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I have been grieved to see not only what
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is happening in Gaza and in Israel uh
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the war that's there the devastation the
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destruction but my heart has also been
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grieved to see how Christians online uh
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you know uh Christian commentators talk
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about this issue because many of them
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don't talk from a Christian perspective
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they talk from a worldly perspective
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they talk about the right to
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self-defense about the right for a
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nation to defend itself that's of this
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world that's that's that's for this
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world to do as Christians our enemies
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are not of flesh and blood but they are
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principalities and Powers our kingdom
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that we belong to is not of this world
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but it's the kingdom of Christ Jesus
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said uh if my kingdom were of this world
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my disciples would fight so that he
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wouldn't be handed over to the Jews our
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kingdom is not of this world we serve
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the Lord Jesus Christ who gave his life
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for his enemies when we look at Israel
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what is Israel Israel is a nation state
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that is filled with wickedness filled
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with all kinds of uh Antichrist
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attitudes uh all kinds of persecution
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against Believers uh all kinds of hatred
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and enmity towards the Living God and
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towards his son Jesus Christ when we
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look at Palestine when we look at the
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Palestinians and we look at uh Hamas
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what do we see we see the same thing
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violence on both sides wickedness on
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both both sides worldliness on both
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sides we also see our brothers and
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sisters in Palestine in Gaza right now
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being killed we we see people in Israel
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right now suffering that are followers
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of Christ that are following Jesus
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Christ our brothers in Christ suffering
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but when we see it from politics when we
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look at this and and imagine that
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Christians are supposed to be not only
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involved in fighting and War and killing
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our enemies our our enemies of the flesh
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just thinking in such worldly ways that
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we say like oh yeah but they have the
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right to defend themselves and they need
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to fight and yeah Hamas needs to be
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obliterated and all these kind of things
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this is this is I saw I think it was on
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uh what G gbn or CB oh CBN and and they
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were talking about that it's time for
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Hamas to be no longer to exist and that
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and that we were behind Israel uh
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destroying them what is this I mean this
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is not Christian this is this is of this
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world this is wickedness this is this is
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pure evil and hatred we are not of this
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world and we are called to serve Jesus
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Christ what that means is that we follow
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the lamb wherever he goes we proclaim
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the gospel we overcome by the word of
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Our Testimony by the blood of Jesus
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Christ and we're not going to love our
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lives unto death so that means we're
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willing to give testimony to our enemies
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whether our en enemies the worldlings of
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this world called Israel that don't know
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Christ or the worldlings of Hamas that
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don't know Christ either way they are
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enemies according to the gospel but they
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are loved both Israel and Hamas by the
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savior of the world who gave his life
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for all men so that all men would be
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drawn to him and so our role as
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Christians is as priests to pray for the
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Nations to intercede for them that they
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would repent and turn to God not that we
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would support one side and say oh this
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side or that side or Ukraine or Russia
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or uh you know this thing is this is
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this is so frustrating that we have let
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these strange theologies of the world
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enter into the church so much that we
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actually feel we are supposed to take
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sides in worldly kingdoms and in fact
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people think that it would be wrong not
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to take Israel's side because they're
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the people of God no people that reject
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Christ in first John it says that if you
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do not have the son you do not have the
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the father so are there Believers in
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Israel most definitely are there
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Believers in Gaza most definitely and
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there are brothers in Christ and I I
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pray for them to have strength so that
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they could proclaim the gospel in these
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times and be willing to die for their
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enemies whether it's Israelis Wicked
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Israelis or Wicked Hamas whichever way
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that they would be willing to proclaim
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the gospel that they would have the word
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of their testimony the blood of Jesus
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Christ and they would not love their
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lives unto death and they would most
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certainly not love their Nation unto the
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point to where they kill others
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to where they are willing to support a a
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worldly Kingdom to fight against men for
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whom Christ died this is insanity at the
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the max I mean why did the Crusades
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happen it happened for stuff like this
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that we had to have a special uh we had
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to have the holy land that we needed to
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fight against Muslims and Jews and
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cleanse it so that we could have it for
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Christianity what kind of what kind of
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nonsense is that in the same way what
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we're going to just obliterate Hamas and
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all the Palestinians around them you
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know for the for what for the Kingdom of
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Israel we're not part of the Kingdom of
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Israel we're part of the kingdom of
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Jesus Christ whose kingdom is not of
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this world we do not belong to this
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world our inheritance is in eternity
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with Christ and we serve our enemies we
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love them we pray for them we do good
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for them we bless them when they curse
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us when they slap us when they do
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whatever they do when they murder us we
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love them we pray for them we say Lord
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do not hold this sin against them and so
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some will say well yeah but you got to
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be practical brother no I don't have to
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be practical you have to be biblical you
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have to be of the kingdom and not of
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this world and we have to serve Jesus
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Christ and love our enemies can you
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truly love your enemies while you're
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looking through a scope ready to blow
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his brain out that is not love Jesus
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describes what love is there in Luke
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chapter 6 he says love your enemies do
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good to them pray for them bless them
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can you love them pray for them bless
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them do good to them while you're
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shooting them in the head it's not
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possible you you say well you can't say
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that because they're God's people no
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those that are in Jesus Christ are the
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children of God and they are the elect
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that is the chosen people of God those
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that are outside of Christ they are
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under the wrath of God and they need to
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repent and they need to trust in Christ
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and turn to him are you of this world
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are you do you have somehow have two
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kingdoms to where on the one hand you're
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serving Jesus Christ in his kingdom of
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Peace the prince of peace and yet on the
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other hand you take up a weapon to fight
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against flesh and blood when we're
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clearly told that that is not of our our
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our our role that's not our kingdom you
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say but yeah but Romans chapter 13 says
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that the the Nations have the sword the
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Kings have the sword and they're
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Ministers of God for for vengeance and
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for righteousness yes the the people of
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this world Paul was talking about Rome
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Paul was talking about Nero the one that
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cut his head off but in Romans chapter
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12 he says vengeance Belongs to the Lord
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so when your enemy does evil to you then
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you give him you give him water so it be
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becomes a burning coal on him do good
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overcome evil with with good well what
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is that that's not practical Chris
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you're going to get killed yes we're
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going to get killed but we have a risen
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Christ we have a Risen Savior and these
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people are going to get killed after
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killing somebody else and they're going
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to go to the second death because they
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have not life in them whether they're
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Hamas or whether they're Israel whether
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they are the IDF or whether they are
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Hamas it doesn't matter whether they
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Iran or whether they are Russia be
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Christian my friend don't get sucked up
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into world politics but instead follow
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Jesus Christ the Lamb of God that gave
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himself for his enemies remember you
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were once his enemy when he died for you
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he didn't come to slaughter you he
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didn't come to destroy men's lives do
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you know what manner of spirit of you
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are you of are you calling down fire
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from heaven on the enemies uh of Israel
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instead of praying for God to have mercy
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on their souls instead of saying wait a
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second I want to go to Israel I want to
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support this war and you say what war
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the war for Souls the war for The Souls
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of the Palestinians for The Souls of
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Hamas you say well we pray for the
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innocent Palestinians no we pray for the
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guilty Palestinians and the guilty
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Israelis and we're willing to give our
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lives for them and we say God send me
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for this war this spiritual war of the
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kingdom of God that we would preach the
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gospel to the Lost Israelis and to the
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Lost Palestinians with to the Lost
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Iranians to the Lost Russians to the
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Lost Americans that are lost in their
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wickedness this is what we are called to
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be we are sent out as Lambs to the
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slaughter not out with AK-47s and
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whatever M16s and whatever missiles
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we've got we are not of this world my
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friend if you are a Christian you are
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not an American you are not a
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Palestinian you are not an Israeli you
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are a Christian you are not of this
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world you are in this world but you are
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not of this world but if you want to
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live in this world then you can perish
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with this world if you want to fight
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with this world if you want to take up
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the sword with this world you can die by
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the sword with this world because Jesus
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Christ did not come to kill he came to
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save his Apostles did not take up Swords
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to fight against the Romans his Apostles
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did not go around oh yeah but Jesus told
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them to buy a sword and said yeah the
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two of them was enough and they never
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and when they cut an ear off he put it
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back and he says don't do this this is
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not our way put it back in the sheath so
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you say well we're supposed to take
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sword okay take a sword but don't use it
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on anyone don't use it on Flesh and
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Blood because our Warfare is not with
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flesh and blood but with kingdoms and
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principalities and powers and when you
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are under the delusion that you are
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supposed to support Palestine because
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Israel has been giving them occupation
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you're supposed to support Israel
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because they've been attacked by
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terrorists you are under the power and
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the influence of the prince of this
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world you are listening to demonic
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forces that are leading you away from
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Christ you they are causing you to
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betray the kingdom of Jesus Christ
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because Jesus said to love your enemies
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we serve him he is our only King let the
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Nations fight their Wars Let the Nations
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battle for Their Kingdoms they will all
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perish when the Son of God comes to
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judge in righteousness but we should
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have mercy on them seeking to win them
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out of the Flames by bringing the gospel
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to them the word of Our Testimony the
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the blood of Jesus Christ and not
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willing or and and we that we don't save
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our lives but we give up our lives for
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our enemies do not be duped
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by this world by the Christian turn off
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the news if you can't watch it
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objectively and say this is what the
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world is fighting over but you let men
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who don't know the word of God come and
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tell you no you're supposed to be on
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Israel's side and if you're not you're
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in sin if you're not then you're not on
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God's side my friend be careful this is
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an influence of the world in the
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Crusades you would have been on the side
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for fighting the Jews and the Muslims to
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get them out of pales out of out of the
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holy land so that we could have have
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liberated it and had a a peaceful
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Christian Nation in that place if you're
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deceived by this you would have been
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deceived by that if you're willing now
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to pray that that uh Gaza is obliterated
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and that Hamas no longer exists and that
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all the men of Hamas die instead of that
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they are saved then you would have
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fought in the Crusades don't deceive
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yourself don't imagine that you would
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have been different you are under the
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the influence of the prince of this age
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just like they were and that's why you
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can with a straight face think that you
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are serving God by with in your heart
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taking sides in worldly Affairs we can
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look and we can see look that was a
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wicked act oh and then the response was
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wicked Act and the response to that was
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a wicked act who has done Wicked you can
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watch if you watch and you listen to
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somebody from the Palestinian side give
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their support or their their reasons why
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they are the victim in this for all
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these years it makes complete sense and
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it's true they have been victimized and
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if you listen to the Israeli side and
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listen to all the things that they've
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suffered by the hands of the Arabs and
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those that want them dead it makes sense
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it's right they have suffered they have
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been victims in this but they've also
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been aggressors both sides they they are
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wicked men without Christ willing to
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fight and kill each other in defense in
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defense sorry we're Christians we don't
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fight in defense we don't fight for
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anything we pray and we lay our lives
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down and we proclaim the gospel this is
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what we do if this is not what you like
12:36
if this is not the Christianity that you
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want if you say it's impractical the
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kingdom of God is impracticable then
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just totally betray Christ altogether at
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least don't use his name don't use his
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name in in the the cause of war in the
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cause of violence serve Jesus Christ and
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go there and lay your life down instead
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of calling other people to go shoot and
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kill other people this this is this is a
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betrayal of the kingdom of Christ and I
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have seen men online that I believe are
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genuine followers of Christ that love
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Jesus Christ deceived by this Spirit of
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this age and they are being led into
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betrayal they are their loyalties are
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being cut in the middle they are
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supposed to be serving the kingdom of
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Christ but then they think because of
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bad theology that oh I'm also supposed
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to serve the Kingdom of Israel right I'm
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also supposed to sign up for the defense
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of the Homeland right
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wrong wrong we have one Kingdom one king
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we will serve whatever Nation we li we
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live in we will serve we will obey their
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laws until they tell us to disobey the
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laws of Jesus Christ and when they tell
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us to take up arms and to kill our
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enemies they have called us to betrayal
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and to deny the Lord Jesus Christ as our
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King and we will say no and if they want
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to put us in prison if they want to put
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us to death then so be it we will follow
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Christ we will not love our lives unto
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but we will serve the Lord Jesus Christ
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he is our Lord Israel is not our home
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Palestine is not our home America is not
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our home Russia is not our home Ukraine
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is not our home if you are a Christian
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the kingdom of God and the where Jesus
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Christ Reigns is your home serve him do
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not betray the kingdom and the Lord
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Jesus Christ I hope this has been
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and I might as well wish farewell to
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those that can't accept this you can't
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accept that the kingdom of Christ is
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radical you can't accept that the
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kingdom of Christ is different than the
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kingdoms of the world that we are not
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allowed to have uh mixed loyalties and
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you are Furious to listen to this you're
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Furious to hear some arrogant guy say
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such things and such radical impractical
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words and what about this verse and what
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about that verse yeah what about all the
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verses that tell us to love our enemies
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what about all the verses that say two
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swords is enough put put your sword back
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because he who lives by the sword will
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die by the sword what about Jesus Christ
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dying on the cross for his enemies
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praying for his enemies Steven all the
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apostles what about the early church
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going to the slaughter oh yeah but later
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they you know they fought yeah they did
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fought when they joined the kingdoms of
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this world in Constantine's day when the
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nations of this world and the church
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mixed together yeah indeed indeed they
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begin to fight they begin to persecute
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all throughout the Reformation they were
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killing and slaughtering people the Cath
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aics were the the reformers were they
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were men of this world and they stood
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opposed to the simple message of Jesus
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Christ to the kingdom of Jesus Christ
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don't be followers of them but follow
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those who have followed the lamb
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wherever he's gone and been willing to
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lay their life down for their enemies to
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speak the truth to them the hard truth
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that Israel is lost because they have
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rejected the Son of God Palestine is
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lost because they have rejected the Son
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of God tell them that truth but tell
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them that there is a God that loves his
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enemies and does come to kill them and
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Destroy them but he came to save the
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Lost those that were his enemies to lay
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his life down not only for his friends
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but for his enemies this is the love of
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God that Jesus Christ laid his life down
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for us when we were ungodly and wicked
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go take that truth tell that truth to
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the world not this wicked demonic
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worldly system that says yeah we need to
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fight for this side because they've been
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oppressed by Israel no we need to fight
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for this side because they've been
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attacked by terrorists no we need to
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fight in the way that Jesus Christ told
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us to fight to lay our lives down for
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our enemies through prayer through the
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preaching of the Gospel through genuine
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love through willingness to suffer
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through willingness to embrace those
16:43
that others hate I love Palestinians not
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the innocent Palestinians only but I
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Hamas are you grieved whenever those
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that are in Hamas die and go straight to
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hell are you grieved by that or do you
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rejoice in that are you going to Rejoice
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whenever bombs fall and kill not only
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Innocents but that they kill wicked men
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are you going to Rejoice are you going
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to be grieved are you going to have the
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spirit of Christ or you going to have
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the spirit of this world which is
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Antichrist my friend choose away follow
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Christ or follow this world follow the
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kingdom of Jesus Christ or follow the
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kingdoms of this world live for the
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kingdom of Jesus Christ or die with this
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world and perish apart from him Jesus
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Christ kingdom is a narrow way it's not
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a practical way it's a way of obedience
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it's a way of the Cross follow Jesus
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Christ not this world God bless