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I get this question all the time, what question? People always say to me," Tayib if God exists how come He behaves just like those little green men in the sky, always dodging and eluding us? "They’re basically saying that the existence of God or even believing in the existence of God is like believing in the existence of Santa Claus. Sometimes I get so furious and say to myself "God why don’t you just show yourself to them today so they can believe". As soon as those thoughts crossed my mind, I go back to the most basic undeniable conclusive proof of the existence of God- out of nothing comes out nothing in other words if there was ever a time when there was nothing what could there possibly be now? The main problem with humans is that we truly don’t understand the holiness of God. Asking the question does God exist is actually answering it. Scripture says blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God. If we truly understood what this verse meant we would immediately fall on our no knees, repent in dust and ashes and beg God for his mercy. Today I am going to dive into this verse and after I’m done you will never ask that question again, see video
Scripture References
Matthew 5:8
Genesis 3:78-10
Numbers 21:1-9
1 John 3:2-3
Hebrews 12:14
John 17:17
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hey good morning this is tayba types.com
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i hope you had a great weekend
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and you're ready to kick off monday it's
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kind of raining today and it's one of
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those rains
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where you it's going to rain all day i
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don't like this because it's like dark
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outside and gloomy
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i don't like those days but hey you're
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alive and i'm alive so
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let's thank god for it and uh today we
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are going to
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discuss uh something really important
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because i get this question all the time
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like they say to me tai if god exists
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how come we can't see him
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and you know i'll jump into my
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introduction i get that question all the
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time from people they say that
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all the time and and basically uh
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what they're saying is if god really is
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why does he behave like this little
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green man in the sky
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always dodging and eluding us and they
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are basically saying in essence that
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believing in god or even the existence
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of god
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is like believing in santa claus you
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know like a fairy tale kind of story
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and i get furious when people say these
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things but then
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i said to myself god why don't you just
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show yourself to them so that they can
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believe
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and i have to stop myself like as soon
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as those thoughts like cross my mind i
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have to stop and say listen
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you gotta go back to the most basic
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undeniable proof
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conclusive proof for the existence of
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god which is
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out of nothing comes out nothing or in
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other words
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if there was ever a time when there was
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nothing
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what could that possibly be now okay the
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main problem with humans
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is that we don't truly understand the
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holiness of god
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we haven't been taught the doctrine of
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god so we don't truly understand the
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holiness of god
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because asking that question does god
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really exist
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is actually giving an answer to it you
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know because scripture says blessed
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are the pure in heart for they shall see
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god because if you truly understood what
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is
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this verse meant you will immediately
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and i will immediately
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follow my knees repent in dust and ashes
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and beg for god mercy so today what i'm
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going to do is i'm going to dive into
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this verse
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and when i'm done i'm hoping that you
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never ask that question
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again and the question is does god
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really exist and if he does
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why can't we see him so my my job today
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is to show you
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why you should never ask that question
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so let's jump into it
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so why can't we see god if he exists
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the scripture says blessed are the pure
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in heart for they shall see god
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this is matthew 5 verse 8. in other
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words
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those whose heart is as pure as god's
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heart
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will experience the presence of god
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that's what this verse means
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right now the soft meaning is that's the
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soft meaning of this verse like
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those whose heart is as pure as god's
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heart will see god but the hard meaning
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is this those
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whose heart is pure will see god with
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their physical
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eyes it's not it's not like you
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actually basically just lost your vision
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and you can't see god like you have a
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problem with your eyes
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now the scriptures say if your heart is
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pure as god's heart
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you will see god with your eyes
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basically the reason why you can't
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see god and the reason why i can't see
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god because
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we are sinful creatures with colors in
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pure heart
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let us sit in a little bit and just
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think about it
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god is a consuming fire so he is
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preserving you and i
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from seeing him because he would mean
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automatic death
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and adam and eve understood that and
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this is why when they sinned against god
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and they heard him in the garden they
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went to hide because they knew that
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seeing him would mean
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their demise let's go to genesis 3 verse
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8-10 and we'll read that account
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the scripture says and they meaning
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adam and eve heard the sound of the lord
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walking in the garden
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in the cool of the day and the man and
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his wife
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hid themselves from the presence of the
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lord
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god among the trees and hid themselves
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from
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the presence of the lord god among the
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trees of the garden
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where the lord god called to the man and
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said to him where are you
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and he said i heard the sound of you you
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in the garden
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and i was afraid because i was
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naked and i hid myself
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so basically you see what happened as
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soon as they sinned against god and they
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heard him
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they went to hide because they knew we
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can
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no longer be in his presence because you
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mean
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our demise all right so the prerequisite
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for experiencing the physical appearance
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of god is
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purity of heart see jesus was god
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incarnate and people were able to see
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god
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through him because he took the form of
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a human this is why they were able to
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see him
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and they hated jesus because of his
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holiness because darkness
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hates light so what i'm going to do is
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i'm going to look at the life of a man
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who had the best
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relationship with god that any one of us
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will desire
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and that is moses and i'm going to show
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you a couple of things here and then
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we're going to draw
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our conclusions you know the best human
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that i ever lived
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again the most perfect being was jesus
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but we know about jesus's life and we
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know what jesus did and we know that he
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died for our sins
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and we know that he's god incarnate but
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my focus this morning is to show you why
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you can't see god there's a reason why
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you can't see god
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and i showed it to you earlier your
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heart is not pure
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so i want to look at moses life and
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we're going to look at an example
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to see how this applies to us today so
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let's go to uh
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numbers
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12 and let me read the account and we're
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gonna
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draw our conclusions miriam is moses's
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uh
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sister and aaron is his brother so
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miriam and aaron
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spoke against moses because of a
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squishad woman whom he married
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for he married a cruciate woman a
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cruciate woman she was ethiopian
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kushite woman an ethiopian woman
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and they said has the lord indeed spoken
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only through moses
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has he not spoken through us also and
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the lord heard
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it now the man moses was very meek
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more than all people who were on the
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face of the earth
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and suddenly the lord said to moses unto
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aaron and miriam
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come out you three to the ten of meaning
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and the three of them came out and the
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lord came down in a pillar of cloud and
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stood at the entrance of the tent and
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called aaron and miriam
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and they both came forward and he said
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hear my words
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if there is a prophet among you i the
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lord make myself known to him in a
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vision
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i speak with him in a dream not so with
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my servant moses
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he is faithful in all my house with
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moses i speak mouth to mouth
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clearly and not in riddles and not in
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riddles
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and he beholds the form of the lord why
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then were you not afraid to speak
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against my servant moses
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and the anger of the lord was kindled
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against them and he
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departed so here's the thing
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i don't want to add on to the words of
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the lord because god
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described moses as being meek more than
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all the people on the face of the earth
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the earth i hope you see the weight
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of this description i hope god says that
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about me
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because even though moses was meek
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according to god
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god met him and aaron and miriam in the
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entrance of the tent
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in a pillar of cloud i want you to
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really zero in on the pillar of cloud
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even though moses was called meek even
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though god gave him all his qualifiers
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he met them in a pillar of cloud and god
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gave
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aaron and miriam a lecture on his
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holiness and will do well to listen to
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his words
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i'm going to take these phrases like one
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at a time
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god said if there is a prophet among you
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i the lord make myself known to him in a
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vision
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i speak with him in a dream why is that
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important to know
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see even though the prophets were the
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mouthpieces of the lord
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god spoke to them through dreams and
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visions i want you to pause for a second
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and think about this like god used the
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mediums
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these measures of communication because
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the prophet could not bear to listen
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see or hear the voice of god immediately
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he would have trembled with fear because
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of the weightiness of his holiness and
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purity
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and god is teaching us a valuable lesson
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about his mercy as well
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as highly regarded as the prophets where
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god had to shield them from his holiness
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by speaking to them
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through visions and dreams i hope
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i hope that you see that the thing is
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this the prophets were like
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highly regarded but even them god
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couldn't speak
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face to face he used vision and dreams
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so you know it makes me think i
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shouldn't really rejoice if god speak to
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me to a dread through a dream dream or a
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vision because
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basically saying you are so unworthy
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not in a bad way but the thing is god is
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shielding me from his presence because
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i can't bear to be in his presence so
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therefore he has to use
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another medium just to get to me do you
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see that
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god is still after us even though the
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prophets
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were like regarded as this high people
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like
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they were highly regarded even those
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people
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couldn't bear to be in the presence of
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god he couldn't talk to them directly
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because they just couldn't cut it
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do you see the gravity do you see the
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weight of this
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let's keep moving the next phrase
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god says not so with my servant moses
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he is faithful in all my house with
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moses i speak mouth to mouth
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clearly another riddles and he beholds
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the form of the lord
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so basically god is contrasting his
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communication with moses to the one with
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the prophet
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to show aaron and miriam that he had a
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next he had extended a greater grace
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on moses by allowing moses to have a
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direct
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one-on-one exchange with god as a friend
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will have with another friend
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see visions and dreams and riddles were
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secondary and tertiary
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to the direct one-on-one exchange with
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god and god
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added that moses beheld the form of the
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lord
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this is a huge statement with so much
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gravity
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see moses had a relationship with god
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that no prophet
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all the way to john the baptist ever
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experienced
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and aaron and miriam also had a
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relationship with god but not like moses
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so when they opposed moses they were
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rebuked and disciplined for it
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now the question is what does that have
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to do with the existence of god and
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seeing god
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everything like everything
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and i said my friend if you are not
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experiencing
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the presence of god or seeing god with
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your eyes
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it's because you and i are sinful
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creature and i'm preaching to myself
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like i'm preaching to myself because the
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minute
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i see that there is some kind of a a
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regression in my
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intimacy with the lord i need to ask
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myself what is going on here
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sometimes it's not because i've sinned
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sometimes it's i don't know why but i
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need to always examine myself to see if
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i'm actually walking
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in the light we are told to walk in the
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light
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so that our deeds we can come and repent
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of it
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and scripture says in hebrews 12 and 14
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strive for peace with everyone and for
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the holiness
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without which no one will see the lord
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and then in first john 3
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2 3 we are told beloved we are god's
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children now
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and what we will be has not yet yet
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appeared but we know that when he
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appears we shall be like him
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because we shall see him as he is and
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everyone with thus
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hopes in him purifies himself as he is
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pure
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so what can we learn we can't make
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ourselves holy that's impossible
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but we must take a hold of the means of
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grace god
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has provided to keep us from sinning
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against god
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against him and one of the most powerful
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weapon in our arsenal
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is the word of god i'm referring to the
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bible
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see the prophets of all didn't have the
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totality of the scriptures
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but today we have this blessing
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they were spoken to via dreams visions
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and readers today we have the very words
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of god written down for us
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and god uses his word to sanctify us
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according to john 17
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17 jesus says sanctify them by your word
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by your truth for your word is truth so
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basically
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the holy spirit uses the word of god to
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keep us from sinning against him
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that we might see him the only way for
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us to see god
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today is through his word we read his
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word
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we study his word so when you throw the
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word of god and you don't spend time
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reading the word of god you're not going
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to see god
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because here's what happens with a lot
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of people they begin to look for
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signs and stuff and the enemy knows that
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and he can use
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he can disguise himself as a light and
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deceive you
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so what i'm saying is this your love and
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your time spent in the word of god
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basically is in essence
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what helps you to see god
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because the holy spirit will always use
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the word of god to speak to you
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sometimes you can use other mediums but
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we have the primacy of the word of god
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why don't we use it
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okay we have to get into the word of god
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to see god
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so when we leave our bibles and we
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you let your bible collect dust you are
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hurting yourself
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and you are cutting yourself away from
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enjoying seeing god
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see we see him through his word because
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on this side of eternity
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we can't see him because we are still
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living in a corrupted tent
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see i still sin i'm not gonna say i'm
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perfect
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but i know that the sinful nature no
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longer dominates who i am because god
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has set me free
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from this sinful nature according to
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romans 7
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so now my job is to strive for the peace
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through the holy spirit by using the
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word of god
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to keep me from sinning against god
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so the reason why you don't see god is
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not because he does not exist
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it's because you are sinful so your job
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is to repent in dust and ashes so don't
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ask the question
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if god really exists why can't we see
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him don't ask that question
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it's actually an indictment against you
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and me because he proves that i'm a
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sinner
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because if i wasn't a sinner i would
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have seen him
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that's the reason why you don't see him
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because you're a sinner
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he needs of repentance every day
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so don't ask the question if god really
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exists why can't we say him
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fall on your knees and say lord please i
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want to see you
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have a wonderful day and i'll see you
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next time