From the first he was the Word, and the Word was in relation with God and was God.
John 1:1
Joh 1:12 To all those who did so take him, however, he gave the right of becoming children of God–that is, to those who had faith in his name:
Joh 1:13 Whose birth was from God and not from blood, or from an impulse of the flesh and man’s desire.
Joh 1:14 And so the Word became flesh and took a place among us for a time; and we saw his glory–such glory as is given to an only son by his father–saw it to be true and full of grace.
Joh 1:17 For the law was given through Moses; grace and the true way of life are ours through Jesus Christ.
Joh 1:29 The day after, John sees Jesus coming to him and says, See, here is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!
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blessed be the name of the Lord blessed
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be the name of the Lord we thank you
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Lord for this day we thank you for
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everyone that you have made alive in you
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we thank you for all those who are with
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us we thank you for those who are not
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with us we thank you for all who are
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yours Lord we thank you for the world
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for you so loved it Lord we thank you
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Lord for your sacrifice for bringing all
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back into right standing with you Lord
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with you Lord we praise you Lord we love
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you Lord we thank you for forgiving us
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and for loving us and we forgive and we
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thank you Lord for your word for your
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power for your power Lord for your power
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Lord in Jesus mighty name amen our
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worships reading for today comes from
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the well my favorite John one that’s not
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beat around the bush here which is
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written by John the Apostle John and
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which is about the nature the being it’s
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about who Jesus is the eternal God man
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who came to reveal to the world to you
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and I who God is in a way that we can
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relate to him who God is what God does
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in a man
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John 20:31 John 20 verse 31 but these
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are recorded the book of John is
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recorded but these are recorded so that
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you may have faith that Jesus is the
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Christ the Son of God and so that having
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this faith you may have life in his name
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now let’s put another verse next to that
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one for God so loved the world that He
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sent His only begotten Son so that all
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who believe in Him might not perish but
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have eternal life these are recorded so
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that you may have faith that Jesus is
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the Christ the Son of God and so that
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having this faith you may have life in
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his name it’s all about the deity of
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Christ of who Christ is in reality and
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don’t be blindsided by the words son of
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God for in that ethnicity in those times
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the son of a man was a token was a sign
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of the man himself they saw to kill
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Jesus because he said he was the son of
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God and the accusation was he has made
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himself equal to God for that is what it
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means it doesn’t mean that now in our
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society in our world of individual
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reality but then the meaning of it was
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to be equal
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blessed be O Lord
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so John one is about the deity of Christ
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for if you are equally the father it’s
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about his announcement by John the
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Baptist as the Lamb that takes away all
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sin the true Passover
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the son of God became the son of man so
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that the sons of man through him might
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become the sons of God and after you
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find him as the redeeming Lamb of God
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your order is to go out and introduce
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him as the redeeming Lamb of God to
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another Jesus Jesus God with us Emmanuel
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father forever Prince of Peace wonderful
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counsellor God Almighty the book of John
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starts with from the first he was the
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word and the word was in relation with
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God and was God
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now some who worshiped versions of
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Bibles may say my Bible doesn’t say that
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well what does your Bible say let’s go
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to the King James let’s go to the King
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James the King James says in the
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beginning was the word and the Word was
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with God and the Word was God but who is
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that word what was that word the same
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was in the beginning with God all things
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were made by him and without him was not
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anything made we’re talking about the
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person in him was life and the life was
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the light of men and the light shine it
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in darkness
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Ephesians 3:9 and to make all men see
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what is the Fellowship of the mystery
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which from the beginning of the world
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have been hid in God had been hid in God
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who created all things by Jesus Christ
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all things were made by him and without
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him was not anything made that was made
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in him was life
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blessed be your Lord blessed be your
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Lord so back to John 1 verse 1 which we
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are reading from the first he was the
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word and the word was in relation with
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God and was God and was God to all those
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who did take him to be so John 1 verse
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12 to all those who did so take him he
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gave the right of becoming children of
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God to those who had faith in his name
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whose birth was from God and not from
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blood or from an impulse of the flesh
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and man’s his desire and so the word
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became flesh the word became flesh and
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took a place among us for a time and we
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saw his glory such glory as is given to
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an only son by his father the term son
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is what a token but a sign so that we
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might understand so that day in that
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time 2,000 years ago might understand
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given to an only son by his father so it
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to be true and full of grace
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for the law was given through Moses
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grace and a true way of life are ours
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through Jesus Christ John the Baptist
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when he saw Jesus coming to him he says
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see here is the Lamb of God who takes
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away the sin of the world
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we thank him we thank him we thank you
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Lord that the word which was hid in you
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the word which you are God became flesh
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the word became flesh and took a place
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among us for a time and we saw his glory
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the glory of God such glory as is given
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to an only Son by his father and we saw
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it to be true and full of grace Jesus is
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Lord Jesus is God from the first he was
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the word and a word was in relation with
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God and was God let that truth let that
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truth be engraved into your hearts in
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Jesus mighty name I pray for there is
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one Savior one who brings eternal life
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one who can forgive sins one there’s no
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two and three only God can do this no
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man everything is impossible but with
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God everything is possible with Jesus
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everything is possible how does that
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song go again Jesus is the answer
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blessed be your Lord and let the Holy
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Spirit increase everywhere everywhere in
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Jesus mighty name amen
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let us do our reading John Juan is
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always something that hey there’s not
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much to add to it it is fairly clear and
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simple in what it says John 1:1 from the
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first he was the word and the word was
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in relation with God and was God the
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word was from the first in relation with
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God all things came into existence
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through him and without him nothing was
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what came into existence in him was life
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and the life was the light of men and
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the light goes on shining in the dark it
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is not overcome by the dark there was a
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man sent from God whose name was John he
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came for witness to give witness about
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the light so that all man might have
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faith through him he himself was not the
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light he was sent to give witness about
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the light the true light which gives
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light to every man was then coming into
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the world he was in the world the world
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which came into being through him but
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the world had no knowledge of him he
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came to the things which were his and
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his people did not take him to their
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hearts to all those who did so take him
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however into their hearts he gave the
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right of becoming children of God that
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is to those who had faith in his name
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whose birth was from God
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and not from blood or from an impulse of
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the flesh and man’s desire and so the
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word became flesh and took a place among
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us for a while for a time and we saw his
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glory such glory as is given to an only
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Son by his father so it to be true and
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full of grace John gave witness about
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him crying this is he of whom I said he
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who is coming after me is put over me
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because he was in existence be formed
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from his full measure we have all been
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given grace on grace from his full
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measure we have all been given grace on
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grace for the law was given through
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Moses grace and the true way of life are
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ours through Jesus Christ no man has
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seen God at any time the only son who is
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on the breast of the Father he has made
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clear what God is and this is the
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witness of John when the Jews sent
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priests and Levites from Jerusalem to
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him with the question who are you he
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said quite openly and straightforwardly
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I am NOT the Christ and he said to him
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what then are you Elijah and he said I
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am NOT are you the Prophet and his
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answer was I am not Sri
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said to him who are you then we have to
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give some answer to those who sent us
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what have you to say about yourself he
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said I am the voice of one crying in the
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wasteland make straight the way of the
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Lord as said Isaiah the prophet I am the
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voice of one crying in the wasteland
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make straight the way of the Lord I am
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the voice of one crying in the wasteland
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make straight the way of the Lord John 1
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verse 24 those who had been sent came
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from the Pharisees and he put this
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question to him saying why then are you
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giving baptism if you are not the Christ
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or Elijah or the Prophet why John’s
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answer was I give baptism with water but
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there is one among you of whom you have
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no knowledge it is he who is coming
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after me I am not good enough
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to undo his shoes these things took
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place at Bethany on the other side of
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the Jordan where John was giving baptism
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John 1 verse 29 the day after John sees
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Jesus coming to him and says see here is
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the Lamb of God who takes away the sin
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of the world this is he of whom I said
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one is coming after me who has put over
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me because he was in existence before me
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I myself had no knowledge of him but I
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came giving
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baptism with water so that he might be
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seen openly by Israel and John gave this
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witness saying I saw the Spirit coming
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down from heaven like a dove and resting
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on him I had no knowledge who he was but
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he who sent me to give baptism with
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water said to me the one on whom you see
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the spirit coming down and resting it is
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he who gives baptism with the Holy
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Spirit it is Jesus who gives baptism
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with the Holy Spirit it is Jesus who
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fills men with the Holy Spirit none
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other none other but Jesus who in the
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beginning who in the beginning was God
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of whom the world had no knowledge and
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this is the full context of the Bible in
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the beginning no one had knowledge of
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Jesus not one none at some points in the
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Old Testament he is referred to as an
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angel of God as the lord of the heavenly
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armies he is anticipated by the prophets
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unto us a child is born Almighty God
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it is no coincidence Isaiah was not
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mistaken Almighty God Father for ever
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father forever
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wonderful counselor Prince of Peace his
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name is Jesus his name is Jesus Jesus is
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Lord
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he is the one who baptizes with the Holy
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Spirit God gives the Holy Spirit God God
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gives the Holy Spirit none other no
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other gives the Holy Spirit but God
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gives the Holy Spirit actually that was
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an interesting mechanical failure there
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God gives the Holy Spirit God gives the
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Holy Spirit so know very well who we’re
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talking about when we speak about Jesus
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and when you acknowledge that what the
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world does not know and did not know but
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was so from the beginning that Jesus was
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God when you acknowledge that when
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you’re able to see Jesus is Lord with
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that conviction of knowing it to be so
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the scripture says that only
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spirit-filled man can see that with
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conviction and that the world just backs
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up at that for he is the one who gives
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baptism with the Holy Spirit this John 1
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verse 34 this I saw myself and my
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witness is that he is the son of God
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the day after John was there again with
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two of his disciples and looking at
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Jesus looking at Jesus why
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he was walking he said see there is the
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Lamb of God hearing what he said the two
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disciples went after Jesus and Jesus
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turning around saw them coming after him
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and said to them what are you looking
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for they said to him rabbi master where
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are you living he said to them come and
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see they went with him then and saw
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where he was living and they were with
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him all that day it was about the tenth
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hour of the day Andrew simon Peters his
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brother was one of the two men who
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hearing what John said went after Jesus
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early in the morning he came across his
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brother and said to him we have made
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discovery it is the Messiah the Christ
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and he took him to Jesus looking at him
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fixedly jesus said you are Simon the son
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of John your name will be Cephas Peter
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the day after this Jesus had a desire to
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go into Galilee he came across Philip
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and said to him come and be my disciple
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now Philip says town was Bethsaida where
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Andrew and Peter came from Philip came
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across Nathaniel and said to him we have
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made a discovery we have made a
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discovery Nathaniel Philip came across
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Nathanael and said to him we have made a
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discovery it is he of whom Moses in the
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law and the prophets were writing G
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of Nazareth the son of Joseph Nazareth
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said Nathaniel is it possible for any
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good to come out of Nazareth Philip said
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to him come and see Jesus saw Nathanael
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coming to him and said to him see here
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is a true son of Israel in whom there is
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nothing false nathaniel said to him
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where did you get knowledge of me an
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answer jesus said before philip was
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talking with you
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while you were still under the fig tree
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I saw you
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Nathanael said to him rabbi you are the
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son of God you are king of Israel in
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answer jesus said to him you have faith
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because I said to you I saw you under
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the fig tree you will see greater things
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than these and he said to him truly I
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say to you you will see heaven opening
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and gods his angels going up and coming
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down on the Son of man blessed be your
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Lord and I pray and his blessing is that
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you might receive the Holy Spirit so
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that you might know in your heart who he
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is
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so that you might know that the world
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for centuries had no idea that the
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wisdom of the world had no idea I pray
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that you made understand that you may
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understand that he is Lord and that that
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knowledge may always turn you towards
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him
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and the last thing is the blessing of
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the Lord that you might see heaven
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opening and gods as angels going up and
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coming down on the Son of Man blessed be
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O Lord who enables us to be children of
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God in Jesus mighty name I pray amen
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amen and amen
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be a blessing as he was a blessing as he
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is a blessing as he will be a blessing
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and be blessed by receiving the Holy
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Spirit you are released
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blessed be Lord bless