirit himself makes intercession for us with groanings which
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cannot be uttered. Now, he who searches the hearts knows
what the mind of the Spirit is, because he makes
intercession for the saints according to the will of God.
And we know that all things work together for good,
to those who love God, to those who are called
according to His purpose, for whom he foreknew. He also
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predestined to be conformed to the image of his son,
that he might be the first born among many brethren.
So think about that. We have dual intercession in front
of God that keeps believers secure. We have the Lord
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interceding and we have the Holy Spirit interceding. So the Lord,
our Savior, who died for us right now, even as
I speak, is interceding for us in heaven as our
high priest, Beyond any other high priest that's ever been,
those others they lived and died, He's forever. He can
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give us the grace we need to overcome temptation and
to defeat the enemy. As our advocate, he can also
forgive our sins and restore our relationship with God. First
John one, Verses nine and ten. If we confess our sins,
he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins
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and decleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say that
we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and
his words are not in us. First John two, verses
one and two. My little children, these things I write
to you so that you may not sin. And if
anyone sins, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus,
the Messiah, the Righteous, and he himself is the propitiation,
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the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not for ours only,
but also for the whole world. That means for anybody
who wants it. The payment is there. I've always heard
these stories, you know, and the big thing was layaway
for Christmas, to lay gifts away, to be able to
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go get them, pay for them a little bit of
a time or whatever. He's already put money in the account.
Now that doesn't mean oh, I can go out and sin.
I got payment. No, that's not what that means. It
just means that when you mess up, and we will,
he's faithful and just to forgive us and cleanse us
small and righteous. Just when we go to him and
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say I messed up, I send I'm sorry. Intercession means
that you show you the Messiah, our Lord and Savior,
doesn't just sit there and look around and he's bored.
No no, no, no, He's active. He's representing us before
the throne of God because we cannot represent ourselves. And
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that doesn't give you comfort if you don't think about that. See,
that's what this word is for, to remind you of this.
That's why I'm here doing this. I asked the Lord,
what do you want to talk about today? And I
listened to a song on YouTube. It was a I
guess you'd call it a Christian rock song, Things I
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can work out to, and it was about not giving up,
about being victorious, about pressing on, keeping going. I thought,
that's it. We need to press on, We need to
keep going. We can't quit no matter how bad it gets. See,
we have this word that we can open it up,
and hopefully you are every day opening it up and
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praying and receiving and hearing what He has to say
to you. Like Romans five, starting verse thirty eight, but
God demonstrates his own love towards us that in that,
while we were still sinners, Messiah died for us. Much
more than, having now been justified by his blood, we
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shall be saved from wrath through him. When we were enemies,
we were reconciled to God through the death of his son.
Much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by
his life. And not only that, we also rejoice in God,
through our Lord Jesus the Messiah, through whom we now
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have received the reconciliation. We've been saved from wrath. The
wrath of God is not for us. That's why the
Church can't be here when the wrath is poured out.
So we're not only saved by his death, were saved
by his life Hebrews seven, verses twenty four and twenty five.
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But he, because he continues forever, has an unchangeable priestood.
What that means, Like I said, before all the priests,
the other high priests have come and gone, they've died,
But he's unchangeable, he's forever. Therefore, he is also able
to save to the uttermost those who come to God
through him, since he always lives to make into session
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for them. He's always locked on you, he's always locked
on me. He's there to listen. He's there in a
time of trouble. And we know from the examples in
the Bible that he's willing to forgive. Peters against the
Lord and was forgiven and restored to right relationship. The
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Lord said when Peter got in his faith and said,
oh no, Lord, you're not going, and you're not going
to do this, and I'll always be there and blah
blah blah, And he says, Simon, Simon, listen, Satan has
asked permission to sift you like wheat, but I have
prayed especially for you that your own faith may not fail.
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Was in Luke twenty two, verses thirty one and thirty two.
He didn't say I'll stop him from sifting you. He
didn't even say why Satan wanted to sift him. He
just said, I'm I'm going to pray for you. And
then he went on to say, and once you're restored,
encourage and strengthen your brothers, you're going to go through this.
That's what he's saying, Peter, you got a little bit
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of flesh there that's got to be dealt with. We
have a little bit of flesh left to be dealt with.
And he's interceding for us in a ministry that assures
that we are secure hold on to that. Believe it.
The apostle Paul in Romans Hate is proving that God,
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our father, cannot and will not fail us, but it's
possible for us to fail him. So suppose some great
trial or temptation comes and we fail, then what well,
Paul explains what. He explains that if in when you do,
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nothing can separate you from the Lord's love, He's not
going to stop loving you. He's not going to turn
away from you. Now, everything I'm telling you does not
shelter us from the difficulties of life. Unfortunately, we need
them for spiritual growth, and boy are they not comfortable.
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It'd be real easy to not have to go through
any of it, but we do, and we have hope
that we're going to make it to the other side.
We have the testimony of others who made it to
the other side. In the Romans eight twenty eight, God
assures us that the difficulties of life are working for us,
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not against us. So remember that when you're going through something,
rather than focusing on the negative, look for the place
in it from which on the other side of it
you're better. And God permits trials to come so that
we can use them for our good and his glory.
To me, this seems to be a lost concept. I
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think about it, the glory of God. I want to
glorify him. I don't want to embarrass him. I don't
want to blow my witness, and if I do, I
immediately repent and go before him and apologize because I've
tarnished his glory by my behavior. I don't see a
lot of believers that actually care about that. So we
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endure trials for his sake. And when we do, do
you think he'll desert you? Do you think he raises
his eyes and turns away from you? Of course not.
He actually is closer to us when we go through
those difficulties, and he gives us power to conquer. Just remember,
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we are more than conquerors. Literally, we are super conquerors
through Jesus, the Messiah is Shuahamashiah. He gives us the
victory and more victory. Just because you've won doesn't mean
the winning is over. The winning doesn't stop. The greatest
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winners in the world will eventually lose. Nope, not us.
Once we're his, once he's with us, how could you lose?
The game's rigged. So we don't fear life, death, nor
things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth,
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nor any other created thing, not angels or demons. We
don't fear anything because of his love for us and
the victory that he's given us. And this is not
a conditional promise. Well, if you do this, God will
do that. It's security. It's a signed and delivered, written
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in blood promise from the Lord, established his fact that
we can claim for ourselves when we need it. Nothing
can separate you from His love. And I think that's
the thing the enemy attacks the most. I've asked people
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in counseling, people in bondage, do you believe God loves you?
Some say yes, some say maybe, some I know. And
then I've asked him have you ever heard him say
I love you? The majority have not. Have you ever listened?
Have you ever said Lord, I love you, and then
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just waited and opened your heart then heard him say
I love you too. When he says it to me,
I love you too, son, nothing can separate us from
his love. So believe it, rejoice in it. No matter
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what is going on in the world, not in politics,
not in business, not in social media, and all these
crazy things that seem to be happening all at once.
As written in Matthew twenty four, hold on to the
fact that He loves you. He's going to be with
you through it. It's gonna get a little bumpy, it's
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gonna get a little rocky. Don't get like the disciples
in the book in the middle of the storm. Lord,
don't you care? Lord, you're sleeping on us. No, why
are you so afraid. I've been there, done that. I
get it. Your heart, your mind, your past failures, the
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way people have failed you, makes us forget that He
won't ever fail us. So the review of this Romansate,
if you had to sum it up in a simple phrase,
would be that believers are completely victorious. That's what this
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Bible study is. It's about being victorious at a time
when people feel so lost and they feel like they're failing,
and they feel like everything's collapsing. No, you are victorious,
So stand, dig your heels in, be confident. We're free
from judgment because He died for us and paid for
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our sins with the cross. We have his righteousness, not
our own ours or filthy rags. We have his righteousness.
We're free from defeat because Messiah lives in us. Through
his Holy Spirit. We share his life. We're not alone.
We haven't been forsaken. We're free from discouragement because Messiah
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is coming for us and we shall share his glory.
We haven't been forgotten. We're free from fear, because until
he comes, he's interceding for us, and we cannot be
separated from his love. No condemnation, no obligation, no frustration,
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no separation. If God before us, who can be against us?
Now we can't wield that arrogantly. I can go out
and do whatever I want. No, when we are walking
and write relationship with him. If God is for us,
who can be against us? You run out from underneath
his covering, You get outside the word, You get into sin,
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You become fair game. Run back, you know. Sheep wander,
They wander away. Sometimes they wander so far away they
can't find their way back. The shepherd has to come
look for them. Till we have four redemptive acts of
the Messiah, his death, his resurrection from death, his ascension
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to be the head over all the things to the
church mentioned in Ephesians one twenty and we have his
ongoing intercession as mentioned in Romans eight twenty seven. In
case you didn't notice, there's a supernatural enemy out there
seeking to destroy us, flicked us and oppress us day
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and night, never ending. They don't sleep either. So all
the saints, they need victory. They need to know about
the victory and then we must walk in it with them,
so you're not alone. We're in this with you, all
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of us who believe, all of us who pray, all
of us who care. When I pray every day, I
pray for those I know by name, and then I
pray for those who listen to the porch, who are
a part of the community, who have locked in. I
pray for your protection. I pray for your blessing. I
pray for your healing. I pray for your needs, families, homes,
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past possessions. I cover everything. But there's an aspect of
this that there's a battle going on, and it's in
our mind, and that's where the enemy tricks us. That's
where the enemy attacks us. He gives that little whisper
in our ear, he gives that little temptation from our eyes.
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What he says in Romans eight five through eleven before
he gets to where we are now, and the teaching
Romans eight, starting verse five, For those who live according
to the flesh set their mind minds plural on the
things of the flesh. But those who live according to
the spirit capitalists the things of the spirit. So if
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your mind's on the flesh, that's where you're living. If
your mind's on the spirit, that's where it's focused, and
you're living. For to be carnally or fleshly minded is death,
but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. Because
the carnal mind is enmity, it's hatred against God, for
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it is not subject to the law of God, nor
indeed can it be so. Then to those who are
in the flesh cannot please God. But you are not
in the flesh, but in the spirit. If indeed the
Spirit of God dwells in you. Now, if anyone does
not have the spirit of Messiah, he or she is
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not his. And if Messiah is in you, the body
is dead because of sin, but the spirit is life
because of righteousness. And remember it's not yours, it's his.
But if the spirit of Him who raised the issue
of from the dead dwells in you, he who raised
Messiah from the dead, will also give life to your
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mortal bodies through his spirit who dwells in you. If
the spirit who raised Him from the dead is in you,
Oh my goodness, if you could grasp that and understand
that that what's inside of you, that pas that spirit,
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the spirit he used to speak everything into existence, to
create everything, angels everything. The same spirit that raised him
from the dead is percolating inside of you. It's glowing.
It's with you.
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Now.
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This isn't easy, this life I'm describing to you. It's
not easy. Anybody told you that they're lying. There's always
going to be a struggle with the flesh, the world,
and the devil. We have to have a mindset of victory.
We have to have a mind on the Lord. We
have to mind on the Word. Because of the spirit
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that's within us, will get us to focus properly, will
inspire us, will convict us, will correct us. Because we're
in a battle. We're on a team Kingdom of God.
They really good jerseys, they can put your name on
the back. And we're on a team with a ringer.
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We can't lose. You know what a ringer is. A
ringer is somebody, whether in a fight or in a competition,
who has been in there, has been substituted for someone else.
He's a player. He's a participant who brings immediate victory
that the other side can't defeat. You're sure the Lord
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is the ringer in this battle, in this game. If
you're not feeling victory or victorious. Right about now, I
gotta ask why not? If you get up tomorrow morning
and you don't feel victorious, ask yourself, why not? Why not?
Why am I not feeling what Richard talked about? What
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is keeping me from being victorious in my life? I
used to have a phrase that I used all the time.
Has that working out for you? What is keeping us
from having victory? Is it a besetting sin? You know?
To besetting sin? It's a persistent, recurring fault or problem
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that we struggle with that often causes some significant trouble
in our life. And it's usually a deeply rooted issue,
deep rooted weed, like a weed that's very difficult to overcome,
and you need help with that, you need supernatural help.
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But the problem is people don't ask for help. They
know they need it, but they're too embarrassed. Don't be
Hebrews twelve to one. Therefore we also, since we are
surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us
lay us, lay aside every weight and the sin which
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is so easily ensnares us, and let us run with
endurance the race that is set before us. Because you're
not running alone. Have you ever seen those videos about
blind people who run marathons. They don't run it alone.
They have somebody running with them. Tribulation, distress, persecution, famine, nakedness,
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peril or the sword. Nope, can't do it. Tribulation, pressure,
or trouble or anguish. Something in the world, something in
the spirit, something in you. Could you use victory there well,
right now. In the name of your Shuahamiciah, Jesus the Messiah,
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be victorious. Be free from whatever is ensnaring you and
tripping you up and keeping you from having this by
the power of the Holy Spirit, by the name of
the Lord God's Almighty, Be free, be at peace, have comfort.
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The successful life prescribed by the Lord requires faithfulness until death,
a hand on a plow with no looking back, being steadfast,
having perseverance, racing hard for the tape, fighting the good
fight of faith. The devil loves it when we quit.
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The devil loves it when we just let up and relaxed.
He has a good day. When we become discouraged, and
we all do. I get discouraged, I get beat up,
I get worn out, and I immediately take it to
the Lord in prayer and in praise and I release it,
I let it go. I don't let my mind dwell
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on it. I don't let it get into my heart.
And there are temptations to overcome, there always will be.
There are disappointments to handle. There are the sins that
are familiar to us, and the burdens that depress us,
and Satan, and the kingdom of darkness is standing by
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urging us to quit, waiting for us to quit, waiting
for the sheep to wander out of the pack into
the woods in disobedience. But don't, because Messiah's with you.
The shepherd is with you, his rod and his staff.
They comfort you. Therefore we also, since we are surrounded
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by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay
aside every weight and the sin which so easily ensnares us,
and let us run with endurance the race that is
set before us, looking unto your sure Jesus, the author
and the finisher of our faith, who for the joy
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that was set before him, endured the cross, despising the shame,
and has sat down at the right hand of the
throne of God. For consider him who endured such hostility
from sinners against himself, Lest you become weary and discourage
in your souls. You have not yet resisted to bloodshed
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striving against sin. Remember you're not racing against others in
this race. The race is ours. It's our walk and
our faith. So run it in victory. Press on, lean
into the tape, keep going, don't quit. Because the joy
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that was step before him, the cross that would redeem
all of creation through the Father's will, kept him going.
He could have quit, he could have said no, He
could have called seven legions of angels to rescue him
and to stop it. But he didn't. Then that just
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amazes me that he would do that for me. So
because of that, I strive to do his will to
please him. Psalm forties, starting verse six. You take no
delight in sacrifices or offerings. Now that you have made
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me listen, I finally understand you don't require bert offerings
or sin offerings. Then I said, look, I have come
as it is written about me in the scriptures. I
take joy in doing your will, my God, for your
instructions are written on my heart. That's what it was
all about, writing it on your heart, not stone tablets,
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but on your hearts. And when he does that, you
want to please him. You want to do his will,
and you don't want to quit. There was a fighter
in the late eighteen hundred eighteen ninety two to be
in fact named James J. Corbett, known as Gentleman Jim Corbett,
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professional boxer, former world heavyweight champion, defeated the great John L. Sullivan,
who was the great heavyweight champion of the world at
his in his day. Somebody once asked Corbett what was
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the most important thing a man must do to become
a champion? His reply, fight one more round, don't give in,
don't quit, Fight one more round. Where are you right
now in the battle? You think you again gonna fail.
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You think you're going to fall out. You had to
out of steam. You got nothing left. The enemy's been
pounding on you. Fight one more round. The Battle of Waterloo,
the British soldiers defeated napoleon soldiers soldiers. I'm sorry, I
little tongue tied from the emotions I'm feeling right now.
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Somebody asked the Duke of Wellington how they did it?
Were they braver than Napoleon's soldiers. He didn't mention the
mention the schemes, the plans, or how they did this
or how they did that. He simply said they were
brave five minutes longer. Fight one more round, be brave
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for five more minutes. It's the difference between defeat and victory.
Ephesian six thirteen tells me, therefore, take up the whole
armor of God, that you may be able to withstand
in the evil day. And having done all, two stand.
It's a military phrase. Having conquered all, stand ready to
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do battle again, stand ready to overcome, or because you
have overcome, you've done it, but be ready to vanquish
the enemy again. Don't retreat, don't run away. So the
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idea of Paul's putting to us there in regards to
the enemy, we've got to stand firm. We've got to
dig our heels in. Every foe has to be subdued.
We're fighting this fight because the enemy refuses to submit. Yes,
they lost, they don't believe they'll lose again, so they're
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continuing to fight. We see that with the terrorists around
the world. They refuse to submit. They need to be
put down, they need to be subdued. Safety and triumph
only comes in war when the enemy is slain, when
they have been overcome, When they've been subdued. So we
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walk in victory. We walk in faith, in the spirit,
and not in our own flesh. It has nothing to
do with us, and we do it through our union
with Messiah, with the Lord. We are connected with him
Colossians dou Verses thirteen through fifteen. And you, being dead
in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, he
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has made alive together with him, having forgiven all your trespasses,
having wiped out the handwriting of requirements that was against us,
which was contrary to us. And he has taken it
out of the way, having nailed it to the cross,
having disarmed principalities and powers, having made a public spectacle
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of them, triumphing over them. In it be victorious, because
whatever is born of God is victorious over the world.
And this is the victory that conquers the world, even
our faith. Who is it that is victorious over that
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conquers the world. But he or she who believes that Jesus,
that yeshuw It is the Son of God, who adheres
to trust in and relies on that fact is first
John five, four and five in the amplified version. So
the love of God His love is the foundation of
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our confidence and our triumph. Perseverance, faithfulness and reliance on
the Holy Spirit of God is what Paul is dressing.
And he's encouraging us to believe and to endure trials
and to walk in victory. The Church us now buildings
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us have been called to live the victorious life. Father,
help us right now to walk to victorious life, to
live it, to be it, to breathe, to think it,
to show it to a dying world that doesn't understand,
that are giving up, that are giving in, that are
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going over to the enemy's side. Let us stand firm
and having done all to stand standing for firm and
the faith and in the power and the love and
the name of Yasha Amasia Jesus the Messiah fell us
right now. Holy Spirit, give us the strength to endure,
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give us the strength to finish the race, to stand
up strong, to go five more minutes and one more round,
to be ready for his return. Oh, what a glorious
day that'll be. And thank you, thank you, thank you
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all of that and your Shoeah's name. Amen. May the
Lord bless you and keep you. May the Lord make
his face to shine upon you. And be gracious to you.
May the Lord I don't I, Messiah, your sure Jesus,
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lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace.
Give you shall oam. I'm Richard Grund. This has been
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We want to pray for you. Starting out with praise well,
I praise the Lord for my home, my wife, my family, sons,
daughter in law's, grandchildren's furry kids. Everything I have is
because of him. I praise Him for his provision and
his protection. I praise him for the dreams and the visions.
For divine health and healing is a divine abiding favor
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and the continuing revelation of the Holy Spirit. Each and
every day can live without that for making me a
new creation, allowing me to live in these prophetic time
and work in the family business. Let's pray pray for
the peace of Jerusalem. May they prosper who love you
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some one twenty two, verse six. I know it's very
controversial right now to care about Israel and care about Jerusalem.
It shouldn't be. The Bible's pretty clear on the matter.
Here at the porch we do I do. I pray
for my Jewish brothers and sisters every day, pray for
their protection, especially with everything going on in the Middle East.
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I pray for America. Oh boy, do I pray for America,
that God may forgive us she had his grace upon
us and guide our leaders into the right decisions and
the right actions. I pray for the people of Iran.
Are Persian brothers and sisters who are fighting to be
free from a oppressive regime. Pray for the fatherless, the widows,
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the persecuted, and the martyr, the innocence and those who
are victims of injustice. I pray against the slaughter of
the innocence, for missing and exploited children, for the victims
of human sex trafficking, For our brothers and sisters around
the world being persecuted and slaughtered for their faith, having
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their homes and their places of worship destroyed. I pray
against the growing religious persecution and the anti Semitism that's
in the world, indicating to me that we are in
the last days. That means the spirit of the Antichrist
is out and about. So we need to pray against
its plans and its efforts and be the church that
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pushes back. I pray for divine wholeness, health and healing
and you and me as we get back to our
divine design, undoing anything we've done to ourselves or that
the world or food, or the systems or whatever Sure
has done to keep us from living the life he
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designed us to live. I pray for His protection and
his inspiration. That's Psalm ninety one, covering to be upon us,
for the remnant to wake up, to hear the alarm
clock and get busy. I pray for the open doors
for all of his projects and plans, for kingdom finances,
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for kingdom business. So Father, thank you, thank you for
your love, thank you for your blessings, thank you for
your favor. Just thank you, thank you for you sure
your son whom you sent to pay our debts so
that we could come home. Lord, there's no words to
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express our appreciation except to say, we love you, we
worship you, and we thank you from the bottom of
our heart. For the cross, the empty tomb in the
upper room, for the sending the Holy Spirit to walk
with us, to teach us, to guide us. We need
it today and every day and every minute of every hour.
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So let it be so today. Let your spirit be
with us. Let it be upon this Bible study. Let
us hear what you want us to hear, to see
what you want us to see, empower us and change us.
And I pray all these things in your Shoe's name. Amen.
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Let's go to Romans eight, starting verse thirty one. What
shall we say to these things? If God is for us,
who can be against us? He who did not spare
his own son, but delivered him up for us all.
How shall he not with him also freely give us
all things? Who shall bring a charge against God's elect
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It is God who justifies. Who is he who condemns?
It is Messiah who died, and furthermore has also risen,
who is even at the right hand of God, who
also makes intercession for us? Who shall separate us from
the love of Messiah? Shall tribulation or distress, or persecution,
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or famine or nakedness or peril or sword, as it
is written, for your sake, we are killed all day long.
We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. Yet in
all these things we are more than conquerors through Him
who loved us. For I am persuaded that neither death,
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nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present,
nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any
other created thing shall be able to separate us from
the love of God which is in Messiah. Ya sure,
our Lord, What then are we to say to these things?
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Will opposition from people or satan be too great? Will
we fail because of our tendency to sin? Will we
be overcome by difficult times? Those are questions we have
to ask and we have to be conscious of what
is the evidence that God is for us?
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Well? Paul lays that out for the believers in Rome
when he asked the question, what shall we say in
response to the fact that there is now no condemnation
for those who are in Messiah Yeshua Romans eight one,
Or what shall we say in response to the fact
that the Spirit helps us in our weakness? What shall
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we say in response to the fact that in all
things God works for the good of those who love
him Romans eight twenty eight. The other option for considering
what to say in response to the choice that Paul makes,
he asks rhetorical questions, the answers to which require application
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of the pattern God has already established for our day
to day the experiences. This is in every day consideration.
Paul wants to let believers know in no uncertain terms
that their salvation is sure and secure. When we fully
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realize that God has called, justified and glorified us in him,
we can do nothing but fall before Him in humble gratitude.
If God is for us, who can be against us?
We have to remind ourselves of that, because Satan, the
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kingdom of darkness, and those under their power are against us.
It never ends, at least not in the here and now,
but in the end. At the end, God promises us
the victory. No one will oppose God and his followers forever.
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Their dreadful, destructive end is sure. And it is written
Romans eight thirty five. What shall separate us from the
love of Messiah? Shall tribulation or distress, or persecution or famine,
or nakedness or peril or the sword? Nothing, nothing can
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separate us from Messiah's love for us. So Paul lists
several situations which we might think could come between us
and God. See if you don't know that, you know that,
you know in your heart where you are in relationship
with God, these things will enter your mind. Paul knew
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from experience that they could not separate believers from God,
because he had experienced them. In Two Corinthians eleven, starting
verse twenty three, he lays it out the argument, are
they ministers of Messiah? I speak as a fool? I
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am more in labors, more abundant in stripes above measure,
in prisons, more frequently, in depths, more often from the Jews.
Five times I received forty stripes minus one three times
I was beaten with rods, once I was stoned, three
times I was shipwrecked a night and a day. I
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have been in the deep, in journeys, often in perils
of water and perils of robbers, in perils of my
own countrymen, in perils of the gentiles, in perils in
the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in
the sea, in perils among false brethren, in weariness and toil,
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in sleeplessness, often in hunger and thirst, in fastings, often
in cold and nakedness. Besides the other things would have
come upon me daily, my deep concern for all the churches.
Basically what Paul is saying, I've been through it all
and He's always been with me. So when you get
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a testimony, you want it from somebody who knows what
they're talking about, someone who has witnessed it, someone who
has experienced it, someone who has what I call experiential knowledge,
and that's Paul. This means that the love of Messiah
doesn't separate us from the experiences, but that even in
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the most devastating of times, the love of the Lord
is with us, His for us and hopefully ours for him.
Show trouble or hardship, or persecution or famine or nakedness
or danger or sword huh. He asked a question that
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became prophetic because the Roman Church would face severe persecution
within just a few years of him writing that. But
no matter what happens, believers can never be lost to
God's love. When suffering comes, it should not drive us
away from God, but should drive us to God. And
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it should help us identify with Him further and allow
His love to reach us and heal us. I like
what it says in Romans eight thirty six, as it
is written, for your sake, we are killed all day long.
We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter as it
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is written. We should remember that phrase because it means
we go to the Word for our answers. He's quoting
from Psalm forty four, verse twenty two, and it reminds
believers the people who trust in God should expect to
face persecution, maybe even death. Some forty four made the
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specific point that difficulties and suffering were coming to people
who had been faithful as believers. Suffering is the rule,
not the exception. I know that doesn't preach well, and
there aren't a lot of pulpits that want to tell
you the truth. But I will and I always will,
because I am just like you, preparing for the end,
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walking it out day by day, Verse thirty seven. Yet
and all these things, we are more than conquerors through
Him who loved us. I love that phrase. I love
that scripture. More than conquerors. Instead of being separated from
Messiah through all these things, the trials, the hardships that
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are mentioned in verse thirty five, we are the conquerors.
We are the overcomers. Now it doesn't mean that we're superheroes.
It just means that we have the victory, and that
victory is intensified by virtue of our relationship and our
union with Messiah. That word conqueror means a decisive, overwhelming victory,
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and we know it's the victory of the cross. You
don't just win, you do it in an overwhelming manner,
something that is notable, something that everyone can see. So
being quote more than a conqueror means you've won before
the battle begins. No matter what you're going through right now,
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no matter what I'm going through right now, we've already won.
And this kind of victory makes you wonder why the
enemy would even sit foot on the battlefield, But they do.
So we have to play it out. We have to
fight to fight, and that's why victory starts with the
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verse what shall we say to these things? If God
is for us, who can be against us? Verse thirty one,
Who can be against us? Why would Satan even bother? Well,
he's diabolical, he's insane, he's got his eyes on the end.
He doesn't consider his actions. We can give him all
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the reasons, but it doesn't matter. If God is for you,
who can ever be against you? These wonderful things, God,
your Father, your Abbah, the Lord, the Holy Spirit there
for you, and they are with you. And there is
no condemnation because we share the righteousness of God, and
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the law cannot condemn us. There's no obligation because we
have the spirit of God, who enables us to overcome
the flesh and to live for God. There's no frustration
because we share the glory of God, the blessed hope
of Messiah's return. There's no separation because we experience the
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love of God. Nothing can separate us from the love
of Messiah. That's the security of the believer and That's
what Paul's emphasizing here. We do not need to fear
the past, the present, or the future because we are
secure in the love of the Lord. So Paul is
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presenting five arguments, and he likes to do that. Remember,
he's very learned, studied under Gamillel, the Pharisee of all Pharisees,
and his arguments are very intellectual, very legal. In giving
his testimony and teachings, he lays things out for us,
point by point. God is for us verse thirty one.
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The Father is for us, and he provided it and
proved it by giving us his only son verse thirty two.
The Son is for us verse thirty four, and so
is the Spirit verse twenty six. Of Romans eight. God
is making all things for us verse twenty eight. In
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his person and his providence, God is for us. Sometimes,
like Jacob, we lament all these things are against me
in Genesis forty two thirty six. But when everything is
working for us, the conclusion must be and is obvious.
If God is for us, who can be against us?
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That's an argument that we cannot refute. So as believers,
we need to enter each new day realizing that our Abba,
our Abba Father the God of the universe is for
us and with us. That's why every day I get
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up and I greet Him, and I greet the Lord
and the Holy Spirit. I acknowledge them because I am
starting my day with them and they with me. There's
no need to fear. The Loving Father desires only the
best for his children, even if they must go through
trials to receive his best. So I'm twenty three verse four. Yea,
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though I walk through the Valley of the Shadow of Death,
I will fear no evil, for you are with me,
your rod and your staff. They comfort me. It's a
real place, that valley. Safe passage through the Valley of
the Shadow of Death. It was a very dangerous place.
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People had to go through it to get to the
next town, and there were robbers and thiefs. They were
trying to steal and trying to kill a maame and destroy.
So if you're going through a shadow or deep waterless, gloomy,
wild beast infested, rocky, dangerous ravine that was common to
Jerusalem in that day, you had no fear, no fear
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of evil, because of the Shepherd's constant companionship, his watch,
and his protection over you. The comfort of the shepherd's
rod and staff. The club and the crook the only
two things carried by shepherds for defense and help. The
rod was a short club used to fend off wild animals.
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Some shepherds had a rope wrapped around it so that
they could throw it and hit the predator from a
distance and then pull it back. And the staff represents
that long shepherd's step stick, the long shepherd's stick. Say
that three times fast with a crook, and that represents
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his guidance, his ability to rescue us when we fall
into the ditch Romans eight thirty four. Who is he
who condemns It is Messiah who died, And furthermore is
also Risen, who is even at the right hand of God,
who also makes intercession for us every day and all
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the time. He doesn't sleep. God is the one who
chose us. He's also the judge who has already declared
us not guilty. Your sins have been covered by the blood.
Your name is written in the Lamb's book of life.
You are not guilty. So when Satan, when Hasatan and
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the fallen accuse us when they do what they do,
we have an advocate. We have issue at the right
hand of God. He's there for a defense, and he
presents our case. And the result is there is no case,
because who can bring a charge against God's children, God's
chosen once Isaiah fifty, starting verse eight, is near? Who
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justifies me? Who will contend with me? Let us stand together?
Who is my adversary? Let him come near me? Surely
the Lord God will help me. Who is he will
condemn me? Indeed, they will all grow old like a garment.
The moth will eat them up. The adversary. We know
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that satan. That's what satan means, the adversary. His name
is no longer spoken in heaven or earth. What can
he do? He can't do anything. He can't condemn you.
He can't say a word against you, because we have
an high priest, a compassionate high priest, sitting at the
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right hand of the Father Hebrews four, starting verse fourteen.
Seen then that we have a great high priest who
has passed through the heavens. You're sure of the son
of God. Let us hold fast our confession, for we
do not have a high priest who cannot sympathize with
our weaknesses. But was in all points tempted as we are,
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yet without sin. Let us therefore come boldly to the
throne of Grace, that we may obtain mercy and find
grace to help in time of need. We don't need
to be afraid, We don't need to be worried. Oh,
I can't go before him, I will be judged instantly. No,
we have a compassionate high Priest who sits there ready
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to advocate on our behalf. Who is there to condemn us?
Will the Messiah who died, or rather who was raised
from the dead, who is at the right hand of
God actually pleading as he intercedes for us? Messiah, you
sure the Savior intercedes for us, and so does the
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Holy Spirit. We have to jump to Verses twenty six
through twenty nine for that revelation from Paul. Likewise, the
Spirit also helps in our weaknesses, for we do not
know what we should pray for us we ought, but
the Spirit himself makes intercession for us with groanings which
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cannot be uttered. Now, he who searches the hearts knows
what the mind of the Spirit is, because he makes
intercession for the saints according to the will of God.
And we know that all things work together for good,
to those who love God, to those who are called
according to His purpose, for whom he foreknew. He also
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predestined to be conformed to the image of his son,
that he might be the first born among many brethren.
So think about that. We have dual intercession in front
of God that keeps believers secure. We have the Lord
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interceding and we have the Holy Spirit interceding. So the Lord,
our Savior, who died for us right now, even as
I speak, is interceding for us in heaven as our
high priest, Beyond any other high priest that's ever been,
those others they lived and died, He's forever. He can
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give us the grace we need to overcome temptation and
to defeat the enemy. As our advocate, he can also
forgive our sins and restore our relationship with God. First
John one, Verses nine and ten. If we confess our sins,
he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins
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and decleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say that
we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and
his words are not in us. First John two, verses
one and two. My little children, these things I write
to you so that you may not sin. And if
anyone sins, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus,
the Messiah, the Righteous, and he himself is the propitiation,
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the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not for ours only,
but also for the whole world. That means for anybody
who wants it. The payment is there. I've always heard
these stories, you know, and the big thing was layaway
for Christmas, to lay gifts away, to be able to
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go get them, pay for them a little bit of
a time or whatever. He's already put money in the account.
Now that doesn't mean oh, I can go out and sin.
I got payment. No, that's not what that means. It
just means that when you mess up, and we will,
he's faithful and just to forgive us and cleanse us
small and righteous. Just when we go to him and
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say I messed up, I send I'm sorry. Intercession means
that you show you the Messiah, our Lord and Savior,
doesn't just sit there and look around and he's bored.
No no, no, no, He's active. He's representing us before
the throne of God because we cannot represent ourselves. And
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that doesn't give you comfort if you don't think about that. See,
that's what this word is for, to remind you of this.
That's why I'm here doing this. I asked the Lord,
what do you want to talk about today? And I
listened to a song on YouTube. It was a I
guess you'd call it a Christian rock song, Things I
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can work out to, and it was about not giving up,
about being victorious, about pressing on, keeping going. I thought,
that's it. We need to press on, We need to
keep going. We can't quit no matter how bad it gets. See,
we have this word that we can open it up,
and hopefully you are every day opening it up and
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praying and receiving and hearing what He has to say
to you. Like Romans five, starting verse thirty eight, but
God demonstrates his own love towards us that in that,
while we were still sinners, Messiah died for us. Much
more than, having now been justified by his blood, we
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shall be saved from wrath through him. When we were enemies,
we were reconciled to God through the death of his son.
Much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by
his life. And not only that, we also rejoice in God,
through our Lord Jesus the Messiah, through whom we now
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have received the reconciliation. We've been saved from wrath. The
wrath of God is not for us. That's why the
Church can't be here when the wrath is poured out.
So we're not only saved by his death, were saved
by his life Hebrews seven, verses twenty four and twenty five.
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But he, because he continues forever, has an unchangeable priestood.
What that means, Like I said, before all the priests,
the other high priests have come and gone, they've died,
But he's unchangeable, he's forever. Therefore, he is also able
to save to the uttermost those who come to God
through him, since he always lives to make into session
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for them. He's always locked on you, he's always locked
on me. He's there to listen. He's there in a
time of trouble. And we know from the examples in
the Bible that he's willing to forgive. Peters against the
Lord and was forgiven and restored to right relationship. The
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Lord said when Peter got in his faith and said,
oh no, Lord, you're not going, and you're not going
to do this, and I'll always be there and blah
blah blah, And he says, Simon, Simon, listen, Satan has
asked permission to sift you like wheat, but I have
prayed especially for you that your own faith may not fail.
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Was in Luke twenty two, verses thirty one and thirty two.
He didn't say I'll stop him from sifting you. He
didn't even say why Satan wanted to sift him. He
just said, I'm I'm going to pray for you. And
then he went on to say, and once you're restored,
encourage and strengthen your brothers, you're going to go through this.
That's what he's saying, Peter, you got a little bit
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of flesh there that's got to be dealt with. We
have a little bit of flesh left to be dealt with.
And he's interceding for us in a ministry that assures
that we are secure hold on to that. Believe it.
The apostle Paul in Romans Hate is proving that God,
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our father, cannot and will not fail us, but it's
possible for us to fail him. So suppose some great
trial or temptation comes and we fail, then what well,
Paul explains what. He explains that if in when you do,
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nothing can separate you from the Lord's love, He's not
going to stop loving you. He's not going to turn
away from you. Now, everything I'm telling you does not
shelter us from the difficulties of life. Unfortunately, we need
them for spiritual growth, and boy are they not comfortable.
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It'd be real easy to not have to go through
any of it, but we do, and we have hope
that we're going to make it to the other side.
We have the testimony of others who made it to
the other side. In the Romans eight twenty eight, God
assures us that the difficulties of life are working for us,
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not against us. So remember that when you're going through something,
rather than focusing on the negative, look for the place
in it from which on the other side of it
you're better. And God permits trials to come so that
we can use them for our good and his glory.
To me, this seems to be a lost concept. I
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think about it, the glory of God. I want to
glorify him. I don't want to embarrass him. I don't
want to blow my witness, and if I do, I
immediately repent and go before him and apologize because I've
tarnished his glory by my behavior. I don't see a
lot of believers that actually care about that. So we
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endure trials for his sake. And when we do, do
you think he'll desert you? Do you think he raises
his eyes and turns away from you? Of course not.
He actually is closer to us when we go through
those difficulties, and he gives us power to conquer. Just remember,
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we are more than conquerors. Literally, we are super conquerors
through Jesus, the Messiah is Shuahamashiah. He gives us the
victory and more victory. Just because you've won doesn't mean
the winning is over. The winning doesn't stop. The greatest
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winners in the world will eventually lose. Nope, not us.
Once we're his, once he's with us, how could you lose?
The game's rigged. So we don't fear life, death, nor
things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth,
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nor any other created thing, not angels or demons. We
don't fear anything because of his love for us and
the victory that he's given us. And this is not
a conditional promise. Well, if you do this, God will
do that. It's security. It's a signed and delivered, written
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in blood promise from the Lord, established his fact that
we can claim for ourselves when we need it. Nothing
can separate you from His love. And I think that's
the thing the enemy attacks the most. I've asked people
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in counseling, people in bondage, do you believe God loves you?
Some say yes, some say maybe, some I know. And
then I've asked him have you ever heard him say
I love you? The majority have not. Have you ever listened?
Have you ever said Lord, I love you, and then
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just waited and opened your heart then heard him say
I love you too. When he says it to me,
I love you too, son, nothing can separate us from
his love. So believe it, rejoice in it. No matter
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what is going on in the world, not in politics,
not in business, not in social media, and all these
crazy things that seem to be happening all at once.
As written in Matthew twenty four, hold on to the
fact that He loves you. He's going to be with
you through it. It's gonna get a little bumpy, it's
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gonna get a little rocky. Don't get like the disciples
in the book in the middle of the storm. Lord,
don't you care? Lord, you're sleeping on us. No, why
are you so afraid. I've been there, done that. I
get it. Your heart, your mind, your past failures, the
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way people have failed you, makes us forget that He
won't ever fail us. So the review of this Romansate,
if you had to sum it up in a simple phrase,
would be that believers are completely victorious. That's what this
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Bible study is. It's about being victorious at a time
when people feel so lost and they feel like they're failing,
and they feel like everything's collapsing. No, you are victorious,
So stand, dig your heels in, be confident. We're free
from judgment because He died for us and paid for
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our sins with the cross. We have his righteousness, not
our own ours or filthy rags. We have his righteousness.
We're free from defeat because Messiah lives in us. Through
his Holy Spirit. We share his life. We're not alone.
We haven't been forsaken. We're free from discouragement because Messiah
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is coming for us and we shall share his glory.
We haven't been forgotten. We're free from fear, because until
he comes, he's interceding for us, and we cannot be
separated from his love. No condemnation, no obligation, no frustration,
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no separation. If God before us, who can be against us?
Now we can't wield that arrogantly. I can go out
and do whatever I want. No, when we are walking
and write relationship with him. If God is for us,
who can be against us? You run out from underneath
his covering, You get outside the word, You get into sin,
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You become fair game. Run back, you know. Sheep wander,
They wander away. Sometimes they wander so far away they
can't find their way back. The shepherd has to come
look for them. Till we have four redemptive acts of
the Messiah, his death, his resurrection from death, his ascension
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to be the head over all the things to the
church mentioned in Ephesians one twenty and we have his
ongoing intercession as mentioned in Romans eight twenty seven. In
case you didn't notice, there's a supernatural enemy out there
seeking to destroy us, flicked us and oppress us day
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and night, never ending. They don't sleep either. So all
the saints, they need victory. They need to know about
the victory and then we must walk in it with them,
so you're not alone. We're in this with you, all
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of us who believe, all of us who pray, all
of us who care. When I pray every day, I
pray for those I know by name, and then I
pray for those who listen to the porch, who are
a part of the community, who have locked in. I
pray for your protection. I pray for your blessing. I
pray for your healing. I pray for your needs, families, homes,
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past possessions. I cover everything. But there's an aspect of
this that there's a battle going on, and it's in
our mind, and that's where the enemy tricks us. That's
where the enemy attacks us. He gives that little whisper
in our ear, he gives that little temptation from our eyes.
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What he says in Romans eight five through eleven before
he gets to where we are now, and the teaching
Romans eight, starting verse five, For those who live according
to the flesh set their mind minds plural on the
things of the flesh. But those who live according to
the spirit capitalists the things of the spirit. So if
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your mind's on the flesh, that's where you're living. If
your mind's on the spirit, that's where it's focused, and
you're living. For to be carnally or fleshly minded is death,
but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. Because
the carnal mind is enmity, it's hatred against God, for
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it is not subject to the law of God, nor
indeed can it be so. Then to those who are
in the flesh cannot please God. But you are not
in the flesh, but in the spirit. If indeed the
Spirit of God dwells in you. Now, if anyone does
not have the spirit of Messiah, he or she is
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not his. And if Messiah is in you, the body
is dead because of sin, but the spirit is life
because of righteousness. And remember it's not yours, it's his.
But if the spirit of Him who raised the issue
of from the dead dwells in you, he who raised
Messiah from the dead, will also give life to your
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mortal bodies through his spirit who dwells in you. If
the spirit who raised Him from the dead is in you,
Oh my goodness, if you could grasp that and understand
that that what's inside of you, that pas that spirit,
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the spirit he used to speak everything into existence, to
create everything, angels everything. The same spirit that raised him
from the dead is percolating inside of you. It's glowing.
It's with you.
Speaker 2 (43:20):
Now.
Speaker 1 (43:20):
This isn't easy, this life I'm describing to you. It's
not easy. Anybody told you that they're lying. There's always
going to be a struggle with the flesh, the world,
and the devil. We have to have a mindset of victory.
We have to have a mind on the Lord. We
have to mind on the Word. Because of the spirit
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that's within us, will get us to focus properly, will
inspire us, will convict us, will correct us. Because we're
in a battle. We're on a team Kingdom of God.
They really good jerseys, they can put your name on
the back. And we're on a team with a ringer.
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We can't lose. You know what a ringer is. A
ringer is somebody, whether in a fight or in a competition,
who has been in there, has been substituted for someone else.
He's a player. He's a participant who brings immediate victory
that the other side can't defeat. You're sure the Lord
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is the ringer in this battle, in this game. If
you're not feeling victory or victorious. Right about now, I
gotta ask why not? If you get up tomorrow morning
and you don't feel victorious, ask yourself, why not? Why not?
Why am I not feeling what Richard talked about? What
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is keeping me from being victorious in my life? I
used to have a phrase that I used all the time.
Has that working out for you? What is keeping us
from having victory? Is it a besetting sin? You know?
To besetting sin? It's a persistent, recurring fault or problem
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that we struggle with that often causes some significant trouble
in our life. And it's usually a deeply rooted issue,
deep rooted weed, like a weed that's very difficult to overcome,
and you need help with that, you need supernatural help.
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But the problem is people don't ask for help. They
know they need it, but they're too embarrassed. Don't be
Hebrews twelve to one. Therefore we also, since we are
surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us
lay us, lay aside every weight and the sin which
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is so easily ensnares us, and let us run with
endurance the race that is set before us. Because you're
not running alone. Have you ever seen those videos about
blind people who run marathons. They don't run it alone.
They have somebody running with them. Tribulation, distress, persecution, famine, nakedness,
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peril or the sword. Nope, can't do it. Tribulation, pressure,
or trouble or anguish. Something in the world, something in
the spirit, something in you. Could you use victory there well,
right now. In the name of your Shuahamiciah, Jesus the Messiah,
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be victorious. Be free from whatever is ensnaring you and
tripping you up and keeping you from having this by
the power of the Holy Spirit, by the name of
the Lord God's Almighty, Be free, be at peace, have comfort.
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The successful life prescribed by the Lord requires faithfulness until death,
a hand on a plow with no looking back, being steadfast,
having perseverance, racing hard for the tape, fighting the good
fight of faith. The devil loves it when we quit.
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The devil loves it when we just let up and relaxed.
He has a good day. When we become discouraged, and
we all do. I get discouraged, I get beat up,
I get worn out, and I immediately take it to
the Lord in prayer and in praise and I release it,
I let it go. I don't let my mind dwell
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on it. I don't let it get into my heart.
And there are temptations to overcome, there always will be.
There are disappointments to handle. There are the sins that
are familiar to us, and the burdens that depress us,
and Satan, and the kingdom of darkness is standing by
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urging us to quit, waiting for us to quit, waiting
for the sheep to wander out of the pack into
the woods in disobedience. But don't, because Messiah's with you.
The shepherd is with you, his rod and his staff.
They comfort you. Therefore we also, since we are surrounded
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by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay
aside every weight and the sin which so easily ensnares us,
and let us run with endurance the race that is
set before us, looking unto your sure Jesus, the author
and the finisher of our faith, who for the joy
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that was set before him, endured the cross, despising the shame,
and has sat down at the right hand of the
throne of God. For consider him who endured such hostility
from sinners against himself, Lest you become weary and discourage
in your souls. You have not yet resisted to bloodshed
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striving against sin. Remember you're not racing against others in
this race. The race is ours. It's our walk and
our faith. So run it in victory. Press on, lean
into the tape, keep going, don't quit. Because the joy
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that was step before him, the cross that would redeem
all of creation through the Father's will, kept him going.
He could have quit, he could have said no, He
could have called seven legions of angels to rescue him
and to stop it. But he didn't. Then that just
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amazes me that he would do that for me. So
because of that, I strive to do his will to
please him. Psalm forties, starting verse six. You take no
delight in sacrifices or offerings. Now that you have made
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me listen, I finally understand you don't require bert offerings
or sin offerings. Then I said, look, I have come
as it is written about me in the scriptures. I
take joy in doing your will, my God, for your
instructions are written on my heart. That's what it was
all about, writing it on your heart, not stone tablets,
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but on your hearts. And when he does that, you
want to please him. You want to do his will,
and you don't want to quit. There was a fighter
in the late eighteen hundred eighteen ninety two to be
in fact named James J. Corbett, known as Gentleman Jim Corbett,
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professional boxer, former world heavyweight champion, defeated the great John L. Sullivan,
who was the great heavyweight champion of the world at
his in his day. Somebody once asked Corbett what was
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the most important thing a man must do to become
a champion? His reply, fight one more round, don't give in,
don't quit, Fight one more round. Where are you right
now in the battle? You think you again gonna fail.
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You think you're going to fall out. You had to
out of steam. You got nothing left. The enemy's been
pounding on you. Fight one more round. The Battle of Waterloo,
the British soldiers defeated napoleon soldiers soldiers. I'm sorry, I
little tongue tied from the emotions I'm feeling right now.
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Somebody asked the Duke of Wellington how they did it?
Were they braver than Napoleon's soldiers. He didn't mention the
mention the schemes, the plans, or how they did this
or how they did that. He simply said they were
brave five minutes longer. Fight one more round, be brave
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for five more minutes. It's the difference between defeat and victory.
Ephesian six thirteen tells me, therefore, take up the whole
armor of God, that you may be able to withstand
in the evil day. And having done all, two stand.
It's a military phrase. Having conquered all, stand ready to
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do battle again, stand ready to overcome, or because you
have overcome, you've done it, but be ready to vanquish
the enemy again. Don't retreat, don't run away. So the
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idea of Paul's putting to us there in regards to
the enemy, we've got to stand firm. We've got to
dig our heels in. Every foe has to be subdued.
We're fighting this fight because the enemy refuses to submit. Yes,
they lost, they don't believe they'll lose again, so they're
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continuing to fight. We see that with the terrorists around
the world. They refuse to submit. They need to be
put down, they need to be subdued. Safety and triumph
only comes in war when the enemy is slain, when
they have been overcome, When they've been subdued. So we
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walk in victory. We walk in faith, in the spirit,
and not in our own flesh. It has nothing to
do with us, and we do it through our union
with Messiah, with the Lord. We are connected with him
Colossians dou Verses thirteen through fifteen. And you, being dead
in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, he
(54:33):
has made alive together with him, having forgiven all your trespasses,
having wiped out the handwriting of requirements that was against us,
which was contrary to us. And he has taken it
out of the way, having nailed it to the cross,
having disarmed principalities and powers, having made a public spectacle
(54:54):
of them, triumphing over them. In it be victorious, because
whatever is born of God is victorious over the world.
And this is the victory that conquers the world, even
our faith. Who is it that is victorious over that
(55:14):
conquers the world. But he or she who believes that Jesus,
that yeshuw It is the Son of God, who adheres
to trust in and relies on that fact is first
John five, four and five in the amplified version. So
the love of God His love is the foundation of
(55:37):
our confidence and our triumph. Perseverance, faithfulness and reliance on
the Holy Spirit of God is what Paul is dressing.
And he's encouraging us to believe and to endure trials
and to walk in victory. The Church us now buildings
(55:59):
us have been called to live the victorious life. Father,
help us right now to walk to victorious life, to
live it, to be it, to breathe, to think it,
to show it to a dying world that doesn't understand,
that are giving up, that are giving in, that are
(56:22):
going over to the enemy's side. Let us stand firm
and having done all to stand standing for firm and
the faith and in the power and the love and
the name of Yasha Amasia Jesus the Messiah fell us
right now. Holy Spirit, give us the strength to endure,
(56:42):
give us the strength to finish the race, to stand
up strong, to go five more minutes and one more round,
to be ready for his return. Oh, what a glorious
day that'll be. And thank you, thank you, thank you
(57:02):
all of that and your Shoeah's name. Amen. May the
Lord bless you and keep you. May the Lord make
his face to shine upon you. And be gracious to you.
May the Lord I don't I, Messiah, your sure Jesus,
(57:27):
lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace.
Give you shall oam. I'm Richard Grund. This has been
the Porch on Firefall Talk Radio.
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