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How Did Jesus Respond To Questions About His Identity?
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Feb 20, 2025
Visit https://tayibs.com/ for more lectures There are several passages in which Jesus was asked to authenticate himself, and he responded favorably to some of the requests and disregarded the others. Today I want to specifically zero in on three instances where Jesus was questioned about His identity, one in the Old Testament and two in the New Testament. My whole objective in doing this is to show that the righteous shall live by faith. We are told in Romans 10:17 that faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God. Scripture References: Judges 6:11-24 Leviticus 10: 1-3 Matthew 14:26-28 Matthew 8:5-13 Matthew 4:2-4 1 kings 19:1-8 1 John 5:14-15
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hello good morning this is tae-hee at IU
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calm and this morning we're going to be
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talking about questions of identity when
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it comes to our Lord Himself we're gonna
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look into scriptures and see how Jesus
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responded to questions about his
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identity or deity so we're gonna talk
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about it because it's important to know
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and the reason why I'm doing this is
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because scripture says that faith comes
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by hearing again by the word of God and
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now more than ever it's imperative that
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we learn to listen and know the voice of
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the Lord because there are too many
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voices in our head and it's hard
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sometimes to figure out who is speaking
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is it me is it the Lord is it the enemy
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who is speaking to me so when Jesus was
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asked questions he knew when to
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recognize when they request was from the
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Lord himself or the request floats from
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Maine and he knew how to answer that so
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when he came to his identity so we're
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gonna look at certain passages and we're
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gonna talk about that this morning
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okay so follows my presentation on the
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screen there now in the background like
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I said there are several passages
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passages in which Jesus was asked to
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authenticate himself and he responded
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favorably to some of the requests and
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disregarded on the others today I want
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to specifically zero in on three
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instances where Jesus was questioned
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about his identity and one of those is
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in the Old Testament and two in the New
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Testament and my whole objective in
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doing so is to show that the righteous
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shall live by faith because we are told
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in Romans 10:17 that faith comes by
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hearing and hearing by the Word of God
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so let's jump into Gideon's call now
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we're gonna talk about the instance in
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in the Old Testament when Jesus was
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asked to authenticate himself now you
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are wording in the Old Testament there
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are times where the Old Testament
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mentions the angel of the Lord and the
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word of the Lord and those are times
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where Jesus himself before he actually
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comes later in the New Testament
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he appears to people in several
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instances when Joshua saw there the
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commander of the armies of the Lord and
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when Abraham saw the lord himself and
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when when he went to Sodom and Gomorrah
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so Jesus had been coming before his
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actual coming he was appearing to people
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and we're gonna look at the instance
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where he appeared to Gideon so let's
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look at that now the background this is
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in judges 6 now the people of Israel are
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under the Dominion of day of the
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Midianite because they've abandoned
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their first law and are worshipping
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idols so finally they cry out to the
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Lord for help and the Lord prepares a
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man to save them and this man is Gideon
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so we're gonna really account in judges
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6 verse 11 to 24 scripture says now the
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angel of the Lord came and sat under the
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turbine at Ofra which belonged to Jewish
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lay up years right while his son Gideon
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was beaten our wheat in the winepress to
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hide it from the Midianites and the
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angel of the Lord appeared to him and
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said to him the Lord is with you o
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mighty man of Valor and helium say to
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please my lord if the Lord is with us
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why then has all this thing happened to
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us and where all is wonderful deeds
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there are fathers recounted to us saying
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did not the Lord bring us up from Egypt
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well now the Lord has forsaken us and
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given us into the hand of median and the
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Lord turned to him and said go in this
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mire of yours and save Israel from the
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hand of median do I not send yet now I
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want to quickly show you something here
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first the scripture started with the
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angel of the Lord right and then he goes
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from God to say here and the Lord turned
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to him so the angel of the Lord and the
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Lord are the same so this is again the
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pre pre Christ before Christ actually
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came I don't know if I'm using the
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terminology on the right way but Christ
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was appearing to people before he
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actually came as a baby so and we're
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gonna pick it up from verse 15 I just
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wanted to make that point and he
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said to him please Lord how can I save
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Israel behold my clan is the weakest in
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Manasseh and I am the least in my
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father's house and the Lord Satan but I
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will be with you he shall strike the
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Midianite as one main so God is saying I
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will be with you get in so let's go to
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the next continued and he say to him
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that's Gideon
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if now I found favor in your eyes then
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show me a sign that it is you who speak
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with me please do not depart from here
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until I come to you and bring out my
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present and set it before me and he said
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I will say I will stay till you return
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so Gideon went into his house and
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prepared a young goat and eleven cakes
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from an ephah of flour the meat he put
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in the basket and the broth
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he put in a pot and brought them to him
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under the terebinth and presented them
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and the angel of God said home take the
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meat and the unleavened cakes and put
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them on his truck and pour the broth
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over them and he did so then the angel
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of the Lord reached out reached out the
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tip of the staff that was in his hand
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and touched the meat and the eleven
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cakes
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and fire sprang up from the rock and
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consumed the meat and the unleavened
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cakes and the angel of the Lord vanished
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from his sight then Gideon perceived
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that he was the angel of the Lord and
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Gideon said alas o Lord God for now I've
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seen the angel of the Lord face to face
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but the Lord said home peace be to you
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do not fear you shall not die then
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Gideon built an altar there to the Lord
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and called it the Lord's peace to this
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day he still staying at Oprah which
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belongs to the Arby's right now I
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highlighted verse 17 and 18 because
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Gideon at a point is trying to
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authenticate the Lord to make sure it is
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really the Lord
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talking to him because let's let's put
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it this way some man appears to Gideon
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tell them go in this matter of yours and
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save Israel you're gonna do this and
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I'll be with you
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and Gideon goes our wait a minute I
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don't know we speaking to me I don't
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know if this is the war I don't know if
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this is just a delusional man I don't
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know who are you
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I don't know who you are and I don't
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know you so I need to authenticate you
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okay so this is what's going on it in a
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head of Gillian because Gideon is now
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doesn't know that he is in the presence
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of the Lord Himself so let me expand on
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that and and to make sure the Lord is
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talking to him he asked for a specific
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request he said wait here and let me
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bring up my offerings to you so the
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thing that we need to understand is this
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no one but a priest on duty was
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authorized receive an offer and offer
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the burnt offering to the Lord
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so basically Gideon knew that if the
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Lord wasn't who he said he was he would
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die okay so he was basically setting up
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whoever was asking this question right
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so we're gonna read a story of native
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and I by you to understand this let's go
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to Genesis Leviticus 10 one two three
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scripture says now native and Abihu the
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sons of Aaron each took his censer and
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put fire in it and laid incense on it
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and offered and they offered on
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authorized fire before the Lord which he
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had not commanded them and fire came out
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from before the Lord and consumed them
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and they died before the Lord then Moses
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said Aaron this is what the Lord has
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said among those who are near me I would
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be sanctified and before all the people
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I will be glorified and Aaron held his
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peace now this is indeed abanda by who
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they choose to offer on authorized fire
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to the Lord he did not command him to do
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that so they brined and died right now
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in the case of Gideon he was doing the
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same thing he's saying look you're
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saying to me that you are the angel of
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the Lord so I'm gonna bring my offerings
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and I'm gonna set it before you if you
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are not the angel of the Lord guess what
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you will die Gideon was basically
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testing this all right and this is what
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was going on so near abandoned by you
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like I said he died because they offered
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on authorized fire which the Lord had
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not commanded them
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Gideon knew the story and he knew that
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the man talking to him who suffer the
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same fate if he was doing
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that wasn't commanded by God in this
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case accepting a burnt offering also the
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priest was to wait until all the fat
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from the meat was burned according to
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the commands of the Lord then the priest
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would be allowed to take portions of the
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meat for himself but the angel of the
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Lord the Lord Himself ingredients
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account was refilled receiving all the
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offering for himself making himself
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equal to God so that was a serious thing
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so Gideon knew that this was a serious
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offense offense offense punishable by
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immediate death so he wanted to be sure
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that the man talking to him
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wasn't delusional and the Lord responded
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favorably by fulfilling the request so
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God waited and Gideon brought his
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offering and then he reached out the tip
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of his staff and he came out and in
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consumed the thing so Gideon knew for
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sure that whoever was talking to him was
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God himself right so that's the first
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request and Jesus responded with favor
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He fulfilled the request now let's look
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at another instance before we draw our
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conclusions in Matthew 14 verse 26 and
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28 Jesus is walking on water and the
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miserable same and Peter makes a request
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let's read on the chapter but when the
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disciples saw him walking on the sea
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they were terrified and said it is a
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ghost and they cried out in fear but
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immediately Jesus spoke to them saying
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take heart it is I do not be afraid and
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Peter answered him lord if it is you
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command me to come to you on the water
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and he said come so Peter got out of the
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boat and walked on the water and came to
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Jesus now Peter knew that the only
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person that could give a command I would
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defy natural laws and that could be
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executed through his body was Jesus
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hence the request let me repeat that
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again Peter knew that the only person
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that could give a command that would
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defy natural laws the way they did and
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that could be executed in Peters own
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body was Jesus hence the request because
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Peter had already seen he's already seen
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Jesus give commands
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produced an action we can look at
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Matthew 8 verse 5 to 13 when he had
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entered Capernaum a Centurion came
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forward to him appealing to him Lord my
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servant is lying paralyzed at home
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suffering terribly and he said to him I
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will come and heal him but he said to me
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replied Lord I'm not worthy to have you
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come under my roof but only say the word
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and my servant will be healed for I too
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am a man under Authority with soldiers
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under me and I say to one go and he goes
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and to another come and he comes and to
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my servant do this and he does it when
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Jesus heard it he marvelled and said to
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those follow those who followed him
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truly I tell you you have no one in
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Israel have I found such faith I'll tell
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you many will come from east and west
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and we try not table with Abraham Isaac
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and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven so I
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don't need to read the rest well you get
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the point
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so Peter have seen this okay Peter I've
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seen this so the instance he had seen
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this and and and II see he seen Jesus
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performed miracles and he seen Jesus
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give commands that were executed so he
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wanted to authenticate Jesus and when he
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said it
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Jesus responded with favor so this is
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the second time now this other time
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Jesus does not respond in favor he
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actually disregarded requests any
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answers we've in a different question
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this is when Jesus has been tempted in
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Matthew 4 verse 2 to 4 the temptation of
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the enemy himself now scripture says and
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after fasting forty days and forty
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nights he was hungry and the tempter
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came and said to him if you are the son
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of God command these stones to become
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loaves of bread but he answered it is
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written man shall not live by bread
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alone but every word that comes from the
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mouth of God now God the Father gives
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satan permission to save jesus got the
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man jesus didn't respond favorably to
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the enemy because he knew how to
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recognize the father's voice that's
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that's critical he basically told satan
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i don't listen to your voice I'll listen
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and leave by every word that comes from
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my father and before getting today we
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les let's ask ourselves for a sign why
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did say
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ask for a sign now the question is this
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he must have seen Jesus performed that
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before and where and we think if you
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look at first King 19 there's a clue
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there Elijah is running from just Bell
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and we're gonna pick up from there
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scripture said well he himself went a
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day's journey into the wilderness and
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came and sat down under a broom tree and
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he asked that he might die saying it is
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enough now O Lord take away my life for
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I'm no better than my father's and he
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laid out and slept under a broom tree
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and behold an angel touched him and said
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to him arise and eat and he looked and
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behold there was at his head a cake
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baked on hot stones and a jar of water
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and he ate and drank and lay down again
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and the angel of the Lord came again a
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second time and touched him and said
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arise I need for the journey is too
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great for you and he arose and ate and
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drank and went into the Strand for the
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food forty days and forty nights to
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Horeb the Mount of God
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usually when Scriptures refer to the
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angel of the Lord Jesus he is referring
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to the word of the Lord Himself God
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incarnate Jesus
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so Satan was busy saying the Jesus I've
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seen you turn stone into bread for for
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Elijah when he was tired depressed and
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hungry if you leave this for Elijah
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you ought to do also for yourself you
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deserve it you are the son of God
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prove it basically enticing Jesus to
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question the father's goodness in order
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to lead Jesus to be so Vegard father and
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Jesus recognized the game and responded
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with man shall not live by bread alone
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but every word that comes from the mouth
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of God in other words I don't take
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comments from you Satan and I listen to
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my father for I know my father's voice
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and I don't get controlled I don't
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control my hunger he was quoting out of
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the branagh me 8 this is the drama me 8
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that's where he happened when God
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provided a manner the scripture says
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that that allowed an Israelite to go
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hungry in order to test them and t-shirt
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and a man does not live by bread alone
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but by every word I proceeded from the
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mouth of God so Jesus was quoting it and
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I gave him strength to resist the
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temptation of hunger because the enemy
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wanted to lead him to disobey God and to
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listen to his voice
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now that we fight the background said
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les
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ask yourself what leads God
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what leads Jesus to respond different
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ways with different requests about his
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identity because that's the question
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right so the key is this the enemy
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wasn't planning on worshiping Jesus so
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his request was in vain he wanted Jesus
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to listen to us to him so he could brag
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to God the Father about it see if just
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says that if we ask anything according
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to God's will he hears us and if God
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hears us we know that we received
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whatever we've asked of him that's in
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first John 5:14 15 and scripture also
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says that it is God who works in us to
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will and to act according to his purpose
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does philippians 2:13
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therefore the only requests that God
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listens to are the requests that he has
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put on our hearts basically Gideon's
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request was God given when Gideon said
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to Jesus let me bring my offering it is
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God who prompted Gideon's hard to
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question the angel of the Lord's
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identity and it is God Walsall prompted
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Peters heart to authenticate domain
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Jesus he saw walking on water
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so therefore jesus answered those
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prayers or those requests because they
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were aligned with the will of the fact
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his will to begin with and each of the
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requests from Gillian and Peter was
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meant to strengthen their faith and
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trust in Jesus which is always the
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Father's will so God said of his son
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this is my beloved son with whom I am
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well pleased
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listen to him in the case of Satan it
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was a vain request for Satan's own
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treasure he didn't find strength in God
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he did not write same didn't find his
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traffic God so God I requested he asked
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wasn't God given he was Satan's own fly
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that came in a way he wanted to show
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that God the Father this and I'm gonna
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make your son listen to me
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and the Lord responded with man does not
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live by bread alone but by every word
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that proceeds from the mouth of God now
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why am I saying all these things this to
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me really teaches us about how to pray
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and what
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for we must certainly ask God to give us
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discernment it also gives us a picture
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of our total dependence on God for all
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things even prayer it is by faith in
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other words we leave and do all things
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even prayer by every word that proceeds
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from the mouth of God how do we ask
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anything according to his will is
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because he has put those desires and
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thoughts in our mind so in conclusion
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what I'm gonna say is this now God
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answers his own prayers in a sense that
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he answers prayers that he has put on
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our hearts to ask him so this is why a
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lot of people go to the scripture and
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the grab a scripture and say I'm
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claiming this promise why things are not
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happening the question is this what is
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the desire to claim that request coming
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from if that desire is coming from
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yourself or your own mind or your own
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thing for your own selfish desires
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whatever they may be that's not going to
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happen because God plans his desire in
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you so that you can ask things according
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to his will this is why Jesus says the
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father seeks those who will worship Him
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in spirit and in truth because the Holy
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Spirit as we are told in Romans 8 we
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don't even know what to ask for but he
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Spirit Himself intercedes for us with
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groanings too deep for word and he which
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is God who searches our hearts nor the
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minds of the Spirit because the spirit
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prays in accordance with God's will so
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our prayers must come from God's own
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heart this is why God says in in in
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things from 37 delight yourself in the
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Lord and He will give you the desires of
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your heart meaning when you find your
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pleasure in God you begin to mold your
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prayer and then your prayer begin to
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come from his own heart because that's
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what pleases him God is pleased with his
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words in us Jesus says if my words
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remain in you ask for anything and
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you'll be given to you basically when
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God's Word begin to dominate your mind
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where his thoughts is perspective begin
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to dominate your mind he'll begin to
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form your prayer so your prayer begin to
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reflect his character this is why it's
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important to
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understand what it means to live by
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faith because you live by every word
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that proceeds from the mouth of God
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meaning his words I hope this makes
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sense it was a lot of things to talk
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about so go back and watch it again and
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go back and read those scriptures
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yourself and ask the Lord to give you
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understanding okay so have a wonderful
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day and I'll see you next