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From Babel To Romans: How God Responds To Worshiping False gods
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Jun 21, 2025
In this study, we draw a striking connection between Romans 1 and Genesis 11. These two passages, though centuries apart, reveal a repeating pattern in humanity: knowing who the true God is but rejecting Him, and instead worshipping false gods—created things rather than the Creator. The Wrath of GOD against that which isn't GOD. For more visit https://tayibs.com/
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good morning uh this is Tib from tes.com
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and today we're going to do a little
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study and find a striking connection
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between the book of Romans especially
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Romans chapter 1 and then Genesis 11 now
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these two passages although they are
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like centuries apart they they reveal a
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repeating pattern in humanity which is
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basically knowing the two knowing who
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the true God is but then choosing to
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reject him and instead worshiping false
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gods rather than uh worshiping uh God
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who is holy and there's none like him
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now I've been listening to Michael
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Heiser on divine counsel and I really
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really learned a whole lot from him so I
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just wanted to share some of the things
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that I believe were important and I
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wanted to share those with you and the
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first uh connection that I've seen is
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between uh the the the events in uh
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Genesis 11 the tower of babel and then
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uh Romans chapter 1 they they reveal a
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similar pattern now if you go to Romans
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1 especially verse 18-32
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the Apostle Paul pretty much lays out
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how God's wrath is revealed against all
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ungodliness
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because despite knowing God people
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refuse to honor God and to honor him so
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they choose instead to worship false
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gods and are consequently given over to
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dishonorable passions and a depraved
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mind and then they they those are like
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the they the they the they the they the
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they the they engage in vices taught by
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taught them by the false god they they
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choose to worship so this rejection
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eventually leads God to giving them over
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to their own desires which leads them to
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a reprobate mind and culminating in
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abominable uh passions so if you want to
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read that you can go to Romans chapter 1
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verse 18-32 i wanted to read that to you
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but it be too long so I don't want to do
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that i'm just going to give you a quick
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um uh summary of that so I encourage you
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to read the passage for yourself and you
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see what that what we experiences today
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what we experiencing today in our world
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as far as like vices as far as like
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violence and unbridled behavior and
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things of the likes homosexuality and
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lesbianism and the LGBTQ everything that
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we see is a byproduct of people choosing
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to reject the true God and instead
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following after false gods now I want to
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show you the connection between Romans 1
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and Genesis 11 the tower of Bible okay
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now if you go to Genesis 11 the same the
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same theme happens there right after the
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flood when God destroys uh humanity and
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only leaves Noah his sons and and his
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wife um
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um people now are left that's like he he
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begins a um he begins a new covenant
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with Noah but then it doesn't take too
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long for humanity to keep plunging back
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into the private again okay so after the
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flood now humanity is like unified and
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they have the the same language and the
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same purpose but they chose not to
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spread across the earth as God commanded
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them because God wanted them to to to be
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dispersed across the whole uh universe
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to to share the fragrance of his love
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because we we were made in the image of
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God instead of doing that they they
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chose not to do that instead they built
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what you call a ziggurat a ziggurat is a
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man-made stairway to heaven meant to
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bring the gods down and centralize human
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power so that's what they wanted to do
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they wanted to centralize human power
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and they wanted to build the ziggurat
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and the ziggurat is pretty much a high
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tower it's is some that you used to
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worship basically when you build a
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ziggurat you are basically aiding the
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god to come to you and to serve your
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purpose so basically they wanted to
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create a God that they could manipulate
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right and God would not have that the
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most high God would not have that
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because he's not served by human hands
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as if he needed anything the scripture
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tells us that right so how did God
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intervene god intervene by confusing
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their language and he dispersed them uh
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throughout the entire world okay now
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this passage is deeper than we think
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because there's a strong connection
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between that passage and then the book
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of Romans especially Romans 1:18-32
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and the key insight here is to go back
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to Deuteronomy 32:7-9
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now I chose the ESV version because it
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is the most accurate translation so I
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want to show you uh something
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interesting here listen to to to the
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scripture here deuteronomy 32:7-9
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[Music]
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now the scripture says "Remember the
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days of old consider the years of many
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generations ask your father and he will
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show you your elders and they will tell
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you." When the Most High gave to the
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nations their inheritance when he
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divided mankind he fixed the borders of
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the peoples according to the number of
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the sons of God but the Lord's portion
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is his people jacob his allotted
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heritage so verse 8 is basically
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recalling the events recorded in Genesis
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11 right that is when God divided
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mankind so and the verse continues by
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informing the readers that God who's
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refers to who referred to as the most
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high God him who exists eternally and
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isn't derived from any being fixed the
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borders of the peoples according to the
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number of the sons of God okay basically
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what this is saying to us is that God
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divided the nations according to the
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number of the sons of God because of
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their because of people's stubbornness
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and unwillingness to listen to him and
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recognize him as uh the only true God
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okay these sons of God refer to other
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spiritual beings or angelic rulers okay
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so and God allowed rebellious nations to
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go their own way under these powers the
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same thing that is mentioned in Romans 1
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verse 18-32 so basically when when God
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interveneed at Bible what he did was
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this he said okay you humans are
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constantly trying to worship the
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creature instead of the creator now so
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he says okay I'm going to give you over
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to this placeholders these gods that you
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want to worship so much okay but then
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what God did was interesting he divided
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mankind according to the number of the
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sons of God but then he kept Jacob for
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himself he kept Israel for himself other
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nations he gave to other inferior
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spiritual beings referred to as the sons
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of God the sons of God or angelic beings
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or uh spiritual beings but he kept Jacob
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for himself he kept Israel for himself
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this is a key to understand that because
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why do we have all these false religions
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because of what happened in Genesis 11
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God gave the nations the goim or the
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Gentiles he gave them to other inferior
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divine um spiritual beings but now the
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key is this when he did that those being
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were supposed to be placeholders they
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were supposed to be able to lead people
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to to the right God but they didn't do
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that they rebelled so there are three
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rebellions that happened right first one
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Genesis 3 when Satan rebels against God
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by leading Adam and Eve into sin and
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then we also have a rebellion in Genesis
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6 where the sons of God the the the
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angelic being came on earth to have to
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mix with human race and created by that
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the Nephilim right and then this
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rebellion in Genesis 11 because again
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this is what happens okay so now God
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kept Israel Jacob as his inheritance a
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remnant through whom rede redemption
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will come okay israel was his portion he
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kept a remnant for himself and what we
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see later in Genesis 12 is what the call
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of Abraham and and then in Genesis 15
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the covenant that he makes with Abraham
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through whom the rest of the world the
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Gentiles will be blessed now Paul
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reaffirms this deuteronomy 32 7-9 in
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Acts 17 listen to what Paul says in Acts
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17 24- 27 the God who made the world and
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everything in it being Lord of heaven
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and earth does not live in temples made
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by man nor is he served by human hands
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as though he needed anything since he
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himself gives to all mankind life and
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breath and everything and he made from
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one man every nation of mankind to live
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on all the face of the earth having
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determined allotted period and the
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boundaries of their dwelling place that
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they should seek God and perhaps feel
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their way toward him and find him yet he
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is actually not far from each one of us
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so Paul confirms the event of Genesis 11
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in the in in Acts 17 okay he then
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explains that although nations worship
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false gods the true God is not far from
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each of us okay through Jesus Christ who
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came to destroy the works of the devil
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humanity can now return to a right
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relationship with the creator the good
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news is this god
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already decreed in Psalm 82 that he was
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going to judge the rebellious uh sons of
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God or the rebellious spiritual beings
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that plunged humanity into this chaos
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and also he's going to redeem mankind
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who will now rule with him and become
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the new sons of God being indwelled with
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the Holy Spirit in keeping with John 1
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verse 12-13 the scripture tells us that
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to whoever has received him he's given
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the right to be called children of God
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not born from human will or man's
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decision but born of the spirit so we
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are going to now replace the sons of God
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we are going to replace it we go we are
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going to reign with Christ if you go to
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Revelation 3 there's a passage that
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tells us that that Jesus says that to
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those who conquer he he will give the
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right to reign with him we will sit on
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his throne with him and judge the nation
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just like he conquered and sat on his
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father's throne okay but now I want to I
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want to take you to Psalm 82 i want to
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show you God's judgment on the sons of
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God on those little gods that did not
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obey him and rebelled against them
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listen to what the scripture tells us in
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Psalm 82 okay so God has taken place
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god has taken his place in the divine
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counsel
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listen to that again god has taken place
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in the divine council meaning he's
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surrounded by these sons of gods right
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these spiritual beings in the midst of
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the gods he holds judgment now some
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people may see this and think is a
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pantheon no no no no no no it's not god
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is God there's none like him there's
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only one God now those that he refers to
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are the sons of God are other spiritual
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beings that are also in heaven in the
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heavenly realm and he reigns and he has
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a divine counsel where they are involved
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in this decision-m right but listen to
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what the scripture tells us God is
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judging them now those that have
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rebelled how long will you judge
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unjustly and show partiality to the
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wicked give justice to the weak and the
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fatherless maintain the right of the
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afflicted and the destitute rescue the
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weak and the needy deliver them from the
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hand of the wicked they have neither
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knowledge nor understanding they walk
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about in darkness as all the foundations
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of the earth are shaken and listen to
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what God says i said you are gods again
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he's referring to this spiritual being i
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said God God says I said you are God son
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of the most high all of you nevertheless
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like man you shall die and fall like any
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prince arise oh God judge the earth for
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you shall inherit all the nations so God
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is going to judge these rebellious
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uh spiritual beings that have rebelled
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against them since Genesis 11 because
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he's sitting in the midst of the gods
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the scripture tells us and he tells them
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they have judged unjustly they have
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plunged humanity into depravity
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so this is key here this is important so
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in the divine council God is the midst
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of the gods again okay he holds the
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judgment and how has that happened paul
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Paul tells us that they those gods have
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judged unjustly by showing partiality to
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the wicked okay and Paul tells us that
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we do not wrestle against flesh and
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blood but against the powers of darkness
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that are in the air so basically behind
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every corrupt government system behind
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every false religion behind every
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deception behind every evil uh false
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gods holding those who will listen to
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them captives to their evil deeds okay
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and for that not only are humans who
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have aligned with evil they will also be
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judged by because the false god will
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themselves be judged by God but also
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humans who have chosen to side with them
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will also be judged okay so in verse six
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of this uh Psalm 82 God tells them that
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even though he referred to them as God
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sons of the most high like men they will
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die because God who created them will
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vaporize them and they will fall and
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they will be hell bound in hell away
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from his presence okay so basically God
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is judging those sons of God that have
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plunged humanity into chaos and he's
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also going to judge the humans who have
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chosen to side with those false gods
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because Paul tells us that in Acts 17
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that he has fixed a day in which he will
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judge these nations that have done that
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okay so in in Colossians 2:15
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see God the scripture tells us that
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Jesus did what on the cross he disarmed
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the rulers and authorities and put them
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to open shame by triumphing over them in
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him okay so this is what God did god is
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going to now judge them and he's going
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to judge them beginning with Christ
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because Christ came to destroy the works
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of the devil and all his minions
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so as you can see in Colossians 2:15
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Jesus now disarmed them he's regaining
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all the territories so is a territorial
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battle is a cosmic geographic
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territorial battle so God now is
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reclaiming all these things this is why
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it's important to understand uh the
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great commission go into all the world
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and preach the preach the gospel right
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because the the the great commission is
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basically God using us as is now the
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sons of God because we are now children
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of God because of the Holy Spirit that
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lives in us to now regain the territory
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that were not once uh under the dominion
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of these false gods now as Christians
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whenever we go somewhere to preach the
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gospel those um spiritual beings are not
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happy this is why they resist the gospel
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but they're not going to be able to
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withstand the gospel because the
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scripture tells us God Jesus said to
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Peter I'll build my my my uh church upon
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this rock right and the power of hell
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will not withstand it they will not be
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able to withstand it we will triumph
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because God is going to triumph because
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God is God he's holy there's none like
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him so now we have been given this
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mandate and this mandate is to go out
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into the world and preach the gospel and
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whenever we preach the gospel and people
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are people are saved we are regaining
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these territories so Jesus started the
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work and now we are going to finish this
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with the help of the Holy Spirit that
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lives in us this is why this is a cosmic
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battle if you go through the book of
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Daniel you see that the scripture tells
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us that the prince of Persia resisted uh
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when when Daniel prayed and there was an
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Isel that was coming he resisted because
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those are territorial spirits that don't
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want to give up they were not going to
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go they're not going to go down without
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a fight but ultimately we have the
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victory in Jesus Christ okay so Jesus
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redeems what was lost and elevate
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believers to be the new sons of God
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reigning with him as written in
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Revelation 3:21 listen to this the one
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who conquers I will grant him to sit
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with with me on my throne as I also
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conquered and sat down with my father on
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his throne okay so in conclusion
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humanity rejected God and embraced uh
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false gods but God did not abandon us
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even though he chose Israel Israel was
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supposed to be the means by which we
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came to to to to to know God but some of
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the people of Israel did not do what
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they were supposed to do because they
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were always falling back into uh
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worshiping false gods and then every
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time again God would give him a job then
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he gave him King David he gave them all
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these things but eventually Jesus came
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and Jesus was the only legitimate one
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that did the father's will now through
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Jesus he made a way back not just for
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Israel but for every nation under heaven
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so what was lost in Bible in Genesis 11
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is now being found again through Jesus
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so this is great news people this is
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great news for all of us and we better
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embrace it so if if you listen if you're
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hearing my voice this morning and the
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spirit of God is speaking to you I say
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repent for the kingdom of God is at hand
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just like what uh John John the Baptist
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said this is the time because if you
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look around now the chaos that we see is
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a result of what those cosmic entities
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resisting the gospel and using the
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governments the false government who
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have abide by their rule to do evil
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and we are supposed to be the sons of
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light so therefore the way we win is not
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through politicizing places but is
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through the spirit of God we fight with
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the weapons that we have because our
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weapons have divine power to destroy
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strongholds
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strongholds again this is territorial
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strongholds and every lie that set
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itself up against the knowledge of
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Christ so this is the power we've been
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endowed with okay the gospel is going to
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go forth so this is how we win through
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the gospel
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amen have a wonderful day and I'll see
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you next time
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now before I go if you want to read more
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about this go on my website ths.com t a
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yibs.com again thank you and have a
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wonderful day
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